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As of Thursday, apologists for various delusional sacred cows both religious and political, from both the right and the left, may breathe a collective sigh of relief. For now a true champion of Reason is no more. Christopher Hitchens is dead.
You can read his obituary (shuffled mid-print to the front page!) in the NY Times for a glimpse into the life history of this contrarian polemicist. You can find long lists of quotes that demonstrate his formidable lucidity and wit, his rhetorical genius and his talent of striking directly to the heart of a given topic. You can peruse his professional journalism prominently displayed in the various publications to which he prolifically contributed, and you can read his wide-ranging, penetrating and insightful books.
My purpose here is to give my personal impressions of the man, taken from afar though they may have been–and not because they matter, but because I am compelled to do so. Even armed with Google and a jumpy mouse finger, I am not nearly literate enough to quote great poets and authors, as Hitchens was known to do from memory, and as would be appropriate in a decent remembrance of him. The best I have to offer is sincerity and earnestness, I'm afraid. By all means, look elsewhere for grander fare: Hitchens deserves it, to be sure.
A Love of Truth
I was introduced to Christopher Hitchens early on in my deconversion, when I came across the Four Horsemen discussions and, subsequently, his various public debates with apologists. The thing that struck me almost immediately was that Hitchens never lost an argument. Anyone at all familiar with the subject of Christopher Hitchens knows this–fans and detractors alike. All but the most oblivious or disingenuous can agree that, on the field of rhetorical battle, Hitchens never lost.
But what is most important about this fact is that it had nothing to do with sophistry or showmanship: his arguments were always cleanly logical and tightly anchored in fact. Although delivered with consistently superior wit, sophistication, and humane appeals, his finely honed (though often off-the-cuff) points earned their victories, the hard way, with their inherent integrity. And this never failed to be true. No matter how many times I witnessed Hitchens obliterate the comparatively puny arguments of his interlocutors, no matter how many unexamined assumptions he laid bare, I was always pleasantly surprised by yet another rhetorical coup from this master of polemic. To be disabused of one's own fumbling misapprehensions with such artistry, integrity and personal knowledge as Hitchens displayed is something few ever come to appreciate–if they even have the good fortune to experience it.
I had the chance to thank him in person a few years ago when he came to St. Louis's Powell Symphony Hall to debate the theist apologist Dinesh D'Souza. I sat in that audience and tallied D'Souza's logical fallacies (Hitchens's column remained pristine, I'm afraid), cheered Hitchens's strongest points (i.e., all of them), and expressed my chagrin at D'Souza's constant evasions, factual errors and sophistic approach. I beamed in triumphant joy as Hitchens chided the apparently unthinking applause of D'Souza's many supporters for being willing to clap for anything said by defenders of the faith, regardless of its insipidity. My heart soared in recognition of something I once, albeit fleetingly, thought I had lost all respect for: a love of truth.
You can observe these things for yourself, by watching the same debate I attended:
A tenacious insistence on truth and reasonable, humane ethics–including the necessary willingness to stand in defiance to pretenders of these values, and to hold them accountable as pious frauds–these qualities practically define Christopher Hitchens for me (and probably for the many who admired him from afar). While I didn't have the pleasure of making his acquaintance in the proper sense, I was and am left with the enduring impression of a man who personified integrity.
But this impression was not made solely by Hitchens's polemical exploits. His embodiment of integrity was revealed in his professional life as a journalist and activist as well, in acts of profound courage and ethical fortitude: spine, in other words.
Fascist Shit
One particularly endearing example (to me, anyway) was the time Hitchens defaced the poster of a fascist gang in Beirut, resulting in his being assaulted in the street. The story subsequently went viral, and many over-wise folks berated Hitchens for his recklessness in possibly endangering the lives of himself and his companions, and for being a "rookie" at overseas civilian life. Thankfully, some commentators were able to set aside considerations of tactics for a moment and recognize the deeper cosmopolitan wisdom behind such spontaneous displays of righteous intolerance. As one commentator put it, "Some may call Hitchens a fool for making his stand, but I will say to them that he is then the rare sort of fool I'd like to have on my side."
Michael J. Totten, one of the Lebanon-based journalists who was accompanying Hitchens when the incident occurred, reported on its aftermath:
The three of us relaxed near the Phoenicia's front door for a few minutes. We would need to change cars, but first had to ensure we hadn't been followed.
"You're bleeding," Jonathan said and lightly touched Christopher's elbow.
Christopher seemed unfazed by the sight of blood on his shirt.
"We need to get you cleaned up," Jonathan said.
"I'm fine, I think," Christopher said.
He seemed to be in pretty good spirits, all things considered.
"The SSNP," I said, "is the last party you want to mess with in Lebanon. I'm sorry I didn't warn you properly. This is partly my fault."
"I appreciate that," Christopher said. "But I would have done it anyway. One must take a stand. One simply must."…
I later sat down with him over coffee and asked him to reflect on the recent unpleasantness.
"When I told you that I should have warned you," I said, "that I take partial responsibility, you said…"
"It wouldn't have made any difference," he said. "Thank you, though, for giving me a protective arm. I think a swastika poster is partly fair game and partly an obligation. You don't really have the right to leave one alone. I haven't seen that particular symbol since I saw the Syrianization of Lebanon in the 1970s. And actually the first time I saw it, I didn't quite believe it."
"You saw it when you were here before?" I said.
"Oh yes," he said. "But it was more toward the Green Line. I did not expect to see it so flagrantly on Hamra."…
Christopher has seen Beirut at its worst. He visited Lebanon during the war and immediately after. In 1991, he told me, the city looked like Rotterdam after World War II had gone to work on it.
"Anyway," he said, "call me old fashioned if you will, but my line is that swastika posters are to be defaced or torn down. I mean, what other choice do you have?"…
"But I was impressed," Christopher said, "with the response of the cafe girls."
"What was their response?" I said. "I missed that."
"Well," he said, "when I was thrown to the ground and bleeding from my fingers and elbow, they came over and asked what on earth was going on. How can this be happening to a guest, to a stranger? I don't remember if I was speaking English or French at that time. I said something like merde fasciste, which I hope they didn't misinterpret."
A reckless stand against fascist shit is often the only kind of stand that is available. After all, fascists aren't exactly fans of free speech. As Hitchens said, "what choice do you have" but to be reckless in the face of a gang of ideological bullies? The only other conceivable choice is to let them have their way–and that just isn't an option for some of us. At any rate, we aren't insectoid tacticians; we're homo sapiens, upright, bipedal, chordate and (let it not be denied) hot-blooded to boot! It is certainly true that if everyone responded tactically to fascist propaganda, maybe no one would be assaulted in the street and the fascist gangs could rule us peacefully. Thankfully, though, there are reckless fools like Hitchens keeping the fascists busy guarding posters instead of running the world. Now, if there were just a few more like him in Lebanon, this tiny but inordinately powerful gang could be put in its rightful place (i.e., as the ones forced recklessly and ineffectually to deface property, on pain of legal prosecution).
Another reckless stand against fascism (religio-fascism, in this case) was his friendship with Salman Rushdie. This points up the moral degeneracy of the insect camp mentioned recently: doing a human thing like defacing a poster is easy to discredit as foolish, but what is the proper tactic to employ when fascist thugs declare a fatwa on your friend? "Unfriending", or cutting off contact, is also an arguably human thing to do, but it is not a morally appropriate response to a fatwa, regardless of the tactical value of such. The only thing a moral person can do in that situation is to take a reckless stand against the fatwa. (It is my fervent hope that the reader is beginning to appreciate how relevant to our experiences are those of Christopher Hitchens–if not, please keep reading, for I intend to make the relevancy crystal clear.)
I'll let Hitchens introduce this story, from his piece for Vanity Fair, titled "Assassins of the Mind":
On Valentine's Day 1989, the Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran gave Salman's book The Satanic Verses the single worst review any novelist has ever had, calling in frenzied tones for his death and also for the killing of all those "involved in its publication." This was the first time that most people outside the Muslim world had heard the word fatwa, or religious edict. So if you have missed the humorous and ironic side of Mr. Rushdie, this could conceivably be the reason why. Just to re-state the situation before I go any farther: two decades ago the theocratic head of a foreign state offered a large sum of money, in his own name, in public, to suborn the murder of a writer of fiction who was not himself an Iranian.
