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Though he is one of the most well-known authors, Theodor Geisel was able to keep a few things from public view — most notably his secret art and his immense hat collection.
The vault to those hats and artwork has finally been opened for a national tour. True fans will want to get a peek at the never-before-seen treasures featured in the exhibit, which coincides with the 75th anniversary celebration of Seuss' second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins."
Exhibit curator William Dreyer will attend the opening reception, running from 6 to 9 p.m. Guests are encouraged to wear their most outrageous hats for a chance to win a limited-edition print of "The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins."
The exhibit runs through Aug. 4. Legends Gallery is located at 1205 Prospect St., Suite B. For more information, call (858) 456-9900 or visit www.legendsgallerylajolla.com
As a nod to Independence Day, Thumbprint Gallery will open its next show, "Red White Blue — Abstract, Minimalism, and Not So Abstract: New Works by Saratoga Sake," on July 13. The show features artist Saratoga Sake's technique of bringing out the viewer's own interpretation of red, white and blue.
Thumbprint Gallery is located at 920 Kline St., #104. For more information, call (858) 354-6294 or visit www.thumbprintgallerysd.com.

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I'm not going to lie. I'm obsessed with Pinterest. I blame my sister. She's an enabler.
I've been a big proponent since its launch. It's, in a sense, an online scrapbook. You find images and videos you like and "pin" them to your online boards.
For instance, I have "must make," "winter training," "books worth reading," "gift ideas," and more that feed my creativity. But the best part? The "what do you want for dinner" discussion has left our house. Now we just look at the "must make" board and decide very quickly what's for dinner.
Something like 84 percent of us are visual learners. Pinterest feeds that in a big way.
I'll admit I avoided it for a long time. I knew there were business applications for it, especially if you sell something visual such as clothes, food, or jewelry, but I knew once I got on there, I'd have to quickly attend rehab. I was right.
But the more I play with it, the more business applications I'm finding.
Following are three things you can do for your business right now.
1. Hold a contest. When I saw what Samuel Gordon Jewelers was doing with their "Pin It" contest, I was very intrigued. In order to win Honora Pearls, Samuel Gordon encouraged people to visit their website, pin photos of the jewelry to their personal boards, and share with their networks. Because Pinterest incorporates Facebook and Twitter, the sharing capability is automatic and the viral effect is large.
2. Add the "Pin It" widget to your sites. Just like you have the social network widgets on your website and blog, you can add the Pin It widget. This allows readers and visitors to automatically share something they like on your site with their networks.
3. Create a company board. The site is still by invite only (let me know if you want an invite), but once you get in, you can create a branded board. While you're not allowed to blatantly promote your business, you can follow the lead of brands such as Nordstrom and Whole Foods.
Granted, there aren't a ton of applications for a business-to-business organization, but if you're thinking about how to share your products and services visually, you'll want to consider Pinterest. It might be behind-the-scenes shots of your manufacturing floor, the insides of an engine, oxidizer, or gauge, or how-to videos.
Remember most people are visual learners so think about how you can cater to them while showing off the cool things you do.
Gini Dietrich is founder and CEO of Arment Dietrich, Inc. A version of this article originally ran on Spin Sucks.
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Pentesting Smart Grid and SCADA
Justin Searle Mar 12-13
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Ends Feb 28
Ends March 15
Course Abstract
The Smart Grid brings great benefits for electric utilities and customer alike, however these benefits come at a cost from a security perspective. With increased functionality and addition inter-system communication, Smart Grid brings with it a greater risk of compromise that both Utilities and Customers must accept. To minimize this risk, penetration testing must be performed to minimize the exposed vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit this critical infrastructure that exist in all countries around the world.
This course provides a chance to practice hands-on penetration testing techniques used to test hardware, network protocols, and controlling servers of Smart Grid systems like smart meters, Home Area Networks (HAN), smart appliances, SCADA, substation automation, and synchrophasors. This course is structured around the formal penetration testing methodology created by the National Energy Sector Cybersecurity Organization Resource (NESCOR), a United States Department of Energy project. Using this methodology, we'll perform hands-on penetration testing tasks on embedded electronic field devices, their RF communications, and the myriad of user interfaces used throughout smart grid systems. We¹ll tie these techniques and exercises back to the smart grid devices that can be tested using these techniques. We will also do exercises on dissecting and fuzzing smart grid protocols like modbus, DNP3, IEC 61850, ICCP, ZigBee, C37.118, and C12.22. The course exercises will be performed on a mixture of real world and simulated devices to give students the most realistic experience as possible in a portable classroom setting.
Course Objectives
- Attendees will be able to explain the steps and methodology used in performing Smart Grid penetration tests.
- Attendees will be able to use the free and open source tools on the course pentesting distribution to discover and identify vulnerabilities in web applications.
- Attendees will be able to exploit several hardware, network, and server-side vulnerabilities.
Course Prerequisites
Basic penetration testing experience is desirable, but not required. It is assumed that attendees will have no knowledge of Smart Grid, SCADA, or critical infrastructure. This course is designed for intermediate level security professionals, be they developers, managers, or penetration testers.
Resources You're Responsible to Bring
- Laptop with at least two USB ports (three ports preferred)
- Latest VMware Player, VMware Workstation, VWware Fusion installed. Other virtualization software such as Parallels or VirtualBox will probably work if the attendee is familiar with its functionality, however VMware Player should be prepared as a backup just in case.
- Ability to disable all security software on their laptop such as Antivirus and/or firewalls
- At least twenty (20) GB of hard drive space
- At least four (4) GB of RAM
Resources Provided at the Course
- Power for your laptop
- Internet connectivity may or may not be available depending on the facility hosting the course
- ISO of the latest version of Samurai Smartgrid Testing Framework for Utilities (SamuraiSTFU)
- PDF version of the course slide deck
Justin Searle is a Managing Partner of UtiliSec, specializing in Smart Grid security architecture design and penetration testing. Justin led the Smart Grid Security Architecture group in the creation of NIST Interagency Report 7628 and currently plays key roles in the Advanced Security Acceleration Project for the Smart Grid (ASAP-SG), National Electric Sector Cybersecurity Organization Resources (NESCOR), and Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP). Justin has taught courses in hacking techniques, forensics, networking, and intrusion detection for multiple universities, corporations, and security conferences, and is currently an instructor for the SANS Institute. In addition to electric power industry conferences, Justin frequently presents at top security conferences such as Black Hat, DEFCON, OWASP, AusCERT, and many others. Justin co-leads prominent open source projects including the Samurai Web Testing Framework, Middler, Yokoso!, and Laudanum. Justin has an MBA in International Technology and is a CISSP and SANS GIAC certified Incident Handler (GCIH), Intrusion Analyst (GCIA), and Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT).


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VIDEO: The Inside crew discusses Dwight Howard's game
HOUSTON –– Call it revenge of the snubbed.
When Patrick Beverley's desperation banker bounced off the side of the rim, it kicked off the kind of gleeful celebration that the Lakers always hoped to have with Dwight Howard on the court.
Instead it came at his expense and it couldn't have been more sweet and delicious if it were dipped in chocolate.
There was the final image of a leaping Howard closing out way too late on Steve Blake's game-winning 3-pointer from the left wing.
There were those dozen free-throw attempts that the Lakers gave Howard in the fourth quarter that he might not have had more trouble getting down if he'd been trying to swallow logs.
It was a 99-98 L.A. win in the first week of November that revealed precious little about how Howard's old team or his new one will look in the meat of the schedule.
