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SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake acquired FW Joao Plata from Toronto FC on Wednesday, sending a second round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft to the Reds in exchange for the Ecuadorian attacker. Plata will be added to RSL's roster pending the receipt of his International Transfer Certificate (ITC) and P1 visa.
The 20-year-old Plata last played at LDU Quito, going on a six-month loan to the Ecuadorian side from Toronto FC on July 11, 2012. Ironically, Plata initially joined Toronto FC on loan from LDU Quito, joining the Canadian side after participating in the 2011 MLS Player Combine and getting selected 49th overall in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft. Toronto bought Plata outright in January 2012.
Plata scored 10 goals and added nine assists in 52 appearances across all competitions for Toronto FC.
"We are happy to add a fast, young forward with MLS experience," said RSL GM Garth Lagerwey, who recently brought back former RSL striker Robbie Findley from two years in England, and drafted New Mexico rookie FW Devon Sandoval. "We believe that Joao can become an impactful member of our team as we continue to work to restock our forward group."
Capped once by Ecuador, Plata will travel with RSL from Salt Lake City to Irvine, Calif. for the team's second preseason camp on Thursday. He'll work out with the Claret-and-Cobalt for the first time in Irvine, where RSL will train from Jan. 31-Feb. 8.
RSL – which wrapped a week-long camp in Casa Grande, Ariz. on Monday – will return to Arizona for its final preseason leg, playing in the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup from Feb. 11-24.
Player: Joao Plata
Position: Forward
Height: 5-foot-2
Weight: 135 lbs.
Date of Birth: March 1, 1992
Birthplace: Guayaquil, Ecuador
Citizenship: Ecuador
How acquired: Acquired via trade from Toronto FC in exchange for a second round pick in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft on Jan. 30, 2013


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Like lots of college students, Lauren has a smartphone loaded with some of the most popular apps around "" Facebook, Twitter and eBay. And like a lot of unbelievers, she asked to not use her full name because her family doesn't know about her closet atheism.
One of the apps she uses most regularly is YouVersion, a free Bible app that puts a library's worth of translations "" more than 700 "" in the palm of her hand. Close to 115 million people have downloaded YouVersion, making it among the most popular apps of all time.
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Partnering with Laurie Arons Special Events, he created a stunning white wedding that ultimately won a Gala Award at the show.
But someone else almost got the job.
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They came to meet him, everything clicked, and the rest is award-winning history.
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grown big (around 5 MB) and the application has become slower. I am preparing
to add another module which I anticipate will make the executable even bigger
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I have considered another alternative as adding the new module as an ActiveX
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the DLL from the main application and instantiate the classes and invoke
the forms. My testing has been successful so far, except for one problem.
When I add the forms in the DLL as MDIChild forms, it gives an error saying
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CHICAGO (AP) Daniel Barnes scored a career-high 30 points against his former team as Illinois-Chicago defeated Eastern Michigan 74-48 Saturday.
Barnes, who played at Eastern Michigan in the 2008-09 season, hit 6 of 13 3-pointers and 10 of 18 shots overall from the field. Illinois-Chicago (9-1) shot 12 of 29 from beyond the arc, including 9 of 13 in the second half, to win its eighth game in a row.
Gary Talton added 12 points, seven assists, six rebounds and four steals for the Flames.
Glenn Bryant led Eastern Michigan (6-3) with 10 points and seven rebounds. The Eagles shot just 34 percent from the field, including 1 of 10 on 3-point attempts, against an Illinois-Chicago team that came into the game ranked fifth in the nation in scoring defense (52 points per game).


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A-frame homes typically have roofs that start at the foundation and meet at a sharp peak at the top of the structure, creating a shape similar to a capital "A" letter. The roofline subsequently creates an interior with steep angled walls. The A-frame was made popular in the 1950s through the 1970s; especially in snowy places because the shape of the roof allows snow to slide off easily rather than stay in place and cause damage.
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You can hear the huffing from here. It began with the budget battle, reached a cruel crescendo with the gun vote and culminated in the question the president had to field at his press conference last week about whether he'd run out of 'juice' to pass his agenda: Barack Obama isn't strong like Richard Nixon. He can't strong-arm like Franklin Roosevelt. He's afraid to pressure like Bill Clinton. No one's afraid of him like Lyndon Johnson.
It's bunk. The hoariest piece of folklore in the capital involves presidential strength and the fear it inspires, and the commentary always goes like this: Presidents of the past had it, and the current president doesn't.
Dwight Eisenhower, today almost everybody's idea of a strong president, heard it. Harry Truman, who supposedly gave 'em hell, heard it. And there were days when LBJ heard it, too -- because Johnson's bullying days all but ended when he left the Senate and entered the executive branch. He bullied as Senate majority leader, he bleated as vice president and he beseeched as president.
Today the Greek chorus is singing that Obama should have had an easy time bringing the Senate around on the gun bill. Might I whisper something in the ear of all those whinging and whining? This might say more about the Senate and its traditions than about the president and his prerogatives.
The disparity between the 80-plus percent who in some polls supported gun-sale background checks and the 54 percent of the Senate that supported the legislation is astonishing, perhaps without precedent. So maybe the president could have done a better job. Maybe Obama was too reasonable -- you hear that word a lot in connection with the 44th president -- and not sufficiently forceful -- a word you rarely hear about Obama.
But that is not his way, and one of the reasons the president has trouble prevailing with Congress is that many lawmakers simply don't like him. Ronald Reagan they liked. Bill Clinton, too. George H.W. Bush had his congressional allies, lots of them, and his son had a few, or enough. But the irony is that Barack Obama, the first man to go directly from the Senate to the White House since John F. Kennedy (and Warren G. Harding before him), doesn't have many friends in the Congress he left behind.
That is not to say that Obama hasn't had some congressional triumphs, including the economic stimulus and the victory that may be his most enduring legacy: the health-insurance bill that his opponents call Obamacare, a label his supporters may adopt if the plan becomes a popular success. (The term 'Reaganomics' started as a pejorative and eventually became a phrase Republicans embraced with pride.)
But the president's troubles have nothing to do with the fear factor, mostly because the fear factor is a fantasy.
Perhaps the president who had the most success with a Congress controlled by the other party was Reagan, who used to say that almost anything could be done if the president didn't care who got credit for the accomplishment.
That is why he was willing to share the spotlight on his biggest second-term domestic initiative, the 1986 comprehensive overhaul of the income-tax system. He didn't flinch when Democratic Rep. Dan Rostenkowski of Illinois, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, urged Americans in a nationally televised address to 'write Rosty' about their ideas about tax overhaul.
