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The Moral Underground: How Ordinary Americans Subvert an Unfair Economy
Bea, a manager at a big-box chain store in Maine, likes to keep a professional atmosphere in the store. But with a staff struggling to get by on $6 to $8 an hour, sometimes things get messy. When one of her employees couldn't afford to buy her daughter a prom dress, Bea couldn't shake the feeling that she was implicated by the injustice. "Let's just say ... we made some mistakes with our prom dress orders last year," she told me. "Too many were ordered, some went back. It got pretty confusing." And Edy? "She knocked them dead" at the prom.
Andrew, a manager in a large food business in the Midwest, told me about the moral dilemma of employing people who can't take care of their families even though they are working hard. This was something that he couldn't pretend was okay. He came to the decision to "do what [he] can" even at the risk of being accused of stealing. "I pad their paychecks because you can't live on what they make. I punch them out after they have left for a doctor's appointment or to take care of someone ... And I give them food to take home...."
Ned, who works in a chain grocery store, detours some of the "product" that doesn't quite pass muster—dented cans, not-quite-fresh produce—to his low-wage employees. "I guess you could say I make the most of that," he said. "I make the most of it. I don't see it as a scam. It's not for me, it's for them. ... At the end of the month ... that's all they have."
Paycheck inequalities
Today, one in four U.S. workers earns less than $9 an hour—about $19,000 per year. Thirty-nine percent of the nation's children live in low-income households. And African-American and Latino families are much more likely to be poor or low-income and are less likely to have assets or home equity to offset low wages.
Between 2001 and 2008, I spoke with hundreds of lower- and middle-income people about the economy, work, schools, health care, and what they saw happening around them. When this research began, I was focusing on parents in low-wage families, documenting their accounts of working, being poor, and trying to keep children safe. But that changed when I spoke with Jonathan, a middle-aged "top manager" in a chain of grocery stores in the Midwest. I was asking him about the stresses of running a business that employed lots of low-wage parents. He acknowledged there were plenty. I was getting toward the end of the interview and he seemed to sense that, so he stopped me and asked, "Don't you want to know what this is doing to me, too?"
At first I thought he was going to tell me his own financial problems. But he wanted to talk about being someone who makes enough to live "fairly comfortably" while having authority over hardworking parents who do not. He spoke of parents whom he got to know pretty well, who headed home each week with less than they needed to feed their families. Yes, he said, it is the "going wage"—America's "market wage"—that doesn't cover the market cost of basic human needs. Still, it didn't seem right to Jonathan. He described how it changed his job, tainted it, to be supervising people who couldn't get by on what he paid them.
Like Andrew and many others, Jonathan looked beyond the fact that it was legal for the market to set wages below what families need to survive. Does that make it right? Yes, of course it is lawful and "good for business," and thus enthusiastically endorsed by a government increasingly run by corporate interests and their lobbyists. But when you look into the faces of people who are doing their work and trying to take care of their families, is it decent? And if not, who do you have to become to obediently go along with impoverishing workers and their families? Very different people from across the country told me that when you ignore injustice embedded in your society, you become part of it, complicit with what you consider immoral. And for some, this changed how they saw their role in the world and the work that they did.
Building a Solidarity Economy
How can one small childcare cooperative help create an economy founded on teamwork, social justice, and democracy?
Work is a core class intersection in American life because, every day, millions of low-wage and middle-income people come together to do their jobs. They often get to know each other, their family concerns, hopes, and plans. Some of the people I interviewed said they had no interest in low-wage workers and others said that low-wage people have only themselves to blame for being poor. But most employers thought that working people should get a fair day's pay and be able to keep their families fed and housed.
A few went beyond concern. They found a little opening, a little chink in the system, and used it to treat working people better. Even if they had to break company rules, they were determined to treat people as though their survival mattered in a business environment that valued nothing but bottom-line profitability.
I spoke to many people who, like other regular Americans in the past, decided that when you see people being treated unfairly and, worse still, you realize you play a direct role in that unfairness, the right thing to do is to act against it. In the tradition of civil disobedience that marks the nation's history, often unassuming but morally clear-eyed people refuse, every day, to go along with the economic mistreatment of other people. Andrew, Ned, and Bea were some of the people who showed me how profound unfairness will give rise to a people's moral underground, but they were certainly not alone.
The talk about the economy is now very different from when I began this research years ago. The malignant effects of unregulated market rule are being exposed as economic damage spreads beyond millions of working poor families. But I found that long before the press and politicians became riveted by an economic "meltdown," plenty of ordinary people had been grappling with an unjust economy. Far away from debates about Wall Street and Main Street, in the side streets, byways, and common corners of the nation, where most Americans live, some have been staking out different moral terrain.
There is a tale that has always emerged in America when business has free rein, can freely undermine the public good, and can freely buy and sell political will. Today's is a contemporary version, but it is one that recalls a history when market rule could justify almost anything—buying and selling human beings, sending children into coal mines, denying people the right to organize, gutting whole communities to take jobs to a cheaper elsewhere, or leaving people who have labored their long lives without a pension or a home.
But there is also a parallel story, the one about resistance. It is a new chapter in the proud history of how people will refuse to go along with economic abuse—and not just the few heroes we recall. Heroes alone don't shift the ground. Deep change comes only when regular people start naming what is happening, talking to one another, and, inevitably, some of them decide that they can't accept such injustice. Occasionally, they move a nation.
Copyright © 2009 by Lisa Dodson, published by The New Press, Inc. and reprinted here with permission.