But it was an opportunity for the Lakers to exorcise four months of abandonment feelings left by the only high profile star to ever pull up stakes and walk out on the NBA's most glamorous franchise and it was a night for the Rockets to remember that though they won the $80-million free agent tug 'o war, their prize doesn't come without inherent flaws.
"We'll see them again," Howard said.
"There's so many emotions, we'd have to go through and array of stuff," said Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni. "We win on the road the first time. We beat a good team. We played better. I mean, down there somewhere, yeah, I'm human. It's great (to beat Howard).
"He made his choice, which is good. You've got to respect that. He's fine. They're gonna have a great team and he's a great player."
However, in this game Howard was little more than average, scoring 15 points, grabbing 14 rebounds and looking confined and uncomfortable.
While the Lakers' entire season — and maybe long-range future — is on hold while they wait on Kobe Bryant's return from a torn Achilles' tendon, the Rockets' ascendancy to the elite category of championship contenders will be slowed by the Achilles' heel of Howard shooting free throws.
Little has changed over his 10 NBA seasons to make him little more than a coin flip at the foul line and that hasn't changed at all with the scenery from Orlando to Los Angeles to Houston.
A year ago, as Howard's coach, D'Antoni chafed at the rules when opponents intentionally fouled his All-Star center when games were on the line.
But with the Rockets wiping out a 19-point Laker lead and riding James Harden's 35 points to surge in front midway through the fourth quarter, D'Antoni wasn't at all averse to hacking the big man at every opportunity.
Howard finished up shooting 5-for-16 on free throws for the night and was 5-for-12 in the fourth quarter. From the time the Lakers first hacked Howard with 3:24 left in the game, Harden never scored again.
"I thought it went real well because we took Harden out of the game," D'Antoni said. "I think it worked pretty good. And he made foul shots. That's about as good as he'll do.
"Harden's tough to guard 1-on-1 and I'd rather have Dwight there instead of Harden. That's not gonna work all the time.
"That doesn't mean you're not gonna use it if it's out there. I'm not crazy. But if I could change it, I would probably change the rule."
The Rockets were trying to get to a 5-1 start for the first time since 2007 even though their play at both ends of the floor has been uneven. Once again Howard and his Twin Towers partner Omer Asik struggled to find a way to function effectively on offense.
Howard, for all his athleticism, has never been a guy who could go on the blocks with 1-on-1 moves and create open shots for his teammates. For now, he is again thriving by catching and finishing around the basket, playing for the first time in more than a year without pain from back surgery or a torn labrum in his shoulder.
It was a date that Howard tried not to circle and wanted to treat as just another day on the calendar whenever asked about last year's rocky marriage with Bryant that had all the charm and warm feelings of a drive-thru chapel in Las Vegas.
In a pregame chat with reporters in which he said he was still several weeks away from taking part in practice, Bryant had actually complimented Howard.
"He always wants to compete with the all-time greats, the Chamberlains, the Shaqs, the Olajuwons," Bryant said. "This year should be the year when he can start putting up those types of numbers — 25, 26 points a game."
But as long as there is that gaping hole in his repertoire at the foul line, the question of whether Howard can carry a team all the way will linger. He's currently shooting a career-low 49.3 percent on free throws.
"You just got to make them," Howard said. "I was terrible tonight at the line. We just gotta make them pay next time.
"Every loss hurts. Nobody likes to lose. So it's very upsetting that we lost the way we did."


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Does the Mini DisplayPort on the new 13" MacBook Pro (OCT '09) put out an audio signal as well as the video signal, or is it 'video-out' only?
I Need to connect my new 13" MacBook Pro to 32" Philips HDTV. I have Apple Bluetooth wireless/keyboard. I hope to use the MacBook as a desktop with the display closed, using the Philips HDTV for display and audio. My TV has 3 HDMI ports and 1 USB 2.0 port.
Online AppleStore salesperson told me that for the VIDEO signal I needed an adapter to convert the Mac's Mini DisplayPort to DVI, then plug into a cable with DVI on one end and HDMI on other, to then plug into the TV's HDMI port. To get AUDIO signal from the Mac to the TV she told me I needed a "Y" cable to plug into the Mac's 'Audio-out' Headphones Jack. Said without this cable the TV's speakers wouldn't work, and I'd only get sound from the MacBook Pro's built-in speakers.
Descriptions for HDMI cables at several online stores claimed they were all-in-one cables carrying both video and audio signals. Will the HDMI cable do everything, or do I still need the "Y" cable from the Mac's headphone jack to power the TV speakers?
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yes you need that cable (audio) in order to hear from your TV with out it only from your macbook pro i am using the exact way you mention with my sony 50" TV and is perfect
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Right. Some TV's do have HDMI inputs with separate audio inputs (for this very reason i'm assuming), but more than likely - you'd need to have the laptop run audio separately to a stereo receiver in order to make it happen. Hope this helps!
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Ex-US Attorney General Thornburgh has mild stroke
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Former U.S. Attorney General and Former Pennsylvania Gov. Dick Thornburgh has been hospitalized in Pittsburgh after suffering a mild stroke.
His wife Ginny Thornburgh tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (http://bit.ly/T1j2pY) the stroke happened Saturday at their weekend home in Ligonier.
She says a doctor told her that 81-year-old Dick Thornburgh "will do well from a recovery point of view." She says he's resting comfortably at UPMC Presbyterian hospital.
As governor in 1979, Thornburgh led the state during the Three Mile Island nuclear crisis. The Republican later served as U.S. attorney general under both presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
Bush appointed him undersecretary general of the United Nations after Thornburgh lost a Senate race in 1991.
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Yes, you read it right. Thank you for pointing that out! I missed it completely. We typically drive 12k/yr but wanted the extra miles as we anticipate this going up. Hopefully, the risk is small.0
You're welcome bos2aus! Glad to help out.
We ran into this sorta "oversight" some years back with our 15k lease: all of a sudden it hit me a few months into the term. Wound up buying the 8yr/120k/$0 "cheap" over the web for a different Honda model after we got a little scared (also thought it would help in trade/resale at lease's end since it's transferable). Wound up buying the Pilot at residual and it turned out that darned warranty paid for itself after 80k (weird stuff with the rocker arms in the fwd Pilot).
Anyways, I now find it interesting how some manufacturer's stock lease offers are at 39 months when their general warranty - like Honda's - ends at 36k/36mos. I wonder why??????
Looking myself right now for a good lease payment on the CR-V - want 2WD but there are hardly any to be found n the NE and the AWD money factor is higher than an Accord or Civic so we'll see in the next two weeks. Really just looking for a here-to-there car so $$$ will be the deciding factor but you can't beat Honda Finance's 3x500 damage allowance and no termination fee!
Hey... have great day and enjoy the CR-V!0
Thanks for all of the helpful info. I think I am a believer in extended warranties now after having to get rid of my last two cars well before they reached 150k miles.
I am fairly new to leasing and find it somewhat confusing vs. purchasing. I am really not comfortable that the numbers I have are decent. It seems OK but feels like it could be lower. I'd rather not hand the dealer easy money.
This would be our first Honda, so far the shopping experience has been pretty good.
Good luck with your search0
You're welcome.
Thanks for all of the helpful info. I think I am a believer in extended warranties now after having to get rid of my last two cars well before they reached 150k miles.
I think you'll have a tough time finding more miles than Honda's 120k
I am fairly new to leasing and find it somewhat confusing vs. purchasing. I am really not comfortable that the numbers I have are decent. It seems OK but feels like it could be lower.
