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|2013-01-26, 09:37
|Link #39961
Titans Test Team Pilot
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Elysium
An extremely volatile character that can potentially be the center of various hilarious/extreme berserk moments. That's how I would see it
Also, just to add on the surviving part:
Spoiler for Hospital:
Not sure if I should feel terrible for even including the "involved" part in there...
|2013-01-26, 09:40
|Link #39962
Just another Idiot
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Delusion world
But ....
Slave driver is kind of over-doing it (I think it is kind of hard to be slave driver when you are sleep derived....usually people are tired, they throw decision-making out of the window.)
So it is more like annoyed and short-tempered....
|2013-01-26, 10:10
|Link #39963
That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
@stratos: then I take it she doesn't seem all that likable?
@age: Reversed. She's usually sleep deprived.
Then I can just use it as an excuse to make her smarter during the morning
She knows where to dedicate the remains of whatever sanity and brain processes she has. She usually doesn't give one wit about anyone else's problems cause it makes her head hurt to think about them. She just sets a certain number of goals and she gets them done. In sleep-deprived state, she is rarely pleasant.
|2013-01-26, 10:20
|Link #39966
Titans Test Team Pilot
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Elysium
I wouldn't say she's not likable. She can be as long as she stays on the extreme ends of the spectrum. When she's angry, she's Hulk-angry. When she's calm, she's a saint.
Something like that makes the character stand out more.
|2013-01-26, 10:25
|Link #39967
Just another Idiot
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Delusion world
any rate....
I think she has a few screw loose in her head because.....
If she is really that smart and know how to manage her priority right... I can't see a reason for somebody like her to be sleep- deprived.
Nobody in their right mind would go on days without sleeping because it is really hard to concentrate while you are sleep deprived (I know because I slept 5 hours a day sometimes and drink 3 cups of coffee a day just to keep myself awake).
If you know truly your priority,you should know that being sleep deprived, will only make your work drag longer and harder rather than shorter and easier. (Long working hour != productivity....)
Unless she is an artist.... and fears that the inspiration would go away when she sleep.
Another sane reason to go sleep-deprived is when you are operating within a deadline (it can't be helped)
|2013-01-26, 10:30
|Link #39968
That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
@stratos: More like utterly bipolar to the point of practically having two personalities. She's like Kokonoe from Blazblue when sleep deprived and more like Charlotte sans violent tendencies when not.
@age: She's head of research and manager of Chifuyu and Maya all at the same time. She handles all testing and logistics of materials sent to be tested in their lab. She also has to manage PR for mainly Chifuyu who is the prize pilot with the title of world's strongest IS pilot and former Brunhilde. If anything, she got shacked up with jobs that keep her up at night more so than an artist.
|2013-01-26, 10:37
|Link #39969
Just another Idiot
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Delusion world
Whatever, your call.
But still feel a little weird (can't put it into words.... I will probably go to sleep and think about this).
|2013-01-26, 11:43
|Link #39972
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
Nah, the conversation after that turned into more emotional because Ichika can see FemIchika being traumatized by the revolution, but at the same time, FemIchika also knew Ichika had suffered a lot prior to him being founded as male I.S. pilot... and after (being the straight woman of the group, she saw harem violence as unfunny when it went too far). Cue sexual tension.
I also excludes themes like rape, torture, and extortion out of the draft, too direct
|2013-01-26, 12:01
|Link #39973
That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
*Shrug* I just imagined the conversation dry for such a supposedly heavy topic. I would've been fine if it was Squall and Autumn talking but... dual Ichikas who are supposedly 2 of the nicest beings in existence. Well there's a first time for everything. That or my imagination isn't as active as it usually is.
|2013-01-26, 21:58
|Link #39976
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
It gets veeery complicated when their relationship grew though, especially since BOTH of them feign ignorance while everyone can... well, see it. Chifuyu's neutrality did NOT help at all.
Not to mention all the tension in the name of GSA phenomenon, and the accidental (mostly) perversion.
|2013-01-26, 23:45
|Link #39978
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
Up to you really.
For culture festival, the two Ichika play Hansel and Gretel. Because Cinderella/Snow White play result in everyone want to be the main heroine. As the result, they made a short film instead. (in the vein of 2013 Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunter, and involvement of I.S. meant more stuff to blow -it's 3D simulator but still-, cue hilarity)
But of course, then wincest vibe kick the high gear. This is, of course, lampshaded awesomely by the Father (played by Dan) after he kicked many, MANY ass included his own badass child-abusing wife and many other witches, just so that he could find the twins.
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|2013-01-27, 05:49
|Link #39979
That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
child abusing wife?
How badly would it go if Laura's first meeting with Aries is actually sticking her knife hilt deep in his gut?
EDIT: Dropping Plot Bunny
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|2013-01-27, 21:02
|Link #39980
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
1. Decide whether the situation is serious or comical
2a. If it's serious, considering it's done outside field, damn well there will be hell to pay for Laura's action. besides, I am not sure if Laura can be that reckless knowing she's a trained soldier. (her torture of Cecilia and Rin is a loophole abuse)
2b. If it's comical, above can be ruled out for Harem Protagonist Unified Insurance™, however mortal injuries not included in the policy (unless comically advanced recovery method is there, reference: Dokuro-chan) so it's a moot.
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The IUCN Environmental Law Centre held an all day conservation campus event on 'Law and governance for REDD+' on Saturday, 8 September at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Jeju, Korea. Co-organizers and partners included ClientEarth, the World Resources Institute, the International Development Law Organization, Conservation International-Peru, the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law, the IUCN Mesoamerica Office (ORMA), and the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law.
The purpose of the event was to enhance practical understanding of current legal and institutional approaches to REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) with a focus on benefit sharing and participation and examples at the national and sub-national levels. Key themes and messages from presentations and group discussion were:
REDD+ benefit sharing
• Benefit sharing should be facilitated from international to national and sub-national.
• Set up unbiased, participatory and culturally appropriate allocation processes. Need guarantees that benefits reach intended beneficiaries. Benefits should improve community livelihoods.
• Conservation agreements as tools for benefit sharing.
• Challenges include: corruption, limited timeframes for concluding agreements, managing financial expectations.
REDD+ participation
• Actors include donors, community, private sector, government, indigenous peoples, world and future populations and cover a spectrum from elite to vulnerable. Mapping and stakeholder assessment are important tools.
• Gaps in participation standards, particularly in relation to fairness.
• Need to identify: type of REDD-related information that should be freely accessible; responsibilities, rights and procedures for access to this information; and, key levels of decision-making at which to guarantee participation.
• Community level participation is key. Ensure genuine representation at central and local levels.
• Laws and policies for REDD+ in Tanzania are generally inadequate but can be addressed through law review and adapting existing laws.
• The Philippine National REDD-Plus Strategy NRPS seeks not only to maximize REDD+ social co-benefits, but to utilize REDD+ as a tool to promote community empowerment, tenure and effective resource management.
Overarching law reviews for REDD+ on benefit sharing and participation
• Laws and institutions not only prohibit or incentivize but also provide an overall enabling framework that guides public and private sector activities towards desired ends.
• Good governance is a pre-requisite for effective REDD+ at all stages from planning to implementation to reporting.
• Diversity and complexity are inherent. REDD+ best progressed on a country by country basis.
• Tools and services are available. Through its work to assist REDD+ countries in developing robust and coherent legal frameworks FAO presented on lessons learnt in Mexico, Vietnam and Zambia.
• Enforcement is a balance between "the carrot and the stick", policy and regulations, national and local responsibilities.
• Preference to work with existing laws rather than separate REDD+ legal structures.
The agenda, details on the presenters and copies of presentations can be found here.

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Jon Favreau makes Iron Man movies and crummy blockbuster comedies. What's he doing stepping in front of the camera, and behind it, for Chef, a mouth-watering culinary wish fulfillment fantasy?
Take this script, which he wrote, directed and stars in, as a metaphor for his film career. Chef is Favreau's most personal film since Swingers, an overlong 1996 comedy full of his food, his taste in music, his favorite places and a boatload of his favorite actors.
The actor Favreau brings his A-game patter to this romp about an embattled Los Angeles chef, once celebrated, now in a rut, who has to take a road trip in a food truck to find his soul, and his food, again.
Chef Carl Casper's big night at the swank Galouise eatery is ruined by the passive-aggressive owner (Dustin Hoffman) of the restaurant. "Be an artist on your own time," he says. Stick to "your greatest hits" menu.
And that's how Carl gets the bad review from a cranky online food critic (Oliver Platt). Carl's kid (Emjay Anthony) introduces him to Twitter. Big mistake. Carl insults the guy.
That leads to a flame war, which, in turn, leads to Carl's shout-down/ meltdown in the middle of the restaurant. He's out of a job and he's infamous, thanks to the viral video of his hissy fit.
It's time to take stock, not make stock. It's time to find what made him passionate about food, to remind himself he can "touch people's lives" with his cooking. It's time to go to Miami and maybe crank up a food truck.
Chef has adorable, PG-13-worthy father-son bonding, with Favreau really clicking with the kid. It has a wonderful supporting cast, with fellow cooks played by John Leguizamo and Bobby Cannavale, the restaurant manager/hostess played by Scarlett Johansson, Sofia Vergara as Carl's party-planner ex-wife and Robert Downey Jr., leaning into the sort of eccentric word play that only Favreau brings out in him as another ex-husband of Vergara's character.
