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Saturday, April 04, 2020
Stupid Picture Chonicles #74
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Stupid Picture Chronicles #73
I know all things are relative but... life is different in the U.P.
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Monday, March 25, 2019
Who Gave Me The Right....?
What if I am wrong? It happens more frequently than I would like to admit. Usually there is nothing more at stake than the price of a sale item, a wrong turn on the way to my destination, or some other harmless event.
But every now and then...
Today found me at a hospital where I had gone to visit a friend. He is nearly a decade younger than I am. He has experienced fewer Christmas Eve's, quiet evenings with his wife, and has probably made less mistakes than I must admit to. My friend is very, very, sick. The doctor told him this morning that he has reached the end of his days. There are no treatments to make him well. He will not drive a car, take a stroll, or go to a movie, again. The only remaining question is how long he will last and what will it be like when he dies.
We talked for a long while. We prayed together. We took the necessary measures to put him at peace with his spiritual condition. He believed he is an "official Christ-follower." But I suppose when you get down to the nitty gritty everybody wants to make certain. And so we made certain. As I was preparing to leave he asked me a question. He said that he does not want any drastic, life saving measures. It is his desire to accept what God has brought to him. Lingering is not something he wants to do. I understand that. I think I would feel the same way. He asked me if it would offend God if he told his doctors not to take those drastic steps. I assured him that his Father understands. He will not be angry. This decision will not affect their relationship. We prayed again and I took my leave.
As I sat in the parking lot a few minutes later I took my time, sitting in the sunshine and reflecting on the last hour. At that point it occurred to me … what if I am wrong? Who gives me the right to speak for God? My friend is banking everything on what I tell him … how I lead him … the "truth" that I declare to him. How do I know if God minds him rejecting extreme, life extending, measures? I cannot think of a place in the Bible where it says it is okay to stop fighting and run to Jesus. I am pretty certain it is not in there. Actually, I am completely certain it is not in there. I've read the entire book multiple times and this issue is not addressed. So. I believe what I told him is correct but I cannot prove it. What gives me the right to speak for God?
I wish I could give you an answer that puts a nice ribbon and bow on top of this conversational package. I do not have one. I am still working through this problem. Nothing in "preacher school" told me what to say at a moment like that one. I have not encountered it in a seminar or heard it addressed in a sermon. What gives me the right? What if I am wrong? The question seems simple enough. What if it is not?
Here is what I've got. God told me to love and pastor His church. He made me responsible for the spiritual well-being of more people than anyone could possibly know intimately. Some I am very close to. Some I am still getting to know. And in this particular moment I have become acutely aware that I had better walk rrrreeeaaaallllyyy close to Jesus. I had better listen very carefully for "the still, small, voice of His Spirit." I had better spend great amounts of time in stillness before Him learning what He sounds like. How else will I know what He is saying to me when a crises-moment like this one occurs? It is a scary thought. And it is even scarier to think that people look at me and think I am an expert on God. Seriously … can anybody be an expert on God?
I am not wrong in what I told my friend. I know where to go with questions like this. I go straight to The Throne. I do not really believe I might be wrong. That is not the point of this little essay. The point is that there is too much at stake for ANY of us to wander off and fall out of intimate contact with God. So listen close … don't you do it. If you have removed yourself from faithfully presenting yourself before God and seeking His Face … shame on you. Listen to this pastor who is human and mortal and fallible and all of the things that you are. RUN TO HIM. He will not be mad. He will welcome you.
I believe He told me to tell you that.
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Thursday, February 14, 2019
Stupid Picture Chronicles #71
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Stupid Picture Chronicles #70
Because the right button can fix anything ...
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Wednesday, October 03, 2018
Stupid Picture Chronicles #69
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Friday, August 17, 2018
Taxiing to the gate
Contrary to what you may have heard there is such a thing as a dumb question. I deal with them all of the time.
(Insert awkward silence here.)
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Friday, July 20, 2018
Afraid Not To Live
How clueless am I?
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Sunday, July 08, 2018
Stupid Picture Chronicles #68
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Monday, November 06, 2017
My Weekend In 3 Emails (or how to be a jerk without really trying)
I just purchased two dollars worth of ice from your machine on Old Collinsville Road in Fairview Heights (O'Fallon?) Illinois. That's all I needed. Sadly, after reading every word on your machine, I used a twenty-dollar bill. I received my ice in fine fashion and was quite pleased. I pushed the button for change and received... tokens. Tokens? Really? I don't need eighteen dollars in tokens. I don't WANT eighteen dollars in tokens. I want eighteen dollars. Cash. American money. I'm a little bit perturbed at the moment. I buy very little ice. Today I'm having a block party and I needed extra. I have one block party per year. At my current rate of ice consumption I will be eighty years old when I use my last token. I don't have eighteen more block parties in me.
Bottom line. There is a Casey's a block from you I've always used when I do need ice. I thought I'd try you out. New business and all. But you managed to chase me right back to Casey's. And I've made a sign I'm posting at my block party warning everyone about your machine. And I've asked them to pass the word. I'm giving them all one of your crummy tokens to remind them.
You know, giving tokens as change is fine IF you say so on your machine. I can absorb an eighteen dollar hit. What if I was a single mom stretching every dollar? That reminds me, I need to mention this tomorrow at the church I Pastor. And at the food pantry we host.
Could be an expensive eighteen dollar gain. Not cool, ice machine people. Not cool.
Ron Woods
My bad. One dollar coins, huh? I must admit I've seen silver dollars. I've seen Susan B. Anthony coins. But until this very day I had never seen a copper colored one dollar coin. My block party pointed out the error of my ways (though they did keep the "tokens" I passed out.) They are, as I type on my phone, pointing and laughing at me. Can't say as how I blame them. Still, these things won't fold in my wallet no matter how I try.
I humbly apologize and will promote your Ice Machine at every opportunity. I am a bad, bad, man. Can I buy you lunch?
Ron Woods
Swansea's Own Homer Simpson
We owe you lunch!................rarely do we have a customer, who is as honest as you have been, concerning your experience with our Ice House unit.......we are all from Southern Illinois(I live in Flora, IL.) and pride ourselves, on both saving our customers money, AND keeping the funds in the Southern Illinois market.
I'm in the Metro East market, on a weekly basis and would really like to introduce myself..................we decided to give change with $1 coins instead of $.25 ( you would of have received 72 quarters) to make it a better customer experience.
I've attached an Illinois market map, for your use, which shows all of our units.
Thanks again for your support...................contact us ANYTIME with your thoughts concerning your experience with our business model!
Rick Fritschle
Hoosier Ice LLC
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Monday, October 02, 2017
Let Your Words Be Few
To awake in the morning and find that a long time saint in my church had passed away overnight was difficult but not unexpected. Discovering that over fifty innocents were viciously executed by an evil man with high powered rifles from his lofty perch in a hotel room overlooking a crowd? That is a cold slap in the face. That is too difficult to handle. It defies any hope I have of wrapping my mind around it. Fifty-plus bodies on the hard sidewalks of a desert city. Bloodless bodies. Voiceless bodies. Bodies that would lay there for eternity if no one picks them up. The video's revealing the staccato cadence of automatic weapons firing on the innocents. Automatic weapons that are not legal anywhere in our country. First the tears come and then the blood boils. I feel my fangs growing like those of a rabid dog ready to pounce on whoever perpetrated this insanity.
The voices are already crying out. "Why? Why did this happen?" The Bible's answer is clear. Because evil exists. Because the planet is broken. Because the results of that evil and brokenness is more evil and brokenness.
Jesus told a story in Luke 13. It seems that Pilate had his soldiers murder some Galileans who were worshipping. Pretty cold blooded, wouldn't you say? Kind of like Las Vegas last night. The question posed to Jesus was the same one we pose. "Why did that happen?" Jesus reply was enormously relevant for their day and ours. "Do you think those Galileans were worse sinners than all the other people from Galilee? Is that why they suffered? Not at all! And you will perish, too, unless you repent of your sins and turn to God. And what about the eighteen people who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them? Were they the worst sinners in Jerusalem? No, and I tell you again that unless you repent, you will perish too."