And once the battle was joined, the president used persuasion rather than power to win approval of the measure. A case in point was the way he reeled GOP Sen. Robert Kasten of Wisconsin into his camp. Kasten had an independent streak -- he had quarreled with Majority Leader Robert J. Dole of Kansas, which one didn't see every day in that era -- and so Reagan scheduled two speeches in Kasten's home state.
'No threats,' says Peter Robinson, who wrote the Reagan speeches, which were heavy on sweet reason masked as sweet talk. 'Reagan just went to Kasten's home and persuaded the senator's constituents.' Kasten voted for the measure.
Nor did Richard Nixon, regarded in retrospect as a fearsome pugilist, employ fear in his pre-Watergate dealings with Congress.
'Nixon knew how to deal with Wilbur Mills and Russell Long,' former Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill, deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget in those days, said of the former chairmen of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees. 'It wasn't about vindictive narrow partisanship -- on either side. These guys detested Watergate, but earlier in his administration, they respected Nixon.'
Historical legends warp our perspective on the presidency. In the folklore, Johnson was a political magus, wielding irresistible power from the Oval Office over the Congress. Not so, at least in foreign affairs, where presidents have the widest latitude.
It is true that LBJ won wide running room from Congress by virtue of the huge majorities (414-0 in the House, 88-2 in the Senate) in support of the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which permitted the president to take all necessary measures to fight North Vietnam.
But Johnson's closest Capitol Hill mentor, Sen. Richard Russell of Georgia, expressed reservations about the administration's Vietnam policy as early as 1964. By 1966, efforts to revoke the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution began.
That same year, Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas began holding critical hearings on the war, an undertaking that enraged LBJ and led him to refer to the Arkansas Democrat as 'Senator Half-bright,' a name that originated with Harry Truman after Fulbright took issue with the 33rd president's views on the atomic bomb and the United Nations.
The danger in applying brute force to Capitol Hill is that Congress has weapons of its own.
Franklin Roosevelt in his second term tried to purge the Democratic Party of conservative lawmakers who opposed the New Deal, not knowing of course that those very conservatives would be ardent supporters of his polices, particularly Lend-Lease, as World War II approached. He actually campaigned against a number of Southern Democrats, especially Walter F. George of Georgia and Ellison D. 'Cotton Ed' Smith of South Carolina, both of whom prevailed -- and neither of whom ever feared the president again.
The president who had earlier campaigned against 'fear itself' came to know what all presidents eventually learn: Fear itself is no weapon at all.
(David M. Shribman is executive editor of the Post-Gazette (dshribman post-gazette.com, 412 263-1890). Follow him on Twitter at ShribmanPG.)


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Making angling available for all, while preserving the environment and countryside
The Bay Malton Angling Club is one of the North west's friendliest and most progressive clubs that an angler could join. Whatever type of fishing appeals you will find a water that will satisfy your needs.
- Prime stretches of river for coarse fishing including Barbel in the teens.
- Specimen waters with Carp to 35lb,Tench and Bream to double figures.
- Large lakes and dams with Pike to 25lb+ Carp to 25lb+, Large shoals of big Bream and Roach.
- Small intimate ponds in get away from it all locations, with fantastic access and great pole and waggler fishing.
- Angling complex with many waters, cafe and toilets, a safe environment that all the family can enjoy.
- A competitive but friendly match scene at Border Fisheries.
- All looked after by a strong water management team and competent bailiff presence to bring you the best sport possible.
Membership for 2020 season is now available and joining the club could not be easier and as long as you respect the club and waters you will have a great time. You can even join and pay online.
Join Now for £80.00 and your Membership will run till 28th Feb 2021
Match Booking now being taken for 2021
There are three excellent match fishing pools available for hire at £5 per a peg or The whole water for
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The Meridian Canal £200.00
Stacey's Pool £75.00
All Matches 5 hours or less only.
A Non Refundable deposit is required with your match booking. Please make all cheques payable to BAY MALTON ANGLING CLUB.
The Match Lake is a 30 peg water, the Meridian Canal a 64 peg water and Stacey's Pool a 31 peg water max for a match 20.
All waters have had a stocking of fish in 2014, 2017 and 2018.
For all match bookings or information regarding the club telephone 01270 820812


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An evil scientist had created a virus that can turn people into zombies and he planned to spread that virus in the town. He first started to spread the virus from an office in the busy bustling town. Meanwhile employees from the office had ordered Pizza.
Our Hero " Nick " is the Pizza Delivery Boy. When he goes to the office to deliver the pizza, he find out that most of the people in office are acting like zombies.
There are few zombies like normal people they don't have any weapon, few are like shooters who have a gun with them and keep on shooting, and few dogs have also became zombies which are very fast. But there were few people in the office unaffected and are hiding in the different floor of the office.
Finally Nick decides to save these innocent people from the spell of the evil scientist. All you have to do is to entry the office and fight the zombies out. While fighting you can collect Chicken and Pizza's which are collectibles to buy Power-ups, weapons, shields, freeze packs etc.
There are lots more actions unfolding as you go higher up in the levels, he needs to save his little sister in the town, Rescue people at the military base, as so on…!
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So you want to travel light? You're planning to spend a night here or two there, and maybe move around the island as you please. You need a B&B.
But what does an Irish B&B offer? We asked Louise McGee from B&B Ireland to answer some of the questions on the tip of your tongue...
Q: In which star category can I expect to get an en suite room as a standard?
A: Over 97% of our homes now offer en suite facilities so it would be very unlikely that clients would be offered a standard room; and if that did happen it would usually be in the approved homes and not in the 3, 4 or 5 star homes.
Q: Is a 5* cleaner or newer than a 2*?
A: We would refer to 2* homes as Approved homes, but it does not mean in any way that these homes are not as clean or as new as a 5* home. It just means that the product offering will be of a much higher standard in a 5*.
Q: Does 5* mean luxury and boutique B&B?
A: Two words that are commonly associated with a 5* B&B are luxury and boutique.
In a 5* B&B, you can expect en suite bedrooms to be elegant and stylish, offering a high standard of comfort to all guests. All of these properties have been upgraded to offer all the comforts of home and more spacious luxurious bedrooms, with beautiful furniture with large beds dressed with crisp bed linen. They will have large en suite bathrooms filled with large fluffy towels, bath tubs, power showers and complimentary toiletries.
Q: What are the approximate price differences between the ratings, and what time can you check in?
A: It is usually approx €3-5 (£2.55-4.26) per person difference between each rating. The average price per person is €32-38 (£27.25-32.36) per person sharing, but it depends on the season. Check in time is normally between 3pm - 6pm, unless otherwise agreed with the B&B owner.
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Q: What exactly does a property need to do to qualify to be a 'Category B&B'?