All of it comes off thanks to wonderful early scenes that establish Favreau's comfort in the kitchen, his steady hand with a knife. He seems at home in this world and relishes explaining what makes it special.
The food is mouthwatering — calamari to die for, squab, even a work-of-art grilled cheese sandwich — with every one of his senses committed to getting it perfect.
Carl shudders at the idea that he's now suitable for a role in a Gordon Ramsey reality show (Hell's Kitchen is pitched; they must have meant Kitchen Nightmares).
And knowing what it means when a chef gives a young cook his first knife is touching.
The "wish fulfillment fantasy" here is the whole overlong rosy-road-to-redemption part of the movie, which tries to sell us on Carl's utter ignorance of social media and his 10-year-old hooking him up and making him a star. That stuff — the idea that any true chef would not realize how hot the food truck movement is — and several abrupt, illogical leaps in the plot are the only sour ingredients in this delightful, savory comedy.
It's nice to see Favreau still can bring it once he's put down the comic books and the soul-sucking blockbusters they demand. Welcome back. Now, let's eat.


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Schenck Fuels, by virtue of a 12-9 win over Stephen Hand's Equipment Monday night, retained sole possession of first place in the East Hampton Town men's slow-pitch softball league.
The win, abetted by their opponents' errors and a couple of costly walks, improved the Fuelmen's record to 9-1; The Independent, which eked out a 10-9 win over Uihlein's on Friday, remained in second, by a half game, at 9-2.
The 74-year-old Kenny Weldon went all the way on the mound for Indy on Friday. His pitching record stood at 2-0 as of earlier this week. Len Bernard, The Independent's manager, reckoned that Weldon, the league's senior player by far, has amassed "somewhere around 500 wins in his career."
The defending playoff champions had to come from behind to beat Uihlein's. "We scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to tie it at 9-9," said Bernard, adding that "we didn't hit any home runs that night — it was all base hits."
"Uihlein's had two runners on in the top of the seventh, but Kenny pitched out of it. Then, in the bottom of the seventh, Pete [Bistrian] walked, and Alex [Tekulsky, the leadoff hitter] doubled into the gap with Pete taking third on the play. John Amicucci followed with a ground ball to Hayden Ward at third, but his throw was off and Pete came in with the game-winner."
The score was tied at 3-3 going into the top of the third inning of Monday's game. But after the Fuelmen's Chris O'Connor flied out to center field and the pitcher Doug Dickson flied out to right, Nick Jarboe, Stephen Hand's third baseman, overthrew Tommy Thorsen at first while trying to throw out Ethan King, Schenck's leadoff hitter, who had hit a ground ball his way. That error was to hurt, for Frank Quevedo and Adam Gledhill followed with back-to-back singles — Gledhill's scoring King from second. Vinnie Alversa followed with a three-run home run over the right field fence, treating the "visitors" to a 7-3 lead.
Stephen Hand's had runners at first and second with one out in the bottom of the fourth, but Ray Wojtusiak flied out to left and Chris Pfund, who was hitting 10th in the lineup, struck out, fouling off three successive pitches from Dickson. Schenck's upped its lead to 10-4 in its fifth, on a two-run home run by Gledhill that scored Quevedo, who had drawn a two-out walk before the Fuelmen's shortstop came to bat.
Stephen Hand's, by way of a single, an error, and a walk, loaded the bases in the bottom half of the inning, but Andrew Foglia, the cleanup hitter, who had homered in his first time up and had singled in his second, hit into a 5-4 force at second, though a run scored on the play. With runners at the corners and one out, Tommy Thorsen lashed a shot to center, but Will Collins made a nice diving catch for the second out as another run scored. Jarboe grounded into a 6-4 force at second to end the inning.
A two-base error by Joe Sullivan, Stephen Hand's center fielder, enabled Brendan Fennell to get into scoring position as the sixth inning began. Paul Thorsen, Stephen Hand's pitcher, then walked Mike Rodriguez, after which Collins popped out to Vaughn Cutillo at short. A subsequent error by Tommy Thorsen, who failed to hold on to a throw from Cutillo, allowed Fennell to score, and O'Connor followed with a sacrifice fly to center for 12-6 before Dickson made the third out on a fly ball to right.
A home run by Paul Thorsen in the bottom half narrowed the margin to five, and Thorsen made sure the gap was not extended in the top of the seventh, retiring Ethan King on a foulout to Foglia off the left field line, Quevedo on a short-to-first groundout, and Gledhill on a foulout to Foglia.
"Let's go, guys," Wojtusiak said as his teammates prepared for their last at-bat. "It's the top of the order. Let's go."
Diego Palomo grounded out Gledhill-to-Fennell to start off the bottom of the seventh. But Cutillo followed with a sharp single to left-center and Sullivan came through with a two-run homer for 12-9. Dickson then shut the door as Foglia lunged for a pitch, dipping in front of the plate, and grounded out pitcher-to-first. Then Andy Tuthill, Schenck's center fielder, made a one-handed catch of Tommy Thorsen's long fly ball that was heading for the fence.
Afterward, Wojtusiak said his team is playing this season in memory of the late Chris Schiaffino, who died at the age of 35 in early May. Stephen Hand's Equipment was a power tool rental company founded by their late teammate, who had stepped up as a sponsor after Indian Wells Tavern bowed out, Wojtusiak said. All the players' shirts bear Schiaffino's name on the back.
Monday's second game matched Round Swamp Farm and Uihlein's, which, after falling behind 18-4, came back to win 21-20.
Brian Anderson, Round Swamp's player-manager, said afterward that, as is customary, he had played everyone, subbing in players after having gone up by 14 runs in the fourth. "They turned it on in the sixth or the seventh," he said. "But, on our team everyone got to play — that's how we do it until the playoffs."
"The idea," he added, "is to have fun."
Travis Field, another athlete who died young, will be remembered when a double-elimination softball tournament organized by Anderson is played here in the second week of August.
Anderson said that last year's tourney, which attracted 14 teams, had raised $13,000, enabling the Travis Field Fund to give out scholarships to four East Hampton High School seniors — Dylan Carroza, Steven Bahns, Natalie Sequeira, and Myra O'Neal.
A " bracket bash" party that is to follow a home run derby is to be held Aug. 6. "We've got 12 signed up for the home run derby so far," said Anderson. "We're thinking of doing it head to head with quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. It costs $50 to enter, with $30 going to the scholarship fund and $20 to the pot for the winner and runner-up."
The tournament draw will be limited to 16 teams, he said. Anderson's team, the Pink Panthers, is the two-time defending champion. Managers of prospective entrants can either phone him at 790-5542, or send him a $300 check made out to the Travis Field Fund at 47 Bow Oarsman's Road, East Hampton 11937.


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Suggestions to someone to create a worst captain poll.
Archie McLaren
Warwick Armstrong
Bill Woodfull
Douglas Jardine
Frank Worrell
Richie Benaud
Raymond Illingworth
Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi
Ian Chappell
Mike Brearley
Imran Khan
Allan Border
Arjuna Ranatunga
Mark Taylor
Stephen Fleming
Suggestions to someone to create a worst captain poll.
Don't really see the point TBH, you could name Joe Higgins who once captained Village Specials XI there.
By-and-large, if you have a lengthy spell as a Test captain, you can't be bad.
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Cheetham is an interesting one, though. I wonder, sometimes, about a Cheetham vs Bacher poll, and whether anyone would even post.
Flem led teams chock full of pie chuckers and number 11 batsmen masquerading as our top order, and still did well.
I'm a big Steve Waugh fan, but looks like he didn't make the poll.
No - as I said in the opening post, I rate Stephen Waugh's captaincy as no more than adaquete. Certainly not close to the level of those in this poll - it didn't need to be.
And really, it's a myth that Fleming's teams did well when they truly were awful. No captain can do that, however good. New Zealand did well when they had good and decent players with them, but Fleming always made the most of whatever it was he had.
I'm not sure that this poll has much point to it as it's too self indulgent. Surely the idea of a poll is to guage opinion. To omit four of the most successful captains of all time - Waugh-Ponting-Richards-Lloyd - doesn't make much sense. Some people do rate them and they would receive a lot of votes. All that's being rated here are the one's that the OP thinks are worthy, which is not proving anything and is of minimal interest.
It's of interest to me. If people wish to refuse to vote because they think Lloyd, Waugh or whoever was more worthy than any, that's up to them.
I'm not interested in seeing who's of the opinion that Stephen Waugh was the greatest captain ever, I'm more than aware of the consensus on that already. I am interested in seeing some discussion of others, particularly those included in the poll.
Voted Flem, only one I remember watching. (think Taylor retired just before I started watching)
I've heard that Brearley was a very good captain (but a hopeless bat).
Have heard of most of the options and what they did as captain. Just never saw them in action.
Voted Fleming.
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Minnesota's nationally recognized Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) made significant progress during its third year.
Minnesota's nationally recognized Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP) made significant progress during its third year.
The progress brief comes at a time when healthy community efforts geared toward reducing obesity rates and health care costs continue to gain momentum in Minnesota.