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Senate GOP's healthcare problem is not Trump
One big reason Senate Republicans are having trouble uniting around a plan to overhaul the nation's health coverage is that a lot of them just don't get along.
These intra-party clashes of personality and policy stymie the bill's progress as much as any other political force. Sure, lawmakers are reluctant to side with President Donald Trump, particularly in traditional swing states such as Ohio or Wisconsin. And waiting in the House are conservatives who are wary of the latest Senate plan, crafted to win over centrists.
But what's hurting the Senate's effort to come together are the personal relationships. Or lack of them.
Sen. Pat Roberts, who was involved in drafting both versions of the Senate health care bill, said he hasn't spoken to his fellow Republican senator from Kansas, Jerry Moran, about why Moran hasn't gotten on board yet.
Moran's vote is crucial, since he's regarded as one of six undecided Republicans. Two GOP senators, Maine's Susan Collins and Kentucky's Rand Paul, are opposed to the legislation unveiled Thursday, meaning one more defection dooms the bill. Republicans control 52 Senate seats.
It would make sense that Roberts, a veteran lawmaker and powerful agriculture committee chairman serving his fourth term, would try to persuade his younger colleagues.
But he's struggling with Moran. "No. Between you and me and the fence post, I'm trying to get a better word than no, but that's where it is," Roberts told the Kansas City Star. "Quite frankly, I think the best thing to do is to ask Jerry."
Told that a reporter hadn't been able to track Moran down on Capitol Hill, Roberts quipped, "Imagine that."
This sort of cool relationship between a state's senators is hardly unusual. Moran might be trying to come out of Roberts' shadow by splitting with Roberts and GOP leadership on health care, said Wendy Schiller, a professor of political science at Brown University who wrote Partners and Rivals: Representation in U.S. Senate Delegations.
"This, to me, is Jerry Moran's move," she said. "He clearly wants to establish himself as an independent force in Kansas politics."
If tension already exists between lawmakers, really tough votes are going to aggravate the situation, said Darrell West, vice president and director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, a research group.
"They're very high profile, there's a lot of public press on various points of views on the issue, and it's just going to make the whole situation much worse," West said.
"You would think there would be more conversations taking place within the delegation," he said, "but sometimes it doesn't happen because the issue's very hot."
The math on health care is tough for the GOP, a fact that even Trump acknowledged in a conversation with reporters on Air Force One recently.
"It's like this narrow road that about a quarter of an inch wide," the president said of the difficulty of getting Republicans to agree. "You get a couple here and you say, great, and then you find out you just lost four over here. Health care is tough."
That's the challenge for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky; Roberts wants to curb the rising costs of Medicaid, the joint federal-state program that helps pay health care for lower income consumers, and Moran doesn't want Medicaid slashed too much.
Other states have similarly split delegations.
McConnell can't convince his own home state Republican colleague, Sen. Rand Paul, to join him in supporting the bill. Paul says it doesn't keep Republicans' promise to repeal Obamacare because it keeps many of the law's regulations and subsidies.
Paul, who has lashed out at McConnell for not negotiating with his office before releasing a draft of the health care bill, said the only way to get all 52 Republican senators to agree on health care is to split the bill in two: One that repeals Obamacare, and another involving all the regulations and funds to stabilize the market. McConnell isn't likely to agree.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, heads the Senate Finance Committee, a major player in getting the legislation through the Senate. His junior colleague, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is considered an undecided. He wants to repeal Obamacare provisions that prevent insurance companies from charging more to cover people with pre-existing conditions.
Add to all this Republican governors weighing in, too, trying to strong arm their states' senators to vote one way or another. On Friday, as Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, wavered on whether to support the latest Senate bill, Gov. John Kasich, a Republican and close political ally, slammed it as "still unacceptable."
"Here's the problem: You're not going a bill passed in Washington that Republican governors don't like,," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
"We've got a really big mess," acknowledged Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. "We come from different states. Some expanded, some didn't. There's a host of reasons. There's just nothing easy about this."
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The Board of Directors of the National Association of Wabash Men encourages Wabash alumni to vote in elections for Alumni Trustee on the Board of Trustees and for the Board of Directors for the NAWM. Ballots containing biographies of the nine candidates have been mailed to all alumni, and elections close April 22, 2014.
Alumni have the option of voting online here.
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The four alumni presented below have been selected as candidates to serve on the Wabash College Board of Trustees by the Board of Directors of The National Association of Wabash Men. You are privileged to vote for two of the candidates on the slate, or you may write in the name of any qualified alumnus whose name does not appear here. (A qualified alumnus is any man who attended Wabash for at least one year.)
The man who receives the greatest number of votes will be elected and serve on the Board for a four-year term, 2014-2018. (One trustee is elected by alumni in odd-numbered years and two in even-numbered years. Six of the 35 members of the Board of Trustees are elected by alumni.) This year's candidates are David L. Callecod '89, Cory M. Olson '85, Robert Scott Dreher '82, and Alexander A. Miller '71.
In recommending candidates, the Board of Directors has in mind the following qualifications desirable for a Wabash College trustee:
- He supports the mission, core values, history, and traditions of Wabash College, and has a vivid sense of owning the College and making it strong for the next generation;
- He professionally is a high achiever who shares time, talent, and treasure to the benefit of the College;
- His interest in education should be genuine and deep-rooted;
- He identifies and helps recruit young men to attend the College, participates in admissions and advancement events, and when possible provides career development opportunities for students;
- He places Wabash College at or near the top of his philanthropic endeavors, including participation in the Annual Fund; and
- He participates in campus events, visits classes, and actively engages in informal discussions with students, faculty, and staff.
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The five alumni presented in this ballot have been selected as candidates to serve on the Board of Directors of The National Association of Wabash Men. The three men elected will serve for three years: 2014-2017. They have been selected on the basis of their age, geographical location, and career background. Each has a strong interest in Wabash College. The candidates are Jonathan R. Haug '00, David C. Woessner '01, Steven M. Badger '87, Timothy E. DeLong '86, and Arthur J. Howe '82.
The Board of Directors meets three times each year. Its major areas of consideration are: Alumni Involvement, Recruiting, and Career Services.
Please consider these men—or write in the names of other qualified alumni—to represent you on the Board of Directors.
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After an aggressive first-half battle, Central Connecticut falls 2-0 to Vermont following two back-to-back second-half goals in its second road contest of the season Friday night. CCSU is now 0-2 on the season.
The Blue Devils started the game high in energy and ultimately out-shot the Catamounts 17 to seven at the conclusion of the game. Sophomore Danica Foglio led the shooting rampage with three, while five Blue Devils each added two more - including freshman Cailynn Harding who posted two shots on goal.
Senior Ashlee Barrow and junior goalie Nikola Deiter led an effective defensive effort for Central during the first half preventing Vermont's sharp-shooters from penetrating the net. The two teams, having both lost their previous contests, spent the half trading possessions and vying for goals, but left the game scoreless at halftime.
The second half opened with CCSU dominating the Catamounts' end of the field. Freshman Claire Walsh rocketed a shot at the goal that required an impressive save by Vermont's freshman goalie Ally Ramos. The Catamounts responded to the pressure 13 minutes into the second half with senior Megan Rozumalski putting the ball into the net to leave CCSU trailing 0-1. The goal was Rozumalski's third of the season and was followed by another from sophomore Alexandra Dezenzo just over five minutes later.
The Blue Devils were unable to make a comeback after the two quick goals awarding the Catamounts their first win of the season. The Blue Devils take on New Hampshire on Sunday, Aug. 26 at 11 a.m. for their second game of the University of Vermont Fall Classic tournament.
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ADDRESS: 1825 Yorktown Drive
NEIGHBORHOOD: Meadowbrook Heights
SIZE: 3,194 fin. sq. ft., 525 unfin.
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LISTED BY: Bob Hughes, Summit Realty 980-4534
If you reached your limit with the present state of affairs and have been down in the basement trying to build a time machine to take you back to the happy, carefree days of the late '50s and early '60s– all the excitement of the handsome new President, that beloved black Viewmaster in the maroon box, Red Skelton, and Jello salad– come back upstairs. All the allure of that simpler time can be yours just across town.
This split level was built in 1963, commissioned by a law professor in the city's first subdivision. Houses down at the other end of Yorktown are earlier– one swanky low-slung number was built in '55– and together they create an almost shivery out-of-body sensation. Baby Boomers who want to relive their youth should drive around over there for a surreal experience. In fact, it may have been just that feeling that prompted the current owner to buy this house– it reportedly reminded him of sites of zany adolescent escapades.
The hidden front door– it's on the side beside a tiny Japanese garden, invisible from the street– leads to a split foyer with small coat closet. The oak floors are covered with carpeting that would brighten up after a close encounter with a steam vac.
The wide stairs lead down to a living/dining room divided by a big wood-burning fireplace with raised brick hearth. The floors in this large room are soapstone– unusual in a house of this vintage, and striking. The current owners are using the dining room as a music room because– beyond the large kitchen– a former screened porch has been enclosed to create a huge sunroom with windows on three sides that they're using for the dining room.
The kitchen is an appealing mix of then and now. When adding an island, a six-burner professional gas stove, and a commercial range hood custom-made for the space (to vent sideways), the owners decided to leave the funky old-school cabinets and laminate countertops. But the result is weirdly appealing, like almost everything else in the house. Nostalgia is a powerful force.
Between the kitchen and the large Pergo-floored sunroom is an eat-in breakfast area big enough to double as a dining room in the dead of winter when closing off the larger room makes sense (it has its own heating system). Bookshelves are plentiful here as well as in the sunroom, and they add to the charm of the whole first level.
Upstairs are four bedrooms and two full baths– one with washer and dryer, and one beyond a small dressing area in the master suite. The bedrooms are larger than those in many houses in new subdivisions, and all have those split-level side-slider windows providing views to the "mature plantings" in the landscaped yard. Louvered bi-fold doors– what else?– enclose large closets in all the bedrooms.
The orientation of the house, according to the owner, is such that sunshine penetrates the windows all day long. A large overhang provides ventilation and protection from the worst of the summer's rays, and large pines and cedars undoubtedly do their part as well.
Like a house we reviewed recently on Rugby Avenue, the orientation here also means that what you see from the street is not an accurate depiction of the house. Nasty electrical boxes, inexplicably painted an eyesore rust color, mar the little bit of the house visible from the street beside the overpowering two-car garage. Views revealing the true character of the place are available only from the rear garden. For that reason, it's difficult to tell where the real "front" of the house is.
And speaking of that garage, it's accessed by steps from the kitchen, providing the third level required for what an Internet architecture site calls a "split-level raised ranch"– and if there ever was one, this is it. Down in the garage is another wacky surprise– a thing that looks like a Cold-War bunker, but which turns out to be a high-tech wine cellar, with R-40 insulation on all sides and its own cooling set-up to keep what could be hundreds of bottles of vino happy at a comfy 57 degrees year 'round.
The owner says that when Charlottesville old-timers find out where he lives, they regale him with stories of famous parties in this house back in the day. Anyone interested in reviving those happy high-ball and fondue shindigs has found the perfect setting.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Coming off of its outstanding performance at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships this past weekend, the UCSB women's swim team has been heavily honored by the conference, which announced its year-end awards today.
Sophomore Andrea Ward was named Athlete of the Year, Katie Records garnered Freshman of the Year accolades and Gregg Wilson was named Coach of the Year. Thirteen Gauchos were also named to the MPSF First and Second Teams for their performances.
Ward earns Athlete of the Year honors after winning three individual event titles and three relay titles at the championships. She set meet records in the 100 fly (52.98), 200 fly (1:59.16) and 200 medley relay (1:39.63). Ward also swam on the champion 800 free relay (7:17.82) and 400 medley relay (3:39.89) teams and took first in the 500 free (4:50.41). She rounded out her meet program with a second-place finish in the 400 free relay (3:23.01). She also set school records in the 100 fly, 200 fly, 800 free relay and 200 free this season. Ward was twice named the MPSF Swimmer of the Week this year.
Records had a remarkable MPSF Championships. She claimed the 200 breaststroke title, placed third in the 100 breast and took 11th in the 200 individual medley (2:04.13). Her winning time in the 200 breast – 2:13.41 – is an NCAA 'B' consideration time, as was her time in the 100 breast (1:02.08). She garnered a total of 42 points for the Gauchos, helping them take second place.
Head coach Gregg Wilson, who is in his 28th season at the helm of the UCSB women's program, led the Gauchos to their second-consecutive second-place finish at the MPSF Championships. Throughout the four-day event, UCSB won 10 event titles, set five new meet records and broke six school records. The Gauchos posted a total of 14 NCAA 'B' cuts during the meet. For the season, UCSB posted a 6-3 dual record. The 27-time Big West Conference Coach of the Year garners his first MPSF honor after joining the league last season.
A total of 10 Gauchos garnered All-MPSF First Team honors after their standout showings in Monterey Park and nine grabbed Second Team accolades. Among the first team honorees were Ward (200 medley relay, 800 free relay, 500 free, 400 medley relay, 100 fly, 200 fly), Allie Knight (200 medley relay, 200 IM, 400 medley relay, 400 IM, 200 back), Sophia Yamauchi (200 medley relay, 200 IM, 400 medley relay, 100 breast, 200 breast), Kendall Neely (200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 200 free relay), Emma Hunt (800 free relay, 200 free, 200 fly), Records (100 breast, 200 breast), Heren Alanis (800 free relay), Anne Peanasky (800 free relay), Sasza Lohrey (200 free relay) and Mariah Tharp (200 free relay).
The second team honorees are Peanasky (200 IM, 100 fly, 200 fly, 400 free relay), Paige Bradley (100 breast, 200 breast), Hunt (500 free, 400 free relay), Alanis (400 IM, 1650 free), Micaela Velasquez (200 free, 1650 free), Neely (100 free), Ward (400 free relay), Yamauchi (400 free relay) and Caila Baltas (platform diving).


