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August 3, 2007
When you read that a man died after 33 days of suffering from the burns he sustained committing an attack...
68 comments:
- Hoosier Daddy said...
I won't laugh over it but then again I think he deserved what he got. If he suffered from his injuries, I see it as poetic justice considering the potential suffering he would have caused to others had the attack been successful.
Considering these Islamic terrorists view us as infidels and not worthy of life, I will admit to getting some satisfaction when one of thier 'sophisticated' attempts at killing innocents back-fires on them.
- Jeff with one 'f' said...
This is the best possible outcome. He suffered from self-inflicted wounds, suffered in a way that no western country would have inflicted on him despite the heinous nature of his crime. And then he died before he could cost the people he tried to kill too much in the way of medical and rehabilitation costs, let alone lifetime imprisonment in a country that lacks the death penalty
- MadisonMan said...
I contemplate the marvels of medicine that allow a man burned over 90% of his body to live that long. I wonder if he felt any remorse, or if his way overblown self-righteousness (I think all suicide terrorists must have that) prevented that.
- Zeb Quinn said...
This is the best possible outcome. He suffered from self-inflicted wounds, suffered in a way that no western country would have inflicted on him despite the heinous nature of his crime. And then he died before he could cost the people he tried to kill too much in the way of medical and rehabilitation costs, let alone lifetime imprisonment in a country that lacks the death penalty
And that's not even getting to his going straight to heaven with the 72 virgins, et. al. Win-win
- TMink said...
What Jeff said.
He was our enemy, now he is no longer our problem.
- Synova said...
No laughter.
Grim satisfaction.
- Shawn Levasseur said...
Laugh? Not so much.
But I can appreciate the karmic accounting involved.
- Howie said...
- Susan said...
The news report from the link indicates he has been in a coma the whole month so probably only suffered early on. Unfortunately.
- Fatmouse said...
"Do you laugh?"
Nope. Merely nod and think, "the fact that he is dead makes the world a slightly better place."
- Paddy O said...
I thought I heard he was in a coma the whole time. So no suffering really. (Though what do I know about being in a coma?)
And I think it's sad all around, even if he deserved punishment and felt it. The hatred and internal shadows that drove him to do this in the first place suggest this man experienced hell while alive.
He could have been a contributor, at least to his own culture if he couldn't allow himself to reach beyond it. Instead he gave into his hate, and his hate consumed him, in a shockingly literal way.
He made a choice, though. He embraced hell. He embraced the shadows and the darkness. He didn't have to. So in a way he got/is getting the results of his choice.
But it's still quite sad. Misery is always extremely sad, even if it's self-inflicted. Better this man would have learned thanksgiving instead of hate.
But is it evil to believe in hell? Not really. Just as it's not evil to believe that man lit himself on fire to begin with. He chose that hate and rejected what society offered to him for his benefit. He rejected his family and his friends. All so that he could explode in a moment of rage.
It is evil to feel glee about that kind of suffering. But I can't see how it's evil to mourn the fact while admitting there are consequences to driving a gas filled SUV into an airport and not getting away from the explosion on time. How this works out in eternity doesn't change my sadness nor does it make me feel like it is evil to think he probably should have chosen a more peaceful life, and not chosen to burn.
- Ruth Anne Adams said...
This article reveals that the medical folks kept him in a coma and gave him shark skin implants to aid in his healing. Hat tip: Tammy Bruce.
To answer the question: I try never to laugh at another's death because it's so, well, final. [I have been known to chortle at misfortune, however.]
- I'm Full of Soup said...
Dittoes to Ruth Ann's 2nd paragraph but I am more of a snickerer as opposed to Ruth Ann being a chortler.
- Bender R said...
Is it evil to believe in hell?
For the sake of argument, let us explore whether the answer could logically be "yes." Otherwise, why even ask the question?
Now, if it is true that hell really exists, then that would mean that it is evil to believe in the truth. But that would seem to stand the concept of "evil" on its head since truth is, by its very nature, a good.
But if hell does not exist, can it be said that such a thing as "evil" exists in an objective sense, that is, in a transcendent sense. If there is a transcendent reality of evil, then that would necessarily be hell. So, if hell does not exist, then are not concepts of "evil" merely subjective opinion, merely one's own personal idea of what is disagreeable or distasteful? In which case, why should anyone care what anyone else's opinion is? Why should one mere opinion control over others?
All of which tends to show that to say "yes" to the question is wholly nonsensical. Evil and hell go hand-in-hand. The existence of one compels the existence of the other.
- vet66 said...
His actions give new meaning to the practical application of the Hippacratic Oath.
He had 33 days in the twilight zone to consider his vow to do no harm! The ultimate irony is that he brought on himself that which he wished for others.
One less monster for us to contend with!
- Bruce Hayden said...
I am not one to judge whether another gets to Heaven or not. I really don't think that anyone here has that ability, regardless of their claims to the contrary. And, likewise, that someone is going to the alternative.
But if there is a Heaven and a Hell, I would bet that he doesn't get the former, and is more likely to get the later.
But then, I suspect that if there is an Islamic Heaven/ Paradise, as advertised, that most of the jihadist suicide murderers don't make it there. And, in particular, are esp. unlikely if they accomplished their martyrdom by blowing up innocent Moslems, as is generally the case in Iraq these last couple of years.
Of course, if they really wanted to stir things up, they could have maybe used pig skin instead of shark skin to help with his burns.
- Ann Althouse said...
My point about Hell is that if you don't rejoice when a mass murderer suffers the torture of burns for 33 days, how can you accept the justice of a system in which ordinary sinners are tortured by burning for eternity?
- Justin said...
No. Yes.
I don't laugh.
Contemplating my reaction to his suffering does shed light on whether or not it is evil to believe in Hell.
Punishment must serve a purpose. If punishment or the threat of punishment prevents a greater evil, then so be it. But the belief in Hell is not universal. If someone does not believe in Hell, the threat of it cannot deter them. Since Hell cannot be proven to exist (or not), then believing in Hell is to believe that the people who are sent to hell are suffering for no purpose. They are suffering for the sake of suffering. And that is evil.
Rejoicing in suffering may be psychology satisfying, but it is evil. Believing in Hell is not evil, but rejoicing in its existence is.
1. Truth is not good or evil, it is neutral. Truth is an objective fact. For instance, it is true that people suffer. That truth is not good, nor is it evil. It simply is.
2. I think your connection between Hell and evil is too strong. True, to believe in Hell is to believe in evil. Otherwise, what is Hell for? But belief in evil does not require belief in Hell. There can be evil without Hell.
- Justin said...
Ann Althouse said...
...if you don't rejoice when a mass murderer suffers the torture of burns for 33 days, how can you accept the justice of a system in which ordinary sinners are tortured by burning for eternity?
Can we not accept the justice of this system without rejoicing in it? I accept the justice that murderers are sent to prison, but I am not happy that people must be sent to prison.
- Paddy O said...
My point about Hell is that if you don't rejoice when a mass murderer suffers the torture of burns for 33 days, how can you accept the justice of a system in which ordinary sinners are tortured by burning for eternity?
I guess by starting with the fact that I accept the justice of the system and admit that I'm mostly ignorant on what that means as far as specifics. CS Lewis, for instance, that patron saint of Evangelicalism described a hell of an entirely different sort in his Great Divorce. Evangelical leaders such as John Stott believe in annihilationism. The souls that don't make it to heaven, just don't exist.
And going back to the burned man. Some really would argue that it's better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. This man wanted to exert his power and triumph, and didn't care about the pain. My guess is there are people celebrating him and the pain he felt as being symbols of martyrdom.
This is different than someone who is just trying to live their life and their car catches fire. I don't think they chose their burns.
Then again, it seems to me from reading the Gospels that Jesus had the same kind of opinion about those who sin. He was very kind and gracious to those who were caught up in bad circumstances, witness the saved thief on the cross. Jesus wasn't kind to those who deliberately chose evil and chose to burn themselves by burning others morally, if not literally.
- Amanda Wilander said...
I don't know who penned it, but I've always liked the quote, "Hell begins the day you enter heaven, and God shows you what you could have been." I think it's profoundly sad and also just. The better life you live, the less excruciatingly painful regret you will feel.
Although... I have always liked this article by the Onion from the post-9/11 issue.
- Ruth Anne Adams said...
ordinary sinners are tortured by burning for eternity
Not true. Those among the damned are no "ordinary sinners." They are those who committed grave sins [mortal, serious] and who, knowing fully of God's sovereignty, chose to live apart from Him. They damned themselves.
According to Luke Chapter 15:"I tell you, in just the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need of repentance."
There's not rejoicing in one's damnation, but in one's repentence and return to the Father's house. I think people confuse an understanding of the sense of truthful, proper, eternal Justice with rejoicing.
- Trumpit said...
It would be evil NOT to believe in hell on earth. Have you been to Darfur lately? It would be more evil not to act to prevent or stop hells on earth, but it happens all the time, regretfully. As far as a literal place of fire and brimstone, have you ever been to Las Vegas in the summertime? You can fry a sulfureous egg on the hood of your car. Humans are creating a hot and hellish earth both by causing and failing to stop global warming. That's an evil hell, if you will. And to not believe in global warming is quite naive and foolish. Is the existence of fools and foolish acts preventable evil? To some degree, I suppose. And I'm not talking about Celsius or Fahrenheit.
- amba said...
Shark skin! How appropriate.
- Graham Powell said...
I don't feel sorry for the guy, since he brought this upon himself, but given the choice I would prefer to have him alive and in jail.
I don't wish pain, suffering, or death on our enemies. I just want them out of commission.
Rejoicing in this man's plight is evidence of Hell, and it's in us. His crimes were large and vile and any pity for his suffering would seem a waste, considering all the more deserving souls in the world, but a good Christian might not see mercy and compassion as a zero-sum game. Trouble is, there are very few good Christians or consistently morally ethical people, even though they think of themselves as imperfect but still decent. Most of us regular folk, myself included, create or maybe reveal hells on earth for ourselves and others through our small, petty everyday transaction.
Not being theologically correct here, but I often think man's biggest crimes and best humanitarian projects pale in significance to the billions upon billions of our passing thoughts and little actions which are thoughtless, selfish, brutish, but occasionally generous when it's difficult to be so and showing grace when the temptation is to not to in the little spaces of our lives. On balance, though, I'd have to agree with James Thurber:
"If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven, and very, very few persons."
- paul a'barge said...
Over a shahid?
You party like it's Friday Night, baby! You hand out the Hors d'œuvres, making certain that they are pork-laden.
You supply party favors and you hand pinatas.
WTF? Are we at war with these morons or not? Of course you wallow in satisfaction that your enemy died a terribly painful death.
- Synova said...
The idea that war means hating people is something I hear from the left more than the right.
As if it's necessary to hate in order to kill another human being when, in fact, it's only necessary to kill them. There can actually be sympathy or respect for the enemy and still try to kill them.
That is assuming they merit sympathy or respect. People who attempt to fire bomb civilians, men, women and children, but who end up melted to the asphalt themselves don't merit sympathy or respect.
The regular soldiers who Saddam sent to the front lines to face our troops deserve sympathy. They are allowed to surrender and deserve to be treated well, fed and doctored. Opposing soldiers might well be respected.
Someone who was trying to burn up children doesn't deserve what honorable soldiers who just happen to be on the other side because their nation went to war deserve.
To think that being at war with someone means that we're supposed to prefer a horribly painful death for them is perverse.
To prefer that this guy died slowly rather than quickly has to do with *him* and not the fact that we're at war.
- Fen said...
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- Synova said...
And there is, of course, the story about an officer (a Major?) from the Iraqi Army that was walking home after the army was dissolved who was saluted by the enlisted American soldier manning a check point.
Because we salute foreign officers.
- Fen said...
I'm not satisfied. He deliberately targeted innocents. He meant for someone like madisonman or bruce hayden or ruth anne to suffer from burns for 33 days before dying.
So I wish he had suffered more. If I could resurrect him to linger in agony for 33 years, I would.
Our people should dispatch the enemy who is trying to murder us and kill our way of life. We're only human and will be glad when each soldier against us, jihadist, terror planner, financier, violent Islamist, inciting cleric, thug assassin, traitorous informant, mercenary profiteer, supporting family member or associate goes, dies, and is sucking air no more.
But to dance in jubilation at the suffering and death of "morons" and evil people is to be too much like those debased crazies we're fighting. Our enemy makes me angry and sad; when they meet their justified end, it makes me relieved but still sad that this was how humans chose to live and desecrate their lives. Shouldn't the work of our good warriors, troops, police and other agents on the front lines of the hot (and hidden) wars be what's celebrated and not the by-product of misery?
Most soldiers I know don't get off on the suffering of our enemy- they're willing and eager to take him out, though. They and the rest of us certainly can appreciate the irony of 'just desserts', but for us to ululate over death and misery of even demonic or animal-like enemies seems a corruption.
Am more compelled to love and respect our armed forces and uncelebrated others- they subdue the enemy not only by killing or capturing him, but by engaging in constructive efforts to help secure and humanize those places the enemy needs as caliphate corrupt wastelands. What tough, brave work they do.
- Fred said...
People use words like "hell" as a means to an end. The word is exploitable (fear, pride)and goes not so much to inherent evil and hypocrisy as it does psychological defensive instincts.
When people say "I don't pass judgment, God will," we all know they are very subtly doing so. The beauty of the H-bomb when used offensively(religious) or persuasively (political)is that people, at most, expect the 'evil-doer' to defend rather than have the accuser support the assertion.
On whether people should feel guilty or think twice before passing judgment on others. It's difficult for humans to fight natural defensive mechanisms when they believe that life, values or "the truth" are in danger.
To be human is to judge on every level, all of the time. But it seems I need to explain something I said:
"Most of us regular folk, myself included, create or maybe reveal hells on earth for ourselves and others through our small, petty everyday transaction."
Oh, boy. Please note I included myself as to creating or revealing my own hellish nature. Also, please know that my remarks have nothing to do with specific people or recent incidents. For years, I've believed that 99% of us are petty creatures, and that when one witnesses, receives or actually gives a little grace *under unexpected or difficult circumstances*, then they're experiencing a little bit of heaven on earth.
Everything's not about some people.
- GeorgeH said...
I hope they soothed his burns by coating them in lard.
- Fen said...
Most soldiers I know don't get off on the suffering of our enemy- they're willing and eager to take him out, though. They and the rest of us certainly can appreciate the irony of 'just desserts'
No, but I draw a distinction between terrorist suicide-bombers and legal uniformed combatants. And I think we lose something if we extend the respect for the latter to the former.
- Galvanized said...
The idea that we have all been afforded grace should leave us all refusing to judge someone else (except through law). To rejoice in another's serious misfortune is base and wrong, a temptation. And if you're a true believer in God and the concept of Hell, you most probably try to stifle yourself. However, one cannot help thoughts that fly into the head. It's a matter of if you entertain them or act/speak in jest or mocking the man. While I don't feel a lot of compassion (as I should TRY to), I wouldn't want to laugh about it. Still, admittedly, the first thought is, "Aha-hahaha, serves you right." I'm just glad we don't all get what we deserve.
- paul a'barge said...
Jane: But to dance in jubilation at the suffering and death of "morons" and evil people is to be too much like those debased crazies we're fighting
This is just feminine nonsense, and frankly if you ever needed a demonstrable reason for not putting women in front-line combat positions in the US military, Jane's statements are the of the first order.
You need to read the line spoken by General George Patton, wherein he tells his men that the point of war is not to give your life for your own country but the make the other guy die giving his life for his country.
No body ever won a battle hopped up on empathy and estrogen.
Uh, yeah, Paul. Good reading comp. Where did I speak of empathy? It's just goddam sad how hateful people are- whether they're murdering animals or sadistic assholes. Why should I or anyone get a thrill out of others' lingering and painful deaths? Admittedly, some do. More, I think, are just glad that they're dead.
Anyway, did you see where I said our enemies need to be dispatched, killed, made unalive, etc? Read, again. You dishonor the guys I know in uniform by suggesting they enjoy the suffering they must and are most willing to inflict. I was a military spouse for years and know a lot of these men. They're not sadistic jerks. They want to kill sadistic jerks.
Anyway, I'm not supposed to comment, anymore. Will just finish this thread.
"You need to read the line spoken by General George Patton, wherein he tells his men that the point of war is not to give your life for your own country but the make the other guy die giving his life for his country."
You interpret Patton's words as an exhortation for our guys to kill the enemy and get off on his pain? Or are you very badly twisting my comments as to mean I think our guys should die rather than to kill the enemy?
