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I'm wondering if any text muds out there with decent populations (####, with any population) have implemented a trust network that has proven non-gameable and reasonably reliable in results. Aetolia is trying to do that and has a PhD in math working on it but if it's already been done we'd love to avoid wasting time trying to reinvent the wheel.
I'm not actually convinced it can be done but there is a lot of pre-existing work out there on trust networks (./ user system for instance). My worry is that the tight communities in the form of guilds, clans, etc that form in muds may give the leaders of those in-game communities the ability to affect the results enough to manipulate them.
Anyway, what I'm talking about is a system that rates how highly other users think of that user. You could use it to try to measure how good people think a particular person is at roleplaying, etc. A simple voting mechanism won't work, obviously. Similarly, just adding a 'trusted' value to players in the form of a network of nodes connected to an original trusted node (the producer, the other admins, etc) and measuring 'trust' as it flows through that network isn't going to work either.
We're familiar with a lot of existing work on trust networks but they all seem to run into problems when we conceptualize them in a mud. If you anyone really has solved this problem I would -love- to talk to that person (want a job? )
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Your example here is roleplaying, but what does the level of trust affect? What are the goals of the system? What other areas of trust are you considering? As it stands it could encompass everything and you'd need a PhD in Sociology to unravel it =).
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At the risk of being totally off base from what you're seeking, and assuming the purpose is purely to rate RPers, what about simply allowing every player to rank another player's RP with a static number (changeable at any time at that player's whim), i.e, rank on a scale of 1-10 how you feel John Doe RPs. Then weight the significance of that ranking by how close the players are to each other. In other words, a ranking from a member in John Doe's guild carries greater weight then a ranking from a member of a player's city which carries greater weight then a ranking from a member of an opposing city, etc. Further, you could weight the ranking even more by the player's current ranking, i.e., John Doe has an average ranking by other players of 1 so the weight he gives when ranking is pretty insignificant, compared to someone who's average ranking is 10.
Of course, this may take greater resources than worthwhile, keeping track of who ranks whom, etc., but not everyone will rank everyone else and you could always cull from the records players who are autodeleted, inactive for a set time, etc. You could also limit who is able to rank and limit who can be ranked by how many hours a player has logged (only those over 100 hours or whatever). On the plus side you'd get a ranking that is more indicative of the overall feeling of how others consider a person's RP that isn't limited to just GMs or city leaders, or whatever.
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Incidentally, we'd want ot use it for more than just RP. For instance, vetting player content without admin approval is a possible and practical use in a mud. This is a good article that is somewhat related to what I'm talking about:
It's a bit long but it's well worth the read. Anyway, like I said, I'm not convinced it can be done in a reasonably non-gameable way in a mud but it'd be an incredibly valuable tool if we can figure it out.
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I think the general consensus is still too vague though, mainly because such a thing doesn't exist in any meaningful form. There has to be a general consensus on some *thing*, such as expertise at a certain task, moral values, security at different tasks, etc.
Now if you want to model the general consensus of someone at role-playing on a scale of 1 to 10, the most accurate model is the one where people directly rate that person's work. This isn't always feasible because with a large base of things to rate you will not have the resources to properly evaluate everything. So instead you delegate this rating to another entity (e.g., Consumer Reports, movie critics), which is still another form of trust. It's all based on abstraction, and different people use this abstraction in different ways. In fact, this abstraction is quite easy to represent if you use a very simple social model with a few key elements such as the amount and type of trust you delegate to an entity, and that entity's rating of the object or action in question. Finding that value for a particular person is just a weighted average traversing the delegated links for each entity. The general consensus is a bit more complex though, as you need to take into account how much delegated trust a particular entity has in order to determine how influential that entity is.
Unless we know what the ultimate goal if the network is, though, we could talk forever on creating a general value that represented none of the things you are considering. You mentioned that it shouldn't be gameable, which leads me to believe that there is some in-game effect for this value. What is that effect?
Oh, also, not allowing people to consciously manipulate the number is a strange request. I know that certain actions will raise or lower my level of trust for other people, and this is most certianly a good thing within any society, as it helps keep people's actions in check.
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I'm not sure if that's just my lack of experience or something else - and I'm not 100% sure if my answer is on topic? but like..
From what I have saw in any community - not just mud - anywhere at all, any rating system where the people rate some other people they can and meet will always be inaccurate, and quite possibly it will be very inaccurate.
If you could hire special "overseers", which would do nothing else but spectate whatever fields of activity you need to rate - your rating system would become much more efficient - yet it still would be far from perfect, especially if the overseers would be able to exchange their views with each other.
I guess its just part of every human's brain, that inability to fairly rate others, especially when it comes to someone they personally know?
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The request puts us at a unique position though, because the_logos never requested that the value be an accurate depiction of whatever is being rated. A 'general consensus' is what people think, not necessarily the way things actually are. If you wanted the way things actually are then a general consensus is not sufficient. In that case you would probably require more expert-level rating based on some criteria. The general consensus is, however, good for finding who people think is the best role-player, because what people think is the thing it is most adept at gauging.
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There exists some general feeling in a community about a particular aspect of a person. For instance, as an example, how good said person is at roleplaying. The idea is to translate that general feeling into a number but to do it in such a way that groups of special interests (like said person's friends or enemies) cannot significantly skew the results without co-opting a huge portion of the population.
Like I said, I'm not at all convinced it can be done but it would be most useful it it can be.
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I am not sure of what you want but I think -any- consensus is skewed by existing relationships amongst a group.
The only thing that comes to mind that might help is a poll. When I say poll I mean a series of carefully worded questions and carefully chosen possible answers with a place where people must explain their answers.
This way you get a wealth of knowledge about what a certain person thinks of another's RP. If you break down RP into chunks (emoting, ability to stay in character, background, etc.) and make voters explain why they gave a certain player a certain rating for each category then you have more information on which to judge a particular person's vote and whether you think its well justified.
Polls are an art all their own and a well-designed poll takes work. Hopefully you could find something about polls in the political realm and how they word them to get meaningful answers. A badly worded poll can tell you next to nothing. I am no expert on them but I did take a course or two about polls many years ago and I recall the wording being of top importance. Hope any of this helps.
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Given your needs, I would modify the design criteria: It's more important to have the system fail in understandable (to the players) ways than to try to make it foolproof. It should be a tool to help players simulate asking their friends for recommendations and references, not a black box that they expect to make decisions for them.
I think that the key to a trust system in this context is making being trusted a highly valuable commodity to other players. Maybe other players have to pay (in-game money ;) ) for personal references or submitted-content evaluations.
