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DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for seven years. Since our wedding, he has had increasing health problems.
He recently told me that he planned his funeral three months ago, without saying a word to me. I am very concerned that he seems more focused on death than on life. Am I wrong to be upset? He says I am. -- WIFE IN BURLINGTON, N.J.
DEAR WIFE: I don't blame you for being concerned because husbands and wives should be able to discuss important topics with each other, and this is one of them.
When your husband has his next medical appointment, go with him so you can speak with his physician. It's possible that because of his "increasing health problems" he has become depressed, and if that's the case, his doctor should be told.
It is always helpful for spouses to accompany each other to their medical appointments in case the patient forgets to ask a question or tell the doctor something he or she needs to know.Read more in: Marriage & Divorce | Death
DEAR ABBY: My 24-year-old son, "Dustin," moved out five years ago, but he expects me to keep all his childhood and college items in his old bedroom because he says he doesn't have room for them in his apartment.
I'd like to clear out his closet and dresser and use the space for things I want to store. I need more space for me.
Dustin is calling me selfish because I want to change "his" room and move my stuff in there. I say I need the space, and if he wants to keep all his stuff, he should rent a storage locker. By the way, he sleeps here maybe five nights a year at most.
How long are parents obligated to keep their grown children's keepsakes? -- WANTS MY SPACE
DEAR WANTS YOUR SPACE: You are asking an emotionally loaded question. While, rationally, five years should be long enough, clearing "his" room instead of maintaining it as a shrine may feel like abandonment to your adult child.
Give Dustin a little more time to adjust -- like six months -- and then insist that he find a place for his things. That way it will be a little less traumatic.Read more in: Family & Parenting | Etiquette & Ethics
DEAR ABBY: During these hard times, may I tell you about my daughter? Every year at Christmas, I let our children pick one present for around $30 for themselves. They know that we don't have a lot of money and that "Santa" brings only a few presents.
My daughter chose to give her "Christmas money" to a charity so that another family can be blessed. She's only 9, and she understands there are families who are in more need than us. She truly is an angel for reminding me of that.
I went to our local food pantry and told them what my daughter wanted to do for Christmas. The director wrote her a letter of thanks and explained how many families her $30 would be helping. I'm so proud of my girl. Sometimes it takes a child to remind us how all of us should act. -- BLESSED IN ILLINOIS
DEAR BLESSED: Yes, it's true. But invariably it takes good parents to instill a spirit of empathy and generosity in their children. So some of the credit belongs to you.Read more in: Family & Parenting
To receive a collection of Abby's most memorable -- and most frequently requested -- poems and essays, send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $7 (U.S. funds), to: Dear Abby -- Keepers Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447. Shipping and handling are included in the price.


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Pre-lubrication metering devices for use in single-line lubrication systems
Series 391 single-port pre-lubrication metering devices were developed for use with single-line, centralized lubrication systems for oil and fluid grease. Designed for installation in manifolds, these metering devices provide flexible system design when combined with one- to six-port manifolds. Customized manifolds for series 391 are available in aluminum.
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Jordan and Eric Staal lifts Canes over Maple Leafs
TORONTO (AP) Eric Staal has been scoring with regularity for the Carolina Hurricanes. Now that his brother Jordan has a goal of his own, the siblings might really be ready to roll.
Jordan Staal scored his first goal with the Hurricanes, and Eric added the winner in Carolina's 4-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night.
``It was nice to get a goal to get us going,'' Jordan said. ``As a Hurricane, it was nice to get that first one and hopefully many more after that.''
Jeff Skinner had three assists, Patrick Dwyer added a goal and an assist, and Justin Faulk also scored for Carolina. Cam Ward backed up the offense with a 41-save performance.
Matt Frattin scored the only goal for the Maple Leafs. James Reimer made 35 saves.
Trailing 1-0 after the first period, the Hurricanes tied it 1:21 into the second. After Skinner beat out an icing call, Dwyer fed Jordan Staal, who was alone in front, for his first goal with the Hurricanes since being acquired from Pittsburgh in June. Staal also assisted on Dwyer's third-period goal.
Eric Staal then hit the post with a drive a few minutes later. The Hurricanes rebounded from a sluggish opening period to grab momentum with the first nine shots of the second.
The Hurricanes captain had better luck with his next chance, giving Carolina (4-4) the lead with his seventh goal of the season at 10:21 on the power play.
``I felt really comfortable at the start of the game,'' Ward said. ``I expected they were going to throw a lot of shots at the net, and I had to be ready. It took a little bit to get our legs but to walk into that first intermission down one we really took over the second.
``We were able to get our feet moving and capitalize on some opportunities.''
With Toronto's Jay McClement serving a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct after giving Ward a snow shower, Eric Staal skated out from the corner and sent a cross-crease pass that deflected in off defenseman Mike Kostka.
``The first couple shifts of the second period, we turned the puck over at the offensive blue line and it started to deteriorate then and we started to play a lot more in the defensive zone,'' Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle said. ``On faceoffs we didn't do a very good job of blocking out to retrieve pucks, and we let them jump through a few times.
``The momentum went in their favor and then we got ourselves behind the eight-ball with maybe focusing on some of the things that were going on in the game other than how we were playing and how we needed to play to be effective.''
The Maple Leafs (4-5) thought they had tied it with 1:16 left in the second when Kostka's shot from the point deflected in off Tyler Bozak. But after a video review, officials ruled the Toronto center kicked the puck in past Ward.
``I don't think I kicked it,'' Bozak said. ``Tough call and there's nothing we can do now. We have to fight through adversity and things like that. Unfortunately it didn't go our way.''
The home crowd was further incensed when the Maple Leafs were assessed back-to-back penalties to close out the period.
With Carolina on a 5-on-3 man advantage to start the third, Faulk finished off a pretty tic-tac-toe passing play 43 seconds in with a goal that also went to a video review.
The Maple Leafs fell to 1-4 at home.
``We can play for stretches in this building but it seems that when it starts to go the other way on us we don't seem to be able to pick ourselves back up and say, `Hey stop it.' This is what we've got to do to correct it,'' Carlyle said. ``The turnovers are the most disturbing thing for me.
``As a coach you want to limit those turnovers and those are the most disturbing things.''
Toronto's Phil Kessel, who has no goals through the first nine games of the season, had a great chance to net his first during a power play but he was denied by Ward with just over 13 minutes remaining.
The Maple Leafs continued to press, but Ward stopped Nazem Kadri and Bozak to maintain the Hurricanes' two-goal edge. Carolina put the game out of reach when Dwyer beat Reimer with a quick shot at 9:58.
Frattin opened the scoring 5:44 into the game. Kadri carried the puck over the blue line on a 2-on-1. After fanning on his first attempt, he fired a weak shot that Ward kicked into the slot.
Frattin pounced on the rebound and scored his fifth goal in six games since being recalled from Toronto of the AHL.
Frattin has made the most of his opportunity on a line with Kadri and Leo Komorav.
Reimer couldn't explain why the Maple Leafs have struggled at home. The troubling trend dates to last season.
``You come home and this is the place you want to win,'' he said. ``I'm not quite sure what the reason is and I don't know if anybody does have the reason.
``It's the million-dollar question and we don't like it. We don't like it one bit.''
NOTES: Kadri was hurt after blocking a shot in front of Reimer in the first period but didn't miss a shift. ... Referee Marc Joannette was hit by a clearing shot from Maple Leafs D Dion Phaneuf in the second period. He received attention from the Maple Leafs training staff and returned later in the period. ... The Maple Leafs open a three-game road trip on Tuesday in Washington. ... The Hurricanes visit Ottawa on Thursday.


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Blackboard Maintenance
As part of our routine maintenance, we will begin to remove courses from the Summer and Fall 2009 semesters on December 6th, 2010. If you have courses from either of these terms that you require to remain available on the Blackboard server, please contact the Blackboard Manager, Jonathan Gallaway at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 504-864-7168.
Again this only concerns courses from the Summer and Fall of 2009. While no other courses are affected, please take time to look through your courses from all previous semesters, and if there are some that you no longer need to have live on Blackboard, please indicate to us which can now be removed.
While we take system backups, we encourage all teaching faculty to archive their courses for later use. For a tutorial on how to take an archive of your course visit the Blackboard Center on the Monroe Library Website at here.
