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Patent office grants Mobotix request for review
NEW YORK—The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted Mobotix’s request for a review of four e-Watch patents, Mobotix announced Dec. 18.
A federal court agreed to Mobotix’s motion to stay litigation pending a patent review; e-Watch filed a patent-infringement case against Mobotix in San Antonio Federal Court, according to the release.
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Jeremy Ben Ami's presentation at the Knesset committee debate
Remarks by J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami Knesset Committee on Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs March 23, 2011 Thank you very much Mr. Chairman. I am honored to represent J Street and our 170,000 supporters before your committee and the Knesset. Three years ago, I helped found J Street to give voice to a large number of Jewish Americans who – like me – care deeply about Israel and are profoundly concerned about its future. Through J Street, we’ve built a home where we work for Israel’s security through a two-state solution to the conflict with the Palestinians and ground our work in the Jewish values on which we were raised. My own family’s connection to Israel goes back 130 years and four generations. My great-grandparents were in the first aliyah. My grandparents were founders of Tel Aviv. My father was in the Etzel and a friend and comrade in arms with the parents of several members of today’s Knesset. My parents are buried here in Jerusalem, a city where I’ve lived and in which I got engaged to be married. Like so many members of J Street, I am committed to the dream of a secure and thriving national home for the Jewish people in the land of Israel rooted in the values of the Jewish prophets. Allow me to be clear, contrary to the press release from the Committee Chairman this morning, we did not come before this committee to apologize but to deliver two clear messages. The first is to reaffirm the deep commitment of J Street to the state and the people of Israel. I bring with me a petition signed in just 48 hours by over fifteen thousand J Street supporters affirming our hope to work with you as allies. I also bring hundreds of personal letters from J Street members, including from parents of soldiers in the IDF and from people who raised money for Israel’s independence in the 1940s, explaining how they have found a home on J Street. I will leave you these letters to read so you can see how clearly J Street’s supporters are friends and allies of the state of Israel. Second, I come to warn of the grave risk that Israel faces in thinking that only those who hold certain political views can be your friends. This country is too small, our people too few and the dangers too great for us to let political differences sever the bonds between Jews living here and abroad. The Jewish people are one family – scattered by history to the corners of the globe yet bound together by shared values and traditions. Like all families, at times we see eye to eye, and at times we have our differences. In the past, some American Jews have criticized the government of Israel for giving up too much for peace – whether withdrawing from the Sinai, pulling out of Gaza or entering the Oslo process. Others have criticized Israel’s government for not doing enough for peace – for instance, for continuing the expansion of settlements. Such political disagreements are part of the life blood of the Jewish people. Given the difficult road ahead, our disagreements may very well continue or even deepen. But, in keeping with our traditions, we should work through our differences with respect, vibrant discussion and open dialogue. It only weakens Israel and the Jewish people to make differences of opinion into something greater and to accuse those who criticize Israeli policy of being anti-Israel or worse. The choices ahead for Israel are, of course, yours to make. We cannot tell you what to do. But as friends and family, we also cannot in good conscience stand quietly by and pretend not to see the dangers you face – in particular the growing international isolation Israel will confront without a resolution of the conflict. We also cannot be silent in the face of troubling trends that threaten Israel’s democratic and Jewish character. These include not just this unprecedented hearing into the political views of a Jewish American organization, but proposals to narrow the definition of who you consider to be a Jew or the application of a loyalty oath to Israeli citizenship. Now is not the time to push away your friends and family, even if we criticize one policy or another. Such an approach to Jewish Americans will only leave Israel further isolated and at risk. It will particularly alienate the younger generation of Jewish Americans who are less comfortable with a relationship in which they are not allowed to raise questions or in which their discussions are limited. Now is the time to pull together, recognizing that we are in this as one people and one family, with a shared heritage and a common interest in achieving real peace and security. Israel will be stronger if its Prime Minister, its civil servants and its diplomats – including your Ambassador in Washington – meet and work with J Street to advance the interests of Israel despite our disagreements over policy. We owe this not simply to the dreams of our parents and grandparents but to the hopes of our children and the generations yet to come. Thank you very much for the opportunity to engage in this discussion. [Return to top] ----
Remarks by J Street Board Chair Davidi Gilo Knesset Committee on Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs March 23, 2011 Shalom, Chairman of the Committee and Knesset member Mr. Danny Danon, members of the Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs, representatives of various organizations and other guests, good morning to everyone. First of all, I would like to thank Knesset member Mr. Schneller, and the Chairman of the Committee, Knesset member Danon for enabling this discussion regarding the relationship between Israel and the Jews in the United States. To me, the Knesset represents the renewing sovereignty of the Jewish people in Eretz Israel and this committee that deals with Diaspora affairs is indeed the appropriate place to conduct the dialogue concerning the relationship between Israel and the American Jews. I am proud to be present here today and to represent a notable part of the Jewish Community in the United States. Let's start at the end. We firmly support the Jewish people, the Jewish state and Eretz Israel. This support does not contradict the fact that we disagree with the policy of this government, or any other. Today, more than ever, we are deeply concerned about the direction in which the present government is headed in. We are aware of the fact that some of you are concerned about different standpoints expressed by [J Street] in matters related to Israel and hence, you have, in front of you, a booklet containing significant and comprehensive information regarding our positions, our sources of finance and our organization's leadership. It is very important that you read this document. Nevertheless, we have not come here today in order to argue about our differences, but to share with you the importance of allowing these differences [to exist], and including [those who hold them] as supporters of Israel. It is advisable to dedicate a moment to the past. Historical events brought at the same time some of us to Israel and some of us to North America. 63 years after the establishment of Israel, and approximately 100 years after the last wave of immigration of Jews to America, our communities here and there are almost similar in size, share common Jewish practices, but have different history, experiences and national identity. As a people, we have much to be proud of. In Israel we have established a glorious state, an oasis with a stable and developed economy, Israeli culture and a strong defense. In the United States, from a poor minority we have turned into an inseparable part of the elite of American society. Our successful integration in the American politics, society and economy are unprecedented in the history of modern world. The generation of my father and grandfather had seen and even experienced the Holocaust on one hand and the establishment of the state of Israel on the other. From Holocaust to rebirth, this generation was embedded with a deep and uncompromising emotional commitment to the state of Israel and to the preeminent need for its existence as an open and strong state of the Jewish people. I share this idea. We teach our children that being a Jew means being a good person. Our leading principles are freedom, peace and justice, as rooted in the values of the Jewish prophets. American Jews have always been involved in struggles for social justice and for tikkun olam. From Rabbi Heschel who walked arm in arm with Martin Luther King in Selma, Alabama and up to the Jewish students who go to fight for the rights of the refugees in Darfur. Prior to the revolution of knowledge, globalization and social networks, our young people learned about Israel only in sunday schools. There they were told that Israel is a miracle of the Jewish people, the expression of its independence and strength. They were told that Israel is the land of milk and honey and that despite the wars, Israelis like us, dream about peace. We wanted to be proud of Israel and even when things happened here [in Israel] which were no cause for pride, we tried our best to hide, to minimize and to simplify them. It is clear to all of us that in this era in which people, and particularly young people, consume huge amounts of information directly, there is no way to hide the complexity of Israel's situation, the difference of opinions about Israel, and the internal debate amongst the Jewish people about the different options Israel faces in its struggle for its future and identity. The contract between the Jews in Israel and their brothers in America, which was founded on basic assumptions and a reality that has changed over time, is about to expire. The perception of Israel amongst American Jews has changed. Dedicate some thought to your own lives – is there even one relationship, either personal or professional, in which one party consistently demands and receives total support, while the other party has no right to express its position and opinions? We are presently engaged in drafting and creating a new Jewish contract, adapted to the new reality in which we are living today. A contract which represents above all our commitment to the safety and future of Israel as the home of the Jewish people, but also a clear and piercing statement derived from our Jewish values, that Israel must be a democratic state. The new contract cannot be based on unilateral dictation of what is right, who is right and who is wrong. Only agreement on common values and a genuine attempt to understand where each party comes from can reinstate an Israeli-American-Jewish partnership. Such new partnership will alter the trend of distancing from Israel and will widen the circles of those who take interest in it and are concerned with its future. Such new partnership will help us strengthen and consolidate our Jewish-American identity. As you can probably tell, I was born and grew up here in Israel, I served as a commanding officer in Golani and afterward I studied abroad. Israel is precious to me, I have founded here successful companies that have contributed to the Israeli economy, I have been, and still am, involved in philanthropic activities in Israel and in America, I was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Jewish Agency, I was active within the Jewish Federations, and I have even contributed to AIPAC. A good businessman must pinpoint the next market and the next customer. The reason I founded J Street together with other Israel-loving people, was the recognition that the existing institutions in the United States do not appropriately represent the Jewish community. We must ask why, after years and years of investment and large amounts of money, only a handful of Jews take interest in Israel and the rate of Jewish assimilation continues to grow. Shouldn't a new, more open and more liberal approach be adopted? It is well known that the old Jewish establishment did not welcome the founding of J Street. This is how the world work: when a lifetime venture and sometimes also the source of revenue of a certain group of people depends on it, there is an opposition to change. The reason for the huge growth of J Street and its development from a startup into a true organization which is active all across the United States, is that it represents a real movement, a group which we believe is the majority of American Jewry. Two weeks ago we held our yearly conference in Washington. There were more than 2000 people from all over the United States, including 500 students. 500 Jewish students who came to talk about Israel. It's not something that can be taken today for granted. In simple words, during the last three years we have expanded the market. We have not deprived anybody of their power. Thanks to J Street, there are today more Jews and more young people who consider Israel as part of their Jewish identity. You, our brothers in Israel, are responsible for conducting with us a sincere dialogue, to explain, to listen, to understand and to debate as well. Just as we have come to this committee in the Knesset to conduct a dialogue, we are inviting you to continue this discourse with us. We will be happy to host any Committee Member personally in the United States, in order for him to be acquainted with us and [our] activists’ deep support for Israel. I repeat myself – do not reject these American Jews who support the state of Israel just because they do not agree with the policy of this or any other government. Those who impose upon us tests and hurdles – who is sufficiently Jewish for them, who is sufficiently loyal, and who is sufficiently pro-Israeli in their view - are endangering the unity of the Jewish people. While we are trying to broaden the support for Israel to additional groups, the present Israeli government pushes away and alienates the great majority of American Jewry. We have come here because we wanted to present J Street again to Israeli decision-makers and to Israelis in general. We are not foolproof. We should have been more sensitive and attentive to the feelings of the Israeli public and we should have been more conscious of your sensitivities in the matters in which we have expressed our position. We are ready to accept this criticism, as long as it is part of a constructive discussion and not intended to defame us or as incitement against us. The headline of this discussion today is: "Breaking the conventions of the relationship between communities of the Jewish world and the Israeli governments". I have also read the speech of Knesset member Schneller in the Knesset, and it seems that in his view, in order to be considered pro-Israeli, an organization has to unconditionally support the Israeli government. As I have already said, we are against this approach, but I have a surprise for you: we are not the first and are certainly not the only ones who have disagreed with the Israeli governments. For example, the Zionist Organization of America has spoken harshly against the Israeli governments during the Oslo Agreements, the Disengagement Plan and lately has even criticized Netanyahu's government with regard to the temporary freezing of settlements. You condemn J Street for criticizing the lack of a political process, but you are indifferent when an American Jewish billionaire such as Sheldon Adelson finances a daily newspaper and blatantly tries to change the political map in Israel. You are indifferent when another Jewish millionaire such as Irwin Moskovich tries just as boldly to instigate dispute in Eastern Jerusalem between Jews and Arabs. These "conventions" that we supposedly break never existed. We believe that Jews all over the world have the right to express their opinion in respect to Israel's policy, from both the Right and the Left. There is no place for hypocrisy or preference of one opinion over another. I shall finish with a quotation from the words of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, at a conference of "Taglit" Jewish young adults in 2003: "I want you to know that Israel is not just an Israeli project. Israel is a Jewish universal project. It is yours no less than it is ours and you share the responsibility for what will happen here. No, you don't have to carry the whole burden upon your shoulders, but it is your responsibility, because whatever will happen in the future in the state of Israel, will influence the lives of Jews the world over." May the One who causes peace to reign in the highest heavens let peace descend upon us, upon all inhabitants of the world, and let us say: Amen. [Return to top] ----
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Statements of Support
Jewish Leaders | MKs | PollingEd Rettig Director, American Jewish Committee's Jerusalem office “In holding hearings on whether a voluntary American Jewish organization is indeed a pro-Israel lobby, the Knesset committee has interfered in an entirely inappropriate way in the internal affairs of the American Jewish community... We are a voluntary community in a democratic country and we settle our differences, of which there are many, in the only proper forum -- the arena of open debate within the Jewish community. Israeli parliamentary committees have no proper role in such a discussion." Abraham Foxman National Director, The Anti-Defamation League “I would hope that the Israeli Knesset had better things to do than hold hearings on American Jewish organizations or American organizations. It's inappropriate, it's counterproductive -- it's beyond their purview and jurisdiction. There's nothing positive that could be achieved from any of it.” --“Knesset hearings on J Street up ante in debate about ‘pro-Israel, pro-peace’ lobby,” by Ron Kampeas. JTA, 3/15/2011. Jeffrey Goldberg National Correspondent, The Atlantic "J Street is still a Zionist organization. I believe it is fighting for Shimon Peres's vision of what Israel should be, and Yitzhak Rabin's, and more to the point, it is fighting for the vision espoused by Israel's George Washington, David Ben-Gurion.... The Knesset is debating whether or not J Street is Zionist. This is a farce. The prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, refuses to meet with J Street. This, too, is a farce. The Prime Minister, in fact, will meet with Sarah Palin (whose politics are favored by a tiny minority of American Jews) but he will not meet with J Street. He should argue with J Street, yell at J Street, grapple with J Street, but most of all meet with J Street. Those Israelis, and those American Jews, who believe that J Street, and the spirit it represents, are fleeting phenemona have absolutely no idea what is happening in the Jewish world." Rabbi James Lebeau Former Director, Fuchsberg Center Former Representative, United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism “To learn that Israel’s government is considering admonishing and discrediting an organization that supports Israel is a disgrace. The Knesset should applaud the work of J Street and Israel’s Foreign Ministry should insist that the Israel Embassy and its consulates in the United States reach out to J Street leaders and regard them as partners. “ Naomi Chazan President, The New Israel Fund “J Street has become a significant voice for a very large component of the American Jewish community. That community is watching what is taking place in Israel with growing concern about Israel’s direction and about attempts by its government to deny pluralism and open debate. It is especially disconcerted by the behavior of some members of the Knesset who not only embarked on a witch-hunt against Israeli civil society, but are now attempting to arrogate to themselves the power to investigate American Jewish organizations. “Let us be clear about what is happening here. Proponents of a narrow, demagogic, ultra-nationalist, pro-settlement, anti-peace point of view have decided that every other point of view is illegitimate. They believe that only they can define what it means to love and support Israel and what is best for its future. In so doing, they undermine Israel’s standing as a liberal democracy, alienate its most stalwart supporters in the Jewish world, and sadly contribute to its de-legitimization in the international arena. “We at the New Israel Fund have been a direct target of these retrogressive assaults; we continue to do everything to safeguard Israel’s diverse and democratic character. While we deplore the tendentious and unfounded attacks on J Street, we also believe that these will serve to shine a spotlight on the battle for democratic values here in Israel. With the help of millions of Israelis and lovers of Israel worldwide, the vision of a just Israel, at peace with itself and its neighbors, will ultimately be realized.” Rabbi Michael Melchior Former Minister of Social and Diaspora Affairs “A large portion of the Jewish world, mainly the non-orthodox, are drifting away from Israel and I find it very disturbing. We mustn’t push them away but bring them closer to us. They are allowed to object to legislation and our views. J Street is within the family.” Shlomo Molla Member of Knesset (Kadima) No one requests to ban those who are against a settlement freeze and those who finance building in the settlements. I will not give up on a single Jew who supports Israel” Nachman Shai Member of Knesset (Kadima) This discussion is unprecedented, this important dialogue has nothing to do with the Knesset committee. J Street represents an important sector in the United States and even if I don’t accept all its views, I accept that they have the right to represent and they should not be banned.” Daniel Ben Simon Member of Knesset (Labor) “As someone who was at the [J Street] conference, I got to meet a pro-Israel pro-Zionist organization and I’m proud to support them. When I gave my speech at the conference, I felt Israeli pride.” Einat Wilf Member of Knesset (Independence) “We must be in a trend of coming closer together and not drifting apart. I have my criticism about J Street but the it’s important to have a conversation.” Yohanan Plesner Member of Knesset (Kadima) “Netanyahu’s policy is what’s hurting the state of Israel and not J Street. The cooperation between Israel and American Jews is essential to the state of Israel.” Polling Recent polling of Israeli Jews, commissioned by the Jewish Daily Forward and conducted by Smith Consulting, a respected Israeli polling firm, shows support for J Street's positions. 19% of Israeli Jewish respondents called for unconditional support of Israeli policies from American Jewish organizations. 40% said American Jewish organizations should defend Israel’s right to exist, but not necessarily Israeli government policy. 27% said American Jews should promote what they consider best for Israel, even if it conflicts with government policy. Read more: "Is J Street a Threat? Not to Most Israelis," by Nathan Jeffay. The Jewish Daily Forward, March 23, 2011. [Return to top] ----
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SOU trails only Grand View after first day of nationals
Raiders have four wrestlers in semifinals; five SOU wrestlers lock up All-American honors
A fifth national wrestling title is within striking distance of Southern Oregon University after the first day of the NAIA National Championships, but the Raiders will need a strong finish today to catch Grand View.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — A fifth national wrestling title is within striking distance of Southern Oregon University after the first day of the NAIA National Championships, but the Raiders will need a strong finish today to catch Grand View.
Grand View leads the field with 93 points, while second-place SOU appears to be the only team with a legitimate shot at jumping the leaders on the final day with 83. MSU-Northern is a distant third with 69.5 and Dickinson State is fourth with 53.
Four Raiders wrestlers are still alive in the championship semifinals of their respective weight classes and five more are hanging around in the consolation brackets, giving the Raiders nine All-Americans (top eight). Top-ranked 125-pounder Mitchell Lofstedt, top-ranked 174-pounder Brock Gutches, second-ranked 149-pounder Jimmy Eggemeyer and third-ranked 133-poiunder Prescott Garner each will be wrestling in the semis at the Jacobson Exhibition Center this morning.
Miguel Baltazer (133), Dalton Urritia (157), Derek Mestrovich (165), Jacob Abrams (184) and Taylor Johnson (197) also have locked up All-American status by staying alive in the consolation bracket, and today will be looking to rack up as many points as possible in order to bolster SOU's title bid.
"That's kind of the position that to some degree that we expected to be in," SOU wrestling coach Mike Ritchey said. "I'd rather be ahead by 10, but that's not the way it is right now. But we can make up some ground in the morning."
The Raiders have finished second at nationals three out of the last four years.
Lofstedt led the way with three quick pins to advance to today's semifinals. The defending champion at 125 needed a combined 3 minutes, 51 seconds to finish off his first three opponents. Lofstedt is seeking his third national title.
Garner also advanced to the final four behind three easy victories. He earned a technical fall in his first match before picking up major decision wins in the second round and the quarterfinals.
Eggemeyer won a pair of decisions to advance to the 149-pound semis, including a narrow 2-1 victory over Nick Haugen of Baker in the second round.
Gutches, who hails from Crater High School, pinned his first opponent in 45 seconds and claimed a 10-6 decision over Tanner Martin of Indiana Tech in the quarterfinals. Gutches is aiming for his second straight national title.
A pair of Raiders advanced to the quarterfinal round before falling into the consolation bracket. Mestrovich claimed a 7-3 decision in his first contest before dropping a 10-2 major decision to Grand View's Jimmie Schuessler, ranked No. 2. Mestrovich then earned a consolation victory to secure All-American status.
SOU's heavyweight, seventh-ranked Bubba Owens, won a narrow opening matchup by a tiebreaker before losing a 12-3 major decision to third-ranked Jose Lopez from Dickinson State.
Urritia and Johnson bounced back from early setbacks to win three consolation matches apiece and secure All-American status. Johnson, who is battling a leg injury and was pinned in the second round, picked up each of his three consolation wins by pin.
"In his first match he was not used to (the hurt leg)," Ritchey said of Johnson. "He was caught in a weird situation and couldn't get off his back. He's done a good job of rallying from that. I think he's comfortable wrestling on it now. If he doesn't step up, we're down by 20."
The meet picks up again today starting with the championship semifinals at 10 a.m. local time (8 a.m. Pacific), followed by consolation matches. The championship finals will begin at 7 p.m. (5 p.m. Pacific).
"We need some help from some other teams in the country to knock some of those (Grand View) guys out," Ritchey said, "and we'll be in the mix." | {
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Highlighting rows and columns
Highlighting rows and columns can be useful for drawing attention to where the user's cursor is in a table, particularly if you have a lot of narrow
columns. Highlighting a row is easy using CSS, but for column highlighting, you need to use a little bit of Javascript.
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System Architect
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61
2011/04/25
$320,800
Garrett Winters
Accountant
Tokyo
63
2011/07/25
$170,750
Ashton Cox
Junior Technical Author
San Francisco
66
2009/01/12
$86,000
Cedric Kelly
Senior Javascript Developer
Edinburgh
22
2012/03/29
$433,060
Airi Satou
Accountant
Tokyo
33
2008/11/28
$162,700
Brielle Williamson
Integration Specialist
New York
61
2012/12/02
$372,000
Herrod Chandler
Sales Assistant
San Francisco
59
2012/08/06
$137,500
Rhona Davidson
Integration Specialist
Tokyo
55
2010/10/14
$327,900
Colleen Hurst
Javascript Developer
San Francisco
39
2009/09/15
$205,500
Sonya Frost
Software Engineer
Edinburgh
23
2008/12/13
$103,600
Jena Gaines
Office Manager
London
30
2008/12/19
$90,560
Quinn Flynn
Support Lead
Edinburgh
22
2013/03/03
$342,000
Charde Marshall
Regional Director
San Francisco
36
2008/10/16
$470,600
Haley Kennedy
Senior Marketing Designer
London
43
2012/12/18
$313,500
Tatyana Fitzpatrick
Regional Director
London
19
2010/03/17
$385,750
Michael Silva
Marketing Designer
London
66
2012/11/27
$198,500
Paul Byrd
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
New York
64
2010/06/09
$725,000
Gloria Little
Systems Administrator
New York
59
2009/04/10
$237,500
Bradley Greer
Software Engineer
London
41
2012/10/13
$132,000
Dai Rios
Personnel Lead
Edinburgh
35
2012/09/26
$217,500
Jenette Caldwell
Development Lead
New York
30
2011/09/03
$345,000
Yuri Berry
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
New York
40
2009/06/25
$675,000
Caesar Vance
Pre-Sales Support
New York
21
2011/12/12
$106,450
Doris Wilder
Sales Assistant
Sidney
23
2010/09/20
$85,600
Angelica Ramos
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
London
47
2009/10/09
$1,200,000
Gavin Joyce
Developer
Edinburgh
42
2010/12/22
$92,575
Jennifer Chang
Regional Director
Singapore
28
2010/11/14
$357,650
Brenden Wagner
Software Engineer
San Francisco
28
2011/06/07
$206,850
Fiona Green
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
San Francisco
48
2010/03/11
$850,000
Shou Itou
Regional Marketing
Tokyo
20
2011/08/14
$163,000
Michelle House
Integration Specialist
Sidney
37
2011/06/02
$95,400
Suki Burks
Developer
London
53
2009/10/22
$114,500
Prescott Bartlett
Technical Author
London
27
2011/05/07
$145,000
Gavin Cortez
Team Leader
San Francisco
22
2008/10/26
$235,500
Martena Mccray
Post-Sales support
Edinburgh
46
2011/03/09
$324,050
Unity Butler
Marketing Designer
San Francisco
47
2009/12/09
$85,675
Howard Hatfield
Office Manager
San Francisco
51
2008/12/16
$164,500
Hope Fuentes
Secretary
San Francisco
41
2010/02/12
$109,850
Vivian Harrell
Financial Controller
San Francisco
62
2009/02/14
$452,500
Timothy Mooney
Office Manager
London
37
2008/12/11
$136,200
Jackson Bradshaw
Director
New York
65
2008/09/26
$645,750
Olivia Liang
Support Engineer
Singapore
64
2011/02/03
$234,500
Bruno Nash
Software Engineer
London
38
2011/05/03
$163,500
Sakura Yamamoto
Support Engineer
Tokyo
37
2009/08/19
$139,575
Thor Walton
Developer
New York
61
2013/08/11
$98,540
Finn Camacho
Support Engineer
San Francisco
47
2009/07/07
$87,500
Serge Baldwin
Data Coordinator
Singapore
64
2012/04/09
$138,575
Zenaida Frank
Software Engineer
New York
63
2010/01/04
$125,250
Zorita Serrano
Software Engineer
San Francisco
56
2012/06/01
$115,000
Jennifer Acosta
Junior Javascript Developer
Edinburgh
43
2013/02/01
$75,650
Cara Stevens
Sales Assistant
New York
46
2011/12/06
$145,600
Hermione Butler
Regional Director
London
47
2011/03/21
$356,250
Lael Greer
Systems Administrator
London
21
2009/02/27
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Johnson aims to get Portland ready for battle against Seattle. Can the Timbers keep calm and bag a win?
On the one hand, you look at Real Salt Lake’s young, talented midfield and you understand why they would need to make such a painful choice, to cut ties with well-liked midfielder Will Johnson and his relatively high, veteran salary. That happened late last year.
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Colorado had a two-goal lead at home in the 48th minutes. Two goals. On the road. Generally speaking, that is that. Most visitors begin licking their wounds at that point, conserving energy for better chances ahead to collect points.
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Summer marks an opportunity to break away from school schedules, Saturday morning practices and games, and pen in some fun activities and adventures with your kids. With the days longer and no school commitments on Monday, it’s easy to agree to a late-night movie, or stay a little longer at the beach to watch the sunset. But should divorced parents take that same easy-come-easy-go approach with their child custody agreement during the summer break?
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Next, Marticorena talked to us about traveling out of state or out of the country with the child. It’s never safe to assume that the parent has the legal right to travel beyond state boarders with the child, even if those travel dates fall on his/her child custody days. “The best practice for parents who wish to travel with their child out of state, and especially out of the country is to file an RFO with the court to formally receive court documented permission,” Marticorena said. “The parent traveling should initiate the RFO well in advance of the departure date. It’s important to stress that traveling without the other parent’s consent can trigger law enforcement to intervene.”
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A d20 game can be made to fit into a game setting two different ways. The first is via bludgeon: “But Monks aren’t really appropriate for this setting.” “They are now!” Or via scalpel “This world really lacks the magical elements common to D&D.” “What magic?”
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Ancient Greece, even a fantastic version of it, is a low magic setting, so away go the Ranger, Paladin, Sorceror, Cleric, Bard & Wizard. There are also Feats that are eliminated, and some that are useless in the setting are outlined as such.
Player Characters in the game will be primarily Fighters, Rogues and occasional Barbarians. A new class for NPCs is added, the Hellenic Sorceress, because you need Medea and Circe, right?
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Bloodline is a new character trait which allows your character to be the scion of one of the gods. Depending on the deity and the potency of the bloodline, a character may get a bonus to a skill or a stat, or a supernatural power. A minor scion of Dionysus, for example, has a +2 to two of Gather Information, Perform (acting), or Sense Motive, while a Lesser Scion of Dionysus will get a +2 to either his Constitution or Charisma. A Greater Scion of Dionysus will have either Tasha’s Hideous Laughter or Daze Monster once per day.
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ConclusionsThe New Argonauts is designed for short campaigns, similar to the adventures of the Greek Heroes. These adventures, to be honest, are fairly similar to a video game. Get quest (Acquire Golden Fleece). Contact person who can help you complete quest. Person tells you to perform mini-quest(s), perform Mini Quests, Person helps you perform main quest. There’s usually a boat involved.
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I wanted to try out ColourPop Lippie Stix for the longest time, but I guess the want wasn’t strong enough, or maybe, my gut was hinting on something.
Bottom Photo: Blood and Brink
I’m not a fan of beating around the bush, so let me tell it to you straight — these are not my favorite lip products. I don’t hate them. They’re actually really good but sometimes I have this tendency to nitpick on makeup products.
There are little things that make me not inclined to pick up something and most of the time it is not deliberate. I just notice it. That is the case with these lipsticks. When I first tried them on, I did like the formula which I had high expectations of because these lipsticks aren’t cheap (by the gram, they cost as much as MAC lipsticks). They apply evenly and are opaque.
Anyway, I’ve been tallying up how many times I use each of my makeup products and I noticed that these don’t usually make it to the list. I’ve pinpointed two problems: scent and girth (?!?! – are we still talking about lipsticks?).
The lipsticks smell like powdered milk candy and something else I can’t describe. Scent is a personal thing and most people do love how these smell. I’m thinking that maybe my super human smelling ability from (ex)pregnancy still hasn’t worn off.
The other thing — it’s too thin! I prefer the girth of standard-sized lipstick bullets. I’ve mastered the art of swiping lipsticks just once and applying it almost perfectly, without a lip pencil. For some reason, when I apply Colourpop, the lip perimeter line turn out wobbly and I hate needing to correct it.
Anyway, here are the shades I have/had:
ColourPop Blood (Matte)
This is one of the recently released shades. I don’t know if it’s limited edition. It’s the classic wine red shade that is the same color as the two other reds I own, so I let it go.
The finish of ColourPop’s mattes is similar to MAC’s matte lipstick line (not the retro mattes). It has a liitle shine and tugs just a tiny bit but still relatively easy to apply.
ColourPop Frida (Satin)
Frida is described as a warm mid tone nude pink. When I first wore this, I thought “This is the color most brides seem to want to wear on their wedding day” (if they were my skin tone). It leans peachy coral on me and it reminds me of MAC Please Me.
Colourpop Lippie Stix FridaColourpop Lippie Stix Frida Lip Swatch
ColourPop Brink (Matte)
ColourPop said this was inspired by the “Kylie Jenner lip”. To be honest, I still don’t know what Kylie Jenner’s signature lip color is because she doesn’t seem to stick to just one color.
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ColourPop describes Brink as a warm dusty taupe. What that color is that supposed to look like?
Colourpop Lippie Stix Brink Lip Swatch
I would describe this as a light/medium muted pink brown. I prefer my MLBB lipsticks to have a mauve tone in them so I let this go, too.
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For a time, I wanted to get Grind (dupe for MAC Heroine), but unless ColourPop decides to change or remove the scent, I probably won’t try any more colors. If you’re not usually bothered by strong lipstick scents, these are good lipsticks. They’re perfect for experimenting with colors you haven’t tried before. The size is only a third of a standard lipstick which is fine by me. Who finishes lipsticks these days anyway?
Thanks a lot for the awesome swatches! We have similar skin tone, I was thinking of buying Brink online, but decided not too since it might look pale. It’s really difficult to find a good lipstick in terracotta shade, so many brands are after the Kylie Jenner look ;(.
im glad more girls are pointing out that these arent really cheap cause of the amount of product in it. i really really wanted to try these (and their eyeshadows) but now hindi na masyado cause of lot of reviews are complaining din about the scent. im really sensitive to lipsticks scents so ill prolly skip this for good kahit na sobrang ganda nila on your swatches :} i still wanna try the metallic eyeshadows tho :)
I’ve been dying to make a Colorpop order but I WOULDN’T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START in terms of choosing what to buy. TBH, haven’t heard that much about their lipsticks (in relation to the eyeshadows) but HOLY SMOKES BLOOD AND MAC’S DIVA. SO UP MY ALLEY. (And why have I never heard of them before?? So out of the loop in the ‘reds’ world)
Totall bummer about the scent though, and I totally understand. I have a Bourjois blush that’s quite pretty shade wise, but holy shats it smells of old lady roses and I can’t bear to have it on my face because it LINGERS ALL DAY LONG. But anyways, right, matte lipsticks. Have you tried Wet n Wild’s lipsticks? They have all sorts of crazy colours, have the usual ‘girth’ (well I feel dirty already), and are matte and opaque.
I read a lot of reviews before I asked some to purchase my lippiestix for me. I was a HUGE fan at first(I even encouraged my officemates to buy). I ordered four colors on my first purchase. I really love the Lumiere and Brink. However, as times goes by I realized why the price is cheap in the first place. It did kinda smell weird in the long run. Plus the white packaging of the product – especially the silver logo is nowhere to be found by the way. Felt bad for it because I really had high hopes for it.
I don’t mind lip balms with scents but for some reason, not lipsticks. It’s disturbing especially if they smell like candies -_- But they do have really nice colors. Even the dark one seems easy to wear.
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I’ve always been curious about Frida but I haven’t decided yet if I should give in or not because of the hype around these lippies. I usually let the hype die down before I do. Pero milky scent? I want! I love the smell of milk. :)
Scent and girth! :)) You do have a point. It took me some time to adjust to crayon lipsticks, so I imagine this brand new presentation will also take time to warm up to. I also still prefer the traditional bullet type.
I like the variety of unusual colors they have, and that’s what made me so interested to check them out. However, the one color I was fascinated with turned out to have a glossy finish. Guh. Tsaka na lang nga.
I’ve been meaning to get one of these, especially when I see swatches on my Instagram, but Tellie perfectly said how I feel about them. I didn’t feel the massive urge to get them and I almost always forget about getting them instantly, lol. Parang takaw tingin lang!
I got worked up about these lippies but I keep holding back because I’m not dying to try them. I don’t doubt that they’re reliable (smooth, even formula with true colors) but IDK… blah. NARS Audacious was a game-changer and I didn’t even get any.
Tagal ko na rin gusto i-try to, I actually posted it quite a few times on my blog. But I only actually ordered last week! I’m excited to get my hands on them na nga, hopefully they don’t disappoint! I ordered Cookie, Cake, and Julep :-)
I actually never tried anything from colorpop, mostly because they don’t ship to Europe yet.
In the US people are going crazy with them…but as someone who likes things to be fuctional, their products don’t really catch my attention. Exception to the blushes. I really do like the shades you picked and I believe they look really nice on you :3 but I totally understand if the scent bothers you that much :c Some scents are just unbearable.
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I’m with you! I loved these at first (including the scent) but over wearing it started to bother me (cloying). At least you don’t have to reapply these often. Also, I prefer full-girth lipstick bullets, too. These go all wobbly on the lipline for me as well! I’m glad I’m not the only one. | {
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Last month, LifeNews chronicledthe explosive new evidence showing the Houston district attorney behind the bogus charges against pro-life advocate David Daleiden colluded with attorneys for Planned Parenthood.
According to attorney for Daleiden, District Attorney Devon Anderson shared confidential information with the abortion business, which she was supposed to be investigating for running afoul of state laws prohibiting the purchase or sale of body parts form aborted babies.
Yet, in recent court filings by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast’s attorney Josh Schaffer admitted in a sworn declaration that the Harris County DA’s office shared evidence with Planned Parenthood. That occurred even after the Texas Attorney General’s office had forbidden Anderson’s office from doing so.
This is one of the many politically motivated attacks discussed at length in thearticlebut it certainly forces you to step back and question the motivations of the prosecutors and their varying interpretations of the word justice as it relates to their political posture. The two things do not mix. Yet, we have even addressed similar issues in ourelection processeson quite a few occasions. Justice and politics are not the same thing. Somehow, despite our professional obligations that are diametrically opposed to the type of thinking and action outlined above, people have forgotten that justice itself has no political affiliation.
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After a longtime courtship, has supermodel Naomi Campbell (arguably the supermodel-iest supermodels of all time) broken up with her billionaire Russian boyfriend-fiance Vladimir Doronin—the tycoon who built this spaceship lovenest for the couple:
"They've been fighting for a while," the source said. "It's been going on for six monhts or nine months. They've been sleeping in separate bedrooms and split for a few weeks. Naomi likes to live by her own rules, stay out late, be a free spirit, while Vlad is more regimented. He is up early, works hard, does yoga, and is super-healthy."
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Sun, Wind, Water, Manure...Manure?
What Green Energy Technology is Right for You?
Perhaps you have a barn or horse-run-in shed that is located too far from your electric service? Or perhaps you’d like to take advantage of natural resources already on your farm like manure, wind, sun or a fast flowing stream? Maybe think that you should do your part to cut your fossil-fuel use and reduce your carbon footprint? Or do you simply want to save money?
Today you can do all that and more…affordably. Much has changed in the last few years in sustainable-energy systems for homes and farms. Prices have dropped, there many tax incentives and grants, and a plethora of new products and technologies enable almost anyone to have a cost-effective energy source that doesn't require foreign oil or electricity from coal-fired plants.
We've pulled together a summary of some of the many technology options available for energy savings:
Solar Hot Water Systems
Solar hot water systems use the sun’s rays to heat water, which can be used for both hot water and space heating. As with any system relying on the sun, one of the main concerns is cloudy weather. A solar hot water system can work together with your existing heating source so that if the sun is shining, the water tank is heated using solar energy. If it is overcast, a oil, gas or electric system provides the additional heat necessary.