Suggestion: Anyone can rate anyone else in a predefined list of categories. This list would include meta-categories.
1a) How I rate X's Quality of RP
1b) How much I trust X's assessment of the quality of RP of others
2a) How much I trust X to fulfil a contract
2b) How much I trust X's assessment of other's contract trustworthyness
To simplify, all of the meta-categories could be represented as a single "Trust" of another player to make evaluations of others.
Newbies would default to not having ratings on the (#a) items for anyone, and having high trust in (#b) items for certain admin-selected characters (which may or may not actually be players, they could be just dummies that trust your principal "good people" on the mud)
When a player wants to know how much he should trust someone else, a weighted computation is done down his trust chain (highest ranking to his own evaluation of a person if it exists, lesser but still substantial weight to the ratings of people he trusts to make the evaluation, etc).
Failures would be of the following types:
1) A highly trusted character starts betreaying people. This is a problem with any system, but can be viewed as a valuable in-character event. It's not a bug, it's a feature! :)
2) You trusted the wrong peer group. Tough luck for you, isn't it?
3) Lack of "connectivity" between yourself and the person you want to know is "good" for whatever criterion you're looking for. I think that generally, a system like this reporting that there's insufficient information is better than giving a manipulatable or wrong answer "(I don't know him, and none of MY friends do either, but all of HIS friends say he's great")
Once the basic system is in place, you could consider expanding to inter-peergroup trust metrics if desirable.
The player can get more than just a flat number: a summary of key relations can be presented if desired.
>evaluate Bob trustworthy
Most of your friends seem to find Bob trustworthy.
John strongly disagrees.
Bill's friend Greg also disagrees.
Your general social connections report that he's generally upstanding, but a few people have reported him to be dishonest.
Now, implementing this in Rapture sounds like a challenge. I'd rather export data and do most of the processing off-line :)
Whether the user is capable of evaluating different qualities independently is a key early decision- would they simply give their friends the highest rating in all categories and someone who was rude to them a low rating in all categories?
And for your second need, approving content without admin approval:
A player who creates, say, an object, can submit it to other players for review. The trustworthiness of the collective evaluation can be computed using the trust viewpoint of admin chars. After a player has been creating for a while with admin approvals, he can start to get (admin-granted) trust from someone like Rurin.
If you make the normal admin approvals available (but inconvenient and/or costly- long waiting period, in-game currency cost) then having a heavily-trusted character would be very valuable and something unlikely to be squandered. Getting multiple such characters to sign off on inappropriate content would probably be very difficult if any player is free to submit a complaint about content.
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I find it a very good system. If you think people are going to take advantage of the system... Well, the immortals and guild leaders would be fired if they abused a system. Two, they wouldn't select someone who would do that, and keep them in business.
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If I understand correctly the problem is how to create a system that ranks players that cannot be abused. Well I have thought about it and this is my thoughts on it.
Firstly, I think it would work best if it was invisible to players. If players don't know about it you can be sure it won't be abused all that much. This obviosuly means you cannot have a ranking system where players award points of such. Instead I have come up with a vague idea that would work better.
Here's the idea. You have a command called "invite". You invite a player and you can invite them to roleplay with you, or hunt with you or whatever. The game measures how often someone is invited. This way you can see who people would most like to roleplay with/hunt with. It's not perfect but I think it would work to some extent at least.
For a way of telling how much players trust each other you could use a slightly different method. Players assign other players a certain amount of trust, but this allows that player to do certain things. So for example if you set your trust level with someone to a high value then you cannot attack them (without first lowering your trust). If you trust a player then any attacks theyhave like back stab or such are harder for you to defend against (you don't see it coming). Of course this trust level could be controlled automatically to some extent, for example if the plaeyr attacked you then your trust for them goes down automatically. Your trust level for someone could also allow them to see more details about your character, so for example they your guild might not show up to most players examining you, but shows up to people you trust. Also you could set your trust level to strangers. This would mean players could roleplay paranoid characters. The incentive to trust people is that they would be able to see how much you trusted them, so by trusting people they in turn might trust you. This would be abusable, players could trust their friends so that their ranking would go up, but at the same time by trusting someone you are risking things, because for example if you trust someone you are less likely to notice if they try and steal from you, or they are able to see where you are (although on many MUDs that is possible anyway).
The problem with this system is that it is complicated. I think trust can work, but like any system for it to work well you ahve to spend a long time working on it. Anyway, I think my main point is that the only way to measure trust is to give people a chance to really trust someone, and see what they do.
Do you think that is any good? Or would it just not work in practice?
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The context in which I heard this is lost in the mists of history, and I'm likely mangling the quote anyway, but consider this:
If we are sitting around in a pub, you and I, and the town drunk runs in exclaiming that a naked woman on a horse is roaming about in Trafalgar Square, we would laugh at him and go back to our pints. Should a respected business man burst in and cry out that a unicorn is prancing through the Square, we would pick up a phone and seek help for him. If it were the Pope to stumble in and breathlessly proclaim that a naked woman on a unicorn was parading through Tralfalgar square, we would run out to check for ourselves!
We know it is foolish, impossible, absurd... but coming from a voice of such authority we must verify with our own eyes what we know must be true before we'll cast aspersions. Any 'realistic' system must take this into account.
This isn't to say that any system adopted by a mud must be realistic, and in the case of Achaea where in-game rewards are auctioned for RL money, NO system is better than a system that can be manipulated by the players. Thus 'realistic' gets bumped down the priority list even further.
Taking the situation from above as a lesson though, perhaps a viable system would involve giving players a number of points which they can distribute as they please. Clan/guild/faction/nation/whatever leaders would recieve the most, their underlings a bit less... newbies the least of all.
From there, one of two systems propose themself to me. Either dissallow assigning them within your own guild/faction, arguing that you already trust your clanmates as much as possible, and the points are to be awarded to players outside of your circle. Otherwise, allow the points to be passed around without restriction, but weight their value according to where they came from. A point given to a guild leader from the guild steward might be worth only 1/4 or 1/8 of its real value.
In either case, hide the actual value of the point... perhaps giving the player some vague message to gauge with 'You note the look of respect directed at you from your peers', but make the steps between new messages wide enough that it would take all the points of several people to change the message.
In the first case it would be imperative that the rewards of membership to a faction is clearly superior to the rewards granted by being highly respected, and that the factions themselves are either highly competitive with each other, or numerous enough to counterbalance the effect of a few alliances.
Man! it is way too late for me to finish this, but I think I got the skeleton of the idea out there.
