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Our staff includes skilled and experienced group of R.N.'s, Licensed Aestheticians, Licensed Electrologists, and Certified Laser Technicians.
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Bangkok, Thailand – A new Independent film called M.I.A. A Greater Evil is likely to reopen old wounds from the Vietnam War. Scheduled for a summer release, the supernatural thriller deals with uncomfortable truths about the Vietnam conflict, including the fate of American POWs allegedly left behind after the war ended. More than 1,600 families are still searching for information about loved ones listed as missing in action from the war.
Set on the Vietnamese-Laotian border, the film follows a group of young Americans searching for gold. Lost after an unplanned detour, they're forced to confront uncomfortable truths about the War as they are tracked and hunted through the jungle.
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Peter Alan Lloyd, the film's British screenwriter, has written books and articles about the Vietnam War, the Secret War in Laos and the Ho Chi Minh Trail. He has also travelled extensively in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia looking for clues about missing POWs and MIAs.
"I believe some men were left behind after the Vietnam War ended," says Lloyd. "And I've written a modern-day film dealing with unsolved mysteries dating back to that conflict."
Director Abishek J Bajaj also has a strong interest in the War and what it represented in the wider context of American history. "To bring an intriguing modern-day narrative into the context of that war is, creatively, very challenging," he says.
Lloyd believes the film will lead to renewed demands for a full accounting of those men still missing from the Vietnam War. "Not one POW was ever released from Laos, other than those sent to the Hanoi Hilton and released during Operation Homecoming," adds Lloyd. "Others simply disappeared."
Shot entirely on location in the jungles, caves and mountains of Thailand, the film stars Sahajak Boonthanakit, an American-Thai actor who recently appeared in the Hollywood films No Escape and Gold.
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Benefit just launch a beautiful blush! As you might know about their concept lately is all about simple and easy way to wear makeup. And yeah, they nail it! Last time they launch they're real push-up liner, with an unique accuflex tip which make me fall in love and still use it until now (you can see the review here). Then now, they come up with this cream to powder blush. Oh come on.. cream to powder? what do they want to say? I just like.. please.. make up your mind, is it powder or cream?
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Sweet Weekend
After passing couple busy weeks, finally I have time to enjoy my weekend. You know, sometimes happiness doesn't need a complicated thing, just go to a beautiful park, where you can see those green grass and feel the wind. Walk around, and chill with your bestie.
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BENEFIT Majorette - Launch event
BENEFIT launch a new product!! LOVELY. You know how unique is benefit product right? They always come up with amazing idea. Now they launch the new cream to powder blush called Majorette.
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Job opportunity - Prison based restorative justice manager, HMP Coldingley
Belong specialises in enabling positive development, rehabilitation and recovery amongst those who have been victims or perpetrators of sexual or violent offences. Our services include mentoring, art therapy and restorative justice interventions. We work with children, young people and adults in custodial and community settings. This restorative justice service will build on a model developed in other prisons, applying restorative approaches in response to violent incidents and conflicts at HMP Coldingley. It will raise awareness amongst staff and prisoners at HMP Coldingley of restorative approaches, their potential benefits and their suitability for use in a range of situations. In addition the project will inspire, train and support a team of prison staff members to become skilled, confident restorative justice facilitators.
The prison based restorative justice manager position provides an exciting opportunity for a reliable, organised, energetic restorative justice facilitator to join Belong's committed, specialist team. The successful applicant will have solid experience of working within the criminal justice sector and preferably the prison service, with a track record of securing stakeholder engagement in programs and communicating effectively with individuals from a range of backgrounds. He or she will manage this project, deliver restorative justice interventions and support prison staff to deliver restorative justice interventions as part of the project.
Apply by 5pm on Friday 4th August 2017 to join Belong's committed, specialist team. Email your CV and a detailed covering letter explaining the skills and experience you would bring to this role, to email@example.com
Enhanced prison security vetting is required for this role. Applications are particularly welcomed from candidates with current enhanced security vetting clearance. Interviews for this position will be held on 17th and 18th August 2017. The expected start date for this position is Monday 2nd October 2017.
Place of work: HMP Coldingley
Hours of work: 35 hours per week, with occasional evening and weekend work required
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How to Get Out of a Business Contract
The easiest way to cancel a business contract is with the three-day rule, which provides purchaser and borrowers three days to legally change their minds about the written commitment they've made. A federal three-day rule applies across all 50 states, but the situations it covers are more limited than the various state versions. Each state has its own three-day rule, or 72-hour "cooling off period." A state's consumer protection agency gives free direction to individuals and companies who want to cancel contracts, as to whether a specific situation fits within the a state's three-day rule or some other lesser known consumer/business protection law.
Verify that the contract the business wants to cancel is covered under the three-day rule for the state in which the business is located. Usually any purchase contract that totals more than $25 executed outside the seller's regular place of business falls within the three-day cancellation rule. Verify that the contract the business wants to cancel is covered under the three-day rule for the state in which the business is located.
In Texas the three-day cancellation rule applies to purchase contracts that total more than $25 that are executed outside the seller's regular place of business. These places include restaurants, hotels and trade show forums. It also covers contracts executed outdoors. However, it is important to note that in Texas the three-day rule does not apply to the purchase of farm equipment, insurance or real estate that costs less than $100. Any sale where a broker or attorney participated is also excluded. Also note that a sale, regardless of where its is finalized, that is based on negotiations that took place at the seller's place of business, and sales where no written sales contract exists because the transaction took place completely by telephone or mail, are also excluded.
Ask the state Consumer Protection Agency as to how much time the vendor has to refund the purchase price, including shipping if relevant, after the contract is canceled. Ask also how many days the vendor has to retrieve the merchandise before it is free to be kept by the business. In Texas the seller's deadline is 10 days from the date a contract was canceled in writing.
Call and ask the vendor within three days of contract execution for a cancellation of sale or contract form. Receive the form, fill it out and follow its instructions as to how to return the merchandise.