Jesus wanted to squash an idea quickly for all time. Our chances of being the victim of a catastrophe is not determined by the level of our sinfulness. He wanted it made clear that all of us ... ALL OF US ... deserve the painful and deadly results of living on the broken planet because we were the ones who broke it. When we chose to disobey God rather than to obey Him, we set off a chain reaction of very bad things. People without God go mad. People without God do evil things. People without God attack other people. And sometimes bad things just happen for what seems no reason at all. Maybe a tower falls on you. A tower that nobody pushed over. As a pastor, one of the godliest people I ever buried was a young woman who repeatedly battled leukemia until it finally took her life in her early twenties. The tower of cancer fell on her. Who pushed it? Who can I point a finger at and demand retribution from? Well. We all pushed it when we invited sin into our world and thumbed our noses at God. Jesus wants us to know that He cares very much ... but the truth is ... we all deserve a tower to fall on us. So before you start pointing fingers at those you believe are most responsible for the evil perpetrated last night in a desert city in our homeland, remember the words of Jesus, "...unless you repent, you will perish too." Was the shooter insane? You bet he was. Was he evil? Absolutely. If he had survived should he be held accountable? Yes ... for every single bullet fired and every single life stolen. But before you start throwing around the blame to those you would call his "enablers," remember this. I broke this world when I agreed with those before me who invited sin into it. And so did you. Nobody deserves to have a finger pointed at them today. Everybody deserves to have a finger pointed at them today.
God help us.
I have no answers today for how to fix the evil embedded in our nation, other than the advice that Jesus gave. And so I repent. I repent for being one of the sin-filled people that brought us to this place. And then I choose to live out Ecclesiastes 5:2, "...God is in heaven, and you are here on earth. So let your words be few."
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Tuesday, May 30, 2017
What's Wrong With Me?
So we talked.
"Excuse me, God. I think I have the doldrums."
"Is that a flower?"
"With all due respect, Sir, you made them. I think you would know if it were."
That's is pretty much how it went. Me, complaining about my current state of placid soulfulness. Him, listening without so much as an occasional "Uh-huh. Tell me more." But, as I explained to Jehovah, life is good. Everybody is healthy except an occasional puking spell by a grandchild (I'm looking at you, Liam Kelly.) Our church is doing well except that three of my best friends are moving away thanks to an eternally restless United States Air Force. The Cubs are hovering around .500 which is a sad surprise. I guess it's still early and I haven't written them off yet. So I have no real reason for the doldrums.
But there they are.
Then my phone rang. It was a funeral home. Somebody died and they want me to do the funeral. I don't know them, so I don't know how they know me. Maybe I'm becoming known locally as, "Mr. Funeral?" I don't know how I feel about that. Anyway, I said I would do the service on Friday morning. Then, as funeral directors are apt to do, they dropped the other shoe.
"I feel that I should tell you that this family is a bit ... "
"It's alright. This is a safe place. Just say it."
"Eccentric. And ..."
"Oh. Now that's probably something I would have liked to know before I agreed to this event, don't you think?"
"They did ask for you by name. Are you sure you don't know them?"
"I don't know them."
"One of them is married to his third cousin. His name is David. And his name is Curt. They like to dress alike. And Curt likes to push people around. I buried their mother and ... I think second cousin. Yeah. Second cousin."
"David's mother is Curt's second cousin?"
"David is married to Curt."
"I think you've got it."
"Do they have children?"
"Probably not."
"Anything else you think I should know?"
"Isn't that enough?"
"See you Friday."
Guys. I can't make stuff like this up.
That's when I noticed ... adrenaline. Adrenaline! My old friend! I've missed you! And the doldrums ... they vanished! I just needed a good dose of eccentricity! Have you ever noticed God seems to work best when life is its most unpredictable? At least, that's been true in my life. So now I am just waiting and praying for Friday. David and Curt and the entire family will get to hear about Jesus! And I get to live out the reason I was created in the first place.
And I'd like to thank my friend for not showing up for lunch. It was the best lunch we never had!
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Thursday, May 11, 2017
Hot Buttered Rob (don't ask)
(Dear Rob ... This one is for you. It's been a couple of great years. Thanks for all the Salmon and donuts. Now get out there and make the world safe for my grandkids...
And then Rob called me on it. I told him what I just told you and he understood. I think he did. He didn't like, nag me or anything. But here is the thing. When a guy is vain enough to expect people to come and hear him speak or go to a web site and read what he writes, it only takes a little stroking to motivate him to keep going. That's why the people in my church refrain from shouting, "AMEN!" They know they are just encouraging me and it will go straight to me head and suddenly we are all late for the lunch line. At least that is what I tell myself. The other possible reasons they don't shout are worse for my self-confidence (think: ego) and so I choose not to entertain those thoughts.
Rob and I were out to dinner last weekend with our lovely wives. We ate until we nearly put a Brazilian Steakhouse into bankruptcy. I do not know about him but I was nearing "meat coma status." So we did the natural thing. We went out for donuts. Specifically, we went to "Strange Donuts" in Kirkwood. Strange donuts is, well, strange. I ate a simple "General Custard." I think Rob had a double something with pixie dust on it and maybe a dash of chili powder. That isn't impossible at Strange Donuts. Nothing is impossible at Strange Donuts.
And that is when I noticed a t-shirt on the wall that they sell to suckers who just cannot stop spending money. (Hello, me!) It featured this dark skinned fellow who was coated in nacho cheese. He looked middle-eastern. Over his head they had printed his name. "Cheesus." Yup. Get it? Cheesus? Jesus? It's not that funny now. With a gut full of Brazilian food and American custard it was hilarious. So, naturally I bought the shirt.
I took the shirt home.
I never took it out of the bag.
I went to bed.
I woke up at 2:30AM.
I heard the still small voice of you-know-who saying ... "Really? Really, Ron? You just taught my people last week on the wonder and the majesty of My Name. And now you are going to wear a shirt that says "Cheesus" next to a very poor caricature of me? I've made better looking camels than that guy." (Okay, He didn't exactly say that last part about the caricature and the camels. But I'm betting He was thinking it. Sometimes even God picks His battles?)
I apologized. Profoundly. I mourned my sin.
I realized I had to destroy the shirt.
I mourned my twenty dollars.
Do you see what effect Rob has on me? He makes me more like Jesus but (sometimes) he allows me to drag myself through the muck first. He's a smart guy. He's some kind of Colonel in the United States Air Force, for crying out loud. He knows big multi-syllable words like "airplane," and "runway." He studied 3D printers once and actually convinced me he could recreate my entire family tree if he just had the right printer cartridge. Or something like that. I may have that wrong. But the guy holds sway over my life.
And now my friend is moving. He's going the way of Adam Page and Alex Babbot. The way of Tom Goble and Matthew Beeman. The way of Michael Harris and Brant Dixon. The way of Jake Lukens and Dan Werner. And soon the way of Mark Amos and Josh Hunt. There are more. Lot's more. I just named the ones that passed through my Friday night small group.
Rob is confusing and frustrating me right up to his last day. He sings about the wild blue yonder but he's leaving to go to Navy War College. (The best I can figure, it's like seminary for people who blow stuff up.) Go figure.
So this one is for you, Rob! May your vapor trails be high and your 3D printers have ample juice. And I promise that every time I have a strange donut I'll be thinking of the way you use to blow chocolate milk out of your nose. (And now the world knows. What are friends for?)
10-4. Roger Wilco. Over and out. But most of all ... God bless, my friend.