Silrathi, will try to come back to this later
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I think regardless of who you are, we place people into certain trust boxes, in games, according to guild status, clan status, level or any form of easily recognizable achievement in the world. This happens naturally for most people. Coding this into the game could be interesting, but would have to be heavily moderated. Anything that relies on opinion and is controlled by players can be dangerous (but fun).
We have a form of this in our world, though it is web-based and does not affect in-game in any coded manner. Players may leave a (moderated) good or bad comment a day on anothers registry, these comments can then be read by any registered player. This can give other players an idea of what the person is like, who they are friends with, whether they have complaints about them and a general outline of their persona.
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I have trouble thinking with the idea of a PhD Maths working on something like this!
I would suggest incorporating someone such as a psychologist or philosopher into the mix. It seems an impossible task to come up with a logical system for measuring something so completely subjective.
Any such system would, to my mind, require a great deal of human management. This essentially means that any such system would be little more than a databsase.
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That having been said, I think that the favor system already in place in Rapture is quite good at what it does. The players are aware of the effects of favoring, and very few of them care so little as to allow someone who is out to ruin an organization into power (and most of those people won't get the favors they need to give someone that power). If someone uses their power to favor in a way detrimental to the organization, the player's peers can strip that authority in a hurry with a concerted effort.
Can it be manipulated? You bet. Are power and trust in the real world both manipulated and manipulative? That's kinda the point...
Think about your average American election. Disregarding the fluke that just happened in California, generally speaking, only those with political experience are even given a passing thought. How does one come to acquire that experience? Either by taking on menial jobs for the betterment of the community or by manuevering to the top through the favor of those already in power. Hard work builds trust. Association with those who are trusted builds trust (and if those in power aren't trusted, then the association still grants respect and credibility).
Now think about the favor system. When you do good things consistently, you get favored. When you please the hierarchy, you get favored. Generally, if you accept an unelected position, you get favored. Do these things often enough, stay in the public eye, and you're a prime candidate for an election.
Of course, there are people who are trusted who aren't good candidates for, well...anything. Those who are charismatic but flighty are probably trusted--probably trusted very deeply by their inner circle of friends--but the rewards for this kind of trust (both IC and OOC) are usually simple favors shared between friends. There are those that'll go toe-to-toe with anyone in authority to protect a standing tradition, and if it is a good tradition, that person will be trusted. Granted, this same person is going to get disfavored all along the way, but if someone were to do this in the real world, he's probably have to lay low for a little while, too. No matter how necessary, driving a respected leader into retirement can do interesting things to one's reputation.
Most non-political flavors of trust are regulated just by the dynamics of human interaction. Why code things that don't need coding? Bad business practices are spread by word-of-mouth. Bad RP will cut down on the player's circle of friends if the expectation to stay IC is enforced by the imms and the players. Random acts of stupidity, even if IC, is going to block entry to just about everything.
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I think Google has your solution, sadly, they don't want to share it.
Basically, you're dealing with the same problem as document parsing and information retrieval on the Web (never heard it phrased quite like that, though). The best source describing what a document is about consists of documents linking to it (rating it), however, if that's all you used, you'd of course have the problem of "special interests", as you said. Thus, a very strong solution would require outdating Google...
That said, you probably don't need so strong a solution. In which case, checking out papers on above said subjects might help, since it offers an angle more readily suited towards a mud environment, in my humble opinion.
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"That's what I'm afraid my patients
and prospective
"Now, now," I said, "don't despair.
The state will help
"How?" he said.
"If you're rated poorly, they'll
send a dentist who is
"You mean," he said, "they will
send a dentist with a
"There you go again," I said.
"You aren't acting
"You don't get it," he said.
"Doing this would be like
I just shook my head sadly, but he had brightened.
I'm going to write my representatives
and senator," he
He walked off with that look
of hope mixed with fear and
Click 'HERE' to see this all too real cartoon by Adam Zyglis.
Click 'HERE' to see Shoe discuss helping your children
with their homework.
Click 'HERE' to see cute and very real cartoon by Bruce Plante.
This drawing is part of Cartoons for the Classroom.
Bart Simpson has had to write on the chalkboard in school.
You can read all eighty-seven
things Bart has ever had to
bump so she sat on the seat and leaned forward hoping
to fly over a few seats. Click 'HERE' to see this
cute, funny, very short video.
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Ludicrous. Simply Ludicrous.
Again, I stand before you completely unsurprised by the treasonous New York Slimes. It seems "The Paper of Record" and birdcage lining is again showing its true colors. Now, it's not like they are lying, just being selective with the facts. In a recent article in the Slimes, covering Pelosi's warning to President Bush that vetoing the Surrender Bill ( which is what the Democrat party in Congress has turned the latest troop funding bill into) would send the wrong message to the Iraqi leadership, we see this in action. Within the article, the Slimes plays fast and loose with the truth. The gist is that he better not slaughter her sacred cow, or else. Or else what? Exactly.
But, it is not the ludicrous nature of the warning that gets to me. Though, that is rather amazing that a wanker Congress creature would deign to tell the President of the United States (Commander-in-Chief for the folks just joining our fine Republic, or Reality for that matter) how to prosecute a war. Even more audacious is this Botox-riddled idiot's warning against the Big Man using his Constitutionally granted powers. But, as we've seen… the Left has little use for the Constitution unless it covers their asses after their many foibles return to haunt them. I doubt most have even read it. And, given the average intelligence of a Leftard, the big words probably scared them away from serious study and understanding.
The Leftards could benefit from Mrs. Du Toit's Plain-Language Constitution Project.
As to the Illustration of the Leftie bias and the Propping up of the Dhimmicrats, read the linked article. The article states that the
By the way, does anyone else find it beyond hilarious that Pelosi is warning the President about vetoing? I just get the image in my head of Silly Putty Face in an alley holding a Swiss army knife loosely and shakily while warning a much larger and stronger individual to leave her alone or else. And, just in case you were wondering, the threat is just like every Castrati Democrat threat. Empty and without backing. Maybe they can pass a non-binding resolution on it? Idiots.