Create documentation of the cancellation by drafting a letter of cancellation, if no form is available from the vendor, and sending it to the vendor.
Mail the letter "Return Receipt Requested" so there is no argument as to the fact that the contract was canceled, that formal notice was given of the cancellation to the vendor, and that notice was given within the required three days.
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Corruption, perjury charges for high-profile lawyer
BARRISTER Sam Di Carlo has been formally indicted on charges of official corruption, money laundering and perjury.
In court in Brisbane before Chief Judge Kerry O'Brien this morning, Crown Prosecutors Sam Bain and Sandra Cupina presented two separate indictments against Mr Di Carlo, 62, a veteran barrister who primarily does criminal work.
Mr Bain's indictment was for perjury, while Ms Cupina's indictment contained charges of money laundering and official corruption.
After Judge O'Brien asked why two prosecutors were needed in court, Ms Cupina said the Director of Public Prosecutions had two separate prosecution teams handling the charges against Mr Di Carlo.
Di Carlo is alleged to have corruptly offered then Ipswich mayor Paul Pisasale a cut of Melbourne developer Chris Pinzone's proposed Yamanto development in exchange for "championing the project."
The money laundering allegation relates to $50,000 delivered to Mr Pisasale by alleged fraudster Hui Tian while the then-mayor was meeting with Pinzone at a Melbourne hotel in May 2017.
The perjury charge relates to allegations he gave false testimony during a star-chamber hearing by Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission.
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ECUANDUREO, Mexico — The call for backup went out to local police just after 8 a.m. There was a shootout underway at a ranch in the western reaches of Michoacan state and the federal authorities needed help.One patrolman said he sped with his colleagues from a town 20 minutes away and arrived at the scene Friday to see bullets flying and military and police helicopters hovering overhead in what would become the deadliest confrontation with suspected cartel members in recent memory."It looked like a battlefield," the officer said Saturday, speaking on condition of anonymity like everyone at the scene.The bloodshed at the private ranch left 42 suspected criminals dead, and one federal police officer who, according to government officials, died while trying to aid a wounded comrade.WATCH: Mexican authorities investigate large-scale shootout that killed 43Investigators and human rights officials continued to work Saturday at the scene, where patrol cars of many agencies could be seen parked, and police guarded all entrances to the property, even dirt paths to the 112-hectare (277-acre) ranch known as Rancho de Sol.Photographs from the site showed men without shirts and some without shoes strewn over a ranch, in an area near the border of Jalisco state that is a stronghold of the Jalisco New Generation cartel, one of the most powerful and fastest-growing organized crime groups to surface in recent years.The bodies, some appearing to lie with semi-automatic rifles, were shown in fields, next to farm equipment and on a blood-stained patio strewn with clothes, mattresses and sleeping bags. Video of the battle obtained by The Associated Press showed federal police officers coming under fire.While National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido wouldn't name the cartel, he said the responsible group had its base in Jalisco state.Government officials say the shooting broke out early Friday as federal authorities responded to a complaint of armed men taking over the ranch.Federal forces heading to the ranch met a truck carrying armed men who opened fire, and when government forces chased the gunmen onto the ranch, they came under heavy fire from others, the security chief said.Authorities so far had detained three people and confiscated 36 semi-automatic weapons, two smaller arms, a grenade launcher that had been fired and a .50-caliber rifle, Rubido said.READ MORE: At least 43 dead in 3-hour firefight on ranch in western MexicoHe said eight vehicles also were confiscated, six of them set ablaze by a fire inside a storehouse that created the black plume of smoke seen for miles.Despite the accounts of shooting, the lack of federal casualties raised questions because of a similar case last June 30 in Mexico state, where the army said 22 alleged criminals died in a shootout with troops, while only one soldier was injured. An investigation by The Associated Press revealed that many of the suspects had been killed after they surrendered.Security expert Alejandro Hope on Saturday called the government's version of what happened "weird." There were more dead than weapons recovered, he noted, and that in some of the photos it appeared the corpses had been moved."There are many, many still obscure pieces of information," said Hope, who formerly worked for Mexico's national intelligence agency.The battle on Friday followed two other recent unprecedented attacks by the cartel, one that killed 15 state police officers and another that shot down an army helicopter with a rocket launcher for the first time in Mexico's history. The death toll from all three is at least 76 people at a time when the Mexican government claims crime is falling dramatically and the interior minister recently insisted the country "is not in flames."A federal official on Saturday said the area around the ranch has been a Jalisco New Generation stronghold in the last couple of years as the cartel has expanded outside of Jalisco and grown rapidly into one of Mexico's most powerful organized crime groups. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the press.The scene is near the town of La Barca, where authorities in 2013 found more than five dozen bodies in mass graves linked to the Jalisco cartel. In 2014, gunmen killed the mayor of Tanhuato.A police official in the nearby town of Ecuandureo said he didn't know who owned the ranch, which aerial photos show includes a large house and a tennis court. The official did not want to give his name for security reasons.
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We recognize the critical roll your website plays in connecting you to your audience. Consumers are more likely to buy products from atheistically pleasing and well organized websites; readers will spend more time digesting your message if they can access content quickly and find material where they expect it; and people will trust your organization more if a website looks like it was built with care. All of this can be summed up in one word - quality. At Corlew Solutions, we are committed to building the highest quality websites, for you, and your customers and we carryout that dedication while listening to your needs, polishing designs, writing code and supporting your website after it has launched.
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Creating content is easy; creating good content is hard. We've spent countless hours toiling over the wording on our own websites and many more hours working with customers to create content that is memorable, focused and optimized for search engines.
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Even simple websites need a little TLC after they have been used for a bit. As web browsers & internet standards advance, the appearance & performance of a website will often degrade. If you have enhancements, change requests or bugs, we are happy to address any issues on periodic or on-call basis.