A: This is a voluntary scheme and is open to all Tourist Board approved Bed and Breakfasts around the island of Ireland. The criteria for categorisation are based on extensive research into the needs of visitors to Ireland who wish to pursue a particular activity, such as walking or golf. B&B owners are assessed and their homes are inspected by the TSA (Tourism Standards Assessments). If the member wants to become a specialist in a particular category, they need to have the following facilities and be approved following an inspection of their home.
This page provides extensive descriptions of all current Category B&Bs. Get to know your hosts on B&B Ireland's website and you'll be all set for a break away in a home away from home.
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Twinwood Farm is famous for a few things. During the Second World War, it was home to an RAF base, more of a training station for night fighters of the larger RAF Cranfield nearby. Sadly, it has also achieved notoriety for being the place from where the plane which was to take Glenn Miller to his death departed on its flight to France. It now houses the Glenn Miller Museum, yes him, the man responsible for the frankly marvellous hits such as "In the Mood", "String of Pearls", "Little Brown Jug" and so on. He was appointed Band Director of the US Air Force during the Second World War and was stationed only a couple of miles away from Twinwood Farm, he ran his radio station and recorded much of his music in Bedford and performed a concert for the troops at Twinwood Station in 1944.
Nowadays, it is also known for the three-day festival it puts on each August Bank Holiday, a tantalising mix of live music, shopping, eating and observing, vintage-style, of course. Formerly called The Glenn Miller Festival, it now tends to be known as just "Twinwood". Well, (for the very first time,) Twinwood here we come!
We stayed for the first two days of the festival and I'm so glad we did! We only booked our tickets the Monday before the festival but by the time we bumped along the farm track on Saturday morning, all tickets were sold out. It is reasonably priced at £27-ish, (price depends when you book and for which day), considering what is on offer and the live entertainment. I took absolutely oodles of photos so I've collated them into a few mosaics to show you (don't forget you can click on the mosaic to enlarge the photos).
Twinwood is over a relatively large site but it is very well organised. You were shown where to park, there was a bus to take you to the entrance of the arena, plans and plenty of sign posts to show you what was going on where and at what time and phew, plenty of loos (well, these things are important) and not forgetting camping. For those bonkers enough to do so!
(Plan of the site borrowed from here.) The weekend's events are dotted round this site, with two main outdoor music arenas, oodles of stalls and a few foodie outlets (my one gripe, there weren't enough and they were largely junk food), museums housed in old military buildings and some clubs which opened only for night time events (also in old huts). Marvellous! You can't beat that for setting the tone and creating a great atmosphere!
Mosaics then. This is a general one, giving you a little taster of all we remember of our weekend at Twinwood.
That bit of blue sky (yes, it did appear between the torrential downpours, must take wellies next year), is showing you a Mustang jet which flew over.
Shopping then, yes, there was plenty of shopping, from stalls selling fine vintage clobber, military uniforms, new retro-clothing and shoes (some nice, some dubious and some wildly over-priced), vintage housey bits 'n' pieces, to utter junk pretending to be vintage, it was a pretty good shopping experience (but not as good as the Southbank's vintage marketplace in my humble opinion). A few bits were bought but overall, with a burgeoning vintage wardrobe, we're getting choosy (and could do with getting thinner!)
Poor Munchkin, you're thinking, being dragged round all those stalls by his awful parents! For starters, he rather likes a vintage mooch and came away with yet another Fair Isle for his collection, but he got his just rewards and there was no dragging him away from the stunning cars on display.
As if there wasn't enough shopping, music to listen or dance to (or cider/ale to drink, tough work), there were some excellent informative displays to enjoy. There is an Aviation Museum on site which had a recreation of a 1940's sitting room and kitchen and there was a whole raft of smaller rooms kitted out variously with true period items as a haberdashers, bakery, grocery, Land Girl's potting room, medical room and so on. There were some wonderful items to see and read about.
The special exhibition for the festival was on the subject of CC41, the government's rationing scheme for clothing (and furniture) which began in 1941. Finding the CC41 mark on an item is the Holy Grail for vintage collectors. Being rationed, the items are relatively rare but were well made so have survived. A group of ladies were re-enacting make do and mend, crocheting snoods and berets which were for sale. Hats off to them for a really fantastic display, we were drooling at seeing so many CC41 goodies in such excellent condition.
Once the grey matter could absorb no further information, it was time to head for the arena or the hangar to listen to some really fantastic live singers and bands and watch the folks jive. The music started in the morning and went on until roughly midnight. There was something for everyone, it really was top notch entertainment. There were several wooden outdoor dance floors and despite the rain, people jitterbugged away! Two clubs also opened up in small huts in the evening which had great cosy atmospheres (sadly too late for us to stay).
Ah, Twinwood, despite the cold and the rain (and the junk food), what a delight. Rock 'n' roll on next year!


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SE Ind. jail officer accused of exploiting children
A southeast Indiana jail worker is facing federal charges that involve illegal images of children.
U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett said Monday that Derek Walton, 31, of Liberty, Ind., has been charged with child exploitation.
According to a criminal complaint unsealed Monday, Walton has been employed as a reserve sheriff's deputy at the Franklin County Sheriff's Office since 2004, where he works as a jail officer.
"I think the overwhelming sentiment among people who work in this building is a since of betrayal," said Sheriff Ken Murphy. "We treated Derek as one of us, we rely on each other, and I think the message here is we're not going to let any one person destroy the confidence that any one person has placed in us."
Walton has previously been employed by the Union County Sheriff's Office as a reserve deputy and jail officer, and he ran for sheriff in 2010. Prior to that position, Walton was employed by the Richmond Police Department and served as a deputy marshal for the Laurel Police Department.
In 2011, federal law enforcement became aware of an individual allegedly sending images and videos of child pornography through an AOL email account, Hogsett said. The account was shut down by AOL after a complaint was registered.
A second email account was discovered by federal agents while investigating a sexual offender who had exchanged child pornography with the account in question.
The two email accounts, along with an additional account known to law enforcement agents, have been traced to Walton, prosecutors said. It also includes an account that was allegedly accessed repeatedly from the Franklin County Security Center, Hogsett said.
As a result of the investigation, federal agents served a search warrant at Walton's home on Friday.
"There were probably 12 or 15 FBI agents who showed up over there. We didn't know at the time what was going on. We heard them bust the door down, (and) when we went over there, that's what we've seen," said neighbor Kevin Jackson. "It didn't seem real."
During the search, agents located a laptop, as well as a USB thumb drive that was hidden behind a mirror in the main bedroom of Walton's home.
The thumb drive was allegedly found to contain a number of pornographic images and videos depicting a girl. In addition, agents found a small video camera hidden in a can in the living room. This camera was found to contain additional explicit materials showing a girl, investigators said.