Courses for the Spring of 2011 will be created on Fridady, Dec 17th, and students will be enrolled into them on Monday, Jan 6th. If you need assistance copying material from previous semesters, combining multiple sections of courses that you are teaching, or have any questions about Blackboard or course procedures, you can, as always, contact Jonathan Gallaway or the Monroe Library.
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Student Math Excellence Recognized Across Canada
OTTAWA, Ontario — In November 2009, 8,400 students from across Canada and abroad competed for top honours in the 2009 Sun Life Financial Canadian Open Mathematics Challenge (COMC). Nine students earned top honours, sixteen students were named provincial winners, and almost 140 other students were awarded medals.
The top nine contestants in the 2009 COMC are:
For outstanding performance in the COMC, the 2009 Provincial Winners are:
Complete COMC results and all award winners can be found here
The Sun Life Financial COMC is organized and administered by the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) in collaboration with the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (University of Waterloo).
"Sun Life Financial is proud to support excellence in mathematics through the Canadian Mathematical Society, an organization we have supported for over 60 years," said Kevin Dougherty, President, Sun Life Financial Canada. "Congratulations to the students who competed and those who received provincial and national awards."
"The COMC is the premier national mathematics competition that is open to anyone with an interest in mathematics" said Anthony To-Ming Lau, President, CMS. "The competition is specifically designed so that students at all levels across Canada can find interesting challenges. And the skills that these students are developing will help them throughout their careers."
"The Sun Life Financial COMC provides students with a unique opportunity to discover, learn, and apply mathematics, and more importantly, to fuel an interest that is critical to our future." noted Ian VanderBurg, Chair, COMC. "Today, mathematics is more important than ever to help sustain our individual and national success."
The competition is one in a series of CMS competitions leading to the selection of the Canadian student team to compete in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). The purpose of the COMC is to encourage students to explore, discover, and learn more about mathematics and problem solving.
For more information, please contact:
Johan Rudnick
Executive Director
Canadian Mathematical Society
Tel: (613) 733-2662
Ian VanderBurgh
Director, CEMC
University of Waterloo
Tel: (519) 888-4567 ext. 32358
About the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS)
The CMS is the main national organization whose goal is to promote and advance the discovery, learning, and application of mathematics. The Society's activities cover the whole spectrum of mathematics including: scientific meetings, research publications, and the promotion of excellence in mathematics education at all levels. The CMS annually sponsors mathematics competitions that recognize outstanding student achievements.


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DALLAS, March 20 (UPI) -- A season-best performance from Brook Lopez Wednesday allowed Brooklyn to pull away in the second half for a 113-96 decision over Dallas.
Lopez scored 38 points, hitting 15-of-22 from the field as part of the Nets' 50 percent shooting effort.
Deron Williams added 31 points, 26 of them coming in the second half. Brooklyn has won the first two games of an eight-game road trip.
Brooklyn overcame a 10-point deficit after one quarter to gain revenge for a home loss to the Mavericks in their only other meeting this season.
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AAFP Statement: 2014 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Positive Steps Overshadowed by Looming Threat of SGR Cuts
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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Jeffrey Cain, MD, President, American Academy of Family Physicians
LEAWOOD, Kan. — "If the United States is going to achieve meaningful health system reform, we must have meaningful Medicare physician payment reform. In its proposed 2014 Medicare physician fee schedule, CMS made good steps toward that goal by adjusting misvalued codes and proposing two new codes for complex chronic care management.
"Within the constraints of the dysfunctional sustainable growth rate formula that dictates Medicare physician payment, the proposals are encouraging. But they can go only so far because the pending SGR cuts undermine CMS' efforts. The ultimate result: a continued threat to Americans' access to primary medical care.
"Largely as a result of adjustments to misvalued codes, CMS would raise payment for evaluation and management services by 2 to 3 percent. CMS estimates that family physicians would realize a 1 percent overall increase in payment for their medical expertise, but only if Congress averts the pending SGR cuts scheduled to occur on January 1, 2014.
"Such changes demonstrate CMS' intent to support primary care through policies that promote comprehensive and continuous care. But, in light of the SGR's mandate that CMS slash Medicare physician payment by 24.4 percent, these incremental increases do nothing to sustain primary medical care, much less build the primary care physician workforce. The SGR-required payment cut shines a bright light on the need for Congress to replace this dysfunctional system.
"If Congress fails to avert this disastrous pay cut before 2014, family physicians once again will be forced to choose between caring for Medicare beneficiaries at a significant financial loss or ending their participation in Medicare. Worse, the impact of a 24.4 percent Medicare cut will snowball as commercial insurers, who often base their payment on the Medicare rate, reduce their reimbursement to physicians as well. An American Academy of Family Physicians analysis of the proposed cut shows the typical family physician would lose a total of $89,763 and a three-physician practice would lose $269,289 in revenue next year. No small business can sustain itself in the face of such drastic revenue reductions.
"The AAFP calls on Congress to repeal the SGR by passing the Medicare Physician Payment Innovation Act (HR 574). The bill repeals the SGR, establishes annual, positive updates on physician payment, provides for a transition to a sustainable payment system and helps better recognize the value of primary medical care.
"Congress has eloquently expressed its concern about the dire shortages of primary care physicians and other professionals. But when it comes to changing policies and making an investment in building the primary care physician workforce, their actions are woefully inadequate.
"It's time to walk the walk. We again call on Congress to repeal the flawed sustainable growth rate formula that imposes annual threats to elderly and disabled patients' access to needed care."
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Founded in 1947, the American Academy of Family Physicians represents 136,700 physicians and medical students nationwide, and it is the only medical society devoted solely to primary care.
Family physicians conduct approximately one in five of the total medical office visits in the United States per year – more than any other specialty. Family physicians provide comprehensive, evidence-based, and cost-effective care dedicated to improving the health of patients, families and communities. Family medicine's cornerstone is an ongoing and personal patient-physician relationship where the family physician serves as the hub of each patient's integrated care team. More Americans depend on family physicians than on any other medical specialty.
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Room to chill?
Mallorca expects over 13 million visitors this season – a record number. So where to go for a little peace and quiet? Follow us to some remote spots, mellow bars and local restaurants
Seaside bliss
Chill-out music and frappuccinos?
No, the most important ingredients for a good beach bar are sunshine, waves, and a fridge full of ice-cold drinks. Proprietor Adriano's purist ambience and friendly attitude make Sa Punteta in Cala d'Estellencs Bay the place to go. Here, you can jump straight off the terrace into crystal-clear waters and listen to the best lounge music ever: the sound of the sea.
Bar Sa Punteta, Tel. +34-661/26 81 18
Mountain getaway
In the northeast of the island, near Alcúdia, the mountains fall sheer away into the azure waters of the Mediterranean. The hikers' shelter here, Refugi des Coll Baix, has a table, benches and space for six. Guests should bring their own sleeping bag, camping mat and provisions. Stillness reigns at night, and is broken in the morning by the bells of mountain goats grazing nearby.
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de la Natura, Tel. +34-971/17 76 52
Deep water soloing for the dauntless
Climbing cliffs without a rope is also known as psicobloc (psyche and rock) on Mallorca. One of the best routes runs along Cala Varques Bay. Anyone attempting their first cliffhanger in a swimsuit should take an experienced climber along.
Discover stillness
Cabrera, an islet to the south of Mallorca, is hardly more than 15 square kilometers in size. Once a smugglers' hideaway, it was later declared a military zone. Today, the "island of goats" is part of a national park and offers guests the luxury of solitude and hidden bays. The former barracks of the Spanish military provide accommodation for visitors today.
Cave adventure
There are roughly 4300 caves on Mallorca, and Cova des Coloms is one of the most spectacular. Patrick John and Britt Weykam, both from Germany, take visitors equipped with neoprene suite and headlamp to some of the most interesting caves. Bolder spirits can jump off a cliff into a subterranean lake up to eight meters below.
Lunchtime locale
If you're looking for some lively company, go to Patron Lunares, Palma's current hotspot. Paintings of worthy fishermen adorn the wood-paneled walls beneath its high ceiling. The best action can found Saturday mornings when people from the market next door stop by for a beer and tapas. There might even be a band playing, if you're lucky.
