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Explain a few things to me. One: Why did he announce publicly last night that he was "reassessing" if he truly hadn't decided to quit yet? If you want to push the talking point that Iowa doesn't mean anything and that the real race begins in South Carolina, then push it. Don't show everyone that the caucuses have left you so badly shaken that you're thinking of getting out. And if that was simply a ploy to give him an excuse to skip campaigning in New Hampshire, where he has no shot, then why immediately turn around this morning and announce that you're back in? ("I was out on the trail when it kind of came to me.") Lie low for a few days as the New Hampshire scrum gets going and then announce that you're back in and headed for Carolina. Even some of his advisors are confused about the reversal: "It seemed like everything was going to wind down and life was gonna be good, and now there's an explosion and I don't know what's going on."
Two: He says in the clip that he's looking forward to a primary with real Republicans, not the Democratic infiltrators for which Iowa is known. But … South Carolina's an open primary. If you want to make mischief for a conservative, it's probably easier to do it there than in Iowa. And even if Iowa's teeming with independents and liberals, how did that hurt Perry last night? Ron Paul was the big beneficiary of the non-Republican vote and surely will be again in South Carolina. Perry's problem isn't squishes lining up to torpedo him, it's conservatives who have given up on him after one too many goofs. What he's really saying here, I take it, is that he's looking forward to a primary of southerners, which is fair enough — but then so is the guy who beat him out for fourth place last night.
Three: How does he win South Carolina? The Times has a theory:
While the campaign spent millions of dollars in Iowa, Mr. Perry may still have enough money to compete effectively in South Carolina, where television is less expensive than in New Hampshire and Florida, and his super PAC will likely provide additional firepower. While Mr. Perry will probably need to reboot his fund-raising to raise enough money to compete strongly in Florida's primary on Jan. 31, his supporters believe the results in Iowa, however inauspicious for Mr. Perry, showed a hunger among Republicans for a more conservative alternative to Mr. Romney.
"Think how early we are in the process," said a person with knowledge of the campaign, who asked for anonymity in order to discuss deliberations among Mr. Perry's aides. "The reality is, not one delegate was committed yesterday. We are still early enough in the process that if the candidate has the drive to go forward, he ought to."
"If we can get this back to a Perry versus Romney field," the person said, "Perry can win."
If he does well there, he'll burst Santorum's bubble, finish off Gingrich, and lay to rest whatever remains of Huntsman's campaign after his likely defeat in New Hampshire. But that all depends on how well Santorum does in NH, of course. If Santorum gets a major bounce from Iowa and finishes a respectable second to Mitt up north, he'll arrive in South Carolina as the presumptive social-con Not Romney, which makes things very hard for Perry. Perry fans, in fact, are now in the strange position of needing a Romney landslide next Tuesday to prove that Santorum's a paper tiger whom South Carolinians shouldn't bother taking a chance on.
And even if that Romney landslide happens, that's dangerous too. The big rap on Mitt is that he has a low ceiling because most of the party hates him, but once there's solid proof to the contrary of that in some state, it might shake loose undecideds elsewhere. Plus, Romney will have Nikki Haley campaigning for him in South Carolina, so if he shows up with lots of momentum, lots of endorsements, and a four-way split among the Not Romney vote, I wonder if he ends up winning there and suddenly looks so inevitable that no one can catch him even in a two-way race. That is to say, the assumption all along has been that anyone in the field (except Ron Paul) has a good shot of taking Romney out head to head. But maybe not. Maybe, if Romney runs the table early, the media buzz about inevitability and electability becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy in which even undecideds who prefer Perry or Santorum ideologically choose to opt for the guy with all the money and organization who can beat O. And on top of all that, for Perry to come back in South Carolina would be unprecedented: Since 1980, everyone who won there had also won in either Iowa or New Hampshire. Perry finished a distant fifth in the former and will do similarly in the latter. Are those long odds good enough to justify continuing, knowing that his participation will deepen the split in the conservative vote and inadvertently help Romney?
Next debate is Saturday night, by the way. Yesterday that looked like it was going to be an "everyone against Romney" affair, but with Perry back in and eager to take Santorum down, Mitt now has himself an unlikely ally.


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I need some help with the following:
The idea is that it keeps looping until the state = false. then i need to restart it once state is true again, but i have a Thread.sleep(50) in there that seems to stop it from restarting..... any idea why or how i can get around this.
goFlag is a boolean variable that keeps the outer loop looping so it can keep checking the state variable.
So when state = false the System.out.println() stops which is correct but when the state = true again it doesnt restart.
If i comment out the try catch and Thread.sleep() method it works as expected
boolean goFlag = true; boolean state = true; while(goFlag) { while(state) { for(int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { System.out.println("looping"); try { Thread.sleep(50); } catch(InterruptedException e) { System.exit(0); } } } }


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Talk:Orthodoxy in Australasia
Macedonian Orthodox
The status of the Macedonian Orthodox Church is that of schism from the rest of Orthodoxy. Their overseas dioceses are unlisted on the remainder of 'collation' pages (eg Orthodoxy in America). Is it proper to list them here? --— by Pιsτévο talk complaints at 23:41, April 29, 2006 (CDT)
In terms of population, number of churches and missions, the Macedonian Orthodox are the second largest Eastern Orthodox jurisdiction in Australia. They have a permanent bishop for Australia and New Zealand. At the moment it is Metropolitan Petar, although that is likely to change soon.
If ROCOR is listed then Macedonia should be listed.
Using the above definition of 'schism', then both are "in schism from the rest of Orthodoxy". But both enjoy cordial relations with some other jurisdiction(s) within Orthodoxy.
Neither ROCOR nor Macedonia are 'heretical'.
I have been trying to get a copy of the Tomos of autocephaly supposedly issued by the Serbian Holy Synod and which was supposed to have been later revoked after intense lobbying from the Orthodox Churches in Greece and Turkey. That would help sort out some of the problems. But it is difficult to get hold of. If it ever existed.
Patriarch Alexii has held talks with both sides. Moscow has offered to be peace broker between the warring factions. Moscow has also decried the attempt by Serbia to set up a parallel hierarchy in FYRO Macedonia. And in balance, Moscow has also decried the imprisonment in Macedonia of the parallel hierarch.
The Serbian Orthodox statement on their official website that all Orthodox Churches support the positions taken by the Serbian Patriarchate is just plain untrue.
Antioch had a very successful facting-finding mission to Macedonia a few years ago. The Macedonian Hierarchy tried to hijack it and turn it into a show of support for the current Macedonian hierarchy. The Antiochian Metropolitan Archbishop who visited there was given national media coverage daily, especially when he suggested the bishops should get out of their palaces and meet all their people, start teaching them all about the Orthodox faith, and start teaching the real meaning of the sacraments and making them widely available to the faithful. The faithful loved hearing about their Orthodox faith. The hierarchy was less than amused.
Both the Serbian and the Macedonian Orthodox Churches suffer from "the Balkanian mentality" as one of my Balkan emigre clergy friends describes it.
Plus there is the siege mentality exhibited from south of the FYRO Macedonian border, to contend with.
A NPOV would be to ignore the imperial aspirations of all three key Churches in this dispute, and to recognise the defacto situation at the moment.
The Macedonian Orthodox are a recognised religious group in Australian Census publications and well covered in Hughes and Godley's "Eastern Orthodox in Australia".
All Australian Religious Sociologists would list them. The Redfern Phanariot certainly would not, but he is widely regarded as a rabid polemicist.
