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Kleinwort Benson bank hires experts after media leak
Forensic experts have been hired by a Jersey bank to investigate how thousands of clients' details were leaked to journalists.
The Guardian newspaper says it has information on 20,000 Kleinwort Benson customers, many of them high profile.
It reported on Wednesday that the Conservative party had received £800,000 from companies with links to the Channel Islands.
Direct donations from the Channel Islands are banned under funding rules.
None of the donations were illegal because they were made by UK-registered companies.
The information was provided to the Guardian by the US-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) which says it was tipped off.
Details related to Ben Leadsom, husband of UK Financial Services Minister Andrea Leadsom, led reporters to discover that companies he directed were ultimately controlled by Peter de Putron, a financier with close ties to the Channel Islands who is married to the minister's sister, Hayley.
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Those UK-registered companies made a series of donations to the Conservative Party totalling £800,000 between 2010 and 2013.
David Leigh, assistant editor at the Guardian, said the donations were legal but would be regarded as questionable.
"If you get your own relations to donate a lot of money and then you get a government job, people might wonder whether the two are connected," he said.
"Nothing illegal has happened but I think many people would regard it as strange and quite questionable."
The Conservative Party said all donations were "fully permissible".
BBC News has been unable to contact Mr de Putron.
A spokesman for Kleinwort Benson said: "We take client and data confidentiality extremely seriously.
"We will take all necessary steps to protect client confidentiality and have engaged external forensic counsel to conduct an urgent investigation into the source of any leak."
On 18 June, BBC News revealed that 20 members of staff at Kleinwort Benson's Jersey office had been warned they could be made redundant.
The Jersey Financial Services Commission said it was aware of the leak but was not prepared to comment.


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Penalties for drivers without auto insurance who flee a hit and run accident; crash victims entitled to No-Fault benefits
Hit-and-run auto accidents comprise about 10 percent of all auto accidents in Michigan, according to the Michigan Traffic Crash Facts. In populated, busy cities like Detroit, where it's estimated that as many as 50 percent of drivers do not have auto insurance, the numbers are even higher.
Here are 8 important things to know about hit and run auto accidents in Michigan:
1. To avoid being accused of a hit and run:
If you have been involved in an auto accident, then you must stop at the scene of the accident and remain at the scene. Here is a list of things to do at the scene of an accident.
2. Penalties for a hit and run accident resulting in death:
Hit and run drivers who have caused a car accident that results in the death of another individual are guilty of a felony and can be sent to prison for up to 15 years and/or fined up to $10,000. (MCL 257.617(3))
3. Penalties for a hit and run accident resulting in serious injury or death:
Hit and run drivers who have been involved in an accident that results in serious impairment of a body function or death are guilty of a felony and can be sent to prison for up to 5 years and/or fined up to $5,000. (MCL 257.617(2))
4. Penalties for a hit and run accident resulting in personal injury:
Hit and run drivers who have been involved in an accident that results in injury to any individual are guilty of a misdemeanor and can be sent to jail for up to 1 year and/or fined up to $1,000. (MCL 257.617a)
5. Penalties for a hit and run resulting in vehicle damage:
Hit and run drivers who have been in an accident that results in damage to a vehicle operated by or attended by "any individual" are guilty of a misdemeanor and can be sent to jail for up to 90 days and/or fined up to $100. (MCL 257.618)
6. Injured hit and run victims can collect Michigan No-Fault benefits:
Even if an at-fault hit and run driver is never caught, a victim can generally still collect Michigan No-Fault insurance benefits from his or her own auto insurance company. You can do so through your spouse's No Fault insurer; a resident relative's No Fault insurer; the No Fault insurer for the owner, registrant or driver of the vehicle the victim was occupying; or through the Michigan Assigned Claims Facility, now called the Michigan Automobile Insurance Placement Facility. (MCL 500.3114(1) and (4); 500.3115(1); 500.3172)
7. How hit and run injury victims can recover pain and suffering:
I write and speak often about the importance of having uninsured motorist coverage (UM). UM is additional coverage you can purchase and it protects you in case you're injured in a crash with a driver who is uninsured, or in most cases, a hit and run accident.
If you are involved in a serious auto accident with a hit and run driver and the other driver is uninsured and/or drives away without leaving any identifying information, then uninsured motorist coverage is the ONLY way you will be able to recover financially for your injuries and your pain and suffering.
Because the law treats an unidentified at-fault hit and run driver as an "uninsured motorist," a UM policy (subject to its policy limit) would see to it that the hit and run victim receives the pain and suffering compensation that the hit and run driver would have been obligated to pay had he or she been apprehended and identified.
8. Statute of limitations for hit and run claim:
With regard to the penalties for hit and run drivers, Michigan law allows hit and run prosecutions to be brought within six years after the offense is committed. (MCL 767.24(6))


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- Professor Kim Rollins was awarded a multi-million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)/Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI)/ Water for Agriculture competitive grant program.
- Professor Frank Fossen received $34,500 grant from the Kauffman Foundation for a project on artificial intelligence and entrepreneurship.
- Professor Mehmet Tosun received the Global Engagement Award from the University of Nevada, Reno.
- Professor Frank Fossen received the Graduate Faculty Teaching Excellence Award from the College of Business.
- Professor Shunfeng Song received the Dean's Researcher of the Year Award from the College of Business.
- Professor Michael Taylor has on-going external collaborations with personnel at Truckee Meadows Water Authority, Southern Nevada Water Authority, Las Vegas Valley Water District, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Nevada Division of Forestry, Nevada Department of Agriculture, Nevada Department of Wildlife, and the Nevada Association of Conservation Districts.
- Professor Mehmet Tosun's paper "Assessing Activist Fiscal Policy in Advanced and Emerging Market Economies using Real-Time Data," is now forthcoming at Oxford Economic Papers.
- Professor Dilek Uz published her paper "Energy Efficiency Investments in Small and Medium Sized Manufacturing Firms: The Case of California Energy Crisis," in Energy Economics which is one of the top field journals in energy economics.
- Professor Ted Oleson received a teaching award by the College of Business this Spring. The award is for being the Best Instructor in a Large Course in Fall 2017.
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Chaow Horn
Chaow Horn or Yaow Horn(as known in some part of Cambodia) is one of my family's favourite dishes because it is delicious and also fun to eat. It generates such a lively yet relaxing ambiance. With the sauce boiling in the middle of the table, we all cook our own favourite ingredients in little baskets. As everyone is involved, it is a very sociable meal as we joke, laugh and enjoy our drinks. It sometimes turns into a fishing contest as the kids fight over their prawn/meat pieces floating in the sauce.