"These cases are always difficult, both as a prosecutor and as a parent," Hogsett said in a news release. "They are even more troubling when the allegations involve a law enforcement official who was entrusted with protecting Hoosier communities. This is what Operation Community Watch was designed to do, however -- hold accountable those who endanger our children, no matter who they are."
Walton faces decades in federal prison if he is found guilty, Hogsett said. In addition, Walton also could be sentenced to years of supervised release and lifetime registration as a sexual predator.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a larger nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice.


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"Hello. I think you're great just the way you are. I have friends who are like you. So I have nothing against people like you. But because of the love of Jesus, I can't do business with you, because you're you. I love you very much and wish you all the best, but it is my personal belief that I must deny services and rights to people like you, because Jesus."
If someone said something like that to you, my guess is you'd think something along the lines of, "What a load of condescending, bigoted horseshit."
Well, welcome to the new bigotry. And welcome one of its most recent defenders, William Saletan of Slate.com.
Is everyone who opposes gay marriage a bigot? If a photographer declines to participate in a same-sex wedding, should she be held legally liable, on that basis alone, for discrimination?
Both questions are an easy "yes". Let me go a little further and say this: in about 10 years you're gonna look back on this article and cringe that you even asked these questions as if there were any doubt about the answer. Don't believe me? Replace "gay" with"interracial". Feel that twinge of embarrassment at the mere thought of it? Yep. It's coming for you in a few years, that humiliation at the thought that you could have said such a thing in public. Just wait.
I don't think so.
Saletan 10 years from now is gonna feel like shit.
I like all three of these writers. I was a best man at a same-sex wedding 23 years ago, and I was a fan of gay marriage even before that.
He has gay friends! And my racist acquaintances have black friends. It proves nothing.
But I'm disturbed by what I see today. We're stereotyping and vilifying opponents of gay marriage the way we've seen gay people stereotyped and vilified. This is a deeply personal moral issue.
Who banned gay marriage opponents from marrying, or passed laws making it legal to discriminate against them? No one, that's who. So they haven't been vilified in the way gay people were. Duh.
On Wednesday, Friedersdorf challenged Stern's characterization of the dissenters. Friedersdorf quoted from the photographer's petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, which gave her account of the events leading to her conviction for discrimination. The email exchange between the photographer, Elaine Huguenin, and the prospective lesbian client, Vanessa Willock, didn't seem hateful:
[From Willock] We are researching potential photographers for our commitment ceremony on September 15, 2007 in Taos, NM. This is a same-gender ceremony. If you are open to helping us celebrate our day we'd like to receive pricing information.
[From Huguenin] Hello Vanessa, As a company, we photograph traditional weddings, engagements, seniors, and several other things such as political photographs and singer's portfolios.
[From Willock] Hi Elaine,
Thanks for your response below of September 21, 2006. I'm a bit confused, however, by the wording of your response. Are you saying that your company does not offer your photography services to same-sex couples?
[From Huguenin] Hello Vanessa,
Sorry if our last response was a confusing one. Yes, you are correct in saying we do not photograph same-sex weddings, but again, thanks for checking out our site! Have a great day.
Take that exact same conversation, but replace "same sex" with "interracial". Still sound like an argument worth defending?
But here's the thing. This exchange DOES sound hateful. The fact that the hate is gussied up with "Have a nice day!" doesn't change it. "We don't serve niggers" doesn't suddenly lose its bigotry if it's served with flowers and a smile.
Friedersdorf went on to quote the New Mexico Human Rights Commission, which found Huguenin guilty of discrimination: "Ms. Willock thought that Ms. Elaine Huguenin's response was an expression of hatred." Friedersdorf didn't see hatred in Huguenin's words. He also pointed out that according to her petition,
the Huguenins' photography business does serve gay and lesbian clients, just not same-sex weddings. Insofar as a photographer can distinguish between discriminating against a class of client and a type of event—there is, perhaps, a limit—their business does so: "The Huguenins gladly serve gays and lesbians—by, for example, providing them with portrait photography—whenever doing so would not require them to create expression conveying messages that conflict with their religious beliefs."
To me, that's a prima facie case that Huguenin's decision wasn't driven by hatred or by animus against gay people.
I hate to be repetitive, but Mr. Saletan is also being repetitive. "They happily served blacks, but not if they're marrying whites." Does that sound like prima facie evidence that the person is not bigoted? I mean, even remotely? Is that a statement you would ever defend?
I feel sorry for Future Saletan.
On the evidence we have, this description of Huguenin's motives and effects is inaccurate. She claims that she and her husband, who share the photography business, "gladly serve gays and lesbians." Is there any evidence of a case in which a gay couple came to the Huguenins for any service other than a marital commitment ceremony and was turned away?
You're just padding your word count at this point. You made your point already. If it's polite, then it's not bigoted. If only certain services are denied, but not all, then it's not bigoted. I'm getting tired of explaining why this is utter horseshit.
It's true that Huguenin is drawing a distinction between gay and straight couples. But she's also drawing a distinction between portraiture and weddings. In analyzing her motives and effects, we have to consider both distinctions.
Because the best way to maintain discrimination and bigotry is to distract your audience with irrelevant distinctions.
Why does Stern attribute bigotry to Huguenin?
Because he's not an asshole.
But maybe the rest of us need to broaden our experience, too. Maybe we need to talk to people who accept homosexuality as an orientation but believe marriage should be reserved for couples capable of procreation, at least in theory.
No. We don't. Ya know why? Because those people don't exist. No one actually believes marriage should be reserved to couples capable of procreation. Not in theory or in practice or in anything else. No one believes that. Think about this for two fucking seconds, Mr. Saletan. Is anyone proposing we ban infertile people from marrying? No? Then no one actually believes that. Period.
People SAY they believe that, but that's a lie. Their actions expose them. If they really believed it, they would oppose infertile marriages. But no one does.
Hmmmm. Why are they lying? What could they be covering up? What could their real beliefs be? You know, the ones that they're afraid to say in public.
Gee, I wonder.
At least old fashioned bigotry was honest. The newer, friendlier bigotry is disingenuous and smarmy. It's putting on the play of being polite and understanding while actively striving to be precisely the opposite. It treats people like fools who can't see through a plastic smile and a pat on the head. And it passive-aggressively plays the victim whenever criticized.
No, Mr. Saletan. The bigots are not the victims. There is no equivalence between the way gays are treated and the way Christian bigots are treated. Not then, not now, and not 10 years in the future, when you will be horribly embarrassed that you ever said this. Of course, by then, there will be an even newer form of bigotry you can defend. Saletan in 20 years weeps.