Completely bizarre. I don't understand people, any more.
I just spoke with my friends at DoD, and they told me exactly what I had said. Further, they said that Patton was a big believer in subduing the enemy, but once he's subdued, not to inflict further pain. This is just common sense, doctrinally, if not morally.
In fact, Paul, our side is wary of recruits who seem to inordinately *enjoy* the killing part of soldiering, if it entails inflicting more suffering than necessary. There are protocols for observing and dealing with such people and situations.
This discussion has gotten a little off-base from the topic, but the principle still applies- acknowledging and wryly considering "just desserts" is one thing, but to find real joy or experience a frisson of thrill at horrible pain and death is what the people we're having to kill do. Thankfully, that's not most of us. And, again, many of us- such as myself- are fairly dispassionate about the need to stop our enemy DEAD in his tracks. Go, Army! (And Marines, Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force.)
- Revenant said...
I don't think there is anything inconsistent about (a) being happy when evil people suffer agony and (b) thinking that the idea of condemning people to Hell is, itself, evil.
The key point is that NOTHING deserves infinite pain, which is exactly what "eternal torment" is. Even people like Hitler and Stalin deserve, at most, a few million years in a fiery pit. Nobody deserves infinite punishment, because no act is infinitely bad.
- Revenant said...
They are those who committed grave sins [mortal, serious] and who, knowing fully of God's sovereignty, chose to live apart from Him. They damned themselves.
So it is impossible for an atheist to go to Hell? That's reassuring, I guess.
- Unknown said...
"My point about Hell is that if you don't rejoice when a mass murderer suffers the torture of burns for 33 days, how can you accept the justice of a system in which ordinary sinners are tortured by burning for eternity?"
Careful now! There's that pesky 'logic' creepin' in. That's usually the point in the argument where the self-righteous fundamentalist religious types lop your head off.
Now I'm not really sure if I was being facetious or not but the question you posed puts you at odds with almost every religion on the planet.
...not that that's a bad thing...
- LoafingOaf said...
graham: I don't wish pain, suffering, or death on our enemies.
I do, when our enemies are Islamic Jihad terrorists.
(With the exception of brainwashed kids or mentally retarded people who are conned into, for example, strapping a device on after being told, say, flowers will fly everywhere when it goes off.)
When our enemies are just conventional soldiers, I just wish for their defeat with as little pain, suffering, or death as possible all around.
fen: So I wish he had suffered more.
Me too.
If I could resurrect him to linger in agony for 33 years, I would.
I rejoice in his self-inflicted suffering, but I wouldn't wanna take part in someone being tortured...even someone for whom I rejoice in his suffering.
If more terrorists had their methods backfire and caused themselves to accidentally inflict on themselves the pain, suffering, and death they had intended for their targets, I'd rejoice each and every time, and might start to open my mind to the existance of a God.
- Galvanized said...
I don't rejoice when a mass murderer is executed. However, it is a relief that he leaves society for good. As Ruth Ann says, it's accepting justice, just as is accepting the idea of Hell. It is up to each person to decide whether to turn his back on the belief in God or not, and to face consequences should He be so. It's not up to the rest of us to decide how we feel about another's demise, nor to threaten another with damnation or judgment. It's up to us to respect and defer to law, spiritual or earthly.
- Cedarford said...
HAyden Of course, if they really wanted to stir things up, they could have maybe used pig skin instead of shark skin to help with his burns.
Nice, and they do use treated, hypoallergenic pig and human corpse skin in burn treatment. I wonder if the Brits went to the more exotic shark skin to avoid offending the Brit people about their limited supply of human organ donations going to a Muslim terrorist and yet avoid offending the Islamoids by swathing the jerk in pigskin.
Ann Althouse's theological question is best answered by whether or not the Muslim terrorist roasts in hell or not is God's choice, not ours. Therefore we cannot presume to start the "roast in hell process" by executing prisoners by burning them to death with gas or blowtorches - any Christian would have qualms about such a grisly method, even if they supported the death penalty.
On the other hand, it is also quite Christian to not wish to devote society's resources or their personal intervention on the most evil amongst us while more deserving stand wanting - the Sister Helen Prejeans who devote excessive time on kiddie killers spiritual needs nonwithstanding.
In real life it is expressed as someone ostracizing, rejecting another person for bad words or deeds by saying things like "If he was on fire I wouldn't piss on him to put it out." And in Glasgow, the practical Scots unsurprizingly said it practically to "hero rescuers" trying to put the lit Jihadi out..."Let the bastard burn, to hell with 'ye." "Burn, you asshole". "Let 'em roast, he's not worth saving".
- Revenant said...
As Ruth Ann says, it's accepting justice, just as is accepting the idea of Hell.
You're drawing a distinction between "I feel good when justice is done, and justice requires that they suffer" and "I feel good when they suffer". I don't see the deep distinction there -- especially since all of the people saying they feel good that the guy suffered also think that it was just that he suffered.
You're trying to say that it is justice you like, and it is purely coincidental that justice happens to involve bad guys spending an eternity in pain and torment. Like if God said that Justice for a life of baby-raping consisted of writing "I will not rape babies" on the blackboard 50 times, why, that would be fine too. I'm not buying it.
- Ruth Anne Adams said...
Revenant: I would say that there's a distinction between garden variety justice and ultimate justice.
We're in charge of garden variety justice; God's in charge of ultimate justice.
And on that count, I'm reminded of the parable of the vineyard workers who got a full day's wage whether they worked the whole day or were 5 o'clock workers. When the all-day workers groused, Jesus chided them for not recognizing God's abundant generosity. I'm relying on that generosity because I haven't been laboring in these hyar vineyards a whole day either. So, if in God's ultimate justice, the penalty is writing something on the cosmic blackboard 50 times, I say so be it.
I don't know the net link- someone sent this to me after my inquiry as to rejoicing over our enemy's suffering: Excerpts from
Memorandum for: Colonel Millard Meese, Head of social Sciences, West Point
Subject: After Action Report
From: General Barry R. McCaffrey USA (ret)
"US Combat Forces are simply superb. The Army and Marine brigade, battalion, and company commanders are the most experienced and talented leaders in our history. Re-enlistment rates are simply astonishing. The joint integration of combat power is extremely effective—but is deemed remarkable by the involved units…
"These Marine and Army combat units rapidly employ synchronized air and ground combat power, use enormous fire discipline, are compassionate with vulnerable civilians, and move with explosive energy and courage…
"The wariness, adherence to ROE, and discipline of the involved air and ground forces are awe-inspiring. I watched with fascination the attack video of an Apache whose pilot held fire at absolutely the last second—when what they suspected (correctly) was an innocent farmer appeared in the foreground of a pending Hellfire launch against 5-6 armed insurgents. The pilot painstakingly changed his attack angle-- and sailed the Hellfire over the farmer's head and successfully nailed the insurgents…"
As for me, I've argued for ROE that vigorously protects our interests, but the people in charge seem to think that being careful and not committing to indiscriminate slaughter at this point is the ticket. I've met many of these people in charge, and they're definitely not estrogenized. They're just balanced, fierce men (and women.) Anyway, who needs gratuitous woman bashing and keyboard aggression at a time like this?
- Revenant said...
And on that count, I'm reminded of the parable of the vineyard workers who got a full day's wage whether they worked the whole day or were 5 o'clock workers.
I've always taken that parable as proof that Christians have no more grasp of economic reality than Communists do. :)
- paul a'barge said...
Jane: I've met many of these people in charge, and they're definitely not estrogenized
Not estrogenized compared to what? You? Someone else who can more aptly be typified as a bag of estrogen?
Today's military is awash in a sea of political correctness. Warriors have to muzzle in order not to antagonize feminists who've made the military their target du jour.
I don't know whom you think is going to buy this claptrap. You went and talked to someone in the military who as far as you could tell in the moment reinforced your empath positions. What does that prove?
The fact that the current Rules of Engagement amount to fighting this war with one hand paralyzed is testimony to the estrogen-ization of today's military.
After the next terror incident, please by all means tell the innocent victims, many of them women and children all about how you feel no glee at the defeat of those who murder them.
By the way, there's a difference between reveling in victory and being a psychopath. What a shame that you can't see it.
- Galvanized said...
With respect, the Geneva Conventions have done as much to "estrogenize" the military and how war is conducted as anything...that and the habeus corpus. It seems like less of an estrogen-induced problem and more as a product of evolving civility (vs. barbarism). It comes at a price, though, as nothing is expected to be imposed by a "victor," but rather negotiated/conceded with words rather than guns, cooperation with the "invaded," and a third party to mediate/arbitrate (hence, ensure that the right hand is indeed bound in back). This is "war" in the 21st century.
Paul, You have a reading problem. Show me where I said not to be ecstatic about victory. My position has to do with the topic of the thread- whether to rejoice or laugh at lingering, awful suffering of our enemies- be they grotesque or just regular Mo's. You apparently do and will- that much is obvious. Guess it never occurred to you, the great testosteronized mil historian, that our services have provided first-aid to the injured enemy WAAAAY before this conservative woman married into the military, schlepped around, and did all sorts of volunteer work on behalf of our guys in uniform. Me, the big feminist, a "bag of estrogen." Me, who's sick of unmanly men who pick on women. Your girlie bitch is with our civilization at large. If you want our citizens and troops to throw parties when our enemies lie around in agony for weeks on end, go ahead and campaign for a new consciousness.
What a complete ass. First thing the guys said to me was, he never served, did he? Armchair killer.
"As for me, I've argued for ROE that vigorously protect our interests..."
Did you skip o'er that one, Paul? Did you miss all the places where I said to kill the enemy but good? And when they do, YAY! What a relief. Dance a jig. Be beyond thrilled. I never said I was a good Christian.
Yours is a typical reactionary attitude toward the services that completely discounts what a damn terrific job they're doing, especially considering the legalities and politics that hamstring them so. Your obsession with feminization and feminists is cute, though. As if NOW impacts our ROE and not the UN/ international convention, Dems, our judiciary, the international media, White House and schooled Pentagon leaders. Or, have you found out our secret that wimmin have a stranglehold on all of those gonad-less men who dominate those institutions by putting she-hormones in their cooler water?
What does feminism directly have to do with affairs military, other than promoting women's participation in the services? Personally, I'm against women serving in combat arms and am acutely aware how even the women in support roles give us readiness probs (health, pregancy, kids, etc.), but I don't see how they're so in charge of our military that they're the ones enforcing the ROE under which we're currently operating.
You're attacking what you see as a new touchy-feely civilizational value impacting western institutions (you and the Islamists both), and laying it at the feet of our terrific troops (and throwing it at mine). What I see is the smartest, most capable military that we've ever had having to do the State Department's and the rest of the world's share of the work, on top of their own fighting and securing. What I see is an opposition party here and an international media here and there and everywhere throttling us back and standing at 'gotcha' alert. They are the ones at whom I direct my fire. What I also see is some doctrinal and strategic benefit to our fighting "humanely," as frustrating as that is to boys on the homefront. We could argue all day where to draw the line, though.
But, back to the point, even were ROE liberalized in our favor, you still wouldn't see many service members deliriously happy over the maiming and suffering. Beauchamp would, but that's just the kind of real jerk he evidently is. Many of our guys will celebrate a good kill with "yeah!" or "woo-hoo," but you won't find many willing to laugh or throw a party over the fact of suffering. They're still going to give first-aid and alleviate suffering most of the time. Surely, some enemy combatants are left to suffer and/ or to die, and who can argue with other priorities or passive justice, from time to time? You won't find that becoming mil policy, however, for all injured enemy. Besides, there's interrogation value to some of them.
Anyway, Paul, thanks for the discussion, even though it got too hard with a lot of uncharitable assumptions made about the other. Sorry about my part. At least we tried.
There's no understanding without communication and no forgiveness without understanding. Where's the experience of Spirit without generosity of spirit and charity? Absent these, everything's just unrelentingly hard and mean. Self-righteousness becomes a gun aimed in misunderstanding.
Just something I discussed with a minister friend this AM and maybe words to blog and befriend by. He also suggested that to rejoice in a heinous person's suffering is not Christian in his book, but that's just his theological take.
- stockwell said...
Hate to be the one to break it to you, Jane, but after being on the net for a couple of years i don't see much reconciliation between people. People just get hardened in their attitudes when they take public positions with comments and have their little groups to support them. Not to many people are big enough to correct themselves or reach out.
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- ND said...
Check your email, jane and I'll give you a call today.
By the way I agree with you about this whole business. We're different from the animals who danced in the street on Sept. 9. Defeating them doesn't mean we have to kill off our own souls as they've killed theirs. Heaven and Hell? they're here already and we just don't recognize them.
- ND said...
Just like a Democrat to remember Sept. 9. Make it the 11th.
In the video that serves as his last will and testament, the youthful, well-dressed Saudi, known only as "Fatima's Fiancé," is laughing and joking with the cameraman who will record his death a few minutes later. "Pray for Allah to make my mission easy," he says, and waves as he climbs into a maroon sedan, grinning broadly. "May Allah make it easy for you," the cameraman says obligingly, and laughs. The scene cuts away to an earlier interview, where the Saudi announces that when he gets to heaven he plans to marry a woman named Fatima, who was allegedly abused in Abu Ghraib Prison. Then the scene shifts to a highway in Iraq, with a line of 18-wheelers roaring along and a red circle superimposed over the bomber's approaching car. As the music swells and the screen fills with an orange-and-black fireball, the cameraman cries, "Thanks to Allah!"
It's like they live on another planet. In another dimension. In a barbaric time leaking to the present. They need to be removed from our existence before they remove us. And, LOL, ND. Message received, can do.
- ND said...
That's about the sum of it. I had thought jihad came from a brain impariment or spiritual dysfunction, but now I believe its an evil space-time overlapping our reality as in that sorry excuse for a movie Event Horizon. Hell is: paying to actually see that disaster.
Speaking of, J, next time you use the teenager meaning of a word post it right away. Even if you meant he'd be the best, your screwed if he thinks you menat the opposite, okay? You have to laugh if you say one stupid word and your $10 is never no good forever more. Just stay out of bait shops and try gun and tackle ones instead. but you'll need more than ten bucks, so save up. I'm buying tommorow, just to help, heh.
- ND said...
The keyboard is acting up again and my racket's warped.
LOL. Thanks for the levity. When I'm not crying I'm laughing at myself, too-- LOTS.
Hell is: a Heaven that's not the least bit funny :-/
- ND said...
the Divine Comedy?
Cheer up, Jane, we're all parodies of ourselves at some point. People who don't realize it ar e the lame straight-men. You know, I didn't mean that to mean I'm not, because I am, and your first refresher tutorial is going to be on how men think. Never forget we think better when our egos are stroked. All you have to do is tell me I'm handsome, smart, gallant and manly etc. Your mama must have taught you these things when you were a young, a younger, thing. Mine did. She told me I was handsome, smart, a gentleman etc :-}
Okay, here's what a gallant traditionalist I am. You get a dozen flubbed jokes absolutely free. Any more than that will cost you, but nothing you can't handle, I'm sure. The penalty could be something as pleasant as you crewing for me, a strict but most fair captain. If you tell a joke clumsily at sea you might get to swab the deck while I watch and that's much more fun than the capital punishment your're going through now, and excellent exercise, too. Win-win, my papa didn't raise a fool.
I'm looking forward to taking offense at everything you say, so watch out. I hear you're a good cook, so there are possibilities there. My treat first, J, and I'll try to make it extra nice because i think you deserve it.
You're killing me, ND-- in the nicest of ways, but Liz should have warned me :) G'night.
Oh, almost forgot. You're wonderfully gallant for making me feel better and your manly typing's improving. How's that? It was sincere, too.
- ND said...
I knew you didnt need a refresher. You just need a guy who knows pretty damn great when he sees it. I've been reading you a while now and owe Liz a big one. Also those certain others, asin Not so angelic real men rush in where fools fear to tread. Yes, I'm the kind of man who would mangle Pope for my purposes and I think you're up to the challenge…Call me before my meeting, J.
- VekTor said...
Like if God said that Justice for a life of baby-raping consisted of writing "I will not rape babies" on the blackboard 50 times, why, that would be fine too. I'm not buying it.
Actually, doesn't it take much less than that to qualify for a "Get Out Of Hell Free" card, while doing substantially worse?
Last time I looked, you could even grotesquely, violently and slowly kill 99% of the world's population (while forcing the other 1% to watch), and still get into Heaven. Everything is apparently forgivable... just follow the directions in the book, there.
Of course, failure to follow those instructions, regardless of any amount of good and lack of evil you partake in, gets you an eternity of incredible torture. But hey, that's justice, ya know.
That's apparently the one exception to "everything is forgivable". Better be sure to take that 'free gift', now (or else)!