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Apple cider vinegar is an old folk remedy for treating various ailments. If you suffer from night-time leg cramps like me, mix a tablespoon of cider vinegar with 1-2 teaspoons of honey and drink slowly before going to bed – repeat over several nights and you'll be surprised by the results. Also, I often suffer from a stuffy nose (from hay fever) – a drink of a teaspoon of cider vinegar mixed in a cup of warm water really does help clear the nose and drain the sinuses. Cider vinegar, like lime and lemon juice, is an alkaline food which helps balance acidic food such as red meat, wheat and other cereals in our body.
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IngredientsGood quality beef i.e. sirloin 900g/2 lb
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b - In a pestle and mortar, add salt, garlic, shallots and chillies and pound to a paste (use food processor, if preferred). Then add the peanuts and continue pounding to mix well.
c - Place a wok over medium heat until hot. Add the coconut cream and bring to the boil. When the oil separates from the cream – about 2 minutes, add in the spice and peanut mixture. Use a wooden spoon to quickly break the mixture and mix well with the coconut cream. You may need to lower the heat to avoid burning. Stir continuously for about 2 minutes or until it becomes smooth.
d - Pour in the vinegar mixture. Increase the heat and bring to the boil. Once boiled, remove from heat and set aside. It should be sweet, sour and salty – the taste will balance out nicely when served with meat and vegetables later.
2. Preparing the noodles using dried rice vermicelli/noodles (photo left):
b -Transfer to a serving bowl, sprinkle with the oil and spring onion leaves and mix well. Cover and set aside. The noodles are commonly eaten at room temperature, but if preferred, you may warm them up in a microware - then sprinkle with roasted onions, if using, just before serving.
3. Preparing the meat and seafood:
b – To prepare fresh prawns – see illustration. Arrange the prepared prawns on a serving plate and set aside (in the fridge). If using the frozen prawns, make sure that they are thoroughly thawed.
c – To prepare the squids – see illustration. Arrange the meat and the tentacles on a serving plate and set aside (in the fridge). If using the frozen squids, make sure that they are thoroughly thawed.
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b – Pour the sauce into the fondue/steam boat and bring to the boil. (Note: You may not need to use all the sauce initially so set aside the remainder for topping up later).
c – Meanwhile, serve yourself to noodles (steamed rice) and vegetables.
d – When the sauce is boiling, put the meat of your choice into a wire basket and place into the pot. For beef, it takes no time at all to cook. For the prawn and squid, they should not be cooked for longer than 2 minutes otherwise they will become rubbery. Once cooked, transfer to your plate and serve with the noodles and vegetables (If desired, you can also dip the vegetable of your choice into the sauce for flavour). Use a spoon to serve yourself to some sauce from the fondue pot.
e – After a while, the sauce will become too thick. Top it up with the remaining sauce, if any. Otherwise, use water, beer, white wine or red wine instead.
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Without any further ado, here are ten fairly random facts about myself:
- My best friend and I have known each other since we met in kindergarten.
- My favourite colours are turquoise, purple, and emerald/forest greens.
- I dislike having naturally long nails, but I like having fake nails.
- I can play piano, and played clarinet for two years in junior high.
- I'm allergic to cats, but I'll still pet them anyways because they're cute. Especially black cats.
- I love camping and hiking, and I wish I had time to do more of both.
- My favourite chore is doing the dishes, since it's really relaxing.
- I like watching gaming videos on YouTube, including Achievement Hunter and Markiplier.
- My sense of humour is very British, think Monty Python or Fawlty Towers. I'm also a big fan of puns.
- My favourite styles of clothing are classic and 50s, but I need to work on translating those over to my closet.
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U-M faculty and staff members are encouraged to "walk the talk" of sustainability every day and, in addition to the Planet Blue Ambassadors program, a wide range of opportunities are offered to further employee commitments in this important area. Examples of such workplace initiatives are as follows:
- Employee Orientation: New U-M faculty and staff are introduced to sustainability principles and practices immediately upon coming onboard to the university, thanks to "Planet Blue" faculty and staff orientation activities.
- Sustainable Computing: First initiated as as program called "Climate Servers," this group provides faculty and staff with helpful tools and best-practice information related to environmentally responsible information technology on campus.
- Green Purchasing: As part of an effort to leverage buying power and supplier partnerships to support sustainability, U-M's Green Purchasing program makes it easy for those involved in procurement to find environmentally responsible options for product and service needs.
- Sustainable Workplace Certification This program encourages U-M staff and faculty to join in working toward a more sustainable university through participation in an informal inventory of their office practices, identification of gaps, and taking action to implement best practices.
- Sustainable Lab Recognition: U-M's Office of Campus Sustainability offers this value program for helping teaching and research labs to be as environmentally responsible as possibe, with standarized parameters available.


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Fundraising Complete – We Raised $2.4 Million in Start-up Grant Capital!
As of August, 31, 2018, we completed raising the necessary $2.4 Million in startup grant capital. Our last commitment, from the Maine Credit Union League brought us right to the mark. We are very appreciative of the League's support and advice throughout the process.
Our commitments came from a wide range of donors: Maine Foundations, individual donors, a USDA Grant and support from the Maine Credit Union League. All have seen the value of creating an institution for a better food system in Maine.
We have also submitted our primary Federal Regulatory Application. At almost 1,000 pages, it was a major effort. Now we look forward to a few more regulatory hoops and hopefully opening our doors in 2019.
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I'll say it now, I'm a sucker for McDonald's. It may not make sense right away if you just started following my blog, but I think I can narrow it down too a few things. One, being a child of the 80's means that McDonald's was the place to go, and two, I spent my high school years slinging burgers at McDonald's for spending cash and crazy memories. So in some weird burger triangle, the soft spot created by those famous golden arches has stayed the test of time. This all means that any time something new comes out of the test kitchens, I'm willing to give it a whirl; which is exactly what happened recently when McDonald's Canada started offering the New Angus Third Pounder.
Within a few days of being contacted by the PR team behind McDonald's I received a Purolator package that included 3 burger coupons. Aren't they creative! And lucky for tasting purposes, there just happens to be 3 new burgers. Coincidence, I think not! Hoping to order a smorg of burgers and do a three sample caloric extravaganza, I was sent packing at the till when one of the shift managers told me I could only use one at a time. This "limit" I should say, was not written on any of the coupons and didn't stop the next McDonald's from allowing me to cash my final two coupons in at the same time.