Despite what was readily perceived by Hitchens as a call to action, many who would have otherwise rallied in support of Rushdie and free speech despicably washed their hands of the affair. Hitchens continues:
I thought then, and I think now, that this was not just a warning of what was to come. It was the warning. The civil war in the Muslim world, between those who believed in jihad and Shari'a and those who did not, was coming to our streets and cities. Within a short time, Hitoshi Igarashi, the Japanese translator of The Satanic Verses, was stabbed to death on the campus where he taught literature, and the Italian translator Ettore Capriolo was knifed in his apartment in Milan. William Nygaard, the novel's Norwegian publisher, was shot three times in the back and left for dead outside his Oslo home. Several very serious bids, often backed by Iranian Embassies, were made on the life of Salman himself…
For our time and generation, the great conflict between the ironic mind and the literal mind, the experimental and the dogmatic, the tolerant and the fanatical, is the argument that was kindled by The Satanic Verses...
Not everybody agreed with me about the nature of this confrontation. President George H. W. Bush, asked for a comment, said that no American interest was involved. I doubt he would have said this if the chairman of Texaco had been hit by a fatwa, but even if Salman's wife of the time (who had to go with him into hiding) had not been an American, it could be argued that the United States has an interest in opposing state-sponsored terrorism against novelists. Various intellectualoids, from John Berger on the left to Norman Podhoretz on the right, argued that Rushdie got what he deserved for insulting a great religion. (Like the Ayatollah Khomeini, they had not put themselves to the trouble of reading the novel, in which the only passage that can possibly be complained of occurs in the course of a nightmare suffered by a madman.) Some of this was a hasty bribe paid to the crude enforcer of fear: if Susan Sontag had not been the president of PEN in 1989, there might have been many who joined Arthur Miller in his initial panicky refusal to sign a protest against the ayatollah's invocation of Murder Incorporated. "I'm Jewish," said the author of The Crucible. "I'd only help them change the subject." But Susan would have none of that, and shamed many more pants wetters whose names I still cannot reveal.
But the voices of the spineless pants wetters would prevail, with their appeals from the left to a self-defeating "tolerance" of tyranny and to faux-multiculturalism. Joining them on the right, of course, were the equally idiotic counterparts to the radical Muslims, the fundamentalist Christians, who (as Hitchens pointed out) stupidly presumed the book insulted belief in a god (and that was good enough for these superstitious fools to find it insulting). From this deadly cocktail of limp cowardice and bigoted paranoia emerged a base capitulation to the violent and petulant demands of a violent and petulant dogma, which in turn led to the culture of self-censorship that will (or should) go down in the annals of western civilization as one of the most shameful compromises of its hard-won liberties.
Thankfully, though, not all religious people–indeed, not all Muslims–are opposed to "insulting" speech:
Sometimes this fear—and this blackmail—comes dressed up in the guise of good manners and multiculturalism. One must not wound the religious feelings of others, many of whom are poor immigrants in our own societies. To this I would respond by pointing to a book published in 1994. It is entitled For Rushdie: Essays by Arab and Muslim Writers in Defense of Free Speech. Among its contributors is almost every writer worthy of the name in the Arab and Muslim world, ranging from the Syrian poet Adonis to the Syrian-Kurdish author Salim Barakat, to the late national bard of the Palestinians, Mahmoud Darwish, to the celebrated Turkish writers Murat Belge and Orhan Pamuk. Especially impressive and courageous was the list of 127 Iranian writers, artists, and intellectuals who, from the prison house that is the Islamic Republic, signed their names to a letter which said: "We underline the intolerable character of the decree of death that the Fatwah is, and we insist on the fact that aesthetic criteria are the only proper ones for judging works of art.… To the extent that the systematic denial of the rights of man in Iran is tolerated, this can only further encourage the export outside the Islamic Republic of its terroristic methods which destroy freedom." In other words, the situation is the exact reverse of what the condescending multiculturalists say it is. To indulge the idea of religious censorship by the threat of violence is to insult and undermine precisely those in the Muslim world who are its intellectual cream, and who want to testify for their own liberty—and for ours. It is also to make the patronizing assumption that the leaders of mobs and the inciters of goons are the authentic representatives of Muslim opinion. What could be more "offensive" than that?
And so we see that the properly offensive intellectual fascism that assassins of the mind are partial to is not limited to the fatwa. History clearly corroborates what Hitchens so eloquently teaches us by word and deed: that refusing to make a reckless stand against such fascist shit is, in fact, nothing more or less than opting to make a far more reckless de facto stand for it.
Grind Them Down!
After the debate in St. Louis, I did get to shake hands with this brilliant anti-fascist crusader, and to mumble my sincere if starstruck appreciation for his efforts at helping me secure what he called "the fundamental emancipation that the human mind must undergo before it can consider any very serious questions": i.e., the emancipation from the intellectual fascism of religious delusion. Waiting in line to get my copy of God Is not Great signed, this socially awkward former cultist was grateful for the moral support supplied so generously by the very dear and attractive platonic girlfriend who accompanied me (and who, subsequently to her attendance at this event, also became a great admirer of Hitchens). As we approached the table, it occurred to me that I would not be able to express all I would have liked to. My fantasy was (and now shall ever be) that the Hitch would agree to join us for drinks, and the three of us would get gloriously drunk and partake in an orgy of regalement and tawdry jokes late into the night–and then maybe go deface some posters together. Of course, this didn't happen.
But he may have noticed in my demeanor something of the fascist shit I had endured. For, as he handed the book back, he looked me straight in the eye and said, "Don't let the bastards grind you down." To my delight, I recognized the phrase from a long-ago visit to an "Irish" pub of unknown authenticity. Scrawled on the wall was the aphorism's original Dog Latin form: Illegitimi non carborundum.
Hitchens's laconism evoked my recollection of the day a couple of Flurry's thugs–fascist enforcers, bastards–came to visit me in my home, bearing in their shriveled breasts a writ of excommunication for me. My crime (as it is with so many) was daring to ask the wrong questions of the "Generalissimo", and the outcome of this meeting left me with no other choice than to, as it were, deface some posters.
My "corrective" letter to Flurry was, no doubt, a reckless stand. Be that as it may, the faux-fatwa of excommunication was not something I feared, not even then. It always seemed to me that bullies and their tactics, as a rule, should never be feared, that the truth was paramount, and that no bully should be allowed to deny me or anyone else access to it. And Flurry had revealed himself as just such a bully, an intellectual fascist, a thug with a gang prepared to do his bidding in terms of social and psychological violence. Well, I'd rather be utterly alone than to capitulate to bullies and thugs. Even more, I would be remiss if I let it go at that. I felt the truth of this in my boiling blood.
Notice how Hitchens reacted to the prospect that his attackers in Beirut should be considered dangerous:
"Once you credit them like that," he said, "you do all their work for them. They should have been worried about us. Let them worry. Let them wonder if we're carrying a tool or if we have a crew. I'd like to go back, do it properly, deface the thing with red paint so there's no swastika visible. You can't have the main street, a shopping and commercial street, in a civilized city patrolled by intimidators who work for a Nazi organization. It is not humanly possible to live like that. One must not do that. There may be more important problems in Lebanon, but if people on Hamra don't dare criticize the SSNP, well fuck. That's occupation."
What lesson can we take from this, other than we should never allow ourselves to submit to intellectual "occupation"–that we should never credit bullies with the fear they illegitimately demand? This is especially important when the Khomeinis (and, if I must make the point explicit, the Flurrys and Armstrongs) of the world are allowed to propagate their fascist shit with impunity. Who will answer them? Who will do what is necessary to create and sustain the kind of society in which fascist bastards are never free to grind down the intrinsic, natural rights we should dutifully cherish and defend by practicing them? We obviously cannot rest on our haunches and rely on the military and police of our various States to protect our self-evident (but not self-sustaining!) liberties. The reason these agents do such an apparently poor job of it is that (contrary to the propagandist cliches) it is not, in fact, their job to do in the first place. It is ours! There is, after all, a price of liberty that we all must pay, and sometimes eternal vigilance demands that we make a reckless stand–a foolish, hot-blooded, beautiful display of integrity.
Christopher Hitchens made it his life's work to confront fascist bastards of all stripes and grind them down for a change. And Hitchens was almost certainly the most effective carborundum the world has ever known.
If his struggle with cancer had been a debate, he would undoubtedly still be among the living–and cancer would be, to the rest of us, less of a threat for tangling with him. Sadly, tragically, cancer is still the mindless, spineless killer it always was, and Hitchens is gone. But his words contain the cure to another kind of mindless, spineless cancer. And those words persist–their indomitable integrity will continue to present a formidable challenge to any who would abdicate reason and humanity in favor of doctrine or partisanship. May our memory of the man who wrote and spoke those words be a continual encouragement to demonstrate such integrity in our ongoing pursuit of reason and liberty–especially so in the face of fascist bastards everywhere. And now if I may craft some mock Latin doggerel myself…
Repugno tyrranis, carborundum!