A matter for you as editor of course.
chrisg 2006-04-30 : 2346 EAST
- Difference between ROCOR and Macedonia is the recognition by some of the 14/15 churches - MOC is recognised by no one, whereas ROCOR is recognised by a small number. Allowing the Macedonian metropolitanate on this page would also necessitate adding them on any other page where there is an overseas diocese (eg America). Having said all that, since its a decision that could lead to precedents formed over OWiki, it's probably best to have a larger amount of opinions. --— by Pιsτévο talk complaints at 17:51, April 30, 2006 (CDT)
- As a group whose status is currently "from the Orthodox Church, but in schism" as per the POV of "world Orthodoxy," they're worthy of a mention. But I would also very much mention their status. The Macedonian Orthodox Church article also is currently quite POV and needs to be completely rewritten, IMO.
- They don't quite compare to the ROCOR for a number of reasons, but I do think they're worth mentioning on their own merits. Their current absence from the American articles is mainly due to a lack of information on them by the American articles' primary compiler. :) —Fr. Andrew talk contribs (THINK!) 21:21, April 30, 2006 (CDT)
Which Churches do you say officially recognise ROCOR? chrisg 2006-05-05 : 2346 EAST
- The Serbian church has always recognized ROCOR. It's been a little wierd - other churches in communion with Serbia but not ROCOR, and ROCOR in communion with Serbia but not other churches. I think most folks have understood this as a temporary blip caused by Communism. Thanksfully, these abberations are being cleared up... — FrJohn (talk)
It was interesting watching Metropolitan Archbishop Paul (Antioch) serving Divine Liturgy to the right of Patriarch Pavle in Cabramatta Australia last year with Archbishop Hilarion (ROCOR) serving to the left of Patriarch Pavle. Both said they were serving with the patriarch, and both said they were not serving with the other. True oeconomia in practice! They did have a friendly discussion afterwards which they achieved by avoiding any contentious topic. chrisg 2006-05-09 : 1854 EAST
While the Serbian Church de facto accepts ROCOR, has there ever been any synodal decision to "be in communion with" ROCOR? chrisg 2006-05-06 : 0746 EAST
- I've always thought that the Serbian Church had an awesome deal in the diaspora :)
- However, I don't know if there was there was an explicit acceptance of ROCOR. TBH, I don't think that it was seen as needed - they were Russian bishops who were told to organise themselves, so they were accepted. Also, I'm fairly sure that Jerusalem accepts ROCOR, too. --— by Pιsτévο talk complaints at 17:07, May 5, 2006 (CDT)
The problem with that unfortunate term "schismatic" is firstly it is usually polemical. Secondly it is inappropriately misapplied to cover a large number of situations.
ROCOR, because it was setting itself up as a separate Church, was considered by many mainstream Orthodox Churches to be schismatic. Serbia was in communion with it. Serbia, however, avoided ever officially "recognising" it.
In the earliest years ROCOR was in a delicate relationship with the King of Serbia and the official state Church there. Both were obviously sympathetic to the plight of the Synod-in-Exile, and all had the same Imperial foundation to their ecclesiology. However, they never seemed to de jure "recognise" ROCOR as a separate Church. In that way, it is inappropriate to say that Serbia "recognises" ROCOR. They are in communion with the bishops-in-exile, but Serbia "recognises" Moscow, and always has.
Conversely, many Churches admit the faithful of the Macedonian Orthodox Church to communion. The hierarchy of some Churches serve with the priests of MOC, but will not serve liturgically with the hierarchy of MOC. The reason being they do not want to offend the Church of Greece, or the Church of Serbia, or to recognise the seeming self-proclamation of Autocephaly by Macedonia without the consensus of all the mainstream autocephalous Orthodox Churches. But they also recognise the sacramental needs of the Macedonian Orthodox. Some also recognise the need for MOC clergy to be able to serve with non-rabid hierarchs from outside MOC, and to provide an open channel for the resolution of various pastoral problems MOC clergy cannot resolve within MOC.
MOC allows non-contentious clergy from other jurisdictions to serve within its territory and in its churches. It is clergy from the parallel hierarchy, and their supporters, who are prohibited from serving within its territory or erecting churches or monasteries there.
ROCOR has had many years to stabilise its position and to drop some of its most unChristian polemics. Serbia and Macedonia are still in the early to middle stages of their polemics.
But it would be biased in favour of Serbia to condemn Macedonia and its Orthodox to perdition by branding them as schismatics. Serbia granted them autonomy. Serbia has never denied granting them autonomy. Serbia later set up a parallel hierarchy on the canonical territory of Macedonia and justified it by saying Macedonia was schismatic. In some Serbian circles they said the Macedonians were heretical. That is hardly helpful to solving the current impasse and scandal to world orthodoxy.
If you want to talk heresy, then the creation by Serbia of a parallel hierarchy is in direct contravention to the canon of the nineteenth century Council of Constantinople which condemned that practice as "phyletism" and anathematised its practioners as heretical. I personally think it most unhelpful to brand people as heretics. It effectively precludes understanding and reunification. But the practice of parallel hierarchies is a scandal, as most North Americans would recognise.
The self-styled Macedonian Orthodox Church, or to use its canonical title, the Autonomous Archbishopric of Ohrid, difficult as they may be to deal with, and suffering from the common regional "Balkanian mentality" as they might, still must be seen, understood, and sympathetically written about, for a full picture of world orthodoxy.
If they are brought out of their ghetto by sympathetic western Orthodox understanding, the conflict and rending of the fabric of Christ's Church, is much more likely to be healed much sooner, than if we simply follow the polemics of one side of the dispute.
I am not opposed in any way to the Church of Serbia as Church. I have served with Patriarch Pavle and consider him a truly holy man, although I do not agree with some of his world view, or his insistence on using Slavonic only.
I serve each Sunday with an ethnic Serbian priest, but I also serve whenever I can with an ethnic Macedonian priest. The funny thing is they both get on very well together, and serve together whenever they can. Both being outside the warring jurisdictions, and under interested but neutral Antioch, allows them the necessary distance to take a balanced view.
That approach is what we all need to take.
chrisg 2006-05-09 : 1854 EAST
- To bypass basically all of your points - to this article, with the way that it is structured, it is enough to say that there is an irregular status: something that is a universally accepted fact. Anything further would have its place on other articles: the Macedonian Orthodox Church article, perhaps, or a new article(s) that details both sides of the split.
- (btw, I assume that you're aware that the same 'phyletist' label would apply to most of the rich-world - ironic that the last universal condemnation is the one most broken...) --— by Pιsτévο talk complaints at 04:46, May 9, 2006 (CDT)
That was not how I read the Sobor decision. Do you have a citation? Thanks chrisg 2006-05-18:1929 EAST
- The inspiration for my writing was User:Fr Ambrose, a ROCOR priest in NZ. However, it wasn't from the All-Diaspora Council, because it wasn't the decision of the All-Diaspora Council to make. As is public knowledge, the Council recommended union; the Holy Synod decided to "approve and confirm the resolution" of the Council [1], the relevant resolution being found here (and the other resolution here). — by Pιsτévο talk complaints at 08:08, May 18, 2006 (CDT)
Yeah, well that's interesting gossip, but unfortunately the ROCOR Holy Synod has not yet made that decision.
The Sobor decided to support the ROCOR Synod in its decision when they make it. But they have not yet made it. All they have done is ratify the expression of desire to rejoin, and the expression of leaving it to the ROCOR Holy Synod to effect when and how and on what terms.
In addition the Moscow Patriarchate has not yet made any decision to recognise ROCOR.
The process is still months away from finalisation, if not years away. Patriarch Alexii said the hardest part is yet to come.