The burgers, which are made with a third-pound of 100 per cent pure Canadian Angus beef, are larger than your normal McDonald's burger, and as such is billed for those with big appetites. And while some burgers have failed in the past with their specific focus and lack of variety, the Angus Third Pounder comes in three bold varieties: Deluxe (lettuce and tomato), Bacon & Cheese, and Mushroom & Swiss. Not bad planning when you think about it. Same burger, same bun, different look. Nice work Ronald.
At first glance these were heavy sandwiches, and I think the best looking of the bunch was the Deluxe, with it's perfectly fresh vegetables. The Bacon & Cheese was a bit sad looking, but I think any burger just wrapped in bacon and cheese is going to suffer a bit. That is of course, unless you are at home and topping it with say gorgeous smoked shoulder bacon and high end cheese. The Mushroom & Swiss was the most recommend by every staff member I talked to when ordering, and I mean every single person. Interesting…
So how were they? Well, for starters, not nearly as greasy as I imagined. The large patties, which you can tell in a few pictures, arrived with a great crust that did it's job at holding in the natural juices. The bun was large and strong enough to stay together in all but the Mushroom & Swiss burger, as it fought a diligent fight against the copious shot of mayo. Which, when I think about it might be one of the key reasons behind its popularity with the staff. Mayo, cooked mushrooms, cheese, meat…really, that adds up pretty quick.
The Deluxe was good and more along the lines of a burger I'd make at home. I don't know about you, but I love lettuce, tomato, pickles and onions on my burgers. That's just how I grew up. The Bacon & Cheese did it's job, but I can't imagine your taste buds not craving a bit of contrast if you were regularly devouring this meaty combo.
Either way, I think that McDonald's did a great job. The size of the burger is surely enough to quell all but the biggest of eaters, while the variety of toppings and cheese options will allow for there to be a burger anyone can enjoy. Now, maybe it's time to go back and create one of my infamous McDonald's combinations!
For more crazy McDonald's posts on the blog have a gander at the Big McChicken & Sea or the McGangBang.


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If you're a male music fan, there is one statement I can make definitively: over some period of time, either in the past, present, or now, you will be a fan of the Black Keys.
For me, that period of fandom lasted about three weeks in the middle of August 2013. That's not saying I don't like the Black Keys or think they aren't a solid rock band drawing back to the grimy, lo-fi era of garage rock, but my fandom of this act has receded a fair bit over the months the more I've had a chance to reflect on their music. After all, the band's greatest strengths have been their knack for textured, rough-edged melody-driven hooks with a swaggering blues-inspired edge. But here's the thing: the band has long been aware of this advantage, and over the course of seven albums from 2002 to 2011, they milked that advantage as long as they could. Now that's not saying they didn't get some killer songs along the way, but the Black Keys had a formula, and outside of a few stylistic ventures - mostly thanks to Danger Mouse collaborations - they tended to stick to it. And while that formula made for great singles, it didn't exactly make for great album statements. That, combined with the fact the duo has written some pretty obnoxious lyrics - especially when talking about women - did mean that I cooled on the weaker parts of the Black Keys' discography in record time.
And thus when I heard they were planning to switch up their formula with their newest album Turn Blue, I was both intrigued and concerned. I'm all for bands like The Black Keys to experiment, but the opening singles gave me a lot of pause, because not only was the distortion gone, but the synth tone being used seemed really unflattering. A few enterprising critics made a Foster The People comparison, and while I'd disagree somewhat with that assessment, it certainly was a sound far removed from typical Black Keys and not exactly for the better. And thus, I wasn't exactly looking forward to the new album: did I get proven wrong?
Well, not really, no. Let me stress that this Black Keys record is by no means bad - hell, I was expecting this to be worse than it is. But it's not great, and I'm not even sure it's good, but what's worse is that I can tell what the Black Keys were trying to do with this record - and by all accounts, I'd argue they succeeded. But at the same time, it doesn't make this album something I enjoy, or will want to revisit time and time again like other Black Keys records. In other words, it's an interesting album, but not exactly one I can recommend.
Let's start with the biggest departure from the norm, and that's the instrumentation and production - and to be fair, it's not that huge of a leap. The guitar work is still solid, I dig the hollowness of the drums, the production has a feel of aged grit that adds plenty of texture to the songs, and even the bass work isn't half bad. And given this album flirts with psychedelia, some isolated moments were definitely worth it, like the synchronized guitars on 'Weight of Love', the dreary yet impossibly catchy guitar melody of the title track, the fuzz-saturated tone of 'It's Up To You Now', and even the keyboard solo on 'In Our Prime'. It's unfortunate, though, that that might be the only keyboard segment I found remotely tolerable on this album, all of which were thanks to producer and sometimes songwriter for the Black Keys Brian Burton, aka Danger Mouse. And just like on his last album with Broken Bells, Burton's keyboard tonal choices range between just agreeable - if painfully flat and inert if it's a piano - to squealing, atonal, and grating beyond measure. I already mentioned 'Fever', which was an otherwise solid enough track if it wasn't for the keyboard progression completely neutering the mood with an influx of minor keys. And it's not just that the keyboard tones sound like they were imported from a bad office training video from the mid-80s, but the choice of dreary, sour melodies only accentuate those negative sounds, and not in a way that makes the tracks gain any sort of visceral emotion or presence. What's worse is that with most of the lo-fi distortion pulled back and most of the melodies concentrated in the keyboards, the flash and attitude that used to characterize Black Keys records seems drained away, and the melodies look sound a lot less impressive. But even outside of that, the majority of the album feels bereft of energy, and a song like 'In Time' seems to bring some back to the table, it feels suspiciously reminiscent of 'How Do You Like Me Now' by The Heavy or just a return to the Black Keys' usual wheelhouse on 'Gotta Get Away'.
Granted, the vocals don't exactly help matters here. Dan Auerbach has a fine enough voice and I like the rougher vocal production, but he frequently sounds disaffected and bored behind the microphone, and that's not when he descends into a falsetto that sounds less and less flattering every time. The backing female vocals don't help either, for while they might fit the gutless sourness of this record in a sleazy informercial sort of way, it doesn't exactly make them pleasant or welcome. Granted, they are preferable to Auerbach's falsetto, but if they were looking to evoke element of grandeur that you typically see in psychedelic rock, they failed utterly, because this album feels small, slimy, and generally unpleasant.