Hearty local food
The El Bungalow is exactly the kind of restaurant the Spanish love: cozy, rustic, with a family atmosphere. No one dresses up here, and most patrons are locals – especially on Sundays. One item on the menu definitely not to be missed is grilled razor clams with garlic.
Organic and fair
The Cachao chocolate factory in Palma's hip Santa Catalina district creates exotic flavors, like apricot-lavender and rosemary-walnut.
Bar beneath the branches
The Bosque des Bellver woods in the middle of Palma conceal a beautiful secret: a bar tucked away in the inner courtyard of the Corona guesthouse. Enjoy a mojito beneath the mighty palm trees, play table tennis or a game of chess by candlelight as the summer's evening draws to a close.
Lonely peak
Wie eine Nadel ragt der Penyal Bernat de s'Illeta in den Himmel, der Ausblick von der Bergspitze ist fantastisch. Die 35 Meter bewältigt man mithilfe fester Seile, mit einem Guide schaffen es auch Kinder und Ungeübte bis nach oben.


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Every two minutes in the United States, Sudden Cardiac Arrest claims another life. The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association welcomes you to join us in our efforts to reduce this overwhelming statistic.
To make a shared vision a reality, SCAA members participate in a variety of activities to raise awareness of Sudden Cardiac Arrest and to help prevent unnecessary loss of life. With support from SCAA, you can --
- Expand public access to defibrillation.
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The SCAA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that depends on contributions and donations to support our mission: To combat the Sudden Cardiac Arrest crisis by eliminating preventable deaths and supporting those who have been affected. Therefore, the SCAA has created an OPTIONAL Donor Member Program.
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Independent Living Sun City Center, FL
Independent living at Aston Gardens at Sun City Center is a lifestyle that focuses on being as active, healthy and independent as you want to be, but never alone. Choose from one of our independent living apartment homes for an all-inclusive, carefree and maintenance-free lifestyle at America's award-winning senior living community near Tampa, Florida.
Our Independent Living Residents Enjoy:
- 24-hour access to professional team
- A 20,372-square-foot grande clubhouse
- Daily gourmet meals prepared by our talented executive chef
- Continental plus breakfast and Sunday brunches
- Luxurious dining room and private dining room for special occasions
- Weekly housekeeping and linen service
- Daily scheduled transportation to appointments, shopping and entertainment
- On-site concierge services and a full-time Activities Director
- All utilities (except phone)
- Small pets always welcome
- Large, individual air-conditioned storage areas
- Year-round heated swimming pool, spa and sun deck
- Wellness Center with personalized services
- On-site Home Health Care company
- On-site Physical Therapy company
- Large ballroom
- Fully-equipped fitness center
- Salon and barber services
- Complete and diversified library
- Business center with new computers, printers and internet access
- Inviting Recreation & Events center
- Comfortable lounge and cozy sitting areas
- Personal Emergency Response System
- Complete interior and exterior maintenance of apartments
- Beautifully landscaped and professionally maintained grounds
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Bloom Magic's collections were carefully and thoughtfully assembled by top Irish floral designers. Our floral designers have years of experience creating exquisite arrangements that will amaze and excite. Our designs are inspired by cutting-edge trends in fashion and design. We offer same day delivery in Dublin, and next day delivery nationwide.
A wonderful, vintage bouquet filled with roses, lilies, lisianthus and other gorgeous seasonal flowers. This bouquet of flowers would make the perfect gift for a happy birthday or for a romantic occasion.
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Pink Colour 100% Cashmere Baby Blanket
Beautiful, warm and cosy handmade pink colour baby blanket. Made of soft and pure cashmere pashmina wool in Nepal by the experienced artisan. Every newly born baby needs warm and comfort right after the birth and hence this baby blanket is enough to meet both of these purposes. The blanket is light in weight and comes with silk satin border. Try this lovely baby blanket to keep your beautiful newborn baby girl warm or to take it as a gift for baby showers.
- Size (approx): 90cm X 90cm
- Weight (approx): 175gram
- Colour: Baby Pink
What is Pashmina?
Pashmina, also known as the fine cashmere wool, is the softest, luxurious and the warmest wool in the world. It comes from the hair of underbelly of mountain goat Capra Hircus, locally called "Chyangra". Mountain goat is a special breed of goat indigenous to high altitudes ( 12000 ft. to 14000 ft.) of the Himalayan region where temperature goes down up to-40 degree centigrade. The thermo-conductivity of this type wool is the best in the world as it keeps mountain goat survive at -40 degree centigrade. Pashmina fiber is less than 14-19 microns in thickness making it very soft whereas human hair is approx. 75 microns thick. Pashmina is used to make luxurious products like shawls, sweaters, scarves, wraps and stoles etc. These products are hand spun, woven and embroidered by traditional weavers and artisans whose families have been in this occupation since ages.
Pashmina from Nepal have been considered as the best in quality because of the conditions to which the mountain goats have adapted over centuries. The high Himalayas of Nepal has a harsh, cold climate and in order to survive, the mountain goats have developed exceptionally warm and light fiber which may be slightly coarser and warmer than cashmere fibers obtained from lower region goats.
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Beyond Skin vegan shoes are more expensive than the high street because our shoes are made within the European Union by talented shoemakers who are protected by employment laws and health & safety regulations, avoiding the unsafe conditions and poverty pay that happens elsewhere in the fashion industry that often permits prices to be so low. We also discovered that after oil, fashion is the biggest polluting industry, so we wanted to source only the highest quality recycled synthetic materials for our shoes. Because we're trying to produce shoes that tick all the boxes of not harming humans or small children, not harming the planet and not harming animals, this makes our vegan shoes more expensive.
What are vegan shoes?
Vegan shoes are shoes produced without any materials from animals such as leather, suede, reptile skin, shearling and silk. Faux leather is typically made from plastic bonded to a cotton backing, and vegan suede is made out of man-made fibres. Beyond Skin vegan shoes are made of quality Italian vegan leather, recycled microfibre suede, cream lacquered resin soles, recycled faux leather lining with a vegetable polymer coating, and an assortment of vintage-inspired woven fabrics.
Can you polish vegan shoes?
You'll be glad to know there's no need to buy costly shoe polish or a special brush for vegan shoes. As faux leather is normally created using plastic (polyurethane), all you need to do to take care of them is wipe with a damp cloth. Some fabric protectors are also suitable for microfibre suede (please do always check the label on the fabric protector).
Are vegan shoes bad for the environment?
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Contexts/Settings: Faith-Based Settings
Ram A. Cnaan
Religions have traditionally called upon believers to be generous and assist others in need. Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism are a few examples of religions that stress this call. In the United States, the roots of the current religious system date back to the 17th century, when those who fled Europe to escape religious persecution established the first congregations. However, real faith-based social care developed only after independence and disestablishment. Today, faith-based social care is an essential part of the American welfare system, from the safety net provided by congregations to the sophisticated contracted services provided by the faith-based social services.


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Both Flesh and Not: Essays
Both Flesh and Not: Essays
In his 2012 essay collection FARTHER AWAY, Jonathan Franzen devotes two pieces to his relationship with David Foster Wallace, "a friendship of compare and contrast and (in a brotherly way) compete," as he described it. For Franzen, as he put it in remarks delivered at Wallace's memorial service in 2008, it was "such a great happiness and privilege and endlessly interesting challenge to be Dave's friend." For readers who never had the privilege (or endured the pain) of being Wallace's friend, BOTH FLESH AND NOT, a diverse, stimulating, occasionally irritating volume of 15 previously uncollected essays, reviews and works of reportage published between 1988 and 2007, will have to suffice.
The common denominator of this wildly varied assortment of pieces is the way they showcase Wallace's fierce intellect and the quicksilver quality of his dazzling prose, writing that features his trademark footnotes (and occasionally footnotes within footnotes). Whether he's writing about sports, books, philosophy or film, there's never any doubt he's the smartest guy in the room, and yet his earnestness usually tempers any feeling he's simply showing off.