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Century Casinos Not Awarded Swiss Casino Project
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, June 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --
Century Casinos, Inc. (NASDAQ Capital Market® and Vienna Stock Exchange: CNTY) announced today that the Swiss authorities have decided to award the casino license to a different project.
The decision of the Swiss Government will be final and is not appealable.
About Century Casinos, Inc.:
Century Casinos, Inc. is an international casino entertainment company that owns and operates Century Casino & Hotels in Cripple Creek and Central City, Colorado, and in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and the Century Casino in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The Company also operates casinos aboard twelve luxury cruise vessels (Regatta, Insignia, Nautica, Marina, Mein Schiff 1, Mein Schiff 2, Wind Surf, Wind Star, Wind Spirit, Seven Seas Voyager, Seven Seas Mariner and Seven Seas Navigator) and signed a contract for an additional casino on board of Oceania Cruises' Riviera that is expected to start operations in the coming months. Through its Austrian subsidiary, Century Casinos Europe GmbH, the Company holds a 33.3% ownership interest in Casinos Poland Ltd., the owner and operator of seven full casinos in Poland. The Company also manages the casino at the Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa in Aruba, in the Caribbean. Century Casinos, Inc. continues to pursue other international projects in various stages of development.
For more information about Century Casinos, visit our website at www.centurycasinos.com. Century Casinos' common stock trades on The NASDAQ Capital Market® and the Vienna Stock Exchange under the symbol CNTY.
This release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the management of Century Casinos based on information currently available to management. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, future results of operations, expected competition, the impact of new gaming laws, plans for our casinos and the impact of the economic downturn. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements include, among others, the risks described in the sections entitled "Risk Factors" under Item 1A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. Century Casinos disclaims any obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by it or on its behalf.
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Home groups are a vital part of Church life, providing an opportunity to meet with other members of the church and to support each other in our journey of faith. They also work as a support system for the people in the group who have others they can turn to immediately for prayer and practical help when needed. We meet every other week in homes across Canford Heath on various evenings for fellowship and friendship as well as prayer support and spiritual learning in a relaxed and informal setting.
The "Tuesday Group" is an informal gathering of members of St Paul's, Canford Heath Baptist (and other churches) who meet in the chapel on Tuesday mornings
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Electronic communications permeate all facets of everyday life and are, in a sense, the nervous system that binds together society. OSU has a strong program in communication systems and theory, with an emphasis on network security, analysis, design, and wireless communication system performance.
The research carried out by the Communications Group at ECE focuses on the key enabling technologies needed for designing and implementing future communication systems. Aspects of information theory, communication theory, and signal processing are used to improve the throughput, robustness and reliability of communications.
Telecommunications research is focused on the analysis and design of backbone networks, including secure communications protocols. This research thrust is closely associated with the interdisciplinary Master of Science in Telecommunications Management degree program and with the Center for Telecommunications Network and Security (ctans.okstate.edu).
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Dr. Qi Cheng received the B.E. degree (highest honors) from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in July 1999 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA, in 2003 and 2006, respectively, all in electrical engineering. From 1999 to 2000, she worked as a System Engineer with Guoxin Lucent Technologies Network Technologies Company, Ltd., Shanghai, China. Since August 2006, she has been with Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA, where she is currently an Associate Professor with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology. Her research interests include statistical signal processing and data fusion for communications and wireless sensor networks.
Dr. Sabit Ekin has joined the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2016. He received his Ph.D. degree from Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2012, the M.Sc. degree from Electrical Engineering, New Mexico Tech, NM, 2008, and the B.Sc. degree from Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Turkey, 2006.
He was working as a visiting research assistant in Electrical and Computer Engineering Program at Texas A&M University at Qatar (2008–2009). During the summer of 2012, he worked with the Femto-cell interference management team in the Corporate R&D at New Jersey Research Center, Qualcomm Inc. After his Ph.D. study, he joined in Qualcomm Technologies Inc., San Diego, CA, where he worked as a Senior Modem Systems Engineer at the Department of Qualcomm Mobile Computing. He has received numerous Qualstar awards for his achievements/contributions in Qualcomm. His research interests are in the areas of design and performance analysis of communications systems in in both theoretical and practical point of views, particularly interference management and statistical modeling of interference in next-generation wireless and cognitive radio networks.
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Sararitoshita Umeshu ....i couldn't even start properly!ReplyDelete
I think the presentation is better at some of the other places you've been to but of course, it's the taste that matters. Looking nice but not tasting good, no point really.ReplyDelete
Frozen sashimi? Tat's a mighty big no-no for me! Too bad about the inconsistent freshness of Inaho though...would have liked to pay them a visit...I think I will stick to Ichiro...hehe =)ReplyDelete
Ulric: yeah, the suspicion is that they weren't ready to open and serve customers at bon sushi. bad timing for this visit, i guess. am assuming that customers who visit now won't be getting frozen sushi =) heh, yeah, i think it's safer to to rely on ichiro, though inaho would be OK if you're already at the curve =)Delete
RM35++ for sea urchin is quite cheap! Too bad the rest of the food are so so.
Frozen sashimi sounds so wrong, no thanks. :P
Oh no.... the sashimi slices look so fresh! something that i would die for T.TReplyDelete
Chicken liver and garlic sounds good.ReplyDelete
U should have dump the frozen tuna into the hot udon :P
*ahem* hahah!
anago - too bad about that.. I love my anango really. Only other place I knw that serves it is Ichiro.
As for bland an dry sushi rice - i experienced the same at Minori, and we ordered the omasake sashimi sushi at 150RM - the top of the top there is. So me thinks it's "their way" of preparing the sushi rice.. maybe. :P
Our omasake sashimi were alright (which should be since its RM300++), certainly fresher than what i see here
Rebecca: heheh, yeah, cooked tuna does beat raw frozen tuna. sad, but true =) ya, i like anago too, and it's good that it's becoming increasingly popular in KL. you can find it at outlets like Coco.Tei and others, luckily. ooo, ya Minori's still a safer bet than Inaho, if we're OK with the pinch to our wallets :DDelete
half frozen tuna? why not skewered it? hahahaReplyDelete
Frozen sashimi... ugh! Did you let them know? I hope they took it off the bill for you.ReplyDelete
I know there are people who will pay for good sea urchin. However, it is not my cup of tea.