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Recently remodeled, Hotel DAH- D. Afonso Henriques is Lisbon's hidden gem, conveniently located just 10 minutes away from both Lisbon's International…Read more Airport as well as the city center (Baixa). Our contemporary style and welcoming environment is ideal to rest and visit the pitoresque Fado capital. Combining safety with convenience, we have private parking available to our guests. Hotel Dom Afonso Henriques offers free WIFI Internet access so you may browse the Internet and stay connected to the rest of the world.from 27.14 USD
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Recently renovated, Residencial Joao XXI is located in the heart of Lisbon, close to Liberty Avenue, Marques de Pombal and popular 'Baixa' of…Read more Lisbon. All rooms are fully equipped with air conditioning, private bathroom, cable TV, telephone and safe.from 14.26 USD
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With simple, stylish rooms, a shared kitchen, and free Wi-Fi, this friendly hostal enjoys a prime location just off the Marques de Pombal Square…Read more in Lisbon's beautiful city centre. The Hostel is ideally located in the city centre, within easy reach of top sights like the elegant Avenida da Liberdade, full of historic cafés and upmarket shops. The area also enjoys excellent public transport links.from 15.40 USD
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Dom Sancho I enjoys a privileged position, centrally situated in the heart of Lisbon. Located on Avenida Da Liberdade, the main avenue.from 36.12 USD
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The Vip Executive Arts Hotel is located on the former site of the Expo 98, in the newly urbanised area around the Parque das Nações.from 45.62 USD
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I love washi tape. I'm the first to admit it. What is HILARIOUS to me though is seeing pins on Pinterest of "Ways/Reasons to use washi tape" or something of that nature. Don get me wrong. I like to read and view these ideas. But, if you really think about it, something is wrong with this picture. We ALL like washi tape-yet it has NO purpose. It lacks purpose so much that now we are all dreaming up "reasons" why we need it. HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA But then again, I like my washi tapes so very much that I don't actually like or want to use them. I want to keep it for "special" occasions. Except no occasion is ever special enough. I just love to look at the pretty rolls sitting in a neat little pile.
To make matters worse everything I just said about it lacking purpose is a good blanket statement for most things that I like. Just ask anyone who knows me well... The things I love the very most literally serve no purpose and/or are worthless in the sense of actually benefiting my life.
A few examples:
-I buy pretty gift bags KNOWING that I don't plan to EVER use them. I simply just want them for myself. I have an entire drawer of a filing cabinet full of the ones that are only for me...NEVER TO USE.
-I love to drink with pretty colored straws. OMGOSH...I LOVE straws. But, All this accomplishes is speeding up the wrinkle process around my mouth.
-My best wine glasses-while they obviously have an intended purpose-I don't like them to be used. I want to look only and never touch.
Lastly, my final thought on this "phenomenon" is this: This is not just me. This is not just about washi tape. This is a trait of most women I know. We simply just enjoy silly little things that really cant be explained. Men will never understand because we do not even understand this ourselves.
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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has confirmed it will be shipping a dual-core Athlon Neo processor as part of the Congo platform later in 2009. Designed for ultraportable notebooks with starter prices of roughly $600 and display sizes between 12 and 14 inches, Congo will follow the arrival of AMD's recently announced Yukon platform which uses a single-core Athlon Neo processor.
The chipmaker is adamant that the two platforms are not made for netbooks, a sector in which rival Intel's Atom processor reigns, but rather for ultraportable notebooks that occupy the gray area between netbooks and more powerful and fully-featured notebooks.
AMD spokesperson Phil Hughes told eWeek in an email that the dual-core Neo is nicknamed Conesus and will arrive in the second half of 2009, though he didn't provide a specific release date or any technical specifications. It is expected that the dual-core processor will use AMD's RS780M chip set that includes a SB710 southbridge, and the same 15 Watt thermal envelope used by the single-core Neo.
The announcement has come at a time of manic activity by the two rival semiconductor makers. Intel is planning a higher-powered 1.66 GHz Atom Z280 processor for a mid-year release, and is also working on a line of consumer ultra-low voltage processors that will probably directly compete with AMD's Yukon and Congo platforms. Intel also had a rough fourth quarter earnings call that prompted across-the-board processor platform price cuts as the company struggles to downsize its bloated inventory. AMD is expected to announce fourth quarter results below analyst expectations, and very recently revealed it would be cutting 1, 100 jobs or 9 percent of its overall workforce.
Final Thoughts
While competition is what drives free market growth, it's still interesting to see AMD and Intel launching platforms that will blur the lines of product definition for end consumers like us. By the middle of 2009, what will define a netbook? an ultraportable? a notebook? Will the massive activity by the two semiconductor manufacturers, further complicated by other releases this year from companies like Qualcomm, VIA and Freescale, confuse consumers by way of blurring the constitution of a netbook from that of a notebook? How will consumers decide what to buy when prices of the netbook-notebook continuum increase in increments of $50 and specifications are nearly identical from one increment to the next?
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Andrea Bocelli brings his Bocelli wines in Australia
When it comes to celebrity wine launches, this is a bit low key. On Monday, Andrea Bocelli, the Italian tenor, arrived for his Melbourne lunch to launch his Bocelli Family Wines, selecting to sit outside O'Connell's Hotel in South Melbourne relishing a good time with his wife Veronica and daughter Virginia.
Still, he sipped mineral water. He held up a little glass of his family's non-vintage prosecco to take in the aroma. But he did not drink it. The singer rarely drinks when he is touring, said he. He still made it clear that he relishes his wine. According to reports, he said that he is very serious. He expected that the people in Melbourne are much louder than the people in Sydney previous week.
The singer made it clear that he loves wine. He could not drink it often, but when he does he does it very well. Well, the Bocellis have a very long history when it comes to grapes. They have a family vineyard in Tuscany, fifty kilometres south-west from the city of Florence They have been producing wine for around 3 centuries and today Andrea's younger bro Alberto and his wife, Cinzia deals with the day-to-day running of the plant. Bocelli lived on the vineyard till he was thirty five years of age. Today he lives very close to the sea at the Forte dei Marmi.
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Update: Mom's Morning Out has 4 available spots left for Monday/Wednesday class (please download and submit the form below to register). The Tuesday/Thursday class is completely full for Fall 2018, but there is a waiting list available. Please e-mail Christine Riggan at firstname.lastname@example.com to add your child's name to the list.
MMO is a twice-weekly enrichment preschool offering programs on Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday.
MMO Preschool is from 9:30AM – 12:30PM.
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MMO Preschool offers classes for children ages 3-5.
(Children must be 3 years old before the first day of preschool to be enrolled in one of our classes.)
• $35 non-refundable registration fee (due with registration)
• Tuition is broken into four equal payment of $240. (These payments are made every 16 days of preschool, which is about every other month. Exact tuition due dates are listed in the parent packet.)
*A 10% discount is given to Praise Covenant Church members. There is also a discount if you are enrolling two or more children at the same time.
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10:15AM-10:30AM Morning Circle Time – color of the month, shape of the month, calendar, season, letter of the week, sign language letter, graphing. Starting in January, we learn how to say hello and goodbye in a different language.
10:30AM-11:00AM Divide into two age appropriate groups for learning activities.
11:00AM-11:30AM Recess (MMO offers a fun outdoor play area.)