Wallace was an accomplished junior tennis player, and two absorbing pieces of journalism focus on his favorite sport. The first is a profile of Roger Federer at the peak of his domination of the game at Wimbledon in 2006. "Beauty is not the goal of competitive sports," Wallace writes, "but high-level sports are a prime venue for the expression of human beauty." His portrait of Labor Day weekend at the 1996 United States Open --- contrasting the tennis, whose "artistry and energy are bounded by specific lines on the court," with the "beauty of the commerce" that's "un- and never bounded" --- is nearly cinematic in its deployment of telling detail.
"The common denominator of this wildly varied assortment of pieces is the way they showcase Wallace's fierce intellect and the quicksilver quality of his dazzling prose, writing that features his trademark footnotes (and occasionally footnotes within footnotes)."
There are several essays on literary topics, including one containing keen observations on the work of some of his contemporaries, the "Conspicuously Young," like Jay McInerney and Bret Easton Ellis ("We, though, are Watergate's children, television's audience, Reagan's draft pool, and everyone's market.") that elides into a critique of graduate creative writing programs. Wallace offers what he calls an "indexical review" of a collection of 204 prose poems, only about 15 percent of which he concludes are "good/alive/powerful/interesting enough to persist in reader's mind more than 60 seconds after completion." In his introduction to the 2007 edition of BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS, he expresses his admiration for "clarity, precision, plainness, lucidity, and the sort of magical compression that enriches instead of vitiates," though there are times when his own writing displays those qualities only unevenly.
All but the most indulgent readers may find themselves drifting away in the midst of a dense essay like his appreciation of David Markson's novel WITTGENSTEIN'S MISTRESS, a work he calls a "whispering classic," placing it on the list he titles "Overlooked: Five Direly Underappreciated U.S. Novels > 1960." In a similar vein is "Rhetoric and the Math Melodrama," a 2000 review for Science magazine discussing two obscure novels that "revolve round their protagonists' quests to solve famous and long-standing number-theoretic problems." Wallace's formulation of something he calls the "Inverse Cost and Quality Law," positing that the larger a movie's budget the worse (his word is much stronger) the movie will be, may make sense when applied to his consideration of James Cameron's Terminator 2: Judgment Day, but is belied by the same director's Avatar. Whether it's the complexity of Wallace's arguments or merely their subject matter, these pieces don't measure up to their companions.
According to a note from Wallace's publisher, "one of the great thrills of Wallace's life" was the invitation to serve on the Usage Panel of THE AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARY. In a tribute to what it calls his "insatiable love for words and their meanings," leading off each essay is a selection from a list of words and their meanings Wallace kept on his computer and constantly updated. From this list we can learn words from "anfractous" or "ylang-ylang" (no "z" words, sorry). A word lover, but no pedant, Wallace's essays are studded with words like "agnate" and "cingulum" that may drive the lexicographically-challenged to a dictionary or start them compiling their own lists. The essay "24 Word Notes" highlights some of his pet grammatical and usage peeves in a good-humored (and useful) discussion.
"Genius is not replicable," David Foster Wallace wrote of his tennis idol Roger Federer. As these wide-ranging essays illustrate, both in their singularity of subject matter and the uniqueness of their expression, that label just as easily could have been attached to their author.
Reviewed by Harvey Freedenberg on November 21, 2012
Both Flesh and Not: Essays
- Publication Date: November 19, 2013
- Genres: Essays, Nonfiction
- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Back Bay Books


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Dark skin is a curse from God for unrighteousness
Black skin is a result of having not been "valiant" enough in the pre-existence, which was the basis for denying Black people full fellowship in the church until 1978. Native Americans also are cursed with a dark skin because of their (or their ancestors') unrighteousness, but can become "white and delightsome" if they become righteous. Mormons don't mention this much, but it is still in the Book of Mormon (look in the index for "skin" "dark" and "black").
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Kyle Westaway
Kyle Westaway
Lecturer on Law
Winter and Spring Terms 2020
Kyle Westaway is Founding Partner at Westaway Law - an innovative Brooklyn law firm that counsels social entrepreneurs - and a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School, where he co-teaches a course on social entrepreneurship.
He advises clients through each stage in the lifecycle of an organization from concept to acquisition, with the perspective of blending profit and purpose. He specializes in emerging legal structures designed for social enterprise such as the Benefit Corporation, L3C and Flexible Purpose Corporation. Kyle has been recognized as one of the leading independent attorneys in the US by Xemplar and has been selected as a Cordes Fellow. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Business Insider.
He is author of Profit & Purpose and writes on social innovation, entrepreneurship and emerging markets for The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal and Quartz. Kyle launched the first blog on social enterprise law, socentlaw.com, and co-founded Biographe, a sustainable style brand that employs and empowers survivors of the commercial sex trade in Bangkok.
Kyle is Chairman of the Board for The Adventure Project - a nonprofit that seeks to add venture capital to entrepreneurs in the developing world - and is a mentor for Harvard's I-Lab and Praxis.
Education History
- B.S. Speech Communication University of Tennessee, 2002
- M.A. Public Policy Regent University, 2006
- J.D. Law Regent University, 2006
Current Courses
- Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship, Winter 2020 - Spring 2020


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Brooklyn's I.S. 318 junior high school fits one inner-city stereotype—a majority of its students come from below-the-poverty-line families. All other expectations, as shown in the new documentary "Brooklyn Castle," should be checked at the door. Beginning in 2000, under the tutelage of chess teacher and coach Elizabeth Spiegel and assistant principal and chess coordinator John Galvin, I.S. 318 expanded its small chess program and began competing in national tournaments. For those keeping score, the results have been stunning: more than 30 national chess titles, including, in 2012, the U.S. High School National Championship, a first for a junior high.
"Brooklyn Castle" goes behind the scenes to reveal the inspirational effect of the chess team's success on the entire student body. In achieving the improbable, the "chess nuts" of I.S. 318 are expanding the possibilities for themselves and for disadvantaged students like them. As they are quick to point out, if the late Albert Einstein, an avid chess player, were on this team, he would rank fourth.
"Brooklyn Castle" is dramatic illustration that extracurricular activities, as I.S. 318 principal Fred Rubino likes to points out, are not really "extra" at all because they teach "the whole child." Chess became an unlikely source of school pride and a catalyst for elevating the school's academic achievement. In following the daily lives and competitive chess fortunes of five of the team's members as they tour the country competing for team and individual points, the film captures the students' sheer thrill of achievement. After all, if they can master the world's most difficult game, what can't they do? "Brooklyn Castle" is also a dramatic account of five young lives in-the-making, in which triumph at the chessboard comes with hard work and personal tribulation.
At 11, Justus Williams is a prodigy, already one of America's highest-ranked young chess players. Yet he is plagued by a tendency to freeze, stymied by the expectations created by his success. In the opinion of many, 13-year-old Rochelle Ballantyne, who broke the gender line of what had been an all-boys chess club, has the potential to become the first African-American female master in the history of chess. But she excels in many fields, and she struggles to commit fully to chess. Twelve-year-old Pobo Efekoro is the big, boisterous, warm-hearted leader of the team. When the school's budget for afterschool programs is cut, he runs for school president with the goal of mobilizing a student protest to get the cuts restored. He spends so much energy on these activities and looking after the emotional needs of teammates that his own playing begins to suffer.
Twelve-year-old Alexis Paredes' approach to chess is like his play—meditative and thoughtful. The second-ranked player at I.S. 318 (first-ranked is Rochelle), he sees chess as a way to an education and a lucrative career that will allow him to support his immigrant family. Though he appears calm, the shy youngster suffers from the strain of competition and the need to succeed. Eleven-year-old Patrick Johnston is a sensitive and low-rated beginner whose goals are modest compared to those of his teammates, yet they loom large for him. Afflicted with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Patrick has taken to chess to develop concentration and patience. During the year of filming, his immediate objective is to raise his ranking to a middle level. His struggle, in which he displays heartbreaking, nail-biting determination and is cheered on by the indefatigable Pobo, becomes as epic as that of any of the other players.
Because Patrick's fight to raise his ranking to middle level involves a sense of personal achievement, it gets at the heart of what chess has done for I.S. 318. For these kids, chess is more than a game and winning is more than a matter of trophies. "Brooklyn Castle" is a clear-eyed look at a school program that has made a huge difference to students. It is equally a celebration of youth's determination to dream, if given the chance.