What gorgeous food and atmosphere.
Must go!
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This season, LisaRaye McCoy returns as Keisha, a woman forced to decide between an old flame and a new one. Charity Shea is back as April, a newly divorced woman looking to get back into the game, and newcomer Denise Vasi will play Raquel, a longtime friend of Keisha's who is looking to break free from the chains in her life and start anew.
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Wanstead skipper magnanimous as Chingford take the title
PUBLISHED: 14:46 02 September 2014 | UPDATED: 14:49 02 September 2014
Akram congratulates rival skipper
Despite his obvious disappointment, Wanstead captain Arfan Akram's first words were to congratulate new champions Chingford.
"I'd like to congratulate everybody at Chingford Cricket Club on a tremendous campaign and title win – well done everybody!" he said.
A season of great promise for the Herons has slowly slipped away from them as, at one point, they were in contention for four major prizes. Now they must try to win Sunday's Essex League Cup final against the old foe Ilford to take their remaining chance of glory.
"We elected to bat first at Brentwood on Saturday on what's best described as a tricky track, but it was hard to get our batting rhythm going," said the skipper.
"We rode our luck a bit but 149 runs never looked enough, we should have posted more. Joe Ellis-Grewal played a cameo role for his 35 runs and Kishen Velani chipped in with 29, but like I say, we should have scored more."
Brentwood's Charlie Griffiths took four of the Heron's wickets for just 22 runs but Akram thought their opponents were strong in depth.
"They bowled and fielded very well on the day, and Jonathan Walford was in excellent form with the bat," he added.
With Walford in fine form, the home side passed the required total for the loss of four wickets in 38.4 overs in reply.
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A-Z of Ipswich Town: B is for Kevin Beattie
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We're back with another of our regular A-Z of Ipswich Town series, as Ross Halls takes us through the letter 'B'.
And, of course, there's nowhere else you can go with for B than the legendary Kevin Beattie.
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Lives Lost Can Lead to Lives Saved
"Our daughter, Amanda Brown, was in a serious crash on June 28, 2013. Amanda and her friend, Tyler Stuart, were ejected from a truck due to not being restrained. Tyler was killed instantly and Amanda died on July 5, 2013. When I found out that Utah did not have a primary seat belt law, I contacted Representative Lee Perry to see how we could make it a primary law. Rep. Perry had tried twice before to get a primary seat belt law passed. We worked with Rep. Perry, Tyler's mom Kellie Stuart, and Clark and Debbie Hill who lost their daughter in a crash to get the bill passed. It became a primary law on May 12, 2015. We have met many wonderful parents going through the same struggles of losing a child due to not being restrained. We hated losing Amanda, but we hope the primary seat belt law will prevent other families from going through the struggles we do every day."
Kyle & Melissa Brown,
Parents of Amanda Brown, featured in our 2013 Teen Memoriam
"We organized a 5K race called 'A Run to Remember' in honor of our son, Michael Lefevre, to help others remember to wear their seat belts. The money we raised from the race continues to sponsor a scholarship for a graduating Delta High School senior in our son's name. We don't know what would have happened that night if Michael had been wearing a seat belt, but if just one person wears their seat belt, then all of the work and all of our efforts will be worth it."
Larren & Norene LeFevre,
Parents of Michael LeFevre, featured in our 2010 Teen Memoriam
The day that Tyler died, it was Lee Perry who came to tell me. Lee was a family friend & the minute he found out Tyler was involved in this accident, He stayed with Tyler's body and then insisted he be the one to notify me. He was crying as he delivered the news that Tyler had been involved in a car accident and that he had been killed.
Only a parent who has lost a child can understand the pain & devastation of that news. I wanted to die. There are not words to describe how much I hurt.
When the investigation into the accident was closed several months later. Lee Perry again came to me personally to deliver the news. If Tyler would have had his seat belt on, he would have been fine.
Lee Perry then explained that he had been working to pass a seat belt law in Utah for the past couple of years, but to no avail. He asked if I would help him.
I didn't want to keep telling Tyler's story & reliving that horrible day. However, after much thought and prayer, I decided if my efforts helped pass this law, and it saved just one family from the pain my family & I had suffered, it would be worth it.
I started by writing letters to each and every representative and legislators in Utah explaining who I was, telling them about Tyler and explaining the importance of the Tyler/Mandy Bill and how seat belts save lives. I also stated that as an ER nurse, I often saw what happens when you wear a seat belt and when you don't.
In December, I sent all representatives and legislators a Christmas card with pictures of Tyler and our family and a plea to vote yes for the Tyler/Mandy bill.
In January, I personally went to the Utah State House of Representatives, and pulled Representatives out of session to plead my case about the importance of seat belts and to please vote yes for the Tyler/Mandy bill. I told many skeptics, that if this bill only saved one life, it was worth it. When one representative told me he didn't think it was worth it, I asked, "Isn't this worth one human life to you sir?" He later told me, because of our conversation, he changed his vote to yes.
Later, I testified in behalf of Utah's primary seat belt law. Many people against the bill were there. Some emotions ran very high on both sides of the issue. But, I needed something good to come out of my beloved Tyler's death. I was so passionate about the importance of this seat belt law. I knew it would save lives.
Happily, thanks to hard and tireless work by Lee Perry, the Tyler/Mandy bill was passed into law.
A couple of years ago, UHP patrolman Josh Carr, my neighbor, came to tell me the Tyler/Mandy bill had saved a life. A young man who knew Tyler was driving and didn't have his seat belt on. He looked down at his Tyler bracelet and decided to put his seat belt on, after all, it was law now. A few minutes later, his car rolled. Because he had his seat belt on, he walked away. When UHP patrolman Carr arrived on scene, he saw this young man's Tyler bracelet and said, "Hey, Tyler was my neighbor, how do you know him?" The young man explained how he knew Tyler & why he decided to put his seat belt on. So Josh delivered the wonderful news that I had my one saved life!