Homes and farms that use a lot of hot water are ideal candidates for the installation of a solar hot water system. These systems use either a flat-plate solar collector or an evacuated-tube solar collector, the former being more apt for use in the sunny climates and the latter being more apt for use during cold or cloudy weather.
Solar hot water systems not only help the environment by reducing your carbon footprint, but they also help lower costs. A solar hot water system can help provide up to 60-65% of all water heating needs. In an average family home, 20-40% of energy costs come from using a domestic water heater, but with the savings provided by a solar hot water system, the cost of the system should be paid off in six to eight years.
Solar Electric Systems
Photovoltaic (PV) systems are devices that produce electricity when exposed to sunlight.
Individual solar cells do not produce much energy. However, when PV solar cells are connected in groups of panels, or arrays, much more energy can be produced.
Since PV systems utilize energy from sunlight, during cloudy days less energy is produced. That is why most systems are grid-connected. This means that the PV system is interconnected with the local electricity-producing utility and purchases power from it when the sun does not provide efficient amounts of electricity, but in return gets to sell some of its energy during extremely sunny weather or when more than enough electricity is being produced. Many people speak of the thrill of watching their meters run backwards!
Before installing a PV system the most important factor to consider is: Can the panels be placed in an area or on a south-facing roof that has constant, direct sunlight for the entire day?
Combination Systems: Solar Space Heating & Hot Water
Solar combination systems use the sun’s energy to heat both water and air. Passive systems, like sunrooms, absorb energy from the sun and store it in wood, tile, or other structures. Active systems absorb heat through collectors and store the energy in tanks or panel systems.
The systems work in connection with a storage tank as well as a back-up heating system during winter months and overcast weather. During the summer months, excess heat must be used or dissipated, whereas in the winter, needed heat can be acquired through the back-up system. Therefore when the sun is shining your home or business is heated using solar energy, and when the weather is overcast your home uses energy from the back-up system, ensuring a heated home no matter what.
Combi-systems can provide as much as 60-65% of all water heating needs and 20-50% of all space heating needs. Since these systems have a life expectancy of 30+ years and the average family spends about 60-80% of its energy use for home and heating water, after seven to ten years of using the Combi-system, the heat is free.
Micro Hydro Systems
A micro-hydro system uses water flow to produce electricity, and is an economical and environmentally beneficial investment. Those who have a constant supply of water throughout the entire year serve as the best candidates for the installation of a micro-hydro system.
The amount of power that can be generated by this system directly correlates with the “head” or height of the water as it enters the system. The higher the head-height the better. However, high water pressure may be strong enough to compensate for the lack of height.
These systems can be connected to your local grid or they can stand-alone as their own battery charging systems. The most cost effective solution is to use a grid-connected system that works with your local power company to supply electricity when water pressure is low and sell power back to the utility when you are producing excess power.
Wind Energy Systems
Channeling the energy produced by the wind has become a dependable way to meet energy needs and lower environmental impacts. With constant, ample wind and the correct installation, these renewable energy systems have great potential.
However, before installing wind turbines, there are a few issues to take into consideration. The turbines must be placed in an area where the wind is constant in both the amount of pressure it produces and in which direction it flows. To avoid problems of obstruction to the turbines, place these systems at least 40 feet above any obstruction.
There are three ways incorporate wind turbines on equestrian properties: They can be connected to an electrical grid, they can be a stand-alone battery charging system in areas without utility connections, or they can be water-pumping systems.
Off-grid Electric Systems
Stand-alone systems, or “off-grid” systems are renewable energy facilities that are self-sufficient. These systems can be used in barns, run-in sheds or cabins that do not have access to power utilities or by people who wish to lower their environmental impact.
Getting power when off the grid can be completed through several different types of renewable energy resources such as: wind or water turbines, solar PV arrays, or any combination of multiple energy sources.
Stand-alone systems require a battery bank that is sized to fit the requirements of the application. Usually battery banks can generate a three-day back-up supply of energy during times when the renewable energy source may be producing less energy than usual. A back-up generator is necessary during longer periods of low energy production, for example: during weeks of rainy days on a grid using solar energy.
Manure Digesters
Anaerobic digesters take in the manure and blend it in a large tank with bacteria, leaving it to decompose. As it does, methane is formed. Methane, like other natural gases, can power gas turbines for electricity generation or be burned for heat. Another way of harnessing manure's potential energy is to create biodiesel.
Manure digesters have become cost effective enough to be practical for small and large dairy and horse farms. They can be setup to run, much like solar power, as an isolated system, or tied into the power grid. And of course there is an additional cost benefit for horse owners who currently pay to have their manure removed.
Geoexchange Systems
In most areas, the ground a few feet down stays a consistent 50 or so degrees year-round. A geothermal system takes advantage of this and pumps heat either to or from the ground. It uses the earth as a heat source in the winter and a refrigerant in the summer. The tubing can be placed at the bottom of ponds, wells or simply buried in a grid. Even though the installation price of a geothermal system can be several times that of a standard system of the same heating and cooling capacity, the additional costs are returned to you in energy savings in five to ten years. System life is estimated at 25 years for the inside components and 50+ years for the ground loop. There are approximately 50,000 geothermal heat pumps installed in the United States each year. | {
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My reject rate skyrocketed back to 10-20% using the 150mhz and 166mhz bitstreams. This happened on both of the x6500s I tried, so I'm not understanding the 1-2% reject rate I saw on the earlier post. Maybe it's pool dependent?
Just got done finally setting up my "mining rig".This way they're both in front of the highest-airflow parts of the fan. Of course I'll have to take it apart again when my better heatsinks arrive, but until then it seems to be working
My reject rate skyrocketed back to 10-20% using the 150mhz and 166mhz bitstreams. This happened on both of the x6500s I tried, so I'm not understanding the 1-2% reject rate I saw on the earlier post. Maybe it's pool dependent?
Same. I'm on eligius, for what it's worth.
Edit: Spoke too soon. The reject rate is higher, but not 20% high. More like 6-12%.
If there is something that will make Bitcoin succeed, it is growth of utility - greater quantity and variety of goods and services offered for BTC. If there is something that will make Bitcoin fail, it is the prevalence of users convinced that BTC is a magic box that will turn them into millionaires, and of the con-artists who have followed them here to devour them.
If you're still running the boards passive, it'll probably be a good idea to put on a fan to get adequate airflow over the heatsinks. If the board feels warm under the FPGA, it's probably not cooled enough.
so i have the same issue with the 155mhz bitstream, i dont think that i have a heat problemas more people have that issue with the ztexmerge-bitstream of X6500 i think there is a issue in the bitstream
Iv had about a 3 degree increase in temps from mine.. but other than that it seems all good. One of the chips has produced a lot of errors - but most were in the first few hours... so ill just keep an eye on it.
with the 166mhz i'm up at 19% reject rate and i'm on btcguild, I was sub 1% at 133mhz
you've at least got a fan blowing on your heatsinks, right?
If there is something that will make Bitcoin succeed, it is growth of utility - greater quantity and variety of goods and services offered for BTC. If there is something that will make Bitcoin fail, it is the prevalence of users convinced that BTC is a magic box that will turn them into millionaires, and of the con-artists who have followed them here to devour them.
..I have an 80mm fan for each board, blowing right ontop (not to the side as others seem to). When I measure the temp, I measure it using an IR thermometer on the back of the board - seems to be where most the heat on my setup...
A customer pointed out to me that he saw high rejects with the faster bitstreams, but most were rejected because they were duplicate submissions. Reducing the getwork interval got rid of this problem.
At 166 MH/s, the entire nonce range should be hashed in 25.9 seconds, so new work should be loaded before that. The default interval in the latest version on Github is 20 seconds, which should be perfect for this (better to always have fresh work then to sometimes have stale work because of a latency problem).
If you're having really high rejects, could you post the getwork interval that you're using?
A customer pointed out to me that he saw high rejects with the faster bitstreams, but most were rejected because they were duplicate submissions. Reducing the getwork interval got rid of this problem.
At 166 MH/s, the entire nonce range should be hashed in 25.9 seconds, so new work should be loaded before that. The default interval in the latest version on Github is 20 seconds, which should be perfect for this (better to always have fresh work then to sometimes have stale work because of a latency problem).
Ah, this is probably my problem. I think I was still running at 30 seconds (the last time I did a git pull was when the submission bugfix came in).
Edit: Yep, back at 2-4%.
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Intro To Slavery Essay
Essay Topic:
The confrontation of different interviews taken on the topic of slavery.
Essay Questions:
In what way slave is an unnatural phenomenon?
What is the attitude of the Federal Writers to slavery?
How do the WPA interviews reveal the notion of slavery?
Thesis Statement:
Nevertheless, there is still much to say about it and a lot of thing to recall. It is common knowledge that slavery was eliminated with the end of the Civil War.
Slavery Essay
Table of contents:
1. Introduction
2. Federal Writers’ Project
3. The theme of slavery in the WPA interviews
a. Interview with William Ballard
b. Interviewing Walter Calloway
c. Born in slavery: Mary Reynolds
4. Conclusion
“Yes Lawd! I have been here so long I ain't forgot nothin'. I can remember things way back”
Matilda Hatchett
1. Introduction
Slavery has always been the most shocking phenomena of our world. Slavery, by itself seems very unnatural and provokes mixed feelings from the heart of each person. Some people are descendants of those who used to be slaves years ago. Some faced “slavery” even in the contemporary times. And some people just simply do not understand the possibility of one human being considering another human being its slave. Slavery, by definition, is the first historical form of exploitation, under which a slave along with different implements of production becomes the private property of the slave owner. So, in other words slavery converts an individual human being into a “thing” or even some kind of consumer item. This phenomena has done a lot of harm to million of people, taking away lives and destroying the fate of the people who could have been happy. What does a contemporary person know about slavery? The answer will not be very profound. Nevertheless, there is still much to say about it and a lot of thing to recall. It is common knowledge that slavery was eliminated with the end of the Civil War. The South was released from the burden that made the slavery to stop and that started destroying the prejudices concerning the color of skin. Nowadays, it is already history. And could be Americans would not have much information on this important historical issue if it was not for a project Works Projects Administration (WPA), which was introduced by federal government.
2. Federal Writers’ Project
Before starting analyzing the phenomenon of slavery it is necessary to enlighten the source of the main information on the topic. The mentioned above Works Project Administration (WPA) had the goal of stimulating the economy of the country and providing work for people on relief. The Federal Writer’s Project (FWP) was designed as a branch of the WPA. The FWP’s main directivity was the history of the United States of America made on the bases of oral stories of the eyewitnesses. It was made by a group of scholars, artists, and writers on relief who interviewed different people along the country making historical interviews. One of the issues the respondents were eager to talk about was slavery. It is necessary to mention that all these interviews were made throughout 1936-1940 and most of the people who could remember the terrible period of slavery were around 80. What these interviews describe is the respondent’s education, political views, religion, needs, observations, historical events he can share the impressions about. These interviews are nowadays known as WPA interviews and are highly valuable for any person who has the aim to examine the life of slaves during that period and to analyze different aspects of their life. Obviously, the majority of the interviews concerning the slave-issue were carried out with people living in the southern states of America that is to say with those who used to be slaves. Most of the slaves talked about their owners, the way they treated them and it did to their families.
3. The theme of slavery in the WPA interviews
The stories of the ex-slaves are full of “unexpected details, unspoken feelings, and hidden meanings”. Nevertheless, what they were principally about were the brutalities all of them experienced being under slavery. These are the stories of people who lived their lives with the perception of being unworthy and obeying white supremacy as a law. The 2,300 ex-slaves who were interviewed in the “frames” of the WPA project have a lot in common in their stories. They mainly speak about religion, gender elations, material life, slave-master relations and other aspects. These are the stories of what was being black in the South and what a black person had to do in order to survive and protect his right to live on this land.
3.a. Interview with William Ballard
The most impressive thing about the interviews in general and this interview in particular is the description of extremely different slave-master relations in different situations and different regions. It is an interview taken June 10, 1937. William Ballard was from Winnsboro in Fairfield County situated in South Caroline. He was born in a family with several other children. William Ballard belonged to Jim Aiken who was a large and famous landowner at Winnsboro. Jim Aiken was a very powerful man, as he owned the land on which the town itself was built. He also possessed seven huge plantations on which his slaves worked. Thought William Ballard’s master was a very powerful man he never treated his slaves brutally. His wife was very good for the slaves, too and actually took care about them. William recalls:”HE was good to us and give us plenty to eat, and good
quarters to live in”. The only awful thing William could remember about is the treatment of the son of Jim Aiken - Dr. Aiken, who seemed to really enjoy whipping the slaves a lot, especially when his father was out. “Dr. Aiken whipped some of de niggers, lots. One time he whipped a slave for stealing when he did not”. William remembers being very devoted to his master, as he knew the terrible way that other masters treated their slaves. William never starved and does not remember not getting enough food: “We was allowed three pounds o’meat, one quart o’molasses, grits and other things each week; plenty for us to eat. William continues by telling that even when freedom came some slaved wanted to still stay wit their master, because he provided everything they needed, gave them stability and treated them as man, and not slaves in the first place: “When freedom came, he told us we was free, and if we wanted to stay on with him, he would do the best he could for us. Most of us stayed, and after a few months, he paid wages”. Another important fact to mention is the “sick-house” that the master possessed in order to treat the slaves. After the war the master gave the slaves the opportunity to learn how to read and how to write.
Here we see a bright example or it is even better to say – an exception of a very human attitude to the slaves from the side of their master. Nevertheless, slavery still remains slavery no matter how well people are treated. William Ballard even after having spent so many years in slavery, though in good conditions said: ”Of course I think slavery was bad. We is free now and better off to work”. This is an excellent example of how some slave-master relations were very constructive. All the petitions of the slaves were heard and taken into count.
3.b. Interviewing Walter Calloway
This man with a very hard life was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1848. The first thing Walter remembers is being purchased as a slave by John Calloway. John Calloway took the family to the plantation that was situated 10 several miles of Montgomery in Alabama. The life of the family was very hard there; it is necessary to say that at the age of 10 any of his attempts to evade the work that caused too much pain for him resulted in a punishment. That was the reason it was better not even to say a word against the master’s will. The most ordinary punishment for black people not obeying were whippings and the most awful thing about it was that white overseer never did it themselves but always had another black slave to do it. In other words that made one brother whip another brother. “One thirteen-year-old girl was whipped almost to death…” – he recalls still experiencing shock and pain in his mind. Sometimes dogs depending on the will of their master first chased and then murdered the slaves. The underlines the “awful” treatment that the slaves got on the plantation he worked. The punishments the slaves got seemed to be not punishments but pure mockery, including humiliation and severe beating. For every small misdeed slaves were always punished without any exceptions. The slaves who spied for the master had some privileges as getting being in favor with the master. By spying the only aim they pursued was to escape the possible physical punishment. The story of Walter Calloway is a story of a very hard life with constant brutal attitude towards the black slaves, which were not treated as man but as things that belonged to their master.
3.c. Born in slavery: Mary Reynolds
Mary Reynolds was born to slavery. At the moment she was interviewed she was already blind as she was older than one hundred years. Mary Reynolds was born in Louisiana. She recalls being very friendly with other slaves on the plantation but she also remembers some slave to act indecently trying to make the master be favorable to them. Mary’s master Dr. Reynolds often uncoupled families for with the intention of trading the older slave for a younger one. Mary Reynolds recalls feeling constant tension and fear because of the constant brutal beatings the slaves experienced on the plantation: ”… poor colored people in slavery time, dey give dem very little rest en would whip some of dem most to death”. Her master did not have any mercy for his slaves and was very cruel. The lash which was used for the punishments was:”… made out of leather plaited most all the way and den all that part down to de bottom”. Mary supports the information gained from another interviews that usually masters had children from their black women-slaves. These women had no other choice than to fulfill master’s desires or otherwise they were severely punished for a “fictitious” reason. May outlines that the slaves were primarily used as working force, as the white people could not perform as much work as black people did. The conditions that the master offered to the slaves were completely awful and no communication or petitions helped to improve them.
4. Conclusion
These are only some of the 2,300 interview people whose stories a very alike. Nevertheless, analyzing the majority of the interviews it is necessary to point out strange facts: the slaves were very devoted to their masters. And even after they could leave on their own after the Civil War some of them stayed until the very end to do it. These black people, who experienced slavery impress the reader of the interviews with the ability of their families to preserve love inside no matter what was going on outside. These people were brutally treated, experienced inhuman pain and still had the strength to try to learn to read or al least to listen to somebody reading. Slavery brought a lot of fear to the lives of black people: black women were forced to have sexual encounters with their masters, slaves were punished by being whipped almost to death and their brother and sisters were forced to administrate the whippings; they had to work in any temperature conditions, sometimes even freezing; they had to lose their family members - just for being black and therefore slaves. It is necessary to pay tribute to all these people who in spite of the cruelty in their lives managed to remain kind inside and some of them even tried to understand their masters. Thought the master-slave relations did have exceptions they still remained unilateral, where the only side expressing its opinion was the master’s side. Nevertheless, this has become one of the most important lessons for the human nation – there is no condition under which one person can possess supremacy over another one. | {
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My mother-in-law was diagnosed with a brain tumor (GlioBlastoma Multiforme) in February, we have been through radiation and chemo, following the radiation cycle we had another MRI done and discovered the tumor was indeed larger and had spread. Her condition has deteriorated progressively. She has been unable to swallow for some time now and we have been feeding her via a nasal tube exclusively for about 6 weeks now. We have been told that as she nears the end of her life we will have residual nutritional supplement between feedings due to her organs beginning to shut down. Once we confirm there is a residual issue what sort of time frame should we expect? Weeks? Days? Her doctor gave a prognosis of "weeks to a couple of months" at her last visit in June.
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Glioblastoma is well documented as a very aggressive type of cancer. It appears that your mother –in-law has undergone all of the available treatment and unfortunately as you described her condition has deteriorated. I am sure this situation is very difficult for your mother in law and yourself.
The feeding tube does provide nutrition; however, once her organs begin to shut down the feedings will most likely not be absorbed. Because of the need for the body to require nutrients, and as this need decreases, the residual amount of feedings will increase.
Unfortunately the time frame you are questioning is very difficult for anyone to answer, generally speaking once the liver and kidneys begin to lose the ability to filter, toxins increase within the body and will influence a person’s ability to think clearly as well as may cause limitations with mobility.
It sounds like it has been a month since your last physician visit, I would recommend reflecting on the changes you have seen within this time frame and if you are noticing a rapid decline with mobility, cognition and an increase in residual feedings - day to day for example, then I would suspect her health is declining rapidly. On the other hand, if she appears to be maintaining her current level of activity she may have more time, as you stated the physician described. I would suggest the best person to talk with in more detail would be the physician. You may want to plan more frequent visits with him/her to help during this difficult time.
Finally, I would hope that you and your mother in law have some sort of help during this time such as home health nurses, and or hospice care. Being able to evaluate the feedings and the day to day activity both physically and emotionally can be very difficult both for you and your mother in law. I think having professional health care providers helping in a home setting may ease some of this stress.
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As soon as your Mother in Law stopped curative cancer treatments she became eligible for hospice care. Hospice care brings the medical treatment to your home and can provide support and answers to your questions. It is never too early to seek hospice care. It is a benefit category that gives you more, not less care.
Ca-claire answered...
How difficult to have to work with this situation. Even if your loved one has a lot of time, Hospice can work wonders with quality of life once treatments have stopped. Their nurses, staff and volunteers are a God-send. Prayers for your support are coming.
Joyg answered...
Yes hospice is your answer. Have your physician qualify you. I brought in hospice for my husband and he had this wonderful team around him for 11 months. He was able to die in peace with loving support. They were a Godsend to me! I couldn't have managed without them. Take good care of yourself during this tough challenge. You cannot support another if you are not healthy and whole and rested. That's where to use in home hourly care if you can afford it .... to take a respite break. If you can't afford it ask a friend for a day off or contact a council on aging in your community for support.
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I'm sorry for the challenges you are facing. I would hope that your mother in law had/has advance directives and has had discussions with family about what is meaningful to her on a day to day basis. As your mother in law's advocate/health care agent, that individual/those individuals need to focus on what your mother in law's wishes are/would be. Her health care proxy is charged with making decisions on her behalf. If you (or her health care agent) are faced with making further decisions regarding her care, I strongly suggest you talk with physicians about ALL treatment options (INCLUDING no treatment-just comfort care) and the potential side effects/outcomes. Then, you can fully understand what realistic options there are and can stay focused on a meaningful quality of life for her, no matter how much time she has left. This is a very difficult time for your family, but can also be a blessing to spend as much quality time with her as possible, assuring that her sense of comfort and love are first and foremost. Stay focused on love and the rest will fall into place. May your mother in law and your family be blessed with peace as you face this difficult time.
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Jon is an experienced journalist who has covered a wide range of general and business-news stories for national and local media in the U.S. and his native U.K. As a former Reuters reporter, he spent several years covering the early stages of Pennsylvania’s natural gas fracking boom and was one of the first national reporters to write about the effects of gas development on rural communities. Jon trained as a general news reporter with a British newspaper chain and later worked for several business-news organizations including Bloomberg News and Market News International, covering topics including economics, bonds, currencies and monetary policy. Since 2011, he has been a freelance writer, contributing Philadelphia-area news to The New York Times; covering economics for Market News, and writing stories on the environment and other subjects for a number of local outlets including StateImpact. He has written two travel guidebooks to the European Alps; lived in Australia, Switzerland, Israel, and Saudi Arabia, and visited many countries including Ethiopia, Peru, Taiwan, and New Zealand. Outside of work hours, Jon can be found running, birding, cooking, and, when weather permits, gardening in the back yard of a Philadelphia row home where he lives with his partner, Kate.
Sunoco/ETP’s Mariner East 2 construction site in West Whiteland Township, Chester County. Critics doubt that the DEP’s decision to lift a stop-work order will ensure fewer environmental violations when construction resumes.
Pennsylvania’s decision on Thursday to allow Sunoco to resume construction on the Mariner East 2 pipeline after a month-long shutdown failed to convince critics that the company will do so with any more respect for environmental regulations than they say it has had since starting the project a year ago.
Despite the Department of Environmental Protection’s $12.6 million civil penalty for the project’s many violations, and the company’s agreement to do a compliance review, critics said the measures don’t ensure Sunoco will meet regulations as it tries to get the natural gas liquids pipeline up and running after a long series of delays.
“I am not satisfied that DEP and Sunoco’s agreement will be robust enough to prevent the same types of egregious environmental harm from occurring during future construction,” said Joseph Otis Minott, executive director of Clean Air Council, a Philadelphia-based environmental group that has led legal challenges to Mariner East 2.
Minott dismissed the DEP’s penalty as a “slap on the wrist” for a multinational corporation that has damaged wetlands, private property and in some cases private water wells with dozens of drilling mud spills along the 350-mile cross-state pipeline route.
He said the agreement relies on Sunoco’s promises to do better, but those have not proved fruitful in the year that Mariner East 2, currently scheduled for completion in the second quarter of 2018, has been under construction.
On Jan. 3, the DEP shut down construction related to permits it had issued, citing repeated violations. In its statement on Thursday ending the shutdown, the agency said it had taken steps since then to ensure that the remaining construction would comply with permits and with environmental law. In the agreement, Sunoco withdrew an appeal against the shutdown, filed on Feb. 2.
Sunoco spokesman Jeff Shields, asked to explain how the company would avoid future violations, cited a section of the DEP’s statement saying that additional measures have now been put in place to ensure compliance with permit conditions.
The statement said that “all permit conditions will be followed at all times moving forward, as well as additional measures and controls that Sunoco will implement to minimize inadvertent returns and water supply incidents.” Inadvertent returns are an industry term for spills of drilling fluid.
But Rich Raiders, an attorney who has represented landowners in eminent domain fights with Sunoco, said the DEP’s action does nothing to ensure that Sunoco’s long series of environmental violations won’t be repeated.
The agreement should have been made before Judge Bernard Labuskes of the Environmental Hearing Board, a state court that temporarily banned drilling along the line last summer, and who would have allowed both sides to argue in public, Raiders said.
“DEP and Sunoco just cut this deal and nothing went before Judge Labuskes so we have no clue as to if this actually means Sunoco is going to change their way of business and start behaving,” he said.
Absent a court agreement with the opportunity for public input, it’s difficult to convince a skeptical and in some cases hostile public that anything meaningful is going to change, Raiders said.
If Sunoco had apologized for its violations, fired senior staff and consultants, and explained in detail how it was going to fix its deficient practices, it might have been able to rebuild public trust, Raiders said.
But the agreement only reinforces public misgivings about both entities, he said, and DEP’s action Thursday did nothing to alleviate those doubts.
DEP spokesman Neil Shader said the department strongly disagrees with arguments that the new agreement won’t ensure better compliance. He said the deal includes a binding plan that ensures permit conditions are met and that spills will be minimized.
“DEP will be monitoring activities closely to ensure that Sunoco is meeting the terms of this agreement and its permits,” Shader said.
State Sen. Andy Dinniman (D-Chester County), an outspoken critic of the pipeline, rejected the DEP’s assurances, saying the fine won’t undo the environmental damage done by the pipeline construction so far, and accusing DEP of ignoring community calls for an assessment of safety risks that may be posed by the pipeline.
“Nothing in this agreement adequately addresses our ongoing concerns regarding the proximity of the pipeline to schools, daycare facilities, parks, libraries, and senior living communities,” Dinniman said in a statement.
Dinniman’s concerns were echoed by Del-Chesco United for Public Safety, a community group that says the pipeline represents a grave risk to public safety, especially in Delaware and Chester counties. It said the Wolf administration should have used the shutdown period to launch an independent risk assessment of the pipeline.
‘Gov. Wolf continues to pay more attention to Sunoco’s interests than he does to the safety of seniors and children of Pennsylvania,” the group said in a statement.
Other critics accused the agency of not being tough enough on the pipeline industry.
“The Department of Environmental Protection has demonstrated once again that its allegiance is with the companies it is charged with regulating, not the public it was created to serve,” said Karen Feridun of the anti-pipeline group Berks Gas Truth.
Feridun rejected McDonnell’s statement that DEP had held Sunoco to the “highest standard possible” during its application for permits and subsequent construction. She called the assertion “demonstrably untrue” given the DEP’s documented issuance of permits even though some deficiencies remained.
She said texts recently published by StateImpact showing discussions between Gov. Tom Wolf’s officials and the DEP shortly before the permits were issued revive questions about whether the DEP issued the permits because of pressure from the governor.
The Pennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance, which advocates for the pipeline industry, defended the DEP’s action as a credible response to Sunoco’s permit violations.
“DEP’s action proves that regulators are being an effective watchdog to ensure safe, responsible development,” said spokesman Kurt Knaus. “With the stop-work order lifted, this project can get back on track.” | {
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Over time, a person holding a Shard will be shaped to the Shard's intent. This can, for example, turn a kind person like Ati into someone who just wants to destroy. However, Rayse was purportedly already an incredibly crafty, loathsome, and dangerous individual, even before picking up the power. A Shard's intent is mildly interpreted by its Vessel[8] (for example, the idea of Preservation could be interpreted in a number of ways, and the Shard's Vessel helps determine this), so Odium is probably being interpreted in the darkest, most dangerous way possible. Odium is a force of pure hatred which is held by a man who can--and will--use that power to the most terrible end.
Odium's ultimate goal is indeed terrible: he seeks to be the most powerful being in the cosmere. To this end, he kills other Shards (namely Aona, Skai[6], Uli Da[9], and Tanavast[10]).[11] But, instead of picking up those Shards (and becoming more and more powerful as he increases his Shard count), Rayse does not want to be unduly influenced from other Shard's intents.[12] He feels that Odium matches him perfectly. So, he Splinters the Shards he kills, preventing anyone taking up those Shards to challenge him.[6]
Odium intends to do this to every Shard and be the only Shard left, effectively making him unstoppable and giving him free rein in the entire cosmere. And, Odium appears to have no trouble with killing former acquaintances to progress his goals.
Ambition was the first Shard on Odium's "hit list", as he felt threatened by the Shard's Intent.[13] However, Odium was unable to locate her until after he Splintered Devotion and Dominion on Sel.[13]
Odium tends to attack two kinds of Shards- those that violated the original Vessels' pact to not settle on the same world (such as Dominion and Devotion) or those he feels would be a threat or challenge to confront (such as Ambition).[14]
He is willing to work with another Shard if he is in charge. He may have done this once.[15]
Odium currently has an alliance with a Cosmere power other than Bavadin.[16]
When Odium appears in Dalinar’s visions he tells Dalinar that he is not the shard Hate but rather of the shard of Passion. Odium claims to be the only Shard that can understand how humans think and feel. He tells Dalinar that Honor only cares that people obey their oaths and Cultivation only cares if things are grown regardless of whether they are good or bad, and that he is the only Shard that can feel.
While Odium’s true essence is too powerful to be seen, he generally appears to Dalinar as an old man with a wide, furrowed face and bone-white hair sweeping back from his head. He appears with thick mustaches with a hint of black in them blended into a short white beard. His skin and eyes look Shin and he wears a golden crown in his powdery hair.[17] To the singers, he appears as an ancient singer with gold and white marbled skin.[18] He carries a golden sceptre in both of these forms.
When Dalinar claims to have seen Odium, Odium shows Dalinar an enormous, all-encompassing flame. It is bright white and red. While it primarily emanates hatred, it also overwhelms Dalinar with human emotion, passion, and anger.
Please read carefully and note that this is not necessarily canonical.
Perhaps unique to known Shards, Odium has figured out a method to kill a Shard's Vessel without destroying himself. Compare this to Preservation, which in order to defeat Ruin, had to kill himself to do so. While that may be particular to Ruin and Preservation's circumstance of being perfect opposites, there is no evidence of Shard death aside from Ruin and Preservation, and Odium's power. While how Odium accomplishes this is a mystery, It is known to be very taxing and take a long time to recover from.
The first theory to explain this was that Odium was inherently more powerful as a Shard, and so he can simply overpower other Shards. This is not the case, however, since all Shards initially had the same power level.[19] It is possible that since Odium is unlikely to invest his power in granting to sentience (as Preservation did), Odium is now slightly more powerful than his opponents, but this still does not explain how Odium easily could defeat Aona and Skai's Shards, Devotion and Dominion.
Another explanation could be that potentially any Shard could figure out Odium's destructive methods, but lack the motivation compared to Odium's overpowering intent of hatred.
Odium's other known ability is his power to Splinter Shards. This appears to require the opponent's Vessel to already be dead before Odium can Splinter them. It is unclear if any Shard can Splinter Shards, or it is especially unique to Odium. It should be noted that Preservation tells Kelsier that Ruin seeks to splinter his power[20], implying that the power, or at least the will, to splinter a shard is not unique to Odium.
Unlike Ruin, Odium is unable to change text documents on Roshar.[21] This is due to him not having infused his essence into the world, like Ruin did at the creation of Scadrial.[22]
On Sel, Odium's influence is omnipresent: he Splintered Devotion and Dominion, the only Shards on that world. Seons and Skaze are both Splinters, so in a way, Odium caused their existence.
Odium's actions are more obvious on Roshar, his present location. Honor stated to Dalinar that Odium is the enemy,[10] and implied he is the cause of the Desolations and potentially the leader of the Voidbringers. So, Odium has been attacking societies on Roshar for over 4,500 years.[23] This ultimately culminated with Odium killing Tanavast and Splintering Honor, though the Vessel of the third Shard on Roshar, Cultivation, still lives. In the present, Odium brings about the threat of the Everstorm and the True Desolation.
Odium may be the cause of the Heralds being tormented after dying in the Desolations.
Odium has killed at least one other Shard[24], heavily implied to be the shard Ambition which was mortally wounded by Odium during a clash in space within the same solar system as Threnody[25].
Odium may be the one referred to as the Broken One. This quote mirrors how the voice in the storm talked to Kaladin and said "Odium reigns".[26] The "sixteen" surely indicates the sixteen Shards, and indeed there are three Shards on Roshar. However, it is peculiar that if three reigned, why is Odium (presumably one of the three) referred to so strangely as the "Broken One" here? It is possible to say that indeed Odium is one of the three mentioned rulers, and as to why he is called the Broken One, it can be said that while Odium ruled along with the other two Shards he was still solid and "whole" in the sense that he was of physical form. But as indicated by Wit he is more of a force than a living being so this Broken One status we can say is him becoming this force.
It has been theorized that Odium is much better at seeing into the future than Ruin was. It is postulated that a Shard's skill in seeing the future is directly related to their intent and the mindset it gives them. Under this theory, the reason Ruin was very bad at seeing the future is that he always desired to destroy immediately, and so, he was focused on the present much more than Preservation, who had to think much more long term to fulfill his intent.
Odium has shown much craftiness and planning, so he probably is significantly more adept at seeing the future than Ruin. It isn't clear in this theory just how good Odium is at future sight--it is entirely possible that Preservation and especially Cultivation are still superior to Odium in this regard. Still, if Odium is better at seeing the future than Ruin, that already makes Odium a much bigger threat than Ruin ever was. | {
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Haiti’s rainy season could mean suffering is in the forecast
It spatters the pink bedsheet that serves as her wall, crawls up the acacia branch that plays the role of wobbly tent pole and forms the floor she lies on. Near one end of the tent, a steep slope leads several hundred yards up to the Petionville Club, where elites once played tennis and luxuriated poolside with rum sours. A foot from the other, the earth drops 15 feet into a stinking canal turned open sewer since the Jan. 12 earthquake that left more than 1 million Haitians homeless.
Here in Port-au-Prince’s largest encampment, a cruelly canted hillside inhabited by as many 70,000 people, Pierre-Louis lives on the edge as the ferocity of Haiti’s April-May rainy season approaches.
Confronted with the challenge of destructive rains and floods, international relief agencies have launched an ambitious logistical operation aimed at protecting the Pierre-Louises of this wrecked city. They hope to carve new drainage outlets in the most vulnerable of the hundreds of camps in this city by mid-April and to relocate people living in the most precariously perched tents.
The consequences of failure would be devastating, Haitian and international officials say: another catastrophe — 37,000 dead in floods and mudslides — in a country traumatized by more than 200,000 earthquake deaths.
“The rainy season is a freight train headed right at us,” said Anthony Banbury, who until recently was the acting second-in-command at the U.N. mission in Port-au-Prince. “We’re in a race against time, and we can’t lose a day.”
Just the beginning
Banbury’s race starts with a sprint and ends as a marathon. The sprint happens between now and April 15 — the expected start of heavy rains — when crews will dredge the new canals and build retaining walls. They will also attempt to find new refuge for 9,000 people whose tents are so imperiled by flash floods that they cannot be saved by the engineering work.
But that’s just the beginning. Eventually, over the course of months, international officials hope to relocate at least 150,000 people living in unacceptably muddy camps wedged into ravines and on steep hillsides that could become breeding grounds for disease. (Several hundred thousand more are expected to find shelter on their own outside the camps, in the homes of friends and relatives or in semi-permanent structures near their homes.)
Even figuring out how many people in the camps legitimately need to be relocated has become a complex exercise. Thousands are thought to have set up tents in camps to collect food and water during the day, even though their homes are habitable. And some quake victims have set up multiple tents — say, a husband in one, a wife in another and their children in a third — in order to collect more supplies, relief officials say.
Hillsides made bald by years of deforestation in Port-au-Prince and other parts of the country act as giant sluices, funneling torrents of water in even small storms. On the steep hillside below the Petionville Club, yesterday’s mud becomes today’s hard-packed claylike surface, perfect to channel water.
In post-earthquake Port-au-Prince, rainstorms — including several brief ones over the past week — lift refuse out of piles and spread it across streets and camps. With the ooze — an awful melange of rotting fruit, chicken bones and human waste — comes a smell that brings to mind spoiled milk and gangrenous wounds.
On March 18, Port-au-Prince got a preview of what is to come when a short downpour collapsed a school tent, streets became rivers with floating garbage islands, and water rose to knee level in the camps. Pierre-Louis managed to save her rickety tent, but the coursing water swept away everything else: her charcoal stove, 12 spoons, two pots, a couple of buckets and a bag of clothes. She sank to her knees and “asked God to change my life.”
Pierre-Louis — who earned the equivalent of $1.50 a day making shirts before the quake but is jobless now — has found a comfort zone despite the grim conditions. Her friend Carline Calipso — whose 2-year-old daughter died in the quake — occupies the next tent, and two tents down another friend from her Delmas neighborhood, Louidie Desauguste, lives with his wife and 10 children between the ages of 9 and 29.
The three friends crystallize the conflicting emotions of the moment. Desauguste would move if offered a safe place, he said, but “I survived the earthquake; I’m not going to some new place to die.” Calipso dreams of escaping the camp before the water “takes me away,” but worries that she would struggle to restart her sidewalk candy stand in a place where she doesn’t know anyone. In one breath, Pierre-Louis said she wants to leave, and soon; in the next, she said she doesn’t want to leave her family and friends.
‘Big problems’
And therein lies the problem: The main new settlement being built is far from the city center in a neighborhood called Tabarre.
“The government is going to have big problems if they come here and just try to tell people to leave,” said Jean Salnove Pompee, director of a community group that works in Pierre-Louis’s camp.
Many of the camps are situated on private land and are tolerated for now by the owners, or they are on symbolically important public spaces. Haitian officials want to clear a camp in front of the prime minister’s office and another in the city center along the Champ de Mars, a teeming avenue across from the once-graceful National Palace, which collapsed during the quake.