11:30AM-12:00PM Lunch
12:00PM-12:10PM Quiet book time
12:10PM-12:30PM Afternoon Circle time – Rhymes, Daily story, music, flannel stories, etc.
12:30PM Children are dismissed one at a time through the door to parents.
MMO celebrates lots of fun "holidays" including: Jonny Appleseed Day, Candy Corn Day, Daddy and Me Pumpkin Night, Harvest celebration, Pajamas and Pancakes, Dr. Seuss birthday celebration, Rubber Ducky Day, Teddy Bear Picnic Day, and a Mommy and Me Tea Party.
Sensory experience days include: melting ice, shaving cream, cornstarch and water, and worms.
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A few months ago I blogged about "Abortion as Politically Correct Eugenics." I discussed how prospective parents are aborting fetuses with medical conditions (such as deformed feet, cleft palate, etc.).
In a somewhat related vein, I now raise the issue of abortion as a means of terminating a pregnancy based not on a medical condition, but on gender. I think this is probably a widespread problem only in China, the inevitable result of that country's One Child Policy clashing with cultural expectations of the family name being preserved through a male heir. The ugly result: it is very common in China to abort, kill or abandon baby girls and instead try to have a boy.
With these things in mind, check out this story:
China is to make abortion on the basis of sex a crime in a bid to redress the
imbalance between newborn boys and girls that has arisen as a result of the
their one-child policy.
Government figures show 119 boys are born in the
world's most populous country for every 100 girls and Beijing has now set a goal
of reversing the imbalance by 2010.
Sex-selective abortion is
already banned but technologies such as ultrasound have made it easier to know a
baby's gender in advance, increasing the chances for aborting girls.
"As a new measure, the commission will start drafting revisions to the Criminal Law
in order to effectively ban foetus gender detection and selective abortion other
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Building upon record-setting enrollments over the past few years, Coe College has welcomed 446 new full-time students this fall—the largest incoming class in its history. The academically talented and highly diverse class of 2021 has contributed to a record number of full-time students at the college, with 1,348 enrolled for fall term.
Since the fall of 2013, Coe has enrolled the five largest first-year classes and five largest full-time student bodies in its history, making the institution the fastest growing college in the state. This year's new student and total full-time enrollment breaks previous records set in 2014.
"Given the challenges in higher education, we are thrilled to welcome a record number of new students to Coe, with the largest overall full-time enrollment in college history," said Coe President David McInally. "With the advantages of our Cedar Rapids location, the recent completion of several major facility projects, a solid academic program and the implementation of a new strategic plan underway, we believe students are recognizing the benefits of a Coe education."
The average academic profile of the incoming class is strong, advancing Coe's long-standing reputation for academic excellence. Members of the class of 2021 have an average ACT score of 25 and grade point average of 3.65. A remarkable 53 first-year students scored 30 or greater on the ACT test. As well, more than 60 percent of first-year class members ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating classes.
Of special note, the college has first-time students of color representing nearly 35 percent of the entering class. This is the fourth consecutive year Coe has enrolled a class with a high level of diversity, which demonstrates Coe's commitment to fostering a diverse campus community.
"As both a Coe graduate and employee, I've been associated with this institution for many years, and the momentum we are feeling is unlike anything I've seen. The academic profile and diversity of the incoming class coupled with our growing academic programs and facilities makes for an exceptional educational experience. Families can see that and want to be a part of what Coe offers," said Vice President for Admission and Marketing Julie Kleis Staker '93.
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Guest Commentary: Stop hike in obesity rates
September 27, 2012
by James O. Hill
Denver Post
A new report on obesity was released recently by the Trust for America's Health. Obesity rates continue to increase in every state and are being followed by increases in chronic diseases and health care costs. Colorado remains the state with the lowest proportion of obese adults (20.7 percent), but our rates are escalating. Even worse is that we are middle of the pack for obesity in children.
The report predicts two different futures for each state. One predicts obesity rates and health care costs in 2030 if the current trend continues and the second if we were to produce a 5 percent reduction in average body mass index (a measure of obesity). If nothing changes, Colorado will still be the leanest state in 2030, but with an obesity rate of 44 percent (more than double).
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There's been a lot of talk and research interest around the possibility of resurrecting certain groups of organisms (or, at least their genomes) from extinction, with Woolly Mammoths being prime candidates for such an endeavor. But what about a closely related group, like the Mastodons? What's the criteria for possible 'de-extinction'? SO MANY QUESTIONS.
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Redland Team landed some Dolphin at the ECA's 31st Annual Fishing Tournament Fundraiser at Hawk's Cay this past Saturday.
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Redland Company is scheduled to break ground on the FedEx Ground Hub distribution site in Kennesaw, GA. Redland is pleased to provide continued and quality services to the Georgia and logistics markets.
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Redland Company was Title Sponsor and its team participated in the Associated Builders and Contractors of Georgia (ABC GA) Fall Clays event.
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Redland Company proudly sponsored the Engineering Contractors Association of South Florida (ECA) 44th Annual Golf Tournament.
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In November 2017, the longest-running show in the world, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, celebrated its Blue Sapphire Anniversary marking 65 years in the West End. Every night is a new world record for the nation's best-loved murder mystery and more than ten million people have enjoyed Agatha Christie's classic tale since the early 1950s. In honour of this momentous achievement we're giving away the ultimate prize for any theatre lover, VIP use of Private Family Box seating 4 and the private retiring room, your pre-show dinner at Strada Covent Garden, hotel stay for 4 people in central London and contribution to travel. Plus, we've got 20 pairs of runner up tickets to give away too!
Make this the year you become part of the history!
Entries close at midnight Friday 2nd March 2018.
*Terms and Conditions apply. Top prize (1 available): Four tickets to see The Mousetrap in the family box at the St. Martin's Theatre. A pre-show meal at STRADA Covent Garden; Valid for a complimentary meal for 4 people up to the value of £100 on the evening of the show. Offer not valid with any other promotion, Set Menu, tastecard or Gourmet Society. Offer valid at Strada Covent Garden only. One night's stay for four people in either 2 x twin, 2 x double or a Family room at a central London Hotel up to the total value of £450. Including breakfast. Any additional hotel expenses are the responsibility of the prize winner. Plus, reasonable return travel expenses for four people to be covered to and from central London by standard train up to the value of £300 (issued upon the receipt of proof of purchase). Show tickets, meal, hotel stay and outbound travel are to be taken on the same day. Prize package valid any one day between 2nd March and 30th June 2018. Prize package subject to show, hotel and travel availability. Runners Up Prize: One of twenty pairs of tickets to The Mousetrap at St Martins Lane (valued up to £49.50 per ticket) valid any one Monday - Friday performance between 2nd March and 30th June 2018. Subject to availability. Winners will be notified via email/phone no more than 3 days after the closing date. The winner has 3 days to accept the prize and respond to the promoter via phone or email, otherwise a new winner will be chosen at random. All prize elements are non-refundable, non-transferable and there is no cash alternative. Strictly 1 entries per person. For the avoidance of doubt, if more than 1 entries are received from the same person, same email address or from a different email address by the same person, all such entries will be disqualified. The promotion is open to United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) residents aged 18 or over, excluding employees and their immediate families of the Promoter and its subsidiaries or agents. The Promoter reserves the right to refuse any entry that is believed to be in breach of the Terms and Conditions.