So if I have so many negative comments on the sound, why aren't I castigating this album? Well honestly, I think it comes down to the point and sound that Auerbach was trying to make, which takes us to lyrics and themes - which in a first for the Black Keys, is probably the element that saves this album for me. It's well-documented that he was going through a divorce during the writing of the lyrics of this album, and you can definitely tell there's residual bitterness as he writes the rough narrative of this record. It's a relationship that begins out of indecision and bad choices, where everything from the girl's aimless attitudes towards romance to the narrator's own doubts point towards this going hopelessly wrong. And surprise surprise, it all goes wrong, and the second half of the album is watching the relationship fall apart in slow motion, as the girl eventually musters her courage and leaves the narrator. And he's heartbroken, but you get the feeling throughout this record that he seemed less angry and more just resigned to the inevitable.
And if I'm being incredibly honest with myself, it fits the tone of this record. It's sour and bitter and miserable, but it's telling that kind of story, where the characters knowingly make bad decisions and it blows up in their face. It helps matters that the framing is mostly indifferent to both parties and only really leaps on the 'evil woman' train for the final track ' Gotta Get Away', which is a song so upbeat and reminiscent of previous Black Keys albums that while it operates as a step into the light, it's also one that makes Auerbach look like a massive, lying asshole. But outside of that bit of tonal dissonance, the music's choice to go for a chintzy, 'commercial' in terms of being used in faded advertisements', grimy direction fits that kind of small-minded, petty, miserable story. Like it or not, it somehow fits together.
And you know, there's a place for this sort of music - these sorts of stories are relatable and it's framed well-enough to be realistic and human. But at the same time, it's not exactly a story I find pleasant or all that compelling, especially with the copout in the framing of the final track. And yet, I can't say it fails either, because you can tell this is an album that is trying to be as reflective and unpleasant as the story it's telling, which for me, combined with the sheer awesomeness that is 'Weight Of Love' and the solid potency of the title track, elevates this album to a 6/10. But as an record, if Turn Blue is a deeper reflection of its songwriters, then I'm glad they've mostly been fit to stick with upbeat, remorselessly shallow crunch in their rock. Those records burned - this one just gutters out.


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Particles of Faith, by Stacy Trasancos, is a must-read for Catholics (and others of good faith) who are weary of the vitriol in the faith-science dialogue. What follows is my review of this book. Disclaimer: I have received no compensation for the following review, save only for an advance copy of the book.
As in all times, there are a variety of ideologies which oppose themselves to Christ and His Church. It is perhaps easy to blame this on the various "bad Christians" who exist, though we are all to some extent bad Christians. Nor is the admonition that to follow Him, we must each take up our cross daily an especially convenient, easy, or enjoyable task to pursue. Whatever the human cause or causes, the ideologies which and ideologues who place themselves against the Church, her teachings, and her Head are legion.
Many of these are more or less casual ideologies, though widely followed. I am thinking especially of hedonism, utilitarianism, and post-modernism. Some people may believe in these philosophies of life, or may even use them to convince themselves to stay away from religion in general and Christian religion in particular. However, these are philosophies often embraced after a decision against religion has already been made. Other ideologies may be embraced by a smaller and more fanatical cross-section of society to convince their ideologues to stay away from the Church. Some examples include feminism [1], Marxism and communism [2], or environmentalism [3].
There is at least one ideology [4] which in our present time has both the broad appeal and the seemingly solid intellectual claims to undermine the faith of many a believer. This ideology is in many ways the successor to rationalism, and even to modernism: it is scientism, the belief that all knowledge must be scientifically derived or scientifically verifiable. While this assertion alone seldom undermines the faith of the average Catholic, it comes with a variety of smaller claims which are more insidious. One such claim is that there is a conflict between science and religion, in particular that the Church undermines or even outright prevents scientific progress from taking place. Another such claim is that as science progresses, the realm to which belief–in God or in miracles or in the supernatural—is relegated must steadily shrink until it vanishes. Scientism underlies the question, "How can you reconcile being a religious believer with being a rational scientist?" It is in this assumption that a conflict between science and Christianity lies. Scientism asks, perhaps cynically: How do you reconcile faith with reason, belief with data, myth with facts [5]?
We are called to give an accounting of the hope which lives within us, and a part of that accounting is to address the questions and to meet challenges posed by scientism. This is especially true in our present milieu, where scientism is particularly pervasive. In discussing these questions, Dr. Stacy Trasancos poses a separate set of questions to those of us who are Catholics:
What is the first thing you would say if someone asked you about the relationship between faith and science?
Would your first reaction be to point out that faithful people can also be people who love science? To assert that many Catholics were scientists as evidence that even Catholics can do science? To point to this or that conclusion in science as evidence that science supports faith?
This is largely the gamut of common Catholic (or broadly orthodox Christian) responses [6]. Dr. Trasancos questions each of these reactions in turn:
If so, stop and examine those reactions. Why does a person of faith need to his or her ability to love science or to be reasonable? Why single out that Catholics can be scientists? Of course we can be reasonable, and of course we can be scientists! Why point to any particular scientific conclusion as if it could prove the existence of God? We hold religious truths in faith and certainty because they are revealed by God, not because scientists give them the nod.
This last point is one of the key themes of Dr. Trasancos' book: that our religious beliefs cannot be undermined (or proved) by scientific discoveries because it is by revelation that we know them and faith we hold them. This is to say that no human endeavor, whether scientific discovery or reasoned inquiry, can ultimately disprove or prove that special knowledge revealed to us in faith by God about Himself, ourselves, and the relationship between us and Him. In his essay Our Awesome Creed: The Faith Is No Excuse for Bigotry, the philosopher Charles de Koninck states:
"If we truly appreciated the mysteriousness of the truths that faith enables us to accept, and how inscrutable is this power to accept them, we could never show anything but understanding towards those who cannot join us, a humble gratitude for the light in which they do not share and which we ourselves have in no way deserved….