Rest in peace, Hitch. We will never forget you.


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Hundreds of people gathered at San Fernando Cathedral Sunday for a procession celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi. Now celebrated for the fourth consecutive year in downtown San Antonio, the annual event is a Catholic celebration of the true presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.
The procession centered around Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, who carried the monstrance, the gilded transparent receptacle for the Eucharist underneath a canopy held on four sides by members of the Knights of Columbus.
"We do the honor guard for the Archbishop," said Joe Rodriguez, the Knights of Columbus district master for Our Lady of Guadalupe. "The main focus is that people understand the meaning of [the procession], that's the Body of Christ. He died for our sins, we have sins, and we are going to commit sins. This respects that."
While colorful flower petals fluttered through the air and trumpets sounded to the march's movements, the essence of the procession remained fixated on the Eucharist.
"It's a little bit of heaven," said Sylvia Stewart, a parishioner of St. Luke Catholic Church. "I don't care what the temperature is like because I can only imagine our Lord Jesus being on the cross for three hours for us. We're letting everyone know that we are Catholics, and we are happy to be Catholics."
The practice dates back hundreds of years in the Catholic church's tradition. Pope Francis led a procession in the Vatican on Sunday, marking the first year that holiday was celebrated on a Sunday, according to a report from the Catholic Publication Aleteia. The Pope deviated from the tradition of celebrating on Thursday due to the alignment with the Italian liturgical calendar and the mass appeal of marching on a weekend, the report said.
Moments of reflection and prayer occasionally stopped the procession, which concluded at the San Francesco Di Paola Church at Piazza Italia, west of downtown.
"The idea of contributing and being part of it just gave me a lift to my life that I've really never experienced before," said Gregory L. Tatum, a former district master for the Knights of Columbus and a faithful navigator for the Knights of Peter Claver. "To actually march and have the Archbishop going with you from place to place and seeing people stop and making the sign of the cross – to me it was touching because it was heartfelt."

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Malted Milk Cream Pie is a luscious and comforting treat. Buttery graham cracker crust is filled with a custard flavored with malted milk powder. The whipped cream topping also has malted milk flavor. What is that malted milk flavor?
I think "malted milk" tastes like "cereal" milk. The milk at the bottom of your bowl of breakfast cereal is slightly sweet with a "grain" flavor.
Baked goods flavored with malted milk powder have a sweet, slightly salty, grain flavor that I find comforting and homey. To me it's a sort of old-fashioned, yet complex flavor.
My one goal with this pie was to emphasize the milky-sweet flavor without overwhelming it with other, stronger flavors. Since pastry cream is a milk-based custard, it's the perfect filling to show off what malted milk powder can do in dessert.
Tips for Making Malted Milk Cream Pie:
- The graham cracker crust can be made and baked up to 2 days ahead. It can stay at room temperature, but wrap the pan so it doesn't dry out.
- To prevent lumps, whisk the malted milk powder into the cold milk before making the custard.
- Strain the custard as soon as it's cooked. This will remove bits of egg and any lumps of starch or milk powder.
- To prevent a skin from forming, place a piece of waxed paper or buttered parchment directly on the surface of the custard once it's poured into the pie shell. I don't like to use plastic wrap on warm food since some wraps may leach chemicals into hot foods. Use your own judgement.
- The pastry cream filling can be made and poured into the crust up to a day ahead. The covered pie can be refrigerated up to one day. After a day or so some of the liquid may leach out of the custard and it can become runny.
- Once the whipped cream topping is added to the pie, it's best served within a day before the cream deflates.
Scroll through the step by step photos to see how to make Malted Milk Cream Pie:
I wanted to put a little decoration on top of the pie. I thought about chocolate shavings or crushed graham crackers, but I didn't want the decoration to over shadow the malted milk flavor of the pie.
Since white chocolate mostly tastes like sweet milk solids (cause that's basically what it is) I figured white chocolate would be a nice finishing touch. Both the color and the flavor would reinforce the "milky" quality of the pie.
You could make white chocolate curls by using a potato peeler to peel along the edges of a bar of white chocolate. As you peel, let the curls of white chocolate fall onto the pie. You can see a photo of me making white chocolate curls in my White Chocolate Sacher Torte post.
I wanted a big, chunky, kind of rustic decoration, so I made white chocolate shards. They are super easy to make and look pretty cool on the pie.
Scroll through the photos to see how to make white chocolate shards:
What else can you make with malted milk powder?
- Malted Milk Ice Cream
- Malted Milk Blondies
- Malted Milk Brownies
- Malted Milk Skillet Cookie
- Double Malted Chocolate Ice Cream
- Malted Chocolate Frosting
If you love this recipe as much as I do, please consider giving it a 5-star review.
Malted Milk Cream Pie
Malted Milk Cream Pie is a luscious and comforting treat. Buttery graham cracker crust is filled with a custard flavored with malted milk powder. The whipped cream topping also has malted milk flavor.
Graham Cracker Crust
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracke crumbs (7 oz, 196g)
- 2 oz (1/4 cup, 56g) granulated sugar
- 3 oz (6 tablespoons, 85g) butter, melted
Malted Milk Pastry Cream
- 2 large egg
- 4 large yolks
- 1/4 cup (1.5 oz, 40g) corn starch
- 2 cups (16 oz, 480 ml) whole milk
- 1/2 cup (3 oz, 84g) malted milk powder
- 2/3 cup (6 oz, 168g) granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons (2 oz, 56g) unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1/4 cup ( oz, g) malted milk powder
- 1 1/5 cups (12 oz, 350ml) heavy cream
- 1/4 cup confectioner's sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Combine the graham cracker crumbs and sugar in a medium bowl. Sprinkle the melted butter over the crumbs and toss to combine. Pour the crumbs into a 9" pie plate. Press the crumbs onto the bottom and sides of the pan. Bake until golden brown, about 10-15 minutes.
- Take the pan out of the oven. While it's still warm, press down any puffy spots and press to close any gaps in the crust. Cool to room temperature.
- In a large bowl whisk the egg and yolks with the cornstarch. Keep the bowl near the stove and have a mesh sieve next to the bowl
- In a saucepan whisk together the milk and the malted milk powder until all of the lumps are dissolved. Add the sugar. Cook over medium heat until scalding (just before a full boil). Take the pan off the heat.
- Whisk the scalding milk into the egg mixture then pour the mixture back into the pan. Set the sieve over the bowl from the eggs. Return the pan to low heat and cook the custard, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens and just begins to boil. Just a bubble or two is all you need to see.
- Immediately strain the pastry cream into the bowl. Add the vanilla and butter to the hot custard. Whisk until the butter is melted.
- Pour the warm pastry cream into the pie shell. Cool for 10 minutes, then cover the custard with a piece of waxed paper or buttered parchment (this prevents a skin from forming). Refrigerate for at least 2-3 hours until the filling is completely chilled and set.
- Make the topping: Whisk the malted milk powder into the cream until there are no lumps of milk powder. Add the powdered sugar and whip to full peak.
- Spread the cream over the custard filling. If desired, decorate the top of the pie with white or dark chocolate shavings. Serve immediately or chill until serving.
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Watch the video of the door banging finish at the Talladega Short Track
Michael Page: "Everybody's gotta remember this is dirt track racing. If they want to watch them follow the leader… Go to NASCAR across the street."
42 cars pulled into the pit area of the Talladega Short Track over the weekend in the super late model division. The 28th annual Talladega Ice Bowl was set to take place on the 1/5-mile oval in Talladega, Alabama.
They were 3 wide before the start finish line at the start of the annual Talladega Ice Bowl event last night. Austin Horton led into turn one.
On a restart, Cory Hedgecock grabbed the lead from Horton. He slid from the bottom to the top in turn 1. Horton was unable to cross under him on the exit of turn two as Michael Page was coming into the picture.
On Lap 14, Page was running down the leader. Hedgecock had caught lap traffic. The lap car went high, the leader of Hedgecock went low. Page drove it deep through the middle and banged doors with the lap car. He tried to get to the right rear of the leader on the exit, not quite enough.
A lap later, Page drove it deep again. This time he grabbed the cushion in turn three. He gassed it through the center and pulled even with the race leader in the middle of the corner. They were side by side for the lead off turn four. Page completed the pass in turn one as lap cars lined up on the inside lane.
On lap 26, all that work was nullified. Page had an issue with the throttle as the car lost power off the corner. He was able to get it going again but he had fallen to 3rd.
8 laps to go, Page had climbed back to the 2nd position. He was on the bumper of Hedgecock once again for the race lead and the win.