Moscow is going to have to think three times before accepting ROCOR demands to drop out of the WCC.
Plus there is the fallout from the Sobor decision within ROCOR to be faced first before hurrying into any untimely uneasy union.
The Sobor decided
- From discussions at the Council it is apparent that the participation of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in the World Council of Churches evokes confusion among our clergy and flock. With heartfelt pain we ask the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate to heed the plea of our flock to expediently remove this temptation.
- We hope that the forthcoming Local Council of One Russian Church will settle remaining unresolved church problems.
There remains a great deal of work to be done before the United Council can meet to finalise problems before re-unification can take place.
There has been no suggestion anywhere official that ROCOR and Moscow are in communion NOW, or as of 16 May 2006.
That is a misplaced hope.
Sadly, more time is needed to heal the old wounds and dissipate the new anger the Sobor decisions will evoke within parts of ROCOR itself.
Very, very, unfortunately, for some who are facing immediate lifelong decisions, ROCOR is still uncanonical.
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1. Which of your characters is your favorite?
2. Tell me about your travels.
3. Coffee, tea, or milk?
Coffee! I LOVE coffee. Starting a day without it is unthinkable. I also like it for an evening treat if I don't have to be at work at the crack before dawn.
4. What else can you do besides write?
I crochet. Went through a hat phase, but now I think l want to do shrugs (the little sweaters). Also, in real life I teach a developmental preschool--I fear no three year old with blocks!
5. Who are you reading right now?
I'm rereading the Amanda Quick Arcane series but recently picked up several popular Ellora's Cave SFR authors. I haven't read any EC titles for a long time and wanted to see what they are doing now--research!
6. Pop culture or academia?
7. What is the toughest scene you ever wrote?
8. Where do you find your inspirations to write?
9. Food you could eat everyday.
10. Are you into sports or other physical activities?
11. What kind of music speaks to you?
Bon Jovi is my favorite band, so I have most of their CDs. I also have a fine selection of eighties music--Cindy Lauper, The Boss, Chris Isaacs etc. I like New Age instrumental and Native American Pipes and drums. Also love the sound tracks to Firefly and Serenity, especially for my steampunk series. I write in my living room and generally use the music to drown out my family, hahaha.
12. Do you outline your stories or do they just take you along for the ride?
I write the initial inspirational scene with the hero, heroine, setting and initial conflict. After that I write a narrative synopsis--tell myself their story. Usually my first written scene, the inspiration, ends up on the cutting block because it is full of backstory that has to be woven into the rest of the book.
13. Celebrity crush.
I like blonds. Both my sister and I have the same taste in men--we are short brunettes who married tall blonds. So, Jon Bon Jovi, Brad Pitt, James Marsters as 'Spike'.
14. Who are the biggest influences on your work?
15. Do you still watch cartoons?
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Get her a teaching job or two in authentic, one room Montana schools, ala Laura Ingels Wilder.
Marry her off to a great guy, move her to a big city in Tornado Alley, then pop three daughters out of her in twenty two months(one set of identical twins).
Then, make her a jinx–every great genre TV show she loves gets the ax– Beauty and the Beast, Dark Angel–and Buffy and Spike NEVER have a happy ending! She gets upset about no romance in the world, and fires up to write her own stories with happy endings.
Throw this all together into a small house in Wyoming, along with a small bouncy dog named Baxter and too many cats, shake constantly and pour it out onto a computer keyboard.
There! You have me, Melisse Aires.
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With no rescue forthcoming, the refugees can choose between adapting to the sea or farming the land. Svana is saddened when her budding friendship with Liam changes due to their different choices. However, when they are invited to an alien fertility festival, the Moonfest, they are given the opportunity to create a memory that will impact and intertwine both their futures.
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"Prior studies with DOV 21,947 at up to 100 mg per day demonstrated the safety and tolerability of this compound over dosing periods of up to ten days. The goal of this Phase Ib study was to confirm DOV 21,947's safety and tolerability over an eight-week period at escalating doses of up to 150 mg per day. These data give us added confidence in the drug's safety and tolerability in preparation for our upcoming Phase II trial in patients with major depressive disorder. The significant reductions in plasma triglyceride levels observed during the conduct of this study are consistent with preclinical evidence that DOV 21,947 is able to produce a significant and sustained reduction in both triglyceride levels and body weight in animal models of obesity. These findings underscore the therapeutic versatility of triple reuptake inhibitors such as DOV 21,947," said Dr. Phil Skolnick, President and Chief Scientific Officer of DOV.
This double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase Ib study enrolled 46 male and female subjects. Following a one-week placebo run-in, subjects received either escalating daily doses of 50 mg, 100 mg and 150 mg of DOV 21,947 (31 subjects) or placebo (15 subjects), for a total of eight weeks. The study demonstrated that DOV 21,947 was safe and well-tolerated in this dose range with no reported serious adverse events. The proportion of patients with treatment emergent adverse events was similar in the two treatment groups, with 36% and 47% in the DOV 21,947 and the placebo treated group, respectively. Reported adverse events with greater than 3% incidence in both the DOV 21,947 and placebo treated arms included headache, nausea, diarrhea and dizziness. No other reported adverse event with a greater than 5% incidence was observed in the DOV 21,947 treated subjects. The incidence of subjects that dropped out of the study due to adverse events was 6.5% and 13.3% in the DOV 21,947 and placebo treated group, respectively.
In addition, preliminary analysis of the clinical chemistry laboratory data indicates that DOV 21,947 treated subjects had lowered plasma triglyceride levels compared to placebo treated subjects (p<0.015). This reduction in mean triglyceride levels was noted following two weeks of treatment (~23% reduction), was maintained at the end of the DOV 21,947 treatment period (~29% reduction) and was reversed after the one-week washout period at the end of the study.
Although the exact mechanism is unclear, high triglyceride levels may contribute to hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) or thickening of the artery walls, which increases the risk of stroke, heart attack and heart disease. High triglyceride levels often accompany other conditions known to increase the risk of heart disease and stroke as well, including obesity and metabolic syndrome.
Eight Phase I studies have now been completed with DOV 21,947. The double-blind, Phase II study scheduled for initiation later this year will compare up to 100 mg per day of DOV 21,947 versus placebo in approximately 200 patients with major depressive disorder over a six-week treatment period. The Company expects the results from this Phase II study will be available in the fourth quarter of 2008.
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This group is for Atheists in the bible belt of the united states but anyone can join if you so desire.
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Ken, I see you love Gov good hair as much as I do. Still waiting for all that rain the boobs in this state were praying for. Had a big prayer thing in New Braunfuls a month or so ago. Still only a dribble. On the more serious side, I am afraid this moron might get elected! Samantha, that sounds nasty to have to see everyday. My hubby was a trucker about 10 yrs ago and I lived on the truck with him and in Utah all you hear on the radio and TV is Mormon stuff and the Walmarts only carry Mormon stuff.
G'Day Samantha,
I, too, spent a decade in Florida, Fort Lauderdale to be more exact, and the jeebus crap wasn't as prominent there as in a lot of other areas in Florida, although to my taste it was plenty bad enough. There's even an End Timed Ministry there somewhere in central Florida I think and there are plenty of Caribbean islander folks who seem to be very excitable when it comes to being "spirit-filled".
My missus went to a crapstian fellowship in Plantation where we lived immediately west of Fort Lauderdale and there were a lot of islanders that went there as well. She even had a few of them over on a few, very few occasions to our home for a little get-down until I put a stop to it. I told her the house was as much mine as hers. Therefore, I said I was going to start inviting some of my friends from the James Randi Education Foundation over for little get-down of our own flavor and that put an end to it. I reminded her our home was not a church and I didn't expect to have that crap going on within my hearing.