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress could soon pass a bill to further squeeze Iran's oil exports - and its nuclear program - but new sanctions may fail to cut the country's crude sales much more than existing ones already have.
The Senate Banking Committee this month is expected to begin debating its version of a package of sanctions that easily passed in the House of Representatives in late July. The House bill would cut Iran's exports to global customers by an additional 1 million barrels per day in a year, on top of U.S. and European Union sanctions that have about halved Tehran's oil sales since 2011.
The U.S. government believes Iran's nuclear program will soon have the ability to develop weapons and that further reducing the country's oil sales could shut the program down by starving it of funding.
Deeper cuts in Iran's oil sales, if accomplished, could worsen the damage Western sanctions have already done to Iran's economy, which suffered a loss of about $26 billion in petroleum revenue in 2012 from a total of $95 billion in 2011; soaring inflation; and a devaluation of its currency, the rial.
Tehran says its nuclear program is for generating electricity and medical devices.
Senators from both parties have begun private talks on closing loopholes in existing sanctions, forcing reductions in Iran's oil sales at a faster pace than the House bill would and ending the ability of the State Department to waive sanctions on Iran's oil customers, aides said.
Many want to pass tougher sanctions to show Iran's new president, Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate, that Washington is serious about pressuring the nuclear program.
But existing sanctions - which push countries including China, India, Japan and South Korea to reduce their imports of Iranian oil by threatening to cut their banks off from the U.S. financial system - may have already gone as far as they can without antagonizing the countries.
"Congress can pass anything it wants, but the president is not going to be able to implement it," Amy Myers Jaffe, an expert in energy and geopolitics at the University of California, Davis, said of tougher sanctions efforts.
The high price of oil is not helping. Hopes that the sanctions could deliver a serious blow to Iran's nuclear program were high in June 2012 when international Brent crude prices fell below $90 a barrel, even at a time of high seasonal demand and as Washington raised pressure on Iran.
Lower prices help sanctions work by cutting the revenue Iran gets from its reduced crude oil sales. Low prices can also ease cooperation between Iran's oil-consuming countries and Washington, while higher crude prices can make it hard to crack down on oil sales from a country with enormous crude resources.
Brent oil prices are now much higher, at about $108 a barrel, though down from $117 earlier this month. Production outages in Libya, Iraq, Nigeria and other countries have cut some 3 million barrels per day, or about 3.5 percent of global demand, from the market.
Deeper cuts could also be hard to pull off given the efforts by President Barack Obama administration since early 2011 to persuade Iran's top oil consumers to find alternative sources of crude. Reductions in purchases of Iranian oil by China, Japan and South Korea were steep in 2012 but have mostly leveled off.
With Washington hoping to avoid creating diplomatic spats with large countries at a time of rising tensions across the Middle East and North Africa, now may not be the right time to remove flexibilities in the way sanctions have been working.
"The labor strikes in Libya and increased tension with Syria highlight the importance of giving the Obama administration flexibility in how hard and how fast to pressure other countries to reduce imports from Iran," said Trevor Houser, a former State Department adviser now at Rhodium Group, a New York policy and economic consultancy.
Backers of tougher sanctions in the Senate say the House version waits too long - up to 90 days - to force new reductions in Iran's oil sales.
Several senators also want the new bill to require Iran's oil-consuming countries to make specific, documented reductions in their crude purchases, an aide said. The approach could require countries to cut by a certain percentage soon after the bill became law, and the percentages would rise every few months.
It would be a contrast to current practice, which only requires consuming countries to make "significant," but undefined, cuts in the purchases of Iranian crude.
"The devil will be in the details - how much oil each period and what is the length of each staged period of time," the senate aide said.
Other senators say the approach would not work because the consuming countries do not want to telegraph to the world how much they are cutting, or will cut, their purchases, for competitive reasons.
"For sanctions to work, to be biting, they must be multilateral, not unilateral, and that requires buy-in and cooperation from other nations," said another senate aide. "Calling out specific countries and targeting them in such a way to hit a benchmark doesn't adhere to this multilateral approach," he said.
Sanctions that seek further dramatic cuts to Iran's oil exports could be a "bridge too far," and one that the Obama administration is unlikely to make China, Iran's biggest oil customer, cross given the importance of Beijing's cooperation in efforts to address the Iranian nuclear issue, said Houser.
Reporting by Timothy Gardner, additional reporting by Arshad Mohammed; editing by Ros Krasny and Douglas Royalty