"I had always been interested in making a film about Brooklyn, but I wanted to tell a story that people didn't expect," says director Dellamaggiore. "We're hoping, too, that the story in this film will make some lawmakers think twice before cutting funds for extracurricular activities from education budgets."
For more information, visit the Brooklyn Castle Website.


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Abstract: This paper proposes a model of how incumbents and new entrants engage in sustainable entrepreneurship. We suggest that in the early stages of an industry's sustainability transformation, new entrants ('Emerging Davids') are more likely than incumbents to pursue sustainability-related opportunities. Incumbents react to the activities of new entrants by engaging in corporate sustainable entrepreneurship activities. While these 'Greening Goliaths' are often less ambitious in their environmental and social goals, they may have a broader reach due to their established market presence. This paper analyses the interplay between 'Greening Goliaths' and 'Emerging Davids' and theorizes about how it is their compounded impact that promotes the sustainable transformation of industries. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7122
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Abstract: This paper draws on interviews with 12 investor relations directors. These were used to elicit the mental models respondents used when explaining their firms' motivation to engage in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Four dimensions of CSR-induced competitive advantages emerged: risk, efficiency, branding, and new markets. Respondents from firms with lower social performance drew on less differentiated and less balanced cognitive frameworks (focussing on risk and efficiency). Respondents from firms with higher social performance reported not only more links between CSR and competitiveness, their underlying cognitive models were also more balanced across the four dimensions. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7117
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Abstract: This report summarizes selected findings of a three‐year research effort undertaken by INSEAD, Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Bocconi University, and the Leon Kosminski Academy. It is part of a larger European Commission‐funded study, entitled "RESPONSE". This project has aimed at understanding how multinational firms see their responsibility towards society and how this is aligned (or not) with the expectations of their stakeholders. Preliminary findings were developed in a final report which was presented at a conference in autumn 2007 at INSEAD, Fontainebleau (please find link in the appendix). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7120
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Abstract: Over the past decade product service systems (PSS) study has established itself as a research field. Most recently scholars have occupied themselves with the design and implementation of product service systems, which they posit help reduce environmental and economic inefficiencies. However, extant literature leaves open the question why such inefficiencies exist in the first place. This paper proposes opportunistic behaviour, bounded rationality, and asymmetric information as possible explanations for the existence of the inefficiencies discussed by PSS scholars. It continues by exploring five types of property rights and the role they can play in increasing eco-efficiency. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7123
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U.S. Army Purchases First ADROIT(TM) FC 300 Latent Fingerprint Development System from Linde Canada
Mississauga, Canada- The U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory (USACIL) has purchased the first beta ADROIT™ FC 300 latent fingerprint development system, based on technology developed by The revolutionary, automated latent fingerprint development system is a dry, non-contact technology that uses a gaseous application process for developing latent fingerprints. The new technology eliminates hazardous carrier solvents used in traditional processing methods and the physical application of these materials by dipping, spraying, brushing and drying.
Linde Canada Ltd. is an affiliate of Linde North America, a member of The Linde Group, a world-leading gases and engineering company.
Calvin Knaggs, Linde Canada technology marketing manager who developed the technology, said, "In 2012 a prototype of the Linde system underwent testing by the USACIL. They are impressed with the results and have purchased the first commercial unit for further discovery and validation." A foundational study has been published in the Journal of Forensic Identification, entitled Latent Print Development Using Low Pressure Sublimation Vapor Deposition: Evaluation of a Prototype System (62 (6), 2012 643). The article was authored by several forensic Scientists from the Defense Forensic Science Center of Excellence, United States Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
"The interest and feedback provided by the USACIL was invaluable in bringing the capabilities of the technology to where it is today," said Knaggs. The USACIL is a world - class facility at the forefront of battlefield forensics with a leading science and technology program collaborating with other laboratories and researchers, law enforcement, academia and industry to develop state of the art protocols in scientific investigation.
The Linde Group is a world-leading gases and engineering company with around 62,000 employees in more than 100 countries worldwide. In the 2011 financial year, Linde generated revenue of EUR 13.787 bn (USD 18.1 bn). The strategy of the Group is geared towards long-term profitable growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment - in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The Group is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
For more information, see The Linde Group online at http://www.linde.com.
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Transfer News: Corinthians wait to hold talks with Tottenham target Paulinho
Corinthians midfielder Paulinho has claimed it would be a 'fantastic opportunity' to play for Tottenham Hotspur.
By Paulo Freitas
Last Updated: 24/06/13 9:16pm
Paulinho is currently on Confederations Cup duty with Brazil and claimed last week that Premier League side Spurs had made an offer.
Reports suggest that Spurs have matched the 24-year-old's €20million (£17m) buy-out clause and Corinthians director Duilio Monteiro Alves wants to discuss the situation with Paulinho after the Confederations Cup.
"The buy-out fee is 20million Euros and Corinthians can't do anything," Alves told UOL. "We'll talk with him.
"Paulinho already knows about the offer, we told him.
"He asked to wait until he returns from the national team. When he comes, the final decision will be made."
Paulinho had also been linked with Serie A duo Inter Milan and Roma, but has confirmed he cannot reject the chance to move to White Hart Lane.
"I feel I am ready to experience football at the highest level in Europe and the opportunity to play in England is a dream," Paulinho is quoted in The Independent.
"It's a great pleasure to be linked to such a great club like Tottenham. They have a reputation as one of the great clubs in England who play exciting, attacking football which suits my style.
"I couldn't turn them down if they made me an offer. It would be a fantastic opportunity to play for Tottenham."
Spurs have yet to comment on the reported deal and, at the weekend, manager Andre Villas-Boas cooled rumours of a move for Paulinho's Brazilian team-mate Bernard.


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Native American studies as a discipline developed in the 1960s as a way to bring Native experiences and perspectives into the college classroom to better understand the history, achievements, and struggles of Native people and to counteract neocolonialist and stereotypical views of Native peoples.
NAMS at Ithaca College is an interdisciplinary minor organized around various themes related to the present and past of indigenous peoples in North America and Hawaii. The NAMS initiative includes a 21-credit minor, speakers and cultural events, intercollegiate activities, diversity recruitment, and community outreach. Seven academic departments -- anthropology; cinema, photography, and media arts; philosophy and religion; history; politics; sociology; and sport management and media -- are participating in NAMS, making it a highly interdisciplinary area of study.
Native Americans are a prominent social and cultural presence in our region. Ithaca is located within the homeland of the Cayuga Nation, one of Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. The Onondaga and Seneca Nations are near Ithaca as well.
Contemporary Native American issues such as cultural revitalization, land claims, health care, repatriation of human remains, and casinos appear regularly in the local news. Understanding these issues in terms of their history, cultural contexts, and economic impact is important for students in many fields of study. The NAMS minor may be particularly valuable to students pursuing careers in communications, education, multicultural outreach, human services, medicine, and the social sciences.
Photo Credit: Michelle Boulé, The Ithacan. Kalen Marvin, right, from the Mohawk Nation, plays a turtle shell rattle during a dance by the Young Spirit Dancers at the First Peoples' Festival, an annual event co-sponsored by Ithaca College and the NAMS Program


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US announces removal of last batch of Vietnam's weapons-grade uranium
VIENNA – The United States says experts have removed the last batch of uranium from Vietnam that terrorists could have used in efforts to make a nuclear bomb.
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz says the highly enriched uranium, from the Dalat Nuclear Research Institute, has gone to Russia where it will be turned into low-enriched reactor fuel.
Moniz did not say when the removal occurred. He also did not specify amounts Tuesday.
But other officials at an International Atomic Energy Agency conference on nuclear security said two batches had been removed totaling 16 kilograms (about 35 pounds), with the first shipment taken out six years ago.
That's more than half of what is needed for a crude nuclear weapon.
The U.S. and Russia have taken the lead in many such operations worldwide.


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UShopfast.com necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 75 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
Pickering Appliance
Pickering Appliance has been around since 1989! With a long history, they are taking it to the next level will need an amazing design. We are exciting to work with them, they love our design so we want to get them the best design!
The target audience will be the general consumer that is buys appliances and replacement parts and will be both male and female although probably more male.