The monthly payment ALWAYS feels like it could be lower!
(Since no one else has responded) Continuing this pleasant colloquy, let me see if I can assist.
I felt the same discomfort, bos2aus, when beginning the first seven years ago, but by it's conclusion was comfortable (if you go back to March/April 2006 posts in the Pilot leasing forum you'll have the process down. Look especially for analysis posts by Host Car_man, and delta737h..... the latter has a website autoleasegeek.com: invaluable, must-read info, especially his process recommendation for submitting formal "lease proposals" to dealers - the only way to go)
Many use the Weymouth lease calculator for ideas of decent lease numbers. Your capitalized number is 23069 (weymouth's 23280.70) and residual 15,422 (weymouth's 15020). Assuming your cap includes the 595 acq (based on your 500 up front/inception) should bring you to 267.94 + tax/fees for 15k/36. Weymouth currently shows a "first&fees" of 285+tax. Assuming you're in a state where tax is based on the monthly payment and includes 6%, you should be around 285/mo plus that 500 inception and secured a solid deal. You don't mention if there is a trade (even returning a current lease which may have some equity value) so this is important too. Depending on the competitiveness of your market, I believe you might achieve a lower payment. using autoleasegeeks approach "from the comfort of your home", but remember you'll still think like you could've gotten lower... Also, there's the time-cost/benefit ratio to consider.
Frankly, the big thing killing these CRV leases is this .00145MF (contrast this with the lower ones for Accord and Civic, not to mention Honda Finance's .00022 that was around in 4/2006 on some Pilot models added to big discounts from MSRP)
The key is to do one's homework (read, read, read), feel comfortable with the contract and then - if you choose to post your numbers back here to assist others - not read the pricing forums again for another three years0
Wow. Great information. Lots of reading. Thanks again. I am in MA so the Weymouth calculator is very relevant. Turns out my feeling was right...went to another dealer and got what I was asking for.
The deal I signed for today:
CR-V LX AWD Twilight Blue (24875 MSRP)
36 months
15k miles
$500 fees
$22639 gross cap cost
$270/mo (inc tax)
62% residual
I doubt its the absolute lowest but I am now comfortable with it.0
WELL DONE bos2aus!
I just saw Weymouth is running an LX special till the 12th at 229/12k that, when acq and Mass. tax are factored in would be $261.19/mo + Inceptions of 261.19+239+125 (plus I guess some tax on the doc fee) and you got 3k miles more/year for less than nine dollars extra and way less than their standing 15k offer.
Now it's time to have a nice dinner and relax.
Many thanks for posting your info, for the nice colloquy, and we'll see you round here in another 35 months or so .
Oh, just one question: since the MF is high, did they make any downwards adjustment towards Accord/Civic territory?0
Thank you. I am not sure what you mean by downward adjustment. Did they drop the monthly pymt because the MF was high? If that is what you're asking, I don't know. I didn't realize .00145 was high :surprise:0
Sounds good superchief20. See you then!
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Hey builder. Dealers can use $750 in Flex Cash on the CR-V.
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Dear Car_man,
Thank you SO much for your prompt reply AND this specific confirmation!
Now it's all up to me
The MF is higher for the CR-V so I may wind up going with the Accord's lesser "rent charge" (when I compare the MF from April two years ago for the CR-V, .00145 is a bitter pill but it is what it is.)
Conversing with poster bos2aus in this forum was good confirmation of what can now be achieved in, at least, one of the US regions.
Wishing you a GREAT night Car_man and thanks again.0
Thank you for your reply bos2aus & I didn't mean to confuse: .00145MF is top tier/lowest currently, but if you look back two years ago April, the 2011 's MF was substantially lower just prior to the 2012/next generation release. Honda knows they've got a winner now and don't have to deal on MF.
Also, since the Civic&Accord have lower MF, I was just wondering if your doc showed "MF movement" towards theirs (.00111)
Looks like selling price adjustment may be the only way to go now.
Hey, thanks again and trust you'll enjoy your car0
Ok I was hoping some of you with more experience with leasing could help. I did a lot of research online and have gone to two dealers. As of today I have a car getting shipped in from a different location due to them not having the color we like. I have not seen any contracts yet but there is were we stand.
219 month total monthly price with everything included
3000 value trade in for our Honda Civic
they are giving 750 flex cash towards the deal so no out of pocket
12000 miles
36 months
I should be going back in on Wednesday to look at contracts, sign and drive away. Do these numbers sound good? Also what should I look for in the contract thats important and what can I negotiate at that point?
Thanks for any advice!0
I don't mean to be harsh, merely direct...
Since you did "a lot of research online", if only a half-hour or so of that was spent reading the forum(s) here then you KNOW we need much more info - ideally presented in a structured format (there are examples in the preceding pages or in the Prices Paid forum) to provide what you request. You also could've received a trade-in value from qbrozen over in the respective forum and shopped your Civic around to many dealers. You're going to sign Wednesday and you don't know the money factor, capitalized amount, etc.?????
Nonetheless, here's my feeling; the few numbers provided look VERY good for the dealer. 3000 trade plus 750 and you're at 219? RUN!0
I agree that I should be more prepared and have more information. I have not signed anything as of yet so I am glad I posted this now. I am sending an email to my sales rep to ask what the money factor and capatilized amount is. What else would you recommend asking and can you explain why the numbers dont look good in my favor?
Hi Car man,
Can you help me with the buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2013 CR-V EX aWD with 12,000 miles per year for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier?0
ko10 Posts: 5Thank you very much Car_man!0
To very roughly see why I said to "RUN", head on over to Weymouth's lease calc and punch in a 3750 downpayment (assuming your $3k trade is working as a capitalized reduction and the 750 is coming off the car's sale price). Base payment becomes $172 from their normal $281......... you're $219 (taxes included? We don't know because it wasn't specified and varies by states' leasing laws). What if you can get more for your trade??? What if you can get a better price on the CRV? Etc.
Check out some of the extensive posting by delta737h in many of the forums here for great advice on how to approach a lease. Or go to autoleasegeek.com for a more codified step by step approach.
Taking his advice, forget getting the numbers piecemeal. Simply get your salesperson to email you their lease worksheet with all the numbers laid out. If they don't you'll want to find another dealer.
I think delta737h/autoleasegeek/John's fee for a lease proposal is about $20(?)... If you can't run the numbers yourself his service would probably save you a bunch.
Take your time, and good luck and let us know how you do.0
iwannagr8lease I am so glad you posted when you did. It seems I didnt know much at all and did a lot more research. The deal I ended up with was much better and I am happy with it.
2013vHonda CRV EX
36 months / 15k miles
Monthly: $198
Negotiated Price: $24789
Cap cost: $25798
Residual: $26975
Money factor: .00145
Trade in 3500 (I ended up getting it up from 2500)
750 Flex cash applied
Fees Acq 595 and documentation fee 250
The deal you told me to run from ended up being MSRP price and well as some fees I wouldnt have paid and a lower trade in value. Thoughts on my deal?0
You're very welcome contract_build. Thank you for the nice post.
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Hello dock20. Honda Finance's April buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2013 CR-V EX AWD with 12,000 miles per year are .00145 and 64% for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
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You're welcome ko10.
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any secret incentives car_man for this month?
visited several dealers all said they ran out of april flexcash so no deals for me. hoping residual and money factor would change but seems same this month while accord and civic changed. flexcash replaced with loyalty of 500 found out from bernardi honda so looks like a 250 loss.
big bummer. may check out a toyota as their sales went down last month.0
balaskonis Posts: 16Car man,
What do you have for the res/MF for May for a CR-V EX-L AWD 12,000 miles...is it still .00145 and 64%? Flex cash or added bonus stuff for the holiday weekend at the end of the month?