Semi-permanent structures crafted from scavenged wood line the street, and their owners show little inclination to budge. International officials are less concerned about this camp because it sits on paved ground, and the U.N.’s Banbury said “no one will be forced out at the point of a gun.” But Haitians have begun to issue veiled threats.
“We abide by the law,” Charles Clermont, head of the Haitian presidential relocation task force, said in an interview. “We know the concept is, you can’t force someone to go somewhere. But you can force someone to leave a place.”
In an interview, Edmond Mulet, head of the U.N. mission here, said that in the rush to save lives, it will be almost impossible to achieve international standards of 36 square meters per person for the first group of people targeted for relocation. Internally, there has been furious debate with humanitarian officials. Mulet hopes to build at least one large solid structure of wood or metal in each of the new settlements, where people could cluster if their tents are ripped apart by winds and rain.
“It would be like the Middle Ages, with people going to a fortress, a chateau or a church when the Huns come,” he said at a small office near the airport. He works there because the U.N. headquarters here collapsed in the quake.
Earth movers now skitter across the tract of land on the city’s edge where Mulet’s disaster-zone equivalent of a chateau will be erected. Two neighbors were injured there recently during a shootout after someone fired bullets at work crews, underlying the tensions associated with almost any major initiative here.
Clermont, the Haitian relocation adviser, worries that the temporary settlements will become permanent slums and that, in solving one crisis, others will be created. He invokes a Haitian saying: “Don’t escape from the river and fall into the bottom of the sea.” | {
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Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Shock and Awe
Well another busy season of Youth is about to erupt, and I feel like Ralph Kline at a Janet Jackson show…..Hanging out with certain youth this summer I had a great time getting to know them, growing with them and laughing with them. But I also miss the others, its been so long since I have seen so many of them, and summers change Youth so much, and you never really know if they will be “in to” things you are planning or hoping to teach, but there is always that one time when things click and you make a connection and you see a break through. Man I was one of those youth my self, that my youth pastor must have lost soooo much sleep over…but that persistence paid of…well at least I think it did…well anyways the shock and awe of it all begins Sep. 14th ohhh yeah....... :)
Fair and not so lovely.....I remember hearing a joke about a village near an Army Cantonment during the days of the British Raj.Hey there, you've got a great blog here! I'm thinking of bookmarking your site! | {
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Baseball Talk Philadelphia
August 07, 2014
The Phillies Should Let Marlon Byrd Go To Claiming Team, No Matter What
The Phillies may have had some help in turning the page on Wednesday, when an unnamed team claimed outfielder Marlon Byrd on waivers. The Phillies have three real options: trade Byrd to the claiming team, give Byrd to the claiming team for no compensation, or pull Byrd back and keep him on the Phillies for the remainder of the season. I believe that the Phillies should make certain that Marlon Byrd is not on the Phillies anymore.
I have been a huge Marlon Byrd fan since I regularly watched him play in AA Reading 15 years ago. I still have the signed Marlon Byrd Reading Phillies baseball card that he signed for me when I was 17 years old. I was annoyed when the Phillies traded Byrd for Endy Chavez in 2005, and watched Byrd's success with the Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs and his rebirth with the New York Mets and Pittsbugh Pirates in 2013. I was also happy that the Phillies signed him, and I even own a # 29 Marlon Byrd jersey.
So, why would I be in favor of the Phillies letting him go?
When the Phillies signed Byrd, it was the last-ditch attempt at putting together a winning season with the old core. If the team's play did not end the notion that the 2014 Phillies were going nowhere quickly, General Manager Ruben Amaro, Jr. stated as much the other day, indicating that the Phillies had to be ready to take a step back in 2015 and 2016 before they would get better. In other words, there is no point to having Marlon Byrd here.
Byrd is 36 years old. He is signed to $8 million in 2015, and, if he is healthy, will vest an additional $8 million in 2016. If 2015 and 2016 is about taking the step back to put some pieces together fore the future, a 37 year-old and 38 year-old Marlon Byrd does not accomplish that goal. So what would?
Rusney Castillo. The Cuban defector is a right-handed hitting outfielder who could make a significant contribution quickly. The Phillies could clear both salary and a space in the outfield to make room for Castillo in 2015. With the Phillies really short on prospects in their system that could make a near-immediate impact, Castillo would give them one player. And, all he would cost is money.
The Phillies have shown a willingness in the recent past to spend on Cuban players. Their most recent acquisition, Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez, has the makings of being a valuable bullpen piece. While some think that the $12 million Gonzalez got from the Phillies was a lot, it's only money. The Phillies have it. I would be more concerned if the Phillies traded young talent for Gonzalez. The Phillies are one of the teams who have worked Castillo out. Showing Castillo that they have an outfield spot waiting for him as soon as next year would send the right message to the free agent outfielder who has to make a decision.
What do the Phillies do for the rest of 2014?
This one is easy. For once and for all: play Domonic Brown and Darin Ruf every single day. Either these two guys will help the Phillies in one role or another down the line or they will not. The less they play, the less that question is answered. I would put Brown and his arm in right field, and give Darin Ruf left field. Ben Revere would play center. Grady Sizemore really has no purpose on this team, unless they hope he clears waivers and they can trade him.
How would the Phillies respond to the waiver claim?
If I were Ruben Amaro, Jr., I would pick up the phone and call the claiming team. I would say,
"Congratulations! With your claim, you are going to be the proud owner of Marlon Byrd. Now, do you wish to pay the whole salary and take him off our hands, or would you rather we pay some of that down and you give us a prospect we would like?"
If the Phillies can get something in return to pay down the $8 million next year and possible $8 million in 2016, that would be very beneficial to the Phillies. If the claiming team will not get anything back in return, the money can be put to good use on Castillo.
Marlon, I really am a big fan of your play. I will enjoy watching you in the playoffs for your new team. The Phillies need to turn the page, and this is an opportunity just too good to turn down. Best of luck to you.
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I completely disagree about Sizemore, he has played the best of all outfielders. I would not let him go. I would rather see Dom Brown gone, and Ruf is still unproven. Byrd can be traded, but should not be given away for nothing, he can still be traded in the off-season.
@Mindovermath - I'm not sure that Grady re-signs in Philadelphia. He's a free agent and he's too risky to commit to for any length, and he would be an older player clogging a spot to try a young player. | {
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Sunday, 10 March 2013
On a Pasture based Dairy Farm The Sky is Always Blue
The sky is always blue! This is NOT a reference to the lack
of rain in Australia & New Zealand. The dairy industry is a place of
optimism and opportunities. In every crisis there is both danger and
opportunities. The key is to see the opportunity! Believe me the sky is always
blue! Pasture based dairy farming is a place of optimism!
Every time I fly the sky is always blue! From the ground it
may not seem to be. It’s easy to get pessimistic. Even as the aircraft takes
off you are not absolutely sure. But it is always very reassuring to experience
that joy of breaking through the clouds. Dark as the clouds might seem. The sky
is always blue! The sky is always blue
is a glass half full attitude!
The Chinese symbol for crisis cleverly includes both danger
and opportunity. Don’t dismiss the danger and the threats but look for the
upside risk, the opportunities to learn, to make decisive moves and to benefit
from a crisis.
The world seems to be having these extreme weather events.
Remember the 2012 drought in the USA & Canada. 2012 delivered endless rain
and mud in the UK, making pasture management a nightmare. The hot dry summer of
2013 in NZ & Australia is now creating desperate feed shortages on most
dairy farms. Farmers have little control over these events but there impact can
be massive.
There is a huge risk that these events can be very costly.
Beware of over spending on feed. Rather look to minimise the losses. Few people
make money during dry periods but many lose money. Think ahead. What are you
going to do when it does rain? How can you recover quickly with no carry over
costs e.g. under feeding calves so that heifers are under target weights…..these
carry over costs can impact 2-3 seasons ahead.
These extreme events cause much farmer stress. Farming men
often don’t deal with stress very well. Men tend to retreat into their “man
caves”. They go quiet and are reluctant to talk out their concerns. Whereas
women tend to choose a much healthier path & confide in friends about what’s
worrying them. Women don’t really understand “man caves”.
Every Dairy Farm has a “Magic Spot”. Farmers are so lucky to
have “Magic Spots” on their farms. Somewhere that is truly magical. Somewhere
that is quiet and you can reflect on how lucky you really are to be a dairy
farmer. Dairy Farmers need to Spend Time at the “Magic Spot” on their Farm. The
farm’s “Magic Spot” is a lovely place to be with your family. “Magic Spots” on
farms are not “Man Caves” Don’t get confused!
Farming is an isolated profession. Farming can sap your
every energy. However farming should never be your whole world. Men can be
farmers but they are also fathers, sons, husbands, friends, mates, lovers,
laughers, jokesters and team players. If a drought or floods seriously affect
your farm you don’t want it bowling over your whole world. By saying that…… in
no way am I underestimating the damaging impact of dryness or flooding can have
on a farm business.
Ask for help! Asking for help is a manly thing not a sign of weakness. Recognise if your man needs help.
It’s time to go to the beach. It’s time to go swimming with
your children. It’s time or organise a game of beach volleyball with your
Discussion Group. It’s time to watch the Kiwis give England a hiding in the
Cricket Test Series. It’s time to take a break!
About Me
Tom Phillips proudly a Kiwi. I'm based at the New Centre of Excellence in Farm Business Management, Massey University, New Zealand.The Centre is a joint project of both Massey & Lincoln Universities. International Low Cost Pasture based Dairy Industry Consultant has worked in New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Ireland & France.Expert in grazing management & dairy farm business management,Onfarm Discussion Group facilitation & training.
I am a strong advocate for pasture based dairy farming partly because it is environmentally & animal friendly with a low carbon footprint but also it creates a profitable strong business which is family friendly. | {
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Very strange. Works just fine for me.
Does it crash your game? Or something doesn't work like it should in game?
Cos as I said - it works just fine for me....
With version of the game you are running?
I literraly just used it about.... idk, a minute ago?.. and it worked like it should.
Post a screenshot at least...
Very strange. Works just fine for me.
Does it crash your game? Or something doesn't work like it should in game?
Cos as I said - it works just fine for me....
With version of the game you are running?
I literraly just used it about.... idk, a minute ago?.. and it worked like it should.
Post a screenshot at least...
Ok so i figured out why, here's a thing Pond/Lake works fine, but ocean water still has it's overlay, i guess it uses a different overlay which explains why the cheat doesn't work on the ocean underwater overlay & i'm using the same version as you, i the game on steam so it's updated to v0.65b which is the latest.
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Synthetic cancer indicator: An artificial mole as an early warning system
Time: 2018-04-24 15:51 Click:102
As soon as the calcium level exceeds a particular threshold over a longer period of time, an implant inserted under the skin triggers the production of melanin. This causes a mole to form. (Simulated montage)
Credit: ETH Zurich
Alongside cardiovascular disease, cancer has become the top cause of death in industrialised countries. Many of those affected are diagnosed only after the tumour has developed extensively. This often reduces the chance of recovery significantly: the cure rate for prostate cancer is 32 percent and only 11 percent for colon cancer. The ability to detect such tumours reliably and early would not only save lives, but also reduce the need for expensive, stressful treatment.
Researchers working with Martin Fussenegger, Professor at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering at ETH Zurich in Basel, have now presented a possible solution for this problem: a synthetic gene network that serves as an early warning system. It recognises the four most common types of cancer -- prostate, lung, colon and breast cancer -- at a very early stage, namely when the level of calcium in the blood is elevated due to the developing tumour.
The early warning system comprises a genetic network that biotechnologists integrate into human body cells, which in turn are inserted into an implant. This encapsulated gene network is then implanted under the skin where it constantly monitors the blood calcium level.
As soon as the calcium level exceeds a particular threshold value over a longer period of time, a signal cascade is triggered that initiates production of the body's tanning pigment melanin in the genetically modified cells. The skin then forms a brown mole that is visible to the naked eye.
The mole appears long before the cancer becomes detectable through conventional diagnosis. "An implant carrier should then see a doctor for further evaluation after the mole appears," explains Fussenegger. It is no reason to panic. "The mole does not mean that the person is likely to die soon," stresses the ETH professor. It simply means that clarification and if necessary treatment are needed.
The researchers used calcium as the indicator of the development of the four types of cancer, as it is regulated strongly in the body. Bones serve as a buffer that can balance out concentration differences. However, when too much calcium is detected in the blood, this may serve as a sign for one of the four cancers.
"Early detection increases the chance of survival significantly," says Fussenegger. For example, if breast cancer is detected early, the chance of recovery is 98 percent; however, if the tumour is diagnosed too late, only one in four women has a good chance of recovery. "Nowadays, people generally go to the doctor only when the tumour begins to cause problems. Unfortunately, by that point it is often too late."
The implant also has an additional advantage: "It is intended primarily for self-monitoring, making it very cost effective," explains the ETH professor. However, for those who would prefer not to deal with the constant stress, an implant can also be used that develops a mark visible only under a red light. "This regular check could be carried out by their doctor."
The disadvantage is that the service life of such an implant is limited, as Fussenegger has found in literature. "Encapsulated living cells last for about a year, according to other studies. After that, they must be inactivated and replaced."
So far, this early warning implant is a prototype; the associated work recently published in the journal Science Translational Medicine is a feasibility study. The researchers have tested their early warning system in a mouse model and on pig skin. It functioned reliably during these tests. Moles developed only when the calcium concentration reached a high level.
The Basel-based scientists still have a long way to go before human testing can begin. "Continued development and clinical trials in particular are laborious and expensive, which we as a research group cannot afford," says the ETH professor. However, he would like to promote the translation of his developments, so that one day they will lead to applicable products. He estimates that bringing such a cancer diagnosis implant to market maturity will take at least ten years of research and development.
The concept of the "biomedical tattoo," as Fussenegger describes this new finding, would also be applicable to other gradually developing illnesses, such as neurodegenerative diseases and hormonal disorders. In principle, the researchers could replace the molecular sensor to measure biomarkers other than calcium.
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Review: FAHRENHEIT 451
AKA Michael B. Jordan Burns Stuff Vol. 3
For the record, I’m not familiar with the Ray Bradbury novel Fahrenheit 451 is based on, so I don’t know if it succeeds as an adaptation or not. However, I was very excited by the prospect of director Ramin Bahrani reuniting with Michael Shannon (they worked together in the brilliant 99 Homes)to tell a story with themes pertinent to our current political climate. Not to mention the presence of Michael B. Jordan, fresh from his triumphant turn in Black Panther.
The world of the movie is a heightened version of our own. The government is unabashedly anti-intellectual and gaslights the people with distorted data and an empty promise of prosperity. All of this is told through the perspective of Montag (Jordan), a young soldier in charge of burning books and hunting down anyone who reads them. He threads down a path that will make him question the motives behind his job and the authorities he works for.
From the very beginning, Montag’s arc is predictable if you’re familiar with Orwellian dystopian stories. This isn’t necessarily an issue, except that the eureka moment that leads him to change his mind isn’t really earned, since the film never takes a deep dive into where his heart is and the forces that make him tick. In fact, it’s difficult to get a clear sense of Montag as a character. He’s just… there. There’s not much going on in terms of personality and backstory, so he ends up coming off as a nondescript plot vessel.
Michael B. Jordan takes advantage of his movie star charisma and gravitas to add the emotional weight the script didn’t bother to include. Michael Shannon is stuck with a villain that wouldn’t be out of place in your average Jaume Collet-Serra-Liam Neeson collaboration. Just like Jordan, Shannon uses his particular qualities as a performer, in this case, his simultaneously intimidating and seductive screen presence, to create tension and curiosity. The chemistry between Jordan and Shannon conveys a twisted father-son dynamic that’s driven by power and a blind attachment to the rules. There’s also Sofia Boutella as an informer with a mysterious backstory for Montag to discover. It’s not a very meaty role either, and the fact that Boutella manages to shine on her own and generate spark with Jordan is a huge testament to her strength as an actress.
In this particular period in history, we could benefit from narratives that help us to understand the ways nations are tempted by authoritarianism and how they’re ultimately wrecked by it. Fahrenheit 451 has the proper tools for it in the details that define the setting in question. For instance, there’s a Fox News-type channel that reports the government’s transgressions as if they were victories; and the ideas Michael Shannon’s character recites aren’t all that different from the ones coming out of the current White House. At the end of the day however, the film doesn’t actually develop them into a discourse that says anything new or encourages the audience to come up with conclusions beyond “oppression sucks.” All the talk about thoughts, freedom and expression is lip service rather a than a genuine thematic point. The movie asks viewers to simply embrace this panorama as the imminent result of social chaos instead of taking some time to properly explain how the world got there in the first place. There’s some brief backstory for that, but it’s delivered in such a rushed fashion that it rings hollow and basically reads as the movie’s way of saying “don’t ask too many questions”. The fact that the plot ends up prioritizing an urgency-free MacGuffin chase over the anxieties it supposedly tackles makes things even more frustrating.
Ramin Bahrani’s direction is proficient and provides the film with handsome imagery and a nightmarish atmosphere. His key storytelling symbol is fire, and Bahrani uses it cleverly to evoke a wide array of emotions, like despair, fear, rage and melancholy. The contrast of fire and the night’s darkness is mesmerizing to look at and is a good reason why this world even feels slightly alive. You could say fire is a character in its own right, and that it works as an object where the movie projects its own progression, e.g., if a scene needs action, the fire’s destructive quality is the focus; but if the intention is to give room to breathe, the camera will fix on the characters to normalize the fire’s presence as a background element in their lives.
Fahrenheit 451 has enough visual panache and acting strength to make for a fairly entertaining watch, but its lack of bite in the commentary department squandered its potential to be a defining piece in the era of “alternative facts”. | {
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…D'un cahier d'esquisses (1903)
Volume one was very well received, and The Sunday Times made it Classical CD of the Week.?Jean-Efflam Bavouzet will be interviewed on Classic FM to coincide with the release.Critical acclaim has been unrestrained
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet here presents his second volume of Debussy’s Complete Works for Piano, which reveals a more reflective, private period in Debussy’s compositional career.
Debussy won the Prix de Rome in 1884 at the age of twenty-one and through it tasted institutional life for the first and last time. It was one of the most miserable periods in his life. Quite aside from having to leave his Parisian mistress, Debussy was never comfortable with the demands of public situations, and all through these works we find a tension between public and private utterance. Opening the disc are three early works, the Ballade, Valse romantique and Danse, which Debussy offered to his publisher as a group. They show how far he was prepared to go to please the elite, but also the extent to which he was determined to follow his own path, and from this point on he took more control of his writing.
In his dedication of the three Images of 1894 to Yvonne Lerolle, Debussy makes explicit reference to the tension he was feeling: ‘These pieces would feel extremely nervous entering “the brilliantly lit salons” regularly patronised by people who don’t like music. They are rather “conversations” between the Piano and Oneself.’ They are complemented here by Estampes, which represent a kind of retreat by Debussy into his private world after the premiere of Pelléas et Mélisande and his being decorated as Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur in 1902. It shows the first real sign of his bending the piano to his will. Completing the recording are three smaller works written in the years 1903-04, Masques, L’Isle joyeuse and …D’un cahier d’esquisses.Debussy’s works have been central to the performance repertoire of Jean-Efflam Bavouzet for many years but with this series he records his interpretations of them on CD for the first time. As The Sunday Times noted, ‘Bavouzet has taken his time before committing his interpretations to disc but here he announces himself a peerless Debussyiste… Bavouzet’s command of touch, colour and rhythmic vitality are all that one could ask for… This is essential Debussy, immaculately realised’. About Volume 1, Gramophone wrote, ‘Bavouzet commands all the shading, nuance and timbral sensitivity one expects in Debussy, together with virtuoso flair and characterful spontaneity…’ This series is very much a personal project for Bavouzet who has been involved in all aspects of the recording.
For lovers of Debussy, and great piano playing, this is essential listening.
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Midem Classical Awards 2009
Instrumental CD of the Month
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Review for the Debussy series CHAN 10421, 10467, 10443, 10497 & 10545
"...Debussy playing does not come any better than this, and anyone starting to collect this excellent Chandos series need not really look any further. The CDs are available separately each in turn was given a ’Gramophone Award..."
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Bavouzet plays even such neglected gems as the Ballad and Valse romantique as though he were suspended in a dream-world, revelling in the music’s multi-layered sonic terracing with a captivating range of keyboard touch and micro-pedalling…. Playing that takes us through new realms of experience.
I had the highest praise for Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s first volume of Debussy, and the present disc is fully the equal of that one in terms of colour, refinement of touch, spontaneity and technical finish… Bavouzet has written that his Debussy playing has been influenced by that of Gieseking, Michelangeli and Richter. You may hear something of each of these pianists in his playing but more that that you will heart his own distinctive and special voice.
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This second volume of Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s Debussy cycle reveals the intelligence of his programming. A trio of three-movement works is at its heart, but the disc opens and closes with two further triptychs, pseudo-cycles of contemporaneous pieces usually heard in isolation. Bavouzet’s strengths are also to the fore, with glowing colours in the opening Ballade and Valse romantique followed by sparkling elegance in the Danse. | {
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Jeané Coakley, SNY Jets Reporter:
Fullback Tommy Bohanon was the Jets seventh-round pick out of Wake Forest this year. The rookie has been seeing a lot of action on the field with so many injuries to the running backs. He joins me today in Coakley’s Corner.
Jeane Coakley: There’s been a lot of injuries to the running back position – do you feel you can take advantage?
Tommy Bohanon: It’s been a great competition throughout camp, and we have had a lot of different backs that have been trying to go. It’s been a good time to try and get evaluated and get a lot of reps.
Coakley: What’s it like working with Anthony Lynn?
Bohanon: He’s a great coach. He knows so much about offense, and the position, and everything… so he is really someone you can lean on and learn a lot from.
Ten questions to get to know Tommy Bohanon…
What would be your last meal?
Bohanon: Steak and potatoes.
Favorite movie?
Bohanon: The Blind Side.
If someone was going to play you in a movie who would it be?
Bohanon: I don’t know… Brad Pitt! (laughs)
Who’s your camp roommate?
Bohanon: Dalton Freeman.
Tell me something interesting about Freeman…
Bohanon: We were rivals in college. He played at Clemson, I played at Wake Forest. It’s funny now that we are teammates and we are good friends now.
Who got the best of one another?
Bohanon: Well… they beat us three times out of four, so…
If you weren’t playing football you would…
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Favorite color?
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Devotees celebrate Janmashtami with much gaiety
Jamshedpur: With elaborately decorated cradles and devotees offering prayers at temples the birth of Lord Krishna, Janmashtami was celebrated with much gaiety in city.
At Surya Mandir Sidgora Chief Minister Raghubar Das, who is also patron of Surya Mandir Committee, was the chief guest of the occasion.
The temple was beautifully decorated with streamers and lights which would be lit up at night. A huge tableau has been prepared and Lord Krishna and Radha in new clothes were decorated with flowers for the celebration picked momentum after sunset. Several competitions like Handi Fodh and Bal Krishna Sajao was organised.
At Krishna Temple, Telco, the day began as early as 4.30 a.m. with prayers. The temple was beautifully decorated with streamers and lights which would be lit up at night.
‘The Janmashtami celebrations began with the Mangala aarti. There was the Guru puja after that and the Maha Abhishek,’ a member of the temple said.
‘A large number of people had started coming from early morning on Sunday and Monday. At night, the crowd increased manifold. Prasad (offerings) was distributed to all the devotees,’ the member added.
“On Janmashtami, we generally fast. However, some people eat fruit and a few other specific items. The actual festivity begins late at night when Lord Krishna is believed to have been born,” Shivam Misra, a member of Krihna Mandir.
Nidhi Sharma, a school teacher, said that she dressed up her two-year-old son as Krishna in the evening for the celebrations in the community.
‘Janmashtami celebrations are great fun in our locality. Devotional songs are sung and small girls dress up in all their finery imitating Krishna’s friends and dance. I will dress up my son as Krishna in a yellow dhoti, complete with a crown with a peacock feather,’ Sharma said.
The Shyam Mandir of the city was decorated with flowers and maha-arti was performed to celebrate the birth of Lord Krishna. A huge tableau was prepared and Lord Krishna and Radha in new clothes were decorated with flowers for the celebration which picked momentum after sunset.
In several households, the idol of Lord Krishna and Radha were adorned with new clothes of yellow color and jewellery as the devotees observed fast for entire day, busy preparing delicacies to offer to the Lord made up of milk and fruits.
The city was draped in a spirit of festivity as devotees thronged several decorated temples offering their prayers to the Lord. The entire city reverberated on the tunes of ‘Hare Krishna… hare krishna’.
With priests at the temples reciting Sanskrit verses and text of Bhagavad Gita, people chanting devotional songs thronged the temples in various localities on Janmashtami — celebrated to mark birth of Lord Krishna, one of the most loved Hindu deities. Heavy rush was particularly witnessed at Radha Krishna temple at Refugee Colony.
“Devotees have been lining up in front of the temple from 5 a.m. It is believed that fasting with a sincere heart on Janmashtami fulfils wishes,” Dwarika Sharma, a priest.
‘While devotees observe ritualistic fasts on the occasion, the more fervent devotees observe a Nirjal vrat (waterless fast) that is broken at midnight after offering prayers to hail Lord Krishna’s birth,’ he added.
Idols of Lord Krishna at temples are decorated with flowers and electronic lights, and also those at the houses, were bathed and offered new clothes.
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We hope you’re enjoying the new transmog system. We’re very excited about it on the Development team as well. I’d be lying if I said that no one on the team didn’t have stacks of salvage crates and banks full of items ready to go. It’s going to be awesome!
I want to caution, and (hopefully) reassure all of you hardcore transmoggers out there. Firstly, what you see in the Legion Beta is a work in progress. What is and isn’t available for transmog will change as we find and fix bugs. Yes, that means some appearances that currently show up in the Beta will not be there when Legion launches, while others that are not currently being shown will be added.
A challenge with a system like this is the sheer amount of data we’re working with. There are approximately 30,000 appearances in the game, and we have about 150,000 items. As you can imagine, our processes have changed over the years, leaving a lot of different ways that items, appearances, and sources can link up. We always try to fix problems in a systematic way (if this appearance/item is not unlocking correctly, there are probably hundreds or thousands of appearances that are also wrong in the same way), but those changes can also cause different bugs to appear, affecting appearances that had previously been correct. That leads to fixes where some items need to be changed (either by hiding or unhiding), and the cycle continues. While we are achieving a higher overall success rate as we go, what is and isn’t unlocked may appear to be unpredictable.
That can be scary. However, you need the context of what we’re doing, so that you’re better equipped to find and report issues with the system.
Our primary goal for appearances is to ensure that all appearances that a character can currently use as a transmog source in Warlords of Draenor will continue to use that transmog source in Legion. We know of a few Beta issues that violate this rule (racial restrictions, armor type changes), and we’re working through them. However, we will probably have a few appearances that are still missing (examples: low-level mail/leather conversions). Don’t panic! Let us know what we missed, and we’ll address them as soon as we can.
Our next goal is that we’d like to maintain the same restrictions on what you can and cannot transmog to in Legion as we currently have in Warlords of Draenor. There are numerous reasons for this, but the primary reason is to avoid players feeling that they need to faction change or race change just to unlock a piece of equipment. We know that some of you have done that in the past, and we’re going to respect those items, but we’d like for players to not feel obligated to do so in the future. The end result of this is that there are currently some bugs in the Beta with items that look like we’ve loosened the restriction on, but we don’t intend to. These are just bugs. On the other hand, there are some items that look like we added restrictions when none existed before (i.e. Death Knight starting equipment), but nothing is actually changing with them: only Death Knights can get that gear, and only Death Knights can use that gear for transmog purposes.
Everyone has been amazing at finding and reporting bugs, and I cannot stress enough how much we appreciate that and how much it helps us get things right. We’re monitoring the forums and bug reports and keeping track of everything that’s being reporting. Rest assured, we’re working to make sure that we aren’t taking anything away in Legion that you can transmog in Warlords of Draenor, even if we have to fix it in a future patch. We will get it right. | {
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Yes, Once again me (Jayant (JK) of London)and my Team,
were miraclously were back at Siddarth Extention after
only a few days. Isn't this amazing, miracle, when
we had no prior plans. We were in Shirdi a few days
earlier, and missed your Divinely divinely Mandir.
Many Miracles have been happenning both in Shirdi
and at your Heavenly Darbar. I am personally so fortunate
to have been Blessed by SAI BABA's leelas, as is so
evident from my visit this Thursday accompained by
sister Anju Tandon editor of Shri Sai Sumiran Times
and Dr. Priya from Mumbai.
Yes a Golden Pratibha (Statue) of of BABA,
presented to me by the Trustees of Haridwar Ke Shirdi
Sai Baba Mandir, unexpectedly was brought
and kept in the Inner Mandir by Veena Didiji, and
instantly, immediately BABA, Blessed Himself, in that
Pratibha with showers of UDI, in abundance, and other
people with me too had their things, articles and
items Blessed similarly , with instand shower of lots
of udi esp the latest May edition of Shri Sai Sumiran
Times, copy just arrived from the printers,that same
morning. I am attaching few pictures taken during
that rare encounter with Divine Omnipresence of SAI
BABA
.Oh SAI BABA Hum Dhaniya Ho Gaye Aap Ke Kripa
Se, Saaada BABA aapne Hi Bhulaaya Hai Hame, Chale
AAye Hum Sab..Every one was so Blessed to
be there. Anju Tandon had Udi appear showers full
on her shoulders along with Veena Didiji, who addressed
me as only J.K Bhaiya, so tenderly ans smoothly sweet
of her, I was very touched by her dear dear loving
warmth and glow of her comapassion and generocity
of extended loving welcome to stay and enjoy her describing
SAI BABA's Fantastic Leelas she had in her early days.
I shall try to make up to her LOVE, so fondly shared
by us all, and speacially her concern to help and
support from her own heart and hands the gift of Charity
that Anju Tandon had started that day, the Sai Sumiran
Trust. She (Sai Devi Maa)offered
and presented an unexpected surprise gift of thousands
of Rupees for this noble seva, to the handicaped young
children with disabilities to Sai Sumiran Trust.
On our last visit here, Veena Didiji's Golden
Heart was ever glowing when she gave thousands unasked,
beyond imagination, of rupees to a Cancer Charity,
and to Shri SAI SAGAR SEVA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION of
USA, and she did emphasis that this money would grown
thousands times more soon..!!
This is the REAL SAI LEELAS of this D..DELHI
DWARKAMAYEE OF SIDDHART EXT. where eager individuals
groups await to crowd inside to become recipent of
SAI MIRACLES..of LOVE, MERY AND COMPASSION etc..
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Go Now, do not wait long, become ready and make your
way to The Beautiful attracting Divine Revelations
Sai leela wish fullfilling Kalpathru, in Delhi at
Shiddarth Ext, A PALACE OF UNENDING JOY, HAPPINESS
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QUOTE: “Uruguay are a good team. But we are good too. We are capable of beating Uruguay. We are ready to live the ultimate dream.” UNQUOTE — Samuel Inkoom
That is the spirit, Sam. The victory over the US has come and gone. Now, our eyes must be on Uruguay.
They are not exactly second-class material. They beat South Korea 2-1,t Mexico 1-0, South Africa 3-0 and drew 0-0 with France.
I sighed after viewing those stats. The only comforting thing to find in them is the victory of Uruguay over South Africa.
Comforting?
Yes, in an ironic sense. That victory will guarantee Ghana a superior vuvuzela-decibel level when we play Uruguay. That is: if anyone can actually distinguish between whom the vuvuzelas are cheering, and whom they are trying to jinx.
It doesn’t really matter. The South Africans will know whom they are supporting. They would know that they are supporting Ghana, even if the Uruguayans had not whupped them 3-0.
Let Ghana beat Uruguay and our name will be written all over South African hearts for ever.
In fact, the process of Ghana becoming an icon in South Africa has already begun. The Washington Post reports that a cartoonist of the Johannesburg Times newspaper, Jerm, has, in tribute to Ghana as the only African country left to try and ensure that Africa stays in the tournament, redrawn Ghana’s flag, replacing the black star in the centre with — a black map of Africa!
What a brilliant idea — we are being told through football that indeed, we can be a United States of Africa. It is beautiful: you can see the new flag here on the Internet:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/
Indeed, were Uruguay to be able to drive Africa out of the 2010 World Cup tournament by beating Ghana, Uruguay’s name would become associated with what the South Africans call muti (malignant juju or African magic) for ever.
So a lot hangs on our match with Uruguay. Can home-grown ‘African electronics’, operating on a combined wavelength radiating from west to south on the African continent, outwit its Latin American counterpart — or rather — rival? That is the question! You think there are no ‘boundaries’ in cyberspace? You wait. Pity Okomfo Anokye wasn’t able to resurrect himself before cyberspace was invented!
But not to worry. We have something which wasn’t given to us by metaphysics in any shape or form — the communal euphoria that our victory over the United States has transmitted into the soul of every Ghanaian alive. Especially the Black Star players.
The ‘viral’ nature that this euphoria has assumed on the Internet is breath-taking. Yet it is not as if we haven’t beaten the US before — true, we gave them an identical walloping in the 2006 World Cup. But this year’s match had as much drama in it as if it were a contest between an unknown ‘Asteroids Eleven’ and a mystery opponent extruded by the Icelandic Volcano known as Eyjafjallajokull!
One pre-match report, no doubt calculated to strike fear into every Ghanaian, emphasised that “the Americans have come back twice in the tournament, to draw against England and Slovenia, and scored deep into injury time, against Algeria to win their group, ahead of England.” Whereas Ghana had actually been beaten (1-0 by Germany) and had drawn 1-1 with Australia, with its 1-0 victory over Serbia as Ghana’s only notable achievement in the tournament.
And yet come the day and what do we see? The stats are shown to be irrelevant. Ghana’s forwards who, in earlier games, had appeared not to know how to shoot, have suddenly found their feet. First, Kevin-Prince Boateng works his solo magic past several Americans, and instead of passing the ball, releases a shot through the legs of the Americans opposing him. And in it goes — sroh! Yieeeeeeeeh! We shout loudly enough to burst our lungs.
But then, the Americans equalise with a penalty (which, as usual, creates controversy amongst us, the arm-chair players.) Anyway, they score. It is one-one.
And the feared words come into use again — what we call “extra time” and the Americans call “overtime”. Oh no! Not penalties? The awesome word hangs over the proceedings like smog over a modern industrial city.
Play goes on. One can sense that this is the stage at which the men are separated from the boys. This is when men die fighting: ‘aduru mmarima wuo so!’ (as the Akans say).
We go forward and go forward. Nothing happens. Every Ghanaian fears the match will end in a penalty shootout, for the Americans match us in every respect, and with our poor shooting record, we aren‘t exactly expecting anything by way of a remarkable strike from one of our forwards. Boateng, our sole cannon-ball-footed genius, goes off injured anyway.
But then, penalty-specialist Asamoah Gyan gets the ball. He is tackled. He nearly falls over, but manages to right himself and stay half-erect. He goes forward, but has clearly lost his balance. However, instead of succumbing to all these assaults, or even waiting to straighten himself up properly, he shoots from his half-dangling position. Not only does he shoot — the shot that comes from his left foot is a sputnik shot powered by the thrust of a multi-headed rocket. And in it goes — wroh!
Johannesburg goes wild. Accra goes mad. Africa — the whole of Africa — cheers and cheers and cheers– from Cape to Cairo; from Bissau to Mombasa.
But there is one small detail we’ve all overlooked — we have the clock to worry about. Five minutes to full time. Ohhhh! Go faster, won’t you, you damned clock? We count the seconds. We count the minutes. The Americans are playing their hearts out. And we know they are “come-back” specialists.
But for once, it is us that Lady Luck favours. We hold them off till the referee’s whistle blows full time.
And now, an amazing calm descends on our spirits. We have really done it. We realise the enormity of this event. It is not just a victory. It is a victory that was not expected. And that is why it is so much more sweeter — if one may invoke poetic licence.
Let me not talk any more, lest I over-brag.
Let the opposition do the talking for me. The New York Times thinks it was the youthfulness of our players that did it for us. Asamoah Gyan’s shot, it said, “was the shot of a younger, stronger, faster man. The shot that finished America and liberated the hope all Africans can share.”
The paper further reported that “In a television studio, the former Liberian striker. George Weah, the only African player ever to win FIFA’s ‘World Player of the Year’ honour, was possibly a shade too excited when he suggested that ‘Ghana is a team that can win this World Cup.’ But Weah always did think the improbable. He once scored a goal for A.C. Milan by dribbling the ball past seven men of Verona in one mazy run. Africans of a free spirit may not know their limitations.”
Well now, suppose I had written that? You see why our elders say that “a good thing sells itself?” If you do it and it is good, even the most unwilling observer will give credit where credit is due.
I like this bit and so I shall repeat it: “Africans of a free spirit may not know their limitations!”
An absolutely profound observation. Didn’t our own Dr Kwegyir Aggrey say something about “nothing but the best” being good enough for Africa?