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We've been meaning to post about Ribbon Hero for a while, prompted by – oooh – at least many people. Unfortunately, we wanted to give it a try first and John's the only one who has a copy of Office (The of us rest being punk rock heroes! and/or cheapskates with Open Office). And John's spent the last couple of days discharging fountains of bilious fluid from every imaginable organ, so it hasn't happened, so I'm going to plug it swiftly before I jet off to Seattle. Basically, it turns the process of learning bits of Office (Both 2007 and the 2010 Beta) into a game, complete with achievements and the ability to compete against friends. I'd expect to see a lot more stuff like this over the next few years. Anyway, you can get it from here or find it explained by a chap below.
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Mourners of Airman 1st Class Matthew Ryan Seidler said the Westminster man had followed his dream of serving his country, found a band of brothers in the Air Force and died protecting his fellow soldiers in Afghanistan.
"When we talked to him New Year's Day, it was the happiest that he had ever been in his life," his father, Marc Seidler, told the more than 500 mourners who filled the Sol Levinson & Bros. funeral home Tuesday in Pikesville. "He loved the Air Force."
Matthew Seidler, an explosive ordnance disposal apprentice, was killed Jan. 5 by a bomb in Helmand province. He was 24.
According to his Bronze Star citation, Seidler and his team, charged with clearing a safe path for a 21-vehicle convoy near Musa Qala in Helmand, had neutralized two roadside bombs when a third exploded. Seidler and two others were killed.
He was buried Tuesday at Arlington National Cemetery.
"Matt followed his dream," his father said. Defusing the improvised explosive devices that have been the signature weapon of the enemy in Afghanistan "was his calling."
Rabbi Yerachmiel Shapiro spoke of Seidler's determination.
"Even as a kid, Matt was serious, determined, focused on his goals and stubborn as a mule," said Shapiro, spiritual leader of Moses Montefiore Anshe Emunah Hebrew Congregation in Baltimore. "It was these very aspects of his personality that helped him succeed."
Shapiro said Seidler's explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) class started with 28 members. Only three graduated.
"If it was not for his stubbornness and drive, he wouldn't have made it into the EOD community," he said.
The EOD community makes up 1 percent of the Air Force, Shapiro said, but accounts for 25 percent of the casualties.
"Matt knew this, and yet he still did it," he said. "That's who Matt Seidler was. He was strong-willed. He was full of conviction for his values and stood up for what he believed in. … He wanted to give as much as he possibly could to help his country."
In addition to the Bronze Star, Seidler has been awarded a Purple Heart, an Air Force Commendation Medal and an Air Force Combat Action Medal.
Marc Seidler said his son had been shaped by all the people in his life — "and now he's returning the favor."
"I know I'm a different person," he said. "Colors look different. Cold is not so bad. I walk slower and marvel at things I never even considered. We all must take pause about what is important. …
"I feel blessed to have had 24 years with him. I cannot mourn for what will not be. I'll cherish what was."
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Short-notice and last-minute are two terms that describe the bulk of John Gunderson's career. By now, the UFC lightweight is used to opponent switches. He grumbles for a minute, then moves on. It doesn't much change his job in the gym.
Gunderson is from the school of year-round training. There are no fight camps – just a never-ending loop of gym sessions broken up only by his daughter's soccer games.
He admits he was disappointed when he couldn't fight "The Ultimate Fighter 8" winner Efrain Escudero (13-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC), who instead ended up taking a fight with Charles Oliveira on the main card of UFC Fight Night 22 on Sept. 15 in Austin, Texas. But Gunderson (23-7 MMA, 1-1 UFC) also thinks Escudero's replacement, veteran Yves Edwards (38-16-1 MMA, 6-4 UFC), is just as good a name, and a better overall opponent.
"He was somebody I looked up to when I was watching the UFC," Gunderson told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "He was basically the uncrowned champ of the UFC for a while. I highly respect Yves, and I think it's a tougher challenge."
Even if Escudero is higher on the UFC's lightweight ladder, it's a point of pride when the Medford, Ore., native when he says he'll fight anybody at any time. He's long juggled between a day job and a professional fighting career. Now full-time, he doesn't see any reason to get picky.
"As long as there's someone standing across from me, that's all I care about," Gunderson said.
Still, he often feels he doesn't often get his due from fans, and he's looking to prove his talent when he meets the veteran on Sept. 15 in Austin, Texas.
"I'll sit in front of a computer and see a few reporters say this and that," Gunderson told MMAjunkie.com. "No one has ever just come out there and dominated me. I can hold my own with anybody. I'm not saying I'm the best fighter in the world. But since I moved to Las Vegas, training out here I've learned so much more and become a better mixed martial artist."
He doesn't always have the chance to put his best foot forward. He's had ups and downs on the regional circuit, where matchups and notice are often an afterthought. Most of the time he's managed to pull through, but the seven losses on his record are a reminder that he's far from invincible.
Gunderson got his big break in at UFC 108 and fought Charles Oliveira on two-weeks' notice. He gave it all but gassed midway through the fight and was outgrappled in a three-round contest. He lost a unanimous decision.
He was all set to face British striker Paul Taylor on two occasions before Taylor's medical issues scratched the matchup. Instead, he met Mark Holst at The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale and wrestled his way to a decision victory.
Immediately after the June fight, he marched up to UFC matchmaker Joe Silva and said he'd finish his next opponent.
He got Escudero, a huge step up in stature. And for a while, it looked like he'd get to focus on one opponent for eight weeks. Fate, though, had other ideas.
With another switch, Gunderson knows what he needs to do. He's under no illusion that he's going to stand and bang with Edwards. Instead, he's banking on getting a submission or TKO from the mat.
"He's going to have to stop me from submitting him," Gunderson said. "I don't care how good he is on the ground, or how long he's been fighting. I don't care. He's got 15 minutes not to screw up. We'll see if he can take that pressure, and he's going to be on his back. If he makes a mistake, I will catch him."
Next time he approaches Silva, he wants to see a smile.
"I just want to fight while I can," Gunderson said. "I'm a true fighter. A lot of guys aren't.
"Obviously, I don't do it for the money because I don't make that much money. I do it because it's what I love to do. Don't get me wrong, I have a family, so I need the money. But I can do other things to make money. I have other ways to make a better living, but fighting is what I enjoy.
"Fighting in the UFC is a dream for me, and I'm going to make the most of it."
For more on UFC Fight Night 22, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.


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SMF Support > Server Performance and Configuration
Important Notice: Do you use Filezilla? Avatars and Attachments lost?
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Filezilla has changed one of their default settings which will destroy your forum's avatars and attachments if you depend on it to transfer your files.