"Communities across the state are recognizing the need to take a community-wide approach to combating obesity and tobacco use – two of the biggest factors pushing up health care costs," Commissioner of Health Ed Ehlinger said. "Healthy living isn't just an issue for the health department or local clinics, it is an issue that all parts of the community need to address."
On Thursday, Minnesota's Statewide Health Improvement Program released its third-year progress report. The report found that, though SHIP entered its third year a much smaller program than intended because of budget cuts, it made significant progress towards its goals by partnering with hundreds of schools, clinics and workplaces across Minnesota. The report is available at http://www.health.state.mn.us/ship/.
After receiving $47 million in its first two years, SHIP received a 70 percent cut to $15 million for fiscal years 2012-13. It is now providing community grants to just over half the state. For fiscal years 2014-15, Governor Mark Dayton has proposed a $40 million budget for SHIP that would again make the program statewide.
To combat rising health care costs, Minnesota is at the center of a community-wellness movement, including SHIP, "Blue Zones" in Albert Lea, the Heart of New Ulm, and several others. At its core, the concept involves supporting individuals' healthy choices by making those choices easier. For example, encouraging people to get outside and walk more becomes easier in a community with good sidewalks. Encouraging people to eat healthier becomes easier when people have easy access to fresh, high-quality fruits and vegetables. Evidence shows that in addition to providing better health for individuals, these changes can help reduce health care costs associated with chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.
"A key goal of the health department is to return SHIP to a statewide program and make sure that all communities in the state, not just a few successful test-cases or early adopters, can benefit from a healthy-community approach," said Commissioner Ehlinger.
The report found that because of SHIP's efforts since 2009, more than 140,000 students in more than 200 schools now have more opportunities to walk to school and more than 160,000 employees in more than 900 businesses are benefiting from work place wellness programs because of the Statewide Health Improvement Program (SHIP), the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announced today.
Specific results highlighted in the brief include:
Approximately 255 cities worked to improve walkability and bikeability in the first two years of SHIP. After the program's third year, almost 300 cities took steps to make physical activity easier.
Farm-to-school efforts that connect local farmers and schools were under way at 367 schools serving 200,000 students in the program's first two years. Now, such efforts are underway in at least 440 schools serving 235,000 students.
More than 500 child care sites had worked to improve nutrition, serving more than 8,500 children in the first two years of SHIP. By the end of the third year, 580 child care businesses are now improving nutrition while teaching more than 10,000 children about healthy eating. Meanwhile, in the first two years over 900 child care sites worked on increasing physical activity for the kids, serving over 20,000 children. By the end of 2012, more than 1,000 child care sites have increased physical activity for almost 24,000 children.
Thirty-one post-secondary schools become tobacco-free campuses in the first two years of SHIP. Now, 59 campuses either are or are becoming smoke-free, helping protect the health of 146,000 students.
Farmers markets increased access to fruits and vegetables, a key component of healthy eating. During the first two years, SHIP worked with 53 farmers markets in Minnesota. During the third year, 71 new or existing farmer's markets received support from SHIP.
SHIP offers grants to local public health agencies and tribal governments to pursue those health improvement strategies most needed in their area.
For example, with the help of Olmsted County SHIP, Villages at Essex Park apartment complex in Rochester voluntarily went smoke free. "The health and wellbeing of our residents is top priority," commented Michelle Ellis-Hirlston, Regional Property Manager for Dominium Management. "A smoke-free building is safer and contributes to a better living environment and aligns better with the vast medical community of Rochester."
In central Minnesota, SHIP funding helped implement the Senior Fruit & Vegetable Program through the public health agencies in Todd and Wadena Counties. They used the existing Meals on Wheels structure to bring fruits and vegetables to homebound seniors. Lil Swenson, 85 of Humphrey Manor in Wadena, said, "I always have tried to serve a balanced meal."
"These are only two of hundreds of similar examples happening around the state, where by making healthy choices easier, people are benefiting" adds Pat Adams, director of the Office of Statewide Health Improvement Initiatives. Visit http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/oshii/ship/stories/ to read SHIP stories from dozens of Minnesota communities.
Recent data show Minnesota now spends almost $7,000 per capita each year on health care. SHIP focuses on root causes of poor health, such as a lack of physical activity, poor nutrition, and tobacco use, the leading drivers of rising health care costs in Minnesota. Minnesota spends $2.9 billion in annual medical costs (2007) as a result of tobacco use, and $2.8 billion in annual medical costs as a result of obesity (2006).
In 2008, Minnesota policy makers recognized that in order to contain spiraling health care costs, investments in prevention were needed. With bipartisan support, Minnesota passed a ground-breaking health reform law that included SHIP. Two-year SHIP grants were awarded on July 1, 2009 to all 53 community health boards and nine of 11 tribal governments.
Through broad public-private partnerships and with sustained SHIP funding, SHIP's current goal is to increase Minnesota's proportion of healthy weight adults by 9 percent (from 38 percent to 47 percent), and to reduce young adult tobacco use by 9 percent (from 27.8 to 18.6 percent) by 2020. SHIP employs science-based strategies that focus on creating sustainable, systemic changes in communities.
A 2012 report from the Trust for America's Health indicated Minnesota could achieve $4.189 billion in health care cost savings by 2020 if the average Minnesotan's Body Mass Index (BMI) decreased by 5 percent (cumulative).


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Submission + - Microsoft Patents Virtual Handshakes, Hugs 2
theodp writes: 'It can be tough to stay connected over long distances, writes GeekWire's Todd Bishop. 'Yes, there's phone calls, texting, Facebook, Twitter, IM, video chatting and everything else. But what if you could give virtual hugs to each other using battery-powered, Internet-enabled pillows?' That — and more — is covered by Microsoft's newly-awarded patent on Force-Feedback Within Telepresence , the idea of using interactive, connected devices to bring physical interactions to long-distance communications. Readers of Ted Nelson's 1975 Computer Lib/Dream Machines can only imagine the interesting possibilities for Skype!


text: Not happy with the high cost of his $350 electrical bill, John Almany of Virginia decided to pay it entirely in pennies, all 35,000 and 170 pounds of them. It took two men with two large duffel bags transport them to the billing counter, and took Bristol Virginia Utilities two hours just to count up to $26. That's certainly one way to go about it.


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Archive for Tuesday, September 3, 2013
KU honors program increases ranks by 45 percent
September 3, 2013
Lawrence As statewide cuts to higher education have Kansas University schools and programs facing shrinking budgets, one university program is expanding.
Starting last year the KU Honors Program budget got a $200,000 bump to swell its ranks and, program administrators hope, help persuade top-tier college applicants to go to KU.
Tuition increases approved in 2012 fund the bigger budget, which has so far allowed the honors program to increase its incoming student numbers by 45 percent, from 275 to 400, beginning with this school year's freshman class. The incoming class also includes the largest contingent of international students to date, with 30 total.
Bringing more students into the honors program will help the university as a whole attract high-caliber students, said program director Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett.
"We've had to turn away so many incredibly good applicants" in the past, she said. "We just couldn't accommodate them."
Those students often go elsewhere after being turned down by the honors program. McCluskey-Fawcett sees the expansion as a way to lure students to KU who might otherwise attend storied academic heavyweights such as Stanford, Princeton, Harvard, Yale, Northwestern and Washington University, all of which the program considers its competitors.
The budget increase helped bring in additional faculty and new staff members to help with recruiting and events, as well as repurpose facilities to make room for the additional bodies.
The increase also provides for guest speakers, the rights to movies shown in the program's film series and food served at events, which now have more than 125 extra mouths to feed.
Chris Wiles, an associate director of the program in charge of admissions, said the extra staff has helped them engage recruits one on one and maintain a thorough selection process.
"We're getting to know the students better," Wiles said. With the added staff, recruiters are better able to travel the country, attending events and visiting high schools to woo students.
By the time the enlarged freshman honors class walked up the hill at this year's Honors Convocation on Aug. 25, many were already familiar faces. "We've been recruiting a lot of those kids all year, so we already know them pretty well," McCluskey-Fawcett said.
McCluskey-Fawcett and Wiles both said standards for admission into the honors program have not changed since the expansion. The administration wanted to ensure they "weren't watering down the program and its benefits," Wiles said.
In determining who gets into the program, staff look at a students' test scores, resumes, high school grades, the difficulty of the classes they took (measured against what their high school had to offer), all in addition to an admissions essay.
The goal is to find well-rounded, committed students who will treat the program "as an opportunity, not a credential," McCluskey-Fawcett said.
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BRADFORD — Naomi Shaner Vereecke, 95, of Bradford went home to be with the Lord at 5:15 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, at Courtyard Estates, Bradford.
Naomi was born on Oct. 26, 1916, in Stonington, Ill., the daughter of Thomas and Mary (Myers) Traughber. She married Dale Lester Shaner on June 20, 1937, in Normal. He preceded her in death on Nov. 5, 1967. A son, Alfred Thomas, passed away on Dec. 20, 1969. She married Henry Vereecke on June 17, 1983, in Bradford. He preceded her in death on Feb. 4, 2003. She was also preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and five sisters.