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Friday, September 09, 2016
Raising the dead
I stood before the room full of people, knowing only a handful of them personally. They were seated on less than expensive stackable chairs. You would think funeral homes could do better. There was nothing fancy here, save the antique glass-enclosed hearse from the early 1900's on display near the lobby. That was clearly the single most magnificent item in this sad old enterprise.
The people seated on the chairs were grief stricken. I had visited with the core of this family a day earlier and they had surprised me at how cold they seemed. Speaking to them was akin to addressing iron statues. My words had seemed to reverberate back at me, having little effect. Honestly, little effect seemed to be needed. The sadness in the room seemed to come more from my taking up their time than from the purpose for our gathering.
Today was different. The one hundred or so people in the room emitted groans, sobs, and semi-stifled cries. I have long believed that ministers live for the moment of crises. That is when our presence is needed and our words are, perhaps, heard. The crises was palpable today.
I stood before them knowing that all of the songs had been sung, the personal words of eulogy had been shared, the scriptures had been read, and it was now my turn. I stood for fifteen quiet seconds before saying anything.
"On days like this one, pastor's know what to do. We have our speeches that we give. Our stock words that we share. They are all as true as they are predictable. But today I am putting those words away. I am folding up my notes. I can taste your pain. I can hear your agony. Clearly you are hurting because of the loss of your husband ... Your father ... Your grandfather ... Your friend. And you deserve more than the standard speech. The man whose body rests in the casket behind me made a decision in his teenage years. He decided to trust God to be the master of his life. He decided that he would live that decision out to serve God by serving people. He was very imperfect at it. Yet your tears are a testimony that maybe he achieved more than we thought he did in the spiritual realm. He loved you. For real. And you know that. And I want to tell you what happened to him three days ago, after he took his last breath.
And then I gave my best description of what heaven is like as I understand it. I am certain that upon reaching that place myself I will learn that my attempt was woefully under-powered. But I did my best to paint a picture of what life in my Father's house would be like according to the scriptures that we have. They kept crying but every eye was focused on me. They were not only listening ... They were hearing.
Do you know just how rare that is? Pastor's are used to speaking without anyone really hearing. We know when you are zoned out in your seat, counting the minutes until lunch. We are not blind. But we speak anyway and whether or not you pay attention is between you and God. On this day ... They heard.
And then I heard. I heard a voice that was not my own. It was really a whisper. A gentle nudge. Nothing actually audible. Just an interior impression. I have heard that whisper-nudge-impression before. The Holy Spirit of God was giving me instructions.
"At the end of your words, ask them if anybody wants to know Jesus. Ask if any of them are willing to acknowledge it here and live it out, serving God by serving others."
Really. At a funeral. Attended by hard nosed sinners. Hard nosed sinners in jeans and vests and Harley Davidson T-shirts. Here. God wanted me to do it here.
Or maybe I can just invite them to church. Maybe I can give them my business card and ask them to call me if they want to talk. You know ... Don't get too preachy on them. That might scare them off. Just nudge the door open for them.
And then I could hear my own voice closing out the service. I was out of time. I had to make a decision. NOW.
"Do me a favor, guys? I want to pray for you. I know you hurt. I want to talk to God about that. Would you mind just looking at your lap and closing your eyes while I do?" Heads went down. "Guys, you've heard about heaven. And you know this body in front of us is empty because its long-time occupant deserted it in favor of a better place. And that happened because of a decision he made about Jesus. Would YOU like to make that decision today? Just like he did? If you would ... Would you mind looking up at me for just a second? Right now?"
As I scanned the room I briefly locked eyes with seven faces. I smiled. I nodded. I told them they could close their eyes and look down. And I prayed for seven souls that decided to come to Jesus at a funeral. Later we served a meal for everybody at our church. I put brand new bibles on an empty table with my business card placed at Mark 1: 1. I got their attention over the chicken-chomping that was going on. I told the crowd, "Those of you who acknowledged a desire to know Jesus will find a bible on this table. It is for you. My phone numb
er is in it. You can learn more about Jesus by starting to read at the spot where my business card acts as a bookmark. I'm here if you need me."
As I sit and reflect on that moment today I realize I kind of thought ... Or at least acted ... Like God is out of the miracle business. I could not have been more wrong. Jesus still raises the dead at funeral services. He doesn't do it so much to the body in the casket any more. Now He does it to the bodies in the chairs.
And I'll never get tired of listening to Him and going on the adventure of doing what He says to do. Occasionally ... just occasionally ... the benefits are eternal.
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Sodomite Supremacists are spearheading the persecution and marginalization of Christians
From: http://veneremurcernui.wordpress.com/2013/12/21/well-another-american-icon-irredeemably-tarnished/
I was at a catechism class the other night, and the priest teaching highlighted this point about those lost in sins of sodomy or of Gomorrah: deep down, they know what they do is profoundly wrong, incredibly disordered, offensive to God, and all the rest. I have written similarly in the past, much of the cultural onslaught in favor of the perverse is about their always present need for affirmation. That affirmation serves to quell those pangs of conscience that afflict the souls lost in these sins... But it is never enough. That is why this homosexual advocacy will be the vehicle of the coming persecution, there is a tendency among these folks to need not just continual, fawning affirmation, but a need to utterly crush any opposition that could serve as a reminder of their sin.
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Last week a friend found and forwarded me a link to the Ketopet Sanctuary (KPS). I was super excited to hear what they were doing – its my dream – and beyond! They are taking terminally ill, un-adoptable dogs from the local shelters, putting them on specific diets and exercise protocols and seeing great results! The diet they use is a ketogenic diet and the term they use for exercise is metabolic conditioning – Yes! Perfect!
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Engaging the Moment: Fastest Dog, Aging Dog
People admired Phoenix's speed and agility. She was for a time the fastest dog in the dog park! So fast she appeared as if running on water when retrieving a ball or Frisbee thrown out over the lakes, streams, ponds and rivers we visited. I loved seeing her back legs advancing beyond her front as in the photo above. She seemed aware of and delighted with her gifts of speed.
Today's Remedies
I believe that healing can take place with the simplest of gestures and that it is as much to do with the relationship and draw one might have to each approach or remedy as it is knowing the "right" one to use based strictly on facts
A Rooster In The House
This morning we slept until 6:45 before Charlie woke us with his most vibrant good-morning-crow. Phoenix was startled – as was the rest of the household -kitties and myself –with the volume coming from the office and jumped up, alert, headed for the door. In spite of the shocking reality of a rooster in the house it was good to see Phoenix so full of life, eager to greet the world.
Beautiful Life
It is with this sense of fullness in my heart that I wish to share our living experiences on this blog. I wish to give others facing HSA with their dog, or any dis-ease process within a loved one or themselves, hope. Hope and support in nurturing the most beautiful Life we have in the moment.


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Second Seven Days of Advent Calendar Topics
I still seek Guest Posts for one or more of the days of Advent remaining - see the following
Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories:
December 8 – Christmas Cookies : Did your family or ancestors make Christmas Cookies? How did you help? Did you have a favorite cookie?
December 9 – Grab Bag - Author's choice: Please post from a topic that helps you remember Christmases past!
December 10 – Christmas Gifts : What were your favorite gifts, both to receive and to give? Are there specific gift-giving traditions among your family or ancestors?
December 11 – Other Traditions : Did your family or friends also celebrate other traditions during the holidays such as Hanukkah or Kwanzaa? Did your immigrant ancestors have holiday traditions from their native country which they retained or perhaps abandoned?
December 12 – Charitable/Volunteer Work : Did your family ever volunteer with a charity such as a soup kitchen, homeless or battered women's shelter during the holidays? Or perhaps were your ancestors involved with church groups that assisted others during the holiday?
December 13 – Holiday Travel : Did you or your ancestors travel anywhere for Christmas? How did you travel and who traveled with you? Do you remember any special trips?