There is a setting under the Edit menu --> Settings --> Transfers --> File Types: "Treat files without extension as ASCII file."
This should be unchecked when transferring directories that contain avatars or attachments because these are binary files.
kerbob has written instructions for backing up your site using Filezilla.
--- Quote from: kerbob on March 12, 2010, 03:21:21 PM ---Note to all FTP users: If you are backing up your site via FTP and you're not changing the mode of transfer for files without extensions.. your doing it wrong and risk having bad backups. The process below is specific to FileZilla but applies to any FTP client that auto determines the transfer file type (ASCII or BIN) for certains files.
1.) Make certain that FTP client is configured to use transfer type AUTO for all files and that "Treat files without extension as ASCII file" is checked and "Treat dotfiles as ASCII files" is checked.
2.) Re-check Step 1. Highlight all remote folders on your ftp site EXCEPT the Attachments folder and download them. Why? These folders contain ASCII files without extensions and must be transferred as ASCII.
3.) Change the FileZilla configuration so that "Treat files without extension as ASCII file" is unchecked.
4.) Re-check Step 3. Highlight the remote Attachments folder and download it. Why? This folder must be downloaded as Binary because it contains Binary files (jpg, gif, png, etc).
Does anyone know if there is any other folder within SMF that may have BINary files that have no extensions?
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It is also a good idea to make changes (updates, modifications, etc.) on a test forum before changing your live forum, because you have an opportunity to check that everything is working correctly before you make irreversible changes to your live forum. Using a test forum prevented me from losing my avatars and attachments because I noticed the problem on my test forum first, and left my live forum alone until I found the problem.
To make a test forum which is a mirror of your existing forum:
1. Backup your current forum's files and database. If you are using Filezilla, be sure to follow kerbob's instructions above. I like to use phpMyAdmin to back up my database, but the SMF Admin section also provides a method to do this.
2. Create a new space within your website for the test forum, and upload the files you backed up. Again, if you are using Filezilla, be sure to follow kerbob's instructions above.
3. Create a new database through your web host's control panel with phpMyAdmin. Make note of the database name, username, and password which you created when you made the new database.
4. In the new database, use phpMyAdmin to restore your backed up database from the live forum.
* Select the database
* View the structure
* Check the box to select all the tables and then choose the action "drop" under the dropdown. That will leave the database itself but drop all data.
* Under the mysql tab, restore your backup by importing the database from the live forum. That will put everything from your live forum into your test forum's database.
Tutorial videos are here:
How to drop tables: http://www.charlottezweb.com/tutorials/phpma-deltable.html
How to import: http://www.charlottezweb.com/tutorials/phpma-import.html
5. Upload the file "repair_settings.php" to the root directory for your test forum. (For example, if you put your test forum in the directory, www.example.com/testforum/, put repair_settings.php in that directory. I would recommend using a unique name for your test forum directory, as "testforum" is too easily guessed. If you're of the tinfoil hat variety, I would also recommend password protecting the directory with .htaccess.)
6. Run repair_settings.php by going to http://www.example.com/testforum/repair_settings.php and change all the entries to match your test forum. What is repair_settings.php?
If you do not do this, any changes to the database, theme, posts, etc. that are done through the forum software will be made to your live forum instead and defeat the purpose of having a test forum.
7. Important: DELETE repair_settings.php from your site; it can be used to get your database password, and to change crucial settings that make the forum work.
8. Test your test forum.
Thanks to kerbob for the Backup instructions and for bringing this issue to light. There is more discussion in the thread: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=370199.0
Thanks to Jason of CharlottezWeb.com for the instructions and video tutorials (I hope he doesn't mind me linking them) and for being a super great host for SMF forums.
There is more information about restoring a MySQL database here: Restoring a MySQL Database
And yet more about backing up and restoring here: [Tutorial] ''How to backup & restore your forum in several different ways''
Adish - (F.L.A.M.E.R):
I had this issue previously. Since then I had been really careful about it. Thanks for the heads up once again. I am sure this will help alot of users around. :)
Thanks for the tip - this has been an issue with FileZilla since SMF 1.1.9 / 2.0 RC1-1.
--- Quote from: (F.L.A.M.E.R) on April 02, 2010, 11:57:15 AM ---I had this issue previously. Since then I had been really careful about it. Thanks for the heads up once again. I am sure this will help alot of users around. :)
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It will help, if it can stay up where people who take the trouble to look can see it. I see a new thread from yesterday about more lost avatars and attachments.
What is the proper way to ask for the thread to be stickied?
Adish - (F.L.A.M.E.R):
You should ask one of the support team members to do it for you. They are the one who have the permissions to do it.
You may also hit the "Report to moderator" and write there what you want done. Maybe that will send a message to everyone.
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Volume: 38
Series: IMF Staff Papers
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. Research Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 1991
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451973136.024
Keywords: current account, real exchange, real exchange rate, exchange rate, trade liberalization
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The first step to learning how to read music notation (notational literacy) is recognizing if a note is on a line or a space of the staff. Line notes have a line going through the center of the note head, while space notes do not. Space notes have at least one line adjacent to the note head above it, below it, or two lines both above and below. Lines and spaces of a staff are numbered from bottom to top. This exercises drills identification of notes as line or space and the line or space number. To learn more about line and space notes, see the lesson video line and space notes.
This exercises requires the user to identify if a note is a line or space note as well as the line or space number.
A foundational skill in the ability to read music is the ability to identify the scale degrees of the notes on a staff. Full implementation of this skill requires significant background in theory, especially a working understanding of key signatures. However, a student can and should begin developing this skill at a more rudimentary level in which the first scale degree is identified for them. By drilling this exercise (and, for that matter, applying the same process to real music with the guidance of a teacher for identifying DO and determining if the material is simple enough) students develop speed at identifing the other notes relative to the tonic (first scale degree).
When approached with the beginning settings, this exercise can and should be started before learning key signature, clef, or even letter names; you do not need any theory beyond line and space notes to get started. Speed and proficiency at this exercise take time, so starting it early gives students a jump start on the training and impresses on them the importance of this skill. This will also give students a sense of familiarity and cumulative development when they return to the exercise with more difficult settings after learning the appropriate theory. The beginning (and default) setting for this exercise is having the first note be the tonic and identified as such. Other settings are available for students with the appropriate background in theory.
This exercise returns several times during the lessons curriculum. Several other exercises reinforce concepts and skills of this exercise. For example, the interval quantity identification exercise (and lessons leading to it) helps students quickly identify intervals. Seeing these intervals and building a mapping of the scale degrees that would correspond for each interval develops speed and proficiency in sight reading music. In application, a student learns to quickly identify the interval of a perfect 4th, and also learns that if the bottom note is DO, the top will be FA; if the bottom is RE, the top will be SOL etc. More guidance for developing speed on Scale Degree Identification is provided within the lessons. Working through the entire first two units of the lessons will greatly increase understanding, speed, and proficiency of sight reading music.