Asamoah Gyan’s winning goal was not only improbable; it was impossible, as far as his physical situation of the time he shot the ball into the American net was concerned. The shot came from his imagination, which took him back to his childhood, when he used to play on hard, gravelly ground, on which he tried all manner of tricks to make him the envy of all his playmates, and the darling of the watching damsels. It was a “gutter-to-gutter” shot — you can’t shoot a football in that position if you have never played shabo-shabo or taken part in Saturday morning practice in the dust on the outskirts of Maamobi or Mallam or its equivalent somewhere in rural Ghana. It will be discussed and discussed and imitated and — bettered!
That is what our foreign coach may not always appreciate. Yes, our boys should be tight in defence and technically proficient in ensuring that we do not allow goals to go in.
But after all, football is a game to be enjoyed. And for it to be properly enjoyed, it must produce spectacular, imaginative goals. I am sure that if Gyan’s goal had not liberated George Weah’s mind, Weah would not have remarked that ‘Ghana can win the World Cup.’ And if George Weah had not liberated the mind of the New YorkTimes reporter two or so decades ago, he wouldn’t have taken any notice of what George Weah said, but dismissed it as the hyperbolic rhetoric of an unrealistic political wannabe.
But the guy had seen Weah do the seemingly impossible once. Dribble everyone in his path, from his own side of the pitch, straight on and on and on and on and on — past seven men till he shot straight into the net and scored.
Yes — it can be done.
So do it Black Stars.
Do win the World Cup for Africa on African soil.
Go there and get rid of Uruguay. To begin with.
And then we shall see.
Remember — Ghana did beat the soccer wizards, Brazil in the Under-20 World Cup. It is the youth who grow up to achieve the goals of MEN.
YOU can do it!
So go out there and do it.
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Anti-hazing program seeks ‘full-scale culture change’
By Claudia Rowe, The Seattle Times (MCT)
Aug. 29, 2014
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Wrapping up a day of training, Sarah Antoncich, a Garfield High faculty member, ends
the session with the juniors and seniors who will be starting school next week. Garfield
High School is hosting the Link Crew leadership training, which is designed in part to
eliminate hazing. (Steve Ringman/Seattle Times/MCT)
SEATTLE — As an eager, if nervous, ninth-grader, Anya Meleshuk allowed several older girls to blindfold her one afternoon, put her in a car and drive her to a park where she was told to “propose” to a stranger. Later, dressed in fairy wings, she downed a dozen flavors of ice cream while her friends watched, and went home afterward feeling as if she had been accepted, initiated into Garfield High School, where such “froshing” has a storied history.
Many alumni cherish similar memories and were outraged last fall when Principal Ted Howard, long an opponent of this tradition, showed up unannounced at a Homecoming Weekend event to quell what would become Garfield’s moment of hazing infamy.
In a local park, the principal found at least a hundred students, many of them blind drunk. Freshmen, wearing diapers and black body paint, were being paddled by upperclassmen, and when Howard, who is African-American, began sending them home, one of the ringleaders threw eggs, cursing him with a racial epithet.
Afterward, seven students were suspended for arranging a drinking game beforehand, school counselors refused to write them letters of recommendation for college, and Garfield — an academic powerhouse accustomed to the media spotlight — found itself the object of unwelcome attention.
This year, Howard is hoping for a very different Homecoming. With $11,000 contributed by parents, the school sent five teachers to California for training in a freshman-orientation program called Link Crew, which is used around the country.
The target of Link Crew is not just hazing, but full-scale culture change.
By saturating a school with upperclassmen trained to connect with freshmen throughout the year, Link Crew can obliterate the fear of ostracism that leads many ninth-graders to submit to hazing in the first place, say those who have used the program.
“When kids go along with this stuff, what they’re saying is ‘I want to count. I want someone to pay attention to me. I want to be a part of the big picture,’ˆ” said Kevin Ozar, an English teacher at North Farmington High outside of Detroit, who credits Link Crew with stemming ninth-grade absenteeism and discipline problems at his school by more than 30 percent.
“There are myriad ways we can include people that don’t involve dangerous levels of alcohol or physical violence or being the butt of a joke,” Ozar said. “But we have to teach the skills we want students to exercise, and I don’t know that traditional schooling really teaches leadership.”
On a recent Monday, 92 juniors and seniors from Garfield gathered during the final days of summer vacation for coaching on how to draw out intimidated kids, encourage the shy, educate the overwhelmed. The following Wednesday, they would put those skills to the test as 477 newcomers flood the building for freshman orientation.
Though teachers at Garfield insist that hazing was not the primary reason for importing Link Crew — indeed, students had requested a mentoring program for more than a year — last fall’s scrum in the Arboretum galvanized parents to step up with funding.
“It was one of these moments when it became clear that it’s not enough just to complain about it,” said Eric Liu, a parent leader.
Liu isn’t expecting an instant turnaround but hopes Link Crew will make Garfield, which has about 1,600 students, more “human scale.”
A half-dozen miles north at Roosevelt High, the program has contributed to a more positive school culture, said Principal Brian Vance. One key is training the right mix of upperclassmen — not only the smartest kids, or the most athletic or the perennially popular.
For Link Crew to work, its leaders must mirror the entire student population, Vance said.
Though the program markets itself as leadership training, it was conceived in response to a hazing incident 24 years ago at a Silicon Valley high school, where upperclassmen forced freshmen to enter the first dance of the year on their hands and knees, crawl into a corral and get “branded” with an F — for freshman — inked on their faces.
“All in good fun, right?” said Carolyn Hill, a co-founder of Link Crew. “What they were doing wasn’t dangerous, so much as humiliating. Upperclassmen felt it was a welcoming thing, but it created a level of fear and anxiety that got in the way of student success.”
Data suggest that ninth-graders are at the highest risk for failure in high school, and Ozar, in Michigan, said academic difficulty among ninth-graders there prompted his initial interest in Link Crew. After eight years of using the program, the freshman failure rate has dropped 19 percent.
During Hill’s 22 years with Link Crew, trainers have worked with more than 14 million ninth-graders in 1,986 schools, and she has come to believe that a few key interventions can make a huge difference: creating safety, with upperclassmen looking out for younger students; providing information on what’s essential to know from a student’s perspective; and forging connection.
“If we give them all these things, hazing goes away because it doesn’t fit anymore,” she said.
There were no material incentives attracting Garfield’s upperclassmen to the program, and at first, faculty worried about generating enough interest. But 120 students applied to be Link Leaders, among them Meleshuk, now a junior.
She recalls her brush with froshing as a happy, “consensual” thing, but signed up for Link Crew because, overall, life as a ninth-grader at Garfield was daunting.
“I didn’t even tell anyone I was a freshman for months,” she said. “And when I did, it seemed like their attitude toward me kind of changed.”
JT Williams, who graduated in 2002, described hazing as popular primarily with white students, though he was ceremonially dragged through the mud as a ninth-grade football player.
“It was a frat-mentality kind of thing. Black students didn’t really participate in that culture,” said Williams, who is African-American. “It was usually kids who’d had it done to them and now were doing it to their younger siblings as sort of a ˜welcome to Garfield.’ Those who took part didn’t like it, but it was a rite of passage, something kids wanted to do because it had been done to them.” | {
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Follow Friday is one of the best ways to engage people on Twitter. Simply tweet a list of Twitter users that you recommend others follow on Fridays with the hashtag #FollowFriday or #FF.
Lately, I have been neglecting to do so because I have been spending less time on Twitter. So I wanted to find a simple way to get back into the practice. My solution was to create a draft on Monday, schedule it for Friday delivery, and then add users during the week who shared valuable links. (I use HootSuite, but many other tools, such as TweetDeck, allow you to schedule your tweets)
It was quick to edit the tweet during the week, and then I didn’t have any additional work on Friday. In fact, my Friday ended up busy and I would have missed the opportunity entirely.
Another time saver is forgetting about creating a new, unique list every week. Too much cranium time for what should be a time-effective task, and no one’s keeping track. If I end up repeating users often, it’s because I like their feeds that much.
Do you have any tips that help you stay engaged?
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We’re off! Yes, we’re all on GooglePlus, poking and prodding. For me, it solves one of my pet peeves with Facebook: it’s easy to publish posts only to certain people with Circles. There is stuff I want to share with my adult friends, but not my teenage nieces.
Another advantage according to a photography buff friend is that photos are much better.
I would like to connect the items I share via Google Reader with Google Plus. If I could stream my shares into consummable posts like Twitter, I might not need Twitter. I love connecting with new people on Twitter, something I would never do on Facebook. However, I may do that on GooglePlus because of Circles.
But do connections want every type of content from all of their “friends”? Circles should work in reverse, too: I may want text posts from my co-workers, but not their personal posts. Likewise, I like hearing from my nieces, but don’t need the latest YouTube videos of cats, Bieber, or cats dancing to Bieber. (One of my nieces, however, just quoted Rush on Facebook and I am so proud.)
Life is never as orderly as we like, but increasing signal-to-noice reduces the chaos.
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As with their other social initiatives, the introduction of Google’s +1 button has generated excitement mixed with head-scratching functionality questions. It’s another step in their ongoing quest to add the social graph to their ranking algorithms, originally based upon linking popularity, before Facebook can erode Google’s dominance by doing the reverse. I personally feel that Google has a more difficult task than Facebook. +1 does nothing to dissuade me.
+1 is a version both of Facebook’s Like and Twitter’s re-tweet: a way to share content you like. But at first glance, +1 falls short in two areas.
Like vs. Re-Tweet vs. +1
How to Use – On the Website
How to Use – Off the Website
Public / Private
Rewards for Using
Facebook Like
“Like” statuses and comments in your Facebook news feed or on Facebook pages
“Like” content to share it back on Facebook; pervasive distribution
Private
Sharing allows you to start or add to conversations; strengthens your private network
The first shortcoming is how to use it on Google itself. A search engine is by definition designed to help you find content and go. In order to click +1 on Google, you need to return to the search results and click +1. That’s unnatural. Especially when good sharing options are readily available on the content page itself (i.e. Like, Tweet, and every other social network under the sun). Adoption of +1 will depend on publishers adding +1 buttons to their content en masse, which they admittedly are inclined to do (after all, it won’t cost too much real estate, and the opportunity to influence Google search results is irresistible).
The second more serious shortcoming is defining exactly what rewards a user reaps by using +1. Sharing links on your Google profile page by itself certainly won’t float anyone’s boat. And, at this time, there’s no conversations or networking generated by +1. While there’s an obvious connection to Buzz that could be built, Buzz has its own issues.
So, Google remains as it was before: owning very nice discrete pieces, but without a clear compelling connection between them. The potential remains, though, and that will continue to get us excited for each announcement.
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In the sublime movie Curse of the Were-Rabbit, the indefatigable inventor and entrepreneur Wallace concocts a machine to “cure” rabbits of their insatiable desire for vegetables. Wallace wants to change the rabbits’ behavior in order to save them from angry gardeners protecting their prized vegetables. And by reducing the rabbits’ intake, he’ll contain the rising costs of taking care of the rabbits after he catches them. Luckily, Wallace can count on his resourceful and loyal dog, Gromit, to help him navigate these complex situations.
Behavior change, rising costs, and patient advocacy were three topics in the spotlight at the Health 2.0 2010 conference October 7 and 8. The semi-annual event showcases innovative companies who are creating new ways to provide patients with greater control over their care, generate better outcomes, elevate our medical literacy, promote evidence-based medicine, enable greater provider cost and quality transparency, and to encourage us to eat more, not fewer vegetables. It was an impressive collection of innovative thinkers who are as committed and creative as Wallace, but luckily not so hare-brained.
A main theme of the show was the increasing sophistication in how health data, such as user-generated content, medical knowledgebases, industry sources, or government databases, is being utilized. One driver of these advancements is the increased quantity of health data available to us today, such as personal data from biometric devices or crowdsourced research from online communities. Another is more advanced cloud computing and web services, which allows greater ability for applications to access these data. A few examples:
Provider Search: Multiple websites are integrating user reviews, cost and quality data, and other patient-provider communication tools. For example, Castlight Health is hoping to be the “kayak.com of healthcare” and announced they have raised $81 million. Vitals.com is another; they announced integrations with an online-appointment application and with a point-of-care eprescribing system.
Health & Wellness:TweetWhatYouEat is an online diet management tool, which leverages crowdsourced nutrition information. To participate, you do exactly what the name implies. Users’ accountability to a larger community encourages healthy behavior; this is one of many companies using social media for this purpose. Zamzee.com is a rewards systems for kids to combat childhood obesity. Kids wear a biometric device that records their physical activity. Zamzee announced a pilot which had produced a 30% increase in moderate to vigorous physical activity. However the gain persisted only for 12 weeks. MedGift.com is a medical gift registry, on which patients in need can create profiles findable by consumers who can contribute to their care.Qpid.me is a text messaging service aimed at combating STDs. Users are able to text a person’s name and receive back their STD test results (HIV, gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydia) and date of test.
Business Solutions:CyPak enables lab results and tests to be directly read by mobile and diagnostic devices. Razoron Health Innovations creates barcodes (aka QR codes) containing patient and procedure information that can be read by mobile devices.
As exciting and potentially disruptive as some of these companies may end up being, it is important to remember that much is unproven. In fact, despite significant innovation, it is unclear whether adoption is growing beyond the segments of the population already engaged in healthy behavior. Other observations:
Infrastructure (e.g. cloud, identity, permissions, security) is evolving, but many barriers remain for greater data exchange. However, data liquidity appears to be inexorably advancing, if slowly.
Healthcare social media has significantly evolved beyond community support and patient literacy, and is now being deployed to attack costs and behavior.
Likewise, mobile devices are driving innovation across the entire spectrum of applications.
The show would have done better if it gave voice to more opposing viewpoints. While there were cautionary notes on the pace of change in healthcare, the conference erred too much on the side of trying to be inspirational rather than sober.
And though Alexandra Drane, president of Eliza, convincingly described how issues such as marital life, job stress and financial concerns impact our health, there still wasn’t enough discussion of the role mental health plays in our overall health.
Half the fun of Wallace & Gromit is seeing them find new ways to solve problems, and that same spirit was evident at Health 2.0. I’m looking forward to watching how their agenda evolves. Please ping me if you’d like to compare notes or discuss.
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This week, I downloaded the Marvel app on an iPod Touch. Even on a smaller screen than the iPad, where it is earning rave reviews, the app impressively uses the medium. Dramatic touches are added by animated panel transitions. The ability to view either horizontally or vertically maximizes each panel, as does zooming.
Non-publishers such as Comixology and Panelfly had launched their online comic book shops before Marvel and DC introduced these apps. But the publishers have actually been trying to make a digital business for some time now. For example, there was a Marvel section in the old AOL walled garden as far back as 1995. Dial-in speeds, alas, did not make for pleasant viewing. Now, with always-on fast connections and superior consumption devices, the market is ripe.
Social components are still missing, though. Panelfly does have Twitter and Facebook posting capabilities integrated, but that is the tip of the iceberg:
Integrated Facebook like buttons on issues and other components, too, such as characters
Discussions, which fit the nature of long-running and intertwining stories. Even driving Twitter discussions – much like Lost – would be valuable. This could also help newer readers catch up on history – further engaging them in the comics universe. Links to other stories within a story would help in this regard, too.
Share specific panels with friends, with likes and favorites
Reading lists, which could organically lead to wishlists and gifting capabilities
Online readers’ catalogs to allow fans to show off their collections. Integrate with Google Goggles to more quickly enable people to catalog their physical collections, which would enhance the sharing, enhancing, and ecommerce capabilities. The Marvel and DC apps already have recommendation engines, which would be enhanced by social graphs.
Multi-user “What If” scenario creations (comic teamups and alternate story lines are the forefathers of mashups and remixes)
This is just my quick list. There’s certainly more great ideas, some of which are probably already being developed.
What’s really intriguing is the extent to which community will drive growth. This is a market which has historically benefited from a dedicated community, but one that has been somewhat niche in nature. If community has enhanced the comic book experience for its traditional fans, wouldn’t the same be true for newer readers? The app may become a gateway for more casual readers to join a more dedicated community of heavier purchasers or form their own community. Or it may grow the existing dedicated community by making it quicker, easier, and less expensive to follow up on a recommendation or interest with a purchase. But the key, either way, is community. Social components will accelerate online sales and transform the industry.
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This past weekend, I took my 6 year old son on a trip to our nation’s capital. It was one of those rewarding parenting moments where you introduce a child to something you find special, and you can see those feelings reciprocated. “Why don’t we move to Washington, D.C.?” he was asking by the end of the trip.
We visited the Air and Space Museum, the Natural History Museum, and the International Spy Museum. You might already know this if we were friends on Facebook or you followed me on Twitter, because I used Foursquare to check-in at these and other locations.
But I arrived home to an unpleasant surprise. No, not an imposing travel bill. Instead, Unfollowr informed me that 28 people stopped following me on Twitter Monday. That’s about 7% of my followers. What happened?
I didn’t announce any life changes over the weekend or post anything controversial. The frequency of my Twitter usage – moderately active – hasn’t changed. The only change I can point to is the aforementioned Foursquare postings.
"Having a great time ... wish you were here ... and still following me."
A little history: I did not start using Foursquare until recently, because I knew my activity would be minimal. With two young children and a light travel schedule, I will never become the mayor of anywhere interesting, unless you are enamored of my couch or office. Eventually, I succumbed out of curiosity and competitiveness. But, this weekend, I checked-in frequently for the very reason that I’m not usually spotted at too many hip establishments: I was stoked to be sharing these great places with my son.
Maybe something did change in my Twitter usage. After all, I tend to use Twitter for professional, not personal, reasons. So perhaps tweets that let everyone know how excited I was to visit the Air & Space Museum contrasted poorly with my previous tweets. Perhaps folks who happened to be pruning their accounts saw the preponderance of newer personal tweets and absence of recent professional tweets.
"I can't believe you posted that ... you are SO unfollowed!"
If this is true, the unsurprising lesson is Twitter efficiently rewards those who stay on message and punishes those who don’t. It implies a few interesting experiments with your personal / professional mix to see who follows and unfollows you ( I did gain a few followers over the weekend). It also implies that Foursquare should not introduce a feature that I had thought made sense: award more points to those who announce their check-ins on a wider range of networks. I don’t know if this was a consideration, but it seems like a tempting way to broaden their viral promotion.
Quite frankly, though, I don’t care about followers who are that uninterested in me as a person. Like many others, I have stopped being concerned my follower / following ratio, and this validates my decision.
Of course there are alternative explanations, too. I’d be interested in your thoughts on whether I’ve reached a knee-jerk conclusion.
So a great time was had by all … except for my followers. And Unfollowr’s profile picture turns out to be a bit ironic for me (below). Next time, I’ll make sure to check-in at Ford’s Theatre and show the big guy some love.
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Let’s face it, the name “re-tweet” is an idiosyncrasy – one of many on Twitter (ex: “hashtag”). Idiosyncrasies are hurdles to new users. And Twitter has an issue engaging new users. It needs to overcome these issues to ensure it remains as powerful a conversational medium as it is a broadcast medium.
So re-name “re-tweet” what it really is: “like”. The reason we re-tweet is because we read something we like. Instead of working hard to educate new users on a unique convention, let’s teach them to hit the “like” button. Easy.
There’s no harm following a popular convention, as YouTube recently demonstrated. And there’s no bigger rival to Facebook than Google, so if they can swallow their pride to adopt a convention that Facebook popularized, Twitter can as well. The change would initially create hassles for the Twitter community, but we’ve survived changes before. And it will be easier to manage sooner, rather than later.
This seems to be a relatively simple way to make Twitter easier to use and maintain the power of the re-tweet. And that will lead to an increase in engagement that will serve all of us better. “Re-tweet” needs to go. | {
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I would like to hear about how important a man’s phallic length is. Every adult film I’ve seen has the macho studs sporting cocks of equestrian proportions, and it sure LOOKS like the women or men enjoy having every orifice filled by them. In the real world, however, how does a big dick rate compared with your partner being competent in foreplay? Would your personal preference be a horse-hung mate, but you’ll settle for other things in lieu? If so, what rates higher for you in that instance? Your feedback could be most enlightening. —Phlyon Zawahl
Anyone ever been to a swing club? I’m dreadfully curious—what’s it like? What are the rules, the etiquette? Can you go and just watch or do they find that annoying?
By “swing clubs” I mean the type of establishment where you have a membership and there are scheduled parties and dances, rules and regulations, etc. Off premises or on. It turns out there’s such a club in the city where I live, and I’m told by my gentleman friend that an acquaintance of his (from work no less) can refer us to the proprietors. I’m not the type to want to get naked with strangers, but I certainly am the type who has always wanted to indulge an untried voyeuristic inclination.
So, the more anyone can tell me about what goes on at these parties, the better. I’ll know if I want to try and go to one…or two or three or…
We all know that most women enjoy having their breasts licked and sucked. Female breast and nipples play a major role in almost any sexual encounter. But what about men? Do men enjoy having their nipples sucked? Why do we so rarely read about this in erotic fiction? Come on guys! Tell us what you think.
Relationships with age disparity are frequently mocked with snickering remarks. Often wealth and physical attractiveness are seen as more relevant then love. Sexually, it’s noted that older people tend to have lower sex drives, and younger people tend to be sexually inexperienced. But, what is the reality? Do you have experience with younger/older relationships, and if so what is the reality—the good, bad, and ugly?
Men reach their sexual peak at eighteen. Women reach theirs at thirty-five. Do you get the feeling that God is playing a practical joke? —Rita Rudner
One of our featured gallery stories sparked the most heated debate about forced fantasies. The story was an explicit description of a rape fantasy.’some felt that the story fell within the prohibited range of what is deemed acceptable within erotic fiction. Others felt that it was a good portrayal of a masturbatory fantasy. We are interested in what you have to say about forced fantasies. — Lybbe
Guys, What’s the longest you can comfortably wear a cock ring without chafing? Would you mind giving me some examples of your favorite cock rings to use, eg., metal, plastic, etc. and what they do for you to heighten your orgasm? Inquiring minds wanna know. —Sedona
In so many romance novels, when women lost their virginity the pain only seems to surface for a second before feelings turn into earth shattering pleasure. However, in real life woman usually doesn’t have a whole lotta fun and it takes a couple of tries to get the earth shattering feeling that these romance women get in just a few seconds. Did anyone out there have romance book type experiences where the guy knows what he’s doing when it is her first time? Did the pain quickly turn to pleasure?
How about the guys? Men are almost always portrayed as knowledgeable and experienced. We know that’s hardly the case. Don’t be shy, tell us: Were you nervous, uncomfortable, was your partner helpful, or scornful? —Alyn Rosselini
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Northgate’s Cano joins Albertsons
Alfonso Cano, who was produce director for Anaheim, Calif.-based Northgate Gonzalez Markets, has taken a job with Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons as director of produce and floral for the company’s Lucky division.
“I’ve come full circle,” he said. “I started my career at Albertsons in Laguna Beach in 1991 and now I’m back. I’m pretty excited.”
Cano said he will be based at the company’s Boise location, and started in mid-February. His last day at Northgate Gonzalez was Feb. 2, he said. He spent 11 years at the Anaheim-based retailer where he was known for an innovative approach to merchandising and promotions.
In his Packer 25 interview in 2016, Cano said his career ambitions have always been high.
“I told myself if I was going to stay in this business, I don’t want to stay at the store level,” he said. “I want to be a game changer, do different things, be creative and innovative – and that’s what’s made me successful.”
Lucky, a historic California retail banner, has been the subject of legal disputes between several retailers. Albertsons maintains it owns the trademark, and was backed by courts in 2007 after a lengthy battle with Berkeley, Calif.-based Grocery Outlet.
The bulk of stores under Lucky banner are operated by Modesto, Calif.-based Save Mart Companies, after the company acquired Albertsons’ Northern California division in 2006.
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Apr. 17, 2018
Posted by Christina Jensen
In this guest blog post submitted by Mackenzie Boedicker and her mother, Deb, we share the story of one woman’s mission to alleviate the struggles for those who live with amyloidosis. Mackenzie was diagnosed in 2017 and is doing well as a full-time research assistance and founder of a non-profit organization, Mackenzie’s Mission.
In April of 2017, I was diagnosed at the age of 23 with Amyloidosis. I had noticed a lump in the back of my throat that continually increased in size. After several visits with different ENT physicians, I had the lump biopsied, and the results indicated the tissue had characteristics of amyloid. I was referred to a hematologist in Boston who suggested a bone marrow biopsy to confirm the diagnosis. The results confirmed the suspicion. For a second opinion, I met with an Amyloidosis specialist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, widely recognized as a center of excellence for Amyloidosis. The specialist was completely baffled by my case, saying he’d never seen anything like my presentation. The “typical” Amyloidosis patient is a 50 to 80-year-old male with organ involvement, whereas I was a 23-year-old female with no organ involvement whatsoever, making my case extremely unique.
My first trip to the Mayo Clinic in May of 2017 involved a battery of tests to re-confirm the diagnosis. Once it was confirmed a second time, the doctor recommended I undergo an Autologous Stem Cell Transplant in hopes of getting rid of the disease. He believed that due to my age, lack of organ involvement, and early diagnosis, the treatment would be successful.
Two months later, I returned to the Mayo Clinic for my treatment. I spent a total of five weeks in Rochester undergoing treatment, which included IVF, stem cell transplant, and chemotherapy. One of those weeks was spent in the hospital due to severe Esophagitis. During my exit interview post-transplant (Day 18), the doctor informed her that I had achieved a complete response to therapy and that there was no evidence of disease anywhere in my body!
I am currently Day 100+ post-transplant and doing exceedingly well. I reside in Boston and am a full-time research assistant at Harvard Medical School in the Brugge breast cancer lab while preparing to apply to medical school.
Why Mackenzie’s Mission
As a result of my experiences, Mackenzie’s Mission was created in August 2017 to spread awareness about the importance of early detection and to raise money to support Amyloidosis research at the Mayo Clinic. It was because of my early detection that complete remission was possible. It is my hope that by creating this foundation, increased awareness can lead to people getting diagnosed years and even decades before organ involvement becomes life-threatening, thus greatly improving the chances of successful treatment. The entirety of every donation will be used to support the development of early detection and innovative treatment methods that are so desperately needed for others to live a longer, better quality of life.
About Amyloidosis
Amyloidosis is a rare disorder in which an abnormal protein, amyloid, is produced by plasma cells in the bone marrow. This protein is misfolded and thus the body is unable to properly discard it. Instead of the abnormal protein being removed from the body, the protein can deposit in any tissue or organ. Amyloidosis affects each person differently, but frequently attacks the heart, kidneys, liver, spleen, nervous system, and digestive tract. Severe amyloidosis can result in life-threatening damage to these organs, or even failure. | {
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How to Tour a Wedding Venue: Questions to Ask and What to Look For
Touring potential wedding venues is exciting. It’s a rush to check out different spaces and visualize what your day will look like. Are you going for opulent? Cozy? Do you want to party all night, or keep it intimate? It’s easy to get overwhelmed with the many thoughts and questions swirling around in your head. We’ve put together a quick guide that you can take along for the ride. Know what you want and what to look for, and ask every single question you have of the vendors. You want your Maine wedding to be picturesque, beautiful, and right for you. Don’t hold back in your journey to find the venue that speaks to you and checks all the boxes on your list.
Next to Godliness If the space isn’t clean and organized on the day you’ve arranged to tour it, don’t expect it to be any better on your wedding day. Is the staff friendly and organized? Can they answer your questions? Are they professional? You should never be pressured to book a space before you are ready. Let the buyer beware a pushy or aggressive vendor.
Be Prepared In almost every circumstance, it’s important to make an appointment to tour the venue. Have your questions prepared, in a notebook or on your phone. Take pictures and keep good notes so you can compare venues when you get home. It’s easy to be dazzled in the moment, so it’s best to go over your thoughts and feelings when you are a little more dispassionate. However… remember to bring your checkbook or credit card in case you know for certain you’ve found the one and want to secure it on the spot. Some coveted venues book far into the future. Don’t lose your dream location.
Be Inquisitive You must ask how many people the space will accommodate, and for how long it will be yours. Is there a dressing room on site? Are there any limits on the food and alcohol you can serve? Are there any other restrictions? What are the amenities? What is included in the price, and what is extra? And finally, be sure to ask about the deposit/cancellation/refund policy? You don’t want to consider having to cancel your wedding, but should some terrible circumstances arise, you will be somewhat comforted knowing you can perhaps get your money back.
Look Inward Ask yourself honestly if you can envision yourself getting married there. Your wedding may very well turn out differently than the plans you made in your youth. Can you afford it? Do you like the team? You are going to need their support, and it’s important to like and trust the people you hire.
We hope these venue tips have been valuable. We are certain that by being cautious and thorough, and trusting your instincts, you will select a wedding location that is everything you want it to be. We would love to host your Maine wedding here. Take a look at the amenities we provide at Mowfield Farm. | {
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Two former Parramatta Eels players are accused of harbouring semi-automatic weapons and possessing more than half-a-million dollars in cash after dramatic arrests in Sydney's Centennial Park yesterday.
Asylum-seeker cleared of indecent assault
The future for a Sri Lankan asylum-seeker in Australia is unknown despite him being cleared of indecently attacking a sleeping university student.
Daxchan Selvarajah was found not guilty by a Sydney District Court jury on Friday of attacking the Macquarie University student in her bed.
The 24-year-old had been accused of ripping through a flyscreen door at the student's home at Macquarie University in the early hours of February 21, 2013, before molesting her in her bed.
He beamed and began wiping his eyes as he stepped from the dock on Friday morning, after the jury's foreman informed the court he and his fellow jurors had reached a not guilty verdict on all charges.
But it's not yet known if Mr Selvarajah will be allowed to remain in Australia after his original visa was cancelled.
His bridging visa has been replaced with a justice visa since his arrest.
"Where a non-citizen has had their visa cancelled on the basis of criminal charges that are subsequently set aside or result in an acquittal, the department will review the case," an immigration spokesman told AAP. | {
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Association of Contemporary Church Historians
(Arbeitsgemeinschaft kirchlicher Zeitgeschichtler)
John Conway is on holiday this month, so he has asked me
to take over this month's Newsletter. I am very happy to do so, and
therefore take the opportunity to send you an essay on the significant topic
of
Christian-Jewish relations as they developed in Germany in the immediate
postwar period. I should be glad to have any comments you may care to send
me to the following address: [email protected]
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this message.
The German Protestant Church and its Mission to the Jews after the
Holocaust
Matthew D. Hockenos
Since completing a book-length study on the German
Protestant churches from 1945 to 1950, I have turned my attention to the fate
the
Protestant Church's mission to the Jews (Judenmission) after the Holocaust.
How did the Holocaust and the founding of Israel three years after the end of
WWII affect the church's long-held belief that it was the duty of Protestant
pastors and church leaders to preach the word of Jesus Christ to Jews
with the intention of converting them to Christianity? What was the nature of
the discussions and debates over the church's theory of supersessionism?
Did Protestant pastors and laypersons, who staffed the mission offices in
German cities, change their procedures for interacting with Jews who
remained in Germany after the war?
A number of reputable scholars including Paul Aring,
Micha Brumlik, Paul van Buren, John Conway, Eva Fleischner, Wolfgang Gerlach,
Richard Gutteridge, Charlotte Klein, Heinz Kremers, Christoph M. Raisig, Rolf
Rendtorff, and Martin Stöhr have addressed one or more of these
questions in their books and articles. But my aim is to explore Protestant-Jewish
relations after the war in a wider context. On the one hand I examine the
scholarly debates within the Protestant Church and between Protestant theologians
and Jewish scholars over the missions. On the other hand, I investigate the
activities of local missionaries in German cities who sought to convert Jews
to Christianity in the postwar years. And I also seek to include some
assessment, however limited, of these endeavors from the Jewish side. My
working thesis is that although the majority of Protestant church leaders and
theologians gradually came to the conclusion that Jews did not need Jesus Christ
since God's covenant with the Jews remained in force, there remained
and still remains a minority of church leaders and local pastors who refuse
to
denounce unequivocally the practice of missionizing Jews in
Germany and continue to seek the conversion of Jews by subtler means. Although
this latter group is a minority, they are not without influence.
Below is a revised and abridged version of a paper I
presented at the German Studies Association's San Diego meeting in October 2002.
I welcome comments and criticisms. Since this is a work-in-progress, which I
intend to expand into an article or an even longer study, I ask that you do
not
quote or reproduce any portion of the text without my permission.
In April 1950, when representatives of therecently-reconstituted Evangelical
(Protestant) Church in Germany assembled from all parts
of the country in their legislative body or Synod in the Berlin suburb of
Weissensee, they officially issued what was to be a highly significant and
challenging statement on the controversial issue of the "Jewish
question." It read as follows:
For God has consigned all men to disobedience, that he may have mercy upon
all (Rom. 11:32).
We believe in the Lord and Savior, who as a person came from the people of
Israel.
We Confess the Church which is joined together in one body of Jewish Christians
and Gentile Christians and whose peace is Jesus
Christ.
We believe God's promise to be valid for his Chosen People even after the crucifixion
of Jesus Christ.
We state that by omission and silence we became
implicated before the God of mercy in the outrage which has been perpetrated
against
the Jews by people of our nation. We caution all Christians not to balance what
has come
upon us as God's judgment against what we have done to the Jews; for in
judgment God's mercy searches the repentant.
We ask all Christians to dissociate themselves from all
antisemitism and earnestly to resist it, whenever it stirs again, and to
encounter Jews and Jewish Christians in a brotherly spirit.
We ask the Christian congregations to protect Jewish
graveyards within their areas if they are unprotected.
We pray to the Lord of mercy that he may bring about the
Day of Fulfillment when we will be praising the triumph of Jesus Christ
together with the saved Israel.(1)
The primary purpose of the eight-sentence statement was to
put the church on record as opposing antisemitism in postwar Germany and
to acknowledge the church's silence during the Third Reich. But the statement
also briefly addressed the church's theological anti-Judaism. By
declaring in the third sentence that God's promise to the Jews remained
in force
even after the crucifixion of Christ, the Berlin-Weissensee statement
rejected the centuries-old theory of supersessionism whereby the church
superseded the Jews as God's chosen people. The notion that God had rejected
the Jewish people in favor of the church was fundamental to the philosophy
undergirding the missionary enterprise. Consequently the repudiation of
supersessionism undermined the theological foundation of the Protestant
mission to the Jews.
However, the Berlin-Weissensee statement did not
explicitly reject missionizing Jews. In fact, it concluded in traditional
Christian triumphalist language: "We pray to the Lord of mercy that
he may bring about the Day of Fulfillment (Tag der Vollendung) when we will
be praising the triumph of Jesus Christ together with the saved Israel."
The Berlin-Weissensee statement reflects the confusion in the
church over its mission to Israel in postwar Germany. The message of the
synod was ambiguous. If the Jews were still God's chosen people then why did
the church need to pray that Jews would recognize Jesus as the Messiah?
Missionaries in general did not read the statement as a call for them to stop
their
work among Jews. In addition to the ambiguity of the statement itself, the
autonomy enjoyed by the regional churches in Germany meant that in some
churches, such as the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Bavaria, clergymen
continued to actively seek to convert Jews while other churches transformed
their
missions into organizations that sought a dialogue between church and
synagogue.
As an example of those still actively seeking converts, can
be cited the Bavarian Lutheran Pastor Wilhelm Grillenberger, who in
the spring of 1951 reported on his activities over the preceding six months
as
director of the Evangelical-Lutheran Mission to the Jews in Munich.(2)
His work from November 1950 to May 1951 fell into two categories: New Testament
instruction with Jews in preparation for their conversion to Protestantism and
outreach to potential Jewish converts. Grillenberger elaborated on five Jews
he was instructing in
the basic tenets of Lutheranism. He spent one night a week with
55-year-old Eduard M., a survivor of Theresienstadt concentration camp, discussing
Martin Luther's Small Catechism and preparing Eduard M. and his wife to
convert to Protestantism. He met twice a week with Judka S., a Jew
from Lodz, Poland, who had been in the Feldafing DP camp twenty miles
southwest of Munich. According to Grillenberger, the 45-year-old Judka S. was
a
widower, alone in the world, suffered from stomachaches, was mistrustful of
everyone, especially other Jews from the camp, and was hoping to emigrate
soon. Judka S. had received six months of instruction in Luther's Small
Catechism but Grillenberger believed he needed to strengthen his faith
before being baptized. Another student, 23-year-old Erich S., was the
son of a Protestant mother and Jewish father, who was now dead. "The
lessons with him are a joy," Grillenberger reported, "because he has
not received much
in the way of lessons in Judaism." Grillenberger believed Erich S. would
need the rest of the year to study and learn about Christianity before he was
ready to convert. Another man receiving instruction was a 30-year-old
Polish Jew. Even though he intended to emigrate in four weeks, Grillenberger
lamented that he could not participate more regularly in Catechism lessons
because his job as a chauffeur for the American Joint Distribution Committee
did not allow him enough free time. Finally, Grillenberger reported that a
51-year-old half-Jew (sic) named Paul B. had registered to be baptized and
intended to live at the Jewish mission in Munich for a month to prepare for
the
baptism. Paul B., Grillenberger noted, hoped to become a Lutheran pastor.