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WATCH: The lucky Japanese man who survived two atomic bombs
One would think no one would survive after one atomic bomb blast, let alone two.
Tsutomu Yamaguchi did.
The Japanese man was nicknamed "Lucky" after surviving the nuclear bomb drops in Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War in 1945.
While the bombs obliterated both cities, Yamaguchi lived to tell the tales of devastation.
Watch the video to find out more about this man's story.


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Minna Riihimaki
Leaving her homeland of Finland in favor of the intriguing France, Minna Riihimaki has always been drawn towards the mountains. Starting out as a medical student, Minna now spends her days as a part-time dental surgeon, part-time skier, part-time biker and full-time Norrøna ambassador in Chamonix.
- I left my country because something pushed me to study in French and I wanted to be closer to the mountains. My studies lasted longer than presumed because I was spending more time in the mountains than in school.
Being a mom of two and part-time dentist doesn't stop Minna from using the full potential of her beautiful surroundings.
- Typically my evenings are spent making plans for the following day with my friends. We study the weather forecast and the previous conditions and I prepare my backpack. In Chamonix valley we usually take the first bin to quickly gain height and then skin and climb for some Couloir or mountain face skiing. On a powder or whiteout day, I prefer to take advantage of the lift system that takes you to amazing places and makes lapping on long runs possible.
There's no doubt that the mountains are a powerful element in Minna's life; both as an inspiration and driving force but also as guideline and element that need the most utter respect if using them as your playground.
The mountain must be the element that one respects the most when making decisions. The conditions are variable and ephemeral; same place on a different day might require a complete other attitude. My motto is to consider a place each time like if I was there for the first time, even if I know it by heart.
In ten years Minna is hoping to do the same things as now.
- As my friend says, a good skier is an old skier... Maybe I would need to adapt the practice but at least there is no chronometer at the bottom of a mountain run!
Even though Minna has a little crush on adrenaline, our lady from Finland emphasize the importance of having fun – sport is not just about pushing limits.
- Days when the mountain is shared between friends with big smiles, nothing beats that. I know that I am doing something bigger when at night I have hard time sleeping.
Name: Minna Riihimaki
Sport: Skiing / mountain biking
Hometown: Chamonix, France
Favorite place: Mont Blanc mountain range, Dolomites, Norway
Favorite products: lofoten; it really corresponds perfectly to the kind of practice I do on mountains. I feel like I can rely on every product to get the maximum protection and comfort for minimum weight. The lofoten range is solid, simple and stylish.