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The electric sedan BMW i4 will begin its sales in 2021.
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The Green Bay Packers' defense has struggled with injuries all season. That unfortunately continued for them during Sunday's loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
Cornerback Sam Shields and outside linebacker Mike Neal both exited the game with knee injuries and didn't return. Shields was carted to the locker room.
With Neal hurt, the Packers were down to just two outside linebackers. Cornerback Davon House and linebacker Andy Mulumba were forced to step into big roles.
Here's the rest of today's notable injuries:
1. Niners pass rusher Aldon Smith was suffering from cramps, but returned to action in the third quarter.
2. San Francisco defensive end Demarcus Dobbs left the game with a knee injury.
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Academic Lectures 2008-2009
Archived Events
- September 24, 2008
Dr. Don Will, Director of the Peace Studies Program at Chapman University
UN International Day of Peace - IS Guest Speaker
United Nations International Day of Peace -- International Studies Concentration presents Special Guest Speaker Dr. Donald Will, Delp-Wilkinson Professor of Peace Studies, Chapman University, speaking on Quagmire Iraq: Why We got In, How We Get Out. Pauling Hall 216, 7 pm, Free.
- October 14, 2008
Thomas Claviez - Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Stavanger, Norway
Guest Speaker - The Soka General Education Program
Prof. Claviez will discuss his most recent book, Moral Imagination from Uncle Tom's Cabin to Home Made of Dawn (University Press of New England, 2007). He took his Ph.D. at the University of Berlin, is the recipient of several honors including a Fulbright Fellowship. He has taught at the JFK Institute of the University of Berlin, the University of Bielefeld and Humbolt University, and is currently teaching at the University of Stavanger in Norway.
- October 15, 2008
Thomas Claviez - Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Stavanger, Norway
Sentimental Law & Slavery Chattle: A New Look At Uncle Tom's Cabin
Prof. Claviez will discuss his most recent book, Moral Imagination from Uncle Tom's Cabin to Home Made of Dawn (University Press of New England, 2007). He took his Ph.D. at the University of Berlin, is the recipient of several honors including a Fulbright Fellowship. He has taught at the JFK Institute of the University of Berlin, the University of Bielefeld and Humbolt University, and is currently teaching at the University of Stavanger in Norway.
- October 16, 2008
Dr. David Pharies
Foreign Language and Culture Program Guest Speaker
Professor Pharies will discuss several myths that have become attached to the Spanish language.
- October 25, 2008
Featured Speakers: Sandra Black: Associate Professor of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles Deborah Lowe Vandell: Professor of Education, University of California, Irvine Cherry Ross Gooden: Associate Professor of Curriculum & Instruction Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas Wayne Au: Assistant Professor of Secondary Education, California State University, Fullerton
Social and Behavioral Sciences Symposium -
Perspectives For A Diverse World
Education is key to building a more just and democratic society, and the purpose of the 2008 Soka Symposium on Social Issues is to explore issues confronting educators in realizing the transformative potential of their practice in all realms of educational settings. In order to stimulate a dialogue about educational practices in our increasingly diverse and interconnected world, four widely recognized educators drawn from across the social and behavioral sciences will present and discuss their work in an informal, open-ended roundtable discussion format.
- October 28, 2008
Miguel Martinez de Castilla, Head of Ardinco S.A., architecture firm for construction and interior design.
Cities and Architecture in Andalucia "A Way of Life, a Legacy to a Historical-Cultural Post"
Miguel Martinez de Castilla, Head of Ardinco S.A., architecture firm for construction and interior design. He graduated with high Honors at the School of Architecture, University of Seville in 1968. The recipient of numerous awards for his work in Seville. In 2006 Martinez de Catilla earned the Aeronautic Merit Cross of Spain Defense Ministry.
- November 11, 2008
Visiting Scholar - Professor Noddings is the Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education, Emerita, at Stanford University.
Critical Lessons for Critical Thinking
Professor Noddings is the Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education, Emerita, at Stanford University. In addition to thirteen books is also a former teacher, administrator and curriculum developer in public schools, and is the recipient of numerous teaching and excellence in education awards. She is currently the President of the National Academy of Education.
- November 17, 2008
Dr. Richard Falk, Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University. and Visiting Distinguished Profesor in Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
A Vision of UN Reform: Global Challenge to Governments and Citizens
In 2001 he served on a three person Human Rights Inquiry Commission for the Palestine Territories appointed by the UN and in March 2008 the United Nations appointed Richard Falk to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) as a special investigator on Israeli actions in the Palestinian territories.
- January 14, 2009
Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury
Lecture with Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury: "Water for Life"
United Nations in December 2003 proclaimed the years 2005 to 2015 as the International Decade for Action: "Water for Life." Yet 300 million people – over 40% of the population of the Least Developed Countries – have no access to improved drinking water supply.
- January 16, 2009
Dr. M. Satish Kumar
Informal Get-Together with PBRC Visiting Lecturer Dr. M. Satish Kumar
Director of QUB-India Initiative; he will share his perspective on his latest research on Geography of Uneven Development; Sustaining Communities in an Era of Climate Change: Education of Sustainable Development.
- February 19, 2009
Dr. Larry A. Hickman, , Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Lecture with Dr. Larry A. Hickman (SUA Board of Trustee) Title: "John Dewey: His Life and Work"
Dr. Hickman is the author of Modern Theories of Higher Level Predicates (1980), John Dewey's Pragmatic Technology (1990), and Philosophical Tools for Technological Culture (2001). He is also the editor of Technology as a Human Affair (1990), Reading Dewey (1998), The Essential Dewey (with Thomas Alexander, 1998), and The Correspondence of John Dewey, 1871-1952 (1999, 2001, 2005).
- March 9, 2009
Sandie Morgan, Administrator, Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force
In Celebration of International Women's Day, Orange County to Southeast Asia: Changing Routes
"Orange County to Southeast Asia: Changing Routes"
- March 10, 2009
Dr. Marc Poirier
Core II Guest Speaker: Dr. Marc Poirier - Title Legal Recognition of Same-Sex relationships:
Where have we been? Where we are going?
MARC POIRIER, Professor at Seton Hall Law School in New Jersey, is the author of "The Cultural Property Claim within the Same-Sex Marriage Controversy" in Columbia Journal of Gender and Law and "Hastening the KulturKampf:Boy Scouts of America v Dale and the Politics of American Masculinity," winner of a Dukeminier Award from the Williams Law Institute (UCLA). He has published over 60 essays on environmental law, regulatory issues, as well as law and sexuality. Professor Poirier was a partner with Spiegel & McDiarmid, a Washington, D.C. law firm prior to embarking on an academic career. He holds a B.A. from Yale University, a J.D. from Harvard University, and a LL.M from Yale University
- March 31, 2009
Oscar Torres
"The Story behind Voces Inocentes: a bi-lingual conversation with Oscar Torres"
Torres is the writer and co-producer of the movie "Voces Inocentes" y now the screenwriter/ director of "La vida no es igual". Born in Cuscatancingo, El Salvador in 1971, Oscar Torres was raised in the middle of a cruel and brutal civil war. Torres was accepted into the Latin American Studies Program in UC Berkeley, but decided to go back to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. As an aspiring actor, Torres had a hard time, but he has finally landed great opportunities in theatre and in television series like ER, CSI: Miami, First Monday, Any Day Now; etc. and has participated in independent movies like "Hired Help," "The Silent Cross," "L.A River Stories," among others.
- March 31, 2009
Michael Ross
"Oil Wealth as an Obstacle to Peace and Democracy"
PBRC Distinguished Speaker Lecture: Michael Ross, Director of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at UCLA
- April 5, 2009
Michio Tsutsui
SUA Language & Culture Program: Teachers of Japanese Workshop-Southern California
Dr. Michio Tsutsui serves as the Director of Technical Japanese Program at the University of Wahsington and is an Associate Professor in the Human Centered Design & Engineering Program at the Department of Engineering. In his seminar Dr. Tsutsui will address the observed negative effects of the overemphasis on the Communicative Approach and alert language instructors to the importance of teaching grammar in the field of foreign language education.
- April 8, 2009
Dr. Muhamad Ali
"Civil Islam in Civil Contemporary Indonesia"
Professor Muhamad Ali teaches Islam and Asian religions at the University of California, Riverside. Hie is engaged in interpreting Islam and its relations to other religions and ideologies in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the U.S. and elsewhere.
- April 23, 2009
Vincent Gordon Harding, Ph.D
"The Unfinished Work of the Civil Rights Movement: Confronting Militarism and Materialism"
Dr. Harding is a Theologian, author and civil rights activist. Dr. Harding is a Professor of Religion and Social Transformation at the Lliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. In the 1960s he was a civil rights teacher and activist with the Southern Freedom Movement and involved in a variety of national and international peace; as well as justice-related issues. Dr. Harding was the first director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center in Atlanta, Georgia.