"The things which we Christians embrace by divine faith, and which are not to be received except by that faith, are humanly incredible. They are incredible for two reasons, two reasons paradoxically opposed: first, because they are so far above us, because they make it so plain that God is remote, infinite, and mysterious beyond all imagining; second, because they bring that inaccessible Begin so close, involve the two of us in each other, show us how much we mean to Him who is above all, how each of us is the preoccupation of Wisdom Itself, as if God has no other one to care for." [7]
Reason can help to flesh out the meaning of revelation. Reason can help us make sense of a given dogma and can shed light on revealed mystery, but unaided reason will seldom reach so high as the mysteries of our Faith. Dogmas are conclusions, but they are not the end of thinking. Rather, as Chesterton has noted, they are like firm foundations on which we can build with the materials provided by reason, scientific discovery, or rational discourse (etc.).
Dogmas give us the truth, and then science gives us some of the facts which can surround that truth or help us to make sense of it. Faith gives us the words, and reason helps us to understand their meanings.
There are in this book three other themes of importance, and all are related to this first theme. The first of these three is that science and the truths we hold by faith are never at war with each other, but that science and the Catholic religion can be (and should be) in dialogue: conversation, not conflict, is the state which should exist between science and the Faith. The second is that while science can enlighten the Faith, the Faith ultimately also sheds light on science. The third is that if a scientific discovery causes a person to question his faith, then he may be looking at it in the wrong way, and conversely, if a person's faith is preventing him from accepting as valid a new scientific discovery, then it is likely that he misunderstand what the Faith teaches or what the discovery means. Likewise (and tying back into the first theme), if science if being used to attack the Faith, then either the Faith is being misconstrued or the science is being misrepresented, or both. In Dr. Trasancos' own words, "Faith and science are to different manifestations of the same reality. When they seem to have conflicting conclusions, it is because our knowledge is not complete."
This last statement is a sort of crux for understanding (and navigating) any hypothetical or imagined conflict between science and the Catholic Faith. Indeed, it is the key to understanding and resolving many hypothetical or imagined conflicts between dogmas which we hold by faith and conclusions which we reach via reason. The Thomistic philosopher Dr. Edward Feser suggests this in his discussion of the dogma of the Holy Trinity, which is a long (for a book review or book discussion) but helpful exercise in understanding how to navigate supposed conflicts between faith and reason. He notes that:
"Something could be unintelligible in itself, or unintelligible only for us. What is unintelligible in the first sense has no coherent content; what is unintelligible in the second sense has a coherent content, but one which, given our limited cognitive limitations, we are incapable of grasping. Trinitarianism [or any other dogmatic 'mystery'] would be falsifiable only if it were shown to be unintelligible in the first sense, but not if it is unintelligible only in the second. Indeed, that it is 'unintelligible' in the second sense is exactly what Trinitarian theologians mean when they say that the doctrine of the Trinity is a 'mystery.' They do NOT mean that it contains a self-contradiction, or that it is unintelligible in itself, or even that we cannot have any understanding of it at all. They mean instead that the limitations of our minds are such that, though [the mystery] is perfectly consistent and intelligible in itself, we cannot adequately grasp it."
Indeed, as the late Fr. Stanley L. Jaki points out, science itself has a fundamental limit in it knowledge. Physics is generally acknowledged as the most fundamental of the sciences, with the other hard building on its (and each other's) principles and discoveries. Physics, in turn, is a very mathematical science, so much so that math may be said to be the language of physics; and the principles of physics can generally be expressed as equations, often very simple (in appearance, at least) ones of the sort that may be easily printed on a t-shirt or coffee mug.
This is perhaps the greatest strength of physics, that it can make the natural world a more knowable place (at least with practice—these equations can be very difficult to master in practice). But it sets a limit to physics in particular, which extends ultimately to the other sciences in general: these govern only the realm of the quantitative. And, being a quantitative,"emperiometric" [8] science, physics is ultimately limited in s second way—it can never have a complete theory of all things, even all quantitative things, which can be proven to the the complete theory of all things [9]. This is a consequence of Godel's incompleteness theorems, which are a sort of proof that no non-trivial system can contain he proof of its own correctness.
What, then, should we do when the conclusions of Faith and the findings of science are in apparent contradiction? Dr. Trasancos gives us a way to navigate would-be conflicts between the Faith and science. She does this in three steps:
1. Find out what the Church teaches. (pp. 48-52)
2. Begin to learn the science. (pp. 52-55)
3. Sort out the "system of wills." (pp. 55-60)
All three steps are important, and if the first two seem self-explanatory, the third needs a bit of explanation. In short—for this is already a very long book review—the system of wills refers to the fact that there is a hierarchy to nature. The supreme authority is God, Who holds all things in existence and who wills the laws of nature into being. But between God and these (rather deterministic) laws, there is a whole hierarchy of wills, from angel to human to animal, which are largely free to act and thus to affect the course of nature.
A scientist, when formulating his theories or studying nature via experiment, will attempt to work within an isolated (and controllable) system as best he can. Indeed, he will often attempt to isolate merely physical effects from the system, for ease of calculation and prediction (consider that free-fall motion is much easier to analyze than motion with fluid resistance, for example). Such an isolated system must discount, among other things, the presence and action of the will, both his and others'. Yet, the very act of conducting an experience is itself an act of free will, for which neither physics nor any other emperiological science can account.
"There is no mathematical accounting for free will in the isolated systems of chemistry and physics…The isolation of physical systems needs to be appreciated in the faith and science dialogue. For physical scientists trained to think this acutely, this mechanical mindset is hard to escape. Remember this when you consider the theories of scientists. They speak in terms of isolated physical systems….
God created physical matter, and God created free agents, so together these form the whole systematic universe. The laws of physics may cover the whole of time and space, but as [C.S.] Lewis puts it, 'what they leave out is precisely the whole real universe—the incessant torrent of actual events which make up true history.'
…What is a miracle then? St. Thomas calls a miracle something God does outside the order of nature 'which we know.' To us, it may seem like breaking laws of physics, but miracles do not break the supreme law. In addition, if God wills to move particles, it cannot be modeled or predicted with human calculation, which is why physics cannot study miracles."
While not precisely a theme of the book, this process of sorting through potential faith-science conflicts reappears throughout later chapters. It is also reminiscent of the physicist and self-trained Thomistic philosopher Anthony Rizzi's observation concerning quantum mechanics and some of its interpretations and their implications. In his book The Science Before Science, Dr. Rizzi writes,
"The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics says that objects have no properties of themselves, but claims that properties exist only in conjunction with measuring devices and not until measured (observed). One may now quickly realize this as another example of taking an emperiometric theory as giving the real directly [e.g. it is an example of taking an isolated system—albeit a big one—and calling that system the whole of reality]. In particular, one notes the implicit belief that measurements, which are readings taken from a sensor and processed to appear as digits on a computer screen (which are, in turn, interpreted by an interconnected web of emperiometric theory) are the arbiter of what is real. Stanley Jaki has been in the forefront in trying to rally physicists and others to see that the inability to make exact measurements does not equate to the inability for something to exist in a definite state or change in a definite way….