This is a website design, not a logo design, so don't submit a logo unless you are submitting a website design as it is a waste of time
This is an E-Commerce site, so it must be functional. Absolutely no flash except in the banners. We are building a site for functionality for online shopping so we have attached a lot of e-commerce site you can reference.
You can also review the winner of another contest for UShopfast.com and see the design of the winner. http://www.bit.ly/95QsI8 We are looking for something very similar with different colors of course.
We will require PSD, Illustrator, JPEG's. Optionally but not required, are all of the assets used on the website and also a stylesheet with Template HTML (using sprites). Platform we will be using is ASP.NET.
We have also attached our the sites we want to reference as what we need as it is a combination of all the sites a not just one.
We need the site to be very polished, so reference the document so you can see what is needed.
The Logo font fyi is Gill Sans ultra Bold.
Use web fonts - try different styles, verdana lucida etc
Pages required - For this contest, we only need the Home Page and the Product Detail Page. We will also need a proof with roll over top navigation such for the home page, good examples are amazon.com, target.com and http://www.easports.com
The winner will be hired to do the other pages and graphicsRead the requirements document. As we have mentioned, we will be using CCS Sprites for the site http://css-tricks.com/css-sprites/


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Milwaukee 48-20-7607 4x 5/8" x 16" x 18" 44 Magnum SDS Rotary Hammer Bit 4x
The 48-20-7607 includes:
- 4x Milwaukee 48-20-7607 5/8" x 16" x 18" SDS Drill Bit
- Centering point - allows more accurate starting of holes.
- Unique edge design - allows cutting mesh & small dia. Re-bar with less likelihood of tip breakage.
- Unique face design - directs concrete dust into the flute's pick up area quickly for faster drilling.
- Chisel design - improves drilling speed.
- Multi fluted spiral - better dust extraction.
- Interchanges with "SDS Plus"
- For use in any kind of concrete or masonry
- (Diameter x Usable Length x Overall Length)
MilwaukeeM/2 2-Cutter SDS-Plus Rotary Hammer Drill bits are the Most Durable 2-Cutter bits with up to 20% more holes per charge in cordless rotary hammers. The enhanced rebar guards provide increased durability in hard aggregate and rebar. Breaker Point pulverize the material more effectively resulting in faster drilling speeds. The variable flute allows for maximum debris extraction leading to up 20% more holes per charge in cordless rotary hammer while making it a very durable bit in corded and cordless rotary hammers. Additionally, M/2 features a centering tip for exact spot drilling, wear mark indicator indicating when the bit no longer meets ANSI diameter requirements, and a reinforced flute for durability and minimized vibration. The increased life and efficiency of the M/2 2-Cutter drill bit line provides the ideal solution in general concrete for cordless and corded rotary hammer users.
Tech Specs:
- Brand: Milwaukee
- Model: 48-20-7607
- Type: Rotary Hammer Bit
- Style: SDS-PLUS
- Cutter Geometry: 2-Cutter
- Diameter: 5/8"
- Length: 18"
- Useable Length: 16"
- Height: 0.625"
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Texans try to bounce back against 49ers
(SportsNetwork.com) - The Houston Texans need a bounce-back victory in the worst way.
Something similar to what the San Francisco 49ers pulled off last time out would do just fine.
The Texans try to snap a two-game slide on Sunday night when they visit the Niners at Candlestick Park.
Houston jumped out to victories over San Diego and Tennessee to begin the season, but dropped a 21-point decision in Baltimore prior to last weekend's 23-20 overtime home loss to unbeaten Seattle.
The Texans led 20-3 and had outgained the Seahawks 324-88 in the first half, but did little with the ball after halftime.
Still, Houston was in position to win after an interception by cornerback Johnathan Joseph, but Matt Schaub was picked off by Seattle's Richard Sherman on a 3rd-and-4 play and the defensive back raced 58 yards for the game-tying score with 2:40 left in the fourth quarter.
Seattle eventually won when Steven Hauschka kicked a 45-yard field goal with 3:19 to play in overtime.
Schaub threw for 355 yards with a pair of touchdowns, but also had an interception returned for a score for a third straight week. Still, the Texans are not giving up on their quarterback.
"Everybody has bad games. Everybody has bad runs. This is the NFL. It's not easy out there, especially at that position. He's our quarterback. He's our leader. I'm riding with him," said running back Arian Foster, who rushed for 102 yards in the setback.
Still, Houston is now a game off the pace in the AFC South behind Indianapolis and Tennessee and will try to avoid losing three in a row for the first time since closing out the 2011 campaign with three consecutive setbacks.
"I don't get too consumed with where we are right now," said Texans head coach Gary Kubiak. "I get consumed with how we're playing and what we're doing. I think, obviously, it could be worse right now. It could be better if we won our game (Sunday). But we've just got to stay focused on our play. It was very, very good for a good period of time, but not good enough when it was all said and done."
Things had not been going well for the defending NFC Champion 49ers following a Week 1 win over Green Bay. They were outscored 56-10 in consecutive defeats to the Seahawks and Colts before rebounding last Thursday with a 35-11 rout of the St. Louis Rams.
Colin Kaepernick, held to 277 yards passing with four interceptions and no touchdown passes in the two setbacks, connected on a pair of scoring throws versus the Rams. He only passed for 167 yards, but completed 65.2 percent of his throws (15-for-23).
Kaepernick got a lot of help from his ground game. Frank Gore rushed for 153 yards on 20 carries and scored a touchdown, while fellow running backs Kendall Hunter and Anthony Dixon also found the end zone.
"I thought everybody did a good job," said San Francisco head coach Jim Harbaugh. "The energy and toughness was there. It was good team defense, the coverage was tight and we got turnovers."
Gore and Kaepernick both lost fumbles, the third game in a row with a lost fumble for the quarterback, but San Francisco forced two turnovers and had five sacks despite playing without linebackers Aldon Smith (personal) and Patrick Willis (groin).
Linebacker NaVarro Bowman logged his first career multi-sack game with two while adding six tackles and a forced fumble.
Sunday marks just the third meeting between the 49ers and Texans, with each team having won at home. Houston will visit San Francisco for the first time since a 20-17 overtime setback on Jan. 1, 2006.
All eyes with be on Schaub as he is starting to see the tide go against him. He has thrown for 1,193 yards with eight touchdowns this season, but has been picked off six times and sacked 11.
Schaub knows the only thing he can do is go right back to work on the field.
"It was one play the other day and it was a very important play, but we'll be better when we get back into that situation again. You just go right back to work and get right back in the film room, get right back out onto the practice field and go to the next one," said the quarterback.
Houston is ranked fifth in total offense, but just 19th in scoring as Schaub continues to make back-breaking mistakes. Kubiak, though, doesn't see it as a lack of confidence.
"I don't see a lack of confidence. I see some poor decision-making situations, some that he has to handle and some that we can help him handle. But there are a lot of good things that are happening too, but the problem when you to play that position, if there's three or four glaring mistakes, they can be the difference in winning and losing," said Kubiak.
Not helping Schaub last week as the fact that All-Pro left tackle Duane Brown was inactive due to a sprained toe, but he did participate in practice on Wednesday.
Houston now goes up against a San Francisco defense that ranks fourth in the league in yardage allowed and held St. Louis to just 18 yards rushing on 19 carries.
The 49ers held the Rams to just 188 yards in the victory despite playing without two of their top linebackers, though Willis has a chance to return this weekend.
"They've got a great pass rush, very good defense up front, good secondary," said Schaub. "Much like we faced last week and the week before for that matter. They're a good group and have been for a couple of years. We're going to have to be at our best come Sunday night in their building."
Waiting for Houston will be safety Donte Whitner, who picked up his first interception of the season last weekend as well as a fine for an unnecessary roughness penalty.
Whitner confirmed on Wednesday that he has in fact filed paperwork to change the spelling of his last name.
"From here on out until I retire, my name will be Donte Hitner, without the 'W.'"
Kaepernick is also looking to put some struggles behind him and was able to avoid the big mistake and move the ball down the field at times versus St. Louis. He hooked up with wide receiver Anquan Boldin on a 42-yard catch while completing TD throws to the wideout and tight end Vernon Davis.