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As mentioned in my inaugural post, my patron deity is Reality. Speaking personally, I find "Reality" to be a rather unappealing name. The Greek word for reality, "alethea," sounds so much more pleasant. With the kind indulgence of my readers, therefore, I will refer to our patroness as Alethea.
Does it sound odd to have Reality as our patron deity? As I wrote in our inaugural post,
Some of my readers will be unfamiliar with the idea of Reality as a god, but if you think about it, Reality has many of the traditional attributes of deity, and indeed most of our traditional ideas about God are merely garbled perceptions of the incomprehensible complexity and enormity of Reality.
For example, Reality is omnipresent (exists in all places) and omnipotent (all-powerful). Wherever you go in the entire universe, Reality is already there, and no matter what you do, you cannot violate any of Reality's rules for how things work. Reality is, in fact, the only god powerful enough to truly claim that no disobedience is possible. Do what you will, you cannot help but obey the laws of Reality (and if you think otherwise, the consequences will be uncomfortable at best, if not downright disastrous!).
Reality is also eternal, since if there was ever any time when Reality did not exist, then nothing else would exist either. Reality is also the Creator, having produced everything which exists today. Reality is the "thing than which no greater can be imagined," as Anselm once put it. Any lesser God we might imagine would be either a non-existent God, or a God which was part of Reality. God therefore either is Reality, or is merely a part of Reality. Reality, therefore, must be greater than or equal to any existing God.
Now, one of our failures as limited, finite beings is that there are limits to what we are capable of holding in our minds. Deity is too vast and too complex for us to comprehend fully and precisely; we necessarily reduce God to a representation that is small enough to fit inside our minds. But how can we represent something as complex, something as knowable yet unpredictable, as Reality itself, in all its fullness and detail?
Answer: by analogy. The most complicated, subtle, familiar, and yet unpredictable things we know of are other human beings, and therefore we imagine God as a being Who is, in many ways, similar to a human-type being. Though this approach is not precisely accurate, it's not entirely wrong. It's merely a concession to our own limitations. God (that is, Reality) is and always has been beyond our powers of comprehension. Thus, the fact that Reality is not a "person," in the traditional sense, is not an argument against the deity of Reality. Traditionally, men have viewed their gods as human-like persons, but even they will admit, if pressed, that the truth about God is more complicated than that.
I trust my readers will understand that if I refer to Reality as a deity, it is not because I think that Reality is a person that can be flattered, cajoled, or otherwise influenced to give us things we haven't worked to earn. It is rather an expression of the fact that all religion, at its heart, is an attempt to use the analogy of a person in order to help us reach a more intuitive (and less scientific) understanding of the world around us. This is neither a necessary thing, nor a bad thing, provided that we remember that it is only an analogy, and that our intuitive understanding of things is sometimes very wrong about the facts.