In the area of missionary outreach, Grillenberger visited
Jewish homes in the Munich area. "The discussions are open, friendly, and
lead
in many cases to wonderful results," he reported. He praised the work of
the
laymen and women connected to the mission office in Munich, who also made
house visits and distributed the New Testament among Jews in the nearby
DP camps.(3) Every Thursday afternoon in the mission station Grillenberger
held a Bible study for Jews who had converted and those who were interested
in
converting. He also preached "mission sermons" once or twice a month
in
Lutheran churches.(4) He was particularly grateful to pastor Heinz David Leuner,
a
Jew from Breslau who converted to Protestantism in 1935 and fled to Britain,
for
lecturing and preaching twice in Munich during the past six months.
And finally he reported that he regularly visited the synagogue in Munich where
he
made new contacts.
Grillenberger's report was typical of missionaries who
were engaged in the everyday work of proselytizing in the late 1940s and 1950s.
The Bavarian Jewish Mission was a branch of the
Evangelical-Lutheran Central Federation for the Mission to Israel
(Evangelische-lutherische Zentralverein fuer Mission unter Israel), which was
reconstituted in
October 1945 by Karl Heinrich Rengstorf (1903-92), a professor of theology in
Muenster and director of the Institutum Judaicum, originally founded by Franz
Delitzsch (1813-90), the father of the mission to Israel in Germany.(5)
Rengstorf acknowledged in 1945 that in consideration of all that had happened
to Jews
during the last twelve years that it would be inappropriate to begin
immediately with traditional missionary work, defined as actively seeking out
Jews with the intent to convince them to convert to Protestantism.(6)
Instead Rengstorf recommended that the Central Federation concentrate on
studying the present situation of Jews and baptized Jews in Germany and
combating negative stereotypes of Jews. Rengstorf did not renounce the
church's obligation to preach the gospel to Jews, he simply wanted to curtail
the
conversion efforts for the time being.
Although the local branches of the Central Federation also
declared their intention to study the history of Jews and Judaism and to
combat antisemitism, the large influx of eastern European Jews into Germany
in
1946 and 1947 brought about a return of traditional missionary efforts.
Many of the Jews arriving in Germany from Eastern Europe in 1945 and 1946
were fleeing Poland where pogroms and other antisemitic activities had resulted
in the deaths of hundreds of Jews.(7) Polish Jews and other Jewish
refugees housed in DP camps had no intention of remaining in Germany for an
extended
period of time. Ironically, occupied Germany from 1945 to 1952
functioned as a sanctuary for Jews while they waited for the opportunity to
emigrate to
Palestine/Israel, the United States, Australia, and elsewhere.
The DP camps and the temporary quarters for Jews in cities
such as Munich provided missionaries with concentrated groups of Jews
whose own faith had been weakened or challenged by their experiences over the
past twelve years. Although many Protestant pastors considered the influx of
tens of thousands of east European Jews into Germany highly regrettable, if
not
objectionable, missionaries saw both an opportunity and an obligation. At
a meeting of pastors and missionaries in Nuremberg in 1946 Pastor
Wilhelm Friedrich Hopf (1910-82) described the flood of Polish Ostjuden into
Bavaria as an "inducement to steer our congregations toward a Christian
and missionary outlook on the Jewish question."(8) According to Hopf it
was both an opportunity for the church to prove that it was not
antisemitic and an obligation to preach the good news to all men.
For missionaries the solution to the "Jewish question" or
"Jewish problem" was conversion. Although missionaries seeking to
convert Jews
insist they are not antisemitic, their ultimate goal as the theologian Eva
Fleischner argues, ". . . is baptism and entrance into the Church, with
the
consequent disappearance of the Jew as Jew."(9) Whereas the Nazis had tried
to
solve the Jewish question by deporting and killing Jews, postwar
missionaries sought to solve it by persuading Jews to join the Christian Church
and
assimilate. Since the Nazis had closed down the missions in the late 1930s and
early 1940s maintaining that Jews as a race corroded German society,
the missionaries presented the postwar reconstitution of the missions as a
sign of the Lutheran churches opposition to antisemitism and their love
for the
Jews. There was no better way, missionaries contended, for the church to
express its aversion to the racial hatred of the Nazis and the continuation
of
antisemitism in postwar Germany than to open their arms to Jews,
especially the demoralized and uprooted Ostjuden, by preaching the gospel to
them. If
anyone needed to hear the good news that Christ had suffered and died to
take away the sins of the world, it was Jews. Not to preach to the Jews would
be
antisemitic because it would indicate a racial bias against them.
Most parishioners, pastors, and church leaders accepted in
theory the philosophy underpinning the mission to the Jews in the
immediate postwar years. In reality, however, practical support was lacking.
Many devoted missionaries complained that prejudice toward Jews by
church leaders and congregations resulted in a lack of support for the missions.
For example, Pastor Theo Burgstahler (1896-1965), a missionary in Ulm
where over 10,000 Jews were housed in various camps in 1947, complained
that, "Missionaries by the thousands carry the gospel to the pagan world,"
but
"Israel [i.e., the Jews in Germany] remains until today the stepchild of
the
mission."(10) According to a report submitted by pastor Hopf of the
Nuremberg mission, Bavaria was an exception. He and his colleague Martin
Wittenberg maintained that the work of the Bavarian Mission to Israel was strongly
supported by the rest of the Bavarian pastorate as well as leaders of the
Bavarian Lutheran Church. Evidence of this support was the substantial
financial contributions the Bavarian Mission received in the fall of 1946 from
over
200 parsonages in response to Hopf and Wittenberg's appeal for
contributions.(11) Perhaps the fact that tens of thousands of Jews had recently
streamed
into Bavaria convinced many pastors that a "Jewish problem" still
existed and that the mission was the way to resolve it.
Hopf's enthusiastic and optimistic assessment in his
official report notwithstanding, in private correspondence he also
frequently complained about the lack of support from church leaders.(12) Although
the
official discrimination against Jews came to an end with Hitler's
defeat, the ingrained prejudices against Jews did not disappear overnight. The
distorted image of the Jew as a black-marketeer living extravagantly on care
packets from wealthy Jews abroad while everyday German Gentiles barely
survived in bombed-out basements did not bring a flood of support for the missions.
The vast majority of Jewish refugees in Germany wanted to emigrate
and most Germans were happy to see them go. It was only the missionaries
who hoped to offer Jews a permanent home in the Evangelical Church in Germany.
These missionaries believed that they had a deeper
obligation to preach the gospel to Jews than to pagans. Even the pastors and
theologians who believed that both the continued existence of Jews in Europe
after
the Holocaust and the founding of the state of Israel in May 1948 were signs
of the Jews chosen status maintained that until Jews recognized Jesus
as the
Messiah they had not fulfilled their purpose as God's chosen people. In April
1948 in Darmstadt, the council of brethren, which consisted of churchmen
from the former Confessing Church who wanted to reform the postwar
church, had declared that "God remains true to Israel and does not abandon
it,
despite its disloyalty, despite its rejection of Christ. . . . At the same time,
however, the Church is waiting for the erring children of Israel to resume the
place reserved for them by God."(13) This type of thinking, I believe,
was
more representative of the Protestant Church than the rejection of
supersessionism in the Berlin-Weissensee statement two years later.
The Darmstadt statement of 1948 and the Berlin-Weissensee statement of 1950
are often juxtaposed by theologians and historians
(including myself) for the purpose of underscoring the differences between the
two.
Typically, scholars argue that the Berlin-Weissensee statement marks a major
advance over the Darmstadt statement because it rejects supersessionism
whereas the Darmstadt statement affirms it. But, in fact, the two statements
have
an important underlying theme in common: they express the hope that
Jews will join the church and thereby fulfill their God-given mission. To be
sure, the Berlin-Weissensee statement is subtler and less smug: "We
pray to the Lord of mercy that he may bring about the Day of Fulfillment when
we will be praising the triumph of Jesus Christ together with the saved Israel."
Whereas, the Darmstadt statement implores Protestant churches and
pastors to "Tell them [the Jews] that the promises of the Old Testament
are
fulfilled in Jesus Christ." As Karl Heinrich Rengstorf, the director of
the
Evangelical-Lutheran Federation for the Mission to Israel, explained, the sorrow
the church felt for the Jews "springs from the knowledge that the Jews
as
such, although chosen by God, have not yet come to the goal which was
appointed with their election . . . ."(14) In short, the rejection of
supersessionism alone did not mean the end of the missionary movement. Even
if
directors of the missions complained that they did not receive the practical
and financial support they wanted, there is plenty of evidence before and
after Berlin-Weissensee that missions to the Jews were widely
accepted as necessary and theologically valid.
What was the Jewish response to Protestant missionaries in
the immediate postwar years? This is more difficult to determine;
although Grillenberger mentions 5 Jews who expressed interest in converting,
I
have uncovered only the opinions of prominent Jews. One critic, Rabbi Steven
S. Schwarzschild (1924-89) who served as rabbi in Berlin from 1948 to 1950,
asked rhetorically in the Berlin Jewish periodical "The Way" (Der
Weg),
whether Christians in Germany were in the moral position to proselytize
considering the recent "bloodbath" that took place in Christian Central
Europe.(15) He noted that since the end of the war a number of Protestant and
Catholic organizations with innocuous names had been established in Germany
professing to promote friendly relations with Jews and a deeper understanding
of
Judaism.
Schwarzschild acknowledged that much could be done to
improve relations between Jews and Germans, and that genuine efforts in this
direction should be applauded. But some of these organizations he charged hid
their true intensions, i.e., to persuade Jews to convert. He found this
particularly reprehensible when these groups focused their attention on
Jews in the DP camps, Jews whose lives had been turned upside down by
over a decade of persecution. He singled out the Protestant periodical
"Judaica" and the Catholic periodical "Freiburger Rundbrief"
as typical
examples of publications engaged in missionary activities under the guise of
fighting
antisemitism and encouraging a dialogue between Christians and Jews.(16)
Since most German and Polish rabbis had either been
murdered by the Nazis or fled abroad, the dialogue sought by Protestant clergymen,
Schwarzschild contended, was not a dialogue between equal partners. The
Jews approached by Christians after the war were more often than not
uneducated war refugees who were intellectually unprepared to defend themselves
against the aggressive arguments of Christian pastors and theologians. Even
the
Christian organizations that explicitly repudiated missionary work
and genuinely sought a dialogue with Jews, Schwarzschild accused of engaging
in a monologue ö if only because Jewish theologians were in such short supply
in Germany.(17)
Schwarzschild concluded that the first stage in the process
of reconciliation was not to aggressively promote a close friendship after
years of animosity. First a period of time needed to lapse during which Jews
and Christians lived next to each other in a peaceful and respectful manner.
Wounds needed to heal before friendship and dialogue were possible.
Rabbi Leo Baeck (1873-1956), one of two rabbis from
more than two-dozen to survive internment in Thieresenstadt
concentration/extermination camp, was subtler in his critique of the Protestant
missions to the
Jews.(18) Baeck, along with Professors Martin Buber and Hans-Joachim
Schoeps, were identified by Schwarzschild as prominent German Jews who worked
with some of the Christian organizations that Schwarzschild criticized.
After his release from Thieresenstadt Baeck emigrated to England in 1945 and
returned to Germany for the first time in October 1948. During this visit he
participated in the first conference on Christian-Jewish relations organized
by
the Evangelical-Lutheran Committee for Service to Israel,
whose director was Rengstorf. Baeck delivered a lecture entitled, "Judaism
on
Old and New Paths," which two years later was published in "Judaica,"
a
periodical edited by Pastor Robert Brunner of the Basel mission to Israel.
Baeck argued that true Christians must recognize their Jewish roots and
contended that the Protestant Church during the Nazi era was a glaring
example of what happens when Christians forget this. He reproached Christians
who
took the Holocaust as a sign of God's rejection and damnation of the Jewish
people. In a 1954 article that appeared in a collection of essays by leading
European Christians in missionary organizations and friendship societies, Baeck
criticized the church's tendency to approach Jews from a position of
superiority. He saw nothing inappropriate with the missionary task per se. In
fact, he argued that if Christians were indifferent it would signify "some
inner weakness and indolence or even a self-centeredness contradictory to the
religious way."(19)But what he did not like was when the church depicted
the
Jewish people as the rejected people and condescendingly offered to save
them from damnation by inviting them into the church. "There could be no
greater
barrier to mutual understanding, or to even honest and heartfelt discussion,"
Baeck believed, then failing to acknowledge that the Old Testament and
Judaism did not need the New Testament or the church to complete it.
The German-Jewish scholar Hans Joachim-Schoeps
(1909-80), who spent the Second World War in Sweden and lost his parents in
Nazi death
camps, returned to Germany in 1946 and took a position in the theology
department at the University of Erlangen in Bavaria. Since his own research
in the 1930s and later focused on Christian-Jewish relations, Schoeps was a
formidable Jewish voice in the postwar Christian-Jewish dialogue. Schoeps
expressed the hope that Jews and Christians would recognize the validity of
God's revelation at both Sinai and Golgotha in his 1948 essay, "Possibilities
and Limits to Jewish-Christian Understanding."(20) Significantly,
however, he insisted that Jews could not be expected to recognize God's covenant
with the church as valid for themselves. "Every Jew today, as in the past,
must reject Jesus as the Messiah of Israel. . . . We are, however, prepared
to
recognize that, in some way which we do not understand, a Messianic
significance for non-Jewish mankind is attached to the figure of this man [Jesus
of
Nazareth]. . . . In thus recognizing that the revelation of the church of Jesus
Christ has its sphere of validity, from which only Israel is excepted by
virtue of its direct election by the Father, I do not believe that I offend
against
the Jewish tradition."(21) In no way, Schoeps argued, did recognizing
the importance of Jesus for Christians challenge Judaism. Judaism he
insisted was not in need of completion or fulfillment.
Although he left it to Christian theologians to decide
whether or not Christians should be instructed to recognize the validity of
the covenant God made with the Jewish people, he made his own opinion
quite clear. He acknowledged that for Christians to accept the continued
validity of God's election of Israel would require not only the abandonment
of central beliefs of the church but also its missionary enterprise. But
historical accuracy demanded, Schoeps argued, a rejection of these views.
"For the church to revise this judgment [that the Jews have been rejected
by
God], which would imply abandonment by the church of its mission among the
Jews, seems more than justified by historical experience." By "historical
experience" Schoeps meant the continued existence of the Jews despite the
many
attempts to destroy them."We must express the hope that, just as today
we are
prepared to acknowledge the witness of the Church to be true, as the truth that
has
been granted exclusively to the Church, so the Church may also
acknowledge our awareness of God and his covenant with us as true, as the truth
which has
been granted exclusively to us . . . ."(22) In an age when fewer and
fewer Europeans, Jews and gentiles, were actively engaged in professing their
faith, Schoeps called for a mutual acknowledgement of each other's truth.
Certainly there were Christian theologians in
Germany in the 1950s and 1960s, including Helmut Gollwitzer, Guenther Harder,
and
Heinrich Vogel, who whole heartedly agreed with Schwarzschild, Baeck, and
Schoeps critiques of the church's mission to the Jews, supersessionism,
and
Christian triumphalism.(23) In fact, debate raged in the church in the
1960s and 1970s over whether the church's mission to the Jews in all forms
should be unequivocally repudiated. An important moment was the
1961 Kirchentag. But it was not until 1980 that the regional Synod of the
Evangelical Church in the Rhineland explicitly repudiated the church's mission
to
Israel. Using language very similar to that used by Schoeps in 1948,
Eberhard Bethge, the principal author of the Rhineland Synod declaration, and
the representatives of the Rhineland regional church declared, "We believe
that in their respective calling Jews and Christians are witnesses of God
before the world and before each other. Therefore we are convinced that the
church may not express its witness towards the Jewish people as it does its
mission to the peoples of the world." In the two decades since 1980 many
of the regional churches have published similar documents repudiating the
mission to Israel.
Significantly the Bavarian Lutheran Church issued a 4-page
position paper on "Christians and Jews" in 1998 that did not explicitly
reject
missionizing Jews but did call for Bavarian Lutherans to "think through
anew"
the church's mission to the Jews.(24) The glaring absence of an explicit
rejection of the mandate to witness to Jews was only partially muted by the
Bavarian Lutheran Bishop Hermann von Loewenich's announcement that he
personally opposes missionary efforts directed at Jews.(25) And in 2000 the
EKD revisited the 1950 Berlin-Weissensee statement in a document entitled,
"Christian and Jews: A Manifesto 50 Years after the Weissensee Declaration."
Although EKD Synod failed to reject missionizing Jews altogether, it did urge
dialogue, respect, and "a brotherly and sisterly relationship between
Christians and Jews."(26)
Why did it take four decades in some regional churches,
even longer in others, and is still a matter of debate among some church leaders,
for German Protestants to reject the church's mission to the Jews?
First, it is relatively easy in retrospect to see how Christian
anti-Judaism played a role in fostering and legitimizing an antisemitic milieu
that
made the Holocaust possible. But in Germany and elsewhere in Europe this
was not immediately apparent in the late 1940s and 1950s. An extended period
of intense reflection was necessary before recognizing Christian
teaching, especially Christian triumphalism, as a primary culprit. Second, the
theological foundation of anti-Judaism was so deeply rooted in the
church's doctrine and traditions that a repudiation of this theology was no
small
endeavor. It meant overturning some of the most basic tenets of
Protestant Christianity, and this revision naturally met with stiff resistance
at first.
Third, the founding of Israel in May 1948 had less of an impact on the
church's attitude toward Jews and Judaism than is often argued. Although
some Protestant theologians viewed the founding of the state of Israel as a
sign of the continued choseness of the Jewish people, others
recognized the secular nature of the state. In fact, those who did not attribute
a
theological meaning to the founding of Israel argued convincingly that Jews
living
in Germany were, in fact, easier to reach with the gospel than Jews in Israel,
where proselytizing was condemned. Fourth, Christian guilt over
the persecution of Jews during the Third Reich led some pastors to conclude
that the church must never abandon Jews again and viewed a repudiation of the
mission to Israel as a continuation of antisemitism and an abandonment of the
Jews. And finally, the temptation to missionize the large numbers of Jewish
refugees in the immediate postwar years and again in the 1990s with the
emigration of tens of thousands of Russian Jews to Germany proved too strong
for many Protestant pastors and church leaders to resist.
Endnotes
1: The following translation is from The Theology of the
Churches and the Jewish People: Statements by the World Council of
Churches ands its Member Churches, with commentary by Allan Brockway, Paul van
Buren, Rolf Rendtorff, and Simon Schoon (Geneva: WCC Publications, 1988),
47-49.
3: As of 1952 there were approximately 12,000 Jews still
in DP camps in Germany. This was down from 182,000 in summer 1947.
The vast majority of Jewish DPs lived in the American zone, which included
Bavaria.
7: See Angelika Koenigseder and Juliane Wetzel, Waiting
for Hope: Jewish Displaced Persons in Post-World War II Germany,
translated from the German by John A. Broadwin (Evanston. IL: Northwestern University
Press, 1994), 43-53.
13: An English translation of "Ein Wort zur Judenfrage" is
available in the World Council of Churches collection of statements, The
relationship of the Church to the Jewish People, (Geneva (1964), 48-52.
14: Karl Heinrich Rengstorf, "The Jewish Problem and the
Church's Understanding of its Mission," in Goete Hedenquist, ed.,
The Church and the Jewish People (London: Edinburgh House Press, 1954), 30.
15: Born in Frankfurt, Schwarzschild moved with his
family in 1939 to New York City, where he attended high school. Later, he
enrolled at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio. Ordained a rabbi at Hebrew
Union
College in Cincinnati in 1948, he served as a rabbi in both parts of Berlin
and in
East Germany from 1948-1950 and in Fargo, North Dakota, and in Lynn,
Massachusetts, from 1950-1964. The quote is from Steven S. Schwarzschild,
"Freundschaft oder Missionarbeit?" Der Weg 47 (25 Nov. 1949): 9.
16: In a response to Schwarzschild's article editors of the
Freiburger Rundbrief denied that they had any missionary intentions.
See Freiburger Rundbrief (April 1950), 15-17.
18: Born in Lissa (now Leszno, Poland) on May 24, 1873,
Baeck studied at the Universities of Breslau and Berlin and at the Juedisch-
theologisches Seminar, Breslau and the Hochschule fuer die Wissenschaft des
Judentums in Berlin, receiving his doctorate in 1895 and rabbinical ordination
in
1897. He served as a rabbi in Oppeln, Duesseldorf, and Berlin, as a lecturer
at the Hochschule, and from 1933 to 1942 as president of the
Reichsvertretung der deutschen Juden. Deported to Theresienstadt in 1943, he
emigrated to Great Britain in 1945, and became chairman of the World Union
for Progressive Judaism and first president of the Leo Baeck Institute. He
died in London on November 1, 1956. The other Rabbi to survive
Theresienstadt was Rabbi Neuhaus of Frankfurt.
19: Leo Baeck, "Some Questions to the Christian Church
from the Jewish Point of View," in Goete Hedenquist, ed., The Church and
the
Jewish People (London: Edinburgh House Press, 1954), 108.
22: Hans Joachim Schoeps, The Jewish-Christian
Argument: A History of Theologies in Conflict, trans. David Green (London: Faber
and Faber, 1963), 167.
23: One can easily trace a similar change in perspective
toward proselytizing by Catholics in Germany in the Catholic periodical
Freiburger Rundbrief edited by Gertrud Luckner and Karl Thieme.
24: The position paper was issued at the Bavarian
Church's November 1998 Nuremberg Synod. See, "Freiburger Rundbrief,"
6, no. 3
(1999): 191-97. For an English translation see the "Jewish-Christian Relations"
website, www.jcrelations.net. | {
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I’m constantly self-reflecting. I don’t know how much other people do it, but I am constantly looking at things I’ve done in the past and what I’ve learned. I think of things I can do and what I can take away from them. I think of why certain people have or haven’t done things and those results, with no judgement, just wonder.
Turning 18, 20, and 22 were kind of “boring” years for me. For undisclosed reasons, turning 18 didn’t have a major significance. I couldn’t go to “cool” 18 and over places. I turned 18 already in college, but had few friends. I can’t think of anything spectacular that happened that year.
Turning 19 – I joined my sorority and orientation program at school. I made A LOT of new friends. My social life sky-rocketed. I went on my first international trips. I practically fell in love or felt the most I’ve ever felt for guy, and got heartbroken! Getting heartbroken was sad, but I believe in “better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all”.
Turning 20 – While my social life was about the same, at this point it was now normal. Unfortunately, all my friends were turning 21. Therefore, having to leave me out of activities. Once again, I can’t think of anything else that happened this year. That should speak volumes in and of itself.
Turning 21 – Obviously, I turned 21. There were a slew of fun new places to go to!!! I also moved away from home for the first time and spent a semester in North Carolina. I made a bunch of new friends and had new adventures. I went on my first road trip with friends to New York over Thanksgiving break.
Turning 22 – I’m not sure why this year didn’t feel as awesome as the others but not as bad as 18 and 20. It should’ve been just as fun. I graduated from college, started a job with the Walt Disney Company, made new friends. I did gain weight year 22. I spent most of this year prepping for my London Trip, for when I’d be 23. I also spent a lot of 22 waiting to turn 23. For some reason I thought 23 was going to be AMAZING.
23 was amazing. I went to London with a close friend. We had unbelievable adventures. I went out a lot with my friends and did fun things, all of which are a blur now. Even though, most of 23, I wasn’t permanently employed, I had enough to survive and I was happy. Who’d have thought? I lost a noticeable amount of weight. I started dating more frequently than before, partly out of boredom and also to learn more about myself. I met a guy that I enjoyed spending time with, that made me happy, inspired me, and someone I learned a lot from. Although short-lived, I’m still very grateful for that experience.
Needless to say, as 24 approached, I was nervous. It was going to be another one of those dull years. I didn’t have a specific plan for my birthday celebrations. The day of my birthday was spent running around trying to fix my laptop. The day of my party, I ran around buying supplies. I invited several of my close friends all in one place for karaoke. Even then, I was nervous stepping in and getting the party started. By the end of the night, I had a BLAST. I had such a great time and so did my friends.
I must have been re-inspired from Pinterest or some other place. I am also a firm believer in “Life’s what you make it”. I believe in fate, destiny, luck, and all that jazz. I also believe you can change your change your fate or destiny and improve or break your luck. We each have the ability to change our course with the support of God ( my choice of higher being).
That’s when I decided to embrace the rest of my 20s. This is a time for living. I’m sure the other decades will have their fair share of celebratory occasions. For now, I love being young and old, financially independent (mostly), having a disposable income, my circle of friends. I’ll save the next coming-of- age worry for 30, but that’s eons away. | {
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In class we talked about the new National ID that might pop up sometime in the future. I hadn’t really heard anything about it so I decided to investigate it. It stems from the Real ID Act that was adopted back in 2005 that would allow the DMV to link up to all the other DMV’s around the nation. This would allow police officers to have quicker access to anyone’s driver license records no matter what state they come from. This would also make it a lot easier for police to detect card theft. However, not all States have complied with this ID Act. Right now in Indiana we have what is called the Secure ID. To get it you must present your birth certificate, SSN, prove you are legally in the US, and reside in Indiana. Essentially, its a “more secure” driver license, whatever that means. I could find little information on the actual DMV website for the state of Indiana explaining why the new ID was needed, what was actually on it, and what benefits it provided. All they included was what was needed to obtain the new ID and how to get it. I thought it was interesting that not even an image of the new ID was on the website, which leads me to assume it is the same as the driver licenses that are issued. However, this is probably not the case. Other websites have said the Real ID stores and scans personal information such as your Social Security number and birth certificate information. Sounds a little dangerous right? Carrying all this information around in your back pocket.
Now there is another card in the works, a National ID card. It’s sort of a Social Security card on steroids. While right now its not supposed to have nay personal information on it, this could easily change. What is to stop it from containing private information, medical information, or tracking devices. Also, because its supposed to be universal what would stop it from being required to get medicine, or receive treatment?
It is especially important to think about the implications of a National ID card after reading Dean Spade’s essay. While the process to receive hormones or surgery is already difficult, a National ID card would make this an even more complicated process. To be considered transsexual by the medical community requires individuals seeking surgery or hormones must conform to the diagnostic criteria for a GID diagnoses (Spade 25). Only once they have attained the notes from their doctors proving their sex can they change their sex on official documents or legally change their name (Spade 26). The addition of a National ID card would make this process even more difficult. Not only would it be one more document to change, but it is probably a much more difficult and time consuming document to change. Also, if the card does contain personal information, such as medical information, a transsexual individual’s private medical information would be visible for anyone who can scan for it. Lastly, if this card is required to get hormones or receive surgery and for some reason they don’t have it, its lost or stolen, then they don’t have access to their hormones or their surgery could be pushed back. While this card is meant to provide protection it in many ways limits and causes hindrances on peoples lives, especially transsexuals. | {
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The Montezuma County Sheriff's Office has announced that a Dolores man has been determined to be a sexual violent predator.
Dustin Wall, 25, pleaded guilty to felony attempt to commit sexual assault by overcoming the victim's will and misdemeanor third-degree assault on June 12. Court records reveal the 36-year-old victim didn't consent when attacked at a Dolores hotel on April 23.
According to court records, Wall was granted a deferred sentence of 48 months of supervised probation, which includes sex offender treatment, random drug test, a curfew and registration as a convicted sex offender. Officials said he served 106 days in jail and was fined $6,366.50.
Montezuma County Sheriff Dennis Spruell said Wall was listed as a sexually violent predator after a criminal justice review board determined that he presented a "high potential to re-offend." Spruell cautioned the community not to intimidate, threaten or harass Wall, saying that a stable offender increased community safety.
Probation officer Rhonda Eppard said Wall is not to have contact with anyone under the age of 18, is barred from the Internet and possessing or purchasing firearms, is subject to a minimum of two annual polygraph tests and must refrain from visiting schools, parks and other areas where children gather.
Sheriff officials said Wall's current residence was more than 10 miles away from the nearest school.
In Colorado, there are 16,678 registered sex offenders. An additional 1,291 have failed to register or have a history of failing to register as sex offenders. Eighty-seven registered sex offenders reside in Montezuma County. | {
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Oak tree loses battle; needy families gain firewood
Soccer moms and dads, as well as students at Orenco Elementary School, may have noticed the disappearance of an oak tree edging a playing field there. The white oak tree, more than 120 years old, was not able to struggle back to good health after losing a large branch several years earlier.
Jim Peterson, school district facilities coordinator, said that all trees removed from school grounds are cut into firewood-sized logs, and donated to Washington County Woodcutters. This nonprofit group provides wood free of charge to low-income seniors to ensure they stay warm through the winter. Nobody is too old to benefit from our schools! | {
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At night during the season I would play under the tree. My mom always had little toys, dolls and decorations that became part of my Hot Wheels adventure. Sometimes I would "fly" a model airplane into the living room only lit with tree lights. The radio and my mom cleaning the kitchen was the soundtrack to these adventures.
My husband likes to tell the kids about when he was little and one thing that he remembered about the Christmas holidays, was when his dad would put up lights around the outside of the house. There was one light in the strand that would blink, and his dad would make sure that it was the light outside his bedroom window. For some reason, he really liked it.
When our kids were born, my husband bought a lighted snowflake hang outside each child's window for them to look at as they fall asleep.
Humbug! Poppycock! Balderdash! Bah!
Scavengers and sycophants and flatterers and fools,
Pharisees and parasites and hypocrites and ghouls,
Calculating swindlers, prevaricating frauds
Perpetrating evil as they roam the Earth in hordes.
Feeding on their fellow men,
Reaping rich rewards.
Contaminating everything they see.
Corrupting honest men like me.
People are despicable creatures,
Loathesome inexplicable creatures,
Good-for-nothing kickable creatures.
I hate people! I abhor them!
When I see the indolent classes
Sitting on their indolent asses,
Gulping ale from indolent glasses,
I hate people! I detest them!
I deplore them!
I hate people! I loathe people!
I despise and abominate people!
Life is full of cretinous wretches
Earning what their sweatiness fetches,
Empty minds whose pettiness stretches
Further than I can see.
Little wonder I hate people.
And I don't care if they hate me!
"I Hate People" from Scrooge, Leslie Bricusse
best Christmas carol of the bunch!
Hey, don't hold back. Say what you really feel! Great writing by the way...
I can appreciate those feelings. I see that part of it, but I choose to ignore it in spite of what I see. It really is about the simple things...the children, the aged, families together for the short time we have each other. Most of all it's about the simplicity of the true message at it's core.
Ah, Christmas.......
I used to love it as a kid. Not being able to go out to the living room and see what Santa left till 6am, that was the LAW. If we woke Mom up before that, we couldn't go out till 7, then 8, so all 5 of us were so quiet till 6. Hard work, but we did it.
Most memorable christmas was the one that all of us kids got bikes. It didn't matter that I had no idea how to ride one, I had a BIKE!!!!
The older I got the more dissapointing they became.....sigh.
I wish there was some way to get that magic back.
"Life ain't like books.
Books got somebody writin' 'em and tryin' to entertain ya.
Life is more like a set of Legos.
Unless you take care of 'em, you lose a few pieces and you end up steppin' on 'em with bare feet.
You gotta take care of your life."
~Laura Moncur
(09-25-2010 09:51 PM)HardwareGrl Wrote: Ah, Christmas.......
I used to love it as a kid. Not being able to go out to the living room and see what Santa left till 6am, that was the LAW. If we woke Mom up before that, we couldn't go out till 7, then 8, so all 5 of us were so quiet till 6. Hard work, but we did it.
Most memorable christmas was the one that all of us kids got bikes. It didn't matter that I had no idea how to ride one, I had a BIKE!!!!
The older I got the more dissapointing they became.....sigh.
I wish there was some way to get that magic back.
When our kids were small, we made them wait until 7AM (after one Christmas morning, our 5 year old went to the 3 year old's room at 4AM, woke him up and the two of them ran into the living room to tear into gifts. Their dad wasn't too thrilled to get up to tell them to go back to bed). I think that we've finally conceded to getting up at 6:30. The kids are 14 and 12 now, but it's like trying to hold gerbils at bay with a string.
(09-25-2010 09:51 PM)HardwareGrl Wrote: Ah, Christmas.......
I used to love it as a kid. Not being able to go out to the living room and see what Santa left till 6am, that was the LAW. If we woke Mom up before that, we couldn't go out till 7, then 8, so all 5 of us were so quiet till 6. Hard work, but we did it.
Most memorable christmas was the one that all of us kids got bikes. It didn't matter that I had no idea how to ride one, I had a BIKE!!!!
The older I got the more dissapointing they became.....sigh.
I wish there was some way to get that magic back.
Yes, I remember my "bike Christmas." It was exciting. We have the memory of those feelings. the challenge is to create them for others the way they were created for us. for our kids, our parents, our siblings, our significant others...I have to say that for me the excitement lies in food. Making it, or going out to the markets near Christmas to buy it. It's like London on Christmas Eve in Dicken's A Christmas Carol. It's the bustling of many preparing love for their families. Not the presents, though it's fun to give and receive. This is where I disagree with Neil. It IS better to give than receive (from Free Will). Besides, when you give you receive back; it's like a natural law I think. I love showing up to someone's home with a really great bottle of wine and the pie from the best bakery. I'm so happy to see everyone enjoy it, and I get to share in the pleasure myself.
(09-25-2010 09:51 PM)HardwareGrl Wrote: Ah, Christmas.......
I used to love it as a kid. Not being able to go out to the living room and see what Santa left till 6am, that was the LAW. If we woke Mom up before that, we couldn't go out till 7, then 8, so all 5 of us were so quiet till 6. Hard work, but we did it.
Most memorable christmas was the one that all of us kids got bikes. It didn't matter that I had no idea how to ride one, I had a BIKE!!!!
The older I got the more dissapointing they became.....sigh.
I wish there was some way to get that magic back.
Yes, I remember my "bike Christmas." It was exciting. We have the memory of those feelings. the challenge is to create them for others the way they were created for us. for our kids, our parents, our siblings, our significant others...I have to say that for me the excitement lies in food. Making it, or going out to the markets near Christmas to buy it. It's like London on Christmas Eve in Dicken's A Christmas Carol. It's the bustling of many preparing love for their families. Not the presents, though it's fun to give and receive. This is where I disagree with Neil. It IS better to give than receive (from Free Will). Besides, when you give you receive back; it's like a natural law I think. I love showing up to someone's home with a really great bottle of wine and the pie from the best bakery. I'm so happy to see everyone enjoy it, and I get to share in the pleasure myself.
Yeah, I'm with you on that. I host Christmas now for the whole family, and thats where my grown-up pleasure comes from now. Putting on a spread that you wouldn't believe and feeding everyone that comes throught my door Christmas Day.
But, wouldn't it be nice if one year somebody remembered the Red Rider BB gun for you? Huh?
"Life ain't like books.
Books got somebody writin' 'em and tryin' to entertain ya.
Life is more like a set of Legos.
Unless you take care of 'em, you lose a few pieces and you end up steppin' on 'em with bare feet.
You gotta take care of your life."
~Laura Moncur
I love that film. It's one of those movies you have to watch even though you've seen it 1000 times. Mcgavern or whatever the actor's name is plays a great role as the father. I liked him in Kolchak, The Night Stalker in the 70's. As a kid it really gave me the willies. ...but back to Christmas. The late 40's were a great time in classic America. It seemed that society was a bit more focused and hopeful. I get a sense of it from "Christmas Story" and the shadows of memories, stories, photographs and artifacts that I experienced through my grandparents. I also like modern classics like "Home Alone." This year I'll make the infamous Antiguan Christmas Garlic Pork "Convingadelish." See my post on this recipe especially if you like it spicy! It'll warm your body like Christmas warms the soul. | {
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what, that's it? just cause some of us are gonna hit 50 this year means end of the line?stumbled on this great supposedly kiddie animated series, really good,this chapter for you fanatic hippie lovers:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PZX506eKtg | {
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Normae de Gravioribus Delictis
1. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, according to art. 52 of the Apostolic Constitution Pastor Bonus1, judges delicts against the faith, as well as the more grave delicts committed against morals and in the celebration of the sacraments and, whenever necessary, proceeds to declare or impose canonical sanctions according to the norm of both common and proper law, with due regard for the competence of the Apostolic Penitentiary2 and in keeping with Agendi ratio in doctrinarum examine. 3
2. With regard to the delicts mentioned above in § 1, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, by mandate of the Roman Pontiff, may judge Cardinals, Patriarchs, Legates of the Apostolic See, Bishops as well as other physical persons mentioned in can. 1405 § 3 of the Code of Canon Law4, and in can. 1061 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.5
3. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith judges the reserved delicts mentioned in § 1 according to the following norms.
Art. 2
1. The delicts against the faith referred to in art. 1 are heresy, apostasy and schism according to the norm of can. 7516 and 13647 of the Code of Canon Law, and can. 14368 and 14379 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.