I am sure many other lives have been saved & I am so grateful to the Brown family for their help & support & especially to Lee Perry for his tireless work & support & for not giving up to get this law into place.
Kelli Stuart,
Mother of Tyler Stuart, featured in our 2013 Teen Memoriam
"The Zero Fatalities effort to educate teens about how their actions can devastate others is an extremely effective preventive measure; something our legislators often ask for when considering how spend taxpayer dollars. Fatalities that never happen spare not only the families of the victims, but we avoid the very real social costs that often follow the loss of a loved one. The books show the ripple effect our driving decisions can have on our families, friends, and communities. These teens' memories will live on, and their stories will not be forgotten."
Carrie Moore,
Director of The Bradley Center for Grieving Children & Families
"In order to honor my daughter, Tayla Marie's memory we had a highway sign posted just west of where the car crash took place. It is our hope that drivers will see the sign and remember to buckle up and slow down. Also, a friend of Tayla's started a Facebook page called Teens Against Speeding to help provide teenagers with reminders of the dangers of speeding."
Korby Have,
Mother of Tayla Have, featured in our 2013 Teen Memoriam
The phone call that no parent ever wants to get came at about 8:00 PM one evening late in August while I was sitting at the kitchen table correcting student homework. It was from the police chief in a neighboring community who also happens to be my brother. He informed me that Jake had been involved in an accident. When I asked how serious of an accident his response was "I'm not sure, but the officers at the scene said he was ejected from his vehicle when it rolled". At the conclusion of that statement I had a flashback to an activity my school kids had participated in 15 years earlier where UHP troopers conducted a demonstration were they placed mannequins in a vehicle (some buckled in some not) then spun it around simulating a vehicle rolling. Some of the students in attendance thought it quite comical when the mannequins began flying through the air landing haphazardly on the road and sidewalks bordering the parking lot. I couldn't get that image out of my mind as we raced to the hospital and again even more vividly as we followed the Life Flight helicopter to a trauma center in Ogden.
Our vivacious, strong, handsome young athlete never regained consciousness and was removed from life support five hours after the accident. My world imploded around me as I realized my life had once again (my wife had died previously) been thrust into the raging torrent of grief. How does one go on living after trauma like this I wondered?
Months after the accident, I was approached by Jake's former high school principal and asked if I might consider sharing Jake's story with the student body at the high school he graduated from. Many of the students knew Jake or knew of him through his love of soccer and zest for living life to its fullest.
I cautiously accepted and found myself connected to this auditorium full of kids who knew and loved my son. As I spoke about life and choices and consequences, I looked at their faces as the tears flowed and realized I was speaking to my own children and the feelings of caution and hesitancy faded. If I could share with and touch only ONE of the thousands gathered in that auditorium then maybe something positive could come from Jake's passing.
Since that day in the school auditorium, I've spoken to numerous school groups, drivers ed classes, adult seminars, and youth groups about texting and driving and wearing seat belts.
I began the "Click-it-club" in our elementary school where I teach after speaking with representatives from "Zero Fatalities" who contacted me about the program. Every year, our group of 5th graders take on the task of educating and informing students, parents, and members of our community about the risks involved in not buckling up and driving distracted. Jake was one of my 5th graders. When I see those kids in the hall wearing their "Click-it club" shirts and handing out pencils and stickers to remind others to buckle up, I see Jake and I'm motivated all over again to try and make a difference in someone's life. One student summed it all up when he asked me, "Mr. Hawkes, would you miss me if I died?" I responded with, "I certainly would." Then he said, "Well I'm going to wear my seat belt so you don't have to miss me." Indeed my friend, indeed.
Chad Hawkes,
Father of Jacob Hawkes, featured in our 2009 Teen Memoriam
"We started the Adrian L. Maxson Scholarship for Social Justice in honor of our son, Adrian, who as killed in an auto-pedestrian crash in 2007. Since Adrian's death, we've awarded nine deserving Weber State University students who had the same vision as our son to ensure all human beings have equal rights through service and democratic engagement. Our endowment fund is around $50,000 and still growing."
Mark Maxson,
Father of Adrian Maxson, featured in our 2007 Teen Memoriam
"The Teen Memoriam book has helped my family with our healing throughout the past nine years. I remember when I received the first letter in the mail asking me to share Isaac's story. I was so confused and hurt and didn't know why the Utah Department of Health would be contacting me to relive such a tragic event. But then I started to think about how I didn't want my son to be forgotten. I had to do something to share his story and to try to help other teen drivers (because it was a teen driver who wrecked into our car). The book didn't bring back my son, but it allowed me to share his story. It also allowed me to meet other parents who were in the same pain that I was. I handed out books to all of Isaac's family and friends; I shared his story at an assembly at his high school; I managed a safe driving campaign at my work; I received calls, texts, and visits from Isaac's friends wanting to know more about the book and Zero Fatalities program; and it has helped keep his memory alive. I want to thank you and the entire Zero Fatalities team for the opportunity to make this happen."
Lori Martinez,
Mother of Isaac Martinez, featured in our 2008 Teen Memoriam Book
We have been blessed to be able to speak to 144 drivers education classes at Bingham High, where Blake attended, with each presentation averaging about an hour and 40 minutes with classes generally having between 28-35 students. We talked about Blake and then helped them to see that he wasn't much different from them, how poor choices can change lives in a moment, and how important it is to be a responsible driver. We talked about what "stupid friend" behaviors are and if they had some of those friends or behaviors and what changes they could make; parent relationships; impact on family and friends; and what happens to those who may cause death or injury to someone as a result of their poor driving choices. It was interesting to see that once we involved the students in the presentations and personalized it to them, how real it became and meant more to them.