Thank you so much!0
Hi charles_guy. The new $500 conquest / loyalty cash is out there on this model.
The FlexCash still exists, they can earn more even if they used up their initial allocation.
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CarM[email protected] Posts: 38,515Hi balaskonis. Honda Finance's May buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2013 CR-V EX-L AWD with 12,000 miles per yea are .00145 and 64% for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
The FlexCash is still around, dealers that used up their initial allocation had the opportunity to earn a little ore by selling certain vehicles. Honda has not announced any additional incentives for Memorial Day yet, but it's possible that they will. We probably won't know for certain until much closer to the end of the money.
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thank you SO much for your information car_man
after last month's very sad for us "we ran out of flex money" thing we found when calling or emailing or visiting dealers we decided for a round of dealers on phone early this month
with 500 loyalty we just found a dealer's 500 flex this month from one for a crv so 250 better than last month's 750 flex for us for 1k total
looking for more flex and will update
trying for 750 flex and 500 loyalty = 1250
thanks again car_man0
thank you car_man
with much appreciation for advice posted over last sevral months and hope this helps others
we got lease on lx 36 months ([email protected] sign n drive with 9% month tax included) best we could do in early may and didnt want to lose out like last month with flex and satisfied.
since you know what leasing forms n numbers look like they were all over the place on hondas standard leasing template with flex and loyalty n tax n stuff but we received 1k but 90 tax on that but dealer/honda payed for fees/tax/ttl/1st so no OOP.
signed with only 35x284=9940 like weymouths 211xx sell price for us so bottom line was drove out with 35 paymentsx284 for 36 mo total lease term. first of 35 payments due next month in june
hate the passenger seat not having an armrest. lame honda with this lx
car_man we'll hang round here to help some others if we can and we hope to see you again in nother 3 years
your the best0
Does it pay to wait for new rates in early June, or lease the CRV EXL Memorial day week?
Do Honda leases include gap insurance or do I have to get that elsewhere?0
Car Man: will I get a better deal leasing a CRV EXL in early June or after Memorial Day?0
--- Car Man: will I get a better deal leasing a CRV EXL in early June or after Memorial Day ---
unless car_man is in big with honda he doesnt know. looking over past years hear and the web rates for leases in forums come out bout 1 week after new month to us out here
we checked out at april end and no dealer flex cash so no deal. our deal early may deal and one dealer flush with cash so we got better n waymouth mass. deal 3states away. 221xx for c-rv awd lx with lease. dealer payed all fees and we did sign-drive for 35months.
good luck holiday weekend superchief200
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Expressing care is key to family strengths. When we care for each other, we show that we like each other. And we want the best for each other. We do this when we . . .
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How family members express care affects family life and how kids develop. Some examples from research:
- Children need good parent-child communication. Good communication helps children's solve problems, make friends, and adapt to change. 1 It is also a key to families being close to each other.2
- Caring relationships are the basis for forming strong attachments in early childhood.3 As they grow up, children and youth who have warm, caring relationships with their parents do better in school. They have better social skills and relationships. They engage in fewer risky behaviors, such as aggression and early sexual activity.4
- Parent-child relationships grow stronger when parents invest in things that matter for their children. Parents may even sacrifice their own preferences.5 Children's self-confidence and well-being increase when they know their parents and others are invested in them.
- "Sparks" are children's deep passions or interests. Young people who have family members who support their sparks attend school more regularly and work harder when they're there. They also have a more hopeful outlook and sense of purpose.6
- Young people do better when they have mutual trust and dependability with their parents. They are less likely to engage in high-risk behaviors such as vandalism, substance use, and early sexual activity.7
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2. Schrodt, P. (2005). Family communication schemata and the Circumplex Model of Family Functioning. Western Journal of Communication, 69(4), 359–376. doi:10.1080/10570310500305539
3. VanderVen, K. (2008). Promoting positive development in early childhood: Building blocks for a successful start. New York: Springer.
4. Child Trends (1997). Parental warmth and affection. Child Trends Databank. Accessed from www.childtrends.org. Mcneely, C. A., & Barber, B. K. (2010). How do parents make adolescents feel loved? Perspectives on supportive parenting from adolescents in 12 cultures. Journal of Adolescent Research, 25(4), 601–631. doi:10.1177/0743558409357235
5. Finkenauer, C., & Righetti, F. (2011). Understanding in close relationships: An interpersonal approach. European Review of Social Psychology, 22(1), 316-363. Van Lange, P. A. M., Rusbult, C. E., Drigotas, S. M., Arriaga, X. B., Witcher, B. S., & Cox, C. L. (1997). Willingness to sacrifice in close relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72(6), 1373–95. doi:10.1037/0022-35184.108.40.2063
6. Ben-Eliyahu, A., Rhodes, J. E., & Scales, P. C. (2014). The Interest-Driven Pursuits of 15 Year Olds: "Sparks" and Their Association With Caring Relationships and Developmental Outcomes. Applied Developmental Science, 18(2), 76–89. doi:10.1080/10888691.2014.894414. Scales, P. C., Benson, P. L., & Roehlkepartain, E. C. (2011). Adolescent thriving: the role of sparks, relationships, and empowerment. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40(3), 263–77. doi:10.1007/s10964-010-9578-6
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Sher posted a 21-3 doubles mark and 17-5 record in singles action in her first year at Northridge ... earned All-Big West Doubles First Team and All-Big West Singles First Team honors ... teamed with Brooke Doane to finish 16-2 on the season and 6-0 against Big West opponents, all at the No. 1 draw, to earn All-Big West Doubles First Team honors ... duo recorded notable victories over San Diego State, Long Beach State, Cal Poly twice, Dartmouth and Pacific ... as with Doane, her 21 individual doubles wins on the season ties a school record for a single season ... also teamed with Sabrina Man-Son-Hing to post 5-1 doubles record ... duo picked up notable victories over UC Santa Barbara, Columbia and Portland ... recorded 7-1 doubles record against Big West opponents ... in singles action, played primarily at the second draw and finished with 6-2 mark against Big West opponents ... recorded notable victories over Cal Poly twice, UC Davis, San Diego State, UC Santa Barbara, LMU and Pacific ... named Big West Tennis Athlete of the Week twice during the season ... earned first weekly award on Mar. 2 after she went 3-1 in singles play and a perfect 4-0 in doubles action as the Matadors went 3-1 on their trip to Hawai'i ... earned second weekly honor on April 27 after helping the Matadors to a league victory over Pacific on senior day ... her .773 season winning percentage in singles is tied for 10th in school history for a single season ... her season winning percentage of .913 in doubles play ranks as the sixth-best figure in school history.
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Sher spent the 2009 and 2010 seasons with the Eagles ... played at No. 1 singles and doubles during fall and spring season ... named the 2009 NAIA-ITA Rookie Player of the Year ... named a 2009 and 2010 NAIA-ITA All American ... compiled a 49-9 singles and 37-7 doubles record in two years.
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In Hong Kong, Sher played for Gordon Cheung from 2002-08.
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San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree has been cleared by the San Francisco Police Department and is not being charged in a sexual assault allegation.
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon released the following statement on Friday:
"The San Francisco Police Department -- Special Victims Unit completed and submitted a thorough investigation of the allegations against Michael Crabtree. Following a review of all the evidence, my office has determined that no charges will be filed against Michael Crabtree at this time."