December 14 – Fruitcake – Friend or Foe?: Did you like fruitcake? Did your family receive fruitcakes? Have you ever re-gifted fruitcake? Have you ever devised creative uses for fruitcake?
If you have a one, two or three paragraph comment you would like to include here, send it to me by email, or even in the comments here, and I will include it in the post for the correct day; along with my own comments. Let's give it a try.
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The National Civil Rights Museum's 2013 Freedom Awards were presented on November 6th to Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland (International Freedom Award); Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO of the Harlem Children's Zone (National Freedom Award); and Earl Graves Sr., entrepreneur and founder of Black Enterprise Magazine (Lifetime Achievement Award).
The ceremony was held at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts with a gala dinner follwoing in the Cook Convention Center. Earlier in the day the three honorees were introduced at a public forum at Temple of Deliverance along with three outstanding young people who received the Keeper of the Dream award. Popular actor Lamman Rucker was the outstanding emcee for the day.
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Ski masks and rubber hoses.
We had plenty of pictures here but I can't find the blog. I will search later. One TA member was here
"Fred Phelps wears adult diapers."
"Shirly Phelps has herpes"
"Rejoice, for jesus rots!"
HaHa found it. This is great. Kudos to Jason in video 1.
"Inbreeding = intolerance"
"God just hates"
"Bellevue called - your cot is ready"
I think you should surround their protest with a wall of counter-protestors holding larger signs filled with facts about the natural word and refutations of their beliefs.
Did you know that WBC believe they are the only humans who can be raptured? So they go out and spew this hatered, not with the intent to "save" others but really just to revel in their righteousness and shit on the rest of us irredeemable fecks. Also, controversy brings in donations from like-minded Christzombies.
Dear Jesus, Please Rapture the Phelps ASAP!
Would the Phelps, 'at the right hand of the father', be a welcome addition to 'God's court?
Such a group could tax 'the father' out of a billion years of growth, or send him to the seventh level of hell, to get some peace!
God would be like "just sit over there and shut your big mouth, you moron"
I have a somewhat tongue-in-cheek theory that the Rapture did indeed happen May 21 of last year as Camping predicted, and that all those favored by doG did indeed get raptured. "But no one disappeared that day!" you say? Exactly!
As I read parts of the bible, I was of the impression that only 144000 of the elect would be raptured. If so, would we even notice out of the ~7 billion. A few cars emthy, a few jobs not finished, a few sick people disapearing from their hospital beds, etc, hardly a statistical blip.


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We just hope it is successful.
We are a little skeptical that people who don't already see bicycling as a viable mass transit option are going to all of a sudden embrace the option and start biking 20 blocks uptown or crossing the Queensboro or Williamsburg bridge under pedal power rather than taking the subway or bus, especially on particularly hot or cold days.
People who already choose bicycling as a form of commuting or transportation probably already have their own bike and will choose to use that rather than one of the city's bikes, which they will have to pay a fee to utilize.
If that's the case, then the city's new bike share program will likely become a service for tourists or the casual bike rider, who will choose the option on the weekend or a particularly nice day, which we don't think was what the city intended when it conceived of a bike share program.
If that's the case, we don't know if it's great idea, given the city's current infrastructure issues when it comes to making streets safe for bicyclists, if a group of novices suddenly take to the streets. Roadways are already dangerous enough for seasoned bike riders, imagine the controversy the first time a tourist gets seriously injured or, worse yet, killed, biking in Manhattan on a bike the city provided to them.
Which isn't to say we aren't rooting for the bike share program. Any transit options the city can provide are welcome, and since Citi Bike, as it is called, has a financial sponsor, the fiscal risks to the city are, in the bigger scheme of things, minimal.
Because if the bike share program does succeed, perhaps it will prompt the city to offer similar alternatives to larger parts of New York City, because let's face it, as currently constituted the program is aimed at a very small part of the city's residents, mostly out of necessity for a pilot program, but still relatively exclusive as currently constituted.
And the neighborhoods that will get the first bike share locations are already relatively well-served by subway and bus service.
But a successful bike share program could inspire the city to start thinking outside the box when it comes to addressing the larger transit issues that a majority of outer borough residents deal with on a daily basis.


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Enterprises are leaning towards adoption of full Intel-based Windows 8 devices, rather than lighter-weight Windows RT devices running on ARM processors.
At a press event in London earlier this week, a customer panel made up of representatives from BT, Poste Italiane and the Dutch Public Prosecution Service all said that they were unlikely to invest in Windows RT.
"I don't think we'll see BT buy many RT devices," said Peter Scott, consultant at BT. "Obviously we'll see them appear in the BYOD (bring your own device) space."
Edwin MacGillavry, deputy director of the Bureau for Criminal Law Studies at the Dutch Public Prosecution Service, said that the DPPS would not be using Windows RT because it does not offer the complete range of security options.
"I would say it's nice for some people but for us security is paramount so from that point of view we will stick to the Intel x86 machines," he said.
Meanwhile, Vincent Nicola Santacroce, head of research and development at Poste Italiane, said that the organisation was still investigating Windows RT, but that it "doesn't want to move to something that looks like an iPad with all the limitations of that".
Erwin Visser, senior director at Microsoft, said that Microsoft has distributed Windows RT devices to its sales people as "companion devices," but has also given them Intel devices for their "core workloads".
He argued that Windows RT does have a role in the enterprise, giving enterprise customers "additional choice".
"Devices are sleek, thin, have long battery life and can be used for specific cases," he said.
Windows RT supports all apps from the Windows store, and also includes Office components - Word, Excel, Powerpoint and OneNote. It also supports the majority of PC peripherals via USB connection.
"When you plug in a USB device, the device automatically goes into desktop mode. Windows RT systems have a desktop where you run your desktop version of Internet Explorer or your Office apps, and it opens my USB disk and it shows my files," said Visser.
Windows RT also supports full data encryption and "sideloading" of apps within the enterprise (transferring data between two local devices).
Visser acknowledged concerns that Windows 7 line of business apps do not run natively on the Windows RT operating system. However, he claimed that Microsoft's RemoteApp technology enables such apps to run remotely on a data centre server, while still offering the same experience as if it were run locally.
"It's a remote app infrastructure, and as a user in my IT organisation I can just click on the tile as if it was any other Windows RT app," said Visser.
ARM announced last week that it is working with Microsoft to tune the Windows OS to work on processors based on ARM's 64-bit architecture. (Windows RT currently only runs on ARM tablets with 32-bit processors).
The 32-bit Windows RT OS has a limited memory ceiling, and a 64-bit Windows RT OS would expand the memory capacity in tablets and PCs. A 64-bit version of Windows on ARM would also bring it on par with Windows 8, the company said.


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Sorry for not messaging you lately. I don't really have an excuse, it just happened. I notice that you haven't been on the forum since January. I know you probably won't see this until you finally log back on, but I hope you're okay. I've missed you a bit.
It's a really good game. You should play it as soon as possible, along with Final Fantasy 6, EVO, Earthbound and Super Mario RPG if you haven't already.
Replaying Chrono Trigger recently, and trying to get up the motivation to play through Ultra Moon.
That really sucks. Hopefully things get better soon.
I've heard of the Neptunia games, but never played them.
I've never used it, but apparently Dolphin can run Gamecube games without the bios. I'm good, thanks. How are you?
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Yep, only a few episodes left. This is when things usually get interesting.
Not *everything* on the list is a winner, but I'd definitely recommend Rose Guns Days, Today's Cerberus, and Steins;Gate!
Oh! I do manga, mostly. My Hero Academia and Dr. Stone being the big winners at the moment, but lots of other series too: https://calebdcook.com/translatedworks/
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Thanks to reporter Lisa Provence for the article on the offensive Spencer Gift's hat [January 6: Unsavory gag: Hat at Spencer's spurs boycott]– and thanks to Jessica McGrane for having the guts to speak out against it.