The default mnemonic system for this exercise, and all exercises at SonicFit, is movable DO with LA based minor. In the settings, you can change the mnemonic system to letters or numbers or fixed DO. You can also adjust the following:
• Change the difficulty so that SOL is always first, no set note is first, or even include chromatic notes
• Fix the key or have key change
- select how often the key changes
• set to major or minor
• select clef
• select a time limit per problem
When working through scale degree notation, you should sing everything. You should play the scale and sing with it. You should sing along as you enter the solfege using the buttons, and then click the "play sound" button to check for your accuracy.
Letter name identification of notes is the primary way in which musicians communicate pitch information with each other. Letter names are determined by which clef is used and where notes and the clef are placed on the staff. For information on this, please view the letter names lesson.
Settings for this exercise allow you to do the following:
• select the clef used
• include ledger lines
• select a time limit per problem
• include a key signature, requiring accidental information on letter names (2017)
Key signatures provide many pieces of information for reading music. The key signature lists the accidentals to be placed on the notes, information that has direct application for instrumentals who then adjust fingerings corresponding to the chromatically adjusted notes. More helpful for singers is that key signatures can be used to determine the tonic for the music to follow. As long as a singer knows the tonic, then can read all diatonic music, that is, music without accidentals on the notes. A more thorough understanding of keys and key signatures is required for reading chromatic music, that is, music with accidentals on the notes. To learn more about key signatures, begin with the lesson key signatures I and proceed through the next several chapters.
Using movable DO solfege, we can determine the major key of a key signature by finding DO. DO names the major key. If DO is A, then the key is A major. Be sure to include any accidental that is on the note when you identify the key. If DO is B and there is a flat on B in the key signature, then the key is Bb major.
Sharps: For a key signature containing sharp, the last sharp is always TI, so the next note up is always DO.
Flats: For a key signature containing flats, the last flat is always FA and the second to last flat is always DO.
• select the clef used
• select the number of sharps and flats possible in the presented key signatures
• select a time limit per problem
• minor keys (LA) in 2017
This exercise presents notes on a staff and the user selects the corresponding key on the keyboard. Settings allow user to select staff (treble, bass, or grand staff) or letter names instead of the staff. This exercise does not yet have accidentals or key signatures.
This exercise presents two notes on a staff and asks the user to identify the interval between them. To learn about intervals, please see the interval lessons beginning with intervals I. Understanding and increasing speed at identifying interval quantity complements proficiency with the scale degree notation exercise. Understanding and gaining proficiency with interval quality is an advanced skill to be developed after thoroughly understanding keys and scales.
• select the clef used
• include ledger lines
• select a time limit per problem
• include interval quality


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02 December 2011
By Kari Williamson
SolarCity plans to partner with privatised military housing developers to install, own and operate rooftop solar installations and provide solar electricity at a lower cost than utility power.
SolarStrong is ultimately expected to create up to 300 MW of solar generation capacity.
"This project demonstrates the long term viability of large-scale, distributed solar generation," says Jonathan Plowe, Head of New Energy and Infrastructure Solutions at BofA Merrill. "We are excited to see the project through with SolarCity and extend our expertise and financing capabilities to propel residential solar to the next level."
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Equipment for Explosive Environments
Important documents:
- Latest progress reports:
- Country Survey 2013 ENG
- Terms of reference of the SIEEE
- Country survey 2008 ENG FRE RUS
- CROs English (Official)
Unofficial translations: Arabic French Portuguese Russian Spanish
- Guidelines for Market Surveillance of Equipment for Explosive Environments (Hazardous Locations) ENG, FRE, RUS
- Comparative analysis of the Ex-CROs (comparing the UNECE CROs, the IECEx system, the ATEX directive and Russian regulatory requirements)
- Press releases
- 2018 IECEx International Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, 8-9 August 2018
- 2017 IECEx International Conference in Shanghai, China, 11-12 April 2017
- 2015 IECEx International Conference in Gdańsk, Poland, 22-23 April 2015
- Workshop for regulatory authorities of Latin American countries and BRICs countries on the whole life-cycle approach of IECEx certification schemes for explosive atmospheres", 18 September 2013, Fortaleza, Brazil,
- 2012 IECEx International Conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 20-21 March 2012
- SIEEE meeting, 7 September 2011, Split, Croatia
- SIEEE meeting, 1 September 2010, Berlin, Germany
- SIEEE meeting, 2 September 2009, Melbourne, Australia
- SIEEE meeting, 28 May 2009, Stockholm, Sweden
- SIEEE meeting, 3 November 2008, Geneva, Switzerland
- SIEEE meeting, 29 September 2008, Paris, France
- SIEEE meeting, 6 November 2007, Geneva, Switzerland
Background information and current status:
Explosions in offshore facilities, on vessels or in mines, refineries, chemical plants or mills entail high risks for individuals and the natural environment. Equipment used in explosive environments must therefore have a high level of safety.
The initiative to develop common regulations in this specific sector was based on the international model of Recommendation L. It was launched in 2006 with a view to developing Common Regulatory Objectives (CROs) covering the definition of area classification, verification of the equipment and its production, installation, inspection, maintenance, repair and the related conformity-assessment procedures for products, services and competency of personnel. The general goal of this sectoral initiative is to promote and enhance safety, while eliminating barriers against the free trade and use of equipment for explosive environments.
The Working Party finally approved the CROs in 2010. A questionnaire was distributed to participating member States to share information about the national norms regulating this industrial sector.
At the meeting in Split, Croatia, on 7 and 8 September 2011, policymakers from Australia, Brazil, the European Union (EU), the Russian Federation and the United States declared that "global harmonisation promoted and adopted at UNECE is beneficial", in particular because it "allows for reduced government liability without increasing risk to workers, and consequently enables authorities to allocate more resources to field work" and it is "fully consistent with international obligations under the WTO agreement".
Another development relating to this sectoral initiative was the 2012 gathering of business and governmental representatives with a stake in the International Electrotechnical Commission System for Certification to Standards Relating to Equipment for Use in Explosive Atmosphere (IECEx). This international conference took place in Dubai and was organized jointly by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology (ESMA) and UNECE.
The UNECE could not have drawn up CROs in this sector without the partnership with IECEx and the support from the Government of Germany and the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB).


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ucanews.com reporter, Hong KongUpdated: December 05, 2012 06:30 AM GMT
The lack of qualified scholars in China poses significant challenges to biblical ministry in the communist country.