2. In the abovementioned cases referred to in § 1, it pertains to the Ordinary or Hierarch to remit, by norm of law, if it be the case, the latae sententiae excommunication and likewise to undertake a judicial trial in the first instance or issue an extrajudicial decree, with due regard for the right of appeal or of recourse to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Art. 3
1. The more grave delicts against the sanctity of the most Holy Sacrifice and Sacrament of the Eucharist reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith for judgment are:
1° the taking or retaining for a sacrilegious purpose or the throwing away of the consecrated species10, as mentioned in can. 1367 of the Code of Canon Law11, and in can. 1442 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches12;
2° attempting the liturgical action of the Eucharistic Sacrifice spoken of in can. 1378 § 2, n. 1, of the Code of Canon Law13;
3° the simulation of the same, spoken of in can. 1379 of the Code of Canon Law14 and in can. 1443 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches15;
4° the concelebration of the Eucharistic Sacrifice prohibited in can. 908 of the Code of Canon Law16, and in can. 702 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches17, spoken of in can. 1365 of the Code of Canon Law18, and in can. 1440 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches19, with ministers of ecclesial communities which do not have apostolic succession and do not acknowledge the sacramental dignity of priestly ordination.
2. Also reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is the delict which consists in the consecration for a sacrilegious purpose of one matter without the other or even of both, either within or outside of the eucharistic celebration20. One who has perpetrated this delict is to be punished according to the gravity of the crime, not excluding dismissal or deposition.
Art. 4
1. The more grave delicts against the sanctity of the Sacrament of Penance reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith are:
1° the absolution of an accomplice in a sin against the sixth commandment of the Decalogue, mentioned in can. 1378 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law21, and in can. 1457 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches22;
2° attempted sacramental absolution or the prohibited hearing of confession, mentioned in can. 1378 § 2, 2° of the Code of Canon Law23;
3° simulated sacramental absolution, mentioned in can. 1379 of the Code of Canon Law24, and in can. 1443 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches 25;
4° the solicitation to a sin against the sixth commandment of the Decalogue in the act, on the occasion, or under the pretext of confession, as mentioned in can. 1387 of the Code of Canon Law26, and in can. 1458 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches 27, if it is directed to sinning with the confessor himself;
5° the direct and indirect violation of the sacramental seal, mentioned in can. 1388 § 1 of the Code of Canon Law28, and in can. 1456 §1 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches29;
2. With due regard for § 1, n. 5, also reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is the more grave delict which consists in the recording, by whatever technical means, or in the malicious diffusion through communications media, of what is said in sacramental confession, whether true or false, by the confessor or the penitent. Anyone who commits such a delict is to punished according to the gravity of the crime, not excluding, if he be a cleric, dismissal or deposition30.
Art. 5
The more grave delict of the attempted sacred ordination of a woman is also reserved to the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith:
1° With due regard for can. 1378 of the Code of Canon Law, both the one who attempts to confer sacred ordination on a woman, and she who attempts to receive sacred ordination, incurs a latae sententiae excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See.
2° If the one attempting to confer sacred ordination, or the woman who attempts to receive sacred ordination, is a member of the Christian faithful subject to the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, with due regard for can. 1443 of that Code, he or she is to be punished by major excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See.
3° If the guilty party is a cleric he may be punished by dismissal or deposition31.
Art. 6
1. The more grave delicts against morals which are reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith are:
1° the delict against the sixth commandment of the Decalogue committed by a cleric with a minor below the age of eighteen years; in this case, a person who habitually lacks the use of reason is to be considered equivalent to a minor.
2° the acquisition, possession, or distribution by a cleric of pornographic images of minors under the age of fourteen, for purposes of sexual gratification, by whatever means or using whatever technology;
2. A cleric who commits the delicts mentioned above in § 1 is to be punished according to the gravity of his crime, not excluding dismissal or deposition.
Art. 7
1. A criminal action for delicts reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is extinguished by prescription after twenty years, with due regard to the right of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to derogate from prescription in individual cases.
2. Prescription runs according to the norm of can. 1362 § 2 of the Code of Canon Law32, and can. 1152 § 3 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches 33. However, in the delict mentioned in art. 6 §1 n. 1, prescription begins to run from the day on which a minor completes his eighteenth year of age.
Part Two — PROCEDURAL NORMS
Title I: The Constitution and Competence of the Tribunal
Art. 8
1. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is the Supreme Apostolic Tribunal for the Latin Church as well as the Eastern Catholic Churches, for the judgment of the delicts defined in the preceding articles.
2. This Supreme Tribunal also judges other delicts of which a defendant is accused by the Promotor of Justice, by reason of connection of person and complicity.
3. The sentences of this Supreme Tribunal, rendered within the limits of its proper competence, do not need to be submitted for the approval of the Supreme Pontiff.
Art. 9
1. The Members of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith are ipso iure the judges of this Supreme Tribunal.
2. The Prefect of the Congregation presides as first among equals over the college of the Members, and if the office of Prefect is vacant or if the Prefect himself is impeded, the Secretary of the Congregation carries out his duties.
3. It is the responsibility of the Prefect of the Congregation to nominate additional stable or deputed judges.
Art. 10
It is necessary that such appointed judges be priests, of mature age, possessing a doctorate in canon law, outstanding in good morals, prudence and expertise in the law. Such priests may at the same time exercise a judicial or consultative function before another Dicastery of the Roman Curia.
Art. 11
To present and sustain an accusation a Promotor of Justice is to be appointed, who is to be a priest, possessing a doctorate in canon law, outstanding in good morals, prudence, and expertise in the law. He is to carry out his office in all grades of judgment.
Art. 12
For the functions of Notary and Chancellor, priests are appointed, whether or not they are officials of this Congregation.
Art. 13
The role of Advocate or Procurator is carried out by a priest possessing a doctorate in canon law. He is to be approved by the presiding judge of the college.
Art. 14
Indeed, in the other tribunals dealing with cases under these norms, only priests can validly carry out the functions of Judge, Promotor of Justice, Notary, and Patron [Procurator and Advocate].
Art 15
With regard to the provisions of can. 1421 of the Code of Canon Law34, and can. 1087 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches35, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith may dispense from the requirements of the priesthood and of a doctorate in Canon Law.
Art. 16
Whenever the Ordinary or Hierarch receives a report of a more grave delict, which has at least the semblance of truth, once the preliminary investigation has been completed, he is to communicate the matter to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith which, unless it calls the case to itself due to particular circumstances, will direct the Ordinary or Hierarch how to proceed further, with due regard, however, for the right to appeal, if the case warrents, against a sentence of the first instance only to the Supreme Tribunal of this same Congregation.
Art. 17
If a case is referred directly to the Congregation without a preliminary investigation having been undertaken, the steps preliminary to the process, which fall by common law to the Ordinary or Hierarch, may be carried out by the Congregation itself.
Art. 18
With full respect for the right of defense, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith may sanate acts in cases lawfully presented to it if merely procedural laws have been violated by lower Tribunals acting by mandate of the same Congregation or according to art. 16.
Art. 19
With due regard for the right of the Ordinary to impose from the outset of the preliminary investigation those measures which are established in can. 1722 of the Code of Canon Law36, or in can. 1473 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches37, the respective presiding judge may, at the request of the Promotor of Justice, exercise the same power under the same conditions determined in the canons themselves.
Art. 20
The Supreme Tribunal of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith judges in second instance:
1° cases adjudicated in first instance by lower tribunals;
2° cases decided by this same Supreme Apostolic Tribunal in first instance.
Title II: The Procedure to be followed in the Judicial Trial
Art. 21
1. The more grave delicts reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith are to be tried in a judicial process.
2. However, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith may:
1° decide, in individual cases, ex officio or when requested by the Ordinary or Hierarch, to proceed by extrajudicial decree, as provided in can. 1720 of the Code of Canon Law38 and can. 1486 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches39. However, perpetual expiatory penalties may only be imposed by mandate of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
2° present the most grave cases to the decision of the Roman Pontiff with regard to dismissal from the clerical state or deposition, together with dispensation from the law of celibacy, when it is manifestly evident that the delict was committed and after having given the guilty party the possibility of defending himself.
Art. 22
The Prefect is to constitute a turnus of three or five judges to try the case.
Art. 23
If in the appellate stage the Promotor of Justice brings forward a specifically different accusation, this Supreme Tribunal can admit it and judge it as if at first instance.
Art. 24
1. In cases concerning the delicts mentioned of in art. 4 §1, the Tribunal cannot indicate the name of the accuser to either the accused or his patron unless the accuser has expressly consented.
2. This same Tribunal must consider the particular importance of the question concerning the credibility of the accuser.
3. Nevertheless, it must always be observed that any danger of violating the sacramental seal be altogether avoided.
Art 25
If an incidental question arises, the college is to decide the matter by decree most expeditiously [expeditissime, cf. cann. 1629, n.5< CIC; 1310, n. 5< CCEO].
Art. 26
1. With due regard for the right to appeal to this Supreme Tribunal, once an instance has been finished in any manner before another tribunal, all of the acts of the case are to be transmitted ex officio to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith as soon as possible.
2 The right of the Promotor of Justice of the Congregation to challenge a sentence runs from the day on which the sentence of first instance is made known to this same Promotor.
Art. 27
Recourse may be had against singular administrative acts which have been decreed or approved by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in cases of reserved delicts. Such recourse must be presented within the preemptory period of sixty canonical days to the Ordinary Session of the Congregation (the Feria IV) which will judge on the merits of the case and the lawfulness of the Decree. Any further recourse as mentioned in art. 123 of the Apostolic Constitution Pastor bonus is excluded40.
Art. 28
A res iudicata occurs:
1° if a sentence has been rendered in second instance;
2° if an appeal against a sentence has not been proposed within a month;
3° if, in the appellate grade, the instance is abated or is renounced;
4° if the sentence has been rendered in accord with the norm of art.20.
Art. 29
1. Judicial expenses are to be paid as the sentence has determined.
2. If the defendant is not able to pay the expenses, they are to be paid by the Ordinary or Hierarch of the case.
Art. 30
1. Cases of this nature are subject to the pontifical secret.41
2. Whoever has violated the secret, whether deliberately (ex dolo) or through grave negligence, and has caused some harm to the accused or to the witnesses, is to be punished with an appropriate penalty by the higher turnus at the insistence of the injured party or even ex officio.
Art. 31
In these cases, together with the prescripts of these norms, by which all Tribunals of the Latin Church and Eastern Catholic Churches are bound, the canons concerning delicts and penalties as well as the canons concerning the penal process of each Code also must be applied.
The CDF’s full list of changes to John Paul II’s 2001 motu proprio Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela
The new text of the Normae de gravioribus delictis, as revised by Pope Benedict XVI on 21 May 2010, contains modifications to both the substantial and the procedural norms found in the original text of Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela.
The following are the changes introduced into the text:
A) The following faculties, originally granted by Pope John Paul II to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and later confirmed by his successor, Pope Benedict XVI, on 6 May 2005, have been introduced into the text:
The right, as mandated by the Roman Pontiff, to judge Cardinals, Patriarchs, Legates of the Apostolic See, Bishops and other physical persons found in CIC can. 1405 §3 and CCEO can. 1061 (art. 1 § 2);
The extension of the term of prescription of a criminal action to twenty years, maintaining the right of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to derogate from prescription on a case by case basis (art. 7);
The faculty to dispense from the requirement of priesthood and the requirement of a doctorate in canon law for the personnel of the Tribunal, advocates and procurators (art. 15);
The faculty to sanate acts in cases where only procedural laws have been violated by an inferior Tribunal, guaranteeing, always, the right to a proper defense (art. 18);
The faculty to dispense from a judicial trial and, therefore, to proceed per decretum extra iudicium. In these cases the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, after a careful examination of the facts, decides on a case by case basis when to authorize an extra-judicial (administrative) process, at the request of the Ordinary or local Hierarch or ex officio(in any of these cases, the imposition of a perpetual, expiatory penalty requires the mandate of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith) (art. 21 § 2 n. 1);
The faculty to present cases directly to the Holy Father for dimissio e statu clericali or depositio, una cum dispensatione a lege caelibatus; to proceed in this manner, in addition to the extreme gravity of the particular case, the commission of the delict in question must be manifest and the right to a proper defense of the accused must be guaranteed (art. 21 § 2 n. 2);
The faculty to make recourse to the Ordinary Session of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith against administrative acts issued or approved by the same Congregation in a lower grade of judgment, in cases of reserved delicts (art. 27).
B) The following modifications have also been introduced into the text:
The delictacontra fidem (heresy, apostasy and schism) have been included; for these delicts, the norms indicate a particular competence for the local Ordinary to proceed ad normam iuris, either in a judicial manner or extra iudicium in the first instance, maintaining the right of appeal or recourse to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (art. 1 § 1 and art. 2);
Regarding the Eucharist, the two delicts of attentatio liturgicae eucharistici Sacrificii actionis (CIC can. 1378 § 2 n.1) and the simulation of the same (CIC can. 1379; CCEO can. 1443) are now considered under separate numbers (art 3 § 1 nn. 2 and 3);
Also concerning delicts against the Eucharist, with respect to the previous version of the text, the phrase “alterius materiae sine altera” has been replaced with the expression “unius materiae vel utriusque” and the phrase “aut etiam utriusque extra eucharisticam celebrationem” has been replaced with “aut extra eam” (art. 3 § 2);
Regarding the Sacrament of Penance, the crimes specified in CIC can. 1378 § 2 (attempting to impart sacramental absolution or hearing a sacramental confession, when one cannot do so validly) and CIC 1379 and CCEO can. 1443 (simulation of sacramental absolution) have been included in the text (art. 4 § 1 nn. 2 and 3);
Also included among the delicts are the indirect violation of the seal (art. 4 § 1 n. 5), the recording and divulgation of a sacramental confession done with malice (decree of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 23 September 1988) (art. 4 § 2);
The attempted ordination of a woman has also been introduced as a delict in the new text, as established by the decree of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on 19 December 2007 (art. 5);
Among the delicta contra mores: a person over 18 years of age who is developmentally disabled is equated to a minor exclusively in regards to art. 6 § 1 n. 1;
Also added as delicts are the acquisition, possession or distribution of pornographic images of minors under the age of 14, a clerico turpe patrata, in any way and by any means (art. 6 § 1 n. 2);
It is clarified that the munera processui praeliminaria may be, but need not necessarily be, undertaken directly by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (art. 17);
The possibility of taking the cautionary measures foreseen in CIC can. 1722 and CCEO can. 1473 during the preliminary investigation is allowed (art. 19).
Given at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
William Cardinal LevadaPrefect
Luis F. Ladaria, S.I.
Titular Archbishop of ThibicaSecretary
Statement from Cardinal William J Levada, prefect of the CDF
Nine years after the promulgation of the Apostolic Letter Motu proprio data, «Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela», regarding the norms de gravioribus delictis reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, this Dicastery held it necessary to proceed with a reform of the above mentioned text, emending it not in its entirety, but only in certain areas, in order to render the text more useful.
After a thorough and attentive study of the proposed modifications to the norms, the Fathers of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith presented the Roman Pontiff with a draft. The Holy Father approved and ordered the promulgation of these revised norms on 21 May 2010.
Attached with this letter is a brief description of the changes and amendments of the normative text, «Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela». In this way, the modifications are rendered more immediately accessible.
Rome, from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 21 May 2010.
William Cardinal LevadaPrefect
Luis F. Ladaria, S.I.
Arcivescovo tit. di ThibicaSecretary
The significance of the publication of the new “Norms concerning the most serious crimes”. Note by Fr. F. Lombardi.
In 2001 the Holy Father John Paul II promulgated a very important document, the Motu Proprio “Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela”, which gave the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith responsibility to deal with and judge a series of particularly serious crimes within the ambit of canon law. This responsibility had previously been attributed also to other dicasteries, or was not completely clear.
The Motu Proprio (the “law” in the strict sense) was accompanied by a series of practical and procedural Norms, known as “Normae de gravioribus delictis”. Over the nine years since then, experience has naturally suggested that these Norms be integrated and updated, so as to streamline and simplify the procedures and make them more effective, and to take account of new problems. This has been achieved principally by the Pope attributing new “faculties” to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; faculties which, however, were not organically integrated into the initial Norms. This has now come about, within the context of a systematic revision of those Norms.
The serious crimes to which the regulations referred concerned vital aspects of Church life: the Sacraments of the Eucharist and of Penance, but also sexual abuse committed by a priest against a minor under the age of eighteen.
The vast public echo this latter kind of crime has had over recent years has attracted great attention and generated intense debate on the norms and procedures applied by the Church to judge and punish such acts.
It is right, then, that there should be complete clarity concerning the regulations currently in force in this field, and that these regulations be presented organically so as to facilitate the work of the people who deal with these matters.
An initial clarification – especially for use by the media – was provided recently with the publication on the Holy See website of a brief “Guide to Understanding Basic CDF Procedures concerning Sexual Abuse Allegations”. The publication of the new Norms is, however, quite a different thing, providing us with an official and updated legal text which is valid for the whole Church.
In order to facilitate the reading of the Norms by a non-specialist public, particularly interested in the problems of sexual abuse, we will seek to highlight a number of important aspects:
Among the novelties introduced with respect to the earlier Norms, mention must be made, above all, of measures intended to accelerate procedures, such as the possibility of not following the “judicial process” but proceeding by “extrajudicial decree”, or that of presenting (in particular circumstances) the most serious cases to the Holy Father with a view to dismissing the offender from the clerical state.
Another Norm intended to simplify earlier problems and to take account of the evolution of the situation in the Church concerns the possibility of having not only priests but also lay persons as members of the tribunal staff, or as lawyers or prosecutors. Likewise, in order to undertake these functions it is no longer strictly necessary to have a doctorate in canon law, but the required competency can also be proved in another way; for example, with a licentiate.
Another aspect worthy of note is the increase of the statue of limitations from ten years to twenty years, with the possibility of extension even beyond that period.
Another significant aspect is establishing parity between the abuse of mentally disabled people and that of minors, and the introduction of a new category: paedophile pornography. This is defined as: “the acquisition, possession or disclosure” by a member of the clergy, “in any way and by any means, of pornographic images of minors under the age of fourteen”.
Regulations concerning the secrecy of trials are maintained, in order to safeguard the dignity of all the people involved.
One point that remains untouched, though it has often been the subject of discussion in recent times, concerns collaboration with the civil authorities. It must be borne in mind that the Norms being published today are part of the penal code of canon law, which is complete in itself and entirely distinct from the law of States.
On this subject, however, it is important to take note of the “Guide to Understanding Basic CDF Procedures concerning Sexual Abuse Allegations”, as published on the Holy See website. In that Guide, the phrase “Civil law concerning reporting of crimes to the appropriate authorities should always be followed” is contained in the section dedicated to “Preliminary Procedures”. This means that in the practice suggested by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith it is necessary to comply with the requirements of law in the various countries, and to do so in good time, not during or subsequent to the canonical trial.
Today’s publication of the Norms makes a great contribution to the clarity and certainty of law in this field; a field in which the Church is today strongly committed to proceeding with rigour and transparency so as to respond fully to the just expectations of moral coherence and evangelical sanctity nourished by the faithful and by public opinion, and which the Holy Father has constantly reiterated.
Of course, many other measures and initiatives are required from the various ecclesiastical bodies. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is currently examining how to help the bishops of the world formulate and develop, coherently and effectively, the indications and guidelines necessary to face the problems of the sexual abuse of minors, either by members of the clergy or within the environment of activities and institutions connected with the Church, bearing in mind the situation and the problems of the societies in which they operate.
This will be another crucial step on the Church’s journey as she translates into permanent practice and continuous awareness the fruits of the teachings and ideas that have matured over the course of the painful events of the “crisis” engendered by sexual abuse by members of the clergy.
In order to complete this brief overview of the principal novelties contained in the “Norms”, mention must also be made of those that refer to crimes of a different nature. In this case too it is not so much a case of introducing new substance as of integrating rules that are already in force so as to obtain a better ordered and more organic set of regulations on the “most serious crimes” reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
These include crimes against the faith (heresy, apostasy and schism) for which competency normally falls to ordinaries, although the Congregation becomes competent in the case of an appeal; the malicious recording and disclosure of sacramental Confession about which a decree of condemnation was published in 1988; and the attempted ordination of women, about which a decree was published in 2007.
The Code of Canon Law promulgated by Pope Benedict XV in 1917 recognized the existence of a number of canonical crimes or “delicts” reserved to the exclusive competence of the Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office which, as a tribunal, was governed by its own proper law (cfr. can. 1555 CIC 1917).
A few years after the promulgation of the 1917 Code, the Holy Office issued an Instruction, “Crimen Sollicitationis” (1922), which gave detailed instruction to local dioceses and tribunals on the procedures to be adopted when dealing with the canonical delict of solicitation. This most grave crime concerned the abuse of the sanctity and dignity of the Sacrament of Penance by a Catholic priest who solicited the penitent to sin against the sixth commandment, either with the confessor himself, or with a third party. The norms issued in 1922 were an update, in light of the Code of Canon Law of 1917, of the Apostolic Constitution “Sacramentorum Poenitentiae” promulgated by Pope Benedict XIV in 1741.
A number of concerns had to be addressed, underlining the specificity of the legislation (with implications which are less relevant from the perspective of civil penal law): the respect of the dignity of the sacrament, the inviolable seal of the confessional, the dignity of the penitent and the fact that in most cases the accused priest could not be interrogated fully on what occurred without putting the seal of confession in danger.
This special procedure was based, therefore, on an indirect method of achieving the moral certitude necessary for a definitive decision in the case. This indirect method included investigating the credibility of the person accusing the priest and the life and behaviour of the accused priest. The accusation itself was considered the most serious accusation one could bring against a Roman Catholic priest. Therefore, the procedure took care to ensure that a priest who could be a victim of a false or calumnious accusation would be protected from infamy until proven guilty. This was achieved through a strict code of confidentiality which was meant to protect all persons concerned from undue publicity until the definitive decision of the ecclesiastic tribunal.
The 1922 Instruction included a short section dedicated to another canonical delict: the “crimen pessimum” which dealt with same-sex clerical misconduct. This further section determined that the special procedures for solicitation cases should be used for “crimen pessimum” cases, with those adaptations rendered necessary by the nature of the case. The norms concerning the “crimen pessimum” also extended to the heinous crime of sexual abuse of prepubescent children and to bestiality.
The Instruction “Crimen sollecitationis” was, therefore, never intended to represent the entirety of the policy of the Catholic Church regarding sexual improprieties on the part of the clergy. Rather, its sole purpose was to establish a procedure that responded to the singularly delicate situation that is a sacramental confession, in which the duty of complete confidentiality on the part of the priest corresponds, according to divine law, to the complete openness of the intimate life of the soul on the part of the penitent.Over time and only analogously, these norms were extended to some cases of immoral conduct of priests. The idea that there should be comprehensive legislation that treats the sexual conduct of persons entrusted with the educational responsibility is very recent; therefore, attempting to judge the canonical norms of the past century from this perspective is gravely anachronistic.
The 1922 Instruction was given as needed to bishops who had to deal with particular cases concerning solicitation, clerical homosexuality, sexual abuse of children and bestiality. In 1962, Blessed Pope John XXIII authorised a reprint of the 1922 Instruction, with a small section added regarding the administrative procedures to be used in those cases in which religious clerics were involved. Copies of the 1962 re-print were meant to be given to the Bishops gathering for the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). A few copies of this re-print were handed out to bishops who, in the meantime, needed to process cases reserved to the Holy Office but, most of the copies were never distributed.
The reforms proposed by the Second Vatican Council required a reform of the 1917 Code of Canon Law and of the Roman Curia. The period between 1965 and 1983 (the year when the new Latin Code of Canon Law appeared) was marked by differing trends in canonical scholarship as to the scope of canonical penal law and the need for a de-centralized approach to cases with emphasis on the authority and discretion of the local bishops. A “pastoral attitude” to misconduct was preferred and canonical processes were thought by some to be anachronistic. A “therapeutic model” often prevailed in dealing with clerical misconduct. The bishop was expected to “heal” rather than “punish”. An over-optimistic idea of the benefits of psychological therapy guided many decisions concerning diocesan or religious personnel, sometimes without adequate regard for the possibility of recidivism.
Cases concerning the dignity of the Sacrament of Penance remained with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (formerly the Holy Office; its name changed in 1965) after the Council, and the Instruction “Crimen Sollicitationis” was still used for such cases until the new norms established by the motu proprio “Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela” in 2001.
A small number of cases concerning sexual misconduct of clergy with minors was referred to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith after the Second Vatican Council. Some of these cases were linked with the abuse of the sacrament of Penance, while a number may have been referred as requests for dispensations from the obligations of priesthood, including celibacy (sometimes referred to as “laicization”) which were dealt with by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith until 1989 (From 1989 to 2005 the competence in these dispensation cases was transferred to the Congregation for Sacraments and Divine Worship; from 2005 to the present the same cases have been treated by the Congregation for the Clergy).
The Code of Canon Law promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 1983 updated the whole discipline n can, 1395, § 2: “A cleric who in another way has committed an offense against the sixth commandment of the Decalogue, if the delict was committed by force or threats or publicly or with a minor below the age of sixteen years, is to be punished with just penalties, not excluding dismissal from the clerical state if the case so warrants”. According to the 1983 Code of Canon Law canonical trials are held in the dioceses. Appeals from judicial sentences may be presented to the Roman Rota, whereas administrative recourses against penal decrees are presented to the Congregation for the Clergy.
In 1994 the Holy See granted an indult to the Bishops of the United States: the age for the canonical crime of sexual abuse of a minor was raised to 18. At the same time, prescription (canonical term for Statute of Limitations) was extended to a period of 10 years from the 18th birthday of the victim. Bishops were reminded to conduct canonical trials in their dioceses. Appeals were to be heard by the Roman Rota. Administrative Recourses were heard by the Congregation for the Clergy. During this period (1994 – 2001) no reference was made to the previous competence of the Holy Office over such cases.
The 1994 Indult for the US was extended to Ireland in 1996. In the meantime the question of special procedures for sexual abuse cases was under discussion in the Roman Curia. Finally Pope John Paul II decided to include the sexual abuse of a minor under 18 by a cleric, among the new list of canonical delicts reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Prescription for these cases was of ten (10) years from the 18th birthday of the victim. This new law was promulgated in the motu proprio “Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela” on 30 April 2001. A letter signed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, respectively Prefect and Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was sent to all the Roman Catholic Bishops on 18 May 2001. This letter informed the bishops of the new law and the new procedures which replaced the Instruction “Crimen Sollicitationis“.
The acts that constitute the most grave delicts reserved to the Congregation were specified in this letter, both those against morality and those committed in the celebration of the Sacraments. Also given were special procedural norms to be followed in cases concerning these grave delicts, including those norms regarding the determination and imposition of canonical sanctions.
The delicta graviora reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith were as follows:
Delicts against the sanctity of the Most Holy Sacrament and Sacrifice of the Eucharist:
Throwing away, taking or retaining the consecrated species for a sacrilegious purpose, or profaning the consecrated species (CIC can. 1367; CCEO can. 1442).
The violation of the sixth commandment of the Decalogue, committed by a cleric with a minor under the age of 18.
The procedural norms to be followed in these cases were as follows:
– Whenever an Ordinary or Hierarch had at least probable knowledge (notitiam saltem verisimilem habeat) of the commission of one of the reserved grave delicts, after having carried out the preliminary investigation, he was to inform the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith which, unless it called the case to itself because of special circumstances, would indicateto the Ordinary or Hierarch how to proceed. The right of appeal against a sentence of the first instance was to be exercised only before the Supreme Tribunal of the Congregation.
– Criminal action in the cases reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was extinguished by a prescription of ten years. It was also foreseen that prescription would be computed according to the norms of CIC can. 1362 § 2 and CCEO can. 1152 § 3, with the singular exception of the delict contra sextum cum minore, in which case prescription would begin to run from the day when the minor had completed his eighteenth year of age.
– In tribunals established by Ordinaries of Hierarchs, for the cases of the more grave delicts reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the functions of judge, promoter of justice, notary and legal representative could be validly performed only by priests. Furthermore, upon completion of the trial in the tribunal in any manner, the acts of the case were to be transmitted ex officio, as soon as possible, to the Congregation.
It was also established that all of the tribunals of the Latin Church and of all Eastern Catholic Churches were to observe the canons on delicts, penalties and the penal process of both Codes respectively. These were to be followed together with the special norms given by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Nine years after the promulgation of the motu proprio Sacramentorum sanctitatis tutela, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith felt it necessary to propose certain changes to these norms, not modifying the text in its entirety, but rather only in a few areas, in an effort to improve the application of the law.
After a serious and attentive study of the proposed changes, the Cardinals and Bishops Members of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith presented the results of their decisions to the Supreme Pontiff and, on 21 May 2010, Pope Benedict XVI gave his approval and ordered the promulgation of the revised text.
The text of the Norms on delicta graviora currently in force is the text approved by the Holy Father Benedict XVI on 21 May 2010. | {
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Survey: Economy Pushing Users to Open Source
Results of a recent poll show that the stagnant economy may be leading more organizations to adopt open-source software to save on licensing fees, according ot the Open Solutions Alliance. Customers also are concerned about interoperability between open-source software and Microsoft Windows.
In the first annual survey of its membership and other open-source software and services companies, the OSA (Open Solutions Alliance) found that the stagnant economy may be helping to push open-source adoption.
In a survey of more than 100 of its member organizations, the OSA found that 83 percent said they expect to see a year-over-year increase in revenue in 2008 from open-source related software and services.
About 78 percent reported that the affordable price of open-source software is motivating their customers.
"We see that the market for commercial open-source software and services is growing and growing fast. And I see the economy contributing to that because of the cost," Dominic Sartorio, senior director of product management for SpikeSource and president of the OSA, told eWEEK.
Sartorio said the survey also showed that open-source companies are serious about collaboration. Nearly all respondents-97 percent-said they have active partnerships with other open-source software and services companies. In addition, the average survey participant had 10 such partnerships, he said.
"We knew that collaboration was important to open-source companies, but this statistic was surprising," he said.
The survey also showed that nearly 85 percent of the companies polled said they sell open-source products or services that run on Microsoft Windows or otherwise interoperate with Microsoft products.
"Microsoft is an important partner to numerous open-source companies and will continue to be more so moving forward," said Anthony Gold, vice president and general manager for the open-source business at Unisys and an OSA board member. "Enterprises need to maximize their IT resources and many realize that a hybrid Microsoft open-source environment can be the best option for their requirements."
The OSA's Open-Source Market Survey, conducted in late June, covered a number of topics of interest to the open-source community. Other key findings include that most open-source companies surveyed-85 percent-have operations outside the United States, and of those, 58 percent say they see more widespread open source-adoption outside the United States.
Also, 72 percent of respondents said software-as-a-service is an important part of their business strategy.
Meanwhile, 56 percent of survey participants said their customers were concerned about interoperability between open-source applications, and 79 percent said their customers were concerned about interoperability between open-source and proprietary solutions.
The OSA released the findings of its survey at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in July. For the full survey report, go to the Open Solutions Alliance Web site here.
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What’s The Significance Of A Lamont Win For The Netroots?
Over at The Corner today, Byron York wonders if a Lamont victory tomorrow will “truly be the Triumph of the Blogs” and provides some interesting numbers concerning the netroots and Lamont’s campaign war chest:
A new poll of the Lamont-Lieberman race has Ned Lamont ahead in Connecticut, 51-45. A look at the lefty blogs shows that the netroots types are trying very hard to keep their excitement in check, despite the recent polls — cautious optimism is all they will allow themselves.
Of course, if Lamont wins, it will be the Triumph of the Blogs. But looking at campaign finance reports this morning, it’s hard to see that that would be the real meaning of a Lamont victory.
According to PoliticalMoneyLine, Lamont had raised $4,116,131 through July 19. (The figures are undoubtedly much higher now.) But $2,501,500 of that came from one contributor: Ned Lamont. Nearly all the rest, $1,607,371, came in contributions from individuals. (Lamont, in a point of great pride, listed just $3,784 from PACs.)
Now go to actblue.com, the clearinghouse for most netroots fundraising. According to figures on the site, which are likely much more up to date than the FEC records on PoliticalMoneyLine, Lamont has raised $298,068 from individuals contributing through blogs that take part in actblue. The site breaks down the figures by individual blogs or groups of blogs. For example, a consortium of three blogs, Firedoglake (featuring the hot blogger of the moment in Connecticut, Jane Hamsher), DownWithTyranny, and Crooks&Liars, has raised $60,123.33 from 1,354 donors. The larger Netroots Candidates group, coordinated through MyDD, has raised $104,543 from 2,913 contributions. Smaller blogs have raised far less; myleftwing, for example, has raised $100.
So what does this say? Because of reporting times, the figures don’t quite match up (Lamont has surely contributed a lot more to himself by now), but the rough numbers are these: Lamont has raised $4.1 million, $2.5 million of which came from himself and $298,000 of which came from bloggers. Now, $298,000 is not nothing. But is it the sort of fundraising power that will upend Democratic Party politics? And will a Lamont victory truly be the Triumph of the Blogs?
If Lamont wins, it would be the first victory for the netroots after more than a dozen defeats, so the celebration would be deafening. And they would deserve some credit; certainly the bloggers injected a lot of energy into the race. In addition, as far as news coverage is concerned, they used their (temporary) advantage of being the newest new thing. “There’s a premium on bloggers now,” a Center for American Progress trainer told would-be blogger-pundits at the YearlyKos convention in June. “There is a window following this conference to try to make yourselves available to the media…You are the new cool kids on the block, and you should leverage that now.”
But in terms of money, which is the thing about the blogs that originally got Democratic politicians’ attention, a Lamont victory would show that the netroots at a fever pitch of enthusiasm can help a largely self-financed candidate win. Again, that’s not nothing. But it’s not a revolution, either.
Given Lamont’s lead in the polls over Lieberman on the eve of Connecticut’s Democratic primary, it’s interesting to contemplate how much responsibility for Lamont’s rise belongs to the liberal blogosphere. Byron seems to be concluding that the netroots have had somewhere between a modest and significant impact.
As for myself, I’m not entirely convinced that they have been all that significant in building support for Lamont within Connecticut which, after all, is really the only thing that counts. There is certainly no doubt that the netroots have steered the national spotlight onto this race. But does the ability to bring attention actually equal influence? Power? I’m not really convinced that it does.
For example, I recently moved back to Connecticut after six years in Washington, D.C. and what I have noticed is that people don’t just dislike Lieberman. They loathe him. My dad–a raging lib–had never heard the name Markos Moulitsas Zúniga until I asked him if he knew who he was. And he’s certainly more well-read and politically knowledgeable than the average Connecticutian. He’s supporting Lamont because he’s furious with the war in Iraq and appalled by what he perceives as Lieberman’s unwillingness to confront the Bush administration. Similarly, as I was going into the grocery store last week, I witnessed an exchange between a Lieberman supporter asking individuals to sign a petition and a man walking into the store. When asked if he would sign the petition, the man blurted out, “Joe Lieberman is a liar and he has betrayed me and the state of Connecticut.” It really doesn’t get any more simple than that, does it?
Now I realize that this is all anecdotal, but I think that it goes to the argument that there is a visceral hatred among liberals in Connecticut for Lieberman as the result of transference from President Bush. And while it’s certainly true that liberal bloggers have played a critical role in shaping the image of Lieberman as Bush’s lapdog in the blogosphere, it’s not known whether this has had any effect on how the vast majority of voters in Connecticut view Lieberman. It’s not unreasonable to suggest that, perhaps, the netroots have had no effect whatsoever.
And now a couple “if’s.” If Lamont wins tomorrow, there will be much self-congratulation among liberal bloggers. And, to some degree anyway, it will be warranted. But even if one thinks that Lamont owes everything to the netroots, all his win will demonstrate is that liberal bloggers can help you win a Democratic primary in one of the bluest states in the country. The question will then remain as to whether the netroots can help a candidate win a general election or possibly help the candidate lose. And if Lieberman loses tomorrow, we might see the answer to that question play out.
UPDATE (James Joyner): Donkey Cons co-author and Washington Times editor Robert Stacy McCain has some interesting thoughts on this at FrontPage Magazine in a piece entitled “Lamont’s Folly.” The lede:
If Karl Rove had a secret plan to destroy the Democratic Party, he could scarcely have dreamed up a more brilliant gambit than Ned Lamont’s primary challenge to Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman.
I agree with him on the specifics although think there’s a tendency to overstate the larger impact of these things. The Dems have gone over the cliff a few times before and always manage to arise, like Wile E Coyote, to fight another day.
Still, throwing overboard a beloved, three term Senator who’s with the Dems probably 75% of the time in exchange for, at best, an amateur Democrat who will start off untrusted by his colleagues or, at worst, a Republican who never would have had a prayer against Lieberman, is just insane.
Then again, Bill Buckley, Tom Scott, and company did the same thing to Lowell Weicker 18 years ago and the GOP has managed to survive–if not ever regain that Senate seat.
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[...] Update: Greg Tinti looks on the bright side: If Lamont wins tomorrow, there will be much self-congratulation among liberal bloggers. And, to some degree anyway, it will be warranted. But even if one thinks that Lamont owes everything to the netroots, all his win will demonstrate is that liberal bloggers can help you win a Democratic primary in one of the bluest states in the country. The question will then remain as to whether the netroots can help a candidate win a general election or possibly help the candidate lose. And if Lieberman loses tomorrow, we might see the answer to that question play out. [...]
Any celebration of the netroots prior to the general election would be premature. If they succeed in knocking Lieberman off in the primaries, but Lieberman stays on as an independent to win the general election, then there impact will at most be limited to influencing the democratic party to commit party suicide in 2008. Pushing an unacceptable to the general voting population candidate through the democratic primary is not a sign of strength, just an indication of a pair of hands pushing forward the stick as they try to get control of the air plane.