He awaits another challenge in the form of a Texans defense that has yet to give up more than 300 yards of offense in a game this season. Houston also had five sacks and two takeaways versus Seattle.
Linebacker Whitney Mercilus had 2 1/2 sacks and end J.J. Watt was credited with eight tackles and a half-sack. The two lead the club with 3 1/2 sacks on the season, while defensive end Antonio Smith has notched at least a half-sack in four straight games dating back to last season.
In all, Houston's defense is giving up just 254.3 yards per game.
"J.J. Watt is one of the top players in this league," noted Harbaugh. "Strong, great ability to rush the passer, get passed blocks and then on the quarterback almost immediately when he's able to that. He's able to run and use his length. A lot of really good things to his game."
Watt is second on the club with 25 tackles behind only linebacker Brian Cushing, who has 33 but also left the previous game with a concussion. Kubiak said that Cushing is doing good and participated in things on Wednesday, but had yet to fully go through the league's concussion protocol.
Schaub is facing the possibility of going from the frying pan into the fire.
The embattled signal-caller goes up against another defense that can put a quarterback on his back, though the 49ers don't have a secondary as deep as the Seahawks. Still, Schaub's decision making will be put to the test by the bay.
It hasn't been as rough for Kaepernick, who has a demeanor that is tough to crack. He to will have to be on his toes with Watt looking to knock both him and the ball down.
This should come down to confidence, something the Niners certainly have an edge in.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: 49ers 20, Texans 16


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Like Father?
by Gary Jason | Posted June 23, 2012
Republican Rand Paul, scion of libertarian lion Ron Paul, has done something amazing.
He has endorsed the Republican candidate for the presidency.
Libertarian movement chronicler Brian Doherty put the situation nicely when he said, "There are a lot of Ron Paul people who like to think of themselves as a ragtag rebel army. But Rand Paul is clearly positioning himself to play the part of the loyal opposition. Emphasis on loyal."
That he endorsed Romney was bad enough to some ofhis father's supporters, but that he did it while his father was still seeking the nomination (even if not actively campaigning) was especially galling. Here are a few of the comments Rand Paul's action elicited online:
- "Nothing but a Judas! Burn in hell Rand!"
- "Shame on you rand . . . you sold out on everything your father stands for . . . Damn you."
- "I did not donate my treasure and time to end up supporting flip-flop. I feel like a deal with devil has been made."
My favorite, though, is this bit of conspiracy theory: "The only thing that makes sense is that they must have lured him in with a hot woman and set him up with photographs of the event. . . . No son would do this to his own father."
I dunno . . . maybe he was enticed by a whole group of hot women. Or maybe he figured that: (a) Obama is infinitely more distant from Paul's principles than Romney is; (b) Romney has a good chance of winning; (c) in office Romney will have people of all ideological persuasions trying to influence him; and (d) by being one of those voices, Rand Paul will be able to advance his own principles.
I think the second "maybe" is the likelier one. I also note that Rand Paul has followed his endorsement of Romney with an essay strongly criticizing Romney's position on war, foreign policy, and the Constitution itself. Apparently there weren't enough of those women.
Gary Jason is a lecturer in Philosophy and a senior editor at Liberty. His books can be found on Amazon.com.
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Rodney Choate
I hope this reply has a little something for all.
Under normal circumstances I'm a "principles" voter. I agree with those who heap generous blame on all major factions that have been controlling my destiny, and agree that a vote for the lesser evil is still support for evil.
But three factors cause me to think that, this time, we should hold our noses and vote for Romney. First, the process IS unjustly rigged in favor of the two major parties. (It would be off topic to discuss exactly how, so just accept that for now). Secondly, there are the Supreme Court appointments. The Court is already dangerously statist and whole house of cards appears to be near collapse. So, what kind of Court would you like presiding over a failed United States? And Lastly, (and related to point 2) in the event that our government does collapse, which man would you prefer to preside over same? Obama or Romney?
I agree that neither major party candidate, nor almost every member of congress, nor any member of the Supreme Court has any intention of saving us from what seems to be coming. Right now I'm just thinking of who I want in charge to keep me physically the safest of things get bad.
I reiterate that the old game of voting for "the lesser of two evils" is an old one that has been played by most voters in every election, and that it has brought no good. It's just one more factor that the crooked politicians learned to take advantage of. I only recommend doing it one last time because we seem to be near the end of our rope.
Tue, 2012-06-26 22:38
Why is a magazine called "liberty" trying to convince libertarians to support Republicans?
At every turn, the editors, and writers of this mag. are trying to tell us how libertarian the Republicans are, how anti-libertarian the Democrats are, and how useless the LP is.
I'm not buying it. I can clearly see what the Republicans are. From the 150+ years of the laws they've imposed upon the people of the US.
Tue, 2012-06-26 12:05
Rodney Choate
Dear Visitor,
Three points:
1) I don't think this Magazine proper would tell anyone whom to vote for, though some of us lurkers might suggest something.
2) Does my posting of Tue., 2012-06-26 (above)ease your concerns that we might all be a bunch of wild-eyed conservative nuts? I assure you that I, at least, am completely sensitive to your concerns.
3) Consider the fact one of a professional politicians' primary skills is guessing not only how his constituents will vote, but also how they are WILLING to vote!!! I support Libertarian candidates whenever I can- it would be wrong to just always leave them twisting in the wind in every election (even though that's pretty much what they get anyway). The fact that I might vote for Romney this time doesn't mean that my representatives don't know about the likes of me- and there aren't enough "me-s" out there to really scare them yet. Until there are many more out there like me, and possibly you dear Visitor, it doesn't hurt at all that I will vote for Romney this fall. Remember- what the Republicans NEED is for you to WANT to vote them!! As long as you don't give them what they "need" you are doing your job, for the time being.
I'm not much of a writer, and regret my past and future sins. I hope this makes some sense.
Wed, 2012-06-27 22:06
Quite a few fallacies in this article.
Obama's policiies are almost identical to Romney's. Romney has very little chance of winning for this very reason. Romney will not have anyone even remotely close to the libertarian ideology in his administration. And Rand Paul, being a Nationalists, certainly would have little influence with a Romney administration.
Romney, Paul, and Obama all have a few, very few, libertarian principles. That doesn't make them libertarians. They all are libertarian when concerned to their supporters. But all are definately not libertarian concerning those outside their "group".
What the US needs is people who respect everyones liberties. And all liberties. And it's not going to happen when people declare themselves libertarians, when their actions are clearly not.
Tue, 2012-06-26 11:38
There are four Supreme Court justices nearing retirement. Surely even hard-core Ron Paul supporters can agree that Romney is more likely than is Obama to nominate court candidates with some respect for the constitution. In a second term Obama could nominate four more Ginsbergs .... kiss your first, second, ninth, and tenth amendments goodbye for another generation. With a Republican victory, Rand Paul might well influence a RINO president, with the support of fellow Senators and Representatives. Sometimes, with the enemy at the gates, a smart warrior fights to win one important battle, the one at hand.
Sun, 2012-06-24 02:00
Should we as true liberals in the original meaning of the word-- in the F.A. Hayek and Milton Friedman way-- support a candidate who is far from ideal over a candidate who is even farther from our sense of liberty? We have in Romney someone who can be considered a good American and a good person. Obama fails on at least one of those accounts. The choice is clear to me. The time for us to challenge the status quo is during the primary. Just like when sometimes quarreling nations become allies to defeat a greater enemy, conservative-liberals (who fight for liberty) should come together to defeat the greatest threat to liberty that I believe America has ever seen within our own land. Tea Party patriots and libertarians all want to preserve liberty and restrain over-reaching government. One difference though is that the Tea Party is changing the Republican party within. Libertarians sometimes will not accept anything other than a viable 3rd party. I like to call myself both a Tea Party patriot and a libertarian. (Please don't tell me why that can't be.) This attitude will probably continue to keep your influence minimal, especially in general elections. I would like for us to be more influential. I also understand that a candidate who is not a strong representative of our values will probably not be the best representative, but he surely won't be as bad as one who ideologically opposes our values-- American values. Milton Friedman came to Pres. Reagan's call when needed and in doing so the libertarian economic philosophy (Adam Smith's free markets, free trade, free enterprise, capitalism)was greater received throughout the world.