She is survived by her two daughters, Sharon (Ron) Allen of Clarksville, Tenn., and Sandra (Patrick) Johnston of Wilmington, Del., and two sons, Dr. Dale (Diana) Shaner of Fort Collins, Colo., and Phil (Sharon) Shaner of Bradford. She is also survived by 11 grandchildren, Lt. Col. Jeff (Katie) Allen, Mike (Jill) Allen, Dr. David (Sue) Allen, Van (Kristin) Johnston, Mark (Jen) Johnston, Dr. Angela (Nate) Tobecksen, Dr. Nathan Shaner, Nicholas (Karen) Shaner, Cassie (Eric) DeWerff, Corrie (Chris) Gorsche and Jeremy Shaner. There are 14 great-grandchildren, Alex, Jacob and Benjamin Allen, Haley, Tyler and Sydney Allen, Madison, Faith, Mark and Rebekah Allen, Max and Jordan Johnston, and Grady and Kay Tobecksen. She is also survived by one stepdaughter, Melanie Vereecke of Chicago, and one stepgranddaughter, Haley Heyler of California.
Naomi graduated from Taylorville High School in Taylorville in 1934, from Illinois State University in 1936, and from Bradley University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1971 and a Master of Science in 1972.
She enjoyed her 25 years of teaching. The first five years of teaching were in one-room school houses in Amboy, Ohio and Buda. Then she spent 20 years teaching at Bradford Grade School in Bradford.
She was a member of honorary sororities, Pi Lambda Theta and Delta Kappa Gamma. She was a member of Leet Memorial United Methodist Church, where she served as lay leader, chairman of Counsel of Ministries and the Missionary Society, and on the Pastor Parish Relations Committee. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star of Wyoming, where she served as Worthy Matron. She was member and past president of Women's League of Bradford, Stark County Home Extension and chairman of the U.S. Bicentennial committee of Bradford. Naomi was named Stark County Conservation Teacher of the Year and was a member of Retired Teachers. She was a member of Illinois Farmers Union and the Farm Bureau. She served several years as chairman of Democratic Women of Stark County.
Naomi enjoyed farming with first husband, Dale of Bradford, being with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, reading, crocheting, sewing and traveling to many countries of the world.
A Celebration of Life service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Methodist Church in Bradford. Visitation will be from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Grant-Johnson Funeral Home in Bradford.
Memorials may be made to the Leet Memorial United Methodist Church of Bradford or the Bradford Rescue Squad.
Online condolences may be left at www.grant-johnsonfh.com.
Naomi Vereecke
BRADFORD — Naomi Shaner Vereecke, 95, of Bradford went home to be with the Lord at 5:15 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012, at Courtyard Estates, Bradford.


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Sightseeing With Top Prospect Jose Iglesias
On his first road trip as a member of the Pawtucket Red Sox, Jose Iglesias has already seen one of the world's great natural wonders. While the PawSox were in Buffalo, he visited Niagara Falls with fellow Cuba native J.C. Linares.
"It was a great experience and so beautiful," Iglesias told me. "I like Buffalo — it's freezing, but I've enjoyed playing here."
Niagara Falls was an appropriate place for Iglesias to visit because it straddles the international border between Canada and the United States — the two countries where Iglesias has found freedom.
"In July of 2008, I went to Canada with the Cuban National Team," Iglesias said. "We were in Edmonton, and when everybody was asleep, me and one of my teammates (Noel Arguelles) snuck out of our hotel. It was a chance to make a new future, so I defected. We went looking for a cop so we could say 'political asylum' because when you're from Cuba you get priority and they take care of you."
Arguelles' father eventually helped the pair cross the Canadien border into the United States, and a little less than three years later, the 21-year-old shortstop has embraced life in America. Iglesias has llearned how to speak English and currently makes his off-season home in Miami.
"Everything is different here in the USA — the weather, the food, the language. But I feel much more comfortable this year. I feel like this is my home now. Last year my roommate in Double-A was Nate Spears and he taught me a lot. He only speaks English, so I had to speak English. He helped me a lot, but I also learned by watching TV and by paying attention to everything the coaches say."
Iglesias has already made some famous friends in his adopted home. He worked out in the off-season with Alex Rodriguez and struck up a friendship with pop music sensation Enrique Iglesias (no relation).
"I was a little bit surprised by how hard A-Rod works," Iglesias said. "He's one of the most talented players in the game, but he really works at it. I really tried to learn by focusing on him.
"I met Enrique Iglesias through a mutual friend. He is a very humble guy. I'm very excited about music and I've seen him a couple of times in Miami. He's not a baseball fan though — he likes soccer."
The Red Sox top-rated minor league prospect is off to an excellent start with Pawtucket. Iglesias is batting .308 (.400 OBP) in his first four games, despite dealing with a sore thumb that forced him to miss the first two games of the Buffalo series.
"The last game in Pawtucket I jammed it, and it's a little sore — especially in this weather," Iglesias said. "But it's getting better every single day and I am fine to play. My goal this year is to stay healthy and play every day. If it's a little sore that's alright because I have to push myself."
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After handing Buffalo a 15-1 loss on Monday — the Bisons' most-lopsided defeat in the history of Coca-Cola Field — the PawSox got a taste of their own medicine on Tuesday as they fell to the Bisons 8-1.
It was a rough 2011 debut for LHP Kris Johnson. After retiring the first batter of the game, Johnson surrendered five straight hits, and he eventually gave up 7 runs (6 ER) in 2.1 IP.
In 2-plus years with the PawSox, Kris is 9-27 with a 5.68 ERA (146 ER in 231.1 IP).
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The Boston Red Sox are in last place in the A.L. East with a 2-9 record after Tuesday's 3-2 loss to Tampa Bay.
I know it's been ugly, but a great season is still possible — just ask PawSox hitting coach Chili Davis.
In 1991, Davis played for the Minnesota Twins when they opened the season 2-9. The Twins finished that season with 95 wins before beating the Atlanta Braves in 7 games to win the World Series.
I asked Chili how the '91 Twins turned their season around, and what advice he would give to the Red Sox.
"We knew that we had a good team coming out of spring training, but it just takes a little while to gel," Davis said. "The Red Sox have Crawford, Gonzalez, and a few other new faces and they're learning how to play together. With the Twins it was the same way. We throught we were gelling in spring training because we had a close-knit team just like the Red Sox do, but once the season started we still had to figure out how to click together. We eventually started putting wins together and had some long winning streaks, and I think the Red Sox have the ability to do that this year."
Let's hope he's right.
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The PawSox are scheduled to open a 3-game series in Syracuse on Wednesday afternoon at 2:20. It's the Chiefs' home opener, but the weather forecast is lousy calling for a 60% chance of rain with the temperature in the 40's.
If there is a game, we hope you'll join us for radio coverage beginning with the pregame show at 2:00 on the PawSox radio network, pawsox.com, and 920 WHJJ.com.
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For my Montréal buddy.
For my Montréal buddy.
Autant que je voudrais écrire quelque chose dans la langue maternelle de Boris se basant uniquement sur mon étude de la langue, je crains que je dois compter sur Google Translator.
Je dirais que M. Hairy Dude est un stand-up guy, dont les contributions à la mêlée connu sous le nom JUB Fun & Games est bel et bien apprécié par ce membre.
Je souhaite longue vie pour Boris, de prospérité et de bonheur qu'il peut vouloir.
Thank you dynk, for creating this thread.
Thank you DB, for your kind words... Google translation is improving...
You are deserving and most welcome
Félicitations à mon ami canadien français velu et le commencement de ce nouveau fil. I'm pas sure cependant si c'est lui ou nous qui sont censés être reconnaissants.
You see, I write in the Yorkshire dialect and you're completely thrown.
O.K. I give up, you can write in French, but it would be easier for me to understand if you were to write in English...
I'm afraid my French is no better than this:
^they are almost as hairy as I am!
Good morning Hairy one
Good After-noon, uncle dynk!
my housekeeper just left
^so now you can make a mess!
I will be cooking so yes I will
^good man!
^has many good recipes
Which one did you tried?
it is white shitting again on Montréal. I hate snow!
You should move to England.
And Montreal is my favorite city to visit in the Western hemisphere. I especially like to eat in the old city. I also like the underground shopping centers.
Touch, Arouse Me, Kiss & More!My signature picture was designed for me by Reone.
Loved ^ spinach dip recipe
That is also a favourite of my parents, I introduced it to them. If you want to make it uber fancy, take a big round pumpernickel loaf, you cut the top and empty the interior, while preserving the crust, and you serve the dip into the cavity...
I lobe pumpernickel.
Good Morning everyone
I wish you a very good day!
Good morning Boris
Hi dynk
what is for supper?
^Triscuits (cracked pepper and olive oil flavour), calabrese salami, and cheddar cheese.
How about you?
Hey I just drastically changes my appearance, and I thought I'd share the end result:
(I forgot to take a "before" pic, but a few hours ago, I had about three inches of hair on my head(did not cut it since mid September)0 and a full beard. And you can clearly see the reason why I chose my custom title...)
I thought for a brief moment you were going to say you'd waxed your chest!
I will NEVER, NEVER, NEVER part with my body hair, unless medically required... I did the mistake of shaving once, when I was 19, and it itched so much that I almost got a foliculitis... The ingrown hairs that I got was enough to almost get me insane!!!
I found myself with a new "friend" this past summer and one night we went to bed together. I thought I would get lost in the forest growing on his body.