You may note that Bell's theorem is parallel to Godel's theorem in the following way. If one thinks al he knows are his ideas, not things (by ideas), he can via Godel's theorem come to doubt all truth. Similarly, if one thinks all he knows is the emperiometric (and thereby forgets the basis for the emperiometric), he ca, via Bell's theorem, doubt being itself, and hence the whole arena of things which he proposes to study."
Particles of Faith is organized in three parts. The first part sets up these themes, interspersed with autobiographical anecdotes. It ends with this three-step process to navigating questions of potential conflict between faith and science. The second and third parts are to apply the principles and develop the themes established in the first part. Thus, Part II is about the relationship between the Faith and the physical sciences, and Part III is about the relationship between the Faith and the biological sciences.
In Part II, Dr. Trasancos discusses the doctrine of creation in time ex nihilo in the light of the Big Bang—and also the Big Bang in the light of the doctrine of creation. She then considers the atomic realm of matter—and the sub-atomic realm (quarks and electrons, photons, etc.). Throughout all of this, she considers the wonderful order and symmetry which underlies nature, in the light of the Scriptural verse that God has "ordered all things in measure, and number, and weight" (Wisdom 11:21). Finally, she discusses the apparently indeterminate nature of quantum mechanics and considers where (or not) this offers "proof" (or, alternatively, "disproof") of the concept of free will. Much of the focus in this is what we can know through science and what we can know through revelation, that is, what we know by faith and what we know by reason. Suffice it to say that there is no contradiction between the two, and that each actually complements the other.
While this discussion is quite exhilarating, there are some omissions from this section which make it feel incomplete. In particular, there might have been a fourth chapter to discuss matter and form and the body-soul relationship, which fits somewhere between the discussion of the atomic word and of quantum mechanics. Likewise, and though it has been addressed by other thinkers (Sts. Thomas Aquinas and Augustine in particular), I was somewhat surprised to not see a discussion of the resurrection in light of the world of atoms. For not a hair from our heads is to be forgotten, and our bodies are to be restore to us in the resurrection—this would have been a very interesting discussion in the light of atomic theory, for our bodies are made of atoms, and indeed of shared atoms and even decaying atoms.
In Part III, Dr. Trasancos is primarily concerned wth the theory of evolution, and whether it is guided by random chance or by fate or by Providence. She also considers two inadequate answers to evolution—Creationism and Intelligent Design—before asking whether a Christian can in good conscience accept the theory of evolution (she argues that the answer is yes). Finally, she turns to bioethics to address one of the hot-button culture-war issues, that of when human life begins.
Again, there is considerable discussion of what we know by faith and what we know by reason. Science, for example, can trace back humanity to a common set of ancestors, for example a mitochondrial Eve and a y-chromosmal Adam, which existed many thousands of years in the past (the approximate date of both is 200 000 years ago, though originated in separate populations of approximately 10 000 people each). We should be able to marvel at that feat of science, without demanding greater precision over such a long period of time—and recognize that this neither proves nor disproves what we hold be faith, namely, that all of humanity has a common set of ancestors leading back to the first man and woman [10], that we are all endowed with powers of intellect and will, that we are all created by direct action of God (Who alone can create a soul), or that we all come into this world with the stain of Original Sin in our souls.
The organization of the book is in general simple and easy to follow. Each chapter builds on previous chapters (for the most part—though Parts II and III could be read out of order). I do, however, have two criticisms of the organization, both relatively minor. The first is that the book would benefit from including the different sections within a given chapter in the table of contents. The second is that some chapters end with a summary of the main points of the chapter, and others rather end with a conclusion.
This book is neither quite a polemic work nor exactly a autobiography, though it is a sort of scientific memoir. Dr. Trasancos states in her introduction that the book is largely her attempt to bring a missing element into the science and religion discussion: that is, the human element.
I could have made these points in a more aseptic style, but it would not reflect either the way I think or the way I communicate with my friends and family on the Internet or around my kitchen table. I notice something missing in the faith and science dialogue, and that something is the human person. Science involves people. Faith involves people. Whatever challenges and controversies arise, they arise because of people. Therefore, I seek to show how a Catholic person works through these questions of faith and science.
With Particle of Faith, Stacy Trasancos as largely succeeded in putting the human element back into the science and religion dialogue.
[1] N.B. I am not claiming that only a small number of people will claim to be feminists. I am claiming that only a small number of particularly radical feminists will recognize their feminism as a reason to not be Christian.
[2] There are again some people who believe that Marxism and Christianity can be reconciled, though Christian socialism is a much more popular position than outright Marxism, and communism is practically a joke anymore.
[3] Again, there are Christian environmentalists, and ecological conservation does indeed fall under the pervie of Christian (and earlier, Jewish) thought. One of the first tasks given to mankind was to be good stewards of creation. I am again referring to hte radical element, the Gaia-worshippers and the earth-firsters who would see civilization burn and humanity eradicated (or at least sharply curtailed) for the sake of flora and fauna.
[4] I can think of others (progressivism, for example), but this review is not the place to discuss them
[5] It rather pointedly avoids the misstatement of demanding a reconciliation between "theology and theory," and only very tenuously considers asking for their to be a reconciliation between truth and facts (the two being intertwined in most peoples' minds) by replacing "truth" with "myth."
[6] A fourth reaction might be to turn to the "separate magisteria" defense and to treat the two as entirely unconnected spheres of knowledge.
[7] Charles de Koninck, "Our Awesome Creed: The Faith Is No Excuse for Bigotry," Saint Joseph Magazine (Oregon), Vol. 5 (1964), No. 10, pp. 16-19. Later in this same essay, Charles de Koninck writes that
"Our Faith is assuredly no easy matter and can move us to protest. Not only because it tells of mysteries that eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor mind conceived; but also because it penetrates every corner of life, because it will leave no part of our day untouched. That this is indeed a great reason for the difficulty of the Faith was proved by the reaction of so many good Catholics to the prospect of the solemn definition of the Assumption. When Pius XII proclaimed this truth, there were murmurs. Why? Oh, of course, because of the unnecessary stumbling-block again set in the way of the nonCatholic…. Nothing could be more natural than such feelings. We all hold the instinctive attitude that there ought to be some limit to what we are asked to take n faith, some acceptable frontier. But where are such bound to be set? Shall we confine our assent to the Incarnation, for example, with no reference to the Child's mother or foster father? If we could manage these matters ourselves, we would all feel inclined to suppress such facts as that God was hungry, tired, thirsty, that He perspired, that He rode on a donkey, that He died.