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One of the most basic tenants of the American voting process is the secret ballot. No one but you and the machine has to know who you voted for – unless you tell other people, that is.
And with social media, it's easier than ever to share that information.
Facebook had an "I voted" feature, where you could share that you voted, and even who you voted for if you so choose.Votes were registered in real time by location.
Here's a snapshot of Pennsylvania's graphic:
Foursquare also had a tracking feature for voters to participate in:
Did you broadcast your vote?
I tend to err on the side of not telling, just because I can't, really. I can't be perceived as favoring one side or the other.
Also, I don't feel like explaining myself. I have my own reasons for the way I vote, and that's that, in my opinion.
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Let's face it. It's unlikely that LeBron or KD are available on your waiver wire, and nobody in their right mind is gonna trade 'em to you. So adjust your expectations accordingly. You're not taking the prom queen home tonight, but some of these fillies can still put out, and you can still pretend that the one you took home kinda does look like LBJ in the pale moonlight. Here are one man's brain droppings on who to grab, and who to sell.
Gordon Hayward SG/SF
I know JB was goofing on Utah last week, so insert your best "jazz hands" quip here, but give Gordon a looksie. You may even get him for free, as he's available in 41% of ESPN leagues, because he's back from a shoulder injury that had him out 10 games. It should put a tingle in your dingle to hear he's averaged 22 points, 2 3Pt, and 3.3 dimes per game in his first 3 back. He has the athletic ability to be a major contributor, and although he comes off the bench, he's just given us the proverbial tip, if you will. There is value there, so long as Coach Corbin sees it my way. The talent part, not the tip part.
Kyle Korver SG/SF
Kyle Korver is available in 36% of leagues? Whaa? If he is in your league, start frogging, and jump, son! He is one of the perennial 3Pt leaders, shooting an amazing 46.4% from beyond the arc this year, and 4.1 boards and 2.5 dimes to accompany his sexy stroke. While his 11.3 points per can take some shine off of that trophy, we are talking rotisserie, and he has the potential any game to go off for 5+ 3Pt. But, full disclosure, long balls are a weakness of mine. I spend a lot of time at the community sauna. Just sayin.
There was concern on how DD was going to fit in with the arrival of Rudy Gay, that their games mimicked each others too much, etc. Well, aside from a dud against the Griz, who shuts a lot of good-to-great players down, he has scored no less than 18 per game since Rudy's arrival. He went off for 34 against the Cavs on Wednesday, along with 2 assists and 5 boards. His playing in the Great White North can help your cause, due to lack of pub, here's hoping you get him for pennies on the dollar.
Al Harrington PF
This dude comes in more as a waiver wire flyer, but because Al has been injured all season, he's only owned in about 5% of leagues. With Big Baby injured, and J.J. Traded away, somebody's gotta score. He averaged 14 points, 6 boards, 1.5 3Pts, and .9 steals per game last year. Getting a few 3s from your PF is nice, and although he may not get last years stats, he's gotta be worth a gander, no?
Lopez scored 14 points, 7 boards and 2 blocks going against his smarter, sexier, more talented twin. Which is a great time to sell Robin and his ridiculous Sideshow hair, off of a decent (for him) performance. He's averaging a paltry 11.5 points, 5.4 boards and 1.5 blocks this season, and when Unibrow makes it back from a minor ailment, Lopez's minutes will diminish behind Davis and Anderson.
Andre Drummond PF/C
Now don't get me wrong, I love what this kid brings, his motor is off the charts, and will get time to play once healthy. The fact is, he's not. It was reported earlier in the week that he could be back soon from a broken tailbone, and now that prognosis is being changed to end of March, beginning of April. If you don't have IR space, he's the one to go.
Jerryd Bayless PG/SG
After a fine fantasy start to the season, Bayless has tumbled back into obscurity. His game against Dallas Wednesday marks the 7th in a row that he has been limited to single digits, along with 3.4 dimes, and 2.1 boards. All I can say is: Meh.


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While many people who contract the flu are able to make a full recovery on their own, the virus can prove life-threatening to others. This flu season, 14 patients at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center have required a form of advanced medical intervention reserved for critically ill patients.
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) uses a pump to circulate blood through a heart-lung bypass system outside of the patient's body. The process oxygenates the blood while allowing the heart and/or lungs to rest and recover, such as in cases of respiratory failure caused by severe flu-related virus.
The flu patients placed on ECMO therapy in recent months at Penn State Hershey include 12 adults and two children. They have been referred to the medical center from as far away as Syracuse, N.Y. Some of the other patients have originated from Lancaster, York, Chambersburg, Scranton and the Lehigh Valley.
"We are fortunate to have this type of equipment here and the support of a well-trained team of people ready to provide patients access to such an advanced, life-saving therapy," said Dr. Aly El-Banayosy, director of mechanical circulatory support at Penn State Hershey.
El-Banayosy said each patient is on ECMO therapy for anywhere from four to 16 days, with 10 days being the average.
"In addition to influenza complications, we regularly use ECMO therapy for other acute conditions that damage the heart or lungs and for which all other medical interventions have failed," El-Banayosy said. He says ECMO therapy is sometimes used after a severe heart attack, after cardiac surgery, following a severe infection of the heart muscle, in select resuscitation cases and prior to a heart transplant.


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What the Steve Jobs movie got right and wrong
Editor's note: Brandon Griggs is the tech editor for CNN.com. Follow him on Twitter and Google Plus.
(CNN) -- After months of speculation and hype, the first biopic about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs hit theaters Friday.
"Jobs," directed by Joshua Michael Stern and starring Ashton Kutcher as the iconic tech guru, spans much of Jobs' early career, from his hippie days at Reed College in 1974 to the launch of the original iPod in 2001.
And guess what? Although it omits or glosses over many chapters of Jobs' life, it's not bad.
This is the first dramatic feature film to focus solely on the longtime Apple CEO, who died in 2011. A second Steve Jobs movie, written by Aaron Sorkin and adapted from the best-selling Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson, is due as early as next year.
Jobs' tumultuous life could probably fill three movies. But "Jobs" focuses on his early years at Apple and ignores almost everything else. Even though the two-hour movie spans 27 years, it makes little or no mention of Jobs being adopted, his work at NeXT, his search for his biological father, his leadership of Pixar, his marriage to Laurene Powell, his late-career triumphs at Apple or the cancer that eventually killed him.
It's probably just as well. A movie with all that would be fascinating. It would also be four hours long.
Here are five things the movie gets right, and wrong.
Surprise! Kutcher makes a convincing Steve Jobs
If you know as Kutcher only as the handsome dimwit from "That '70s Show" or lightweight movies like "Valentine's Day," you may be pleasantly surprised. Thanks in part to some subtle hair and makeup effects, he looks a lot like the Apple co-founder in many scenes. Kutcher nails Jobs' speech patterns, distinctive gait, hunched posture and manner of pacing, hands clasped, when speaking to a group.
Becoming Steve Jobs: Ashton Kutcher on his movie transformation
He projects the intelligence in Jobs' eyes and his impatience with people he felt were wasting his time. And he effectively captures both sides of the notoriously mercurial Jobs, who could be charismatic one moment and cruel the next.
The movie does not have Kutcher portray the skeletal, cancer-stricken Jobs of the late 2000s, however. That would have been asking a lot.
Apple was founded over ... a plate of fruit?
The movie has some fun with the now-legendary story of how Jobs and Steve Wozniak launched Apple from the garage of Jobs' parents' house in Los Altos, California. Several real-life characters -- electrical engineer Rod Holt and early investor Mike Markkula -- show up at the house for the first time and gaze dubiously at Jobs' workspace and his motley crew of assistants.
The scene where Jobs and Markkula negotiate Apple's first infusion of venture capital takes place in Jobs' parents' dining room, with his mother serving the confused Markkula bread and a plate of fruit. "Steve's a fruitarian," one of his buddies says -- a reference to the unusual diet of her young son, who once went a whole week eating only apples.
It's not clear whether such a scene actually took place. According to Isaacson's book, which was written with Jobs' cooperation, the early business plan for Apple was hammered out over a period of weeks at Markkula's house. There's no mention in the book of what they ate.
Wozniak is almost a minor character
The shy Woz has never gotten enough credit for the early success of Apple, and he fades into the background in the movie as well, lost in the shadow cast by Jobs' larger-than-life persona. The real-life Wozniak didn't cooperate with the makers of "Jobs" -- he's apparently been consulting instead on the upcoming Sorkin biopic -- and maybe that explains why his role feels underwritten.
The filmmakers also took some creative liberties with a few of Wozniak's most prominent scenes. One shows Wozniak startling Jobs in his office late one night in 1985 by telling him that he's leaving Apple. This never happened. In reality, Jobs found out about Wozniak's departure when news leaked out in The Wall Street Journal.
The unassuming Woz, then working quietly as an engineer on the Apple II computer, didn't feel that his leaving the company was important enough to warrant telling Jobs directly.
Jobs' dark side
The movie has several scenes of Jobs delivering dynamic speeches while reverent Apple employees respond with wild applause. But to its credit, the film doesn't sugarcoat the more difficult parts of his personality.
One scene shows Jobs angrily kicking his girlfriend out of their house after she tells him she's pregnant with the child who would become his daughter, Lisa. It's not clear whether this actually happened, although in real life the couple broke up soon after and Jobs disavowed paternity of the child. Another shows him cheating Wozniak out of several thousand dollars' payment for their work on a video game for Atari, a deception documented in Isaacson's book.
Jobs could be especially brutal with co-workers he did not respect. One scene shows him abruptly dismissing an engineer who did not share his enthusiasm for fonts. "Are you firing me?" the employee asks, surrounded by a roomful of stunned co-workers. "No, I already fired you!" Jobs yells back at him. "Why are you still here?"
The movie also shows how Jobs coldly refused to give stock options to several of Apple's earliest employees, including his old college pal and roommate Daniel Kottke. "Jobs" milks this for drama in much the same way that "The Social Network" portrayed Mark Zuckerberg's betrayal of his Harvard classmate and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin.
The 'Think Different' ad
The film ends in 1997 with Jobs in a studio, recording voiceover narration for Apple's famous "Think Different" ad, the one that begins, "Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels." But while Jobs in real life did record his voice for the TV spot, he ended up choosing a version by actor Richard Dreyfuss instead.
The movie's final frames play Jobs' (OK, Kutcher's) "Think Different" narration over romanticized images of Apple engineers. Coincidentally, that is almost the same ending that Sorkin favors for his version of the Jobs story. We'll have to wait to find out which works best.