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FC Barcelona comfortably beaten Athletic Bilbao 3-1 in Saturday's Spanish Cup Final at the Camp Nou and can claim a historic treble if they can repeat the trick against Juventus in Berlin next week. Messiscored the second and third, with Neymar getting the one in between, and Williams' late header was little more than some consolation for Athletic's swatches of travelling supporters.
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The best gets better
Indeed, with more Athletic than Barça fans in the stadium it was an unfamiliar atmosphere that greeted the 'home' team in a game that got off to a frenetic start. Both sides chased an early goal, and Barça actually got one after nine minutes when Neymar converted a peach of an assist from Messi, but the linesman's flag questionably went up for offside.
The game soon developed into the expected battle between Barça's skill and possession football against physical grit from the Basques, but the balance was tipped after 20 minutes when Leo Messi produced one of the finest pieces of magic of his already glittering career. Breaking down the right wing, he weaved his way past four defenders and stroked the ball into the bottom right corner of Herrerín's goal. Simply awesome.
Total control
The goal knocked the wind out of Athletic, and Barça could have extended their lead when Luis Suárezpicked out an unmarked Neymar, but Herrerín got a brilliant hand to the ball, and then did the same in a one-on-one with Piqué just moments later. Athletic were being totally outclassed and after 36 minutes were further punished when Barça scored again. Messi set up Luis Suárez with a fine chance to shoot, butNeymar was even better placed and the Uruguayan generously laid him up. The Brazilian only had to tap the ball home and Barça were 2-0 up and cruising it. Athletic did come close when Williams hit the bar, but they could have been three down at the break had Herrerín not produced further excellence by saving a Messi free kick in the final minute.
Game over
The chances eased off after the break, with the first major reaction from the crowd coming when Xavi replaced the injured Iniesta and donned the captain's armband for what will now for certain be the last ever time for Barça at the Camp Nou. The best chances had fallen to Suárez and Neymar, but other than that there was little to talk about until things sprung back into life after 73 minutes. That was when a one-two between Neymar and Dani Alves led to Messi breaking into space and thumping the ball home to as good as settle Barça's 27th cup title.
With eleven minutes to go, Williams got his head on the end of a cross from the left to pull one back for Athletic. Far from seeing it as a consolation goal, the Basques treated it as a lifeline and started piling on the pressure in search of a miracle. But as tempers started firing the game drew to a stop-start close with the Barça side of the stadium already celebrating a spectacular win. More to come next Saturday!


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Booklist 2018-2019 4th Ms Carroll
Booklist 2018-2019 4th Mrs Collins
Booklist 2018-2019 4th Mrs Quinn
Booklist 2018-2019 5th Ms Malone & Ms. Finegan
Booklist 2018-2019 6th Ms. Bradley
Booklist 2018-2019 6th Mrs. Smith
Presentation Primary school is taking new enrolments for the current school year. The best way to contact the school is by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or you can contact the hscl phone on 0861674352.
Click below to see St. Peter's Parish Common Enrolment Application Policy
Common Application 2018-2019
If you have yet to apply for a place for your child for Junior Infants September 2018 please download and complete the application form. Application form should be posted or brought to the school you have selected as your first choice. If your have any further questions you can contact schools by email.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year from all the staff at Presentation Primary School
Click here to see the 2017 – 2018 school holidays
3rd class booklist Ms. Bonner / Ms. Finnegan
3rd class booklist Mrs. Lawless
4th class booklist Ms. Kilcoyne
4th class booklist Ms. Carroll
4th class booklist Mrs White & Mr. Kierans
5th class booklist Mrs. Quinn / Ms. Malone
5th mixed class booklist Mrs Smith (5th/6th mix)
6th mixed class booklist Mrs Smith (5th/6th mix)
Enrollment inquiries please email school at firstname.lastname@example.com and leave your contact details.
Email is checked regularly and the Principal will contact you. Thank you
There was hardly a dry eye in our school hall on April 6th last when we bade a sad, yet very fond farewell to our principal Mrs Maguire when she retired after 43 years of dedicated service to our school. Mrs Maguire began her career in July 1974 in Fair Street and moved to Ballymakenny Rd in Sept 1974 when the new school opened. Therefore, that means Mrs Maguire is the last serving
teacher in our school who also taught in the old school in Fair St!
Apart from being the principal of our school for the past four and a half years Mrs Maguire taught in many different classes and has put many "Mammies" and even "Grannies" of our current pupils through her hands! She prepared many classes for Confirmation, worked in Learning Support for many years and served as Deputy Principal from 2006 to 2012. Throughout all her years she proved to be a hard working and caring teacher…someone who put the interests of her students first. She instilled a love of Nature and a love of the Lord in many children. Nano Nagle was her inspiration and Mrs Maguire made sure that all the Presentation girls knew the story of Nano!
So, with an invited audience of family members, principal teachers, retired staff of Presentation and some special friends of Mrs Maguire present the girls paid some richly deserved tributes to their principal. They excelled themselves with a variety of performances that included songs, poetry, drama and dance.
We heard "Limerick, you're a Lady" (in honour of Mrs Maguire's home county) from Rm. 11, a "Principal's Poem" from Rm.12, a contemporary dance called "Neverland" from Rm.2, while 6th class girls sang "Thank you for the Days", "I'll always remember you" and "Time of our Lives". Rm.6 recited a thought provoking poem titled "The Heart of the Teacher" with an accompanying mime prepared by our Drama teacher, Jaymie. Rm.5 presented Mrs Maguire with a "Retirement Survival Kit"…something that every prospective retiree might like! Other performances included 3rd classes singing "Down by the Salley Gardens" and Rm.13 singing "Ain't no Mountain High
Enough" The concert concluded with our own unique version of the ABBA hit from 1978 "Thank You for the Music". Mrs Maguire thoroughly enjoyed every item and shed a little tear too!