I'm especially grateful that you allowed her to make the point that it's possible to make irreverent or light-hearted comments about sex without degrading either women or men. Feminists are not humorless; we just don't find physical threats amusing.
In anticipation of my adolescent daughter having to deal with people who endorse violence against women, last year I asked McGrane to organize a mother-daughter self defense class for 12-year-olds and their moms. The 10 of us who attended the six-week course (sponsored by the Sexual Assault Resource Agency) learned that the first line of defense is to say "no!" like you mean it.
I'm joining McGrane 's boycott of Spencer Gift's, and I urge other mothers to do the same.
My final word of thanks goes to the Hook for taking its coverage of this community seriously. Stories of local protest such as this would never see the light of day in this town without our alternative weeklies.
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I was sent this curious collection of recent tweets by Joe Rogan, a comedian I've never much cared for, but they're so bizarre I had to put them up for your amusement/contempt. Click for a larger image.
His central point is this one:
I view women that don't like children the same way I view dogs that like to eat their own shit.
How odd. Personally, I like some children, especially my own, but I don't automatically melt into affectionate reverence when I see one; I have no problem with someone electing to not have children of their own. I also know from personal experience that, while there are definitely great rewards to raising kids, they are also a giant electrified flaming cattle prod to the butt through most of their childhood. Don't you remember being a teenager once? Imagine what it's like living in a house full of scrambled hormones, pimples, tears and frustration.
It's OK to not want kids, or even to detest the very idea of having kids, as long as you avoid having them and making them as miserable as they'd make you.
But the way it's phrased by Rogan is so weird: if you don't like children, it's equivalent to indulging in process that is disgusting to others. You are socially and psychologically required to want children, or you a morally reprehensible person. That's a mindset I can't embrace. We get a lot of the equivalent attitude from right-wingers: if you're a man who doesn't like having sex with women, you're a vile human being.
Which leads into the real repugnant attitude here: all of his comments are addressed to women. Women, you must love children, if you don't, you're odd, gross, weak, a "hateful twat". I have to ask…what about the men?
That's the more disturbing part of his rant. He's trying to shame women into doing something he considers vitally important, apparently, but men…eh, they aren't part of his concern. We men can go ahead and dislike children, and that doesn't make us weak and gross. That gives the lie to a claim he made in another tweet, that he's not a feminist, he's a humanist.
Don't worry, though. He's a comedian. He'll say he's just joking around.


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The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Open Archives Initiative Metadata Harvesting Project sought to test the viability of a search portal containing aggregated metadata for cultural heritage resources harvested using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Metadata was collected from 39 providers, including museums, archives, libraries, historical societies, consortiums, and digital libraries. Some resources existed in digital formats, such as .JPG images. Other resources were analog objects and were represented digitally through the metadata. The paper documents a pilot user test with a small group of K-12 teachers-in-training. The users were asked to use the portal to locate primary source materials for use in the classroom. The results highlight the challenges posed by aggregations of heterogeneous metadata for both users and service providers. Areas for further investigation and approaches for more in-depth studies are suggested.
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Experiences of Educators Using a Portal of Aggregated Metadata by Sarah L. Shreeves and Christine M. Kirkham appears in Journal of Digital Information v. 5, no. 3.
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The final matchday of the European qualifying campaign for the 2014 FIFA World Cup™ saw group winners Bosnia-Herzegovina, England, Russia and Spain join already-qualified Belgium, Italy, Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland on the plane to Brazil.
The last four available places from the European Zone will be allocated to the teams that emerge victorious from play-offs between the eight runners-up with the best records, namely Croatia, France, Greece, Iceland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and Ukraine.
As the second-placed team with the ninth-best record, Denmark miss out altogether.
Seeding for the play-offs will be determined by teams' placings in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, which will be unveiled in Zurich on Thursday at 10 am (CET).
The big match
England 2-0 Poland
*Goals: Wayne Rooney 41, Steven Gerrard 88 *
Welcomed by the derogatory whistles of around 20,000 Polish supporters present in Wembley Stadium, England took control of the match early on, but had to remain wary against a lively visiting team with nothing to lose.
Steven Gerrard and his team-mates created numerous chances, but struggled to find a way past an on-song Wojciech Szczesny. The Three Lions dominated possession, but continually left themselves open to threatening counter-attacks that tested the handling skills of Joe Hart.
It was Wayne Rooney who finally made the difference, burying a powerful header just before the break. There was no let-up in the intensity of the encounter in the second half, as England recorded no fewer than 27 shots on goal, but they had to wait until the 88th minute to seal the points, Gerrard setting a captain's example by racing through and poking the ball into the net.
The other games
Group A
Belgium 1-1 Wales
Scotland 2-0 Croatia
Serbia 5-1 FYR Macedonia
Having already secured their ticket for next year's festivities, Belgium appeared to take their foot off the pedal somewhat against Wales, but nevertheless ensured that their unbeaten record remained intact. **
Les Diables Rouges top the final standings by nine points, following Croatia's disappointing defeat versus a rejuvenated Scotland.
The Croatians, who put in a listless performance on the night, were slightly fortunate to make the play-offs in the end, finishing just one point better off than the worst-placed runner-up, Denmark.
Group B
Italy 2-2 Armenia
Bulgaria 0-1 Czech Republic
Denmark 6-0 Malta
The Italians will be pleased to have remained unbeaten, but they were made to work hard by a surprisingly resilient Armenian side, who twice led before succumbing to a Mario Balotelli leveller 15 minutes from time.
Elsewhere, Denmark claimed second place in this closely contested pool, courtesy of a resounding victory over Malta. But once their two wins against the group's weakest team – Malta – were discounted, the Danes were left with just ten points, which was not enough to book them a place in the play-offs.
Group C
Sweden 3-5 Germany
Faroe Islands 0-3 Austria
Republic of Ireland 3-1 Kazakhstan
Despite the top two places having already been decided in this section, the teams in question put in an impressive show on Tuesday. Following on from their spectacular 4-4 draw earlier in the campaign, Sweden, minus Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and Germany produced another eight-goal thriller for the enthralled crowd in Solna.
Trailing 2-0 after 42 minutes, the Germans came back into the match through Mesut Ozil and Mario Gotze, before stretching ahead via an Andre Schurrle hat-trick. Consequently, Germany finish eight points ahead of the Swedes, who will now have to contend with the play-off round.
Group DTurkey 0-2 Netherlands
Hungary 2-0 Andorra
Romania 2-0 Estonia
The Netherlands, who were the first team to earn their ticket for Brazil 2014, registered their ninth success in Turkey, Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder doing the damage. During their campaign, the Dutch scored an average of 3.4 goals per match, for only 0.5 conceded.
The Turks' loss allowed Romania, who overcame Estonia with a Ciprian Marica brace, to slip in and snatch the play-off slot with a total of 13 points, once their two defeats of Andorra were removed from the equation.
Group E
Switzerland 1-0 Slovenia
Norway 1-1 Iceland
Cyprus 0-0 Albania
With seven triumphs, three draws and a seven-point cushion over their nearest challengers, Switzerland can be proud of the way in which they cruised through Group E. Despite having nothing to play for against Slovenia, the Helvetians chalked up another win courtesy of a goal from Granit Xhaka.
Iceland, arguably the revelation of the entire qualifying campaign, picked up the point they required in Norway and guaranteed themselves a historic play-off spot in the process.
Group F
Azerbaijan 1-1 Russia
Portugal 3-0 Luxembourg
Israel 1-1 Northern Ireland
Russia qualified for Brazil, but made their supporters bite their nails in the dying seconds of their match with Azerbaijan. Following a first-half opener from Roman Shirokov, the Russians pressed without managing to build on their lead, before reducing their efforts as the final whistle approached.
Vagif Javadov had not read the script, however, and headed a Mahir Shukurov cross into the net in the last minute for an unlikely Azerbaijani equaliser, much to Fabio Capello's displeasure.