Hedgecock has lap traffic ahead. Page had clear race track and clean air on the bottom. They ran side by side off turn four. Back in turn one, they fought for space and rubber doors. Page drove it deeper, he slid up the track and took the lane and race lead away.
In turn three of the same lap, Hedgecock drove it deep into turn three. He put the bumper to the fuel cell of Page. Both cars continued and Page held the lead.
Final lap, Hedgecock trailed Page by 2.5 car lengths. He ran smooth through turn 1 but the gap remained.
Heading into the final corner, Page had lap traffic ahead. He was taking it easy through the final set of corners to get to the line. Meanwhile, Hedgecock saw an opportunity.
He drove it hard to the bottom. He slid up the track and slammed into the left side door of Page, using him as a cushion. Page held his car. However, Hedgecock went around in the final corner.
Michael Page went on to take the win at the Talladega Short Track! It was his 3rd Talladega Ice Bowl victory in a row.
Michael Page
"I thought I broke something coming out of two. The car just took off," Page recalls when he lost the lead suddenly at the halfway point of the race. "I didn't think it was going to stop, that I was going right into the wall."
"We got to racing in the rubber. He left me just enough of a hole there. I put my nose there, he [Hedgecock] tried to squeeze me off."
"He ain't going to do the same to me. I didn't run over him. And I sure didn't try to take his ass out on the last lap."
During this post race interview, Page was being heckled from the fans. At the end of the interview, he finally addressed a few members of the crowd.
"Everybody's gotta remember this is dirt track racing. If they want to watch them follow the leader… Go to NASCAR across the street," Page concluded.
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January 6, 2019
Qualifying: 1. J.T. Seawright (14.978); 2. Austin Horton (15.041); 3. Joseph Brown (15.137); 4. Dallas Cooper; 5. Andy Picklesimer; 6. Cory Hedgecock; 7. David Seibers; 8. David Brannon; 9. Tom Maddox; 10. Michael Page; 11. Dillon Tidmore; 12. Jason Welshan; 13. Jason Hiett; 14. Scott Crigler; 15. Mark Bangs; 16. Tim Roszell; 17. Josh Adkins; 18. Clay Harris; 19. Jadon Frame; 20. Dewayne Kiefer; 21. Corey Posey; 22. Jackson Hale; 23. Brett White; 24. Oakley Johns; 25. Christian Hanger; 26. Dylan Hoover; 27. Tanner English; 28. Brandon Hightower; 29. –; 30. Chris Johns; 31. Jason Lively; 32. Bo Eaton; 33. Jason Taylor; 34. Charles Zimmerman; 35. Corey Roulette; 36. Chris Reid; 37. Brandon Roberts; 38. Jeff White; 39. Ted Crunkleton; 40. #117;
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. Michael Page; 2. Clay Harris; 3. Jason Hiett; 4. Jackson Hale; 5. Jimmy Elkins; 6. Jason Lively; 7. Chris Jones; 8. Brett White; 9. Brandon Roberts; 10. Jeff White;
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. Cory Hedgecock; 2. David Seibers; 3. Josh Adkins; 4. Dylan Hoover; 5. Charles Zimmerman; 6. Tanner English; 7. Chris Reid; 8. Ted Crunkleton; 9. Jadon Frame;
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. Austin Horton; 2. Andy Picklesimer; 3. Dallas Cooper; 4. David Brannon; 5. Dewayne Kiefer; 6. Tim Roszell; 7. Corey Roulette; 8. Bo Eaton; 9. Dillon Tidmore; 10. Jason Welshan;
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. Tom Maddox; 2. Joseph Brown; 3. Scott Crigler; 4. Brandon Hightower; 5. Corey Posey; 6. JT Seawright; 7. Christian Hanger; 8. Jason Taylor; 9. –; 10. Oakley Johns; 11. Mark Bangs;
LCQ: 1. Tanner English; 2. J.T. Seawright; 3. Mark Bangs; 4. Corey Posey; 5. Brandon Hightower; 6. Jason Taylor; 7. –; 8. Oakley Johns; 9. Charles Zimmerman;
Main Event (50 Laps – $6,000 to win): 1. Michael Page; 2. Ray Cook; 3. Austin Horton; 4. Dallas Cooper; 5. Joseph Brown; 6. Andy Picklesimer; 7. David Brannon; 8. Josh Adkins; 9. David Seibers; 10. J.T. Seawright; 11. Jason Hiett; 12. Scott Crigler; 13. Jackson Hale; 14. Tanner English; 15. Tim Roszell; 16. Clay Harris; 17. Dewayne Kiefer; 18. Dillon Tidmore; 19. Chris Jones; 20. Cory Hedgecock; 21. Brett White; 22. Jimmy Elkins; 23. Mark Bangs; 24. Dylan Hoover; 25. Corey Posey; 26. Tom Maddox;


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The Indian Rafale fighter jets will fly with the tail sign 'BS' after the recently retired Air Force Chief Birender Singh Dhanoa. The Indian Air Force has decided to put tail numbers in 30 Rafale jets with "BS" initials. Six Rafale trainer aircraft will carry RB series tail numbers which stand for Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, the current Chief of Air Staff who played a key role as lead negotiator for the mega-deal.
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- Headquarters: New Delhi.
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SDCC 2017 has just begun and the Warner Brothers panel isn't until Saturday afternoon, but we already have news about the next film in Warners' DC Extended Universe after Aquaman will be. Shazam! will be the next DCEU film to go before cameras.
The Hollywood Reporter has the exclusive news that DC's Captain Marvel will start shooting January and February of 2018 with an eye on a 2019 release. The article doesn't specify if the film will keep its previously assigned of April 5, 2019 release date, but that appears well within the realm of possibility. David Sandberg will direct.
Also unconfirmed by the article is Dwayne Johnson's involvement in the film. He has signed on to play Captain Marvel's arch-enemy Black Adam, and a stand-alone feature with the character is being developed, but it is unclear if he will also be in Shazam! as well.
The character is a natural for a film adaptation. During the 1940s, Captain Marvel was the best selling superhero in the world. However, a lawsuit by DC Comics against Captain Marvel's then owner, Fawcett Comics, coupled with declining demand for superhero comics in the 1950s, caused the character to go into mothballs. DC would buy the Fawcett characters in the early 1970s and revive Captain Marvel in Shazam!, renamed because Marvel Comics snatched up the trademark to the Captain Marvel name. The character would have a live-action Saturday Morning show from 1974 to 1977 and appeared in a number of DC's animated offerings since then.
The classic version of Captain Marvel's origin involves orphan Billy Batson given great powers by the wizard Shazam. However, recent years have offered changes to the concept where more people have been granted powers instead of just Billy. It remains to be seen what version makes it to the screen.
Hopefully we will learn more on Saturday at the Warners panel.


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VENABLE: Texas fights global-warming power grab - Washington Times
This is why I'm proud to be a Texan!
And for all of Rick Perry's many many faults, he's fighting this fight, Bill White wouldn't.
The EPA, determined to move forward anyway, is attempting to rewrite the Clean Air Act administratively via a "tailoring rule," which would reduce the number of regulated sources. The problem with that approach? It's illegal. The EPA has no authority to rewrite the law. To pull it off, the EPA needs every state with a State Implementation Plan to rewrite all of its statutory thresholds as well.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Chairman Bryan W. Shaw saw the tailoring rule for what it really is: a massive power grab and centralization of authority. They are fighting back, writing to the EPA:
"In order to deter challenges to your plan for centralized control of industrial development through the issuance of permits for greenhouse gases, you have called upon each state to declare its allegiance to the Environmental Protection Agency's recently enacted greenhouse gas regulations - regulations that are plainly contrary to U.S. laws. ... To encourage acquiescence with your unsupported findings you threaten to usurp state enforcement authority and to federalize the permitting program of any state that fails to pledge their fealty to the Environmental Protection Agency. On behalf of the State of Texas, we write to inform you that Texas has neither the authority nor the intention of interpreting, ignoring or amending its laws in order to compel the permitting of greenhouse gas emissions."
This is why I'm proud to be a Texan!
And for all of Rick Perry's many many faults, he's fighting this fight, Bill White wouldn't.


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GM has promised us that it would no longer abuse the SS name, and one of the first examples of that pledge is the Cobalt SS. The turbocharged coupe carries a wallop with 260 hp, and all that power can be used to propel the Cobalt SS to 60 in 5.7 seconds or get you around the 'Ring in a very respectable 8:22. Those are very solid performance numbers, and with a starting price of $22,995, the Cobalt SS delivers a pretty strong value statement, as well.