Following the concert Mrs Maguire was presented with gifts. These included a hand made book which had a page for every month of the year to represent all 12 classes in the school and flowers signed by every student in the school. We thank Ms. Malone for her help and expertise in putting the book together and also "We print" in Drogheda for their professional binding service. The girls also presented Mrs Maguire with a Bird House made by the Men's Shed in Drogheda and a bouquet of flowers. Representatives of the Parents' Association also had a gift for our retiring Principal.
In her "Thank You" speech Mrs Maguire was very appreciative of all the time and effort that was invested in her farewell concert. Indeed, her heart swelled with pride when she saw every girl performing at her best. And….. not to be outdone, Mrs Maguire had her own little surprise up her
sleeve! She performed an unaccompanied solo of that famous Julie Andrews song, "Getting to know you…" and left us all stunned.
Go n-eiri an bothar leat, Mrs Maguire. Long life, health and happiness to you and your family.
Around the globe, millions of people, businesses, and landmarks set aside an hour to host events, switch off their lights, and make noise for climate change action. This year Earth Hour is at 8:30pm on 25 March 2017.
Louth County Council are taking part and lights will be switched off at a number of our significant and high profile public buildings including County Hall in Dundalk and Millmount in Drogheda!
Be a part of Earth Hour 2017. Turn out your lights on Saturday, March 25 at 8:30pm and show your commitment to a better future.
The Parents' Association will hold their annual Coffee Morning on Thursday 30th March from 10.00 – 12.00. This is always a great event and entertainment will be provided by the children on the day.
Could you please ensure that the contact numbers in your daughter's journal are updated regularly so that we can contact you if your daughter is unwell or in case of emergency. We need two contact numbers.
The girls in Mrs.White/Mr.Kieran's class are taking part in this year's Eco Tribes Challenge 2017. The theme for this year's garden challenge is 'A Celtic Journey: The Spirit of Nature'. The class will work with Drogheda Tidy Towns group to design and cultivate a Celtic garden. If you are interested in helping in this project please contact Mrs.White.
We currently have a number of courses running for parents in the 4 schools including:
Preparing your child for secondary school
Interior Design
Health & Beauty
Computers for beginners
Keep an eye out for notes in your daughter's schoolbag about courses starting in the future or contact Audrey on 0861674352 if you would like to suggest a course.
It's week 5 of Operation Transformation and the parents enjoyed a great workout under the direction of local personal trainer Sean Kilroy.
Today we celebrated Grandparents' Day in the school. The Grandparents of 4th class were invited in to enjoy refreshments in the Parents' Room before enjoying a short religious celebration in our hall with Fr. Maciej.They then went on to their grandaughters's classroom to see the wonderful things they are learning at school. Everyone seemed to have a great day.
The Green schools committee made fabulous peanut bird feeders using larch wood with the help of Clare from OWLS. The girls in Ms.Lynch's class also made beautiful bird feeders from milk cartons. The children in each class have been enjoying feeding the birds and we have seen a big increase in the number of birds visiting our school grounds.
As part of Biodiversity Week each class completed a project on a native tree, plant, flower, animal, bird or insect. The projects which are on display in the corridors look fantastic and are full of interesting facts.
Well done to the girls in Mrs.White's 4th class who composed the winning Greencode:
Presentation is our name,
Biodiversity is our aim.
Caring for the birds and trees,
And making homes for the bugs and bees.
Today Clare from OWLS helped us fill our bug hotel with materials to attract more insects into our school garden. She showed us how to safely use a saw and drill. It was great to have a hands-on session. We worked as a team and we are so proud of our new bug hotel. Four insects have moved in already – a caterpillar, a slug, a beetle and a snail.
Parents listening carefully to personal trainer Sean Kilroy on the first morning of Operation Tranformation. We had great interest with 44 parents turning up to weigh in and transform their exercise routine and diet over the next eight weeks.We hope to see everyone again next week.
Today Dale Treadwell who has appeared on many children's TV shows spent the day in our school. His sessions were fun, energetic and full of cool facts about biodiversity. He read his two books to the classes – 'Harry the Hedgehog' and 'Robby the Christmas Robin'. At lunchtime he kindly helped the Green Schools committee plant a bee and butterfly garden in one of our raised beds. They planted a buddleia, a sunflower, lavender, lupins and wildflower seeds. We look forward to seeing it in bloom later in the year.
We have had a number of classes and courses running since September including:
Information Technology QQI Level 4
CV Preparation & Interview Skills
Brush up your Irish
Maths homework help for parents
Life Stories
Science Club for parent & child
Baking with Numbers for parent & child
Keep an eye out in the New Year for notes coming home with upcoming classes & courses.
After Christmas, our school along with the other schools involved in the Drogheda Moves Project will be getting involved in Operation Transformation. Last year the parents of our school along with the parents of St Brigid's, St Patrick's and St. Joseph's took part in Operation Transformation and the group had great fun. This year we will be expanding our participation. We will have fitness classes once a week with Sean Kilroy a well-known local personal trainer. Parents will have the option to be weighed in or measured each week. We will also have health and nutrition talks throughout the 8 weeks that the project is running.
The girls in 4th class took part in an interactive workshop on energy given by SEAI. They learnt about the science of energy and climate change through experiments.
Attendance at school is very important. This year we are trying to reduce the number of children missing more than 20 days at school, as we have to report these cases to the N.E.W.B. If your child misses a day at school a note must be sent into the class teacher to explain her absence.
In the mornings children are asked to wait on the path behind the wall until the school gates open. Motorists may enter the roundabout to drop off their children only (no parking is allowed).
In the evenings children exit the school via the playground gate and walk behind the wall to leave the school grounds. Children who travel on buses are also asked to walk behind the wall and follow the yellow footprints to their bus stop. Children who travel home by car are asked to wait in the yellow box alongside the playground gate until a parent/guardian collects them.
Parking is NOT allowed on the roundabout at or before 2.45pm. We appreciate your cooperation in implementing these safety measures for your children.


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Category Archives: His Beatitude
Congratulations to His Beatitude
Anniversary of His Beatitude's Enthronement to the Holy See of St. James
Today it is the fourth anniversary of the enthronement to the Holy See of St. James of His Beatitude Archbishop Nourhan Manougian, the 97th Armenian Patriarch of Jerusalem. We congratulate His Beatitude cordially Շնորհաւոր Սրբազան Պատրիարք Հայր May our Lord continue to strengthen His Beatitude in his work.