Second-placed Portugal, meanwhile, shrugged off the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo to see off Luxembourg 3-0, Silvestre Varela, Nani and Helder Postiga getting the goals.
Group G
Lithuania 0-1 Bosnia-Herzegovina
Greece 2-0 Liechtenstein
Latvia 2-2 Slovakia
For around an hour, the Greeks were mathematically qualified, Dimitrios Salpingidis' early goal having placed severe pressure on the shoulders of the Bosnians, who were having great trouble breaking down Lithuania's stubborn defence.
Finally, halfway through the second period, Edin Dzeko and Vedad Ibisevic combined to open the scoring and instantly provide relief to the long-suffering fans watching back home.
The Bosnians and Greeks finished on the same number of points, but as the former's goal difference was three times better than that of their rivals, it is the Balkan side who advance to the World Cup for the first time in their history. Greece will now have to find their way there via the play-offs.
Group H* *
San Marino 0-8 Ukraine
Montenegro 2-5 Moldova
Ukraine acquired the result they needed in San Marino, but England's win at Wembley consigns them to the play-offs.
Group I
Spain 2-0 Georgia
France 3-0 Finland
France continued their fine run by beating Finland comfortably in Paris, but will still have to negotiate the play-offs if they wish to perform on South American soil next summer.
World Champions Spain did what was required of them, winning the group and conserving their unbeaten record by defeating Georgia via goals from Alvaro Negredo and Juan Mata.
The player
Wayne Rooney has a useful tendency to come to the fore when the need is greatest. His crucial goal on Tuesday against Poland was his seventh in Group H, two fewer than he notched in qualifying for South Africa 2010.
The Manchester United forward thereby becomes the first player to finish top scorer for England in two successive World Cup qualifying campaigns.
The goal
France 1-0 Finland (Franck Ribery 8)
Fed by Mathieu Valbuena on the left-hand edge of the box, Franck Ribery drove back towards the middle, escaping the attentions of Kari Arkivuo. He then proceeded to unleash a powerful curling shot which flew in off the crossbar. Much like the excellent displays the Frenchman has put in thus far this season, the goal was simple and effective.
The stat
103– The number of caps now amassed by German captain Philipp Lahm, who draws level with legendary defender Franz Beckenbauer in sixth place in his country's all-time appearances chart, and is now just two caps behind Jurgen Kohler. However, the Bayern Munich full-back still has some way to go before he gets within touching distance of record-holder Lothar Matthaus (150 caps).
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The technology apparently takes a NFC-style approach where each copy of the game is "tagged" and then the title is tied to a console or user account or even the two combined. The system then checks the tag before playing the title and then it can block playback of titles that are not tied to the console or user account or the two combined, depending on how the technology is configured and deployed.
The news that both Sony and Microsoft were looking at anti-used game technology is not new. It has been previously rumored at certain points that either the PS4 or Xbox Next would deploy this technology as part of the console's strategy to stamp out used game sales. Most analysts believe that the technology will not be deployed as part of the PS4 or Xbox Next, but with the news of this patent, it does seem to lead one to believe that this is where the future will be heading.
It is believed by many analysts that we have spoken with that a move to block the use of used games would be a move that could figure heavily into the ability to sell a new console. The move would be anti-consumer in nature and would certainly affect GameStop who both hardware and software companies have come to be partners with, like it or not due to the chain's strong sales, which mostly come from the sale of used titles.
While clearly the technology to block the use of user titles has existed for a long time and, in fact, might have been possible to even have been deployed on the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3, both Microsoft and Sony choose not to deploy such technology; they have instead watched as software publishers have used one-use codes that have been bundled with new games that unlock online game play, for example, as the main weapon against used game sales. Forcing used game players to purchase the $10 code to unlock the block features has proved effective, according to those we have spoken with, but not as effective as software publishers would like. Some software publishers have expressed at least an interest in seeing strong measures deployed and available to software publishers as an option with the next round of consoles.


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EVENT DATE: Oct 04, 2014
Charlene Campen wrote -
Education is the way forward. Did you know that obesity is now the number one risk factor for cancer? The Breast Cancer Family Foundation is committed to reducing this risk by educating over 8,500 students and adults in our community each year on awareness and prevention for all types of cancer. This Walk/Run helps us continue our mission in a very big way. For more information: www.PinkPumpkinWalk.com
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Hostage Negotiations
hostage, person held by another as a guarantee that certain actions or promises will or will not be carried out. During periods of internal turmoil, insurgents often seize hostages; recent examples include seizures of Americans and other foreigners by militants in Iran (1979–81) and Lebanon (1980s). Military forces often take hostages among civilians in an occupied country, in order to ensure the delivery of requisitions, to discourage hostile acts, or to take reprisals for hostile acts committed by unknown persons. In World War II, thousands of hostages were executed throughout Europe by the German authorities in an attempt to crush resistance movements. The Geneva Convention of 1949 forbade entirely the taking of civilian hostages. Criminals, especially when confronted by police, sometimes take hostages as
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or as bargaining assets. In 1998 it was revealed that Israel was holding Lebanese hostages solely for use in prisoner exchanges or other deals with Lebanese guerrillas; their detainment was condoned by Israel's supreme court.
Ancient military custom regulated the behavior and treatment of hostages; originally a hostage was a person who had been delivered by one authority to another as a token of good faith, and was generally treated as an honored guest. However, he might be imprisoned or even executed if the agreement guaranteed by his person was broken. The code of honor was often very strictly observed in feudal times; thus, during the Hundred Years War, when the hostages sent to England in exchange for the release of John II of France escaped, King John felt bound to return to captivity in England. Until the 18th cent., hostages were often exchanged when treaties were concluded.


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Bill seeks return of Alamo flag from Mexico
It flew at the Alamo, then Santa Anna got it.
A Houston-area legislator is seeking the return, at least temporarily, of the only flag known to have flown at the Alamo in 1836.
State Rep. John Zerwas said the Alamo's Long Barrack Museum would be an ideal place to display the New Orleans Greys flag, which has been housed at the Museo Nacional de Historia in Mexico City.
"That would seem the most appropriate place for it," said Zerwas, R-Richmond. "It would be a really neat thing for Texas."
Despite many larger issues in Austin, Zerwas said he agreed at a constituent's urging to seek the flag's return. A bill he filed Thursday calls on Gov. Rick Perry's office to negotiate its "purchase or lease" from Mexico.
Zerwas said he hasn't sought political support but hopes to engage Perry and other legislators. Although Perry and then-Gov. George W. Bush have said they'd like to have the flag back in Texas, efforts that date at least to the 1936 centennial of the Alamo battle to have it returned have never succeeded.
The 4-by-3-foot silk flag has faded in color from light blue to off-white, but is said to be in good shape. Its words, "First Company of Texan Volunteers!" with "From New Orleans" beneath, remain legible.
Recent photos of the flag in a display case have been posted on the Internet. Zerwas said he didn't know of anyone who has personally seen it.
Alamo historian and curator Bruce Winders said Mexican Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna sent the flag to Mexico a few hours after the battle. It belonged to a company, formed in New Orleans in October 1835, of gray-uniformed volunteers.
Winders said the flag is a "legitimate war trophy" that belongs to Mexico.
"War trophies can be repatriated, though," he said, citing a 1950 executive order by President Harry Truman to return 66 Mexican flags captured during the U.S.-Mexican War.
In a statement, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Alamo custodians, said they would appreciate any decision by the Mexican government to "graciously choose to return this flag" as an "act of goodwill."
Claude D'Unger of Corpus Christi was part of a failed effort to have the flag returned for the state's 1986 sesquicentennial. Then-U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz led the effort, and got about 100 members of Congress in support. Mexican officials said they feared rioting if the flag went to the Alamo, so Ortiz offered to display it at the Institute of Texan Cultures, D'Unger said.