Sun, 2012-07-29 10:11
Just like the Bush appointee upheld Obamacare? Yeah, Republican judges are really different than Democratic judges.....Haha.
Thu, 2012-06-28 17:22
"enemy" "warrior", about sums up the problem of tribalism under the veneer of critical thinking.
Two terms of moderate democrats followed by two terms of moderate republicans is the republic's attempt to yank the steering wheel towards a middle course between two delusional ideological political classes.
Obama as a threat to the constitution in comparison to any republican president past and future is an exercise in hysteria and selective memory.
Mon, 2012-06-25 07:14
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Today the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals decided Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP v. Kimberly-Clark Corp. On the merits, the case upheld a district court opinion finding that Georgia-Pacific's "Quilted Diamond Design" on toilet paper was functional, and therefore not entitled to trademark protection.
However, what's really great about Judge Evans' opinion is the opening paragraphs, reproduced here. Not only does this hilarious prose make you want to read the rest of this opinion, but it also lets me blog this with both a "trademark" and "humor" label:
EVANS, Circuit Judge. Toilet paper. This case is about
toilet paper. Are there many other things most people
use every day but think very little about? We doubt it.
But then again, only a select few of us work in the
rarefied air inhabited by top-rate intellectual property
lawyers who specialize in presenting and defending
claims of unfair competition and trademark infringement
under the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051 et seq. And the
lawyers on both sides of this dispute are truly firstrate.
Together they cite some 119 cases and 20 federal
statutes (albeit with a little overlap) in their initial
briefs. We are told that during the "expedited" discovery
period leading up to the district court decision we are
called upon to review, some 675,000 pages of documents
were produced and more than a dozen witnesses were
deposed. That's quite a record considering, again, that
this case is about toilet paper.
We'll start by introducing the combatants. In the far
corner, from an old cotton-producing state (Dixie: "I wish
I was in the land of cotton, old times there are not forgotten.")
and headquartered in the area (Atlanta) where
Scarlett O'Hara roamed Tara in Margaret Mitchell's epic
Gone With the Wind, we have the Georgia-Pacific Company.
Important to this case, and more than a bit ironic, is that
the name of Georgia-Pacific's flagship toilet paper is
Quilted Northern. In the near corner, headquartered in the
north, in Neenah, Wisconsin (just minutes away from
Green Bay), and a long way from the land of cotton, we
have the Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Ironically, its
signature toilet paper brand is called Cottonelle.
The claim in this case is that a few of Kimberly-Clark's
brands of toilet paper are infringing on Georgia-Pacific's
trademark design. But again, this case is about toilet
paper, and who really pays attention to the design on
a roll of toilet paper? The parties, however, are quick to
inform us that in a $4 billion dollar industry, designs
are very important. Market share and significant profits
are at stake. So with that, we forge on.


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I loved the holiday season when I was a little kid.
I loved the holiday season when I was a little kid.
Starting right after Halloween, teachers would hand out those purple-ink mimeographed sheets to color. Remember those? They had an irresistible smell that probably killed off brain cells, considering the ink was chock full of chemicals. But they sure did smell good.
Back then, Thanksgiving coloring sheets would have pilgrims and Indians all sitting down, enjoying their meals together. At some point, we�d make construction paper American Indian headdresses and pilgrim hats and divide into two groups, neither of which was politically or historically correct. We didn�t care though. We�d pretend to have a Thanksgiving feast like the one we knew our mothers soon would be preparing.
Most of our Thanksgiving meals were consumed away from what the military called our �home of record.� We were in places alternately mundane and exotic when we consumed our turkey. But since many of the ingredients that made a modern Thanksgiving so memorable were in short supply in some of the more exotic locales, we didn�t always have cranberry sauce or some of the more common trimmings with our meals.
I always thought that was a form of roughing it until many years ago, when I interviewed military retirees who�d fought in World War II, Korea and Vietnam during the Thanksgiving holiday. The stories they told me made me realize that not having a spoon of cranberry sauce on my plate wasn�t exactly a hardship. In fact, in an odd sort of way, it was a pleasure.
Not because we did without something I like (I am a diehard cranberry sauce fan), but because of the reason we were doing without: We were military brats on an accompanied tour. And an accompanied tour was the best thing ever; it meant our father was stationed where he could take us along and that, in turn, meant we got to see the world up close and personal.
I admit it. I complain about a lot of things, from politics to bad drivers to annoying customer service to how little value my dollar seems to have these days. I�m probably not going to stop complaining, but this Thanksgiving Day, I have to add a special thanks for all of the things I do have: More than enough to eat, people who love me, access to good medical treatment and a country that allows me to live my life with a multitude of freedoms.
If you ask me, that�s even better than having a big bowl of cranberry sauce all to myself.
May you have a happy Thanksgiving and plenty of cranberry sauce.
Carole Moore welcomes email at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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By Peter Tashjian, KF11 Armenia
A few days ago I visited the Noratus region of Armenia where the highest concentration of Khachkars (stone-crosses) can be found. Upon arrival I noticed an elderly lady quickly climbing up a small hill. My first reaction was, what is she doing and why? I was rather surprised to see her climb this rather steep small hill at her age and her determination seemed unwavering. I few minutes later it became clear. She was trying to reach a group of tourists to sell hand knitted goods.
She was helping her son's small business. He and his wife had a small stand where they sold knitted goods and she was supporting them by taking a handful of these goods to the tourists in case they didn't visit her son's stand.
I initially felt saddened that she had to work this hard and risk physical injury to support her son and her grandchildren then a thought came to me. This elderly lady had purpose in her life (she had to ensure her family had enough food to eat and a place to live) and as a result she conjured up the strength to do what many her age couldn't.
Being a Kiva Fellow in Armenia, I thought about how microfinance could help families such as hers. The definition of Microfinance per Wikipedia.org is the provision of financial services to low-income clients, including consumers and the self-employed, who traditionally lack access to banking and related services. This family produced beautiful hand knitted goods which would probably sell for quite a bit of money in United States where I live, however they were selling them for a few dollars. Having access to capital could afford them many new possibilities to increase their revenue.
This elderly lady was a living example of what most Self Help books preach. Having purpose and being needed in life are some of the most important ingredients in not only longevity but good health and happiness.
Instead of feeling saddened by this picture, I was inspired. I realized that I was judging something from the perspective of my Western thinking and instead of feeling sad I became encouraged and felt empowered by her. If she can climb a small, steep hill at her age to help her family under the burning hot sun, imagine the things I can do.
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Every body dies. Dr. J's mission has always been to present a choice and lifestyle to live life to the fullest and die more comfortably, instead of suffering. Read below about how baby boomers are living longer, but not healthier, than their predecessors.
Taken from ABC News – Katie Moisse
Baby boomers are living longer lives than their predecessors, but not necessarily healthier lives, according to a new study that warns of rising health care costs.
Men and women born between 1946 and 1964 were more likely to suffer from high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes than the generation before them, according to the study, published today in JAMA Internal Medicine. They were also more likely to be obese and less likely to exercise.
"Despite their longer life expectancy over previous generations, U.S. baby boomers have higher rates of chronic disease, more disability, and lower self-rated health than members of the previous generation at the same age," the study authors wrote. "On a positive note, baby boomers are less likely to smoke cigarettes and experience lower rates of emphysema and [heart attacks] than the previous generation."
The study supports a gloomy forecast for healthcare costs as the oldest baby boomers approach their 70s. Americans spend roughly $147 billion on obesity and $177 billion on diabetes, according to theU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"We've got a mixed report card here," said Dr. William Schaffner, chair of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. "We've got some As and Bs, but certainly some Cs and Ds with pretty serious implications for medical care in this country."
But Schaffner say it's never too late to turn things around.
"Exercise and diet continue to be very important as we get older, and it's never too late to quit smoking," said Schaffner, adding that exercise doesn't mean "training for the Olympics." "There are lots of easy things people can do: walking, swimming, gardening — physical activity of any kind."
ABC News' chief health and medical editor, Dr. Richard Besser, said the study should serve as inspiration for baby boomers with a lot more living to do.
"You can start to make a difference in your risk for all of these by making small changes in what you eat and how you move," he said. "It may not be easy, but it's very simple: Start small, achieve success, and build from there."