I know he is Pakistani, and figured he would be hairy, but a dog has less hair. He on the other hand was amazed on my hairless body. Hope he did not have fleas
Good morning everyone
Morning' Boris
Evening hairy dude.
Afternoon/Evening unload
Hi dynk
I am going out for the evening!
Have a good time
Good morning everybody
Ey 'oop Boris.
Where is our Montrealan?
Sleeping on the job again?
He must have gone out
Yes, I was out all after-noon, at my parents place, to be there for the cleaning lady, while they were gone for a PT appointment, for my father.
On other news, I repaired my oven... only had to change a fuse,so I will make myself a pizza...


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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ Kansas officials involved in drafting new science standards for public schools are trying to reassure the State Board of Education that retraining teachers and buying new classroom materials won't be unusually expensive.
The issue arose during the board's meeting Tuesday when members reviewed a final draft of the proposed standards.
The science guidelines were developed by 26 states, including Kansas, and the National Research Council. The Kansas board doesn't plan to decide until at least June whether to adopt the standards as the state's own.
Board members Deena Horst of Salina and Jim McNiece of Wichita both worried about the potential costs facing local school districts.
But state Department of Education official Matt Krehbiel aid schools can retrain teachers over time and buy new books on their regular schedules.
Earlier in the day Tuesday, board members approved new standards for history and social studies classes for public schools despite concerns that they don't focus enough on the contributions of minorities.
The board's vote was 9-0. The guidelines will be used to develop standardized tests for students, with the state using their scores to measure how well schools are teaching.
Board member Carolyn Campbell, a Topeka Democrat, said she does not believe the standards go far enough in making sure that schools teach students about the contributions of blacks and other minorities.
However, Campbell said they are an improvement over the previous standards, adopted in 2004.
Supporters of the new guidelines say they emphasize teaching student research skills over memorizing content.


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Several cases of "neurologic rhino" have been reported in Arizona and nine other western states. All reported cases appear to stem from exposure to the equine herpes virus ("rhino") at a competition held in Ogden, Utah during the first week of May 2011. Some horses are recovering but others have been euthanized or have died.
Equine herpes virus ("rhino virus") has two strains, EVH-4 & EVH-1. EVH-1 usually causes respiratory disease. Sporadically, EVH-1 infection causes neurologic disease. The neurologic disease is a devastating illness that often ends in death or career limiting longterm damage. This virus only affects the equine species - horses, donkeys and mules. There is no danger to humans or other domestic animals.
There is no definitive treatment once animals become ill. Intravenous fluids, antiinflammatories, anti-viral medications ($$$) and nutritional support are all indicated but success of treatment is extremely variable.
Signs of infection with and illness from the neurologic form of EVH-1 include:
- Incoordination of the hind legs (and occasionally front legs)
- Urine dribbling - overflow from full bladder
- Inability to stand or walk
- Lethargy, fever and respiratory signs may be present before neurologic signs develop
Infected animals may shed the virus and cause infection in others before they appear ill. Monitoring temperatures will help detect infected animals earlier than waiting for other signs to develop. Horses with temperatures over 101F suspect for infection.
There is no commercially available vaccine that is labeled for prevention of equine herpesvirus myeloencephalopathy ("neurologic rhino"). However, there is evidence that vaccination with a good quality EVH-1 (rhino) product may help animals resist infection. Vaccination of at risk animals for EVH-1 is not known to lead to complications.
How to prevent the spread of EVH-1:
Probably the most important step in preventing spread of infection is limiting animals' exposure to the virus:
Veterinarians are recommending that you try to keep horses at home for the next 14-21 days.
- Isolate sick animals.
- Do not share buckets, stalls, feeders, brushes, turnout areas, etc. between horses or groups of horses.
- Do not borrow or lend equipment such as bridles and saddles.
- Disinfect trailers between loads. Disinfect stalls if horses are being moved from one barn to another.
- Wash or disinfect your hands between horses.
- Disinfect your shoes before entering the barn area if you have been "off property".
The incubation period after exposure varies from 24 hours to as much as 21 days - the average time between exposure and illness is about 7 days. Infected animals should be kept isolated from others for one month after clinical recovery.
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Noah Eckman Memorial Scholarship in Honor of Denita Rouse
July 1, 2013
MACOMB, IL -- "I can't explain how I felt when I found out about the scholarship; I was overwhelmed with emotions," Denita Rouse said recently. "For the Eckmans to think of me this way and honor me, when Noah was such a big part of my life, leaves me just in awe," Rouse added.
"We want to help people become teachers like Denita," said Jennifer Eckman, "and capitalize on the difference she made in Noah's life. Special education teachers have a unique connection with their students, and that certainly was the case with Noah and Denita."
Clearly, the respect and admiration between Denita Rouse and Troy and Jennifer Eckman have evolved beyond the professional relationship between a teacher and the parents of her student. The Eckmans feel that Rouse was much more than a teacher to their son, Noah; she allowed him to be a normal child rather than a special education student, and she became a close family friend.
Rouse was one of the first people the Eckmans met when they moved to Macomb in July of 2000 to open the Women's Health Center. Rouse was Noah's teacher at West Central Illinois Special Education Class at West Prairie Elementary School, and also provided respite care outside of school.
"Denita made Noah a 'normal' child, rather than a special education student," said Jennifer. She reports that Rouse made them feel welcome in the community and it turned out to be a great place for Noah's needs.
Noah was three at the time and loved going to school.
"He would start laughing as soon as he heard the bus in the morning," Jennifer said. "He loved Denita and accomplished many milestones with her."
Noah died on March 5, 2004, at the age of six. The Eckmans recently established the Noah Eckman Memorial Scholarship in May to honor both Noah and Denita Rouse, and the memories they have of the two of them together.
"We established the scholarship first and foremost to remember Noah while honoring Denita," said Troy, "and to give something back to Western."
Both Troy and Jennifer are graduates of Western; Troy completed a B.S. in biology and Jennifer earned a B.S. in home economics and an M.A. in gerontology.
"It's kind of fun to do something outside both our fields," Troy noted. Their daughter, Abbey, is now a student at Western, continuing the family tradition.
The Noah Eckman Memorial Scholarship in Honor of Denita Rouse will be available this fall semester to senior level special education majors and will award $1,000 annually. Applications and information can be found at the Department of Curriculum and Instruction or at www.wiu.edu/scholarships.
"Noah was special to me and I truly loved him as my own," Rouse said. "I'm honored to be recognized by the Eckmans this way, and to have my name forever associated with Noah's."
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The company revealed that the eight-week beta program will be accessible to Gold Xbox Live subscribers via purchase of its upcoming Commandos 3 on Xbox Live Arcade this spring. Commando 3 will be priced at 800 Microsoft Points ($10).
The beta will allow gamers to play online as either Ken or Ryu on a single stage. Aimed as a stress test to gauge the title's network functionality prior to its full release on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network later this year, the HD Remix beta will be unlocked shortly after Commandos 3's release. nope
Capcom also revealed on its official blog that SSF2T HD Remix's art style has been revamped, owing to difficulties in production with the previously established style.
The new visual scheme adopts a scaled-down color palette which producer Rey Jimenez suggests will be much more efficient to animate. The screenshot of Ryu in the new style, Jimenez noted, had not gone through the edge clean-up process the original shot went through and as such might look "a little fuzzy."
The producer went on to dismiss that concerns of file size limitations on the Xbox Live Arcade version of the title may result in a lesser incarnation than its PlayStation Network counterpart.
"I can officially say that the filesize will not be an issue. With great help from the guys at Microsoft, we will be able to offer the same features on both platforms to the same quality as each other," Jimenez wrote. "To use the term I've been reading on the forums, neither console version will be 'gimped' due to any kind of limitation."


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TELL us what you want and what you think, our mayor says.
The community has a chance to share their views about what should be on the newly elected council's horizon.
People's views will feed into the development of Port Macquarie-Hastings Council's delivery program between 2013 and 2017.
The four-year delivery program details the council's priorities as part of an integrated suite of planning documents.
Mayor Peter Besseling said this consultation was another opportunity for people to have their say about what they saw as priorities for our region but this time with a specific focus on the delivery program.
"It's part of an engagement process that is taken notice of," he said.
"It's an opportunity for everyone each individual to have their say and for it to be weighed on equal merit."
Cr Besseling said people's input would not be curtailed nor should it be. The mayor said he expected, encouraged and hoped people from across the local government area would respond to the call for community comment.
"We want people to be involved," he said.
"We want people to be open and honest in their discussions as well."
Cr Besseling said the Hastings Horizons community engagement process did not replace the day-to-day feedback but was simply another way for people to have an input.
The feedback will help the council to understand community priorities, the level of community satisfaction with council services, the issues which impact on social well-being and quality of life, and expectations about roads, parks and recreation facilities.
The council also conducted a telephone survey of more than 700 residents.
The survey looked at the satisfaction levels with council services and how important these services were to the community.
"Roads have obviously been a major issue and continue to be a priority for this council, particularly with the rate variation in place for the next four years," Cr Besseling said.
"With this research and engagement we want to be able to consider how we prioritise the other community expectations within the framework of what has been committed to roads."
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Movie review
'Skyfall' a brilliant blockbuster
Daniel Craig as James Bond in 'Skyfall.'