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You may have seen this years ago, but since there's a good chance you haven't, here. See it now.
Last week's story on that awesome StarCraft statue outside Blizzard's French offices reminded us that the primary artist involved, Steve Wang, is no stranger to amazing video game craftsmanship.
Back in 2005, he made this stunning Half-Life headcrab, originally as a piece for his kid's Halloween costume, then later being adapted as a display piece.
I'm not sure what makes it so damn creepy. I think it's the veins. Urgh.
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There's no doubt that there are way too many case manufacturers in the market. I'll be presenting two alternative and smaller manufacturers today. The first is Things You Wear, a Polish Etsy crafter who makes a variety of cases for (mostly) Apple products. Second is Mujjo, a Dutch company who makes leather/felt cases for Apple devices. If you are interested in either of these, you really should read this review before spending your money - I have some important observations.
First is Things You Wear's (whom I will call TYW for simplicity) sleeve for the MacBook Pro. Being a seller on Etsy, this means that all of the products are made by one person - a woman named by Dorota in this case. The packaging is fantastic.
The sleeve. I love the colors here. Most of the cases TYW sells aren't things I'd buy but there are a few that I adore in her lineup. I was asked to pick one to review, and I picked this one called "Business". It runs for $39.
The sleeve is available in a variety of versions, mine is for the 15" MacBook Pro. The fabrics are fairly thin, but the case is nicely padded so light to medium bumps should be no problem. There is also a flap that protects the top of the MacBook. In terms of functionality as a sleeve, I have no complaints. The craftsmanship is pretty good and I see no serious durability problems in the near future.
The case has a small pocket on the front that's useful for keeping an iPad protected from scratches. If you're crazy and wanted to, it's possible to carry both a Retina iPad and an iPad mini.
There is one problem with the case though - it's the leather strap. Despite the rest of the sleeve having near perfect fit and finish, the strap has a rather jagged rounded end and a crooked stitching job. The stitching in particular is hard to ignore because it is such a prominent aesthetic element.
Overall, I do like this sleeve a lot. I use it everyday and it's been a conversation starter - particularly at my local Apple Store. I also adore the fact that it is hand-made by a single individual. If you like the way it looks, I would order one without hesitation. The slight imperfection is a serious let down but I'll give TYW the benefit of the doubt and think of it as an accident that doesn't happen often.
Next is a sleeve made by the Dutch company Mujjo for the iPhone 5. The packaging is simple and has a rather strange tag that's not attached to anything. Notice the tagline "Dutch Craftsmanship".
Here is the sleeve. It's made from vegetable tanned leather and is priced at a not-cheap €34.95. The case is not unlike my old Scene Stealer sleeve that I used to use with my iPhone 4. Both are simple sleeves made from vegetable tanned leather. The Scene Stealer was one of my favorite cases ever and I had used it until the inner lining peeled off. It's a product that had changed my perception of leather.
You can probably see why I was excited when Mujjo wanted me to review this case. Things go downhill quickly from here though. First of all, the case is rather large. This is because case isn't stitched from the side like the Scene Stealer. It's not a big problem though - just not optimal.
But the leather itself is decent though. The color is not unlike Castello DaVarg's KANAM5 that I reviewed recently. The leather is characteristically very different though. DaVarg's leather feels durable, stiff and smooth where as Mujjo's feels delicate, soft and supple.
Here is where the case falls on its face - it has absolutely no aspiration in being durable. This is what the case looked like after a few days of use. The stitching and inner lining has begun to come apart and the edge treatment is splitting. The leather is also so soft that it's showing ugly marks from flexing. All of these things happened with my Scene Stealer, but it took nearly two years, not days. Now that I've had the case for two weeks, it looks even worse. I was thinking of taking another photo but it's not even worth the effort. This is unacceptable especially when you consider the price and I am a bit surprised that they put so much emphasis in being hand crafted in the Netherlands. It's an insult. The guys at Mujjo are great but I'm sorry, you can't sell a $45 dollar case that begins breaking down in under a week.
If you're looking for a sleeve for your MacBook Pro, the Etsy user, Things You Wear may have something for you. Her craftsmanship is pretty good and there is totally a charm in buying something made by an individual, not an assembly line. If you're looking for a simple leather case for the iPhone 5, look at the Castello DaVarg and stay away from Mujjo's sleeve.
This review has been a reminder that I do these reviews for you, the reader, not the companies that send me free products. I actually only respond to under half of the people wanting me to send things - if something looks like I wouldn't buy it with my own money, I refuse to review it. There are way too many websites reviewing products without much of an opinion. Minimally Minimal is a place to worship great products.


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Chinese call for boycott of Hong Kong after urine incident
By Hiufu Wong, CNN • Published 25th April 2014
Urine and feces have been a hot topic among Hong Kongers the past week, leading to Chinese netizens calling for a boycott of Hong Kong on June 1.
It all began with a dispute between locals and Chinese mainland tourists over a toddler who reportedly answered the call of nature on a Hong Kong street.
Videos of the clash went viral over the last week, stirring online uproar in both Hong Kong and the mainland, prompting Foreign Policy to brand the incident "
Several video clips capturing the alleged event have spread around the Internet.
In one, seen by CNN, A Hong Konger can be seen yelling "We have called the police," while the enraged father asks, "Do you have kids? Don't your kids need to pee?"
The mother claimed not to know where the toilets were.
MORE: China's first tourism law comes into effect, tourists issued manners guides
Some locals came out in the parents' defense, saying, "Don't scare the kid. It's not a big deal."
The fiasco ends when the police arrive.
The parents were arrested on suspicion of theft and assault, but were not charged.
Under Hong Kong's Public Cleansing and Prevention of Nuisances Regulation, no person in care or custody of any child under 12 years of age shall permit, without reasonable cause, such child to answer the call of nature in public places.
The man was released unconditionally while the woman was released on bail and has to report back to the police in mid-May.
READ: Chinese tourism: The good, the bad and the backlash
The boycott pledge
When news of the clash hit the Internet, many Chinese netizens called out Hong Kongers for their perceived lack of empathy and for filming the urinating toddler.
Hong Kongers countered that it was uncivilized for Chinese parents to let their kids urinate on the street.
One Chinese netizen on a popular Chinese forum,
, pledged to boycott Hong Kong from June 1.
"If us, the mainlanders, stopped traveling to Hong Kong for months, they will come begging us to go back," he said in his declaration.
"We are not entirely sealing off Hong Kong but just to show them we are god as we are the consumers."
Some netizens agreed with the action while some said it might be a conspiracy to stir conflicts between the two parties as
Hong Kong 2017's universal suffrage's public consultation
is on the way.
Hong Kong has been fighting for a universal suffrage for the chief executive election in 2017, which has in the past been chosen by a small group of elites and said to be influenced by the Chinese government.
On the other hand, similarly irritated Hong Kong netizens were thrilled at the prospect of a boycott.
"Who cares for your money, you who think shopping is an act of charity," said one commenter on Apple Daily, a local news website.
"Remember to keep your promise and never come to Hong Kong again."
Another said, "It's the first movement both Hong Kong and China support!"
READ: International hotels race to woo Chinese market
Mass urination?
The fiasco has escalated to another, smellier level.
Another pledge on the same forum was posted under the heading "
Declare war on Hong Kong's civilization
The poster asks Chinese tourists to let their children relieve themselves on the streets of Hong Kong during the upcoming Labour Day holiday, which spans a week from May 1.
Hong Kong netizens called for a photography competition on
in response, telling locals to take photos as evidence if toddlers are seen relieving themselves in public places.
Sohu, a popular online news outlet and platform in China, even conducted a survey on the incident,
: "A mainland toddler spotted urinating on the street of Hong Kong was reported to the police. What do you think?"
Out of more than 260,000 responses, about 40% said they consider it a prejudice against mainlanders by Hong Kongers.
Another 40% thought it's understandable that a child would urinate on the street if there's a line of people outside the washroom.
Global Times
, a tabloid owned by the state news media People's Daily, quoted academics on the case.
"Some Hong Kong citizens, especially the young, have no cultural identification with the mainland and they have always seen mainlanders as uncivilized people," said Zhu Shihai, a professor from the Central Institute of Socialism, in the Global Times.
Zhu dismissed the incident, saying Hong Kongers were being "overdramatic, in this case."
Zhang Dinghuai, a professor at the Contemporary Chinese Politics Research Institute of Shenzhen University, told the Global Times that people with vicious intentions have deliberately upgraded a simple incident into a conflict.
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A debut worth the wait
We all could learn a lesson or two from Mary Louise Miller Spang, Wheaton Class of 1933.
She overcame great adversity in her life, forging her own path after divorcing her husband in 1946, at a time when divorce was still a damaging social stigma for women, and working to support two young children on her own while pursuing her passion for music at Juilliard.
From 1946 until around 1959, Spang, who was an art major at Wheaton, was a prolific composer and published poet. Her musical career was cut short in 1959 when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, which led to her decline and death in 1975 at age 64.
On Friday, December 6, the Great Woods Chamber Orchestra will honor her during its 7:30 p.m. concert by performing one of her musical compositions for the very first time. The orchestra will debut Spang's "The Selfish Giant," a musical interpretation of the children's story by Oscar Wilde, in the Weber Theatre in Watson Fine Arts.
"Each section in 'The Selfish Giant' corresponds to a scene in Wilde's story," notes Delvyn Case, assistant professor of music and orchestra director. "The music is very colorful, depicting the giant by using the timpani and brass, and the children with the piccolo and other woodwind instruments. The composition uses beautiful, rich harmonies reminiscent of jazz, though the style of the piece is certainly classical."
The concert's theme, "Wizards, Witches and Fairies," music inspired by mythical creatures, is very much in keeping with Spang's playful spirit.
Spang's daughter Elizabeth Ericson remembers her mother as a joyful woman who wrote plays and songs for her children, filling their lives with amusement, according to Wheaton College Archivist Zephorene Stickney.
However, Ericson has never heard her mother's compositions performed. She donated her mother's musical scores, as well as photographs and a written reflection on her mother's life, to Wheaton's Marion B. Gebbie Archives, hoping that the music would someday be performed.
This week's performance of her music is part of a collaborative project that began in 2012. Stickney and Assistant Archivist Megan Wheaton-Book have been working with their student assistants to create an online showcase celebrating Spang, which will be available at the end of December.
It will include a recording and video of the orchestral performance, a biography and reflection written by Spang's daughter, a gallery of photographs, a list of Spang's works, and the text of Oscar Wilde's story "The Selfish Giant." Thomas Van Duyne '14, a music major and student archival assistant, has been developing the online exhibition for the past year, while Kimberly Hurst '15 processed Spang's collection.
"In the fall of 2012, Zeph and I were discussing under-utilized collections, and how we could use technology to highlight them in a digital exhibit," said Wheaton-Book. "For this project we wanted a collection that would be dynamic, with moving images or sound, but that also had an amazing story that went straight to your heart. When Zeph mentioned the Spang collection, I knew that this was the one we should focus on. When I examined Ms. Spang's collection I was touched by how she went after her dreams even in the face of very difficult circumstances. And when I read that she developed Alzheimer's and basically lost her musical outlet, my heart broke, and I wanted her story to be known."
"She is an exceptional example of the type of student that Wheaton helps create. She didn't fold under pressure, and she gave back to her community. The take away from Ms. Spang's experiences is that life is precious," said Wheaton-Book. "You have to spend your time on things that make you happy."
In addition to Spang's piece, the Great Woods Chamber Orchestra will perform several other works, including Mendelssohn's overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream and a suite of music from the Harry Potter films.
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Geisinger, a national leader in healthcare innovation and technology, is seeking BC/BE Family Medicine trained physicians for primary care opportunities in beautiful Tunkhannock, Pa.
This location qualifies for a $15,000 annual geography stipend guaranteed for the first two years of employment as a primary care physician.
At Geisinger, shaping the future of healthcare starts with a robust support system, from implementing ground-breaking programs to utilizing advanced technology, these are just some of the ways we go above and beyond to lead healthcare change. We are proud to give our primary care physicians the innovative tools and support they need to do what they do best – provide exceptional care:
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Geisinger Community Medicine consists of 43 community practice sites throughout central, south-central and northeast Pennsylvania. These multispecialty locations provide primary and specialty care. In conjunction with Geisinger Health Plan, the Medical Groups staff offers their own unique version of medical home.
We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners.* Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. For more information, visit www.geisinger.org, or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
** Does not qualify for J-1 waiver. We are an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer Women and Minorities are Encouraged to Apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability or their protected veteran status.
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Yet another failed file-sharing prosecution by the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand illustrates the importance of challenging the Government's newly introduced copyright regime, an internet watchdog says.
The association (Rianz) brought a case to the Copyright Tribunal seeking $4675 from a person for allegedly file-sharing 11 songs.
A Rianz spokesman today confirmed the case had been dropped because the person had not received any of the infringement notices sent to them by their internet service provider, Slingshot.
The spokesman said as many as 18 cases had been filed to the tribunal since the The Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act was introduced last year.
In Rianz's submission to the tribunal, it said all the songs - one from pop diva Rihanna and 10 from indie band Fun - were legally available for purchase from iTunes at $2.39 per track, however: "The act of uploading ... is more harmful as it enables multiple potential unauthorised downloads by third parties, each of which could have been paid for by those third parties at a cost of $2.39 each," it said.
"The difficultly in applying this method in this case is that it is not known how many downloads were made from the sound recordings uploaded by the account holder."
Rianz ultimately sought $1175 for the 11 songs, as well as $3500 compensation. The maximum sum allowed by the Act is $15,000.
InternetNZ policy leader Susan Chalmers said the case showed the importance of challenging these cases in order to "test the contours" of the new file-sharing regime.
"It's part of their right to do so and this tribunal changes the typical due process arrangements that we see in other copyright infringement cases so it is really important for people to challenge these cases of infringement."
Ms Chalmers felt Rianz was seeking such a high sum in order to deter other file-sharers.
"I'm not sure when the recording industry will just wake up," she said. "The law itself I've always felt was never going to achieve that which it set out to achieve. It just doesn't work."
It is the second prosecution brought by Rianz under the act to have been dropped.
In October it withdrew a case against a student who was the account holder for her flat's shared account.
According to the law collective which represented her, Tech Liberty NZ, she had never used file sharing software.
Rianz had claimed a total of $2669 in penalties before withdrawing the charge.