Crabtree was interviewed Jan. 18 for an alleged assault that was said to have taken place the prior Sunday.
The 49ers wide reciever was described as cooperative during the investigation and said the off-the-field issue wasn't a distraction in the 49ers' 28-24 win over the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship Game.
"No distractions, baby, it's football," Crabtree told NFL.com's Jeff Darlington on the field immediately after the game. "This is what I do for a living. I play ball."
Now, the 49ers can focus on their next game: Super Bowl XLVII against the Baltimore Ravens.
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They scold you with their fierce eyes if you don't have a skullcap (though never examining your heart), they imperiously ask you for money as if to pay for your unworthiness, and they seem resigned to the presence of sincere folks who are neither dressed for the 17th century nor given to the very judgmental tendencies that controvert the entire thesis of prayer.
But I arrive with my own liturgy; I don't care what they think. My cousins fought in the alleyways of the Old City of Jerusalem in June 1967 to reclaim the Jewish Quarter that the Jordanians had occupied since 1948. My father battled and was wounded in Israel's War of Independence after several Arab armies flouted the United Nations' two-state solution and kept up their efforts to drive out the Jews.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. A second white supremacist prison gang member whose name surfaced during an investigation into the slaying of Colorado's prisons chief was arrested Thursday evening, authorities said.
Colorado Springs authorities arrested Thomas Guolee, 31, around 5:30 p.m., according to El Paso County sheriff's officials. He was being held without bond for a parole violation.
Investigators have said Guolee isn't a suspect in the shooting death of Colorado Department of Corrections head Tom Clements, but his name and that of fellow 211 Crew member James Lohr came up during the investigation. Authorities last week issued an alert for law-enforcement officers to look out for both men, who had outstanding warrants unrelated to Clements' death.
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Lohr, 47, was arrested April 5 in Colorado Springs after a short chase and is now being held on charges including vehicular eluding. His bond has been set at $250,000.
Parolee Evan Ebel is the only suspect that has been named in the deaths of Clements, who was shot when he answered his front door March 19, and of Nathan Leon, a father of three who was shot while working as a pizza deliveryman March 17. Ebel later died in a shootout with Texas authorities.
Authorities haven't released details of how Guolee and Lohr came up in the investigation into Clements' death, but they believe Lohr was in contact with Ebel days before the killings.
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Mazcl Tov... .lOK BRAIMN TO BEX HKCHT A couple of weo|<s ago, follow¬ ing the execution of the three irgunists Naknr, Wcifs and Hab- ip, Ben Hctht wrote an adver¬ tisement headed "Ilequiem and No Sale"...We thought the ad In very liad taste, and were just thinking of dovoting a few critical paragraphs to it when the mail brought us a copy of an open letter to Ben Hecht written liy Joseph Brajnin, oui> alter egti... We cannot resist the temp¬ tation ot quoting from it, the more so since today is a very, very hot anti sticity day and we were looking rather desperately for a guest columnist.. .To Ben Hecht Joe Brainin wrote as fol¬ lows: "You were once .a sensitive writer... Now and then you wrote a page that belongs to the best of our contemporary liter¬ ature...You had moments — short non-commercial inter- lude.s—tiurlng which you • re¬ belled against the false, sticky sentimentality of Hollywood... (Continued on Page Eight) Bowling Stag Next Tuesday At Broad Street Temple Always a highlight during the local B'nai B'rlth bowling league year Is the pre-season stag party, during which the enthus¬ iastic & sports-minded members of the approaching league cam¬ paign get together for a session of Kishktj, Kraut, Kibitzing, and Cards. Another big Zion Lodge kegllng year Is coming up for the 1947-48 season, and the"Blg;| stag party next Tuesday at Broad Street Temple Is a fine time to meet the gang, discuss rosters and prospects, and have a good time in general. At 8 o'clock, there'll be a final preseason meeting to settle any unfinished business. Then comes a buffet lunch, etc, followed by the usual form ot Indoor recrea- ton: pinochle, poker, & gin rum¬ my. The party is for sponsors & bowlers ONLY, no visitors, no guests, please. Entertainment \ Chairman Al Esterkln and his aides SI g Welsskerz, Marty Trapht, Ben Tolpen, Meyer Kra- vjtz, Marty Frledberg, Sid L. Katz, Danny Cohen, Harold Slegelman, and Jlutiy Klemperer have arranged an Interesting 4-hQur program, 8 to midnight. The irnal D'rlth picnic 1,-ist .Sunday. Aug. 1(1, at C'ani|) Vo. 111(1 grounds, was tho largest ever ilold liy Zion Lodge, No. 112, according to Harry S. (lold- stein, iiresldent. The crowd was at Its peak during the fPiitin-fd Softball game between Leo Vas- Kcnoff's Champos anri the All- Star team of the .Sunday morn¬ ing Ictigiie tmd |)articipttti<ni In the l(i other events was enthus¬ iast c. The .voungcst child present was Carol Sue Sok>mon, 7.w<'eks old. The oldest member attend¬ ing was Louis .'^olomon, 7!l years old. 'I'hcy l)oth were given a prize In addition to i)ri-/,(.'s award¬ ed to all winners of the K; races and ciHitosts. Mii.^ic (luring the tiftcrinion was furnisheij through the cour¬ tesy of Woolf Solomon, Central Ohio Coin .Machine Exchange, Inc., and Ittiy ,\'ateman. Sons Grills. The program for the afternoon was jilanncd and directed Ijy M. II, Schwartz, actlvlllos (11- recun- of Tifereth Israel Tem¬ ple, and the softbali game wtis arranged by I^oiils Berliner, spoils columnist of the Colum¬ lius Dispatch and Chr(micIo. Aiie Levison was chairman of the prizes committee and all properties for the contests were collected under the direction f Martin Tracht. Richard Grund¬ steln was chairman of the grounds committee. Among the various committee¬ men who participated in arrang¬ ing and supervising the picnic under the general chairmanship of Herbert Wise were: Softball game, Lou Sop|»l, Eddie Fisher and Sam Gordon; Prizes, Joe Levison and Dave Le'vison; con¬ tests, Reuben Aliramson, Sam Luper, Martin Polster, Al)e A. ¦Wolman and Frank Nutls; Pub¬ lic Address, Ben Barben; Proper¬ ties, Herman Luckoff and Mar¬ tin Frledberg; Grounds, Sam Topolosky and Dr. Ben Gertner. Photographs of the event were taken by Herbert Toppy, 145 E. State St. The paid-up membership priz¬ es were won by Dave Berman, Sam Rosen, Ted Green and Al Furman. The regular program of meet¬ ings tor B.'nal B'rlth will start on October 14. Two meetings per month will be scheduled for the coming' season on the sec¬ ond and fourth Tuesdays of each month. Featured meetings wiil be announced soon by the pro¬ gram committee for each month. U. S. Influence On Great Britain Urged By Council Women UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PALESTINE IS NEARING A DECISOIN I'rnp,,H- - United States infUicnco on llrcia IMUdn to lift immigr.i- tUin liarricrs in Pnlestine, which constitiUe tho nijijor cause of the present violence in the Holy Land and oi^dangcr a peaceftil settlement nf the Palestine pi-ol)- lem, was urged on President Truman hy Mrs. .ItL-ieph M. Welt, of Detriiit, President of the Na¬ tional Council of .lowish Wom¬ en. Tho fuir text of Mi-s. Welt's telegram to the Piesiilent was ;is follows: "I'he Nationjil Coiinei! of .lew- ish Women is deeply tiffeeted by the British seizin-e of the Ha- gtmtih ship, I'.'xodns fill?, and the deportation of it.^ pas.-^engers to I''ranee, the latest act hy the BrlM.sh (iovernment in den.ving Euroiiean Jews a haven in Ptil- estlne. "Immediate unrestrleled Inv migration Into i^alestlne is no more than minimum, justice and humanity for th(!se h[^nH'less [leuplc who htivo borne the full lirunt of Nazi Terror in Ein-oite. "We deplore the bloodshed and violence which have rent the Holy Land, but wo recognize that the major cause of that strife is the restrictive immigra¬ tion Imrriers imposed by the British Govenirnent. Violence is inevitable. :i.