"Yes, let divine truth be as lofty as you please; let it be glorious, sublime, awful, but let it not become human, pedestrian, ordinary, just me and my dull little life, for then it shocks the intellect."
[8] Jacques Maritain, I think, coined the term "emperiological" to describe modern sciences, with the life sciences being "emperioschematic" and the physical sciences being "emperiometric."
[9] Theory of all things is not to be confused with the common phrase "theory of everything," which is basicaly only a theory which would unify gravity with the other fundamental forces and reconcile quantum mechanics with relativity.
[10] This belief in a single man and a single woman, Adam and Eve, as the common ancestors of all humankind is binding but not dogmatic.


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- Dual Artist (3.5 x 5) featuring the work of TWO artists! Limited to 50, and will be a THIRD Super Rare box-topper in boxes they are randomly inserted into!
ALL SKETCHES will be COLOR and drawn on premium 24pt stock.
For a list of sketch artists currently scheduled to contribute to this series, see the graphic located here.
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In addition to the reward levels, you can also purchase optional add-on items to build and customize your pledge! To do so, total up the prices of your desired items in the images below and ADD THAT TO YOUR PLEDGE AMOUNT. When the campaign ends, we'll send you a survey to fill out to tell us which add-on items you wanted and in what quantities.
Outside of the add-ons that are labeled as "Limited" you may purchase as many of these items as you like.
If we exceed our goal of $50,000, get ready for some exciting additions via extra stretch goals! The higher we go, the more fun stuff we'll add to the set.
Risks and challenges
When it comes to fulfillment, every project has potential obstacles, and ours is no different. Every Topps card set involves many moving parts: from production and design, to business and marketing. For Mars Attacks we have the added necessity of working with more than a hundred freelance artists.
However, as a company with more than 75 years of experience delivering high quality collectibles, as well as a pool of well-respected, veteran artists at our disposal, we have added resources that most Kickstarters don't. We will be doing everything we can to both keep this project on-schedule, as well as deliver the best, highest quality product possible.
Our superstar illustrators are already working on new base card art, while our sketch artists are well underway drawing their allotment of cards. One of the many advantages of Kickstarter is that with a more flexible production we can give our artists even more time to produce their very best work-- for YOU!
Meanwhile our production partner (Sidekick Lab in Vermont) has already begun test printing the various card types, and has mapped out the printing and packing of the entire series to ensure we are ready to go as soon as the campaign concludes. Along with Sidekick, we have spent many months preparing for this campaign, costing out the printing, production, packing, shipping and creation of everything involved.
But whether issues arise or not, we plan to communicate to our backers throughout the entire process and update the status of our project in real time. We hope that in addition to reassuring you of our commitment to creating the best set possible, it will give you a unique insight into the behind-the-scenes making of a Topps card series!Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Prick Up Your Ears, directed by Stephen Frears tells the story of Joe Orton (Gary Oldman) and Kenneth Halliwell (Alfred Molina) in flashback, with sequences of Lahr researching the book upon which the film is based with Orton's literary agent, Peggy Ramsay (Vanessa Redgrave).
Orton and Halliwell's relationship is followed from the beginning when Orton was a teenager befriended by the older and reserved Halliwell at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. They both dream of becoming writers but it is Orton who grows increasingly confident and achieves success and fame when his plays 'Entertaining Mr Sloane' and 'Loot' are big hits in sixties London.
Meanwhile, Halliwell's writing has stagnated. Their relationship takes on the parody of a traditional married couple, with the cocky Orton being the husband and the insecure Halliwell, the long-suffering and ignored wife. Halliwell, being the older of the two always felt that he was Orton's mentor. Matters deteriorate further when Orton is commissioned to write a screenplay for the Beatles. Halliwell is excited about meeting the 'Fab Four' but Orton is taken alone to meet with them. Finally, although Orton is the love of his life, Halliwell kills him and then commits suicide.
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— Roger Ebert
"Still stands up extraordinarily well."
— The Guardian
"Prick Up Your Ears is more effective in dramatizing the sexual games played by Orton and Halliwell, including Orton's brazenly frank encounters in the men's rooms of London, which both fascinated and enraged his friend."
— The New York Times
Did You Know?
In Prick Up Your Ears, the interior of Joe and Ken's flat was filmed in the actual flat where Orton lived with Halliwell, although the murder scene was filmed on a studio set. The title created by Kenneth Halliwell is a pun, 'Prick' having an off colour connotation and 'Ears' being an anagram for an area of the anatomy. The title was originally created for the Beatles film 'Up Against It' which was never actually produced. Review our Gay Themed Films Here


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Posted August 04, 2003 by publisher in Castro's Cuba
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Islamic Republic News Agency ( I R N A )HeadLines News
Brussels, Aug 4, IRNA—A spokesman for the European Commission
confirmed Monday that Cuba has turned down all aid from the European
Spokesman Eric Mamer told a regular press briefing in Brussels
that the Cuban Foreign Ministry has informed the EU about its decision
not to accept EU aid any longer.
"We regret this decision. We are awaiting details how this
decision will be implemented," he said.
Cuba receives about 25 million euro in annual aid from the
15-member European bloc.
Last week Cuban leader Fidel Castro attacked EU policies and said
that 'basic feeling of dignity' impels Cuba to refuse all aid from the
EU as long as the the European bloc imposes political conditions on
his country.
In a speech marking the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution,
Castro dismissed 'the so-called humanitarian aid' from the European
Union, noting it had amounted to an average of dlrs 4.2 million a
At the same time, Cuba pays EU governments dlrs 1.5 billion
annually to purchase imported goods, he noted. "Who is really aiding
whom?" he asked.
"The government of Cuba, out of an elementary sense of dignity,
rejects any 'humanitarian aid' from the EU countries," Castro stated
and denounced the EU as an American 'Trojan horse'.
The Cuban government also rejects the EU statement that 'the
political dialogue' must continue, he said.
"Our sovereignty and dignity are not negotiable with anyone."