We also attended many of the Zero Fatalities Parent Nights that preceded our presentations. We were able to speak to the students and parents at the school where Blake coached lacrosse and how the various lacrosse organizations recognize young men who emulate the same high standards Blake had for himself. We were able to participate in a New Year's Eve news broadcast regarding not driving drunk. We have had great feedback from each of these and even a few brave students who made poor choices after they heard the presentations and now realize how they nearly lost their lives. They have vowed to not make the same mistakes.
The Festival of Trees was sweet as two different years, individuals have entered trees in remembrance of Blake. This is an event we now continue to support. The donor wall on Library Square in downtown Salt Lake is something else where Blake is honored and we have been able to be positive advocates for organ donation.
The experience of losing our son in such a tragic way will always remain with us but we have made it our purpose to help others not only to get through these trials and to understand and educate individuals in whatever way we can, but most importantly to continue their lives with joy and happiness and to have their loved ones life have meaning and remember them with fondness and love.
Tim & Susan Strebel,
Parents of Blake Strebel, featured in our 2009 Teen Memoriam
"We wanted to bring awareness to the dangers of SR73, the road where our daughter, Hailie, and her friend, Simon, were killed by a drowsy driver who was driving a lifted truck. We worked with UDOT to put up a memorial sign that could help save other's lives. Our long term goal is to get a law against drowsy driving and update the laws already in place for lift kits. We will not give up trying to improve our safety laws."
Jon & Jami Godfrey,
Parents of Hailie Lee-Ann Godfrey, featured in our 2016 Teen Memoriam
"A man from Springville, Utah read our family's post in the newspaper, how we had forgiven the driver because that is what Simon would have wanted. This man showed up to the viewing 15 minutes before and asked if I was Simon's father. He started to cry and gave me and my kids a hug. He said 31 years ago, he accidentally killed a 7-year-old little boy in his truck. He said a day doesn't go by that he doesn't think of this; that every time he hits a bump in a road or a pothole, he starts to shake, thinking he hit someone's child again. He said I don't know your family, but I wanted to be a part of the service knowing how you forgive others. He said this had brought some healing to his heart . . . and it brought comfort to ours."
Lane Olsen,
Father of Simon Olsen, featured in the 2016 Teen Memoriam
One of Landen's favorite quotes was, "No regrets, just love." Remembering those words is one of the ways we honor him. We strive to live our lives without regrets. We strive to love more, love deeper and love unconditionally. We strive to live in the moment. We give to those in need. We donate blood in his name. We sing along to his favorite songs. We laugh because of the great memories. We cry because we miss him. We think of him and remember him every day. He didn't want to be famous, he just wanted to be remembered.
Tiffany Bigger,
Mother of Landen Hickmon, featured in our 2015 Teen Memoriam


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Mass Job Loss Tied to More Teen Suicide Attempts
When one percent of a state's working population loses a job, suicide-related behaviors increase by two to three percentage points among girls and black teens in the following year, according to a new study by Duke University.
Among girls, thoughts of suicide and plans to commit suicide increased. Among black teens, thoughts of suicide, suicide plans, and suicide attempts all increased.
"Job loss can be an unanticipated shock to a community," said lead author Dr. Anna Gassman-Pines, a teacher of public policy at Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy and a faculty fellow of the Duke Center for Child and Family Policy.
"We know that suicide increases among adults when communities are hit with widespread layoffs. Now we have evidence that teenagers are similarly affected."
The study, published in the American Journal of Public Health, is based on a nationally representative survey of 403,457 adolescents from 1997 to 2009. The researchers also examined mass layoffs and closings in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, using data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bureau defines a mass closing as a layoff affecting more than 50 workers.
In their analysis, Gassman-Pines and her Duke co-authors, Drs. Elizabeth Ananat and Christina Gibson-Davis, controlled for other variables, including the poverty rate and overall unemployment.
"Job loss was not simply a proxy for other aspects of the state's economic climate, but instead represented a meaningful economic shock, which led to changes in girls' and black adolescents' suicide-related behaviors," wrote Gassman-Pines.
For girls, mass layoffs appear to worsen suicide tendencies already in existence. On the whole, girls have higher rates of suicidal thoughts and planning than boys. In general, rates of suicide attempts are greater among black teenagers than among white teens.
The study confirms previous evidence that factory closings, mass layoffs, and other economic shocks have widespread negative effects on communities, affecting far more individuals than just the person who loses the job.
For example, prior research by Gassman-Pines, Ananat, and Gibson-Davis found that after states experienced widespread job loss, test scores dropped among eighth-graders in that state.
Suicide is the third most common cause of death among American youths ages 10 to 24, causing 4,600 deaths annually. An even larger group of 157,000 youths ages 10 to 24 are treated for self-inflicted wounds each year. Gassman-Pines said she hopes the research will help mental health workers recognize teens at risk for suicide.
Source: Duke University
Pedersen, T. (2018). Mass Job Loss Tied to More Teen Suicide Attempts. Psych Central. Retrieved on October 27, 2020, from https://psychcentral.com/news/2014/08/16/mass-job-loss-tied-to-more-teen-suicide-attempts/73703.html
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Sorry for the delay everybody, I've been very busy and wanted to get it up sooner but this was as early as I could get it up.
Please bare in mind that this interview didn't start and finish in a single sitting so if there appears to be an abrupt change in topic (and the abrupt ending) it's because there was a gap in the actual interview process.
Also as stated at the end, we have further footage to post which will be in video format in the coming days.
Thanks to Dermo for remembering to record me while i rambled on and for giving out to me when I asked a question that he didn't like lol.
Thanks also to all the members for being so active in the months coming up to this interview, it made asking questions very easy.
Finally, big shout out to Rule for once again being so generous to MIO with his time and for being so open and honest wth us in his answers. And for the grey goose lol
I hope ye enjoy it, and i hope questions that ye wanted answered were answered.
(I feel like i just accepted an award haha)
good job...cant wait for part two...