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Petition of the day
The petition of the day is:
Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the United States House of Representatives v. Gill
Docket: 12-13
Issue(s): (1) Whether Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, 1 U.S.C. § 7, violates the equal protection component of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment; and (2) whether the court below erred by inventing and applying to Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act a previously unknown standard of equal protection review.
Certiorari stage documents:
- Opinion below (1st Cir.)
- Petition for certiorari
- Amicus brief of Capital Hill Prayer Foundation et al.
- Amicus brief of Indiana et al.
- Amicus brief of Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund
- Response of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in support of certiorari
- Response of Nancy Gill et al.
- Reply of petitioner
- Reply of petitioner
Recommended Citation: Ben Cheng, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Sep. 4, 2012, 11:21 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2012/09/petition-of-the-day-327/


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Police have recovered the body of a Calgary man who fell overboard from a boat he was steering on a British Columbia lake.
The man had been missing and presumed drowned after a 45-foot boat crashed Saturday evening on Shuswap Lake.
A second man was below decks when the crash occurred and was later recovered from the crippled vessel. He remains in Kelowna General Hospital.
Police recovered the missing Calgary man's body Monday. His name is not being released pending notification of his next of kin.


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Mediatrack Research brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 18 Designs von 9 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
Mediatrack Research
Mediatrack Research offers a wide range of measurement and research programs to deliver better business results in all stakeholder communications.
We are a world leading evaluation and research company, providing a range of integrated media analysis solutions. Our fresh and flexible approach is tailored specifically to meet our clients' individual needs to ensure we always deliver vibrant and dynamic analysis.
Our research is designed to help all clients with their PR planning; with setting and monitoring objectives; in allocating resources; and in reporting on the effectiveness of PR campaigns.
Communications professionals interacting with the site on a regular basis to inform their PR work, gathering data, producing charts and reports. Speed and simplicity are vital to this portal as it needs to be applicable to busy PR people who need to access data and information quickly.
We are updating our portal to offer the latest technology and give our clients the benefit of being able to tailor and interact with their data. It will consist of a number of widgets that can be in various display modes, see the mockup file. There will also be another icon (not mentioned on the mockup) that will link through to a full page view as seen in the full page view file.
It therefore needs to look clever and impressive as it will form a key part of our range of evaluation products and should be fun to use. There will be a trend graph running across the top, with 6 boxes below containing data/charts.
It needs to be clean, simple, modern, professional uncluttered and easy to use. We want it to look as impressive as possible and have the 'wow factor' when showing new clients and it needs to be very web 2.0.
Following the contest, for an agreed amount, you must be able to provide the 2 pages as XHTML / CSS that plays nicely in all the latest versions of the main browsers (IE, FF, Safari, Mozilla, Chrome) IE7 and everyone's favorite IE6!
Colour scheme is up to you but needs to complement the logo, which is Navy and Orange - see mediatrack.com
Sites we like: Google analytics clean, simple and aligned layout
iGoogle similar functionality
bristolmedia.co.uk good use of colour giving a creative feel
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During this time, it is difficult for us to track the status of the numerous events that happen downtown each week. Please double-check with the event organizer through their website or via phone to ensure the event is still happening.
Epic Tucson Scavenger Hunt: The Perfect group activities for adults!
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An event every day that begins at 12:00 am, repeating until June 12, 2020
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Looking for small group activities that take you beyond the four walls of your local watering hole? Let's Roam is here to help. Sign up for a Tucson scavenger hunt and put on your best Nick Cage impression as you seek out the national treasures hidden in Tucson. [Hunt_name] will guide you through the cultural, historical, artistic, and zany Tucson sights as you and your team contend for scavenger hunt glory.
Preview some of the "epic"est highlights for this hunt: El Presidio Park, St. Augustine Cathedral, Congress Street.
And ladies, this isn't just for action fans, if you and the crew need a night out, or you are looking for bachelorette party ideas in Tucson there's no better way to celebrate. Let us be your party planners as we escort you through the glamorous cultural sites, chic bars, and the occasional mechanical bulls that every bachelorette party requires. Tucson bachelorette parties just got a lot more interesting.
Got a bright bunch of promising talent in need of some hands on learning? Our team building activities for students and for corporations take teamwork to the streets leading bright young minds to the sites that they've read about in text books. They'll be seeking out facts, portraying historic moments, and competing for scavenger hunt glory, all in a day's work. This is the best team outing idea Tucson has to offer.
Here are some of the other epic adventures Let's Roam has near you: Arizona's Cultural Capital, Old West Meets Modern Art, and The Sun's Core.
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One city in Arizona has had many influences over the centuries, creating a unique, vibrant landscape in the Sonoran Desert. On this fun-filled Tucson scavenger hunt, we make a loop around the city center in search of iconic buildings, great green spaces and cultural delights.Who presides over El Presidio Park? How did the St. Augustine parish celebrate its 100th birthday? Find out on this scavenger hunt of Tucson!


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Bob Mitchell, principal of Ebb Valley Elementary School in Carroll County, said there's an old saying: "If you don't like the weather in Maryland, wait 15 minutes and it will change."
Unfortunately for Mitchell, Ebb Valley and the Carroll school system Friday morning, "This time, it didn't change for the better," Mitchell said.
Mitchell and at least 80 of his students were caught in a sudden snowstorm — and in a storm of controversy — as some school buses turned around on their way to school Friday and took students back home after a late decision to close schools.
"It was pretty dicey," Mitchell said.
School system officials said about one- hird of students were affected by the decision, which was made by Schools Superintendent Stephen Guthrie shortly after 7 a.m., at least 90 minutes later than usual in snow situations.
"We try to make the call by 5 a.m. if possible, and certainly by 5:30," so that parents, bus drivers and staff can be alerted before buses and cars hit the roads, said Mike Hardesty, director of transportation for the school system.
The timing of the snow early Friday caught school system officials and county road crews by surprise, said Hardesty and school system spokeswoman Carey Gaddis. They said snow flurries as late as 5:45 a.m. led them and the meteorologists they contacted to believe that the snow wasn't that big a deal.
At 6 a.m., the snow intensified, and by 7:15 a.m., Guthrie had made the decision to close schools for the day. By that time, so-called "Tier 1" buses that start earliest in the day were already on the road. Some turned around and took students back home, much to their parents' surprise, as soon as the drivers got text messages from their area supervisors about the decision to close schools. Other buses had already arrived and those students were sent home late in the morning.
"We were able to keep two-thirds of our students out of school,." Gaddis said.
Hardesty said schools that were most affected included the county's eight high schools and three of the elementary schools — Ebb Valley, Friendship Valley and Eldersburg. Other schools had later start times and those students weren't on the road yet, Hardesty and Gaddis said.
At Ebb Valley, in Manchester, three of 10 buses arrived at the school as word was coming down that schools were closing, Mitchell said. Those students were supervised by the few teachers who trickled in, and the students were served breakfast before being sent home. One bus was pulling into the parking lot just as the driver was getting a text message that schools were being closed, Mitchell said.
Mitchell said roads were so bad as he drove to school from Gettysburg, Pa., that his usual half-hour ride turned into more than an hour. He said he set out for school because a transportation supervisor told him school was still on, so, "I knew they had not canceled."
But they did soon thereafter.
"It was pretty chaotic," Mitchell said.
Hardesty, a 14-year transportation veteran of Carroll schools, said it was the first time he can recall that a decision was made to close schools after buses had already left for schools.
In a letter to employees, Guthrie said, "The decision was made to open on time, but it was later decided to close schools. Obviously, in hindsight, the best decision would have been to close schools today in the first place."
Guthrie also said, "The decision to close was made late based on the road conditions that were continuing to deteriorate. At that time, one third of our students were being transported or were already at school and second-tier school students were at bus stops. However, given the still deteriorating road conditions and the estimated time for county roads crews to treat all roads, we felt it was then the safest decision to close schools for the day and transport all students who were already at schools back home."
Guthrie concluded, "The snow event this morning occurred at the worst time and was of much greater intensity than forecasted. In addition, we did not anticipate untreated county roads at the beginning of our bus runs. Again, in retrospect the decision this morning was not the best outcome. I apologize for the inconvenience for students, parents, and employees. I will meet with the Transportation Department to determine what changes can be made to our process and to ensure better communication with our County Roads Department."
"We'll meet," Hardesty said. "There's probably some things we could do better in terms of getting kids home."
But Gaddis said she wasn't sure much could be done when the timing of the snow was that inopportune.
"Once the process starts, you've got buses on the road," she said. "I don't think you can stop that process."
Facebook was buzzing with debate about whether Guthrie made the right decisions. Gaddis said she had received at least 40 emails about it and Hardesty said he too was getting emails and phone calls.