If a real shocker happens and the republicans manage to win because the democratic vote is split between the two L’s (least likely scenario, but one you can’t dismiss), then they will be in the cross hairs of every democrat (especially if the democrats pull out a miracle of winning five other seats, lose none of their own and lose Lieberman’s seat in the scenario I described).
Even if Lamont wins, I suspect they will not be as happy with Lamont as they are now as he looks to get his 2.5 million back by attracting the usual suspect money into his campaign. Most candidates ‘loan’ their campaign money so that if they win, other donors can contribute and let them call the loans back (with interest?).
We are also talking about an extremely blue state. If the netroots could come in here and make a serious run at knocking Kay out of the Texas race, then I would say that they are having a big impact. Of course the chances of that are even less than for a democrat to win a state wide election here in Texas.
Greg forgot to mention that a Lamont victory tomorrow will also be viewed as a defeat for the right wing bloggers. They’ve been fighting very, very hard for Lieberman. So hard, in fact, that if I didn’t know better I would think old Joe is a Republican.
Len: I think very few “right wing bloggers” are “fighting for Lieberman.” We’re mostly interested in this from both the standpoint of bloggers influencing a party primary in a way none thought possible and from the perspective that it’s simply insane to toss aside a guy who was the VP nominee six years ago.
Of course, the irony that the Republican punditocracy did essentially the same thing eighteen years ago to drive Lowell Weicker out and put Joe Lieberman is in at least mildly ironic for those of us who’ve been around that long.
James, I think Gore’s selection of Lieberman six years ago was a huge mistake. It was done to appease some people that it ended up not appeasing at all. Lieberman did not help Gore in that campaign one iota.
Many Democrats don’t look at this from the perspective that we’re tossing Joe. We think he’s tossed us. If you’re not going to represent the people who elected you, what good are you?
We’ll see tomorrow what the Democrats of Connecticut think. Lamont has already said he’ll support the winner of the primary. I hope Lieberman turns out to be man enough to do the same.
I think this post is quite right. I lived in CT for a long time – and I hope Lamont wins – but the idea in much of the blogosphere that (a) his potential win is entirely the making of the liberal blogs or (b) that it has deeply significant and broad meaning for the entire Dem party seems a bit much.
Sites like DailyKos are certainly due some credit if Lamont wins, but in this case they’ve tapped into existing sentiment. CT is a very blue state. Lieberman is a Democrat who is to the right of the national party. I think the Lamont “insurgency” signifies that many CT Democrats no longer feel Lieberman represents their views – sometimes it’s really just that simple.
I think it was Matt Stoller on MYDD who gave the best explanation of the limited power of blogs. he called it the virus method. Basically his theory is that blogs expand word-of-mouth, letting people who don’t have the money for media buys contact a lot of other people. So, he said, blogs have power in a stealthy way as in Tester’s win in Montana, or the early days of Busby’s campaign in California. However, once the media notices a race, and the big money starts pouring in, the blogs are over matched.
This makes sense to me and it certainly explains a lot abut the Lamont/ Lieberman race. Blogs helped to make Lamont’s campaign be more effective than it would have been without them, but are not competitive against the huge amounts of money Leiberman’s masters are able to throw into the campaign. If the election was in another two weeks, I think a Lieberman win would be likely.
Right now, who knows?
I find it to be so bizarre how so many people speak of the “netroots” as if this were some strange, bizarre new factor in politics that one must poke and probe and speculate about, as if it were some unknown new creature that washed up on the beach. The “netroots” is simply a electronic version of good ol’ political activism. OF course the netroots will deserve great credit if Lamont wins – they have been the loudest, most passionate, most exicted and activist part of his campaign. That type of a faction has always driven campaigns, even those of the 18th century. The fact that it is done electronically rather than in the park in front of the courthouse, makes no real difference.
Another thing that is a real head scratch – how so many people are so out of touch with the mainstream of American thought. One would think that the political junkie class – those who read every poll, follow not only the news but reams of political analysis from the experts and the amateurs, that these people would be experts at surfing on the twisting changing currents of political thought. But they seem rather to be static dinosaurs who glom onto a picture of political reality, then hold on for dear life, even if (or especially if) the landscape starts shifting again.
I refer especially to this notion that a Lamont victory would somehow represent a leap off the lefty cliff for the Democrats. Hello people. Do you not realize that Bush-thinking is now firmly rejected by a large majority of the American people? That an equally large majority of Americans (to say nothing of NewEnglanders) views the war as a mistake, the administration as guilty of authoritarian overreach, and have greater confidence in Democratic ideas than Republican ideas on EVERY issue – even the WOT? So by what bizzare calculation can one conclude that voting for Lamont, who is dead center in the middle of the American mainstream, is a risk for a party, when the alternative is someone who stands up for policies that the American people are in the final stages of firmly rejecting? | {
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A week ago, our world changed in Orlando forever and it has taken this long to be able to write about what has happened here.
Words of love and hope have come to Orlando from all over the World, but for those who live here, we are all still mostly numb.
It is all still surreal.
Many of you know that I came here from California and have found adjusting to the vast cultural differences between the two states, quite difficult.
One of the most glaring differences for me personally between the two places, was in the way those of the Gay Community are viewed and treated here.
California, my home for over 30 years, has an admirable level of acceptance and respect for the LGBT/Gay community.
My very best friend at Piedmont Airlines was gay and we spent many wonderful hours together, both at and away from work, admiring, and relishing the tremendous Art Culture of Los Angeles.
I had never known anyone like him and when I left LAX, I missed him so very much.
Many of my friends in LA were Gay, even though I was not.
It was not a choice, it was more like a connection of hearts, spirits and souls that brought us together.
Coming here in 2004 and traveling around Central Florida was so different from LA, as the Gay Community here did not seem to have a well defined presence, nor much acceptance.
What happened last Saturday night was the stark reality of evil and hate for the 49 victims whose lives were taken.
For those who were left behind to try to deal with it, it was a cold, bitter truth we were unable to accept or explain, for me, and as of last night, apparently 50,000 others here.
A Candlelight vigil was held at Lake Eola just as night came and the crowd had been expected to be around 25,000, the News said this morning.
But love, comforting, and acceptance came from everywhere here last night and if this is any indication of what can and should happen from this point on, things just may be changing for Orlando’s Gay Community, at last.
We drove down to Orlando yesterday right after eating breakfast in Mount Dora and walked around the Lake.
The feeling was wonderful, everyone seemed happy to be there and the sense of kindness was palpable.
Disappointingly, we found not one person there who had any of the beautiful flags, shirts, or other things made to honor those who had lost their lives, which we both found shocking.
The night before we had watched the Lions Soccer game and it seemed every single person there was wearing a shirt with words of hope, inspiration and love for the victims.
But on this day, one week after the horror, not one thing could be found around the Lake Park, or at the Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center, where just days before, President Obama and Vice President Biden had laid 49 white roses to remember the victims, at a Memorial that has now grown into a massive place of love and outpouring of affection for those who were lost.
Being there, seeing it, feeling it, was completely overwhelming.
A reporter was there from one of our local channels, filming the visitors and I went up to her and lamented my sadness at not being able to find a single thing to take/bring home to honor the victims.
She said that the rainbow pin she was wearing had been given to her the day before and sadly, she only had one left to give away.
She gave it to me.
I was overcome with emotion and joy.
Then she asked me if I would talk about what I was feeling.
Big mistake.
I was like old faithful, gushing out all of the sadness, anger, and pain from the past 12 years of seeing so little acceptance, support or love for a community that had meant so much to me in California, and that I felt was treated shamefully here by too many.
Yes, I made a fool out of myself.
We left a bit later and all night I was sad until this morning, when the News came on with a sight that made me so joyful.
You see, 50,000 people had shown up for the vigil last night at Lake Eola to say:
we care for you, we feel your pain, we love you.
No judgement, no negativity, just pure love for those whose lives had been taken a week ago in a brutal, senseless act of hate.
Day after day on the News, familiar phrases have become the mantra for all who grieve with the families and survivors:
Somos Orlando.
We are hurting. We are broken. We will prevail.
Love, not Hate.
And for me personally, Gandhi’s words ring in my head:
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it–always.” – – Gandhi
And so, last night as the vigil began, these three words, which now define us and what happened, were chanted by the massive crowd there:
A Fort Lauderdale Lifeguard, Szilard Janko, rescued/saved a Nurse Shark a few days ago.
But it only just made our local News here this morning.
Janko carefully removed a fishing line and hook from the 2 foot shark and then released it.
The grateful animal he said, swam away, “without saying a word,” not realizing that not many would have done what this kind man just did!
Two weeks ago a woman in Boca Raton was bitten by the same type of shark.
The woman went to the hospital with it still attached to her.
The woman lived, the shark did not.
What is being repeated daily after these incidents here, is that the debris in our Oceans is a disaster which helps create the Environment for many of these ” accidents ” in Florida to occur.
You may have read or seen some of my older postings here about Ocean Trash, it is out of control world wide and the animals are the ones who are suffering the most.
Overfishing, garbage in the water, pollution and people are problems that our Global Marine life simply cannot handle any more.
An interesting tidbit is that 2 weeks ago, while driving along the shoreline, up in Flagler Beach, we had spotted this same type of shark just behind a young boy paddling on a surf board, not far from the shore.
It appeared to be circling behind the young boy, who may have been unaware of its presence, we think.
When we drove back later, no sign of the boy, or any trouble.
This particular Shark is easily recognized by its 2 smallish, round dorsal fins.
They like to feed in shallow waters and often are seen lying on the bottom near shore.
Regardless of the apparent recent abundance of Shark sightings here in Florida, they remain, as do all Marine life here, at the mercy of our whims.
We are sloppy and careless with their Ocean homes, the great waters of the world.
When we show so little respect for their Environment, what does it say abut us?
Thankfully, in this latest case, there was a young hero who took the time and care to ensure that at least this time, this story would end well for the Shark, as he was the lifeguard to the rescue…
This story was on our news just before we left for Flagler Beach last week.
Meant to share it when we got back, but lost track of it, until today.
This is one of the most positive ideas to help animals to come along for Marine/Ocean life in years and hopefully it will become widespread and as with so many great ideas, be widely imitated.
This Florida Company, Saltwater Brewery of Delray Beach, has created quite a sensation with this new idea, in partnership with NY ad Company, We Believers.
Wildlife lovers and many others are excited about the chance to buy their favorite brew and help Sea Life at the same time.
The new rings are a byproduct of the brewing process and are biodegradable and compostable.
Called “Edible Six Pack Rings,” they are the answer to the prayers of those of us who are frantic over getting the death dealing plastic ones gone, ASAP.
These have injured, maimed and killed countless sea animas and the future looked pretty bleak until this innovative Company came up with this fantastic idea.
The best part of all of this is, that the rings are not only not going to harm animals, they are a new source of food.
Several other products already exist that are recyclable, but they do nothing to keep the animals safe from tangling, entrapment or ingestion.
And unlike the others, even if they are not consumed, they will shortly break down, leaving no trash in the water, or on the Beaches to worry about.
Using the exciting new process which has become so abundant here in Florida, due to the ground breaking work done by students at UCF with prosthetics, 3 D is becoming a household word in Central Florida and we could not be prouder of the accomplishments fellow Floridians have made using it.
Over 5o Breweries have already asked to come on board.
This great news leaves so many of us here in Florida, who are sick of the trash on our miles of beautiful Beaches and watching the tragic rescue attempts to save those who have been harmed, breathing a sigh of relief.
This is only one small part of the vast over whelming plastic trash polluting our world’s Oceans and Beaches, but it is a start.
Animals everywhere are suffering and dying needlessly because of our plastic trash in their homes.
We did this, now we need to clean it up.
These new six pack rings can begin the reversal of a horrible cycle of Human abuse.
Now, we can feel encouraged for our beautiful ocean/marine life:
look what we are making now, this is safe, go ahead eat this, not that!
This Sandhill Crane family was near our house here in the Forest a few years ago.
Picture credit: Walkingfox
There was no intention to write today, it is a Holiday weekend, everyone is already at the Beaches here and happily spending time relaxing with family.
Alas, not so for those who tuned into the local news this morning and were horrified to learn about what happened here yesterday afternoon.
It seems that Marvin Hicks of Leesburg had had enough and took matters into his own hands.
He ran over and killed a baby Sandhill Crane on the golf course in Spanish Village.
He was quoted as saying that they were “crapping all over his Golf Course.”
A witness, Jamie Phillips, who with her son witnessed the gruesome scenes and is a bird lover, said he deliberately chased down the birds, the baby could not keep up with its parents and had stopped.
Hicks ran over the confused, defenseless and innocent baby and killed it.
The witness also said she heard Hicks girlfriend clapping as he ran over the baby Crane and both appeared to have been drinking.
Hicks denied it all, saying he never meant to harm the birds, but they were wrecking the tees on the Golf Course.
Sandhill Cranes are protected in this state and are a threatened species.
There would be fines, perhaps jail time ordinarily, but we are talking about a resident of the affluent community of the Villages, where they often make up their own rules.
Golf carts are not allowed on public roads/streets, but you frequently have to dodge them if you are anywhere near the Villages.
Rules don’t apply to some who live here, who believe that they are privileged because of their address.
FWC is said to be looking into the matter!
We will be waiting and watching, to see if one of the “special people” who live in the Villages receive the same treatment as the rest of us would in this case.
Keeping in mind of course, the young man in Texas, Ethan Couch, who was cleared of murder charges in 2013, for killing four people because his family was just too rich and he could not be held responsible.
He was called the “affluenza teen.”
If this man goes unpunished for this beastly crime, wonder what they will call him in this case of,murder most foul?
For the past two days and for as long as we have lived here in Central Florida, the News has continually covered the various groups opposing the Racing of Greyhounds.
The pictures on our News yesterday and again this morning, were/are pathetic and tragic.
Dogs were/are shown being forced to run/race to empty stands.
No one, or very few, it seems, cares about dog racing here anymore.
But many people do care about the beautiful dogs that are doing the racing/running.
It as usual, all comes down to money.
The city of Melbourne has a lot at stake here, not the dogs of course which are merely pawns in an unwilling activity, called sport, and neatly disguised, but the gambling that is done on the property which is a big money maker for the owners.
This subject is a sore one for me and many who love animals and despise all forms of racing using them without their consent.
We, who believe all forms of these quasi-sports, or competitions involving unwilling participants, is, or should be, illegal.
That includes dog and horse racing, bull fighting, dog fighting and a myriad of other cruel forms of evil, being put upon innocent animals.
All kinds of animal racing does frequently end badly for the animals, and can result in either injuries or death.
Or both.
The most encouraging sentence seen while researching this story was:
” Greyhound dog racing across the country is in a declining trend.”
This is sweet music to the ears of animal lovers who have been fighting for years to end these brutal, cruel sports.
Those who are in control at the state level have consistently failed to protect the dogs and ” in 2016, our Florida Legislature failed to pass what would have separated the dog racing sport from Gambling.”
Are they being financially rewarded by the gambling industry to keep rejecting this?
We all know the answer, don’t we?
This state has, since the beginning of Scott’s tenure, been both anti-animals and women.
Few expect any changes until he is gone.
So Dear Greyhounds, we who love you know that you are suffering, but we have no control or say in this, as all of the control to stop or change this, is seated in Tallahassee.
Please know that we will keep fighting to free you from your life of Hell and will rejoice with you, when at last Greyhound Racing here and everywhere, will be forever gone.
This morning on our News was an ugly twist to a story that had not been expected.
You may remember the post written months ago about the Ringling Bros. Circus retiring their elephants to a Retirement Sanctuary here in Central Florida. This was a source of immense joy for me and many others who love them and have fought to set them free.
We were all looking forward to this day, thrilled that finally, these long abused, beloved animals would find peace, after so many years of pain and misery at the hands of greedy owners.
Not that this particular circus is the only one, all of them treat animals badly, one way or another and all should be shut down. Only Humans should be in any future performances, as they and only they, are WILLING participants in a dirty little business.
But back to the reason for this posting today.
As expected months ago, when the Circus promised to set their elephants free today and send them all to the Retirement Village here in Central Florida.
Today, they were to be finally, forever free.
All well and good. For the moment all was calm, then this morning came the shoe that fell hard on all who love them, yes they will be coming home to us, but with one very ugly BUT…
These beloved, eternally abused, animals will now be even further insulted/assaulted, with testing, experiments and God knows what else, all in the name of Cancer Research.
It is their extreme bad fortune, that elephants do not contract cancer and scientists are fascinated by this for good reason.
Dr. Joshua Schiffman went to Utah in 2008 to do Cancer Research, then in 2012 he went to a lecture that changed his life.
He had observed blood testing being done with Zoo elephants and wanted to investigate the possibilities.
Schiffman got permission to use the blood already being drawn weekly from the Zoo elephants and a new lab idea was born.
Like me, he is a cancer survivor, like me, he lost a beloved dog to cancer, but that is where our similarities end.
If his work/research had stopped here with these younger, not retired elephants, I would not be writing this, but it did not.
It was expanded and became all inclusive and will be done on the retired elephants in Florida.
I do not object to using blood that was being drawn to assure the health of the elephants. What I object to is that now that they are supposedly retired, they could for the first time in perhaps all of their lives, be allowed to rest, relax and just be elephants.
It has bothered me for many years that so many millions of dollars are spent on Cancer Research, yet the cure for it still eludes us.
The return for the expenditures on Cancer Research in this country is meager, if it were a business, it would have been bankrupt years ago.
As a cancer survivor, I do understand the reasoning behind it all, what I am not happy about is that these particular animals have suffered for a lifetime and should be allowed to have some peace. They have earned it, they were promised it.
PETA, the Humane Society, countless animal groups and individuals have been fighting for this for so long and it seemed it was about to come to fruition, like the affect of Black Fish for marine animals, the public pressure has had profound affects on those who continue to do harm to animals.
It actually in both cases, I believe, came down to money or profit, both of these businesses have been losing money because of their treatment of animals in their care and the public outcry to it.
Boycotts and bad press worked on Sea World.
Can we do it again?
I for one would like to try.
As a collective group of animal lovers, can we all now Boycott the Circus, until the retired elephants here in Florida are allowed to do just that, retire!
It is up to us, these suffering animals are at the mercy of their owners and have no voice.
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WWE Surveys Their Fans About Potential WWE Fantasy Camp
WWE sent out a new survey to their fan council mailing list asking about interest in a new interactive experience that they’re considering. The “Fantasy Camp” is being gauged in two potential packages, the first a one-day experience at the WWE Performance center and the second a three night, two day experience. The survey included questions about different levels of interest for each activity and how important it was that airfare, transportation and hotel were included in the packages.
You can see the packages as listed below:
Package One: A one-day VIP Experience at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida which would not involve any physical activity and be limited to forty fans who ages 18 and over unless would accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. It would include:
* Unprecedented access to the WWE Performance Center amenities
* Observe an NXT promo class taught by Dusty Rhodes
* See what it takes to become a WWE Superstar by watching a training session with NXT Coaches
* Meet NXT Superstars/Coaches and WWE Legends
* Attend a private live event at the WWE Performance Center.
* Take home WWE Performance Center Merchandise
Package Two: A three-night, two-day stay in Orlando, Florida (hotel accommodations included) that would not involve any physical activity and be limited to forty fans who ages 18 and over unless would accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. It would include:
* Unprecedented access to the WWE Performance Center amenities
* Front row seating at an NXT TV Taping
* Observe an NXT promo class taught by Dusty Rhodes
* Create your very own promo video
* See what it takes to become a WWE Superstar by watching a training session with NXT Coaches
* Attend Autograph sessions, Q&As, and meet & greets with WWE Legends, NXT Coaches, and NXT Superstars.
* Attend a private live event at the WWE Performance Center
* Take home WWE Performance Center Merchandise
* Get schooled on Superstar entrances, Ring announcing, Managing, and other WWE skills.
* Participate in photo opportunities and an experience the inside of a real-life ring
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Vandals hopped a fence and dumped at least 4 gallons of paint into a North Valencia HOA pool and more into the hot tub late Wednesday or early Thursday, causing $300,000 to $400,000 in damage.
“This damage is so major we have to rip out our entire pool system,” said Wolfgang Costello, president of the Northbridge Homeowners Association.
Because the paint was pumped through the pool system, it coated and clogged the pipes and damaged two recently purchased, $25,000 boilers, Costello said during a tour of the damage Thursday.
To repair the damage, workers will have to replace all the pipes, replace the new boilers, re-line the pool and rip up concrete 4 feet deep from the pool to the pumps and to the hot tub.
A reward not to exceed $5,000 has been posted by the company managing the pool for Northbridge residents for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any of the culprits.
The vandalism occurred some time between Wednesday night and 6 a.m. Thursday. Blotches of spilled paint near the fence indicated the vandals climbed over it to get to the pools at Fairview Lane and Grandview Drive.
They then dumped at least four 1-gallon cans of blue, red, green and yellow house paint into the pool and a significant amount of green paint into the hot tub.
They also tossed deck chairs into the pool.
The Northbridge complex, which was frequented by 1,200 people, offers residents two satellite pools, but that’s little compensation for the more than 100 young members of the Northbridge Bluefins swim team. The vandalized pool where they train is the only one with racing lanes.
Castillo commiserated with Northbridge youth, nodding in the direction of his own son and daughter.
“They come here every day to swim. They were here yesterday,” he said. “Now their summer is over, and it’s middle of July.”
Because of the high loss value, a detective was assigned to the case, said Costello, a spokeswoman for the homeowners association management company, Ross Morgan & Company, which is offering the $5,000 reward.
If arrests are made and people are convicted, restitution is one of the options available to courts on sentencing.
The damage is “hopefully” covered financially by the company’s insurance policy, said Reina Zuckerman, spokeswoman for Ross Morgan.
“This is huge. In my 20 years doing this, I’ve never had an insurance claim this large,” she said.
“I feel like crying. It’s like they did it to my bedroom.”
If the reward leads to convictions and those convicted are minors, restitution could fall on the backs of their parents, who would be expected to pay for some or all of the damage.
Ross Morgan, which also manages pools for the community of North Park near Northbridge, sent a newsletter to association members advising them: “The community has been experiencing some problems with graffiti throughout the neighborhood and surrounding areas.”
The company advised members in the August 2012 newsletter that the city of Santa Clarita offers reward money of $500 for anyone who provides tips that lead to the “arrest and/or conviction” of graffiti vandals. | {
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My humble attempt to share my creativity with you...
Thursday, February 09, 2012
PTI Anniversary Day 5...
It's been a busy day, but I did manage to make a card for the contest at Papertrey Ink. This time, it was to use a Pinterest picture as our inspiration. So I went on Pinterest and searched for stripes. (I don't have a wall yet, I am waiting on an invite.) I also wanted to make a card for A Passion for PTI-strips challenge. This is the picture that caught my eyes: | {
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Matt Damon
Guess who’s bizack? The boy T.B. Mizack, a.k.a. Mr. snatch-a-trick! Greetings and salutations, ya’ll! I can’t begin to imagine the devastation you felt not having a post from yours truly last week. I envision you feeling so powerless, so weak. Were you forced to scroll through sports websites, that, for some God’s forsaken reason, still use mother effing slide shows? That’s all inconsequential now, for I, Tehol Beddict, am back.
Now, you all may also be wondering about my absence on Razzball Radio this week, and for that, my excuse is anything but true. If you’ve been reading my posts for the past year or so, you know about my vast amount of various charities. Two weeks ago, I led an expedition to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, bringing along all the children of a nearby orphanage I fund. Soon after we heroically reached the mountaintop, I decided there was no better time for a photo opp, to bring some much needed notoriety to the needs of the children of Tanzania, and possibly re-establish my floundering modeling career. What a grave error in judgement this turned out to be, as I took one faulty step, tripped on a rock, and tumbled 400 yards down the mountain side. If not for a local Tanzanian explorer deterring my continued slide, I would not be typing this to you now, nor typing to you ever again for that matter, for I’d be deader than Neve Cambell’s career. I owe my new friend, Ambakisye, a great deal of gratitude, for he saved my life, keeping hope alive, that one day I will be a world famous writer.
My nose was badly broken, so I’ve been popping enough OXY and Valium to incapacitate a horse, and one would clearly understand why I could’t be seen on television like this. Next week is a possibility, but only the Elder Gods truly know my fate. Again, noting the fact that I’m highly medicated and literally nodding off while I type this, we’re going to have to keep it short and sweet this week on Disgrace/Delight. (Jay(Wrong) gets down on his knees and thanks the Gods. Now he has time to watch The Fountain for 223rd time). [Ed. Note — This is true. Except it was Big Trouble in Little China…] With no episode of Game of Thrones being shown this next Sunday, I feel like next week is the perfect time to dive balls deep back into my GOT Disgrace/Delight epic posts you have all grown to know and love. Ok, before I pass out, let’s get on with this. Take Heed!
I am Tehol Beddict! And I see a whole army of my fantasy men/women, here in defiance of less knowledgeable and dreadfully boring fantasy websites! Read these other sites and you may win. Run to them and you may stay afloat, at least for a while. And dying in your bed many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance, to come back here as young men and tell these underachieving fantasy advice sites that they can take your wives but they will never take your loyalty from Razzball and the Freeeeeeeedom it gives you from never having to go to any other site for sound information. You’ve bled with Grey and Rudy! Now bleed with me! | {
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Yesterday morning I was craving some cinnamon toast, so decided to snap a few pictures & share the recipe with you all. This is a very quick & easy breakfast (or any time of the day) treat. In under 10 minutes you can have this delicious cinnamony snack in your belly. Continue reading → | {
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9 Casino Tips - how to win at slots
Select a Reel with a Fixed or Progressive Jackpot
There are two major types of progressive slot machines: progressive and top payout. With top payouts, it’s about how much you could stand winning for ordinary great machine combinations. Progressive machines feature a meter showing a jackpot that gradually gets higher. These two machines are connected, and the jackpot amount is determined by how much they are used. The more you play them, the larger the jackpot amount. Who wouldn’t want to hit a lump sum?
Select Slot Machines with the Smallest Jackpots
The higher the jackpot, the tougher it is to hit, you’re therefore better off picking machine with a lesser jackpot. So, what you should do is check the slot’s highest jackpot. Machines might look same, but one may pay out a 10,000-credit jackpot and the other 2,500 jackpots, therefore are aware of the maximum you can win on your slot machine. Book of Ra 6 online - just such а slot.
Play Maximum Credits
Several slot machines only pay progressive jackpots and bonuses when the highest credits are staked. Same to non-progressive slot machines, the jackpot payout for the highest credit is normally obviously higher than on any other level. However, be careful with this so that you don’t end up blowing your cash on non-winner spins. Given that you can only stake for the jackpot by staking the maximum bets, it adds up spending your money wisely. Many casinos have numerous progressive machine banks, each having different RTPs and jackpot sums. Each time, pick the arrangement of maximum payout percentages and largest jackpot amount.
Switch to a Completely Different
Type of Slots Game Perhaps the slot machine strategy you formed is not working the way you anticipated it to. Nevertheless, that doesn’t imply it can’t work somewhere else. If you’re on a 5-reel slot machine, attempt moving a 3-reel classic and you might just have your way with it using the same strategy!
Lower the Number of Lines
You Play If you’re dedicated to staking a particular dollar value per spin, and you want to win the maximum per line, you can easily spend less in place wagers without having to disrupt your approach. Just reduce the number of lines you’d like to play. Furthermore, if you like, you can increase your bet per line by adjusting it, so your bet per spin stays the same.
Know the Payouts
Slot machines based on reels have irregular programming, meaning the percentage of payout may differ beyond and beneath its normal payout percentage. For instance, if you're playing on a machine with a 95% payout rate it might sometimes pay out 97.5 or 93%. Knowing such figures will help you understand your chances of getting some returns in the game.
Have a Betting Plan that Controls your Bankroll
Consider beginning with the least bet available.When you’ve wasted many hands or spins, you should raise it by one and if you win, reduce it by one. Though this approach doesn’t assure winning, it is a decent means to have control over your bankroll and not to lose everything at the same time. Bear in mind that eventually, it is the bankroll that is vital.
Weigh Your Chances
Every time you decide to hit the slots, think of what your winning chances are. Let’s say the machine you’re playing on has 3 reels, each having 10 stops and a sign on each is for the jackpot. So, if this is the circumstance, 3 jackpot symbols would line up, on the standard, once each 1000 or 10310310 pulls. Evaluating your odds provides you with more control over the gameplay.
Be Familiar with Your Limits
For instance, you can set a “double my money” and a "loss limit" amount before entering the casino. In case you’re losing, stop when you attain your loose limit and if you’re winning, halt when you have doubled-up your original amount. This way, you prevent yourself from much more devastating losses or losing what you had initially won. Conclusion Sure enough, a large number of slot machine gamblers still depend on probability and luck. But then again, following the above tips can actually make some positive difference in the final result of your wagers. Give the above pointers a second look and pick five of your favorite strategies and try them out! | {
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I am a Software Engineer currently and have done quite a bit of systems work as well. I love the idea of Penetration Testing and would love to work towards becoming a pentester/Certified Ethical Hacker. My question is: what are some ways one can learn basic skills in this field while remaining ethical/legal?
Self-teaching programming was an easier task for me--I could learn a language by building small applications, scripts, etc. I learned Linux by installing it on my personal computer and hacking around on it. Pentesting however requires a machine to test, which can quickly become a legal issue. I can certainly create a small application with known security issues that I can pentest myself, but that would take away from the aspect of actually finding the bug.
My main questions then are:
What ways can an aspiring pentester/CEH get hands-on learning experience without turning to black-hat hacking?
I have heard of sites that are online that are "designed to be hacked" and are practice for hackers. Are these legal/useful?
Is it worthwhile/ethical to offer free or low-cost pentesting services to improve skills? (Another great way to learn programming, sounds totally sketchy though to offer free hacking! ;) )
I an in transit so can't easily point you at the best ones, but we have questions covering this topic here, with links to good online testing practice sites. Quick answer 1- it's easy. Loads of resources. 2 - yes. 3 - don't do this, really easy way to end up in real trouble!
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Rory Alsop♦Nov 21 '13 at 17:47
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I'd stay away from CEH. Its well known to industry insiders as being one of the shallowest and most laughable courses/qualifications in industry. Its often seen on job requirements but only for companies who don't really understand what they want. OSCP is far better. If you're in the UK CREST is the best to go for. Take all qualifications with a grain of salt though, there is no substitute for experience gained alongside quality testers in a reputable company.
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sillyMunkyDec 9 '14 at 21:26
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@sillyMunky Funny you say that. I wrote this post 1 year ago and I'm currently pursuing an OSCP. I chose against the CEH because OSCP was much more hands-on.
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cehprogrammerDec 9 '14 at 21:38
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There are many "boot to root" and "vulnerable by design" challenges you can have a go at completely legally. You'll need some VM software, and make sure you set the network settings on it so that the machine can only be seen from your internal network!
Holynix is another (I can't link more than 2 due to new account here).
If you search for g0tmi1k's blog, he has the solutions up for most of these - don't look even if you get stuck in my opinion. Just use them to work out how you could have done it faster/better afterwards.
My most imporant advice is to be curious. If something doesn't work, find out why it doesn't work. If something works, find out why it works. Have a look at talks from
CCC
Brucon
Defcon
hack.lu
See what people are talking about, what are the new technologies, think about how these could be abused.
You don't become blackhat by hacking, you become blackhat by hacking stuff which you aren't allowed to. As long as you do not start experimenting on other people's infrastructure you should be good.
Build your own lab, set up a few virtual machines. Get some routers, build a network. Having your own closed environment will first of all learn you how things are set up and where people tend to cut corners on security. You can then try to exploit on your own network.
Virtual machines will be your friends. With them you can load up various operating systems, and learn to attack them from outside. Install a copy of Windows XP SP2 on one for an easy target for metasploit. Also, check out Damn Vulnerable Linux, which was designed to be hackable (I see that it may no longer be supported.)
There are many books on studying for the Certified Ethical Hacker exams, all of which help teach pen testing, and some come with practice challenges.
You're right to avoid hacking other systems without permission. Fortunately, it's easy enough to host your own that you shouldn't have to do that.
Other resources that might be available to you are a local DEFCON group, or an OWASP chapter. If you can't get to BlackHat or DEFCON, attend some cheaper regional security conferences such as Secure360. Get to know some people who do pen-testing and you can learn a lot from them quickly. Ultimately, once you've demonstrated some skills, they might also be able to direct some work your way. You don't have to do this alone. | {
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Family-owned companies: Do they continue to have the best business reputations?
While public perceptions of “greedy businesspeople” have always been part of the sociological landscape, over the years opinions about family businesses have tended to be more forgiving.
That perception appears to be holding. A newly published report reveals that people trust family businesses significantly more than businesses in general.
The trust levels are ~75% for family-owned businesses versus just 59% overall.
That finding comes from a survey of ~15,000 respondents age 18 or older conducted by research firm Edelman Intelligence, which is part of the Edelman marketing communications firm.
The research was conducted across 12 country markets and are contained in the 2017 Edelman Trust Barometerreport. In addition to the United States, the other country markets that were surveyed included:
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
India
Indonesia
Italy
Mexico
Saudi Arabia
United Kingdom
Not only do the respondents in the Edelman survey trust family businesses more, they themselves would rather work for a family business.
Moreover, if they know a company is a family-run business, they’re three times more likely to be willing to pay more for its products or services.
Even more discouraging is this finding: Although in actuality family-run businesses are often major sources of philanthropy, only ~17% of the Edelman survey respondents view these companies as leaders in helping to address societal challenges. So, more work appears to be needed to attain the recognition that is deserved in this arena.
Another common perception – and this may be a more accurate one in reality – is that family-run businesses are skimpy in their willingness to share financial and other information about how their businesses are run.
But the most potentially harmful perception is the opinion the general public has about successive generations of family members managing family-run businesses. “Next-generation” CEOs are ~17% less trusted than founders. They’re also considered far more likely to mismanage the business – not to mention being seen as less committed to the success of their enterprises.
In short, an inherited business, like inherited wealth, is viewed with suspicion by many people, and it’s more likely to be perceived as “undeserved.”
So, the portrait of family businesses isn’t completely rosy … but the reputation of these enterprises remains better than for businesses in general.
More information and key findings from the Edelman report can be found here. | {
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Appointments
Member of the Panel of Legal Chairpersons of the Police Appeals Tribunal in Northern Ireland (2006 – 2015).
Member of the Panel of Counsel to the Coroner (Northern Ireland)
Member of the Attorney General for Northern Ireland’s Panel of Counsel.
Memberships
Elected member of the Bar Council in Northern Ireland.
Representative on behalf of the Bar Council in Northern Ireland on the United Kingdom Delegation to the CCBE (Council of Bars and Law Societies for Europe)
President of the Franco-British Lawyers Society (Northern Ireland).
Chairperson of the Bar Immigration Practitioner’s Group (Northern Ireland).
Chairperson of the Subcommittee on the Amendment to the Rules of the Inn of Court in Northern Ireland.
Chair of the Bar Immigration Practitioners Group (Northern Ireland).
Member of the Commercial Bar Association (Northern Ireland).
Education
Common and Civil Law with French (LLB)
Queen’s University Belfast (1994)
Certificate in Professional Legal Studies
Institute of Professional Legal Studies QUB (1996)
MA in French and Linguistics
QUB (2007, Part-time)
Teaching Experience
Fionnuala has delivered lectures to trainee Solicitors and Barristers on immigration practice at the Institute of Professional Legal Studies, Belfast and regularly delivers CPD training lectures.
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Fionnuala is fluent in French and Spanish.
Practice Summary
Fionnuala was Called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1996 and has an extensive public law practice with particular focus on planning and environmental law, immigration, EU law, human rights and inquests. She has significant advocacy and advisory experience before the higher courts and tribunals in Northern Ireland. Fionnuala regularly appears in inquests and is currently instructed in several high profile ‘legacy’ inquests into deaths which occurred during the ‘troubles’ in Northern Ireland. Fionnuala regularly advises and appears in EU law cases in judicial review having worked at the Court of Justice of the European Union (1999 – 2002). Fionnuala has been instructed in a number of significant judicial reviews before the High Court and Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland in recent years including:
Fionnuala is author of ‘Immigration Law in Northern Ireland, Practice and Procedure’ (Servicing the Legal System Publications, 2011) and is working on a forthcoming publication on Planning and Environmental Judicial Review in Northern Ireland with William Orbinson Q.C. She regularly delivers papers on public law and human rights including, ‘Interfaces in the Law Series, Family Law and Immigration Law, Interfaced or Intertwined?, Inn of Court in Northern Ireland (February 2014), ‘Immigration Law and Interfaces with other areas of practice (EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, automatic deportation and criminal law)’, Law Society of Northern Ireland (May 2014), ‘Domestic case-law developments on Article 8 ECHR and the best interests of the child’, Four Jurisdictions Conference, Middle Temple, London (May 2012).