< long as these bar¬ riers continue to deny a haven to the disiKi.ssesscti Jews ot Europe. "it is In the interests of the United States to liring its in¬ fluence to bear on the British Government to end the blood¬ shed by urging the lifting of im¬ migration barriers, which are endangering a peaceful and just .settlement of the Palestine prob¬ lem liy the United Nations, The clear voice of American public opinion must not be still in this hour of tragedy.and decision." (JKXI'lVA (WXSi tions foi- Ihe |i(ilitir.-il solution of the Palestine prdhleni hn\'e heen stihniltted to the Cntted .Nations Special Coinmittee nn i'iilestlne b.v two of its niem- hei-s and the rest nf the delegates are expected to sulmiit their plans in the cfr»in-..<e of this week, it was indicalffi here li.v ti source eld.so to the Comntillee. Discussion of all suhmitted plans i.s expected lo take jilaee at a set;ret se.--siiin. folknvint^' wliivir two more sessions are In he held with each of. the dele, gates expected to slate hi-; view-; for Ijlie record. There are indi¬ cations th:it the Belgrade dele, gallon and the Yugoslav reiire. sentatives incline toward hhna. tionalism as the first solution. The l'riignay;in delegation is reported favoring jj.'itTitlirn, with a sjK.'cial L*. N. regime to eon- trnl Ihe Nege\', ;it iettst lenv pdrarily. Informed sources here decline to siicctilale on the final nature tind eharaeter of the tigreemeni. liut there ajiiiears ground for tielieving that the Commlllee will not reach a unanimous rle. eision as was in the e;iso (if the Angio-Amcriean Committee of Intpiiry on Palestine. -A gj'oup nf the \J. .N. Coinnilt- tee's members, \isiting Vienna with a view to studying tlic DP IHdliiem, recel\ed a re]i(irt on the .lewisli situati('in in that counti'v fronl the Preiiaratory Commission of the International Refugee Organizalion. The re- IKirt disclosed that of the :!t.,500 displaced .lews in .Austria only :i.l(KI live dulside camps. Close Id 20.()(K) of tile displaced Jews are in the Amerietin zone, ap- pi'dximately 2,(1(1(1 in Ihe British zone and d\'er f.lOd in the I'reneh znne, 'I'lie ['. S. members re.iehed Vienna ;if(er \'i.>iting (lisplaced Iiersdns eairips in Bavtu'ia. The IRO report revealed that :)() Iier cent frf the cldthing and ed- licatidiial, reercalidnal and med¬ ical snpiilies was supiilied . by Ihe Joint liistriliutldn Commit¬ tee. Tlie repdi-t stales that the .lewish ..\genc.y was prejiaring the refugees for life in I^alestine by teaeliing them Hebrew. In the course of their visit to Ihe DP camps, the members (|ue=iti(ineil many individuals, including children, with a view Id getting first.hand informa¬ tion with regard to the hopes and desires of file homeies,s .lows. The- uniform request ot the DP's wa.s—Palestine. ANNOUNCE RADIO PROGRAMS BY A.D.Iy. Transcriptions called "Lest We Forget — The American Dream" will be carried over Station WCOL every Saturday morning for the next 12 weeks at 11:45 A. M. to 12 noon. Recordings called "Little Songs on Big Subjects" will be broadcast over Station WBNS every week-day morning at 6 and 6:30 and at 4:15 P. M. Both of these programs are sponsored by the National Anti- Defamation League. ATTENTION, PliBASBl " Please call Scbonthal Cen¬ ter, ADams 3320 for. all rooms and aiMirtnientB that are available, as new comers are in the city and gtadents ore reqneating places to live. Local A. Z. A. Is Host To KIO Region This Week-End Columbus chapter 155 A.Z.A., will play host to other chapters In the K.I.O. region this week¬ end, as scores of Alephs arrive for the Columbus Summer In- [.vitational Softball ¦ tournament. Word has been received from several chapters acknowledging their invitations and promising to send a softbali team to vie for the trophy which will be awarded to the champs of the tournament. A gala social program Is be¬ ing arranged for the entertain¬ ment of the visiting Alephs. The plans Include an Ice-breaker dance Saturday night at the Broad St. Temple, and an out¬ ing Sunday night. Registration fees ot $3.00 will be accepted at the dance on Saturday, and will cover all costs. The trophy will be award¬ ed to the winning team at *lhe outing. All games will be played at Pranklln Pa.rk on Sunday. If any local Alephs can house the visiting Alephs during the toijrnament, they are asked to notify one of the officers Im¬ mediately. Marv Greenberg Is social chair¬ man and Mort Rising is hand¬ ling the athletics. Jerry Cohen and Jerre Papier a^e coKihair- men of the affair. A welcoming committee will be on hand to sliow the visitors around when they arrive. B'nai B'rith Women In New Production That "There's .\'o Business Like Show lUisiness" was proved all over again last Sunday af¬ ternoon at Schonthal Center, when an enthusiastic group of men anti woinen turned out for tile first rehearsal ot the it'nai Brith Women's - new show. "Awake and Swing." Most ot the cast of last .year's show, "Pack Up Your Trebles", as well as many talented new¬ comers, signlfieti their intention of being In the new production. Jerry Grodin, popular young.] artist and director, was cheered when he gave a short resume of "Awake and Swing" and pro- nouncd It "bigger and better than last year's show." Rehearsal on Wednesday night also featured by spontaneous bursts of slngiPg ot popular hits trom "Pack Up Your Ti-ebles" brought out an even larger group, and tryouts tor solo musical and comedy parts are progressing, even while the chor¬ us Is being introduced to Its numbers. Most of the artists who captivated the community last year have already joined the cast this year, and the addition of several newcomers with spec¬ tacular voices assurtince of the artistic success of the new pro¬ duction, which Is to culminate the annual .fund raising activ¬ ities of the Columbus Chapter of B'nal Brith Women. Rehearsals will again be held tomoiTow (Sunday) afternoon at 2 p. m., at Schonthal Center, and every Wednesday at 8 p. m. and Sunday at 2 thereafter. There is still plenty of room for new talent. So for the time of your life. Join the ciist jf "Awake and Swing". .MIRAtT.E HAVE.S 20 SCROLLS AM) 2,«(l() SACRED BOOKS WARSAW (WN-g)—The re¬ ligious Jewish communities in tills country, suffering frotn a (lirtii (If seroUs, prayer Ixioks and other .sacred books, this week receivetl a message of hope when it was reveaietl that an attic in the synagogue ot Plock had yielded 20 Torahs and over 2,000 sacred books which escapwi defilement and destruc¬ tion at the hands of the Nazis. Stone, Abramson and Greenwald To Speak At Zionist Rally The 50th anniversary of -the first Zionist World Congress In Basle, Switzerland in August 181)7 wiii be celebrated Monday, Aug. 18, at 8 P. M., at the Beth lacob synagogue on Donaldson St. LoLiis Levin, President of the congregation and chairman of the evening's program, an¬ nounced that the speakers -'or the occaslpn will be Roy J. Stone, well known local attorn¬ ey: Dr. B. VV. Abramson, leading Zionist figure in this district; and Rabbi Leopold Greenwald, spiritual leader of the Beth Jacob congregation. A most enjoyable evening has been planned for this big his¬ torical event to which the com¬ munity is invited. >Irs. Harry Schiff, President of the Beth Jacob Sisterhood, has announced that the women will serve refreshments follow¬ ing the program. In case of hot weather, the Congregation's air- conditioning equipment will be utilized. ESTRANGED ^VIPE BBTRAys OSWIBCIM DEATH DIRECTOR \ HAMBEHO (WNS)—For two years Josef Hofer has been em¬ ployed as a house painter in this city wit(iout drawing sus- piclan as one of the arch Nazi war criminals. But his freedom ended when' his estranged wife told the police that he was the director of the crematoria at the notorious Oswleclm death camp, where tens of thousanils of JeiVs p*lshed. Hofer -wtU face trial at an early date liefore a war crimes court.