Besides a toned-down rear spoiler and an improved 2.0L turbocharged powerplant, standard features include air conditioning, stability control, OnStar and XM Satellite Radio. If you're into Cobalt luxury, you can add a sunroof, high-wing rear spoiler, audio system, and limited-slip differential and still keep the price under $26k. We're looking forward to seeing for ourselves if the Cobalt SS is worthy of the Super Sport name, but at $22,995 we can already say the price of entry is competitive.


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Gaza Mythbusting: It's Easier Than You Think
by Alexander Kogan
"The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic". I don't know exactly what John F. Kennedy had in mind when he said this, but I reckon these words perfectly suit the awkward situation that we in Israel find ourselves in right now. We are living in a world where sticks and stones actually can't break our bones that much, even if the stones are replaced by "Qassam" and "Grad" missiles. We've got our answer for that – thank God and the IDF. But words, lies and modern mythology have turned into much more effective weapons against the state of Israel, which no Iron Dome type defense system can withstand.
These weapons are being used on a daily basis by our foes of different orientations – from madcap leftists to Islamofascists, and have actually turned into their common trademark. It is hard to fight a myth, even if it is totally unrealistic, as Kennedy pointed out. People nowadays are too lazy to listen to or read even a short explanation, which is, naturally, much longer than any myth or lie itself.
And it takes much more time to uncover and verbalize the truth, which may have the ability dissolve the stuff people are being fed by the media. For example, there is the story of a German poet and anti-Israel activist Irena Wachendorff, who fabricated her "service in the IDF" during the First Lebanon war. She claimed that her father is Jewish and fled to England in 1936 and her mother survived Auschwitz. The Jerusalem Post and Jennifer Pyka, an investigative journalist from Munich, managed to discover that this prolific Israel-hater is not Jewish and her father was actually an officer in the Wehrmacht, which perhaps can also explain her heartfelt support for Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
But it took two years to dig up this information, while Wachendorff has worked to smear Israel for decades, "shielding" herself by a completely falsified heritage – "IDF military service" and "Jewish parents". And it is going to take some time until her true identity becomes known to enough people around the globe, that her words will be treated as deceitful and poisonous.
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But not everything in this struggle against anti-Israeli mythology is that difficult. There are some battles which can be won easily, if they are fought, of course. Several days ago I stumbled upon an Arab website advertising fashionable recreational tours to the Gaza Strip. Yeah, I am not on any medication and I am talking about the very same Gaza which is referred to by the Palestinians as "the greatest concentration camp on the face of the Earth" (Ñ). "The Ghetto of Palestinian suffering" (c) and "The Aushwitz of our Times" (c).
The article, written in Arabic and published on June 18th, has pictures! Lots of illustrations of the infrastructures desperately needed for a fully operational death camp – you know, the usual stuff: 5-star hotels, slap-up malls and shopping centers, swanky restaurants and well-groomed beaches with racing boats. Yeah – you can check it out right here.
They say a picture is worth 1000 words? Well, you got yourself a book, guys!
How can it be used for myth busting? Oh, that is easy and kinda cheap, compared to other less effective options. Every sponsored link on Google, Yahoo or other search engines, asked to find something on "Palestinians", "Gaza", "Israeli apartheid", "Zionist crimes", "occupied territories" etc., should lead to that page. This would not be too expensive to achieve and in this way it would soon become one of the most visited Gaza related pages, telling the "awful story of Palestinian tragic suffering".
We can help the cause by creating a translated English copy of the page. It might boost tourism in Gaza and who knows, maybe they will suddenly decide that making money off tourism is far more fun and safer than shooting missiles. Well, here I am probably dreaming, but at least one thing is certain – the myth of "Palestinian Ghetto" can be busted.


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Linsey Fagan officially filed her candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives District TX 26 as a member of the Democratic Party Nov. 16, and would be the first woman to hold the role if she's elected.
Fagan is a single mom and native of Texas' 26th district, which encompasses part of the Dallas-Forth Worth metropolitan area, according to news website The Leader.
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Her endorsements include Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats, national organizations that traditionally back grassroots candidates.
"The American people deserve to be represented by someone who cares more about them than lobbyists and corporations," Fagan said of her decision to run.
Her platform encompasses three main issues, according to her website: "get dirty money out of politics," "health care for everyone," and "education for everyone."
Fagan's name will appear on Democratic primary ballots March 6, 2018, ahead of the November general election.
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CIIS Faculty Publications
A Western Approach to Reincarnation and Karma: Selected Lectures & Writings (Vista)
The soul's immortality and its repeated earthly births are not new ideas in Western thought. They are implicit in the Pythagorean and Platonic traditions, as well as in some branches of esoteric Judaism and Cabbala. But it was not until the early years of this century that the West was given a detailed, modern, evolutionary philosophy of human life based on the reality of reincarnation and karma. This turning point occurred when Rudolf Steiner began to make public the results of his spiritual scientific researches. He viewed the revelation of reincarnation and karma as one of his most important life tasks. Steiner's contribution, however, remains unique in its understanding of the human being as an evolving, developing being of body, soul, and spirit. On the basis of his researches―presented in numerous books and lectures―we begin to understand how the complex interaction of human lives between birth and death and between death and a new birth gives new meaning not only to individual lives lived on Earth in community with others, but also to human history and evolution and to earthly and cosmic events. This book collects many of Steiner's major statements on reincarnation and karma. The primary purpose of this volume is to help readers meet the challenge of spiritual research in the area of individual evolution of the soul and spirit in the context of cultural and universal evolution. Such a study can be tremendously revealing and provide spiritual understanding in a time of increasing intellectual confusion and spiritual poverty. The notion of reincarnation and karma is generally associated in most minds with spiritual traditions of the East, especially Hinduism and Buddhism. René Querido's in-depth, sixty-page introduction, however, places these concepts within the context of Western spiritual development and esoteric tradition, showing us a panoramic view of how such ideas have developed over the centuries in the West.
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Karma; Rudolf Steiner; Educational Philosophy
New Religious Movements | Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
Author: Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925) was born in the small village of Kraljevec, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now in Croatia), where he grew up. As a young man, he lived in Weimar and Berlin, where he became a well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, known especially for his work with Goethe's scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his early philosophical principles into an approach to systematic research into psychological and spiritual phenomena. Formally beginning his spiritual teaching career under the auspices of the Theosophical Society, Steiner came to use the term Anthroposophy (and spiritual science) for his philosophy, spiritual research, and findings. The influence of Steiner's multifaceted genius has led to innovative and holistic approaches in medicine, various therapies, philosophy, religious renewal, Waldorf education, education for special needs, threefold economics, biodynamic agriculture, Goethean science, architecture, and the arts of drama, speech, and eurythmy. In 1924, Rudolf Steiner founded the General Anthroposophical Society, which today has branches throughout the world. He died in Dornach, Switzerland.
Introduction: René M. Querido, LLD, was a seminal figure in Waldorf education for a half century. He was educated in Holland, Belgium, France, and England and studied mathematics and physics at London University. Mr. Querido lectured throughout the world on historical and educational topics and was director of Rudolf Steiner College (Fair Oaks, California). He was also Secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in America.
Series Editor: Robert McDermott, Ph.D., is president emeritus and chair of the Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). His publications include Radhakrishnan (1970); The Essential Aurobindo (1974, 1987); The Essential Steiner (1984); (with Rudolf Steiner) The Bhagavad Gita and the West (2009); and The New Essential Steiner (2009). He has also published on William James, Josiah Royce, M. K. Gandhi, the evolution of consciousness, and American thought. His administrative service includes president of the New York Center for Anthroposophy; president of the Rudolf Steiner [summer] Institute; chair of the board of Sunbridge College (New York) and of Rudolf Steiner College (California). He was a member of the council of the Anthroposophical Society in America (1996–2004). He is the founding chair of the board of the Sophia Project, an anthroposophic home in Oakland, California, for mothers and children at risk of homelessness. He is a Lindisfarne fellow, a Fetzer mentor, and a member of the Esalen Corportion.
Recommended Citation
McDermott, Robert, "A Western Approach to Reincarnation and Karma: Selected Lectures & Writings (Vista)" (1997). CIIS Faculty Publications. 56.


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The Printweek Top 500, the bellwether financial report on the UK print industry, is now available as a fully editable and sortable Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. In print it gives you a perfect overview of the fiscal health of the industry's 500 biggest companies and historical averages across a whole range of metrics. However, in digital form it also becomes an invaluable benchmarking tool for your business. With that in mind, once again we have made the 2020 Top 500 available as a fully editable and sortable Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. This means that not only can you sort the ranking by any one of the 22 metrics we feature, but you can also create your own ranking, based on your own selection of peers, or, if your business isn't featured, add your own details to see how you measure up against the print industry's Top 500.