Like an idiot I moved away from SE Florida after becoming worn out by living in the middle of 7-million south Floridians and we moved to doG's country of Tucking fexas! I've regretted the move a lot but I have some very good atheist friends here and we have meetings and events as often as possible.
Rick Perry is an idiot and it's funny how he zoomes to the top of the Repugnican's list, at least until they listened to him speak. That down-home, Texas country boy TA&M graduate drawl, logic and language plays well only to a dumbed-down dip-shit electorate.
Hello everyone! I am in Florida...have been for a decade now. Moving here after living in the Pac West has been so frustrating! In the county I live in..I cannot drive anywhere without seeing "Believe in jesus christ" There is a dentists office who on a major intersection, has a huge billboard with various christian messages on it. I would like to post my own billboard about Freethinkers...probably would get a big fat no!!
Hi, everyone! I almost feel like I'm at an AA meeting, lol. (I happen to work in an alcohol/drug treatment outpatient clinic). I really have been mostly quiet on facebook about my atheist beliefs, though I did put it on my info page for anyone to see. I'm one of those who doesn't want to rock the boat most of the time and don't want to upset others, but I'm starting to lean toward trying to find more atheist friends on facebook with whom I can converse, regardless of the subject. Most of my "friends" are Christian, right-wingers and sometimes they post ridiculous crap about Obama (the birther thing comes to mind) and will put up "inspirational" messages that I just ignore. I'm not offended by it, but more often their political stances really bother me. Most are okay with homosexuals...to a point, but often talk about their Christian ways being threatened. I'm really trying to be more open about my views without actually getting into it with my fb friends. So, if anyone wants to be a fb friend with me, I would love that. Just look for Trish Harmon with the funny profile pic of a female skull and crossbones wearing big sunglasses. That's me! (One of my creations for the design work I do.) If I can at least converse about whatever with other like-minded people on my facebook page it will be more fulfilling. If my Christian friends don't like it, they don't have to comment. It's just very frustrating being a minority in a world of crazy people.
Do you think it possible that, perhaps in the distant future, certainly not in our lifetimes, it will become obvious that there's no one or no thing coming back to "save" us? Or will it remain as Sam Kennison once said, "Its been 2,000 years," as he looks at his watch and adds "Hell, it could be any minute now"?
I have all sorts of books by the "New Atheists" lying around on my desk and in my bedroom, she has her own where she can sleep with jesses crap and listen to crapstian propaganda at any hour. I have her keep him in that room as opposed to all over the place, but she did sneak some small magnetic crap on the reefer door.
Will humanity be ever cursed by religion? It would certainly seem so, or will science and reality ever in the day?
You are lucky! Here in San Antonio most folks leave us alone because we live in a hotel apartment. That is sure a first question asked in small towns.
Thanks; however, one can never "know about the mentality of Texas" until one lives it. I found that when one is introduced to someone here in Wise County (an oxymoron for the century) the first question is normally "where do you go to church"? I always replied "I don't do the church thing" to weird looks and questioning eyes. I write a lot for the editorial section of the local rag and it's generally known that I'm a non-believer, and the missus tells her fellow bible-pounders that I am a non-believer and to not hit on me. Here pastor is a young, very nice and accommodation guy who knows of my atheism and allows Ken to be Ken; his name is also Ken.
I so agree about the mentality of Texas. I was told to stay away from the Dallas Fort Worth area. Is churchie good old boys kind of crap. After all, look at our Gov good hair. My big question is where is the rain? Ugh! I am an out spoken 65 yr old, not so nice old lady. My hubby is an atheist also. I read a lot of Issac Asimov books when we lived in NYC. I think Obama is such a nice, well educated man but he needs to drop the nice and tell these morons where to go. Nice talking, Karen
My missus and I are both from Eden, NC just a pleasant drive east of Winston-Salem and you are spot-on about the natural beauty of the state. I've covered it from the highest point est of the Rockies, Mt. Mitchel, to the Outer Banks and I regret ever moving to Florida in 1993. However, the move was necessary if I was to make a living. When we moved away there were 125 churches of various brands, mostly baptist or pentecost in form in Eden or its near environs. I outed myself as an atheist on 1990 after being exposed to the true nature of bible freaks and geeks by being dragged by my missus and two kids to the Assemblies of doG-affiliated Martinsville Crapstian Fellowship for a year before I finally bailed to preserve my sanity. My missus is still a born-again and I tell her that she'll have to "forgive" me fore thinking that my mom got it right the first time and I never felt the need for a second round.
We lived in Fort Lauderdale from 1993 to 2003 where I was very active with the James Randi Education Foundation and became close friends with the "Amazing One' Randi himself, actually appearing in his chair on occasion when the JREF ran a web cast every 4th Thursday following the 4th Thursday Open Forum discussion hosted by Randi if he wasn't traveling as he often was. It was held in the Isac Asimov Library and I would give anything to have a copy of that library as my office.
In 2003, for a host of reasons we moved from Fort Lauderdale and its incredible international wildly-flavored community to rural north central Texas horse country in Wise County )not) near the Texas version of Podunk, Decatur. Little did I realize I was moving to a cowboy version of Eden and there are a very few atheists but this forum has allowed or enabled two of my fellow atheists to link up and we go to the Denton Atheist Meetup Group every other Sunday 46-miles to our east. Denton is a college town and there are a lot of fellow travelers on the not-doG road there as one would anticipate, even in Texas.
Here's the rub, my missus is still an evangelical crapstian and this past June 3 we celebrated 45-successful years of marriage, proving that as long as there is mutual respect for each others First Amendment rights and responsibilities it's possible for the immovable object and the irresistible force to coexist under the same roof; she's also a neocon-theocon repugnican who voted for McCain and I was a very active supporter of Obama. Be that as it may he needs to get his head out of his republican-smelling ass and listen to the people like me who are renewing the protest movement that I remember fondly and have long thought it was time for a new Peace Movement. I'm 67 so I know well of what I speak.
Kathleen, My husband and I lived in Winston Salem for several years in the 1990's. NC is so beautiful. My husband had a show once a week on the local cable channel about calling in and asking questions of atheists. He was so popular people would shake his hand in the grocery store. It was so unreal. Have you joined some of the atheists on FB? I did and do not feel alone anymore. My hubby is gone all day driving a cab and I am disabled so my computer is my friend. Nice to hear from you. Karen


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Where is the best place to be before and after a game in your city?
This summer I will be making my way around the country visiting all 30MLB ballparks. For my inspiration see http://baseballdreamin.blogspot.com/2012/02/trip.html
When I go to Cleveland I will be shown around by Matt Van Wormer who writes for www.didthetribewinlastnight.com. We will be eating lunch before the game a restaurant that was featured on Man Vs Food, arriving at the park a few hours before game time to check things out, and sitting in the "Social Media Suite". It's shaping up to be an amazing once in a lifetime experience. I will tell you all about it once I am in Cleveland.
That got me to thinking that maybe I should seek out a "tour guide" in each city. It's not a particularly hard position just meet up with me and show me where the fun spots are and show me around the park. Basically I am looking for somebody to be an ambassador to your city. I'm looking to experience and document the best possible game day environment in each park. If this is something that interests you please email me at [email protected]. You can find my schedule Here http://baseballdreamin.blogspot.com/2012/02/trip.html
As I said before I will be documenting every aspect of my trip. Please feel free to take a look at my blog and join me for my adventure. http://baseballdreamin.blogspot.com You can also find me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BaseballDreamin or twitter: https://twitter.com/BaseballDreamin


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September 15, 2012 | By Bruce Martin
So far this season, the "Legends of the Brickyard" have been involved in many races on the track and on the schedule. There was the "Race to the Kroger Super Weekend at the Brickyard," which highlighted the races leading into the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series annual trip to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Crown Royal Presents the Curtiss Shaver 400 powered by BigMachineRecords.com. Jimmie Johnson went on to claim his fourth win at Indianapolis in decisive fashion.