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5 stars
- Starring: Daniel Craig, Dame Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ben Whishaw
- Directed by: Sam Mendes
- Duration: 2 hours, 23 minutes
The world's best-known secret agent finally becomes three-dimensional in Skyfall, the brilliant new James Bond film that puts fully-developed characters into a blockbuster landscape.
Although the movie opens with a stupendous action sequence and provides all the expected thrills of 007's world — fast vehicles, beautiful women, exotic locales, dangerous killers — it all looks new and fresh here.
It's exhilarating, in a violent sort of way. It's witty. And it's completely engaging.
Bond is particularly mortal in Skyfall. He turns up to work below par physically and psychologically just as a terrorist goes after M and MI6 in a way that looks personal. M (Judi Dench) is under attack from without and from within; there's a movement to shake up MI6 and discipline her over the loss of a crucial list of NATO agents. Bond and M band together to fight off both the external and internal enemies who would challenge their ability and their loyalty.
Bond encounters a particularly chilling villain in Skyfall in Silva (Javier Bardem); the character is a sort of evil mirror image of Bond and Bardem is perfect in the role. The less you know going in with this film, the better, so that's all we'll say about Silva.
The cast of Skyfall includes Berenice Marlohe as Silva's moll, Naomie Harris as a fellow agent, Ben Whishaw as a computer expert and Albert Finney as an aged family retainer.
It's the mix of action and emotion in Skyfall that sets it apart from all others in the franchise; what we can tell you without spoiling anything is that the film has a terrific script, director Sam Mendes makes the characters so alive you can smell them, and the cinematography magic on offer from Roger Deakins will likely account for one of the Oscar nominations this film will attract. What Deakins does with shadow and light mirrors the story's themes and its characters and makes the movie a treat to look at. Skyfall is a film about old and new, past and present; visual reminders of other Bond adventures are a welcome part of that mix.
James Bond has now been on the silver screen for 50 years, and everyone involved in Skyfall was determined to make a film that would properly honour such an impressive anniversary. They have succeeded.
Skyfall opens across Canada November 9.
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Editor's note: Do you need something to smile about? Every day, WND selects the best joke offered up by readers and contributors to its Laughlines forum and brings it to you as the WND Joke of the Day. Here is today's offering:
There was an old miser who had worked all of his life and had saved all of his money. He loved money more than just about anything, and just before he died, he said to his wife, "Now listen, when I die, I want you to take all my money and place it in the casket with me. I wanna take my money to the afterlife."
So, he got his wife to promise him that when he died, she would put all the money in the casket with him. She agreed.
At his funeral, just before the undertakers got ready to close the casket, his widow said, "Wait just a minute!" She walked over to the casket and placed a shoebox inside.
The undertakers locked the casket down and rolled it away.
The widow's friend said, "I hope you weren't crazy enough to put all that money in the casket."
She said, "Yes, I promised him that I was going to put his money in that casket with him and I did."
"You mean to tell me you put every cent of his money in the casket with him?"
"I sure did," said the widow. "I got it all together, put it into my bank account and wrote him a check."
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Harvard field hockey program has released its 2012 schedule, currently a 16-game slate featuring a host of familiar foes. In all, Harvard plays 10 games at home on Jordan Field.
The season kicks off Sept. 1 with a home game against Holy Cross. Two days later, the Crimson hosts Sacred Heart in the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
The following weekend sees a road game at Providence College on Sept. 8 and a home game against perennial national power Boston College.
The Crimson then steps into Ivy League play with a home game against Yale on Sept. 15 and a road game at Pennsylvania Sept. 22.
One of the few weekday home games for the Crimson comes against Bryant on Sept. 24 with another coming on Oct. 3 against Northeastern.
In between those dates, Harvard travels to Brown (Sept. 29) and returns home for another Sunday game against Quinnipiac on Sept. 30.
The Quinnipiac game kicks off a four-game homestand with Northeastern (Oct. 3), Bucknell (Oct. 7) and Cornell (Oct. 13).
Harvard's longest road trip of the season is just three games and spans eight days beginning Oct. 20 at Princeton. The following week, Harvard plays at Dartmouth (Oct. 27) and at Vermont (Oct. 28). Then, on Nov. 3, Harvard closes out the regular season against Columbia.
Harvard is slated to play an exhibition game against Victoria (B.C.) on Aug. 26 in preparation for Tjerk can Herwaarden's first season as head coach.


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The Countdown is On
Less than a week until Halloween and I'm scurrying around to get last minute items in place (as I'm sure all of you are too).
The weekend started with a late night screening of Fulci's ZOMBIE (or Zombi 2, if you like). Seeing a classic up on the big screen was great, and now it's being released on Blue Ray so everyone can have some 70's zombie goodness. Found this trailer with Guillermo del Toro talking about the film which is fun in itself.
Going to sleep at 3 am before a show is maybe not the best idea. On Sunday morning I actually forgot to bring copies of my book with me (I remembered the sign though. Does that count?). Still, it was a good day and many of my creations were adopted (especially the undead nutcrackers). I have some items leftover and will put that up on etsy closer to the end of November.
Today I finish the last large prop of the Halloween theme and the final little additions to the house. Hopefully by Friday I'll be able to share some photos of that with you.
In the meantime, head on over to The Happy Undertaker where Drazen has slowly been releasing a 10 part series of story illustrations called House of Bats. So far, 3 pages have been revealed and I am patiently waiting for the rest.
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Enjoyed the post! I will be away from the puter until Halloween day so I hope you have a great and SCARY weekend girlfriend!
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Freckled and Blue Kitchen
With a recent menu shake-up, Tyler and Juliana's adorable Smyrna restaurant has managed to become even more deserving of our affections. Why? In short: all pimento cheese everything.A little over a year ago, one intrepid couple set out to give folks a taste of familiar Southern staples with creative modern twists. And we were, of course, instantly smitten with their cheery little Southern joint's bill of fare — creamy deviled eggs, fork-tender beer can chicken, and perhaps most of all, a pimento cheese recipe that just might rival that of our grandma's. (Sorry, Grams.) Now, with a menu shake-up, Tyler and Juliana's adorable Smyrna restaurant has managed to become even more deserving of our affections. Why? In short: all pimento cheese everything. Which, incidentally, also happens to be our new life mantra.
Indeed, for many a Southerner, pimento cheese ain't just beloved—it's sacred. And Tyler and Juliana's version is downright heavenly, whether it's spooned atop their deviled eggs, melting its way down a juicy hamburger, or – for purists – straight out of the container on a fork. (No shame in that game.) Nowadays, Freckled & Blue is whipping up not one, not two, but three or four rotating pimento cheese specials, from pepperjack poblano to jalapeño bacon. They've also reworked the menu to allow for even more cheesy goodness, complete with pimento cheese burger, pimento cheese sandwich and (wait for it) pimento cheese macaroni. Pimento cheese on all the things? Our wish really did come true.
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Deviled Eggs, $3.75
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Southern Steak Sandwich, $10.28
Beer Can Chicken BBQ Sliders, $7
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DeKALB – Kaneland point guard Drew David's wrist was still a little bit sore and his legs were tired as he took the floor for the fourth quarter of Friday's 50-45 win against DeKalb, with the Knights trailing by five.
The junior three-year-starter was cleared to practice just two days prior after a fractured wrist kept him out of the first six games of the season, and running on the side of the practice court just didn't prepare him for a full game.
"I'm pretty out of shape," David said. "My legs were a little tired."
David hadn't made a shot all game when he pulled up for a three-pointer as the clock ticked past two minutes with the Knights down six, looking destined to lose for the fifth loss in seven games this season.
But the shot was picture-perfect, and it whittled the DeKalb lead down to three.
"I wasn't thinking about what happened before the shot," David said. "It was just instinct."
With 45 seconds remaining, David dribbled to his right and sank another three-pointer to give Kaneland its first lead of the game.
All of a sudden, the Knights were in the drivers' seat, and David's two free throws put the win on ice.
"[David] showed tonight why he's a big-time player," coach Brian Johnson said. "It's nice to have him back, obviously. It's nice to have our floor leader."
DeKalb (1-7, 1-2 Northern Illinois Big 12 East) began to implode before David's heroics.
Nine fourth-quarter turnovers kept the Barbs from stretching their lead, and 6-7 forward Andre Harris, who was playing his first game of the season, fouled out with 1:27 remaining.
The Barbs looked in control after David's first three-pointer, but a turnover led to a layup by Tyler Carlson to cut DeKalb's lead to one before David put the Knights (3-4, 2-1 NI Big 12 East) up for good.
"I think we gave the game away," DeKalb coach Dave Rohlman said. "It was ours to win all game, and we talked at half time, we talked in our scouting reports this week that they don't go away. We were going to have to play all four quarters, and we didn't do it tonight."
David's return, along with solid play from senior Matt Limbrunner, has the Knights looking like a team to be reckoned with down the stretch. Friday's win was their second in a row after beating Hinckley-Big Rock on Wednesday.
"We started off slow," said Limbrunner, who scored 14 points. "We're just playing a lot better."
Limbrunner knows that Kaneland is a different team with their point guard back, even when he's not making clutch three-pointers.
"He has a really big impact on defense, getting a lot of turnovers," Limbrunner said. "He controls our team, being a leader a little bit. What a point guard should do."