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Top 10 Point Guards Entering 2016-17 NBA Season
10. Eric Bledsoe, Phoenix Suns (20.4 PPG, 6.1 APG, 4.0 RPG): The only reason Bledsoe ranks tenth and not higher is because he tore the meniscus in his left knee and played only 31 games this year. Prior to his injury, Bledsoe was leading the Suns in scoring while also averaging two steals a game. There are very few point guards in the league that can matchup with Bledsoe's athleticism and possess Bledsoe's two-way ability. Hopefully he can rebound from his injury and return to form.
9. Rajon Rondo, Chicago Bulls (11.9 PPG, 11.7 APG, 6.0 RPG): Rondo is not as gifted a scorer as the other players on the list but he is one of the best playmakers in the league, regardless of position. There were questions about Rondo after his tumultuous stint in Dallas the last half of 2014-15. Rondo showed all the critics he can play by taking a one-year deal with the Kings, and then led the league in assists and averaging a double-double for the season. Rondo was also a menace on defense, averaging two steals per game for the first time since 2010-11. He also shot a career high 37% from three (although he only averaged 2.4 threes a game). Now in Chicago, Rondo will have the chance to run the show for a competitive team surrounded by the likes of Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler.
8. Kyle Lowry, Toronto Raptors (21.2 PPG, 6.4 APG, 4.7 RPG): Lowry's play this season was a big factor in the Raptors' run to the Eastern Conference Finals. While his assist numbers dropped (6.8 last season), Lowry increased his scoring to 21.2 from 17.8. Lowry was also much better from the three-point line (34% in 2014-15 to 39% this season) and was a legit threat from deep, forming a nice balance with backcourt mate DeMar DeRozan. Lowry has improved as a player every year since he came into the league in 2006, but now at 30 years old, I have questions about how much higher his ceiling can go.
7. Kemba Walker, Charlotte Hornets (20.9 PPG, 5.2 APG, 4.4 RPG): One of the biggest questions I have left about the 2015-16 season is how in the world the Hornets made the playoffs. Walker is that reason. Even surrounded by the likes of Jeremy Lin (now in Brooklyn), Nicolas Batum, and Al Jefferson (now in Indiana), Walker was able to produce on a consistent basis for the Hornets. At only 26 years of age, Walker is already a great leader on the floor and was the main reason the Hornets won 48 games consisting of Walker and a bunch of role players. Walker's numbers could increase this season with the losses the Hornets suffered in the summer.
6. Kyrie Irving, Cleveland Cavaliers (19.6 PPG, 4.7 APG, 3.0 RPG): Prior to Irving's play during Cleveland's postseason run to the title, I would've probably had Irving beneath Lowry on this list. However, I think Irving finally got his legs back under him after missing the first 24 games of the season with a fractured kneecap. After the All-Star break, Irving averaged more points per game and shot a higher percentage from three (his overall shooting percentage was less then prior to the break though). Then in the postseason, Irving was able to showcase his offensive firepower by averaging 25.2 PPG on 48% from the field and 44% from three. I think most people would agree that without Irving, Cleveland probably doesn't overcome the 3-1 deficit in the Finals, regardless of what LeBron James did. I believe Irving and James have finally found away to coexist in Cleveland and Irving could put up bigger numbers next season.
5. Damian Lillard, Portland Trail Blazers (25.1 PPG, 6.8 APG, 4.0 RPG): Lillard can flat out score the basketball and he is the heart and soul of the Blazers. He put up some great numbers this season and there was a lot of controversy when he didn't make the All-Star team in the West. The problem is that three of the next four point guards are in the Western Conference (not to mention other non-guards like Kevin Durant and Anthony Davis). As good as Lillard was and as great as his some of his performances were, he shot 42% from the field, the lowest percentage of his career. Lillard has the ability to score from anywhere on the floor but he is not as good a setting up plays for his teammates as the guys above him. If Lillard can get more efficient on the offensive end and contributed more on defense (0.9 steals per game) he could find himself among the top tier of point guards next season.
4. John Wall, Washington Wizards (19.9 PPG, 10.2 APG, 4.9 RPG): Wall narrowly edges out Lillard for the fourth spot. He improved in every category except field goal percentage (46% to 42%) from 2014-15. While Wall's playmaking ability is probably higher now than Lillard's ever will be, it is Wall's improvement in three point shooting that lifts him over Lillard. Wall is generally not regarded in the same shooting category as Lillard but an identical field goal percentage and a similar clip from deep (Lillard- 38%, Wall- 35%) gives Wall the edge, otherwise he is a Rondo that scores more points. Wall is also much more disruptive on the defensive end than Lillard thanks to his elite athleticism. Wall averaged 1.9 steals per game this season and is the only reason Washington came within three games of a playoff spot.
3. Chris Paul, Los Angeles Clippers (19.5 PPG, 10 APG, 4.2 RPG): You could put the last three players of this list in any order and make a compelling and valid argument for why they should be in a spot. I don't think Paul got nearly enough votes for MVP this season. In all honesty, where would the Clippers have finished if were not for Paul willing the Clippers to victory while Blake Griffin missed 47 games due to a myriad of issues. It isn't just Paul's intangibles that make him so great; he is an excellent two-way player (2.1 steals per game, 46% from the field). Paul was the heart and soul of that team and it is a shame they didn't get a chance to compete in the playoffs with a fully healthy roster. Paul is probably the best leader in the league and I'm not sure anyone else on this list could've kept the Clippers in the playoff hunt with their second best player out for an extended period of time.
2. Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors, (30.1 PPG, 6.7 APG, 5.4 RPG): I know this is probably not the popular opinion; Curry is the best shooter in the NBA and maybe even NBA history. So why is he not the best point guard? Because I don't think his shooting ability alone is enough to overtake my number one player. I have seen all the impossible shots Curry has hit this year, but I don't believe the hype and people saying he is one of the best players of all-time and already comparing him to Michael Jordan. I know Curry isn't just a one-dimensional player, he led the league in steals (169) and can also finish in the paint, I just don't think he is the best point guard. I think his stats are a little inflated because of the system he plays in. With the Warriors, he is able to let Klay Thompson guard the best player in the opposition's backcourt and Curry is able to sit in the passing lanes waiting for an interception. I also think his record breaking three pointers made (401) is a product of Golden State's offensive system. I'm not saying the man can't shoot, 45% from the arc justifies his ability to shoot the ball, but I think it is a similar situation to an Air-Raid offense in football. Quarterbacks in an Air-Raid system pass the ball way more than a traditional pro style offense, similar to the Warriors' reliance on the three ball. When Air-Raid QBs are put into another type of offense, they struggle and do not perform as well. Maybe Curry can flourish in another system, but I have my doubts that he would be as effective as he is on Golden State.
1. Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder (23.5 PPG, 10.4 APG, 7.8 RPG): There hasn't been a player of Westbrook's athleticism and competitiveness in the history of the league. Unfortunately for Westbrook the one thing he has yet to incorporate into his game is jump shooting. Westbrook shot 50% on two point field goals last season. His 30% shooting from three dropped his overall percentage to 45. Westbrook is impossible to stay in front of in isolation and is one of the top finishers at the rim, all he needs to add is a reliable three point shot (around 35%) and he can perhaps become the best player in the world. The best triple-double machine since Magic Johnson, Westbrook's all around game is unmatched by the rest of the players in the NBA. When Westbrook is intent on getting teammates involved instead of creating a personal one-on-one battle, the Thunder are almost impossible to defend and defeat. It isn't just Westbrook's offense; he always wants to guard the best player in the opposition's backcourt and even wanted to guard Kawhi Leonard in the playoffs. He averaged 2.0 steals per game and I think his overall game makes him the best point guard in the league. With Kevin Durant now in Oakland, I wouldn't put it past Westbrook to average around 32 PPG, 12 APG, and 8 RPG for the upcoming season.
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Badla marks the unity of Taapsee Pannu and Amitabh Bachchan post success of their 2016 hit Pink. The Kahaani director has roped in Nasseruddin Shah in a pivotal role. Two men pitted against each other for the quest of revenge.
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Badla marks the unity of Taapsee Pannu and Amitabh Bachchan post success of their 2016 hit Pink. The Kahaani director has roped in Nasseruddin Shah in a pivotal role. Two men pitted against each other for the quest of revenge.