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N, High St. at 15th—1
SlW/^ Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community \\7A\K
Vol. 2r., .No. .32
COLt'MBU.S, OHIO, FKIDAV, Al'tiUST l.->, 1047
Devoted lo Americon and Jewish Ideals
Strictly Confidential
Tldbiis From Everynhere By Phlnca.'i J, Blron
Record Attendance At B'nai B'rith Picnic Sunday
A half conlury of Anglo-.Iew- l.sh journalism Is a record In anyliody's haoli yard.. .There aren't many pulilication.q In this coimtry which can think back that far, and a ciinslderahle por¬ tion of those that can are now sliadows of their younger selves.. .liul there are publica¬ tions that seem to get stronger and more independent with age...Quite unlike human- be¬ ings, liy Ihe way.. .AH this sum¬ mer iihllo.miphy is meant as a preamlile lo our be.st wishes, which we pxicnd to the Ti'nai Il'rith Messenger of Los Angeles on the (iccasiim of its 50th an- nivpr,s,Tjy. , .Fifty 3-oais of .ser-. vice, heartaches, struggles and polemics arc worth celebrating.. Mazcl Tov...
.lOK BRAIMN TO BEX HKCHT
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Blackfoot wrote:You'd be right.
I am 18. And you are right on your assumption, there are more young dudes more willing to accept new ideas because they are, well young. Basically every new thing that is supposed to be universal will be more used by younger dudes than older dudes despite the design being for everyone.
I remember that age. The adult awakening happens at about 13 and by the time you hit your age, you've reached the point where you can put all of your intellectual tools together and use them effectively. Sponge-like mind at age 18, bro. Enjoy it. I learned more than I've ever learned between ages 16 to 22.
At age 26, I'm by no means ancient, but I'm starting to enter a strange period where I'm a little more mellow overall, yet my methods and routines have been a little more set in their ways and it's begun turning me into a crotchety old man. I'm really stretched between the old guard of traditional stats; the means of understanding most often used in the 90's and early 2000's (what I consider, the Golden Age of basketball) and new school advanced stats that are used to find value in players like Tyson Chandler and Shane Battier; players who put up laughable traditional stats (by 90's/2000's standards), but get tons of love because of their less tangible advanced stats.
I ultimately land with 8th Ave on this subject: nothing can substitute watching the games. Stats will never be as effective as observation. With all due respect to your previous statement, there are some things that just aren't quantifiable.


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The Advocacy Coalition Framework
Paúl Cisneros
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. Please check back later for the full article.
Paul Sabatier and Hank Jenkins Smith introduced the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) in the late 1980s, to refine the theoretical and methodological tools available for the study of the policy process. In the past two decades, the framework has grown in use outside the United States, and it is now applied to study a broad range of policy arenas in all continents. ACF scholars have created a core community that regularly synthetizes findings from applications of the framework, giving the ACF the form of a true research program.
The ACF has three principal theoretical domains: advocacy coalitions, policy subsystems, and policy change. Expectations about the interactions between and within these domains are contained in 15 main hypotheses. The ACF posits that advocacy coalitions and policy subsystems are the most efficient way to organize actors interested in the policy process for empirical research. The policy subsystem is the main unit of analysis in the ACF, and there are four paths leading to policy change. The aspect that has received more attention in existing applications is the effect that external events have on policy change, and some areas in need of refinement include: policy-oriented learning, interactions across subsystems, the theoretical foundations to identification of belief systems, and how the interactions between beliefs and interests affect coalition behavior.
National Secession
Philip G. Roeder
National secession seeks to create a new sovereign state for a nation residing on its homeland that is currently located inside another sovereign state. This goal distinguishes national secession from regional secession, autonomy, and decolonization and shapes the strategies, operational objectives, and tactical choices of the leaders of national-secession campaigns. Explanations for the success of some campaigns—particularly, success at getting on the global agenda—have focused on the identities, grievances, or greed of their members. Explanations for why some campaigns have turned to protracted intense violence have focused on these motivations and on tactical-logistical opportunities.
The existing literature suffers from its failure to agree on theoretical and conceptual fundamentals. As a consequence, empirical studies focus on very different universes of cases and operationalize key variables in diverging ways. The existing literature frequently does not consider how the goal of national secession constrains the strategies, operations, and tactics of such campaigns. And so, it often fails to consider whether studies with another dependent variable can be extended to the study of national secession. Explanations stress indeterminate or substitutable causes and remote constraints on most national-secession campaigns—causes and constraints taken "off the shelf" from theories about conflicts operating under very different strategic and operational constraints. Missing from these explanations is the authenticity and realism of the programs for national secession in the assessments of the populations that each program presents as a nation with a right to a sovereign state of its own. Explanations and recommendations for responses by common-state governments, their allies, and the international community often fail to understand the centrality of the war of programs between national secessionists and common-state governments and the ways this constrains what compromises are possible and what responses are most likely to lead to domestic and international peace in such conflicts.
Political Attitudes and Behavior Under Autocracy
Michael Bratton
Knowledge about mass political attitudes and behavior derives mainly from studies of established Western democracies. But do populations under autocracy engage in the political process and, if so, do they support or challenge the status quo? Much depends on the nature of political regimes. To the extent that spaces for political expression are closed under autocracy, citizens face an unpalatable choice between political acquiescence and violent protest, with all the risks that such options impose.
A key question for researchers is whether participants in authoritarian politics are active citizens or mobilized subjects. Survey evidence suggests that some people may be willing to grant legitimacy to strong leaders and to trust the institutions of a dominant state. Others nevertheless find ways to engage in conventional political behaviors such as discussing public affairs, taking collective action, and turning out to vote in elections, especially under hybrid competitive authoritarian regimes.
Under what conditions do citizens sometimes rebel against entrenched authority? Regime type again seems to matter, with popular protest more common under open than closed systems. With reference to prodemocracy social movements, like the Arab Spring of 2011, analysts debate whether people take to the streets principally for reasons of rational self-interest or propelled by emotions like anger. And scholars explore the effects of new information and communications technologies, finding mixed results for political mobilization. As emphasized in the literature on contentious politics, the displacement of autocratic regimes from below is likely only if social movements build strong and sustained political organizations.