Divine Word Father Ludger Feldkamper, 75, a former general secretary of the Catholic Biblical Federation with years of experience in formation in the Church in China and across Asia, spoke with ucanews.com during a visit to Hong Kong last month about what he sees as a major obstacle for the Church in China.
"There are very few people who can accomplish proper biblical training, which is very demanding particularly because of the need to master biblical languages," he said.
Team work is also necessary "but is also difficult for the Church in China," he said.
He did note one positive development in a northwestern diocese, where "we were able to form a core team at the diocesan level." This team holds workshops for parish Bible group leaders during the Christmas and Chinese New Year holidays.
"There is a very concrete sense of hope."
Fr Feldkamper has been a frequent visitor to China, leading about 30 seminars in various dioceses, seminaries and Religious communities since 2006.
"My idea is not to pass on Bible knowledge from my head to their heads, but to give them simple tools so that they can dig the treasure by themselves," he said about the focus of his seminars and workshops.
"I explain these tools, make them apply these tools and give them the joy of discovery of the richness and profoundness of the Bible. It is not a boring book," he said.
Fr Feldkamper said he has been happy with the response from priests, seminarians and nuns, especially a group of sisters on a two-year formation course that studied with him for two weeks.
"What I really wanted to achieve I think has been accomplished."
Fr Feldkamper was in a northern diocese at the advent of the Year of Faith in mid-October. In this special year for the Church, Chinese faithful join Catholics around the world to study the documents of the Second Vatican Council and on catechism to deepen their faith.
But studying these things is not in itself enough, said Fr Feldkamper.
"One should not forget to put the Bible in first place," he said.
"The growth of faith could only be achieved by personal encounter with Jesus Christ through reading of the scriptures." And this will prompt the faithful to proclaim the Good News to others.
Evangelization itself, Fr Feldkamper said, was also a challenge. It was the subject of last month's World Synod of Bishops and he said it should "start from where people are" and "start with their questions."
"That is the thing many priests do not know. They do not listen to the people," he said.
As all members of the Church – clergy and laity – receive the same baptism, they are of the same dignity in spite of different responsibilities, he said.
Therefore, priests should not just rely on "their theological and biblical knowledge that they already have" but learn to listen to the lay faithful. The parish council is a good occasion for priest to take laypeople's views seriously, he said.
The Catholic Biblical Foundation in which Fr Feldkamper served was founded in 1969 to bring together Catholic groups committed to biblical-pastoral ministry. It is represented in about 130 countries by more than 300 member organizations, though not in China.


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The Federal Reserve's determination to keep interest rates low along with other countries' flood of sovereign debt into the global bond markets have forced investors to put money into risky securities that they mistakenly believe to be safe havens, a group of Thornburg portfolio managers said Wednesday at a New York press briefing.
The Fed is unlikely to engage in a third round of quantitative easing, according to Santa Fe, N.M.-based Thornburg portfolio manager Jason Brady, but he added that it troubled him to see the U.S. central bank making policy decisions that are apparently based on stock market volatility.
Plus, Brady said, central banks around the world have been on a binge of accommodative policies and debt purchases. He named the European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan as being among the wealthiest central banks that have driven interest rates down globally. And with spreads holding tight across all types of bonds, he warned, yield chasers risk buying bonds with attractive interest rates today that may turn into defaults or other problems tomorrow.
"There is so much liquidity-fueled purchasing all around the globe," Brady said. "I'd really like to get back to seeing markets that are not controlled by global central banks, but I fear that we will be in this environment for a long while."
Brady, who is portfolio manager of the Thornburg Limited Term U.S. Government Fund and co-portfolio manager of the Thornburg Investment Income Builder, Limited Term Income and Strategic Income funds, also warned that bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs) may be riskier than they look, as they are often comprised of synthetic investments that are not bonds at all. Some ETFs use derivatives such as swaps to make them look like traditional index-tracking ETFs, but they face counterparty risk, lack transparency, and are not really understood by investors, he said.
Also on hand at the press briefing were Thornburg Municipal Bond Funds co-portfolio managers Josh Gonze and Chris Ryon, who asserted that current muni valuations are fair, despite the negative headlines about issuers such as Harrisburg, Pa., and Jefferson County, Ala.
"The vast majority of municipal bonds are going to be fine," said Gonze, who spent about 10 years as a Standard & Poor's credit analyst before joining Thornburg 12 years ago. "We're seeing a mild improvement in the municipal market across the 50 states."
Ryon said Thornburg's current view on its muni portfolios is defensive, and he recommended that investors look for investment horizons of two to four years and a widely diversified range of credit.
"We're defensive on the market," Ryon said. "We think rates are going to be rising."
Read Burton Malkiel Picks Bonds as 'Worst Asset Class for Investors' at AdvisorOne.


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BOWDOINHAM, Maine (Reuters) - Democratic legislators in Maine scrambled on Tuesday to muster the votes needed to override Republican Governor Paul LePage's late-night veto of a bill to expand Medicaid coverage to an additional 60,000 people.
LePage late on Monday blocked a compromise bill that would have increased the number of low-income people eligible for the federal insurance program, an expansion allowed by the U.S. healthcare reform that stands as the signature domestic legislative achievement of President Barack Obama's first term.
Lawmakers would need a two-thirds majority to override the veto. The compromise bill, with support from some Republican lawmakers, passed the state legislature last week, by votes of 97-51 in the House and 23-12 in the Senate. The legislature also approved a separate bill to pay back $484 million of debt owed to the state's hospitals.
In vetoing the Medicaid bill, LePage warned against repeating past mistakes, calling previous expansions of Medicaid - which contributed to the heavy hospital debt - "well-meaning, tugging at the heart strings of people across the political spectrum," but ultimately flawed.
Democrats, defending the bill, cited studies from the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation that show Maine would save $690 million by accepting federal money for Medicaid expansion.
Under the Affordable Care Act healthcare reform, the federal government covers 100 percent of the costs of Medicaid expansion for three years, after which federal coverage falls to 90 percent.
Last June, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Obama's healthcare overhaul but allowed states to opt out of a provision expanding Medicaid.
Maine's compromise legislation would cut off expansion after full federal coverage expired in three years, then require re-authorization by the state legislature.
According to the latest federal figures available, Maine had 378,000 people on Medicaid in April 2010.
LePage's veto puts him at odds with other Republican governors, including Chris Christie of New Jersey and John Kasich of Ohio, who have shown support for accepting federal funds for Medicaid expansion.
On Monday, Arizona's Republican governor, Jan Brewer, signed legislation making Arizona the 24th state to approve Medicaid expansion.
(Editing by Scott Malone and John Wallace)