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PARRAZ, Ivonil. The disguise of the force.Traducido porMarcos Fernandes Gonçalves. Kriterion [online]. 2007, vol.3Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 0100-512X.
In this article we intend to analyze the definition of justice that Paschal offers such as it presents itself in the "kingdom of the concupiscence". For him, justice is "prevention of sedition". Preventing any revolt is the guarantee of peace in the State. For in such a way, the good art in governing is not enough, stood out Trois discours sur la condition des grandes, it is necessary to use the force. However, as the force if does not leave to manipulate for dealing with a concrete quality, whereas justice lends itself to this, being a spiritual quality, justice is manipulated to justify the force empted the old concept of justice: "giving to each one what it must to", it becomes the disguise of the force.
Palabras clave : justice; force; custom; concupiscence.


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Sharing ACT! 2005 and Outlook Address Books
A common misconception among potential ACT! users is that they don't need ACT! because they're using Outlook. You might snicker at that suggestion if you realize that Outlook is a PIM (personal information manager) whereas ACT! is a true contact manager. Think of ACT! as Outlook on steroids; try doing a mail merge, customize fields, or log in notes in Outlook and you'll understand.
Still, some ACT! users find themselves needing to use Outlook for a variety of reasons:
- His company is currently using Outlook to maintain the company calendar.
- She might use Outlook to keep track of personal addresses and information that doesn't belong in ACT!
Fortunately, you can teach ACT! and Outlook to share both their address books and calendars with one another.
When using both ACT! and Outlook address books, you need to be aware of how the integration works:
- You can import all your Outlook contact information — including appointments, tasks, notes, and journal entries — into ACT!.
- You can view all ACT!'s e-mail addresses in Outlook.
- You can view all Outlook's e-mail addresses in ACT!.
- You don't see new Outlook contact information, appointments, tasks, notes, and journal entries unless you reimport your Outlook data.
Importing Outlook into ACT!
ACT! very nicely includes Outlook as one of its import options. After all, more people switch from Outlook to ACT! than from ACT! to Outlook. Here's all you need to do to import the Outlook data:
1. From any ACT! screen, choose File –> Import.
Backing up your database is a good idea before attempting to try something as tricky as a data import.
The Import Wizard opens with a nice welcoming screen that you can skip over by clicking Next.
2. Select Outlook as the type of data you want to import and click Next.
3. Specify that you want to import contact records and click Next.
Your contact records include the good stuff, such as the person's name, company, address, phone number, and shoe size.
4. Specify your import options and click Next.
The Specify Import Options screen opens.
• Outlook Contacts: Imports your Outlook contacts into ACT!.
• Exchange Contacts: Imports your Exchange contacts into ACT!. Use this option only if you work for a large company that shares your Outlook information on a network.
• Appointments and Tasks as ACT! Activities: Converts your Outlook appointments and tasks into ACT! activities.
• Notes as ACT! Notes: Converts your Outlook notes into an ACT! note.
• Journal Entries as ACT! Notes: Imports your Outlook journal entries as ACT! notes.
5. Map your Outlook fields to ACT! fields and click Next.
ACT! has already "translated" the existing Outlook fields into ACT! fields. For example, Outlook's Business Address Postal Code becomes ACT!'s Zip Code field.
6. Click Finish.
Configuring Outlook's address book to include ACT!
Using Outlook for your personal e-mail? You can view e-mail addresses stored in Outlook from ACT! and vice versa. Although ACT! automatically detects your default Outlook address book(s), Outlook isn't quite that bright; you have to tell Outlook where to find your ACT! data. Follow these steps to do so:
1. In Outlook, choose Tools –> E-mail Accounts.
The E-mail Accounts Wizard opens.
2. Select the Add a New Directory or Address Book option and click Next.
3. In the Directory or Address Book Type window, select the Additional Address Books option and then click Next.
4. Select the ACT! 2005 Address Book option, and click Next.
The ACT! 2005 Address Book dialog box opens. You can specify three ACT! databases if you like.
5. Click Browse to locate and select your ACT! database in the First Address Book section.
6. Enter your ACT! user name and password and click OK.
You receive a message telling you to exit Outlook and then reopen it again for your changes to take effect. So. . .
7. Exit Outlook and reopen it again so your changes take effect.
Using ACT! with Outlook's e-mail
After you configure Outlook to play nicely with ACT!, you can create history that appears on the contact's History tab in ACT!. You can do this for either received messages or for messages that you are creating.
Creating ACT! history from an e-mail received in Outlook
If you want to attach an Outlook e-mail message to a contact's History tab, follow these steps:
1. In Outlook, open the message to which you want to attach history.
2. Choose an option from the ACT! History drop-down list.
Don't see the ACT! History option? Right-click the Outlook toolbar and select ACT! History.
3. Click the Attach to ACT! 2005 Contact(s) button on the Outlook toolbar.
Not sure what the button looks like? There should be a vaguely familiar button on the right end of the toolbar — it's the graphic associated with ACT!. If you have added more than one ACT! address book to Outlook, you're prompted to select the database in which the contact is stored.
4. Select a contact in the Attach E-mail to Contact window and click OK.
A link to the e-mail message appears on the contact's History tab.
Creating ACT! e-mails in Outlook
If you're in Outlook and feel the overwhelming desire to send e-mail to your ACT! contacts, you can do so by following these steps:
1. Create a new message in Outlook.
2. Choose an option from the ACT! History drop-down list.
Don't see the ACT! History option? Right-click the Outlook toolbar and select ACT! History.
3. Click the To button on the new mail message.
The Select Names dialog box opens.
4. Select the name of your ACT! database from the Show Names from The area.
5. Select a contact in the Type Name or Select from List drop-down list.
To speed up the process, type the first couple of letters of your intended recipient's first name.
6. Click OK.
Click the Send button and you're ready to go. Once again, you get to sit around twiddling your thumbs while ACT! slaves away, creating a history of the sent e-mail on the contact's History tab.
E-mailing to Outlook contacts in ACT!
Sending an ACT! e-mail to one of your Outlook contacts is almost too easy. All you need to do is follow these steps:
1. Generate a new ACT! e-mail message by clicking the E-Mail icon on ACT!'s Navigation bar and then clicking New.
The new message window appears.
2. Click the To button.
The Select Recipients dialog box opens, which looks a lot like the Select Names dialog box.
3. Select Microsoft Outlook from the Address Book drop-down list.
You now see a list of all your Outlook contacts. To speed up the process, you might consider typing in the first couple of letters of the person's first name in the Type In/Choose Name drop-down area.
4. Select the desired name from the list and click OK.