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How do I know what good espresso should taste like?
The Baristas' Baristas
5 comments:
- Shawn said...
I'm a bit curious as to what constitutes a 'barista' because, I'm not quite sure how to say this, ... I've never really thought of James as a Barista.
Is that fair to say?
I get that he's, undoubtedly, a coffee professional, a wonderful ambassador, and even a barista champion but the opportunities for non-coffee folk to happen upon an espresso pulled by James have been (and currently are) very limited.
With that being said, I'd absolutely love to receive an espresso pulled by Mr. Hoffmann
- chris said...
I understand your confusion - but given that a large number of professional, working baristas nominated James... I mean, if other baristas think he's a barista - he's a barista. Right?
To further validate I asked myself (as an ex bar manager), if James asked me if he could pick up some bar shifts at a place I was managing - would I be comfortable with the idea? The answer would be hell yeah. As a current bar manager I also asked responded, "damn - I'd ask him if he could start right now and then I'd leave for the day (after first telling the whole world that he'd be working the bar for us)."
A ton of the baristas who are respected and admired by other baristas have a breadth of skills beyond being a barista. As such, many of them have roles that extend beyond being a barista - and in some cases mean they're no longer a production bar barista with any frequency. That doesn't mean they are not a barista as far as I'm concerned.
And in terms of the opportunity for having a shot from James.... my guess is that it's easier than you might think. You'd just probably have to ask him when the next time he might be pulling shots would be - and be there. It might be at some sort of event, or at a roastery. But I would guess it's easier than you seem to think. Of course... here comes James to first curse me for volunteering him and then correct me (grin).
- James Hoffmann said...
There has long been a certain awkwardness about describing me as a barista. I had been training more than anything else in the run up the the WBC win, and training more than anything else after.
That isn't to say that I didn't make a lot of drinks for people in between, or that I don't regularly make drinks for people still. I spent most sunday's for a year borrow a spot on the current world champs bar to make coffee for people, because I enjoy high volume, high quality work and the challenges therein.
However, I will concede that you can't just drop in to a cafe where I supposed to be behind the machine.
- onocoffee said...
I'll leave the question of who is and who is not a "barista" up to others to decide.
But I would be very interested (and I think it would be more informative) to see the verbatim answers of the baristas you queried. It seems that disseminating or distilling the responses you received down to those who received two or more votes amounts to a psuedo "best" barista list, or at least a popularity contest.
I'm guessing that you queried some respected baristas for their opinions and considering the geographic dispersion of those baristas, I'm guessing that many of their answers would lead us towards remarkable and noteworthy baristas deserving of a little recognition and a visit.
Othewise, the experiment comes off as a popularity contest because it doesn't tell us anything that James, Stephen, Mike or Tim will pull us a nice shot of espresso.
- sLucey said...
Wow! It's an honor be included in such a line up - thanks to those who considered me.


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COLUMBIA - South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says her second State of the State address will focus on jobs.
Haley told reporters Wednesday her speech will contain no surprises. She says she'll talk about cutting state income taxes, as she laid out in her budget proposal for the coming year. She'll discuss topics carried over from last year, such as government restructuring and spending caps.
She'll also push legislators to pass reforms this year to the state's pension system for public employees.
Haley will speak to a joint session of the Legislature at 7 p.m.
Democratic state Rep. Bakari Sellers of Denmark will give his party's response to the speech.
Sellers says he wants to break through Republican rhetoric about cracking down on unemployment benefits and taxes that create division.


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Samsung may produce a twin-format Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD player later this year after all. The company this week revealed it is "considering" such a "universal" machine, according to a company spokesman.
"We don't have a plan to make an HD DVD-only player but are considering a universal player," the spokesman said, DigitalWorld Tokyo reports. "We are preparing HD DVD now and if we launch a universal player it will be the end of this year or early next year."
Samsung first indicated it was working on a dual-format player back in September 2005, when a company executive suggested such a move would allow it to safely avoid becoming a victim of the battle between the two formats and to overcome the resistance of consumers worried about buying into a losing technology.
However, by the time Samsung came to announce its first Blu-ray Disc player, the BD-P1000, in January this year, it was playing down such a move, presumably to stress its support for the Sony-led next-generation optical disc format, something it's been doing ever since. Well, until this week.
That said, the spokesman stressed Samsung's preference for BD over HD DVD. But clearly it's concerned HD DVD may benefit from its early lead and win more consumer support than BD. The BD-P1000 went on sale in the US this month. ®
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Local Futures screens it's two documentary films about Ladakh, globalization and development. The films are followed by wide-ranging discussions facilitated by Local Futures staff and volunteers. We also offer private workshops and film screenings for tourist groups by arrangement. To request a workshop or film screening for a tourist group, contact [email protected] For more information […]Find out more »


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Republicans struggle in Georgia's Senate primary
WATKINSVILLE, Ga. – Seeking promotion to the U.S. Senate, Republican Rep. Jack Kingston avoids a yes-or-no answer when asked if he considers himself a tea party candidate.
Instead, the 11-term congressman offers a lunch crowd at a northeast Georgia community center a plea for a unified GOP that can sell limited-government arguments to a wider audience. Kingston doesn't mention any of his seven primary opponents. But the subtext is clear in a field that includes Kingston's House colleagues Paul Broun and Phil Gingrey.
Broun, a physician, has called evolutionary theory "lies from the pit of Hell," and he's sponsoring a drawing to give one of his supporters a free AR-15 semi-automatic rifle. Gingrey, an obstetrician, has defended failed 2012 Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin's controversial comments on rape and abortion.
It's a free-for-all that highlights the GOP's internal struggle between arch-conservatives and the business establishment. Some Republicans worry that Democrats could score an upset victory in Georgia's Senate race in November, as they did in Missouri and handful of other recent Senate and governor's races, if moderate voters find the Republican nominee too extreme.
"It's a microcosm of what we're fighting over nationally," said Kirk Shook, GOP chairman in Oglethorpe County, about 80 miles east of Atlanta.
Also in the fray: David Perdue, a businessman and cousin of a former Georgia governor; and former Georgia secretary of state Karen Handel.
Most observers expect a May 20 primary to produce a July runoff.
Meanwhile, Democratic favorite Michelle Nunn has quietly framed herself as a problem-solver above the rancor she blames for Washington gridlock. Nunn hasn't sought public office before, but she comes with pedigree and connections. Her father, Sam Nunn, represented Georgia in the Senate for 24 years. For years she has run former President George H.W. Bush's Points of Light Foundation, giving her a claim to bipartisanship and established relationships with wealthy donors.
Democrats believe that's a winning strategy in a state where population growth has closed the partisan gap.
The winner will succeed Republican Saxby Chambliss, who is retiring.


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|Old High School Yearbooks, 1870 to 1926, Baldwinsville, NY., Donated to OCPL
A rare collection of Baldwinsville, NY High School Yearbooks from 1870 to 1926 has been donated to the Onondaga County Public Library (OCPL,) for use by the public.
Genealogist, Dave Rowell, gathered these books from aunts and relatives and they make an excellent archive of reference. See an annotated index to the classes and names of the graduates on our Blog site by clicking on the "UNYG Blog" tab at the top of this page, and then search for Baldwinsville.
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CARACAS, Venezuela —
Venezuela's military chief says President Hugo Chavez is experiencing "his best moment" following cancer-related surgery in December.
Chavez hasn't appeared or spoken publicly since before his Dec. 11 operation in Cuba for an unspecified type of pelvic cancer.
The government has said recently that Chavez's condition has been improving and that he has overcome a severe respiratory infection.
Defense Minister Diego Molero commented on the president's health on Sunday, following a prayer meeting for the socialist leader.


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Opie necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 173 diseños de 56 diseñadores freelance.
SpotMyID offers proactive protection against identity theft, today's fastest growing crime.
SpotMyID trolls the Internet on behalf of its members, scouring nooks and crannies for any potential misuse of their personal data. SpotMyID's state-of-the-art technology allows it to monitor databases, search online applications, and even explore black market portals – anywhere identification may be misused or abused. When SpotMyID sees that a customer's ID is being used, they immediately send an alert to the affected person. Through this fast action, SpotMyID customers have the power to halt identity theft before it inflicts major financial or personal harm. There is no place SpotMyID will not go to secure its members from identity theft.
SpotMyID is a service for everyone who wants to protect their identity. Anyone who has a credit card, passport, social insurance number, drivers licence, bank account or even a birth certificate is at risk of having that information stolen and misused. Whether you have a $300 limit secured credit card or an AMEX platinum, SpotMyID will help protect your identity from being compromised.
While SpotMyID appeals to a wide range of customers, the primary target is males and females (slight skew to females) 25-59 years old.
We need a logo design that conveys the idea of security and trustworthiness. While the image should clearly evoke the concepts of security and protection, it should also let the customer know the service is user-friendly and accessible.
Here's one idea: Spot is a watchdog that will fetch anything you ask him to. In the same way, SpotMyID will "fetch" any piece of your identity you entrust us with. Secure and reliable, yet something we can relate to and trust.
That's just one concept for SpotMyID that could be expanded upon. All ideas that express the general themes listed below are welcome. Don't be afraid to come up with something completely different! There are no creative limitations.
Just keep in mind that SpotMyID is:
• Protection
• Security
• Peace of mind
• Pro active
• Friendly
• Accessible
• Trusted
We are looking for innovative designers that want to leave their mark on a brand with worldwide reach.
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Kathryn J necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 51 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
The Crate Escape
We are three women opening a doggy daycare. We have years of experience in this field. Our canine center will include daycare, petsitting, and training with some retail to start. We hope to expand our services to include grooming as well. We love our hundreds of canine clients and are proud to offer them crate free, safe, clean, fun filled days of play.
We want to appeal to dog owners of all ages and economic status for daycare and training. We want them to feel we are the home away from home for their pet. We can CGC train and test a beloved pet to accompany his mom or dad to a nursing home or help a child train Fido to compete in 4-H. We have a variety of pricing options to fit every budget. Doggy hugs and kisses are free!
We are looking for a logo to represent our canine center - The Crate Escape.
We would love for the logo to incorporate a crate. We are open to all designs.
Here are a few things to keep in mind:
1. Nothing too elegant. We are not fancy... we are good.
2. We want it playful and fun, but not cheap or childlike.
3. The typeface should be clear, simple and bold. We want something that stands out for signage, T- shirts, letter head, and business cards. Again being careful not to be too fancy.
4. If possible, avoid or limit the use of clip art or stock photos.
5. Feel free to experiment with colors, keeping in mind this is a business.
The files we will require are:
Print format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
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Between 8 am and 10 am this Sunday morning LIS will be preforming maintenance on the following systems, as a result each system will require a restart that will take each system offline for between 5 and 10 minutes.
- LIS digital archives (host name Harrier)
- Primary MySQL Database server for Middlebury and MIIS web sites (host name Parrot, note: MySQL services will failover to parrot's backup server Robin, however no changes can be made to the Middlebury and MIIS web sites during this period)
- File Server for the Sciences (host name Crux)
- File Server for Computer Science (host name Haystack)
Additionally, we will be replacing the primary web application servers for the Middlebury and MIIS primary web sites; however we do not expect any downtime during this maintenance operation as each component server will be isolated and replaced in turn without taking off-line the cluster of web application servers that hosts the Middlebury and MISS primary web sites. Please avoid making content changes to the Middlebury and MIIS web sites during this maintenance window.
Thank you for your patience as we perform this essential maintenance.