After that, the "Legends of the Brickyard" were involved in the "Race to the Chase" – the races between the Brickyard and the Federated Auto Parts 400 on Sept. 8 at Richmond International Raceway. Four-time Brickyard 400 winner Jeff Gordon raced his way to second place to grab the final wild-card position and become one of the 12 drivers that will compete over the next 10 races to determine the 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion.
So let's begin the next race, which is known as the "Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship." It all begins Sunday, just a few hours from Indianapolis or a quick drive up Interstate 65 to I-80 West to Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill.
This is where Indiana's own Tony Stewart began his dramatic drive to his third Cup title as the two-time Brickyard winner Stewart won the first race of the Chase in 2011. He also won the following week at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, and by the time the 10-race Chase was over, Stewart won five times to end in a Chase tie with Carl Edwards but captured the championship on tie-breaker with his five wins to Edwards' one.
Stewart earned his series-leading third race at Chicagoland in 2011 after stretching his fuel mileage over the final 52 laps to win the rain-postponed Geico 400. The 40th victory of Stewart's Sprint Cup career sparked him to a third championship in NASCAR's elite series.
Stewart has three wins, four top-twos, five top-threes and eight top-fives in 11 races at the 1.5-mile oval.
"I think I've always been good there," said Stewart, from Columbus, Ind. "You look at the past, and we've had some weird events. On Fridays, I've had two events where I've crashed in practice. The first time (2004) Hermie Sadler blew a motor and, before the caution came out, I crashed in his oil and went to the hospital, and I missed the rest of the day. And then, the very next year, I blew a tire in practice, and J.J. Yeley had to qualify for me. It's one of those places where, as long as I get through Friday, I feel like we've got a shot at it. But I don't watch the stats very much. You just take it week to week.
"Technology in this sport changes so fast. What was good the last time you were there doesn't mean it's going to be good the second time around. You constantly have to work. You've got to keep pushing the envelope. It's a place I like. This place is really getting racy as far as finally being able to move around and change lines and run anywhere from the bottom to the top. It's a fun track because of that."
Stewart's charge to the championship last year was epic. Never in the history of the Chase did one driver race with such fearless abandon and drive than Stewart, especially in the final race of the season when at Homestead-Miami Speedway when he drove from the rear of the pack to the front twice to cap off his fifth victory and the championship.
"I hope that we can get five of them again, and I hope the ones that we don't win, we can get a little bit better finishes than last year," Stewart said. "It's definitely a different year. It has a different feel to it than what we had last year. We have a lot of work ahead of us. It's definitely not going to be a cakewalk. Everybody is on their game right now.
"Every year I say it, and every year I'm proven right – it's just the most competitive Chase field we've seen. Who do you predict is going to win this thing? I don't know how you could predict anything. I'm the last to predict anything after last year. I never even thought we deserved to be in it, let alone have a shot to win it. I'm definitely not going to be an odds' maker in Vegas for sure, as far as going out there and helping them handicap all this."
But can Stewart repeat what he did in last year's dramatic drive to the title? That first step in answering that question will come Sunday at Chicagoland.
"The hard thing is that a year ago, I didn't even think that we belonged in the Chase," Stewart said. "To go from that mindset to winning five races and winning the championship, I mean, no matter how you feel sitting here today, you know it's possible. I guess if anything, that's why we feel a little bit better going into this Chase. I'm not sure that we're exactly where we need to be, but it's proof."
Four-time Brickyard 400 winner Johnson is attempting to win his sixth career Cup title. He excels on the 1.5-mile ovals similar to Chicagoland Speedway but never has won at this track. He has no wins, five top-five and eight top-10 finishes in 10 starts. He was 10th last year.
"I always like going to Chicago," Johnson said. "We've never won there, which is kind of frustrating, especially because we've been close so many times. It's also (crew chief) Chad's (Knaus) home track. We really want to give him a win there. We've won in California several times, and it's time he gets to experience winning at home. I feel like we owe him one, and we're going to do everything we can to give him that opportunity this weekend."
Kevin Harvick, the 2003 Brickyard champion, is seeded ninth in the standings heading to Chicagoland – a track where he scored back-to-back victories in 2001 and 2002. Those are his only two victories and two of his six top-five and seventh top-10 finishes in 11 starts. He was second last year.
"Well, I feel like even though the year hasn't gone the way we wanted it to, at the beginning we ran decent," Harvick said. "We ran well at Dover (International Speedway) and decent at Loudon (New Hampshire Motor Speedway) and Charlotte (Motor Speedway). There are a lot of tracks in the Chase that we have a pretty good notebook for. Hopefully when we apply some of the things that we feel like we needed to do different over the last few weeks, everything will keep clicking and we'll keep moving forward. Everybody's confidence is up right now, and we know that things are getting back to the way they need to be."
Although Dale Earnhardt Jr. has never won at the Brickyard, his father drove to victory in the 1995 Brickyard 400. Dale Jr. is one of the most popular drivers at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and begins this year's Chase seeded seventh. He drove to victory at Chicago in 2005 for his lone victory, one of his three top-five and four top-10 finishes in 11 starts. He was third last year.
"I feel we've got a good shot at it," Earnhardt said of the championship. "We've been consistent all year long, and I think our chances are as good as they have ever been for me. I had a pretty good shot at it back in '04, but I think this year is a better opportunity. We've got the team, and we're poised to make a run at it. You've got to put the guys that have won the championship at the top of the list as the favorites but we are in the conversation, and we're going to work hard to still be in that conversation at Homestead (Fla.)."
Kasey Kahne is another driver that has never won at the Brickyard but has strong connections to the Indianapolis area from his days in United States Auto Club (USAC) competition. Kahne is the first wild card and starts the Chase 11th.
He has no wins, one top-five and two top-10 finishes in eight starts. He was 12th last year.
"I enjoy going to Chicago," Kahne said. "We haven't always run our best there, but we've surprised ourselves with good finishes at some other tracks this year. It's going to be important to come out of the gate strong in the first Chase race. We're starting without bonus points, so we want to make up some ground this weekend."
And former Indiana resident Jeff Gordon starts his "Drive for Five" as the final wild-card driver in 12th place in the standings heading into the race Sunday.
He has one win, six top-five and seventh top-10 finishes in 11 starts at Chicagoland. He was 24th last year.
"It was a great fight we had at Richmond, and I am so pumped heading into Chicago and the rest of the Chase," Gordon said. "There were a number of times this year when we had strong performances but didn't have the results to go with it. We now have 10 races to pair good runs with good results.
"At Richmond, the determination that (crew chief) Alan Gustafson and this team showed was incredible. Anything is possible from this group, including a championship. We finally started putting together some results, but it still seemed like every time we had a great finish, something would happen that would break our momentum. We have three top-three finishes in a row that we're hoping to build on in Chicago."
So this is what NASCAR's 26-race regular season is all about – "The Chase for the Championship." And with the 12-driver field dominated by "Brickyard Legends," make no mistake about it that this elite group of drivers that have achieved success at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway will have a major impact on which driver celebrates the championship after 10 weeks of racing.


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Quick, easy and flavorful, this salad could become a main dish salad. The sweet and sour flavors are an easy favorite with kids of all ages.