Great Interview...Thanx Eimz ;)
Big Thanks for the interview
just to return the thanks to Eimz for having the balls to get Ja to do an interview when he said he didnt want to do one at that time and for as she said putting up with me moaning at her every question she asked that I didnt like
and again thanks to everyone who's been active on the forum the last few months we do these interviews to get your questions answered
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good interview so aneita chick is on mpire now? o and rule doubting the album coming out june 7th by the looks of it so this gonna get the doubter hella heated even am starting to doubt the date after reading this :unsure:
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It's time for another progress report on my "30 Before 30" list. Regarding the deadline, let's just say I keep asking for and granting extensions. 23-year-old Ardith is thankful for the more flexible time constraints, I like to believe. (That could be Present Me projecting.)
First, the last update from 2015. If you remember, I whittled my definitive list down to a handful of items. Below is the progress made since then, along with some notes where necessary.
The List
1. Visit theItalian town my Italian ancestors are from (Monastero di Lanzo)
2. Visit Australia and New Zealand
3. Visit Kauai, Hawai'i – Completed in February 2017
4. Learn to swim
5. Learn to ride a bike – Completed as of July 2017 (Well, my three class beginner series ended, and it ended with me being able to successfully ride in circles in a single gear! The learning continues.)
6. Learn more Spanish and Tagalog
7. Meet my cousins and family in the Philippines – Finally completed as of April 2017 (And I plan to go again. Coincidentally, I returned to SE Asia a month later on a business exchange to our Vietnam office.)
8. Travel to the Oregon Coast again
9. Get my CrossFit Level 1 Certificate – Change of plans: Completed my USAW Sports Performance Coach certification in June 2017
10. Visit Iceland – December 2015
11. Have the BEST 30th birthday celebration w/ my closest friends somewhere far away – See #10!
Giving me a little bit of extra time seemed to be the trick to ticking off more of my pared-down dream list.*
To be honest, this check-in was inspired primarily by my bicycling milestone. Can you believe this 31-year-old learned to ride a bike in three Sunday sessions? My goal was to be able to ride a bike at a reasonable speed on reasonably level ground, and I'm tickled that I met it. Now, clear the road and get out of my way–mostly for your own safety, because I'm still not fantastic at riding in a straight line.
*Full disclosure: I have a list of 100 dreams I created during a challenge issued by my work. The 11 items here are just a sliver of the whole. I would also be lying if I said most of my 100 dreams aren't travel-related… More to come.


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After Virtue & Relativism
A brief review of MacIntyre's seminal work on Virtue Ethics, After Virtue. This is part one of a two part analysis of MacIntyre's overall theory of ethics.
There is no question that Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue is a significant work in moral philosophy, if not the most significant moral work of the 20th century. While it certainly figures as a major contributor to the modern revival of aretaic ethics, its true value can only be assessed within the larger context of MacIntyre's follow-up works, particularly Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry. On its own, After Virtue presents an incomplete rendering of the virtues that not only falls short of the Aristotelian variety that MacIntyre professes to be offering,[1] but that additionally runs the risk of contributing to the very moral quagmire from which MacIntyre is attempting to deliver his readers. Despite these concerns, After Virtue offers the aspiring Christian moral theorist an attractive alternative to the deontological approaches that have dominated Christian ethics for much of the church's history.
There are two heroes in this book. The first is Friedrich Nietzsche, whom MacIntyre views as a hero of sorts; not because he is right, but because he takes the moral discussion in the modern period to its logical end. Nietzsche properly discerned that the rise of emotivism had effectively undermined the Enlightenment project's attempt to craft an objective science of ethics. If all assertions of morality are nothing more than mere expressions of will, then better for us simply to abandon all pretense of objectivity and embrace our autonomy. MacIntyre understands Nietzsche as saying,
. . . my morality can only be what my will creates. There can be no place for such fictions as natural rights, utility, the greatest happiness of the greatest number. I myself must now bring into existence 'new tables of what is good.'[2]
In other words, there is no transcendent moral truths to which we can turn for guidance. What is good, is what the individual wills it to be. While Nietzsche is not responsible for morality devolving into utter subjectivity (MacIntyre places that responsibility on those who came before), he is responsible for justifying its acceptance. The result is the moral theorist's complete inability to arbitrate between rival expressions of morality; moral discussion and debate is effectively halted.
Those thinking that Aristotle is the other hero in this book, better think again. That honor falls squarely upon MacIntyre himself. If Nietzsche is the King Kamehameha II of the European tradition because he awakened the world to the fiction of what morality had become,[3] then what are we to make of MacIntyre? In like fashion, MacIntyre stands as a Nietzschean type hero, conducting his own genealogy of moral theory and awakening the world to the moral morass of modernity.
What then the conjunction of philosophical and historical argument reveals is that either one must follow through the aspirations and the collapse of the different versions of the Enlightenment project until there remains only the Nietzschean diagnosis and the Nietzschean problematic or one must hold that the Enlightenment project was not only mistaken, but should never have been commenced in the first place.[4]
We can either follow Nietzsche or follow MacIntyre as he takes us back to a theory of morality rooted in Aristotelian virtues. MacIntyre plays the role of Nietzschean prophet, delineating the problems of modernity, and claiming to offer a solution far better than Nietzsche himself ever offered. What MacIntyre has done, as Richard Bernstein so ably points out, is to present us with a choice between morality and no morality.[5] The question is whether he has sufficiently convinced his readers why they should choose the former and not simply embrace the liberation that the latter promises. Even if MacIntyre is successful in exposing modernity as devoid of morality, and even if countless moralists are awakened to realize their present condition for what it is, what's to stop them from simply declaring, "Thanks, but no thanks." There is no doubt that MacIntyre has laid out a substantial vision for moral theory, but why is it better than Nietzsche's opposing vision? Why should we choose MacIntyre over Nietzsche?