Schedule Feast of Ascension
Tomorrow is the Feast of Ascension Day. We will celebrate on Mt. of Olives, at the Chapel of Ascension according to the following schedule: Wednesday May 24: 13.45 departure from the Armenian Convent 14.15 arrival at the Mount of Olives 14.30 Liturgy of cleansing, blessing and dedication of the site Continue Reading →
Letter of Condolences sent to His Holiness Pope Tawadros II
Letter of Condolences to the Ambassador of the Russian Federation
Speech of His Beatitude Patriarch Nourhan Manougian at the Celebration ending the Restoration of the Aedicule
The entire Christian world is rejoicing today at the reopening of the Holy Aedicule after months of restoration and reinforcement. Today as we stand in front of this holiest of all the Christian shrines throughout the world, we are inevitably reminded of the passion and crucifixion of the Son of Continue Reading →
Epiphany celebrations at Jordan River
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OTTAWA – Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff seems intent on shoring up the walls of Fortress Toronto, his party's last real stronghold.
On the last Saturday of the campaign, the Liberal leader is hop-scotching through Oakville, Guelph, Mississauga and Brampton, where the Liberals were strong in the last Parliament and where the Tories would dearly love to make inroads.
For the Liberals, this is their last real bastion. The West was lost long ago, except for a seat here and there. Party fortunes in Quebec have sagged well behind the galvanized New Democrats.
If Ignatieff is to make any real showing on Monday night, he has to hold the Toronto region, especially the suburban belt that girds the city.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper starts his day in Richmond Hill, just north of Toronto, then jets east to Nova Scotia.
NDP Leader Jack Layton, who is riding an historic crest of support has a single campaign event on friendly turf in Burnaby, B.C.
With only 48 hours left before voting starts, the NDP surge, which welled up in the last two weeks to the shock of pollsters, pundits and politicians alike, shows no signs of ebbing.
In fact the Toronto Star, Canada's largest circulation daily newspaper, is now urging Canadians to vote for the New Democrats on Monday.
In an editorial Saturday, the newspaper said that with the Liberals no longer representing a realistic alternative to the Conservatives, a vote for the NDP was the best way to stop the Harper Tories from winning the majority they so intently desire.
Harper also seems to have written off the Liberals. He told a Friday night rally in Brampton that there are only two alternatives in this election: "It's going to be a Conservative government or its going to be an NDP government."
An NDP government, he said, would tax, tax, tax and spend, spend, spend, killing jobs and hobbling the economy in the process.
Harper is campaigning hard, warning of the dangers of an NDP grab for power. Tory insiders are said to still believe they can secure their elusive majority if the breaks go their way.
There is little that Ignatieff can do, beyond last-minute efforts to nail down existing seats.
It seems as if the NDP explosion has him flabbergasted. On Friday, he said voting for the NDP is like "taking a trip to Fantasy Island."
He took aim at NDP candidates who took vacations during the campaign:
"Choose candidates who actually show up as opposed to disappeared to Las Vegas for three weeks. Let's be serious here, it's decision time. Stop fooling around."
It is decision time, but it looks as though the decisions are going against the Liberals and Ignatieff.
Layton, for his part, has found that greater support comes with greater scrutiny.
The NDP platform is under Tory and Liberal microscopes and the calculators say there are big holes in the finances.
An off-hand Layton remark about hoping the Bank of Canada won't hike interest rates had his opponents accusing him of threatening the central bank's traditional independence. He had to backtrack sharply.
It's the sort of remark that would have gone unremarked if uttered by the leader of a third, or fourth party. Coming from a politician with a shot at being leader of the Opposition in the next Parliament and even a chance of being prime minister, it draws fire.
Layton's high-flying campaign ran into further turbulence Friday night with a media report that he visited a massage clinic in Toronto that was raided by police, but was neither arrested nor charged.
Layton dismissed the report as a smear campaign. The NDP's lawyer issued a statement indicating police told Layton he did nothing wrong and nothing further happened.
Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe, facing an astonishingly strong challenge from the NDP, is desperate to hold his core support. He's warning that the NDP will always side with Canada, not Quebec.


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Obituary of Madeline Perry
~Madeline P. "Maggie" Perry, age 72, of Malone, NY., passed away on Monday, September 4, 2017, at her home while under the loving care of her family and Hospice of the North Country.
Born in Malone, NY., on January16, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Cordelia Lamica Martin Brooks. She attended local schools.
On April 21, 1962, she was united in marriage to Thomas R. Perry, Sr. at St. John Bosco Church in Malone. He predeceased her on June 11, 2004.
Madeline was employed as a cleaner for the Malone Central School District where she last worked at Davis Elementary. She retired on May 31, 2017 due to her health.
She was a parishioner of St. John Bosco Church in Malone. She was also an avid bingo player where she enjoyed playing at St. John Bosco Church, Holy Family School and the Knights of Columbus in Malone.
Madeline is survived by four sons and one daughter in law, Thomas R. Perry, Jr. and his wife Christy of Bellefontaine, OH., Joseph Perry and his companion Catherine Stokes of Malone, NY., Timothy Perry and his companion Amy Allen of Zephyrhills, FL., and Terry Perry of Malone, NY., one daughter and son in law, Tina and Shayne Smith of Constable, NY., two brothers and a sister in law, Adrien and Alice Brooks of Malone, NY., and George Brooks of Brushton, NY., and by four sisters, Linda Rheault of Hartford, CT., Susan Donahue of North Bangor, NY., and Beatrice Brooks Warner and Shirley Brooks Haywood both of Malone, NY. She is also survived by eight grandchildren, Chelsea Glenny, Alex Smith, Jenna Smith, Brianna Smith, Joseph Perry Jr., Devin Perry, Dylan Perry and Austin Perry and by a great grandchild, Kasen Glenny.
Besides her parents and husband she was predeceased by nine brothers, Frankie, Francis, Arthur, William, Norman, Raymond, Kenneth and Wilford Brooks and Abraham Martin, by eleven sisters, Sandra Jarvis, Evelyn Lee, Rita Evans, Ida Lambert, Theresa Mallette, Dorothy Friend, Geraldine Jo Rivers, Shirley Johnston, Bertha Shova, Victoria Duemers and Pauline Savoir and by a grandson, Jordan Shayne Smith.
Calling hours will be held on Monday, September 11, 2017 from 2-4 - 6-8 p.m. at the Bruso-Desnoyers Funeral Home in Malone. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, September 12, 2017, at 10 a.m., at St. John Bosco Church in Malone. Burial will follow at Notre Dame Cemetery in Malone.
Donations may be made in her memory to the Alice Ballard Fund of Hospice of the North Country Inc.
Arrangements are through the Bruso-Desnoyers Funeral Service Inc. of Malone, NY.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.brusofuneralservice.com.