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Large, colorful illustrations of the Bible stories. Use the 13 card-sized pictures for additional activities and games (English/Spanish). Order 1 per class.
HeartShaper(R) Children's Curriculum elementary and preteen Sunday school lessons guide kids to explore the Bible and develop solid Bible skills. The engaging lesson plans show kids how they fit into God's plan. Lots of activity options in each lesson provide the flexibility to customize the lesson and make it easy to do what works best for the teacher and students.
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This layout starts by displaying the page title, heading and description. The image asset and caption will appear below the description. You can use either a still image or a slide show with up to 10 images. Managed Artwork websites are typically either 780 pixel wide or 980 pixels wide. Depending on the width of the website you will want to create images that are slightly smaller than the full width of the website.
1. Resume – A full resume must be included. This listing should detail your education, exhibition history, work-related experience, commissions history, bibliography of publications in which your work or reviews of your work have appeared.
2. Artist Statement – Please describe your work for us. This statement needs to be a concise description of the art that you make and why you make it. It should be clear enough so that anyone who reads it can come out with a well-rounded idea of your work.
3. Visuals – The most important component will be representations of the work. Please DO NOT send actual work of any kind, as we cannot be responsible for the condition of unsolicited materials. Please submit work in CD-ROM format that can open on a PC, e-mail images and materials to the Demo Gallery, or direct us to your website address. We need to know size, price (please indicate cost or retail) and medium of all works shown.
4. Self–Addressed, Stamped Envelope – It is VITAL that you include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your submission if you want your materials returned. We are unable to pay for return shipments on unsolicited portfolios, therefore, all submissions without a self-addressed, stamped envelope WILL NOT be returned.


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Dental Care for Teens
Experienced Bellevue Dentist | Dr. Clara Song
Cavities are not just for little kids, and gum disease isn't just for grandma or grandpa. Teens are just as prone as the rest of the family to get decay and disease. Anyone who has a teenager knows it's a lot of work, and convincing them to keep their teeth clean and healthy is part of that heavy workload. With a teen's busy life and not-always-healthy eating choices, it's tricky to monitor his or her oral care. That's why it's important to get them in for regular six-month dental check-ups and cleanings. Dr. Song can help you in keeping your teen's smile healthy and bright.
But outside of the dental chair, do what you can – begging, bribery, badgering - to keep your teenager's teeth decay free.
Tips for keeping your teen's teeth clean at home:
- Limit sodas and energy drinks – besides being generally unhealthy, these are notoriously high in sugar and acid. Surgery carbonated drinks are listed as the number one cause of tooth decay in adolescents.
- Make sure they brush before bedtime
- Explain the dangers of sharing toothbrushes -Teens love to share everything. This might even mean toothbrushes. At a sleep-over or on the way to the mall, they may think it's ok to share their friend's brush. But gum disease can be easily transferred from a brush to a mouth.
- Slip in a pack of dental floss with their lunch or backpack.


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The memories shift fast
Into the labyrinth of your mind
As you have forgotten the past
Oh! Son of the sky and the moon
Look upon the beauty of the red sky
Through the cyclones of hate
When the ruins long for the lost grandeurs (Lost grandeurs)
The mourning, the fear, the passion
All those who made you strong
When the fire and steel created the world
You lived and reigned upon, (once)
You trampled on it
Oh! Son of the sky and the moon
The memories swift fast
Into the labyrinth of your mind
As you have forgotten the past
Oh! Son of the sky and the moon
You who spilled the blood of innocents
Upon your feet, along with tears and woe
Your fixed glance is fading away
Into the horizon, as a sunbeam in the rain
You remember and your heart tightens from pain
For the forgotten times of glory
The hatred (your symbol), the fear your motive
Oh! Son of the sky and the moon
Destruction, she who gave birth to you
And replaced, your heart with frozen stone
Do not await deliverance from the priests of the temple of Amon
Who once you engulfed in flames
Only malice and curses, that fear the night as thunder
"Glory to thee who resurrects you
After centuries to sow
The ancient wickedness once more
Oh! Lord of the moon and the unspeakable darkness!
I leave to thee whatever hath been
Left from my divine soul
As a grain of sand in the vastness
Deliver me - Oh! Mighty father
And then - I shall be king!
Beyond the veil of death..."
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On the other hand, the Wu Convention packet that is coming in 2 months has finally been put on-line. They did the same thing last year and when the printed packet arrived, I never even opened it. There was no point. I think that the Toronto convention packet, perhaps because it was my first, was the nicest. I have already faxed in my class choices and my registration for the Avant Garde event. I have to sign up Bob as well for the AG event.
These are the opportunities at that event:
"Those who purchased the deluxe upgrade registration package will receive an Integrity convention store credit for the Royal Kitchen lunch included in that package The opportunity to win each centerpiece doll will be drawn at random during the event. The designation of the rights for the LiveWire and Eclectic dolls will be drawn at random during the event; all attendees will be granted, by random selection, rights for only one of either the LiveWire or Eclectic dolls as described above. Rights are not transferable and are only available to the paid attendee. Centerpieces will be paid for and taken home directly after the luncheon; the LiveWire and Eclectic dolls will be purchased from Integrity Toys later this fall."
The convention collection will consist of five individual dolls and one two-doll giftset.
There will be a new male, Takeo Mizutani. I am assuming he is the Asian male many have wanted.
Adele Makeda as The Muse, Luchia as Hopelessly Captivating, Giselle as Masterpiece Theatre and Agnes as Drama Behind the Drama. The giftset called Elements of Surprise will consist of two new Nu.Face characters named Lillith and Eden. I am excited about that set and the Giselle.
My guess for the convention doll is Eugenia. Perhaps I am hoping.


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EGBOK Mission necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 143 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
EGBOK Mission
The EGBOK (Everything's Gonna Be OK) Mission is dedicated to helping children and young adults receive the educational and vocational training needed to work within the hospitality industry (mainly hotels and restaurants). The EGBOK Mission is a philanthropic organization focused on providing support to a variety of projects related to the hospitality industry.
We work on various projects around the world that help children and young adults to work in the hospitality industry. Projects consist of an introduction to hospitality for students in a classroom environment and then we help them to either pursue university or vocational training in order to help them obtain jobs. We work with underprivileged children. Our current project works with orphan students in Cambodia. Our next project will be in Chicago, IL.
The best way to learn about what we do is to go to our Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/egbokmission or http://www.egbokmission.org
Donors, corporate partners (mainly hospitality companies), and people wanting to get involved with the cause.
We have attached our current logos.
What we like:
-The forks make up the "E" and the "M" of EGBOK Mission
-We like the black and white logo (but are open to other colors as well)
What we don't like:
-The fact that the font is copyrighted
-Sometimes people don't realize that the forks are also letters
What we want:
-a fun design
-an original or non copyrighted font (font must be changed)
-vector format design
-name more legible while still incorporating the use of the forks
-the ability to use the forks alone as a separate logo
-forks can be left alone if it blends better with new font or forks can be changed completely
We attahced one more design (Design Option) that we used as a t-shirt design in the past. We really like the custom font that was used, but it still does not blend well with the forks. This is an example of a font that we liked.
FYI: We are also wanting to design another logo for our tag line at a later time and stationary and print material
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The media has been abuzz this week with discussion over the price of tickets for the away section at the Arsenal vs Manchester City match in London this weekend. Arsenal, decided to raise the price of the tickets in the away section to £62 (about $99 U.S.), which has made many supporters of Man City and the media very angry. Manchester City actually returned 900 tickets to Arsenal of the several thousand that they were given for their fan section, as supporters of Man City have refused to pay so much to go travel to London to watch the game.
Which might have been a smart thing, as I believe it is now 35 years since Man City has beaten Arsenal at Highbury or the Emirates. (Yes, I'm an Arsenal supporter, and I keep track of these things…)
Notably, Arsenal and other teams in England have begun using multi-tiered pricing where different games are priced differently based on the opponents and other factors. This practice means big games like Man City vs Arsenal will garner a high price, while QPR vs Norwich will be rather cheap. It is also a practice which is not new to fans in North America, where many of the sport leagues use variable ticket pricing to try and capture greater consumer surplus. Economists have begun to examine this practice of price dispersion, and research studies looking at similar practices in Theaters have found that it has boosted revenue for organizations. Which means it seems only natural for sport organizations to copy this behavior.
But Arsenal fans are also unhappy, and have complained to the club this week because of the high prices. They noted that in other countries across Europe, tickets often run between ten to twenty Euros. I think with the growing nature of the business that is the Premier League, fans will only be disappointed in the future as ticket prices continue to soar, especially for matches with top tier opponents.