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My Biggest Fear/
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This video, made by a handful of African students in Germany I've never met (except for the great Micha Ru I met online, thank you FB), is one of my favorite YouTube videos. I'm honored to have been included by them. I feel accountable to this generation of young Africans around the world who are looking to mentors and models to remind them that the future will be different.
When Dambisa Moyo writes Dead Aid, or I write about Jeff Sachs, we are not criticizing foreign aid or its advocates merely to be critical. What those who "care" don't understand is the profound injuries to the pride and self-respect that results when our only role as Africans is to be pitied. The fact that these young Africans somewhere in Germany acknowledge me as worth mentioning in their paean to African achievement and self-worth gives me an immense sense of responsibility towards them and the future of Africa.
I know, I know, I know.... It's been ages since I wrote here. I have been extremely busy with the next phase of my company, Tiossan. We went through a complete rebranding and also opened our first retail store in Hudson, NY. All of that happened as I continued doing something I really love doing: encourage and empower as many people around the world to follow their passions, especially as they relate to entrepreneurship and just "find out who they are , and do it on purpose" as per Dollie Parton. Freshly back from a an emotionally nerve wrecking time in Nigeria (in the good sense) and just recently Gabon where I spoke at the NewYork Forum Africa and the Dialogue For Action Africa (I had a talk each day for three days), preceded by talks at MIT and Yale. I am so passionate by what I do and sharing my vision for the world with the world that it always feels to the audience that I was born with this ability to speak in public, that it is effortless. But if only they knew that I cannot sleep for hours after I deliver a talk or speech. Indeed, when I speak, it all comes from my core, the depths of my guts and all that I am and who I am. I have this vision of a better world, a vision so pure and wonderful that I am in a complete state of ecstasy! I get such a rush of adrenaline pumping through my veins, I can hardly sleep for hours (sometimes days) after such interventions.
In any case, tonight I am back at my computer to write. Someone I know from Facebook sent me a comment saying that he intends to write a book on humans greatest fears and wanted to know if I had any words for him. This is a very compelling subject and I confess that I have often asked myself the question "What is my greatest fear?".
I think it varies from person to person but I also think there is a common feeling most people think their biggest fears have to do with fear of personal failure of some kind: financial failure, professional failure, romantic failure, etc.


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Each year more than 500 homeowners attend WaterSmart classes taught by local conservation experts through the University of Arizona Pima County Cooperation Extension. Classes are free, popular, and seating is limited, so advanced registration is strongly recommended. To register or for more information, contact Kathryn or Teri at (520)626-5161. On the web, WaterSmart can be found at http://ag.arizona.edu/pima/smartscape/ All classes are sponsored by Tucson Water and taught at Pima County Cooperative Extension, 4210 N. Campbell Avenue in Tucson.
When: Wednesday, April 14th
Time: Noon - 2pm (Bring a lunch!)


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"Begin a new family tradition"
A fun stocking perfect for small gifts and home decoration.
Three unique whimsical characters to make Halloween, Easter and "Toof" Fairy visits special.
It's "Eazy" to make one stocking in a generic fabric and switch character faces.
Instructions included for embellishing with trim or prarie points.
There's eve a pattern for a tooth pocket that may be added to the "Toof" Fairy.
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Full size patterns included.
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A longtime allegiance to the Chicago Bulls didn't stop President Barack Obama from showering praise on Miami Heat legend Alonzo Mourning during an appearance in South Florida Thursday.
"Now, the truth is I was a big fan of Alonzo's before I had a chance to meet him, and that's despite being a Bulls' fan," the president said during a fundraiser at Mourning's Pinecrest home. "And the reason is, is because he had a warrior's heart and he always fought for what he believed in, and he was always a team player."
Obama, who made a brief fundraising swing through Miami Thursday evening following a speech in Orlando, called Mourning and his wife Tracy "great friends," saying he has "grown to love" the entire family.
"It only is the Heat lucky, but all of south Florida is lucky to have them in their community and doing such great work," he said, according to prepared remarks issued by the White House.
Obama dedicated much of the rest of his remarks at the fundraiser to discussing the need to expand economic opportunities for women and working families, a theme he also focused on during a stop in Orlando Thursday.
Tickets for the reception and dinner, held to raise money for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, ranged from $16,200 a person to $32,400 a couple.


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Sept. 30, 2006
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Precision and good, old-fashioned hustle lifted the No. 3 Santa Clara Broncos to a 2-0 victory over the No. 18 Stanford Cardinal Saturday night at Buck Shaw Stadium. Amanda Poach netted her first collegiate goal and Meagan Snell continued her stellar season by scoring her eighth goal of the season, while the SCU defense stood firm once again to post its fourth consecutive shutout.
The Broncos (9-2-0) will conclude their five-match homestand with two contests next week at Buck Shaw Stadium. Santa Clara will host the San Jose State Spartans in a midweek Rivalry Series battle Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m., and then will battle the San Diego Toreros Sunday, Oct. 8 at 1 p.m. in the West Coast Conference opener. Tickets are available by calling (408) 554-4660 or by clicking here.
Although outshot 15-2 by the Cardinal, the Broncos made both of theirs count, while goalkeeper Meagan McCray made eight saves, including four from point-blank range, to preserve her sixth shutout of the season. Kiki Bosio also assisted on both Bronco goals.
I thought we did take our chances well and did make the most of them," said head coach Jerry Smith. "Our defense is set up for letting teams take long shots on us, and if you're going to take long shots at our goal, it is going to take a heck of a shot to beat our keeper. When Stanford did have some good chances, Meagan came up with some good saves or they hit the ball right at her."
Saturday night's battle between the two Bay Area rivals began in similar fashion to many of the past Santa Clara-Stanford matches, with defenses taking center stage and scoring opportunities hard to come by. It wasn't until the 35th minute that the first real scoring chance presented itself, and the Broncos wasted no time capitalizing.
Bosio's grit and determination made the first goal of the match possible, as she battled a pair of Cardinal defenders and managed to slide a pass into the center of the field that Poach one-timed from 25 yards out and into the top half of the goal off the hands of Stanford keeper Alex Gamble.
"Amanda's got this wicked shot that you never know where it is going to go," Smith said of the sophomore midfielder. "Amanda scored about two or three minutes after I switched her and Brittany Klein, and she hit that rocket shot and it must have knuckled and moved a couple of times. It was a great goal and great for the team."
"Kiki did all the hard work, she managed to play a great ball to me, and I didn't see anyone in front of me so I took a touch and shot it and it just went in," Poach said about her first career goal as a Bronco.
Carrying the 1-0 lead into the second half, Santa Clara attacked from the outset and closed the walls in on the Cardinal. Another Bosio pass found Jordan Angeli, who found a streaking Snell, who beat Gamble one-on-one for the second SCU goal.
"It was important, because we just needed to keep going down their throats," Snell said about the effect her goal had on the match. "In the end it became dangerous, because 2-0 is a dangerous lead to have, but it was good."
From there, the defense took over, weathering Cardinal attacks as Stanford outshot the Broncos 12-1 in the second half, but the team kept the Cardinal off the board for its fourth shutout in a row, and eighth on the season.