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Amitabh Bachchan and Tapsee Pannu starrer, Badla, is a tale of revenge which also underplots deception when we narrate our version of an incident how we change facts to make us look good. The movie is enjoyable and intriguing till you get to know how the revenge is taken, i.e. climax. Read full review
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Sujoy Ghosh, who previously helmed suspense thrillers like Kahaani series and Te3n, is back with Badla - an official remake of Spanish thriller 'Contratiempo' - starring Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu. In a season of fat blockbusters, a picture as smart and compact as this one comes as a surprising treat. Read full review
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The film opens showing a man and a woman in a surreptitious relationship. Both are happy in their marriages but they are also "happy to seek pleasure" with one another. Of course, their affair comes to a grinding halt when they get involved in a car crash during one of their private getaways. Read full review
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Since revenge stories are literally done-to-death in cinema, crafting a smart thriller around the same old saga requires smart execution and tactfulness. Director Sujoy Ghosh's 'Badla' delivers solid thrills and genuine twists with great effect. This whodunit, keeps the viewer engaged and constantly guessing about the big reveal. The fact that this is a remake of the Spanish film The Invisible Guest does not matter too much. The solid performances by Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu, along with the eye-for-detail in writing by Ghosh and his team, make the film a thrill-a-minute ride. Read full review
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Most of Hawks Nation is still clearing the cobwebs from the news that Teuvo Teravainen had to be included to rid themselves of Bryan Bickell's contract. It's yet another case of the Hawks choosing to go with their veteran's floors instead of their prospects' ceilings. Teuvo is probably the highest ceiling of the players the Hawks have had to lose next to Brandon Saad, and that's why the sting is so great. Then again, the real sting is that while the Hawks probably HAD to lose Saad given his salary demands, they didn't have to lose Teuvo. They decided, or more to the point Q decided, that Andrew Shaw was the higher priority.
We've done this before, but it's worth examining whether that's really the case.
Some of the myopia around Shaw is that his first three seasons, he scored at a 20-goal pace. Two of those were half-seasons, as he came up halfway through the '11-'12 season and then the 48-game 2013 season. His shooting-percentages those years were 16.1 and 14.1, and those are simply unsustainable. It has sunk every year since, rounding out at 9.3 last season. That's more of what we can expect. Sure, in '13-'14 he did hit the 20-goal mark, though he spent most of that season playing with Brandon Saad and Patrick Kane, which certainly helps the cause.
Andrew Shaw has never driven possession above the team-rate, aside from that '13-'14 season when he was spending most of his time with the possession-monster that is Brandon Saad (if you don't believe that Jonathan Toews had his worst possession season without him this past one). And Shaw has gotten the benefit of cushy zone starts the past four seasons to simply ride along with the team in terms of puck possession.
Ah, but PLAYOFFS! the Shaw Brigade will scream. Fair enough. It's hard to ignore what Shaw did in 2013 and 2015, chipping in five goals in each run and 21 points combined in those. That's certainly worth noting. However, Shaw did that from bottom six positions. The only postseason run where he really ran things possession wise at evens was in 2015, when he was playing and bum-slaying on the 4th line with Kruger and Desjardins. That's not to be dismissed and that's how you win a Cup, as the Penguins will attest right now. But that's basically what Shaw is.
A lot is made of Shaw's presence in front of the net on the power play, and he's certainly willing to be there which the Hawks are short of, admittedly. But "willing" is different that "uniquely skilled." Andrew Ladd showed, although in only brief flashes, what real net-front presence is. With Ladd walking, I suppose Shaw is the only one I can pinpoint who will consistently be there along with Anisimov. How valuable that is, I really don't know. But that certainly feels like something you can develop from one of the kids coming up through your system, if it is indeed so important to you.
What's worrying is that if Shaw and Kruger are on the third line, that third line even without another winger is going to count $6-7 million against the cap. You can't do that in a cap league. While eyebrows were raised around the league when Kruger signed his deal, Kruger is a unicorn and you can justify that paycheck, at least partially. Kruger gets buried in zone starts and competition, and he still flips the ice. He kills penalties. Shaw does none of these things. Hence, he really shouldn't be paid similarly just because a few more pucks hit him and bounce into the net on the power play, which is essentially what the Hawks are saying here.
Again, this feels like whoever is making the decisions for the Hawks, or who's getting final say, is fixated on "grit." Shaw, when he has had value in the past, didn't have that because he bleeds a lot or never shuts up or has a punchable face. It was because he was driving possession against third and fourth-liners, because that was a neat toy to have. He was using his plus wheels to cause turnovers on the forecheck, not by barking at people. Those are easy things to find cheaper.
On the other hand, the Hawks might not have the time to wait for Teuvo (or Danault, whose loss will also be felt at some point in my opinion) to reach that ceiling. It could still be another year or two. The Hawks might not have a year or two. The thing is I just don't think Shaw's floor is high enough to justify this one.


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Margarita Hernando – Secretary General, ACIEP, Spain
The secretary general of ACIEP, Spain's exploration and production association, elaborates on the significant role that hydrocarbons play in Spain and Europe as well as the Spanish engineering expertise exported across the globe.
ACIEP's core mission is to raise awareness and disseminate the strategic importance of E&P activities in Spanish society. Last July, you declared that Spain needs a hydrocarbons strategy, what is the essence of such a strategy?
"The reality is that hydrocarbons are a constant in our daily lives and we need to include them in the planning of our country's future."
This country needs to realize the facts as you cannot build a prosperous future while ignoring the reality. The reality is that hydrocarbons are a constant in our daily lives and we need to include them in the planning of our country's future. Therefore, a strategy needs to be based on the resources we have as of now and then explicitly define the desired energy mix of the future. All stakeholders will declare that this energy mix must be of a sustainable nature, however, sustainability needs to consider the reality of things too. That means that hydrocarbons in some form are a vital part of a sustainable energy future for Spain. The fact that we are consuming hydrocarbons on a daily basis and the fact the we import almost 100 percent of this consumption needs to be part of the ground laying strategy.
Within the hydrocarbons discussion, our administration needs to decide whether they want to lean on the gas market or the oil market. Spain has already built a sophisticated gas infrastructure; however, we are still reliant on imports. Therefore, if we are to use natural gas as a provider of energy supply security to the rest of Europe, we need to decide what the backup source of energy to renewables domestically will be. Overall, I feel that Spain's leaders are not clear of the role of gas on a domestic level and this needs to be clearly defined for everyone going forward. Part of the reason for this situation is that the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism identifies the economy to be on the brink of a third revolution. Their argument is, that Spain missed out on the first revolution surrounding coal, that it missed out on the second which was oil and that they cannot miss out on the third revolution which is renewable energy. Although I completely agree with the former statement, one must realize that energy sustainability needs a diversified and well balanced energy mix, rather than the sole focus on only one source.
What are you doing in order raise awareness of the significance of hydrocarbons?
We are trying to raise awareness on two different levels. The first one is the general public where we try and engage through different channels. We have organized a temporary exhibition in a national museum, for instance, which is free of charge and where families can join activities which brings the industry closer to them, educating about the use of hydrocarbons in their daily life.
How to live, for example, without safe water pipelines? In each sport we practise, we use hydrocarbon manufactured objects such as shoes, soccer balls, rackets, and bicycles. Which could be the alternative facing plastics, paints, and detergents? Hospitals need sterilized and hygienic materials for treating lesions, controlling virus and bacteria: once again, hydrocarbons.
In addition, we organize and host several business events and conferences every year surrounding the entirety of the upstream spectrum, from seismic activities, to drilling, development, production and so forth.
Oil in Spain was first discovered in 1964, therefore the country does have a longstanding E&P history. However, in this time only about 700 exploration wells were drilled and the country imports almost 100 percent of its hydrocarbon demand. It seems its E&P potential was not fully exploited. What are the key elements that hindered Spain in fully exploiting its hydrocarbons potential?
Frankly, there has been only very little exploration in Spain, because 700 wells are not a lot if you consider that the industry has existed for over 100 years. The last real exploration and production activity in Spain was done in the 80s, however, companies left Spain again in times of the price drop. In 2008, when the barrel was well over USD 100, some companies applied for investigation permits. Unfortunately, there were some issues regarding the issuing of the permits and the administrative side handling the wave of companies wanting to come to Spain so that by the time the price dropped again, those companies hadn't been able to carry out the exploration plans and simply withdrew.
What are the challenges in the regulatory framework?