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This Hamilton Township corruption story is beginning to look like the sexual exposure chart that hangs in Dr. Z's office.
You know, the one that shows the risk of climbing into bed with a list of sexual partners. The more people you sleep with the better your odds of being exposed to a sexually transmitted disease.
Difficulty exists in determining, as Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin put it, "Who's Zooming Who," but Hamilton Twp. officials should start a distribution of condoms, dental dams, and germicides for people who attend city council meetings. Hamilton corruption has reached a contagion stage.
Thank goodness Hamilton Council President Kevin Meara and Councilman Ed Gore put the kibash on unprotected political daliances by voting against another contract for Birdsall Services Group, a Monmouth County-based company raided in May by the State Attorney General.
Last week, former Mercer County Republican Chairman Phil Angarone Jr. confessed to pay-to-play violations while heading Birdsall's marketing division. The Angarone Jr. plea deal followed a May 2012 raid of Birdsall offices in Eatontown and Sea Girt.
If one needed any more bad connections, consider that Hamilton Township Dept. of Water Pollution Control Director Richard Watson once served as vice-president for Birdsall's environmental services division. Not even a scorecard could put all of this mess in order.
Acting Business Administrator John Barrett, who Yaede replaced Wednesday with former BA John Ricci during another act of political party incest, said a deal had been struck with Birdsall to inspect for emergency repairs at the township's RBC building in the Water and Pollution Control complex prior to the Angarone, Jr. revelations. Still, other issues had transpired at Birdsall, particularly the SAG invasion.
The May raid came after Birdsall Services Group reportedly served an 18-month suspension beginning in October 2010 for violation of the state's pay to play law. Despite those historical low points, Hamilton Township Council on Feb. 2011, awarded Birdsall a $16,650 professional engineering services contract.
It's called a floater. If the minimal contract survived a scratch-and-sniff test, then more money could follow.
On Sept. 20, 2011, Birdsall received three separate contracts worth $104,800. In spite of a troubled business history that placed Birdsall in bed with a litany of partners, Hamilton Twp. Councilman Dave Kenny and Dennis Pone Tuesday voted to throw $8,200 at a company, essentially to have unprotected business sex with a contaminated partner because BSG could provide its services for less money.
Kenny, on Monday, said he "felt comfortable" doing business with Birdsall. Pone said he "held his nose" before his decision to give Birdsall the contract because the company would perform an analysis of structural damage at the aformentioned building for approximately $10,000 less than engineering firm Malcolm Pirnie.
Barrett helped a vote for Birdsall by saying no pay-to-play rules were violated in this latest deal. Barrett added that in 10 years, Birdsall had received about $300,000 while doing business with Hamilton Township.
Thirty-thousand per year for 10 years is not a lot of money but consider that Birdsall could not do business in New Jersey for 18 months. Next, realize that Birdsall gained $121,450 of Hamilton Twp. funds in 2012.
Influential companies make their money over time. They hang around like an insidious virus before the carrier realizes they have full-blown corruption.
Hamilton Twp. currently serves as a host for political misdeeds. Angarone, 40, admitted that he funneled cash to campaigns through employees of Birdsall.
It's totally understandable that people are worried that Angarone dispensed money to seated council members or other political agendas with no concern about political party affiliation. Hard to prove who may have received Angraone dollars but State Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa received worthwhile information for Angarone Jr. to walk with just 364 days in county lockup.
The Angarone ending followed a criminal conviction of former Mayor John Bencivengo on five corruption counts, including money laundering and acceptance of a bribe for his influence regarding an insurance contract.
Birdsall Services Group appears aligned near this lunatic fringe of paying for playing, especially if state officials suspended their activity in New Jersey before Birdsall gained reentry with Hamilton Township contracts.
Pone and Kenny exhorted that they saved Hamilton residents money with their Birdsall vote, but this former quiet township should think about returning to a time when it ranked among America's treasured destinations.
If spending $10,000 gets Hamilton out of bed with infected Birdsall, then Mayor Kelly Yaede needs to find the cash.
It's time to end this relationship with Birdsall before anybody else catches a case of corruption.
— L.A. Parker is a Trentonian columnist. Reach him at email@example.com.


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ROCHESTER — The Franklin Gallery at Ben Franklin Crafts, 60 Wakefield St., will sponsor an exhibit called "Glorious Nature" — multi-media artworks by Nashua artist Caroline Liebenow — March 1-30 during regular business hours.
Liebenow, a native of the Berkshire Hilltowns of Massachusetts, has been doing creative work since childhood. After several years of immersion in various creative genres including fabric art and photography, she earned a BFA from UMASS Amherst in 1998.
Primarily a surface designer, Ms. Liebenow works in both graphic design and the reproducible medium of photography. She also creates hand-decorated, one-of-a-kind silks and velvets.
"I've drawn inspiration from nature, international travels (including five years living in Finland), and an appreciation for French Provencal, English and Italian Renaissance motifs," she says. "I enjoy integrating both fine art and functional design, and have participated in shows in both the United States and Europe."
Liebenow's surreal digital graphic design works are created using computer-altered components of her original watercolor paintings and nature photography. Close-up "portraits" of flowers are an expression of her longtime reverence for nature.
Creating the works for this exhibit has taken Liebenow from the traditional darkroom to the computer, the great outdoors, and indoor greenhouses. Her black-and-white photography works are one-of-a-kind, each created by using special effects during the printing process, so exact reproduction is impossible with conventional darkroom techniques.
Liebenow's passionately eclectic approach to the arts will be everywhere evident in this richly varied exhibit.
"I choose not to focus on a particular art medium or genre," she says, "because I feel compelled to explore everything that interests me, and to share a variety of works that I consider to be successful."
Liebenow has lived in Nashua since 2006 with her husband Heikki. Her studio, Blue Cape Design, was established in 2011. For more information about Ms. Liebenow's work, visit www.BlueCapeDesign.com.
The Franklin Gallery and Ben Franklin Crafts are open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
For information about Glorious Nature and future Franklin Gallery exhibits, e-mail Ross, the gallery manager, at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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As you were.
Religion: Cullenism
Holy Book: Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (Even more to come)
Originated: On the Twilight Lexicon
Founder: Felicia
Holy Day: Monday
Important Days:
- January 18 - Meet Day - Bella and Edward met
- March 5 - Legend Day - Jake tells Bella about the "cold" ones
- March 11 - Werewolf Day - Bella realizes Jake is werewolf
- March 12 - Meadow Day - Edward takes Bella to the Meadow
- March 20 - Volturi Day - Alice and Bella go to the Volturi
- June 20 - Edward Day - Edward's Birthday
- September 13 - Bella Day - Bella's Birthday
- September 15 - Leaving Day - A day of mourn
- Lauren
- Jessica
- Mike
Sacred Places:
- Forks, Washington
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Chicago, Illinois (Edward's birthplace)
- Rochester, New York (Rosalie's birthplace)
- London, England (Carlisle's birthplace)
- Columbus, Ohio (Esme's birthplace)
- Texas (Jasper's birthplace)
- Biloxi, Mississippi (Alice's birthplace)
- Tennessee (Emmett's birthplace)
- Denali, Alaska (Where the Denali Coven live)
- Volterra, Italy
- Edward and the rest of the Twilight cast is real.
- Stephenie Meyer is the (or one of the) best authors.
- Twilight and New Moon should be worshiped.
- If you are good in life, then you will be blessed with eternity with the Cullens; If you are bad, then you will go to James' Cave
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I think you are reading into this, but even if the GF intended it as a jab, don't let her know it "worked." If your weight bothers you, or your daughter's weight bothers you, do something about it. But don't allow the GF to play any role in this decision. Be blissful and stupid (quickly becoming a go-to phrase for me to have a happy life). Blissfully assume she is not trying to harm you and just thought it was a funny card (not my style of humor, but I highly doubt it was intended to be offensive and it does not offend me). Don't waste your energy trying to figure out if she is getting a jab in, and dont' waste your energy upset about what she thinks about you if you do not value her opinion.
Going forward is tricky in a situation where you still want a relationship with your Dad. But, really, the problem is your Dad. He picked a person for a companion that wants to poison your relationship with your Dad. He buys into it. He supports her but gets to look like the 'good guy' because it's not actually him doing these mean things to you.
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DIXON – Harold Raymond Switzer, 84, of Dixon, died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, in Washington. He retired from Dixon Public Schools as a custodian.
Harold was born Oct. 13, 1928, in Dixon, the son of Cora and Charles Harold Switzer. He married Mary Ann Wilhelm on March 16, 1954. She preceded him in death in 1982. He married Glenna Daraska in 1988.
Survivors include his wife; his children, Penny (Roger) Decker of Washington and Carmen of La Crosse, Wis.; his stepdaughter, Camery (Mark) Peterson of Mount Morris; his stepson, Christopher (Anita) Daraska of Dixon; two grandchildren; and two stepgrandchildren.
Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m., followed by the memorial service at 11 a.m., Tuesday at First Christian Church Disciples of Christ in Dixon, with the Rev. Lynn Bond, pastor, and the Rev. Janet Wittenmyer, pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Dixon, co-officiating. Cremation rites will be accorded.