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Servings: 4 - 1 ¼ cup.
5 A Day servings: 4.
1. Cut bacon slices into 1-inch pieces and sauté over MEDIUM-LOW heat in a very large, deep skillet until crisp but not overdone. Remove to absorbent paper and reserve. Drain off all bacon fat and replace with olive oil.
2. Heat oil in skillet over HIGH heat. Add onion and celery and sauté briefly. Add vinegar, sugar, and celery seed. Heat until boiling; immediately add cabbage and bacon pieces, all at once. Stir and toss for about 1 minute, or until the cabbage is warm, not cooked. Season with salt and pepper if desired.
3. Serve immediately while very warm with garnish of chopped parsley.
*Chef's Note: The convenience of buying pre-shredded cabbage, carrots, and bagged salad makes this salad even easier for a busy cook.
**Optional ingredients are not included in dietary analysis.
|Nutritional Information per Serving
|Calories: 190
|Carbohydrates: 22g
|Total Fat: 7g
|Cholesterol: 15mg
|Saturated Fat: 2g
|Dietary Fiber: 5g
|% of Calories from Fat: 15%
|Sodium: 300mg
|Protein: 6g
Credit: Recipe developed for the Produce for Better Health Foundation by
Chef Carmen I. Jones, CCP.
Courtesy of www.5aday.org
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Pitman rescues Robins
Brett Pitman came off the bench to score a 79th-minute equaliser as Bristol City claimed a 1-1 draw with Hull at Ashton Gate.
Pitman ruled out Robert Koren's strike for Hull, who had to withstand long periods of pressure from the Robins.
For much of the match the hosts created plenty without finding the killer pass, as Marvin Elliot, Nicky Maynard, Albert Adomah and Jamal Campbell-Ryce all saw good chances go to waste.
And the visiting Tigers were grateful to ex-City goalkeeper Adriano Basso, who was in inspired form to produce a string of good saves to deny the home side.
After a quiet start, the hosts had the first effort on target after 11 minutes, when Basso saved Marvin Elliott's attempt.
Aaron McLean had the first sniff for Hull moments later, but veteran Robins goalkeeper David James snuffed out the danger.
Basso was back in action on 18 minutes, producing a superb save to keep out Campbell-Ryce, as the home side had the better of the opening quarter.
Tom Cairney and Koren tried their luck from distance without any success for the visitors, before Albert Adomah made Basso work once again on the half-hour mark.
Keith Millen's side enjoyed the better of the chances throughout the first half, and went close again through Elliott - whose header lacked the power to beat Basso - and Maynard, but the teams went into the break goalless.
After the interval, however, it was Hull who took the lead.
City backed off, allowing Koren and McLean to share a neat one-two to give the Slovenian space in the area. Koren was given time to compose himself and gain his balance before firing low into the bottom corner from 15 yards.
The Robins rallied in their pursuit of a quick equaliser, and only the excellence of Basso prevented Neil Kilkenny from levelling the match just after the hour.
But, with 11 minutes remaining, the home side finally found a way past their former employee.
Cole Skuse's aerial ball fell into the path of substitute Brett Pitman, who bundled the ball beyond Basso and over the line.
Pitman and Adomah tested Basso late on without success, and Cairney fired high and wide for Hull, as City's winless run in all competitions extended to six matches and Hull's three-game winning run came to an end.
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Dramatic Dinosaur Footprints at Karoola Station, Australia
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Dramatic Dinosaur Footprints at Karoola Station, Australia
The remarkable dinosaur footprints discovered at Karoola Station in outback Queensland, Australia, provide dramatic evidence of the reality of Noah's Flood. Further, they provide insight into the nature of the catastrophe and its effect on the animal life at the time. Understanding the effects of Noah's Flood changes the way we look at the world and how we understand our place in it.
By Tas Walker
Originally published May 2019
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Multiverse No Help for Evolution
We Are Less Than Dust
As Silent as a Flying Owl
Secular Scientists Blast the Big Bang
Hibernation, Migration and the Ark
The Relentless Dragon
Unnatural Selection (CRISPR on Netflix)
Why Were the Reformers Burned?
Dramatic Dinosaur Footprints at Karoola Station, Australia
God Created With Functional Maturity
A Detective's Approach
Isaac Watts: A Poet in Awe of His Creator
An Overview of the Denisovan Puzzle
Liligers: A Testimony to the Created Kind
Genesis: The Missing Piece of the Puzzle
Secular Researchers Agree: Worldviews Control Science!
'Watch a glasswing passing' & 'Nature's self-cleaning marvels'
Homeschool Conference: Great Encouragement and Some Concerns
Did God Create Life on Other Planets?
Deconstructing Darwin: Darwin's Real Message
Where was Eden?
The Planets are Young: 5 Uranus and Neptune
The Planets are Young: 4 Saturn
The Planets Are Young: 3 Jupiter
The Planets are Young: 2 Earth and Mars
The planets are young: 1 Mercury and Venus
Translating Creation
Time—No Friend of Evolution
Peacock 'eyes' that hypnotize
Dolphin sonar (still) far better than man's
The large ships of antiquity
Submission to Scripture—The Key to Understanding Our Worth
Design: just a trick of the mind?
The Birds of the Galápagos
Fossils in a day?
The Fall: A 'Glorious Necessity'?!
How Old?
Dragons on Noah's Ark
Jesus Teaching the Big Picture from Genesis
Newly Discovered Medusavirus Turns Evolutionary Theory to Stone
The sloth—slowest mammal on Earth
God's DNA-detangling motors
Feathered dinosaurs
Scriptural Originalism
Japheth, remember to turn off the computer…
Our Young Solar System
Leonardo's Dragon
How Noah's Flood Shaped Our Earth
Deadly Plant's Flowers in Amber Deadly to Evolution
The Myth of 1%
The Bible and Interracial Marriage
Dystopian Science: Part 3
Dystopian Science: Part 2
Dystopian Science: Part 1
The Hummingbird: Creation's Superhero
Over-engineered odour detectors
Why did Jesus die?
Whale explodes fossil theory
Dissolving the Fermi Paradox: Copernicus, Enrico Fermi, and Elon Musk weigh in


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Since Steve Jobs passed away two years ago Saturday, Apple has experienced no shortage of scrutiny.
Investors, the media and the public alike have targeted the company, accusing it of failing to innovate. Critics claim the company has lost its edge, merely updating existing products and not creating new product categories. CEO Tim Cook has also been criticized as lacking vision for Apple and blamed for the company's fallen stock price.
Just because Apple hasn't launched a new product category since Jobs' death doesn't mean its failing at innovation, said Trip Chowdhry, managing director at Global Equities Research.
"The reason Apple is Apple is because they do things that cannot be done. … We expect the best from Apple," said Chowdhry, who has a price target of $725 on the stock with an overweight rating.
Apple has not lost its grip on innovation, but it has slowed down since Jobs death. If Jobs were still running the company, it's likely that Apple would have two new product categories by now, Chowdhry said.
"Innovation drives the value of the company, and I think Apple has to prove itself. It's not enough that they can come up with one product after 10 years or five years, but they need one every year if they want to do well," he said. "They cannot be complacent, if they become complacent they will become the next Microsoft."
Even though Apple's innovation cycle has slowed, the company's latest products have surpassed expectations, Chowdhry said. The technical innovation in the iPhone 5S demonstrates that the company's innovation talent still beats the competition by a long shot, he added.
"Apple regained some of its innovation strength with the iPhone 5S and its 64-bit chip. They are probably up to something big," he said. "We may tend be very critical, but the way I'm seeing Apple now, they probably have their insights into the future intact."