The major problem was that the administration simply lacked the experience and that the civil servants in the different provinces who were directly liable in the end did not know anything about how the industry operates. A civil servant which may be held liable for environmental damage after issuing a permit will be cautious to give this permit in the first place, if that civil servant does not have the relevant experience and thus does not understand the industry it will take a long time. Moreover, this was at a time when Europe at large wanted to achieve a greener planet and legislation changes across Europe followed. As a result of legislation changes, these permits changed responsibility from being solely within the ministry of industry, energy and tourism to being shared with the ministry of environment. Needless to say that those civil servants had even less experience with the industry and on top of that now had to conduct an environmental impact assessment whenever faced with drilling of exploratory wells. While the administrative side was in the middle of a learning curve and gained momentum for the industry to work, fracking emerged as a new trend in the industry and due to public concerns awareness, the administration side backed off.
Do you think there is E&P potential on Spanish territory?
We think there is; as a matter of fact, there are many companies that think so too! Already in the 80s, a large basin in the north of the peninsula was discovered where unconventional hydrocarbons can be found. The companies, of course, wait and see how fracking in Europe evolves before they will place their investments. In Spain, for instance, we have a difficult situation. In 2013, the federal government amended the hydrocarbon law ensuring that fracking is an acceptable technique to explore and exploit hydrocarbons. However, simultaneously many autonomous communities have banned fracking. The federal government has appealed these bans in highest court to declare these bans invalid as they clearly clash with basic National law. Although the central government laid the regulatory foundation in favour of using fracking and has even been promoting it, the actual permitting at the regional level has not followed suit. Our government wanted to make sure that fracking is legally guaranteed to be a valid technology, however, has feared a regional backlash coming from the local governments, thus the actual permits and relevant authorizations have simply not been passed.
The benefits that this technique could bring to employment, economic development, and in easing our energy dependency remains unrecognized in public opinion. We have to keep informing society about the benefits that hydraulic fracture could give us.
There is also great offshore potential, especially on the Canary Islands and in the Mediterranean basin. This, however, was halted due to heavy protest from the local population. In the Canaries, for instance, permits and authorizations were not being delayed and the first wells were drilled. But the protests grew heavy.
For more than five years now, no offshore seismic campaigns have been granted approval to do any kind of exploration. One, for example, is pending from October 2013 and the government is yet to grant the relevant permits. To conclude, there is significant potential but the public perception and authorities need to turn around to allow exploring those.
Despite the lack of great hydrocarbons reserves domestically, Spain has built some great energy companies that have gone beyond the traditional Latin America reach and are today even present in Asia. What are the characteristics that allow Spanish companies to succeed internationally despite their domestic background?
Spain has excellent engineers and technical staff. This is also shown through the success of various Spanish engineering companies, also as a key element in the international oil and gas industry. The education system in Spain is highly sophisticated and the engineering skills are internationally recognized and sought after, whilst allowing Spanish companies to thrive internationally. This international success of Spanish companies is also internally driven. If you do not have, or cannot get the resources domestically, you have to internationalize and seek opportunities elsewhere. Simply importing petrochemicals is only an option for rich countries and Spain cannot afford that. Additionally, being a peninsula on the side of Europe has helped to create this situation as well. Countries closer to the North Sea or Russia do not feel as much pressure to secure a constant hydrocarbon supply. In Spain on the other hand, we are far away – almost isolated – and thus had this sense of insecurity which ultimately drove the internationalization of these Spanish companies.
Compared to other companies such as BP, Shell or ExxonMobil, Repsol and CEPSA rank lower globally, on place 34 and 47 respectively. What are the challenges for these companies to move up the ranking?
In comparison with the supermajors, Repsol and CEPSA are comparatively new and are nonetheless competing on the same playground with the supermajors. One of the major difference is also, that the supermajors typically had the domestic market to grow prior to seeking international opportunities. The Spanish E&P companies never had that chance but had to go abroad instantly. Moreover, that means that the domestic human resources such companies need to grow are limited. Nonetheless, the competition from the supermajors is the biggest challenge for Spanish E&P companies today.
Would you like to share a final message with us?
Spain has resources and we need to overcome the social pressure and enhance the regulatory framework to make use of those! This is not only a Spanish problem, all over Europe we need to recognize the significant role hydrocarbons play in our daily lives and building block of our economies. As a message to the entire world, I would like to highlight that we Spaniards are emigrants ourselves, which means we have the adventurous character and the education system to create some of the best engineers that are able to foster the industry and businesses on a global scale.
The opponents of hydrocarbon exploration and production do not provide alternatives for manufacturing essential objects. They can't do so as in many cases there is no alternative and in other cases, the alternative material would be ecologically much worse.


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Three of the Top Five Southern League Prospects Were Chicago Cubs
Baseball America continues it travels through the various minor leagues, ranking the top prospects in (or previously in for a healthy chunk of time) each one, having now reached the Southern League. That's where the AA Tennessee Smokies play, and, besting the Daytona Cubs by one, they place four prospects on BA's list:
1. Kris Bryant
2. Addison Russell
5. C.J. Edwards
18. Albert Almora
Three of the top five? The top two? That's a fun list.
BA has always been higher on Edwards than the other services, so I'm not surprised to see him so high on the list, even after a season mostly lost to injury. His ranking, you should note, is five spots higher than former (current?) big-time Diamondbacks pitching prospect Archie Bradley.
Bryant and Russell as 1 and 2 in the league was pretty much assumed, though Corey Seager at number 3 was probably a legitimate contender with Russell.
Almora at 18 is not really something that concerns you, given that it was a challenging promotion, and Almora struggled with the bat. Everyone, including folks making these lists, knows the story with Almora: the glove is legit, and so is the plate coverage and line-drive stroke. The ability to focus on drivable pitches, while laying off peripheral offerings that Almora can hit because of his great coverage, but can't drive, is the biggest one. The power needs to develop a little, too. But there's still plenty of upside for a guy who was the fifth youngest player in *any* AA league this year. I really think folks forget about that part sometimes.


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Bianchi, Monica and Bressan, Valentina and Cadorin, Lucia and Pagnucci, Nicola and Tolotti, Angela and Valcarenghi, Dario and Watson, Roger and Bagnasco, Annamaria and Sasso, Loredana (2016) Patient safety competencies in undergraduate nursing students: A Rapid Evidence Assessment. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 72 (12). pp. 2966-2979. ISSN 1365-2648Full text not available from this repository.
Aims To identify patient safety competencies, and determine the clinical learning environments that facilitate the development of patient safety competencies in nursing students. Background Patient safety in nursing education is of key importance for health professional environments, settings and care systems. To be effective, safe nursing practice requires a good integration between increasing knowledge and the different clinical practice settings. Nurse educators have the responsibility to develop effective learning processes and ensure patient safety. Design Rapid Evidence Assessment. Data Sources MEDLINE, CINAHL, SCOPUS and ERIC were searched, yielding 500 citations published between 1 January 2004–30 September 2014. Review methods Following the Rapid Evidence Assessment process, 17 studies were included in this review. Hawker's (2002) quality assessment tool was used to assess the quality of the selected studies. Results Undergraduate nursing students need to develop competencies to ensure patient safety. The quality of the pedagogical atmosphere in the clinical setting has an important impact on the students' overall level of competence. Active student engagement in clinical processes stimulates their critical reasoning, improves interpersonal communication and facilitates adequate supervision and feedback. Conclusion Few studies describe the nursing students' patient safety competencies and exactly what they need to learn. In addition, studies describe only briefly which clinical learning environments facilitate the development of patient safety competencies in nursing students. Further research is needed to identify additional pedagogical strategies and the specific characteristics of the clinical learning environments that encourage the development of nursing students' patient safety competencies.
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Premier; Treasurer; Minister for Public Sector Management; Federal-State Relations
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Minister for Child Protection; Women's Interests; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Community Services
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The Western Australian Government has welcomed the national apology made today by Prime Minister Scott Morrison to Australian survivors of institutional child sexual abuse.
The Prime Minister made the national apology in response to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Royal Commission).
Western Australia has strongly supported the Royal Commission. It was the first State in the country to formally apologise to child sexual abuse survivors, with the Premier Mark McGowan delivering an apology in Parliament in June this year.
The Royal Commission completed its five-year inquiry in December 2017.
Of the 409 recommendations put forward by the Royal Commission, 310 are applicable to Western Australia. Of these, 289 have been accepted or accepted in principle by the State Government and 21 are subject to further consideration. No recommendations have been rejected.
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Three days after the hazy breakup announcement on the bands official site, Gerard Way has confirmed the split of My Chemical Romance via Twitter.
A Vigil, On Birds and Glass. I woke up this morning still dreaming, or not fully aware of myself just yet. (cont) http://t.co/ABApy1MukK
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It is alive in me, in the guys, and it is alive inside all of you.
I always knew that, and I think you did too.
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