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Skip to comments.The Americanness of the American Revolution
Posted on 06/17/2013 6:15:52 PM PDT by Lorianne
Why was the American Revolution, of all great revolutions, the only successful one, resulting in two centuries and more of unexampled freedom and prosperity? The French Revolution, by contrast, illuminated by Americas example and Enlightenment thought, began in blissful optimism but collapsed into a blood-soaked tyranny much worse than the monarchy it deposed. It spawned a military dictatorship that convulsed Europe and roiled half the globe for over a decade with wars of grandiose imperial aggression that slew at least 3 million. And the result of 25 years of turmoil? The Bourbon monarchy, minus the Enlightenment of its earlier incarnation, settled comfortably back down on its throne.
The Russian Revolution switched one despotism for another; and a century later, after the millions of deaths from its purges, slave camps, and intentionally inflicted famines, Russia remains a despotism, without rights or justice. We all get only one life: imagine someone born under the billowing flags of the new Soviet Union in 1917, who had to live that whole single life without the freedom so much as to speak the truth of the squalid, oppressive reality he saw in front of his own eyes. One single lifeand what you can make of the one you have depends so much on what others have done to mold the time and place in which you live.
The Founders knew that truth so well that they announced their nationhood by significantly changing John Lockes catalog of natural rights
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Very interesting. One point missing in the article is the Articles of Confederation. Out nation could have been an abject failure if it wasn't a willingness to recognize that a new constitution was needed and a desire by the original states to work towards that goal.
There, fixed that.
The notion the the so-called "Enlightenment" was a good thing may have some basis if one looks at only English, Scottish and American writers and thinkers -- the Continental phase with Rousseau and Voltaire, and the choice of the name "Enlightenment" for a movement which by its end became virulently anti-Christian, were plainly the work of demons and their human dupes.
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Actually, I think it was really the Englishness of the American revolution that caused it to succeed. There were other revolutions which preceded it and paved the way: the revolt of the barons that forced the Magna Carta on a reluctant King John, who surely like all monarchs of his day would have preferred to rule as an autocrat; the "Glorious Revolution" which established that Parliament had the right to change the succession to the throne.
The American Revolution like the English precedents, and unlike the French and Russian Revolutions, was principally the landed classes seeking to vindicate their rights against an overweening central government.
"no Man shall be taxed, but with his own Consent"
whoa there, we can work with this
It's the central point. The monarchs of Europe used the Catholic religion and Pope to bind their subjects to them.
Rejection of that compact - "We have no King but Jesus" - is the fundamental tenet of the Revolution.
"All men are created equal" - means no man is born a king, unlike what the European royal families asserted for 1000 years.
Obviously the Magna Carta in England and the Catharist movement (leading to the Albigensian slaughter) are foundational events. But without both, you don't get to "the People are sovereign".
And that's the fundamental inversion of Catholic Europe's society that resulted in America.
The French Revolution- where they wanted to worship human reason... and reaped the inevitable result.
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.- John Adams
The American Revolution succeeded because, at their core, the Founders were men of a Judeo-Christian bent, whose understanding of the universe and politics was in that light, no matter how remote some of them thought God was. Robespierre and the other bloodstained creatures who came after him, like Lenin, Stalin, and their ilk imagined that man could create a workable, even perfect society, and their attempts are mostly notable for the amount of murders committed in a vain effort to do so. As Adams noted, our very structure of government was designed for people whose notions were guided by Christianity, and to deviate from that is to destroy the structure of our government.
I think that too little attention has been paid to what, precisely, the settlers of the New World were running from. The history of Europe was one of nearly constant warfare from the earliest days - what the Pilgrims fled would become the Thirty Years' War shortly after they bade farewell to their old countries, in the meantime hoping to avoid religious conflict in the Netherlands, of all places, itself embroiled in 80 years' warfare against the Habsburgs which would not be settled until 1648. At which point England would plunge into its own civil wars. By comparison, unsettled wilderness populated by "savages" looked pretty good.
It didn't stop there. The French and Indian War was, in fact, four wars, each of which started in Europe: King William's war (that would be the same William of Orange who was the victor in the Glorious Revolution in 1688), Queen Anne's war, King George's war, and finally the Seven Years' War whose New World tendrils sent a young George Washington riding toward Canada. These were, respectively, the War of the League of Augsburg, or Nine Years' War, the War of Spanish Succession, the War of Austrian Succession, and the little problem Frederick the Great had with Maria Theresa of Austria.
The point is that there was a very strong element in simply having done with European complications by 1763 - none of those wars were started in the New World and the complaint in the Declaration of Independence that King George III had armed savage tribes against the settlers was not only true but only part of the whole story. The English taxation was, in part, to recover costs they had incurred in the Seven Years' War; the American resentment was that they had fought in it as well and didn't owe any outsiders a dime. When the very minimal Stamp Act was instituted the British rightfully considered it a token, and the Americans the same - it was truly taxation without representation, and that's all it took. Pitt knew this. And so, in the end, did George III, who was no monster but had to look to the validity of crown power at a time when that was to be challenged as never before. This was little more than a century since an English King lost his head, after all. It was no game.
That it ended the way it did is a credit to all involved, I think. The French never did solve it, vacillating between various Louises and Napoleons until late 19th century. The Russians solved it by killing everyone and embracing a new aristocracy more authoritarian than the old. The Americans squabbled about the proper relationship of citizen to state, state to federation. It was in no sense the same thing.
The reason for it all, I suggest, was twofold: first, a sense that Americans really were a separate people even if we were by no means homogeneous, and second, that a group of men with simply astonishing political acumen stepped forward to lead the thing. I am by no means being chauvinistic in observing that such minds as Washington, Madison, Hamilton, Jefferson, Mason, Henry, both Adamses, the list goes on and on, were something as refined as anything the Old World could offer at the time and without the strictures of an existing class structure that had to be broken in blood elsewhere. Some of this was a product of the New World society that engendered it, most of it was sheer luck. God has been very good to us.
All IMHO and I should, as always, be grateful for correction.
Let me distill this down to the essentials.
White Protestants
I look at those Founding Fathers and don't see a single political leader today, of either party, who'd be worthy to be a footman for one of those men. All seemed to have a grasp on human nature—it's fallibility and capability—which no one has today.
It's telling that neither party insists on the checks and balances in new legislation—which all of the Founders took for granted (and which have allowed our republic to last so long...).
Unrestricted government power—the very thing our constitution so carefully tried to subvert—is slowly (and not so slowly) coming in full force.
One party, with the Media and the Academy loudly cheering and propagandizing, gleefully rushes into tyranny, while the other party dim-wittedly goes along with it—so as not to look stupid.
Just like the Rennaisance vs the Dark Ages. I can't wait till the historians name this era after the Lord returns and the real Light of the World rules. This will be considered the black hole age.
What happened in Europe from about 1618 on was that people went from killing one another over religion to killing one another over nationality and politics. I'm told it was an improvement but then I'm told a lot of strange things. ;-)
"So Americans didnt take up arms to create a new world order according to some abstract theory. They sought only to restore the political liberty they had actually experienced for 150 years, and they constructed their new government to preserve it.
"The Protestantism of the Founding Fathers also helped the Revolution succeed. Their Protestant worldview placed an intense value on the individualhis conscience, the state of his soul, his understanding of Scripture, his personal relation to God, his salvation. It was an easy step for them to assume that, as each man was endowed by his Creator with an immortal soul immediately related to God, so he was similarly endowed with rights that are not the Donation of Law, as Constitution signer William Livingston put it, but prior to all political Institution and resulting from the Nature of Man. It was easy for them to assume, therefore, that the individual, not the state, took center stage in the human drama. They saw the state as merely instrumental to the fate of the individual."
The first paragraph cited here states an oft-overlooked fact, but one mentioned on P. 51 of "Our Ageless Constitution," in a section discussing the "spirit of the people who had been experimenting successfully with liberty for over 165 years when the Constitution was framed."
The second paragraph quoted above regarding the Protestantism of the Founding Fathers also is discussed on P. 51 of "Our Ageless Constitution," citing Edmund Burke's assertions in his 1775 "Speech on Conciliation. . . ." Burke attributed what he called the "fierce spirit of liberty" of the colonists as having its roots in their religion, and particularly in that of their Protestantism, saying that, under a variety of denominations agreeing in nothing but in the communion of the spirit of liberty, they displayed a "love of freedom" which was "the predominating feature which marks and distinguishes the whole. . . ."
Since the American population was less than one half of one percent Catholic, I think that Protestant is a pretty accurate description.
Americans had escaped Europe and knew what they wanted here.
That was, actually, my point. But I think you'd agree that "Protestant" covers an awful lot of ground.
Not really, I think that it was an American, Protestant, revolution from what had been in the distant past largely an English culture of the principals.
It was unique because it was American Protestants, they knew what they did not want to be like or become.
It has been nearly fifty years, but I appreciate each day what that professor was attempting to communicate.
Revolution connotes rebellion and revolt which quite properly apply to what occurred a few years later in France.
What happened in the beginning of this nation was something much more special than to be called a rebellion or a revolt.
The War for Independence had a dual meaning. It was fought for an independence based upon individual freedom as well as a collective independence built upon the sovereignity of the nation state.
Alas the New World Order has taken over, and we are neither individually independent and with our open borders we are no longer sovereign.
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