Pro-Government Militias and Conflict
Sabine C. Carey and Neil J. Mitchell
Pro-government militias are a prominent feature of civil wars. Governments in Colombia, Syria, and Sudan recruit irregular forces in their armed struggle against insurgents. The United States collaborated with Awakening groups to counter the insurgency in Iraq, just as colonizers used local armed groups to fight rebellions in their colonies. An emerging cross-disciplinary literature on pro-government non-state armed groups generates a variety of research questions for scholars interested in conflict, political violence, and political stability: Does the presence of such groups indicate a new type of conflict? What are the dynamics that drive governments to align with informal armed groups and that make armed groups choose to side with the government? Given the risks entailed in surrendering a monopoly of violence, is there a turning point in a conflict when governments enlist these groups? How successful are these groups? Why do governments use these non-state armed actors to shape foreign conflicts whether as insurgents or counterinsurgents abroad? Are these non-state armed actors always useful to governments or perhaps even an indicator for state failure?
We examine the demand for and supply of pro-government armed groups and the legacies that shape their role in civil wars. The enduring pattern of collaboration between governments and these armed non-state actors challenges conventional theory and the idea of an evolutionary process of the modern state consolidating the means of violence. Research on these groups and their consequences began with case studies, and these continue to yield valuable insights. More recently, survey work and cross-national quantitative research contribute to our knowledge. This mix of methods is opening new lines of inquiry for research on insurgencies and the delivery of the core public good of effective security.
Protest and Contentious Action
Mario Quaranta
The field of protest and contentious action is massive. Numerous studies have focused on the determinants of such behavior, among which are grievances and deprivations, resources, political opportunities, and general contextual conditions. Others have examined the changes in political protest over time and across countries, or the consequences of contentious action. Moreover, research on protest politics is characterized by a multitude of methodological approaches, which are not easy to group according to the "qualitative–quantitative" divide. To navigate this literature, three units of analysis are examined: individuals; groups, organizations or social movements; and protest events. This perspective can guide researchers through the field, in particular through the main factors for protest studies cross-temporally and cross-nationally, about their effects, and through the various methodological approaches. This perspective also might suggest possible directions for future research to overcome some limitations of the current literature.
Violence, Politics, and Gender
Gabrielle S. Bardall
This article presents a conceptual orientation to the intersection of gender, politics, and violence. The first part of the article will introduce the subject by reviewing the primary conceptual framework and empirical knowledge on the topic to date and discussing the theoretical heritage of the concept. Establishing a key distinction between gender-motivated and gender differentiated violence, this article will discuss the gender dimensions of political violence and the political dimensions of gender-based violence. The latter half of the article reviews a number of the key questions driving research and dialogue in the field in the 21st century.


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Life During Wartime: Resisting Counterinsurgency
by Lara Messersmith-Glavin, William Munger and Kristian Williams
Counterinsurgency has existed as the state's implicit strategy for a generation, and increasingly this strategy is becoming explicit. In this chilling collection of sociological and political essays, fifteen writers examine the application of domestic counterinsurgency tactics within the United States, and seek to equip the left with a more nuanced understanding of state repression - and how to fight back.
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Matt Lewis nails the core issue when it comes to the LGBT crowd's demands that shopkeepers engage in acts contrary to their religious conscience:
But let's be honest about something else. This is really a surrogate battle. A much bigger one is coming.
The reason conservative Christians are fighting this fight today is because it's a firewall. The real danger, of course, is that Christian pastors and preachers will eventually be coerced into performing same-sex marriages. (Note: It is entirely possible for someone to believe gay marriage is fine, and to still oppose forcing people who hold strong religious convictions to participate — but I suspect that is where we are heading.)
Think of it this way. If you were a congregant in a church, wouldn't you expect the pastor to marry you? Why should you be treated different?
Any pastor — if he or she wants to maintain the church's tax status, that is — had better grapple with this now.
Whether the analogy is fair, or not, refusing to officiate a gay wedding can just as easily be called "denying service." And it will predictably also be compared to the bad old days of Jim Crow — where racist Christians opposed interracial marriage (until the courts struck down state laws prohibiting biracial marriage).
Gay rights and religious liberty are on a collision course.
I'm too lazy to go through my archives now, but long-time readers will know that I've been saying this for years. In fact, just three years ago, I made precisely this argument using lawyer logic and the example of England:
I have said all along that the main problem with the gay marriage debate is that, by creating an entirely new bottom line (gay marriage) we're going to see two bottom lines crash into each other. You see, traditional male/female marriage meshed nicely with the vast majority of traditional religious norms. Gay marriage, however, does not mesh with traditional religion. While Progressive churches and synagogues have opened their doors to gay marriages, more traditional ones, especially the Orthodox Jewish faith and the Catholic Church, have not done so.
When I've raised this concern to people, they scoffed. One liberal told me that, even though abortions are legal, the government has never gone toe-to-toe with the Catholic Church. He looked a bit taken aback, and had no response, when I pointed out that the Catholic Church doesn't provide, or withhold, abortions; it simply speaks against them doctrinally. The Church does, however, marry people, and that leaves open the possibility that a gay couple will sue the church for refusing to perform a marriage service.
Others, while acknowledging that my point has a certain intellectual validity, say that it will never happen. I'm not so sure, especially after reading a story out of England involving a Pentecostal couple who were told that, as long as their religion held that homosexuality is not acceptable behavior, they could not foster needy children:
A Christian couple morally opposed to homosexuality today lost a High Court battle over the right to become foster carers.
Eunice and Owen Johns, aged 62 and 65, from Oakwood, Derby, went to court after a social worker expressed concerns when they said they could not tell a child a 'homosexual lifestyle' was acceptable.
The Pentecostal Christian couple had applied to Derby City Council to be respite carers but withdrew their application believing it was 'doomed to failure' because of the social worker's attitude to their religious beliefs.
The couple deny that they are homophobic and said they would love any child they were given. However, what they were 'not willing to do was to tell a small child that the practice of homosexuality was a good thing'.
What's relevant to this post is that the judges explicitly held that homosexual rights trump religious rights:
Lord Justice Munby and Mr Justice Beatson ruled that laws protecting people from discrimination because of their sexual orientation 'should take precedence' over the right not to be discriminated against on religious grounds.
Admittedly, Britain does not have a First Amendment. However, as I noted above, First Amendment or not, our government bars, and (when Mormons are involved) actively prosecutes, polygamy. It does so despite the fact that polygamy was official doctrine for the Mormons and is official doctrine for the Muslims. Likewise, although Voodoo is recognized as a religion, we don't let practitioners engage in animal sacrifice. In other words, First Amendment or not, the government will interfere in religious doctrine if it runs completely afoul of a bottom-line American value.
If gay marriage is deemed Constitutional, we suddenly have two conflicting bottom-line values — gay marriage and religious freedom. I'm not predicting how this will turn out. I'm just saying that, if I was the Catholic Church or an Orthodox synagogue, I'd start having my lawyers look at this one now.
I'm not usually a great strategist or long-term thinker, but it was easy to see this one coming. It's not about homophobia. It's about a clash between faiths: traditional religion versus homocentric secularism. The traditionalists have people who will willingly martyr themselves for their faith, while the secularists have people who will cheerfully force martyrdom on others. It remains to be seen (a) which is the more powerful impulse and (b) which resonates more strongly with Americans. Sadly, if I had to bet money on this today, I'd put my money on the secularists, who long ago successfully co-opted America's cultural institutions: the news media, the entertainment world, all public primary schools, all colleges and universities, reform Jews, Presbyterians, and Episcopalians.