Chowdhry predicts that Apple will have a big product year in 2014 and will roll out its long-rumored iTV.
Cook has often been criticized by media and investors for not having the design prowess and leadership capabilities that his predecessor possessed. During the short period that he has been leading the company, some critics have even called for him to be ousted.
But Cook, who is a mastermind of operations, has a far better grasp on what Apple needs in order to succeed in the long-term than critics say, said Timothy Lesko, a principal at Granite Investment Advisors.
"Tim Cook recognizes he is not the product visionary Steve Jobs was," Lesko said. "And with the promotion of Jony Ive to lead both hardware and software and how they interact, Cook is basically letting Jony Ive be the face of design at Apple."
In some ways, by letting Ive become the lead of design, Cook has mitigated the street's fear that there is no innovation and no vision, Lesko said.
Ive and Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, have essentially become the "cool factor" for Apple, while Cook does what he is great at, which is global operations, Lesko said.
Ive worked closely with Federighi, in designing the latest version of Apple's operating system, iOS 7, which was the biggest overhaul of the OS ever.
The redesign of the software marked the end of an era of sorts. Jobs was always a fan of designing software that mirrored real life. But the new OS features a flat interface that is void of any life-imitating graphics.
Under Cook, Apple has also been more open in its relationship with Wall Street.
During Jobs' tenure as CEO, the company had a notorious reputation for giving very low guidance and then beating expectations by a mile. This caused a lot of confusion on the street, Lesko said.
"Some of Apple's own media manipulation held the stock back," Lesko said. "A more consistent earning stream may generate a better multiple."
The company has also become increasingly more shareholder friendly since Cook took the reins.
Likely because Jobs had witnessed Apple on its deathbed more than once, he was extraordinarily wary of debt, Lesko said. But Cook has been more willing to take on debt to return capital to shareholders.
So far, the company has said it will return $100 billion to shareholders through share buybacks and dividends by the end of 2015. And there's speculation they may continue to increase the stock buyback.
"Steve Jobs' Apple would never ever do a share buyback," Chowdhry said. But if you can do more things, like a buyback, and you can carry on Steve Jobs' Apple while also taking on the positive of Tim Cook, it could be good for the company."
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Below are links to some of the news stories and book reviews related to law and the arts that caught my attention last week, with a smattering of extras from the two weeks prior for which alas, due to the usual end of term madness, I didn't manage to put together roundups.
In the midst of what has been described in the New Yorker as China's "most intense crackdown on free expression in years," well-known artist and outspoken human rights advocate Ai Weiwei was two weeks ago detained by Chinese police as he attempted to board a flight at Beijing airport (Guardian). Government officials claim that Ai's detention "has nothing to do with human rights or freedom of expression," that he is, rather, "under investigation on suspicion of economic crimes" (AFP). Few outside of China appear to be convinced. In the Guardian, Jonathan Jones opines: "Ai Weiwei has spoken out eloquently for the universality of human rights and the worldwide hunger for freedom. Even if all the charges China are apparently raising were true, it would not alter anything⎯and given his brutal detention it is reasonable to assume they are false." Yesterday, an international protest organized by artists and curators was staged demanding Ai's release. The New York Times reported beforehand that the form of the "planned protest⎯in which participants will bring chairs and sit down outside Chinese government buildings around the world⎯draws on an installation titled 'Fairytale: 1001 Qing Dynasty Wooden Chairs,' which Mr. Ai did at Documenta in Kassel, Germany, in 2007."
The distressing news that the artifacts looted from Egypt's museums and archeological sites during the recent uprising numbered around one thousand was leavened slightly last week by the odd story of the recovery of some of them. It was reported that four priceless treasures, including a gilded wooden statue of King Tutankhamun, had been returned to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo after being found by an employee of the Ministry of Antiquities in an unattended black bag that he happened upon in a subway station one morning on his way to work. A clip of the government news conference announcing the find can be viewed here courtesy of the Telegraph.
The Loving Story, a documentary film about the famous case of Loving v. Virginia in which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Virginia's anti-miscegenation statute as unconstitutional, has garnered a few mentions on legal blogs in anticipation of its showing later this month at the Tribeca Film Festival. Read about the film at Feminist Law Professors, and a bit about the case, its aftermath, and a forthcoming book about it at Concurring Opinions.
The New York Times reports that new guidelines from China's censors "all but ban TV dramas featuring time travel" on the basis that they "lack positive thoughts and meaning" and may "casually make up myths, have monstrous and weird plots, use absurd tactics, and even promote feudalism, superstition, fatalism and reincarnation."
James Joyce's estate, in the person of his grandson Stephen, is notoriously protective of copyright and has often proven hostile to requests for permission to use his work. Indeed, as reported in Discover Magazine, it recently sent a cease and desist letter to two scientists who had inscribed a line from Joyce's work into the genome of a synthetic microbe. Against this backdrop, many found cause for celebration when singer Kate Bush revealed that "she has been given permission to use Molly Bloom's famous soliloquy from Ulysses, in a song to be released next month," twenty-two years after an initial refusal. But, in the New Yorker, D. T. Max cautions against reading too much into this development. "After all," he notes, Stephen Joyce "permitted the same passage to be used by Amber in the 2001 dance hit 'Yes.'"
Warner Brothers has lost the latest round in the ongoing litigation over rights and profits between it and the heirs of the creators of Superman. A judge has denied its bid "to pry open secret documents that purportedly show an agreement between the estates of Superman co-creators Joel Shuster and Jerry Siegel not to make further copyright deals with the studio." Warner Brothers "argued that the agreement itself was a violation of the Copyright Act and couldn't be insulated from discovery" while the Shuster and Siegel estates maintained that "those documents were protected by attorney-client privilege." (THR Esq.)
Controversy has surrounded the release of Joseph Lelyveld's new biography of Mahatma Gandhi, Great Soul. It was first banned in Gujarat, a western state of India, on the basis of advance reviews in British papers which suggested revelations of a homosexual relationship, and proposals of bans in other states quickly followed (Globe & Mail). Some U.S. book groups then got in on the act, canceling appearances by the author (Boston Globe). Lelyveld asserted that the controversial passages have been taken out of context, telling the Times of India that he never alleged that Gandhi had a homosexual relationship and that "the word 'bisexual' nowhere appears in the book" (L.A. Times). The The Daily Beast reports that "three prominent descendants of Gandhi in India have publicly spoken out against [a] proposed [national] ban."