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NCAA Game Night: 2-3-12
No. 14 Cornell Big Red 2 @ RPI Red Hawks 2 (OT)
D Kirill Gotovets, COR: 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 13 GP, 1-2-3, Even, 8 PIM
Gotovets was back in the lineup after being scratched last weekend.
Harvard Crimson 6 @ Quinnipiac Bobcats 3
F Alex Killorn, HAR: 0-3-3, +2, 0 PIM, 3 SOG
Season totals: 22 GP, 14-15-29, +5, 33 PIMs
F Matthew Peca, QU: 0-2-2, E, 3 SOG
Season totals: 26 GP, 6-14-20, +3, 10 PIM
Peca and Quinnipiac played their first game since January 14 but still came out of the first period with a 3-1 lead. They couldn't hold the lead vs. Alex Killorn (pictured) and Harvard, who scored the game's final five goals. The Lightning prospects combined for five points in the game.
Vermont Catamounts 1 @ No.9 UMass-Lowell Riverhawks 3
F Matt Marshall, UVM: Did not play (injured)
Season totals: 2 GP, 0-0-0, E, 2 PIM
Marshall continues to miss time recovering from surgery. Reports state he's expected back before the end of Vermont's season. Vermont fell to 5-20-1 on the year.
Miami RedHawks 1 @ No.7 Michigan Wolverines 4
F Jimmy Mullin, MIA: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Season totals: 28 GP, 8-7-15, +8, 8 PIM
Mullin started the game for the RedHawks, but left the ice after the second period with ice around his right knee. Hopefully it's not serious, though he was having trouble putting weight on his right leg. Miami fell out of the most recent USCHO poll. They were No.20 last week.
Alaska Nanooks 1 @ No. 16 Western Michigan Broncos 2
D Luke Witkowski, UWM: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 28 GP, 1-5-6, +3, 39 PIM
The Broncos scored twice in the first period and made the lead stand up at home against the Nanooks. WMU fell from No.8 to No.16 in the latest USCHO poll.
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China said it would invest more than 1 trillion yuan (US$162 billion) redeveloping shantytowns this year, as the government detailed how it would boost its urban population to support growth.
More than 4.75 million households will be involved, state broadcaster China Central Television reported on Sunday, citing the housing ministry. China will build more transportation links, ease some residence-registration rules and let local governments directly issue bonds, according to the urbanization plan for this year to 2020, issued by the Chinese Communist Party and State Council.
Chinese leaders have pledged to speed up urbanization, as they try to rely more on domestic consumption for growth and give markets a bigger role in the world's second-largest economy.
Urbanization is a "strong engine" for sustainable and healthy economic development, according to the text of the plan released on Sunday by Xinhua news agency.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (李克強) on Thursday last week said that tens of millions of people still live in shantytowns, which Xinhua says are areas of dilapidated housing where poor factory workers often live.
China completed 1.12 trillion yuan of investments in subsidized housing last year, according to housing ministry data. The government "basically completed work" on 5.44 million subsidized housing units in urban areas and started construction on another 6.66 million, the National Development and Reform Commission said in an annual work report this month.
The nation is targeting having 60 percent of the population in urban areas by 2020, according to the plan. That compares with 53.7 percent last year and about 50 percent in 2010. The US proportion was 82 percent in 2011 and Japan's was 91 percent, according to a joint report in 2012 by the World Bank and Development Research Center of the State Council.
The CCTV report did not state the source of the redevelopment funds.
China will speed up the construction of railways, expressways and airports to support the rapid urbanization, Xinhua said in a separate report on the plan.
The government will remove restrictions on obtaining household registration permits in small cities and towns, but it will strictly control the populations of cities with more than 5 million urban residents, according to the plan. It will help 100 million people, including migrant workers, get status as urban residents by 2020.
China plans to set up a transparent financing mechanism for urban construction, allowing local governments to issue municipal bonds, it said.
The central government will also establish a management and rating system to increase the use of direct financing and consider establishing policy-financial institutions for both infrastructure and home construction, it said.
The urbanization plan will help promote regional development, upgrade industries and increase domestic demand, according to the text released by Xinhua. Urbanization is important for accelerating the development of the service sector, which will create many jobs, it said.
Chinese leaders vowed in December last year to map out city clusters across the country's central, western and northeastern regions, and develop them into engines for growth as part of the nation's urbanization strategy.
"Diverse and sustainable" funding mechanisms will be developed to finance policies, they said at an urbanization conference, according to a report on the meeting by Xinhua.


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The more I read Theo Epstein's alleged defense
of Ryan Dempster's killing the aborted Atlanta deal, the more I think the Cubs president comes back to blaming Dempster for the aborted Atlanta deal.
Epstein, in fact, should've blamed Dempster. Should've torched him.
But no. Epstein took the conciliatory route,
Ah, but if you connect the dots, Epstein gave a bunch of reasons to criticize Dempster and gave some insight on how ticked he must be, especially after Dempster spent a week claiming he never said no to the Atlanta deal.
"He didn't technically say no,'' Epstein said. "He said, 'No, not now. I'm not going to go to Atlanta before I see about L.A.'''
Sounds like there's a "no'' in there. That also sounds like Dempster had given Epstein the OK to trade him to Atlanta. Why else would Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer have spent so much time on that deal? Hoyer told WSCR-AM 670's "Mully & Hanley Show'' on Thursday that he spent a week crafting the trade to land the Braves' big prospect, Randall Delgado. Does any sane person believe Hoyer would do that just for practice?
No, he did it because Dempster said OK to Atlanta. The Braves were on Dempster's list of teams for which he'd waive his no-trade rights. But it turns out, the Cubs couldn't trust Dempster to keep what they believed was his word because the only team he wanted to go to was the Dodgers.
"It created a market of one until about 15 minutes to go (before the trade deadline),'' Epstein said.
Dempster should've been straight with the Cubs. He should've said exactly that when the Cubs asked him to waive his no-trade rights. He didn't. So, the guy who said weeks earlier that he would waive his rights if it helped the Cubs turned out to be disingenuous. He also wasted the front office's time and forced Epstein and Hoyer to scramble when Dempster blindsided them.
Oh yeah. That's another thing: Dempster claimed he was blindsided by the Atlanta deal.
What. A. Crock.
"He certainly wasn't blindsided because we had been telling him for days that Atlanta was a very likely destination and we were going to have to make a final decision,'' Epstein said.
For those of you keeping score at home, that's Epstein calling Dempster a liar.
Epstein and Hoyer would take the unusual step of bringing Dempster into the office to hear the trade talks with the Dodgers fail and the discussion with the Rangers heat up.
"I think it was helpful to have him there so he could hear first-hand that (the L.A. deal) wasn't going to happen,'' Epstein said.
The move also eliminated more "blindsided'' garbage from Dempster.
To recap, Epstein and the Cubs got hosed by a player who couldn't be trusted, came up with less than they targeted, and labor under the criticism that they didn't make the most of their assets at the trade deadline.
Epstein could've gone full-metal Ozzie Guillen on Dempster. Instead, he came off like a mensch. Why would he be so diplomatic?
Because he has many constituencies to appeal to.
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His owner and fan base, for starters. Saying the organization got better and being transparent about the activities leading up to the deadline provide an example of some deft ad-libbing under the circumstances. Tom Ricketts believed Epstein was the man to change the organization, and still does, but there are times when even the right man has to give a public accounting.
Another congregation with which Epstein needed to make good was other general managers. They all understand Epstein's code: The player lied, but we can still make deals, and you can see the Braves and the Paul Maholm trade for details.
Lastly, Epstein had to send the message to other players who hold no-trade rights that they would be handled with care and respect and even be coddled -- whatever it takes to get rid of you in this rebuilding effort.
Alfonso Soriano, hello.


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Throwback Thursday: See Photos Shared by Austin Mahone, Ashley Tisdale + Moreby Mandi Salerno | PopCrush
Celebrities share the very best Throwback Thursday photos, and to save you the trouble, we've collected this week's #TBT gems from some of your favorite stars.
Whether it's a photo from 1996 or a pic from last month, who doesn't want to see personal photos from celebs? Whatever they're choosing to share, it's guaranteed to be cute, funny or never-before-seen. #TBTs are a firsthand exclusive look into celebrities' lives. Check out what was posted this week!


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Yes you defiitely are Pen. Didn't mean to imply anything different.
Ok this figure is not actually going to be in the UGP Dio, but it is being auctioned off to help sponsor the project. The final sale price of this figure will be donated to the UGP. LMK what you think. Your feedback is always appreciated.Sandtrooper Corpse
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