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Bradley Manning: Willful Blindness Strikes Again
Willful blindness occurs when there are things we could know, should know but somehow manage not to know. We are willfully blind when we don't open the credit card bill, manage to miss the health checkup and studiously ignore the fact that our partner's college drinking habits haven't matured. Companies and organizations are willfully blind when they ignore warning signs because they are too tired, stretched too thin, badly structured or too rigid in the way they do things. Ken Lay and Enron. Jimmy Cayne and Bear Stearns. Janice Karpinski and Abu Ghraib. Tony Hayward and BP.
Bradley Manning, the U.S.Army private accused of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks represents a classic case of willful blindness by the military. As in all cases of willful blindness, at first the blame goes to the "Bad Apple" who, unique among his peers, did a terrible thing with no provocation or warning signs at all. Then, as an investigation ensues, it turns out that there were warning signs: In Manning's case, extreme emotional episodes and screaming at officers. A mental health expert recommended that Manning not be deployed -- but he was ignored. Once in Iraq, Manning assaulted a fellow officer and was deemed unstable enough to have his weapon disabled. But nobody helped Manning. They just took notes, turning a blind eye to a growing problem.
And there was more. One of the contributory causes of willful blindness is sheer fatigue. It isn't just that long days and long shifts without breaks make us feel lousy. Brain functions don't deteriorate equally. What goes first is our capacity to reason, to think. Our thalamus works overtime, struggling to stay alert as the parietal lobe and prefrontal cortex lose glucose. The areas of the brain most affected are those that distinguish between ideas, between good and bad.
How did Manning describe his working conditions? "You had people working 14 hours a day... every single day... no weekends... no recreation... people stopped caring after 3 weeks ." This would go a long way towards explaining why he acted as he did -- but also why those around them had long since ceased paying attention to physical security: "Weak servers, weak logging, weak physical security, weak counter-intelligence, inattentive signal analysis... a perfect storm." You could call it the blind leading the blind.
Such blindness is willful because the science of sleep deprivation is well-studied and understood. We have known for many years that it is severely implicated not just in mechanical failures and industrial accidents but also in the bad decisions people make when they are worn out.
What makes us think that we can work others -- or even ourselves -- this way? Why don't we acknowledge our limitations? We may like to imagine we're super heroes, inexhaustible and immortal. But willful blindness to our own limitations leaves us exposed and Manning unprotected. | {
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AS I SEE IT: The ECW Arena returns…
AS I SEE IT: The ECW Arena returns… Bob Magee Pro Wrestling: Between the Sheetshttp://pwbts.com
It started out as a warehouse at the corner of Swanson and Ritner Streets in South Philadelphia. Over 18 years, it became one of the most well-known wrestling venues on the planet.
There has not been wrestling at the ECW Arena for nearly two years. Tomorrow night, the first show is scheduled to take place in the new Arena, as Extreme Rising show, under the new ownership of Steve O’Neill, runs the corner of Swanson and Ritner. The Arena is clearly still being worked on as I write this, with completion of the renovations scheduled for April.
It’s the intent of Roger Artigiani to bring wrestling back to the Arena, but other events as well. Previous to the Arena’s closing, MMA and boxing cards (including boxing cards televised on ESPN2, Versus (now NBC Sports), and Telemundo. He wants that to return, along with bringing in other events.
Beginning in January, the classic entrance to the Arena will be no more. A new entrance (and very different looking) will be built on the Swanson Street side of the building with ramps. A new lighting system will be installed, the notorious issues with sound will be dealt with as walls and ceilings will be re-done for acoustical purposes. There will be new bathrooms (yes, which will actually work).
This building has had so much wrestling history, that no matter what changes are made to the physical building; the sounds and the memories will always remain in the “world’s Most Famous Bingo Hall”. No matter how different it looked Saturday, and how much more changes will take place by spring; it’s still the ECW Arena to those of us who spent time within its walls.
So…for those who will come to the new venue for the first time, some history…first, with the ECW era…then the independent era.
First, the ECW era.
I have a lot of personal memories coming out of the ECW Arena.
I was ready to go to that first ECW show back on May 14, 1993, the date that Eddie Gilbert and Tod Gordon scheduled their first show of Eastern Championship Wrestling in a nondescript looking bingo hall, located in a section of Philadelphia that former Strictly ECW head Tony Lewis later described as “West Hell”. I was told by friend and ECW employee Kathy Fitzpatrick that this new building was at Swanson and Ritner Streets. In those pre-internet days, I looked up the intersection on a SEPTA map in my office. According to that and another map I looked at, the intersection didn’t exist. But she insisted that was the place.
I found out years later that the members of the Viking Club Mummers group had paved over freight train tracks and created an unofficial extension of a street. Thus, the intersection did exist…sort of. So on the afternoon of the show, after asking around the neighborhood, and finally checking at the local Forman Mills discount store, I asked where the Mummers practiced. The sales clerk pointed down the street. Finding the building, I went inside, and saw the Bingo equipment up on the walls. I went into a place that looked nothing like any wrestling venue I’d ever been to, and thought “What in the hell is this?”
Even those of us used to shows in flea markets, bars, schools, and even parking lots thought…”a Bingo Hall?” We found out that this building was Viking Hall, the home of the South Philadelphia Viking Club, the neighborhood Mummers group that practiced there for the yearly Philadelphia New Years Mummers parade. We also found out that they did “Midnight Bingo” there to fund the Vikings.
This meant that in the promotion’s early years, they were supposed to be out of there in enough time to allow set-up for Midnight Bingo. As we left ECW shows, the “bingo ladies” were out there waiting impatiently to get in.
Well, beginning that night, it became the home for ECW, Eastern Championship Wrestling, and became the home of the most controversial wrestling promotion of the 1990s. It featured incredible technical wrestling, unbelievable violence and some of the most cretaive booking ever.
Here are memories of the ECW Arena, memories many of you in the United States and around the world have seen via TV, tape, DVD and online.
1993
About a year later, Tod Gordon was ready to take things up a step with Sports Channel Philadelphia (its only exposure had been low-power TV clearance on W07CB Channel 7, viewable in center-city and West Philadelphia only) , and brought in Eddie Gilbert to book, with brother Doug. With Gilbert also came Terry Funk, who had recently done an interview in the Pro Wrestling Torch about his idea for a “hardcore” style wrestling TV show.
Along with these two came a well-known loud mouthed manager named Paul E. Dangerously. How little we knew or suspected what was to come. The first TV taping at Cabrini College on March 13, 1993 before about 60 people. This small crowd came despite a snowstorm that dumped two feet of snow on the Philadelphia the next day.
The Texas Chain Match Massacre with Terry Funk vs. Eddie Gilbert on June 19, 1993 was the first ECW show sold on tape commercially, with what was then the largest crowd in the young promotion’s history. These two gave the fans at the Arena an old school all-Arena bloody brawl of a kind not seen anywhere in Philadelphia, save Gilbert’s own program in 1991 with Cactus Jack in the ECW’s predecessor, the Tri-State Wrestling Alliance.
In August 1993, many ECW fans got their first live exposure to Japanese wrestling through W*ING workers The Headhunters, Miguelito Perez, Crash the Terminator (aka Hugh Morris), and Mitsuhiro Matsunaga.
September also brought an end to the Eddie Gilbert era and the beginning of the Paul Heyman era in ECW; as Gilbert left the promotion, due to disagreements over a prospective involvement with Jim Crockett’ s World Wrestling Network (a promotion that, ironically enough, never took off). During the show, Eddie Gilbert walked into the Arena unannounced, acknowledged he was leaving ECW, but told fans to keep supporting the promotion.
150 fans making their way into the ECW Arena through a January TV taping, which was postponed a day because of an ice storm that kept 350,000 people without power…via nothing more than a phone line that operated out of the home of ring announcer Bob Artese.
The Night The Line Was Crossed, Shane Douglas vs. Terry Funk vs. Sabu, February 5, 1994- The original “Three Way Dance” (although it wasn’t referred to as such at the time) was a one hour long match that put the cartoon shows that masqueraded as professional wrestling of the time to shame. Between the blow-away effort of the three wrestlers, Heyman’s booking had fans going with a match that told a story in creating the storylines that moved along the three pivotal characters of the golden era of ECW.
An April 16th ECW Arena angle that saw Arn Anderson and Bobby Eaton do a run-in that resulted in one of the loudest pops in Arena history…a run-in that was kept 100% quiet in those pre-Internet days…so quiet that some of the workers and staff had no clue what was going on.
The October-November 1994 Sandman “blinding angle” that was voted Wrestling Observer Angle of the Year: so well done, it had the late Brian Hildebrand calling me to ask if it was a work.
Some of the other names seen in the ECW Arena during 1994 were 911, Mr. Hughes, Sal Bellomo, Tommy Cairo, Sandman, Gary Wolf, Matt Borne, Ray Odyssey, Public Enemy (Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge),
February 1995 gave fans both the “Double Tables” show featuring the main event of Sabu and Tazmaniac against The Public Enemy, Chris Benoit vs. Al Snow, and “Return of The Funker” featuring Terry Funk’s return after a six month absence.
April 1995 had the debut of the two and a half year storyline of Raven and Tommy Dreamer, and the first match actually billed as a “Three Way Dance” with The Public Enemy vs. Chris Benoit/Dean Malenko vs. Tazmaniac and Rick Steiner. Another Arena show one week later brought the first of the classic Eddie Guerrero-Dean Malenko matches we saw for the next five months.
The spring also brought the psychotic bloodletting of the Axl Rotten-Ian Rotten matches, with matches involving barbed wire baseball bats all the way to the Taipei Death Match in July, with each man having glass glued to his hands.
On August 29, 1995, the Dean Malenko-Eddie Guerrero farewell match happened…with the smartest wrestling audience in North America in tears (not to mention Guerrero and Malenko themselves)… chanting “Please don’t go…please don’t go” with a heartfelt passion by the crowd worthy of two departing world class talents and world class people.
September 1995 featured one of the top matches in Arena history in a best 2 out of three falls Double Dog Collar Match for the ECW Tag Team Championships with The Pitbulls vs. Raven & Stevie Richards.
November to Remember 1995 was one of the best top to bottom shows ever held in the Arena with such matches as Rey Misterio, Jr.-Psicosis, and Terry Funk/Tommy Dreamer vs. Cactus Jack/Raven.
Fall 1995 also brought lucha libre to Philadelphia for the first time with Rey Misterio, Jr. Juventud Guerrera, Psicosis, Konnan, and La Parka appearing.
January 1996 featured the first of many Rob Van Dam-Sabu matches, Raven and Sandman battling for the ECW Heavyweight title, and the Gangstas-Eliminators feud.
March 1996 featured Rey Misterio, Jr. and Juventud Guerrera giving a lucha clinic in a 2 out of 3 fall match. It also featured the emotional farewell of Cactus Jack, who defeated Mikey Whipwreck.
Chris Jericho debuted in ECW at the “Matter of Respect” show in May 1996 against Mikey Whipwreck. The summer of 1996 also featured the wars of The Eliminators against The Gangstas in a “steel cage weapons” match.
Heatwave ’96 gave us a tremendous four way ECW TV Title Match Scorpio-Chris Jericho-Pitbull #2-Shane Douglas.
Autumn 1996 featured such world class tag team action as Terry Gordy and Steve Williams against The Eliminators and Sabu and Rob Van Dam against Dan Kroffat and Doug Furnas. It also featured one of the sickest scaffold matches in history in October at “High Incident” with Tommy Dreamer throwing Brian Lee off a “scaffold” attached to the roof of the ECW Arena, into a ring full of tables.
Barely Legal- The moment that ECW fans had waited for since the last year’s worth of rumors had started finally arrived on April 13, 1997. Even with the usual pre-show atmosphere at the ECW Arena…this was something special. Fans waited outside the ECW Arena during early on that morning.
The Arena was filled as full as physical space would allow, well beyond anything permitted by city or state fire laws. The atmosphere was electric.
At 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time, in the most improbable of locations: the converted Bingo Hall that staff had painted and fixed up on their own, down the street by a bargain basement store and vacant buildings… the home of a wrestling promotion founded by a downtown storefront pawnbroker, started with little more than hopes and dreams… the impossible dream came true, as “Barely Legal” went hot and started the era of ECW on PPV to the United States.
2 1/2 years of the most creative character in recent wrestling history ended within ECW, as Raven lost a loser leave match to Tommy Dreamer at Wrestlepalooza 1997.
In what was likely the single most violent match in ECW history, Sabu pinned Terry Funk in a barbed wire match at August 1997?s “Born to be Wired”, to a point that even Paul Heyman was reported to be sickened in the promo for the show’s commercial video tape. Having seen the match in person, I can safely say he wasn’t the only one.
1999 saw the ECW Arena featured around the United States and Canada as TV tapings were done for TNN at the Arena, allowing fans to see what the Arena experience was all about.
Lucha and Japanese talent again made their way into the ECW Arena as Antifaz Del Norte, TAKA Michinoku, Super Crazy, El Mosco De La Merced, Yoshihiro Tajiri, and Mr. Aguila (aka Papi Chulo). This gave us matches over 1999 such as Jerry Lynn-Yoshihiro Tajiri, Super Crazy-Antifaz Del Norte, TAKA Michinoku-Papi Chulo and a series of Super Crazy-Yoshihiro Tajiri matches.
We got a Match of the Year nominee for the second time with Rob Van Dam-Jerry Lynn on August 28, 1999.
Some of the other names seen in the ECW Arena during 1999 included Skull Von Krush, Bill Wiles, David Cash, Uganda, Tom Marquez, Kid Cash, Bo and Jack Dupp, and Ikuto Hidaka.
2000
Even with all the obvious financial problems and the fact that attention was often elsewhere most of the time, there were still a few classic moments left in 2000 for ECW fans at the ECW Arena.
March 2000 featured a great Raven/Mike Awesome-Masato Tanaka/Tommy Dreamer Tag Team Match.
April 2000 gave the ECW Arena the one and only appearance of Dusty Rhodes at the Arena as he took on Steve Corino.
August 19, 2000 gave us the 2000 ECW match of the year as the returning Psicosis took on Yoshihiro Tajiri.
The last ECW show at the ECW Arena took place on December 23, 2000. With all that had been happening and all that had been reported online, many fans going inside that night suspected that this might be the last show at the ECW Arena, although nothing was ever announced or even acknowledged to that effect. The final ECW match at the ECW Arena was Steve Corino defending his ECW World Heavyweight Title over The Sandman and Justin Credible.
Some of the other names seen in the ECW Arena during 2000 included Rhino, Christian York and Joey Matthews, Scotty Anton, Prodigy, CW Anderson, Simon Diamond, Johnny Swinger, Da Baldies (DeVito and Angel), Carl Oulette, Vic Grimes, Jado and Gedo, and Erik Watts.
Since those days, many have come to appreciate what ECW brought to wrestling on national level: namely, qualities that had been missing in wrestling such as unpredictability, excitement, an outlaw spirit, coherent booking, and wrestling shows that feature…wrestling.
ECW had sex (and lots of it) in its presentation…but it didn’t feature sex as a main event segment. Paul Heyman was smart enough to use sex as the sizzle, and not the steak. Many wrestling fans wish certain wrestling promotions were smart enough to do the same today. ECW didn’t feature bookers or management putting themselves over at the expense of the talent….or family members and in-laws doing the same. Many wrestling fans wish certain wrestling promotions were smart enough to do the same today.
ECW didn’t care if someone on the undercard outworked the main event. They weren’t punished for it. Hell, most of the time it was encouraged. Many wrestling fans wish certain wrestling promotions were smart enough to allow their workers to do the same today.
Along with the very public memories shared by many via tape or TV…there were the memories that came out of being at the ECW Arena in person:
Those Sunday morning TV tapings in 1993-1995, when we stumbled into the Arena half-awake after too little sleep following the preceding evening’s show and the post-show “festivities”…and Mark Shapiro (aka “McGruff”) telling us to “please fill up the bleachers”… in order to make the crowd look respectable for SportsChannel and MSG, the two stations carrying ECW at the time.
A small discount store inbetween the Arena and the Forman Mills discount clothing store selling cheap breakaway frying pans, with the slogan, “Give them to your favorite wrestler to hit someone”…
As said before…the “bleacher bums” of section C with some of the most creative (and sometimes unprintable) chants imaginable, along with their summer pre-show afternoon cookouts and beer bashes. One of their best sets of off-color chants came the night of the Malenko-Guerrero farewell as they took shots at WCW by making up certain hilarious and obscene chants that offered graphic suggestions about Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff’s…um…personal habits.
The Mutants in Boston, who regularly traveled down to ECW Arena shows…foreshadowing by years the fans of promotions like Ring of Honor who travel amazing distances to see a quality wrestling product, which seems as unavailable now in the mainstream as it was then.
The people who made the dream happen in the earliest days… a group of hardworking people behind the scenes, who would do nearly anything for the company, people that we all got to know like Bob and Lex Artese, Jay “Six-Pack” Sulli, Larry Gallone, Kathy Fitzpatrick, Kathy Donahue, Steve Truitt, and Matt Radico…
Along with them in the stands were unique Philadelphia characters like “Stan The Fan”, John Bailey (known everywhere as “Hat Guy”), his brother George, Mike Johnson (later of 1wrestling.com and PWinsider.com) and the Bleacher Bums, “Sign Guy” Paul Mellows (whom Paul Heyman took the Sign Guy Dudley gimmick), Lennie (the Rob Zombie lookalike), Gary Walter (now of Smart Mark Video), JAPW promoters Ray Sager and Frank Iadevia and many more…
And for longtime fans…names on the other side of the rail that only we fans who were there live would remember: Doug Gilbert, Kevin Christopher, Don E. Allen, JT Smith, Tony Stetson, Larry Winters, Tommy Cairo, Hack Myers, Salvatore Bellomo, Stevie Wonderful, Johnny Hotbody, Chad Austin, Dudley Dudley, Dances With Dudley, and Pablo Marquez.
I also have to remember that there are also those in the ECW days that have left us and wrestling far too soon: Mike Lozansky, Steve “Dr. Death” Williams, Bobby Duncum Jr. and Terry Gordy who worked briefly in ECW, as well as ECW regulars Anthony “Pitbull #2? Durante, Louie Spicolli, John Kronus of the Eliminators, Ted “Rocco Rock” Petty and Johnny Grunge of The Public Enemy, Chris Benoit, Nancy “Woman” Duas, Luna Vachon, Big Dick Dudley, Chris Candido, Bam Bam Bigelow, Sensational Sherri Martel, and Mike “Awesome” Alfonso.
I wish you could have been there to see what we all got to experience in person….and that you’d been able to see the unvarnished version of what was the real ECW….not the TV show that aired for awhile because Vince McMahon owned the legal rights to its name.
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The deadline for the fall semester Illinois in Washington program is April 1, and you don’t need to have your internship lined up in advance. In fact, many employers don’t even start advertising internships until May, so you’ll have plenty of time over the summer to find the right internship for you.
Once you express interest in the program by emailing Prof. Susan Dimock, you will start getting announcements of internship openings. You’ll get even more once you officially apply.
Prof. Dimock, who lives in DC and has been running this program for years, knows everything there is to know about getting a job in Washington. She will help you craft a first-rate resume and cover letter to get the internship you want. (She’s also really nice and approachable!
There are a LOT more opportunities in DC in the fall than there are in the summer. Most are unpaid, but everyone has a better shot at the available paid internships simply because there is less competition.
The cost is similar to spending a semester living in the dorms, particularly if you budget to account for the higher cost of living in DC.
You don’t have to find your own housing and social life comes ready-made. You’ll share a studio apartment with a fellow student in a building housing student interns from all over the country.
You’ll take 12 credits, 3 of which can be an online course of your choosing.
Contrary to popular belief, government agencies and non-profits in DC aren’t looking for political science majors, econ majors, or hard-core politics junkies. They want people who can communicate well. They like the sound of “English major”–that sounds like a person who can write. They want that and don’t see enough of it.
International students can’t get internships in the federal government, and paid internships can be complicated, but they ARE eligible for jobs in congressional offices, think-tanks, not-for-profit organizations, and the embassies/consulates of their home countries. Organizations that have an international focus are particularly open to hiring international students, regardless of home country.
How do you find “more information…on I-Link”? Log onto I-Link and then click on the blue “Events” tab at the top of the page. Click “Career Fairs” on the pull-down menu, then click on the particular fair that interests you. You’ll find information on who is coming and what kinds of positions they are seeking to fill. Use this information! Advance preparation is the difference between a good career fair experience and a bad one.
There are LOTS of ways to start getting ready for a career fair, particularly the Business Career Fair, which is coming up quickly.
English, Creative Writing, and ToE majors should plan to attend How to Sell Your English/CW Degree at a Career Fair on Wed., Jan. 27, 5 – 6pm in EB 104. Learn how to find a job or internship at the Business Career Fair (Feb. 3 and 4) and the Arts and Culture Career Fair (Feb. 5) at this event. Hear from students who’ve been there and get advice on what to wear, what to bring, how to prepare, how to “pitch,” and how to hold your own as an English or CW major at these events.
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is also holding two sessions (same content, different times), “How to Sell Your LAS Degree at the Business Career Fair and Engineering Career Fair”: Tues., Jan. 26,12:30-1:30 p.m., 1002 Lincoln Hallor Mon., Feb. 1, 4-5 p.m., 1002 Lincoln Hall.
Don’t have an interview suit? Doesn’t mean you can’t go (and in fact, if you have your sights on the Arts and Culture Career Fair, you’re probably better off without a suit). The Career Closet at The Career Center offers gently used clothes for students; it’s open Thurs., Jan. 28, noon – 3pm and Fri., Jan. 29, noon – 2pm, The Career Center’s Interview Suite, 616 E Green St, Champaign, Room 213. (Enter the Kaplan door by McDonald’s.)
If you’d like to review your resume, practice your pitch, discuss the pros and cons of attending, or practice parsing job descriptions, make an appointment with Kirstin Wilcox by emailing [email protected].
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The
works of this outstanding artist enjoy vast popularity in Russia; the best
of them have become the classics of Russian landscape painting. During
40 years of his artistic activity Ivan Shishkin produced hundreds of paintings,
thousands of studies and drawings and a large number of engravings. For
contemporaries, Shishkin’s personality embodied Russian nature itself;
they called him “forest tzar”, “old pine tree”, and “lonely oak”.
Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin was born into the family of a merchant. His father,
a self-made and broad-minded man, after long hesitations, supported his
son's desire to become an artist. In 1852-1856, Shishkin studied in the
Moscow School of Painting and Sculpture, in 1856-1860, he continued his
studies in St. Petersburg, in the Academy of Arts. He made rapid progress
and got all the awards the Academy offered. Having
received a Major Gold Medal for two pictures with the same name
View
of Valaam Island. Kukko. (1860) and an Academy grant for studies
abroad, Shishkin spent 3 years (1862-1865) in Germany, Switzerland, Czech,
France, Belgium and Holland. Gradually he got disappointed in his foreign
teachers and European authorities in landscape painting. Now he felt free
and independent and longed to return home, to Russia.
During his stay abroad Shishkin engaged in lithography and etching. His
numerous pen drawings caught the eye of the Dusseldorf public and critics
by their virtuoso hatching and filigree treatment of detail. In 1865, Shishkin
painted his View near Dusseldorf
for which he was awarded the title of Academician and which was shown at
the 1867 World Fair in Paris.
In 1865, he returned to Russia and settled in St. Petersburg, where he
joined the Itinerants’ Society of Traveling Exhibitions (Peredvizhniki).
One of his first masterpieces Noon in the
Neighbourhood of Moscow (1869) critics called “song of joy”.
He always preferred to draw daytime scenes, full of sunlight and life.
Pine
Forest in Viatka Province (1872), Rye
(1878), Path in a Forest (1880),
Oaks
(1887), Coniferous Forest. Sunny Day.
(1895). His scrupulous reproduction of nature stood in sharp contrast to
the academic canons of landscape painting. For his loving approach to detail
some critics called his works colored pictures, which lack of life. But
despite such attention to details Shishkin’s paintings do not fall apart,
but give full and finished impression.
Shichkin had a troubled private life, twice he fell in love and married
and twice his wives died. His sons also died. But never Shishkin allowed
his sorrows appear on his canvases. His last work is Mast-Tree
Grove (1898). He died in his studio at the easel with newly
begun canvas.
Among the Russian landscape painters Shishkin was the staunchest and most
consistent exponent of the materialistic aesthetics – to depict nature
in all its pure, unadorned beauty. His role in Russian art did not lose
its significance even in the years, which saw the appearance of splendid
landscapes by Isaac Levitan,
Valentin
Serov and Constantin Korovin.
Despite the fact that he espoused different aesthetic principles and advocated
a different artistic system, Shishkin enjoyed an indisputable authority
among young Russian painters of the late 19th century. The new generation
did not fail to acknowledge him as a thoughtful and masterful portrayer
of Russian nature. | {
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Author: carmikgames
Where we are now
Not everything went to plan in 2017. Failing health on the part of all of us here at Carmik Games meant that our 2017 planned launch was postponed. The extra time has allowed us to really hone our artwork and get the look of High Seas Pirates nailed to the mast. We are attending various conventions and shows throughout 2018 demoing the game, and as soon as we can we will be publishing the game.. finally!.
As part of designing games, @carmikgamesuk tries to identify the different types of #boardgamers out there, to help with playtesting. How does this help? without a rules lawyer you will never find those hidden flaws. Without a powergamer you will never break the game in the first turn (this actually happened with the first playthrough of #highseaspirates, thanks owen!)
So here are a few we have spotted so far, please add to the list if you can:
As a thank you to everyone who visited our stand at #ukgamesexpo this year, played our game or even just walked by and kept one of our leaflets. Starting today from 11am GMT for a limited time we are offering a #UKGE earlybird special on our Kickstarter. Check out our kickstarter page for more info | {
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Stephen Dinan
Articles by Stephen Dinan
A new ad urging Hispanic voters to reject both parties by sitting out this year's elections has enraged Hispanic groups, drawn condemnation from the Univision television network and spawned the question of how Hispanics who are upset over the lack of action on immigration should register a protest vote this year.
Published
October 19, 2010
Just three years after a Democrat-led Congress imposed the federal minimum wage on two U.S. territories in the Pacific, lawmakers last month halted the program in its tracks, acknowledging the move had sapped thousands of jobs from American Samoa and the commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Published
October 18, 2010
The federal government ended fiscal year 2010 $1.294 trillion in the red, the Treasury Department said Friday — an improvement from last year's largest-ever annual deficit of $1.416 trillion, but still the second-largest hole in history.
Published
October 15, 2010
John Raese would have filibustered both of President Obama's Supreme Court nominees, not only opposes the minimum wage but thinks it may be unconstitutional, and won't say whether Social Security and Medicare are constitutional but allows that they are here to stay.
Published
October 13, 2010
Environmental red tape has at times ensnared the U.S. Border Patrol's efforts to gain control of parts of the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a draft government report that found agents sometimes take a back seat to protecting endangered species in the Southwest's national parks and forests.
Published
October 10, 2010
Even though the measure passed Congress without a single dissenting vote, President Obama this week spotted potentially nefarious side effects in an arcane bill to rewrite rules on notarized documents, issuing only the second veto of his presidency Thursday.
Published
October 7, 2010
Basic government spending rose by 9 percent in fiscal 2010, driving the country to a $1.291 trillion deficit down $125 billion from 2009, but still the second-largest hole on record, the Congressional Budget Office said Thursday.
Published
October 7, 2010
President Obama's new immigration enforcement strategy led to a record number of criminal aliens being deported last year, but removals of other illegal immigrants fell to the lowest rate since 2007, before the Bush administration began a crackdown.
Published
October 6, 2010
President Obama's new immigration enforcement strategy led to an all-time record number of criminal aliens being deported last year, but removals of other illegal immigrants fell to the lowest rate since 2007, before the Bush administration began its crackdown.
Published
October 6, 2010
A federal inspector general is looking into whether the Obama administration used confidential taxpayer information in an effort to attack a political opponent, Koch Industries.
Published
October 5, 2010
Hispanic voters still like Democrats more than Republicans, but they are much less enthusiastic about heading to the polls in this year's elections, according to a broad survey released Tuesday.
Published
October 5, 2010
The anti-pork brigade in Congress is poised to receive massive reinforcements next year, with nearly every non-incumbent GOP Senate candidate and hordes of House hopefuls swearing off earmarks themselves or even ready to consider an outright ban for all lawmakers.
Published
October 4, 2010
Congress must fundamentally rethink the way it spends taxpayer money, including getting rid of massive multi-agency spending bills and forcing lawmakers who want to add new government programs to first cut an existing one, House Minority Leader John A. Boehner said Thursday.
Published
September 30, 2010
Congress must rethink the entire way it spends money, including getting rid of massive multiagency spending bills and forcing lawmakers to cut a program any time they want to start a new one, House Minority Leader John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, said Thursday.
Published
September 30, 2010
Leaving taxpayers hanging and next year's spending bills undone, Congress is rushing to return to the campaign trail, pausing just long enough to agree on a stopgap bill to keep the government from shutting down after Thursday.
Published
September 29, 2010
The Democrats' agenda of jobs and tax cuts has begun to lose support within the party's own ranks, even as House and Senate members rush to finish their pre-election business and return home to seek votes for November's midterms.
Published
September 28, 2010
The jobs agenda put forth by Senate Democrats has begun to lose support within their own caucus, including a Tuesday vote in which a bipartisan filibuster defeated a bill to stop jobs from being shipped overseas.
Published
September 28, 2010
A full, permanent extension of the Bush tax cuts could help the economy grow by nearly 2 percent more next year — and would be a bigger boost than just a partial extension, Congress' chief scorekeeper said Tuesday.
Published
September 28, 2010 | {
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News and Insight On Winbak Farm
Read below for the latest on Winbak Achievements and graduates. Stories are from the leading industry news sources.
Winbak Farm Videos for Harrisburg Yearling Sale Posted
Monday, October 21, 2019 By: Elizabeth Cheesman
Farm will be selling 63 yearlings at the 11/4-11/6 Harrisburg Select Yearling Sale. The sale lineup has yearlings eligible to Pennsylvania, New York and Ontario.
The Select lineup features first crop yearlings from Betting Line, Control The Moment and Southwind Frank.
Harrisburg Select Sale Lineup:
NY Pacers
Colts
Fillies
ON Trotters
Colts
Fillies
American Ideal
5
3
Angus Hall
-
1
Art Major
2
-
Archangel
2
1
Bolt The Duer
-
2
Kadabra
1
-
Heston Blue Chip
1
2
Muscle Mass
2
-
Rock N Roll Heaven
1
-
Royalty For Life
1
-
Roll With Joe
1
5
PA Pacers
NY Trotters
Artspeak
1
-
Chapter Seven
2
-
Betting Line
-
3
Conway Hall
1
2
Somebeachsomewhere
1
-
Credit Winner
-
2
Western Ideal
1
1
ON Pacers
PA Trotters
Bettor’s Delight
1
5
Andover Hall
2
2
Control The Moment
-
1
Donato Hanover
1
-
Shadow Play
1
1
Southwind Frank
1
-
Sportswriter
3
1
The Farm will also be selling 8 Delaware-Sired Yearlings at the 11/7 Harrisburg Mixed Yearling Sale.
Harrisburg Mixed Select Sale Lineup
DE Pacers
Colts
Fillies
DE Trotters
Colts
Fillies
Delmarvalous
1
-
CR Commando
1
1
Roddy’s Bags Again
-
2
Giant Hit
-
1
Political Briefing
1
1
The Yearling Videos for Winbak’s lineup are now posted. Please visit www.winbakfarm.com and click on an individual yearling’s hip number to watch yearling videos.
Potential buyers are welcome to call 410.885.3059 to set an appointment to view the lineup at the Winbak Farm of Maryland. The yearlings will also be available for viewing at Pennsylvania State Farm Show Complex starting on Saturday, November 2nd.
For more information on Winbak Farm yearlings, please call James Ladwig, Winbak Farm Yearling Manager, at 410.885.3059 or email him at [email protected]. | {
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26.7.09
An extraordinary thing happened yesterday on an ordinary, rainy Monday in London Town. It was dark, it was gloomy, and I had enough: I had to wear something bright. While I was out meeting friends, I walked home, and everywhere I looked in Chelsea and Knightsbridge, people were wearing bright colours! Orange. Yellow. Hot Pink (I saw two people in pink converse sneakers @ once, and had to decide who to shoot - I followed the guy, that shot will be up soon). And this girl, in a cobalt blue raincoat with a bow in the back. I love her shoes, but if I can be a bit critical, I'd not have chosen a white bag, even if it might be Chanel, and her hair could do with a trim.
But never mind that: Somehow, collectively, we literally brought the sun out.
Off to the airport soon - will try to post one more, but if not, will continue to from the end of Long Island! (I'll be shooting there, too, but I've got lots o' great London shots coming up). Hope you're having a fun summer, wherever you are!
xoxo
Fashion update: Writing this from the end of Long Island on Wednesday, where I'm being a good daughter & not swimming just in case it does turn into a tropical storm (we're watching the weather channel). My mom at lunch today apologised for wearing a white bag and I realised I need to clarify: I don't hate all white bags. But with this, I wish she was wearing the new purple Mulberry suede Abigail bag I just saw at Heathrow yesterday. I was trying to source it for you but can't seem to lift the shot off their website, but you can see it here. I don't normally get it about IT bags, but this one really has that wow factor for me.
Alternately, she could have chosen this Lil' Riz leather hobo number (above) by Marc Jacobs
Or better yet this mustard suede Saba, by Jimmy Choo. Oh this is fun. Dressing a total stranger. Reminds me of Barbie dolls. Speaking of which, someone just put this up on eBay:
What a gorgeous jacket! Wow,I want it.. haha (:Another great shot of someone with style. And I do actually quite like the bag, but I was thinking more a charcoal grey one than black to even up the look?
Actually, I don't normally like Mulberry but I saw a huge purple suede number @ Heathrow yesterday, which I think would look stunning with this. I should add: I've got nothing against white bags in general! Some of my best bags are white : )
what is roadtrip23?
RoadTrip23 is the natural evolution from StreetStyle London, which is still here, and has been since 2009. Because there's more to the world than fashion, and there's more to the world than London. Lovely as London is.
I'll still be posting street style, if something really grabs me, but have expanded into other areas of interest, primarily travel, the arts, culture. Whatever I feel is beautiful or interesting: either man made, or a natural wonder. | {
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Friday, December 16, 2005
Hey now!
Napoleon Dynamite I would say is the best piece of original cinema to come out in as long as I can remember. Marvelled at that main character...where DID they find him?
But then I got curious about this Jon Heder guy, and I dun think I went and fell in love. Aside from the fact that he is a Mormon, which has its good and bad points, I saw that he was actually a very compelling feller.
He went to South Salem High School less than a hundred miles from me and almost did my student teaching there. He is about 27 and has a general interest for all things 70's. He is doing movies now but I know I would hardly have recognized him.
Hubba Hubba! Buck teeth aside, holy cow! I mighta kissed this guy before I got married! No honey, Jeff I don't want to kiss him now, perish the thought, I find him disgusting, and yet, and yet... intriguing. But of course you are way cuter honey. Ok I dont find him disgusting at all, in fact, I think he's all right!
I think one of his next films is called Just Like Heaven where he plays a New Age bookstore owner. He wants to be a computer animator. His criterion for doing films is that he does no sex scenes, he uses no foul language and I think he says he won't kill anyone or somethin. Can we get some more actors like this, please?
He doesn't really care too much about getting parts because he is still more interrested in computer animation. mmm Jon Heder, I just wonder what this guy is like? | {
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Just to add my two cents... if they are not native to your local or if the subspecies of gopher you have is not (local specific) you would be breaking a federal law to release them.... Gopher snakes are a generally small and would take years to get to a size where they would help your gopher problem! A rat snake would do better.
Dodo... a snake will survive IF it is in the area where it is native even if having been CBB for generations. The survival skills never go away in reptiles! They know how to hunt. | {
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Interregional Workshop on Health Systems Research (2nd: 1990 : Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania); World Health Organization. Health Systems Research and Development Unit; DANIDA; United Republic of Tanzania. Ministry of Health(SHS/HSR/90.3. Unpublished, 1990) | {
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"Sidwell is a good all-round midfielder," said Wenger of the 26-year-old he allowed to leave in 2003.
"He is good defending, a hard defender and goes into the box well. He is a bit similar to (Frank) Lampard in his game. I'm happy he has had a good career because we always knew he would make a professional.
"It was difficult to assess at what level [he would play] because when he was younger he had technical problems but he has improved that side of his game and is now a very good player."
Having watched his development from afar, Wenger could be forgiven for regretting Sidwell's departure but he said: "You can only play with 11, it's as simple as that.
"The best 11 play and at the time he was not within that. Even in the squad, it was difficult for him to get on the bench.
"At some stage, for his development, it was better for him to go and play somewhere. We don't forget - if you look at players educated here at Arsenal Football Club you will see we have produced many good players." | {
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Just ignore this error, as it is irrelevant to your machine.
W dniu 04.07.2017 o 20:52, Jude DaShiell pisze:
> When doing a systemd upgrade I get:
> (3/7) Upgrading systemd-boot...
> Couldn't find EFI system partition. It is recommended to mount it to
> /boot. Alternatively, use --path= to specify path to mount point.
> error: command failed to execute correctly
> Are either of the above alternatives even viable for a real bios
> machine? This one got built when efi was somewhere on the drawing board
> or maybe before efi ever got to the drawing board.
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