According to Eric A. Posner, in A Thousand Times More Fair, Kenji Yoshino "argues that Shakespeare's plays contribute to modern debates about law and justice, and he draws crisp lessons from twelve of those plays." Posner concludes that "the quality of Yoshino's readings varies considerably." He praises the author's capacity to "teas[e] out the meanings of complex passages," but faults him for too often using Shakespeare's work as "a bag of anecdotes to illustrate moral platitudes." (New Republic) Gary Wills' review is similarly mixed. Though he concedes that "the class on which this book is based is probably great fun," he criticizes the limitations of Yoshino's strategy of pairing plays with current events: "The plays are cut to such trite lessons to keep up the game of headline rummaging." (NYT) Benjamin Ivry is more enthusiastic, finding Yoshino to be "a refreshingly engaging advocate for Shakespeare." (Star-Ledger)
Crime, the fiction debut of German defense lawyer Ferdinand von Schirach, is described by reviewer Boyd Tonkin as a "bizarre and unsettling collection of 11 stories about crimes and their consequences." He expands: "Each tale whips along, a shock at every turn, like some beast with eyes of red-hot coal panting down a forest track at night. For, courtroom procedure aside, the spirit of the German-language Märchen really drives this book: eerie tales of the uncanny, as practised by Hoffmann, Kleist, the Grimms and even Kafka." (Independent)
Jane Jakeman praises An Uncertain Place, the latest Commisssaire Adamsberg mystery by Fred Vargas, as a "wonderfully intricate and Gothic work" that "add[s] to Vargas's usual parade of satisfyingly weird characters." In it, Jakeman tells us, the author "lets herself go in a riot of vampiric complexities: her delights in plot and language are dolphin-like, leaping with pleasure at obscure Cyrillic messages, tracing Danubian family history and sanguinary lore." (Independent)
Margaret Cannon pronounces Michael Connelly's The Fifth Witness, which features the return of Mickey Haller from The Lincoln Lawyer, "a superb novel" that "is even better than its predecessor." (Globe & Mail)
In the latest Invisible Ink column, Christopher Fowler reminds us of the charms of Sarah Caudwell's clever and witty mystery series that features a professor of medieval law as sleuth aided by four barristers who serve "as a kind of ironic, adult Enid Blyton gang to help solve crimes." He tells us that Caudwell, who was herself a barrister, "used her knowledge of tax and inheritance laws to add realism to the cases," but that "apart from that they're quite potty, with members of the team tromping around exotic locations dropping barbed bons mots to their mentor." People have been recommending these book to me for years, and this might just be the prod I need to finally pick one up. (Independent)


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Feb 14, 2013, 13:36 ET
International Driver's Permits now required for Canadians driving in Florida
OTTAWA, Feb. 14, 2013 /CNW/ - The Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) advises Canadians that the state of Florida has passed into law a requirement for all non U.S residents, including all Canadians, to carry a valid International Driver's Permit (IDP) when driving their own vehicle or a rental vehicle in Florida.
State officials say the law was passed so that Florida law enforcement officials would not be faced with license documents in languages they could not read, but the law captures drivers from all countries, including Canada. The law now requires both a valid licence from the home country or province, and an IDP.
CAA has obtained the following official comment from the state of Florida regarding this change:
Effective January 1, 2013, section 322.04, Florida Statutes were amended to require foreign visitors who drive in Florida to obtain an International Driving Permit in addition to their valid home country driver license.
"The intent of the change in Florida law regarding the International Driving Permit was to aid law enforcement in Florida when interacting with drivers holding a license in a foreign language. The Department of Highway Safety will seek to clarify the law in the upcoming Legislative session, which begins next month, to make it clear that a license already written in English would be acceptable. Until the law is clarified, drivers should obtain an IDP," said Kirsten Olsen-Doolan, Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles spokesperson. International Driving Permits should be obtained before arriving in the U.S. Individuals should contact their home country agency for assistance
CAA will be requesting that Florida officials follow through and amend this law for all Canadians. Millions of Canadians have driven in Florida for decades without incidents related to the lack of an international driving permit.
In the meantime, however, CAA believes that given the law as it stands today, Canadians planning on driving in Florida should consider acquiring an International Driver's Permit. An IDP is a special document which allows motorists to drive internationally, when accompanied by a valid driver's license from their country. CAA is the only organization in Canada authorized to issue an International Driving Permit. For more information on IDPs, visit www.caa.ca/travel-documents/idp/.
CAA is a federation of nine clubs providing more than 5.6 million Members with exceptional emergency roadside service, complete automotive and travel services, member savings and comprehensive insurance services. CAA also advocates on issues of concern to its members, including road safety, the environment, mobility, infrastructure and consumer protection.
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"We invest in the market like you'd invest in an individual company," said Daniel Morris in a July 10 interview, "based on fundamentals and bottom-up analysis" of the market.
Morris, founder of Morris Capital Advisors in Malvern, Penn., and Joseph Doyle, CFA, together manage Morris Capital's two no-load mutual funds—the Manor Fund (MNRMX—rated four stars by Morningstar) and Manor Growth Fund (MNRGX-rated three stars), along with separately managed accounts, primarily for high-net-worth individuals and small institutions. Rather than use "financial engineering" or event-driven investing that starts from the top down, Morris said the Manor funds' approach is to "focus on what makes sense in long term investment management; the market always comes back to the fundamentals."
That common-sense, fundamentals-driven long-term approach in mutual funds, Doyle argues, allows clients to sleep better at night, owing to mutual funds' transparency. The MF Global scandal, he says, "is a teachable moment" for investors, showing the value of transparency and daily liquidity.
MNRGX has returned 5.57% year to date through July 12, 2012, according to Morningstar, and 17.4% over the last three years, with just 10% turnover. MNRMX has returned 1.22% year to date and 13% over the last three years, with turnover of 11.9%.
The investing approach for MNRGX starts with the universe of large-cap stocks that are then screened to include stocks with strong earnings, strong cash flow, a strong financial structure and strong future growth prospects (including management having a strategic vision for the company) that are "attractively priced" based on those business fundamentals that will provide a tax-efficient return over the long term. "You have to have comfort," says Doyle (left), with the long-term growth prospects of the companies they choose for the portfolios.
Overlaying those fundamentals is a management process that values low turnover but allows Morris and Doyle to use their knowledge of the markets and the macroeconomic picture "so we're not surprised," Doyle says—as might be the case, for instance, with cyclical stocks. "As growth-oriented investors," says Doyle, "we're interested in three to five years of growth rate prospects."
So do Morris and Doyle visit companies to kick the tires and talk to management? No, says Morris. "We don't talk to management or listen to CNBC, because they don't tell the truth," he says bluntly. The fundamentals, by contrast, don't lie, and Morris says "we don't want to interfere with the fundamentals."
With their aversion to event-driven investing and their commitment to fundamentals, does Morris think the markets are efficient? "There are inefficiencies in the market regarding expectations" among investors, he believes, as demonstrated by companies that miss even by "a little" their earnings expectations and then see their stock prices fall far beyond the level of what the fundamentals suggest.
On the other end of the spectrum are companies whose stock prices don't reflect their value on the upside. Take, for example, Apple (AAPL). Doyle recalls that Morris Capital bought Apple in 2006 not because it envisioned the company's future success with the iPhone or iPad, but because with Steve Jobs and Tim Cook in charge, "we thought they were executing better." With Apple's previous control of the education market, Doyle thought that Apple would do better with consumers in the PC space with its Macintosh.
"We got a rare gift from the stock market," he says, "which never gave them credit" for their execution in terms of Apple's stock price. Apple rose to become 5% to 6% of the portfolio, which has since been trimmed twice back to its original percentage of the portfolio, since Morris says that as part of their sell discipline, "from a risk controlled sense we had to."
As for stocks that have been added to their portfolios lately, in Manor Growth, Morris (left) mentions Cummins (CMI), which has the required growth strategy but also is benefiting from international sales, particularly in developing nations. Then there's Edwards LifeSciences (EW), which he thinks will benefit from growth in the health care sector with its artificial heart-valve products.
An addition to the Manor Fund, which Morris calls "more conservative" than the Growth Fund and which Morningstar places in the large-cap blend style box, is BE Aerospace (BEAV), which supplies safety-related cabin interior products to both Boeing and Airbus and which will benefit from the continued need for airline security and airline growth in Asia.
Despite the fact that "governments have allowed enormous risks" to enter the markets, Doyle says, he still believes there's "huge unrealized growth potential in reasonably priced growth stocks." At Morris Capital, he concludes, "we're data driven, but not black box." Both Morris, who seeded with his own money the two mutual funds at inception, and Doyle say they are invested in MNRMX and MNRGX.