D'Unger and others from Corpus Christi wanted to borrow the flag, while other Texans wanted it here permanently. Now, D'Unger said he thinks U.S.-Mexican relations have evolved enough to renew efforts to borrow the flag without stirring old tensions.
"I hope we've gotten past all of that," he said.
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- To the Point: ORNL welcomes new lab director and deputy for science, bacteria breaks down methylmercury, and neutrons and an elusive quantum state
- National Security at ORNL: The science behind national security, new marching orders: Fast-attack submarine officer and F-35 test pilots among those with one-year assignments at lab, eye of the beholder: Identity science comes of age, have you seen these genes?
- Focus on Computing: Titan digs deep with 3-D map of Earth's interior, virtual laser lab simulations create new insight
- Infographic: The promise of exascale computing
- Focus on Nuclear: Nuclear startup aided by high-performance computing
- Focus on Cybersecurity: Guarding the grid: Exploring methods to protect critical infrastructure
- Focus on Neutrons: Start your engines: Neutrons get a look inside a running engine, neutrons zero in on elusive magnetic Majorana fermion
- Focus on Biology: Neutrons provide the first nanoscale look at a living cell membrane
- Focus on Physical Sciences: More efficient turbine engines trace roots back a quarter century, small nanoparticles have surprisingly big effects on polymer nanocomposites
- Eugene Wigner Distinguished Lecturer: Thomas Friedman
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- Fundamental Science at ORNL: Fundamentally strong: ORNL dives into basic science ... Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility: Tackling big questions with computation ... Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences: Small worlds, big discoveries ... ORNL's Neutron Science User Facilities: Neutrons unlock the mysteries of materials
- Focus on Neutrons: Neutrons and quantum spin liquids: Exploring the next materials revolution
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- Infographic: Why is there matter?
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- Eugene Wigner Distinguished Lecturer: Yuri Tsolakovich Oganessian
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- To the Point: Spallation Neutron Source turns 10, tennessine joins the periodic table, and a happy accident advances ethanol production
- Tiny Scale, Giant Accomplishments: Exploring the 2-D nanomaterials frontier ... high-impact MIT research comes to ORNL ... Oak Ridge company to produce graphene in mass ... skilled researchers using advanced microscopes
- Focus on Computing: ORNL system unites imaging and computing in search for new materials ... team uses Titan to improve fission modeling
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- Focus on Nuclear: Indispensable nuclear modeling software gets a makeover
- Eugene Wigner Distinguished Lecturers: Brad Filippone ... Charles Holliday
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- Time Warp: Weinberg takes a flier on computing at ORNL
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- Features: Capitalizing on a new research model ... Climate Change Science Institute breaks research barriers to build options for a changing world ... Imaging institute examines materials atom by atom ... ORNL institute will transform Big Data into sustainable solutions for urban living ... Understanding big data: New partnerships support health care innovation ... Going off grid: Integrated energy systems research rethinks reliance on traditional electric grid ... Sharing scientific vision: The Joint Institutes
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- Research Horizons: ORNL study reveals new characteristics of complex oxide surfaces ... ORNL, UTGSM study compares structures of Huntington's disease protein ... Data gathered with high-energy X-ray telescope support the SASI model—a decade later
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- Features: Advancing the science of materials ... A broad approach to green tech ... Building better biofuels ... All eyes on the Arctic ... Biological boundaries ... Tailoring the poplar genome to biofuel production ... Seeking sustainability ... The Wigner Distinguished Lecture Series in Science, Technology, and Policy
- A Closer Look: Daniel Close
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- A Closer View: Ben Preston
- Research Horizons: ORNL research reveals new challenges for mercury cleanup ... ORNL finding goes beyond surface of oxide films ... New algorithm enables unprecedented sampling, modeling of Arctic
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Browsing Centres by Author "Foss, Nicolai J."
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The Bridging Work of George RichardsonFoss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 1996)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7863
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A Prelimenary Methodological StocktakingFoss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 1998)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7845
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Foss, Kirsten; Foss, Nicolai J. (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The notion of distributed knowledge is increasingly often invoked in discussions of economic organization. In particular, the claim that authority is inefficient as a means of coordination in the context of distributed knowledge has become widespread. However, very little analysis has been dedicated to the relation between economic organization and distributed knowledge. In this paper, we concentrate on the role of authority as a coordination mechanism under conditions of distributed knowledge, and also briefly discuss other issues of economic organization. We clarify the meanings of authority and distributed knowledge, and criticize the above claim by arguing that authority may be a superior mechanism of coordination under distributed knowledge. We also discuss how distributed knowledge influences the boundaries of firms. Our arguments rely on insights in problem-solving and on ideas from organizational economics. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6894
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Present Use and (Some)Future PossibilitiesFoss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 2001)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The way in which bounded rationality enters contemporary organizational economics theorizing is examined. It is argued that, as it is being used, bounded rationality is neither necessary nor sufficient for producing the results of organizational economics. It is at best a rhetorical device, used for the purpose of loosely explaining incomplete contracts. However, it is possible to incorporate much richer notions of bounded rationality, founded on research in cognitive psychology, and to illuminate the study of economic organization by means of such notions. A number of examples are provided. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7896
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Abell, Peter; Felin, Teppo; Foss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Micro-foundations have become an important emerging theme in strategic management. This paper addresses micro-foundations in two related ways. First, we argue that the kind of macro (or "collectivist") explanation that is utilized in the capabilities view in strategic management - which implies a neglect of micro-foundations in two related ways. First, we argue that the kind of macro (or "collectivist") explanation that is utilized in the capabilities view in strategic management - which implies a neglect of micro-foundations - is incomplete. There are no mechanisms that work solely on the macro-level, directly connecting routines and capabilities to firm-level outcomes. While routines and capabilities are useful shorthand for complicated patterns of individual action and interaction, ultimately they are best understood at the micro-level. Second, we provide a formal model that shows precisely why macro explanation is incomplete and which exemplifies how explicit micro-foundations may be built for notions of routines and capabilities and for how these impact firm performance. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7873
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The Rebirth of Production in the Theory of Economic OrganizationFoss, Nicolai J.; Langlois, Richard N. (Frederiksberg, 1997)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7852
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On Some Problems in Recent ResearchOn Inter-firm RelationsFoss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 1999)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7836
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Some Cross-Country EvidenceBjørnskov, Christian; Foss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: While much attention has been devoted to analyzing how the institutional framework and entrepreneurship impact growth, how economic policy and institutional design affect entrepreneurship appears to be much less analyzed. We try to explain cross-country differences in the level of entrepreneurship by differences in economic policy and institutional design. Specifically, we use measures of economic freedom from the Economic Freedom of the World database to examine which elements of economic policy making and the institutional framework are responsible for the supply of entrepreneurship Our data on entrepreneurship are derived from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. The combination of these two datasets is unique in the literature. We find that the size of government is negatively correlated with entrepreneurial activity but that sound money is positively correlated with entrepreneurial activity. Other measures of economic freedom are not significantly correlated with entrepreneurship. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7876
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Some Austrian InsightsFoss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 2001)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: I critically discuss recent claims about economic organization in the emerging "knowledge economy," specifically that authority relations will tend to disappear (or at least become radically transformed), the boundaries of the firm will blur, and coordination mechanisms will be much more malleable than assumed in organizational economics, resulting in various "new organizational forms." In particular, the price mechanism will be used inside hierarchies to a much greater extent. In order to obtain an analytical focus on the knowledge economy, I assume that it may be approximated by "Hayekian settings" (after Hayek 1945), that is, settings in which knowledge is distributed and where knowledge inputs are relatively more important in production than physical capital inputs. I then argue, drawing on organizational economics as well as Mises' insights in property rights and comparative systems, that the presence of Hayekian settings does not mean that authority will disappear, etc., although economic organization will in fact be affected by the emergence of the knowledge economy. This suggests that Austrian economics has an important contribution to make to the study of economic organization. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7899