In June, the EU announced token sanctions against Cuba after mass
arrests of dissidents in March, and the execution of three men who
tried to hijack a boat to escape to the United States in April.
The EU limited high-level visits to Cuba and reduced participation
of EU member states in cultural events in Cuba.
Early this year, the EU opened its office in Havana to promote
bilateral ties.
EU foreign ministers are expected to review ties with Cuba in


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How To Plan For Potential Corporate Crises
Consultant Urges Firms to Consider Priorities, Disaster Scenarios, Do Role-Playing
By Alexa Bell, Investor's Daily
If Exxon Corp. had tested its crises management plan properly, the oil giant wouldn't be in the mess it's in now.
That is the way it seems to Steven B. Fink, president of Lexicon Communications Corp. in Los Angeles. Fink worked for then-Pennsylvania Gov. Dick Thornburgh during the 1979 Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident. Brought in to design a publicity campaign for the state, he suddenly found himself at the center of Pennsylvania's nerve-racking but ultimately successful efforts to manage the crisis.
Today, Fink is a public relations and crisis consultant who helps others prepare for the worst. At best, he said, planning for possible disasters helps companies head off crises altogether. At worst, it provides a framework for controlling the damage.
Organizations caught off guard by crises often pay the price in long-term damage. "One crisis leads to others," Fink warned. "(Companies) weaken their attention and the vultures come in."
Union Carbide Corp.'s experiences provide a perfect example of the domino effect a crisis can have, Fink added. After the 1984 disaster in Bhopal, India, the company's stock became severely undervalued, leading to a hostile takeover effort and, ultimately, elimination of thousands of jobs and the sale of company assets.
Fink teaches companies to avoid such calamities by recognizing danger signs and taking action early on. Companies should be on the alert, he said, for situations that will:
Escalate in intensity.
Gain unwarranted attention from outsiders, such as the media or government.
Interfere with normal business operations.
Jeopardize the positive public image of the company or its officers.
Damage a company's bottom line in any way.
Using these conditions as a guide, Fink helps clients develop a prioritized list of the worst things that could happen to them. Each potential problem is assigned a "crisis impact value," based on its potential to cause damage.
The probability of problems is also rated. This assessment is based on history and a company's systemic weaknesses.
Potential crises that rate high in either impact value or probability are vulnerabilities that need to be reduced, Fink said. Companies can develop strategies such as better quality control, that will reduce the probability a specific crisis will flare up. They also can develop contingencies to limit the impact of a crisis once it occurs.
Analysis-Paralysis Syndrome
Companies also must consider the cost of each intervention -- and weigh them against the cost of doing nothing, Fink said. "Then management has a dollars-and-cents way to make a decision," he said.
Indeed, making decisions is one of the biggest problems in managing a crisis according to Fink. "Many executives get the analysis-paralysis syndrome in a crisis," he noted. "It's because there's a lot at risk in a crisis, sometimes life and death."
One of the first decisions executives must make in a deteriorating situation is whether a crisis is actually occurring.
"Let's say a complaint comes in about a tainted product during the night. . . .Then what? Do you ignore it, wait or investigate immediately? Who makes the decision?" Fink asked.
He suggests that companies establish a crisis management team whose responsibilities include identifying crises. If two or three team members decide a crisis is in the offing, the crisis management plan should be implemented.
Team members usually consist of a core of decision-makers led by the chief executive or some other authority. Secondary team members with technical skills or other types of expertise should be lined up to handle crises calling for specialized knowledge, Fink said.
Companies also may want to set aside meeting places where team members will gather automatically in a crisis.
This is a strategy that has been used successfully by United Airlines in handling potential crises, Fink said. United's "situation room" contains a conference table with phones at each seat and a speakerphone in the center. A chemical firm, one of Fink's clients, has a similar facility stocked with food, cots, computers and cash.
"The cash is to get money out in the middle of the night, to rent cars or a crane, " Fink explained.
A good crisis plan also designates company spokespeople. These should not always be top-level executives, Fink cautioned. Sometimes technical experts are needed or people close to the disaster scene.
All of those selected, he added, should receive media training.
While the interventions identified in a plan should be general, they should be backed up with pertinent details. Information belonging in a crisis management plan includes the names and phone number of crisis team members and other key players; where equipment or supplies can be procured; and instructions for operating machinery.
Once a plan is completed, it must be tested and updated. This is where Exxon failed in its crisis planning, Fink believes.
"If Exxon had been able to contain and control the (Alaska) oil spill in five hours as its plan called for, it would not be dealing with the loss of oil, revenue and image it's going through now," he claimed.
A Simulated Disaster
Techniques for testing plans can be as simple as role-playing or as elaborate as simulating a disaster. One of Fink's clients hopes to stage a chemical spill, complete with a derailed train and local police reaction.
If the plan doesn't work perfectly, don't despair, Fink said. It's probably a sign things are going well.
"The goal is not to find out if it works, but to find out how it doesn't," he said. "It's too neat if you don't find any problems."


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Unevenly Distributed: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The @, history and reflection on 8-bit rogue-like games. Also see Sword of Fargoal -- addictive dungeon crawler for iOS.
Jacob is self-assigned to fixing the syntax in the Wikipedia automata theory page. His internal compiler naturally picks out the non-standard elements in standards based encyclopediae:
In theoretical computer science, automata theory is the study of abstract machines (or more appropriately, abstract 'mathematical' machines or systems) and the computational problems that can be solved using these machines. These abstract machines are called automata.I am pleased as punch that I was able explain the relevance of finite state machines to programming. I drew one on the board, and Secnarf ran the machine (on her brain) on a word (program), producing the appropriate compiler error (rejection of the input word, and localizing the pointer to the appropriate memory location). Funny how computer programming is approached first using very difficult problems, making complex programs, to very simple problems, short finite state machines. It is not an easy path to understanding.
In C and C++, the tilde grapheme, "~", is the bitwise NOT operator.
We tinkered with the pegboard virtual game GLIQ (gliq.zip, see two posts ago) and started making modifications to construct virtual dice that somehow include dinosaur sound effects.
We talked about rolling virtual dice and wrap-around in both dimensions, 3-D dice on a 4-D toroidal manifold, represented on a 2-D finite window! I'm inclined to name our program Misner Dice, after Griffin's c = c + 1 comic, Misner a reference to Misner space.
We also talked about 32 and 128 bit IP addresses, with respect to xkcd: Nanobots. I think Griffin's comic wins the nerdy obscure humor cake.


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