The answer to this question hinges on one task. If MacIntyre is successful in presenting his readers with a teleology common to all of humanity, a shared telos such that it necessitates everyone embracing an objective catalog of core virtues, then I think they have no choice but to choose MacIntyre. To do otherwise would be to go contrary to nature and undermine the very idea of what it means to live in community. However, this is a big if. As it turns out, the most significant criticism of MacIntyre is that he has failed to do just that, instead leaving many to wonder if his account is more relativistic than objective. This charge of relativism is not entirely unjustified, and MacIntyre seems to have anticipated it. After reviewing various historical traditions related to the virtues, he finds incompatible lists and differences in rank order, acknowledging that it would be all too easy to draw the conclusion that no "single core conception" of the virtues can be found.[6]
MacIntyre attempts to avoid this conclusion by providing a three-tiered account of the virtues, placing them within the context of practices, traditions, and the narrative unity of human lives. But it is precisely here, with MacIntyre's emphasis on goods and standards internal to practices, that the charge of relativism is introduced. Martha Nussbaum characterizes MacIntyre's approach as a clear turn toward relativism, in which "the only appropriate criteria of ethical goodness are local ones internal to the traditions and practices of each local society or group that has questions about the good."[7] Part of this criticism is grounded in the fact that MacIntyre's vision does not seem to rule out practices that adopt vices rather than virtues. Building upon MacIntyre's own speculation about the possibility of evil practices, Bernstein raises the prospect of a practice aimed at international espionage which requires excelling at dishonesty in appropriate situations. He, too, claims that MacIntyre's position is in danger of being relativistic "because there is no reason to believe that the 'acquired human qualities' required to excel in one practice are the same as, or even similar to, those required for other, incompatible practices."[8] He rightly concludes that what seems to be missing is a clear objective standard to arbitrate between rival traditions and practices, the very task MacIntyre's whole work hinges upon. To summarize this criticism in MacIntyre's own words:
I have suggested so far that unless there is a telos which transcends the limited goods of practices by constituting the good of a whole human life, the good of a human life conceived as a unity, it will both be the case that a certain subversive arbitrariness will invade the moral life and that we shall be unable to specify the context of certain virtues adequately.[9]
The fundamental problem with MacIntyre's approach is his insistence on rejecting Aristotle's metaphysical grounding of the human telos. If MacIntyre were truly harkening the reader back to a thoroughgoing Aristotelian approach to the virtues, then he would need to embrace an essentialist view of human beings that includes what it means to properly function and flourish as a person. Defending the notion of an objective teleology without grounding it firmly in human nature denies MacIntyre of the one feature that could tie all local traditions and practices together and provide them with an external referent by which to judge the value of conflicting virtues. This is a problem that MacIntyre seems to recognize and acknowledge in his prologue to the third addition of After Virtue.
. . . my attempt to provide an account of the human good purely in social terms, in terms of practices, traditions, and the narrative unity of human lives, was bound to be inadequate until I had provided it with a metaphysical grounding. It is only because human beings have an end towards which they are directed by reason of their specific nature, that practices, traditions, and the like are able to function as they do.[10]
It is only in MacIntyre's later works that this deficiency is definitively addressed. In this sense, After Virtue is an incomplete work.
No one should interpret this to mean that After Virtue is an inconsequential contribution to moral discussion. While MacIntyre might have downplayed the need to provide a metaphysical and biological grounding of the good, he was correct in emphasizing its inherent social context. Our conception of the good cannot be articulated apart from what it means to live the good in community. This is a contribution that Christian moralists cannot afford to overlook. Virtue theory, properly grounded in an objective understanding of the human good, provides a better way of reconciling the tension between transcendent moral values and the application of those values to various circumstances and contexts. Remaining fixed in a mindset that absolutizes all the individual commands and truths of scripture will take us down the path of developing curious theological schemes for arbitrating the conflicts that necessarily result.[11] In this sense, MacIntyre's approach retains a degree of relativism, but it is a relativism we Christians should not be afraid to embrace. Applying moral values differently to different contexts does not deny the existence of objective moral truths. Even one of MacIntyre's harshest critics acknowledges this. Nussbaum concludes, "The fact that a good and virtuous decision is context-sensitive does not imply that it is right only relative to, or inside, a limited context . . . It is right absolutely, objectively, from anywhere in the human world, to attend to the particular features of one's context."[12] Of course, the fundamental problem with extending relativism to all moral truth is that it prevents us from judging which application is appropriate, and which misses the mark. In the larger context of his writings on the virtues, no one should be charging MacIntyre with making this error.[13]
[1]Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory, 3rd ed. (Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 2007), 118. I am thinking here of MacIntyre's own claim to be presenting something like that of Aristotle's approach, as well as his rejection of Aristotle's metaphysical grounding of the virtues which will be addressed more fully later in this review.
[2]MacIntyre, After Virtue, 113-114.
[4]Ibid., 118.
[5]Richard J. Bernstein, "Nietzsche or Aristotle? Reflections on Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtue," Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal 100, no. 4 (2017): 296.
[6]MacIntyre, After Virtue, 181.
[7]Martha Nussbaum, "Non-Relative Virtues: An Aristotelian Approach," in Ethical Theory: An Anthology, ed. Russ Shafer-Landau (Oxford: Blackwell Publishers Ltd, 2013), 631.
[8]Bernstein, "Nietzsche or Aristotle," 304.
[9]MacIntyre, After Virtue, 203.
[10]Ibid., xi.
[11]I am thinking here of conflicting, non-conflicting and graded absolutism.
[12]Nussbaum, "Non-Relative Virtues," 639.
[13]J. P. Moreland and William Lane Craig, Philosophical Foundations for a Christian Worldview (Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2003), 455. In my opinion, the criticisms leveled by Craig and Moreland are a bit too harsh. They read MacIntyre as presenting the virtues as "linguistic constructions relative to the valuations and commitments of different traditions." On a simple reading of After Virtue, that seems a fair criticism. However, they most certainly have failed to take MacIntyre's later works into consideration in making this assessment.