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Challenges and CharacteristicsFoss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The "knowledge governance approach" is characterized as a distinctive, emerging approach that cuts across the fields of knowledge management, organisation studies, strategy, and human resource management. Knowledge governance is taken up with how the deployment of governance mechanisms influences knowledge processes, such as sharing, retaining and creating knowledge. It insists on clear micro (behavioural) foundations, adopts an economizing perspective, and examines the links between knowledge-based units of analysis with diverse characteristics and governance mechanisms with diverse capabilities of handling these transactions. Research issues that the knowledge governance approach illuminates are sketched. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7880
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Any Gains from TradeFoss, Nicolai J.; Klein, Peter G. (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Although they have developed very much in isolation from each other, we argue the theory of entrepreneurship and the economic theory of the firm are closely related, and each has much to learn from the other. In particular, the notion of entrepreneurship as judgment associated with Frank Knight and some Austrian school economists aligns naturally with the theory of the firm. In this perspective, the entrepreneur needs a firm, that is, a set of alienable assets he controls, to carry out his function. We further show how this notion of judgment adds to the key themes in the modern theory of the firm (i.e., the existence, boundaries, and internal organization). In our approach, resource uses are not data, but are created as entrepreneurs envision new ways of using assets to produce goods. The entrepreneur's decision problem is aggravated by the fact that capital assets are heterogeneous. Asset ownership facilitates experimenting entrepreneurship: Acquiring a bundle of property rights is a low cost means of carrying out commercial experimentation. In this approach, the existence of the firm may be understood in terms of limits to the market for judgment relating to novel uses of heterogeneous assets; and the boundaries of the firm, as well as aspects of internal organization, may be understood as being responsive to entrepreneurial processes of experimentation. Key words: Entrepreneurship, heterogeneous assets, judgment, ownership, firm boundaries, internal organization. JEL Codes: B53, D23, L2 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6429
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The Conflicting Legacies of Demsetz and PenroseFoss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 1997)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7857
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Some Austrian InsightsFoss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 1998)[More information][Less information]
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Thoughts on a Micro-Foundations Project for Strategic Management and Organizational AnalysisFelin, Teppo; Foss, Nicolai J. (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Making links between micro and macro levels has been problematic in the social sciences, and the literature in strategic management and organization theory is no exception The purpose of this chapter is to raise theoretical issues in developing micro-foundations for strategic management and organizational analysis We discuss more general problems with collectivism in the social sciences by focusing on specific problems in extant organizational analysis We introduce microfoundations to the literature by explicating the underlying theoretical foundations of the origins of individual action and interaction We highlight opportunities for future research, specifically emphasizing the need for a rational choice program in management research. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7470
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Brian Loasby and The Theory of The FirmFoss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 1997)[More information][Less information]
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what can organizational economics contribute?Foss, Nicolai J.; Mahnke, Volker (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Knowledge management has emerged as a very successful organization practice and has been extensively treated in a large body of academic work. Surprisingly, however, organizational economics (i.e., transaction cost economics, agency theory, team theory and property rights theory) has played no role in the development of knowledge management. We argue that organizational economics insights can further the theory and practice of knowledge management in several ways. Specifically, we apply notions of contracting, team production, complementaries, hold-up, etc. to knowledge management issues (i.e., creating and integration knowledge, rewarding knowledge workers, etc.) , and derive refutable implications that are novel to the knowledge management field from our discussion. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6863
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What Can Organizational Economics Contribute?Foss, Nicolai J.; Mahnke, Volker (Frederiksberg, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Knowledge management has emerged as a very successful organization practice and has been extensively treated in a large body of academic work. Surprisingly, however, organizational economics (i.e., transaction cost economics, agency theory, team theory and property rights theory) has played no role in the development of knowledge management. We argue that organizational economics insights can further the theory and practice of knowledge management in several ways. Specifically, we apply notions of contracting, team production, complementaries, hold-up, etc. to knowledge management issues (i.e., creating and integration knowledge, rewarding knowledge workers, etc.) , and derive refutable implications that are novel to the knowledge management field from our discussion. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7892
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Toward a Dynamic Property Rights PerspectiveFoss, Nicolai J.; Foss, Kirsten (Frederiksberg, 1998)[More information][Less information]
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The Deneeli system was a star system located within the Core Worlds region of the galaxy.
The Deneelian fizz-puddings originated in this system.[2]
- Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link) (First mentioned)
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Star Wars: The Essential Atlas Online Companion on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)
- ↑ The Essential Atlas and Galactic Cartography: Official Discussion on the Jedi Council Forums (Literature board; posted by jasonfry on December 11, 2007, 7:59am; accessed February 27, 2013) (backup link) (screenshot) "I wouldn't get your hopes up re alien homeworlds, beyond simple stuff like the Planetnamian species getting a Planetnamia on the map or things Dan and I can account for with a relatively quick reference." Jason Fry, co-author of The Essential Atlas, stated his intention to create homeworlds for numerous species based on context implied from their names. Deneeli appears to be one such case.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo will avoid a potentially dicey political conflict by not accompanying President Barack Obama to parts of upstate New York roiled over the state's ban on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.
Obama supports the technology as an economic windfall that helps make the country more energy independent. He's expected to find supporters as well as protesters from environmental groups when he visits Syracuse and Binghamton late this week. Parts of central New York and the Southern Tier are on the gas-rich Marcellus Shale formation, where energy companies want to drill with the promise of a boom to the long economically distressed area.
Obama's two-day bus tour will begin Thursday and hit the University at Buffalo, followed by stops in Syracuse, Binghamton and northeastern Pennsylvania. Cuomo said Monday he will meet Obama when the president flies into Buffalo but won't appear in Syracuse or Binghamton.
The governor has postponed a decision on whether to allow fracking, a method of extracting oil and gas from deep underground by pumping huge amounts of water, sand and chemicals at high pressures to break up rock formations. Cuomo says he's waiting for a study by Health Commissioner Dr. Nirav Shah, which the Cuomo administration has, since February, promised was just weeks away.
The New Yorkers Against Fracking group plan demonstrations in Buffalo and Syracuse, with its largest show of opposition in Binghamton.
"Governor Cuomo should continue to stand up to the gas industry and show the leadership that President Obama has failed to show," said Alex Beauchamp of Food and Water Watch and New Yorkers Against Fracking. He said he believes fracking could lead to gas leaks that would exacerbate global warming, a claim that fracking supporters dispute.
Cuomo noted Monday that some wine producers in the Finger Lakes region, where he has toured recently, are concerned about any contamination of the soil and groundwater and "are all against fracking, and they make that point."
Cuomo said Obama's view that gas drilling in shale has economic benefits, however, is "inarguable."
"It has obvious economic benefits," Cuomo said on public radio's "Capitol Pressroom."
"Every area that has participated in fracking will say it has increased commercial activity and it has an economic boost," Cuomo said. "The question is, is there a cost to the environment, to health, et cetera. That's what has to be assessed and that's what has to be weighed and that's what we're doing."
He won't provide a timeframe for the decision, even as gas production exceeds projections in Pennsylvania's section of the Marcellus and environmental activists ramp up opposition with a growing group of A-list actors and musicians.
"I've been on the road continuing the work," Shah said in an interview Friday. "And it is a work in progress."
The issue is still difficult politically, a Siena College poll shows. The Aug. 12 poll of 814 voters shows 41 percent support drilling, with 42 opposed, which was a statistical tie.
There was no immediate comment from the Independent Oil & Gas Association based outside Buffalo. The group has mounted an advertising campaign with other business groups around the theme: "There's only one thing standing between the state of New York and thousands of new jobs."
AP Writer Michael Virtanen contributed to this report.