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With slightly more than one month to go in the USSF Development Academy regular season, the Houston Dynamo U-16 squad finished the weekend 0-1-1, while the Dynamo U-18s finished 1-1 at San Jacinto College South, moving a step closer to a berth in the Development Academy playoffs.
On Saturday, the young U-16 squad faced FC Dallas, a team that defeated them 5-1 back in October. Sloppy defense plagued Houston early on, and Dallas was able to take advantage, netting two goals before halftime.
The second half proved to be a different story for the Dynamo, as they were able to settle down and move the ball past the experienced Dallas squad. In the 66th minute, Isaiah Noreiga (Humble Kingwood Park) found Manuel Chavez (Cy Springs) in the middle of the box to put Houston on the board. The goal ignited the Dynamo, as the team began playing with a fire not seen since their run to the Dallas Cup title. In the 74th minute, a free kick from Jordan Davis (Fort Bend Elkins) from 30 yards out found a streaking Luis Mendoza (Alief Elsik) to even the game at two and give the U-16s their first positive result in four games.
On Sunday, the U-16s reverted back to the sloppy defense that has plagued them all season, falling 5-3 to Andromeda. After an early goal from Bryan Salazar (Fort Bend Bush) gave the Dynamo a 1-0 lead, Andromeda stormed back behind five goals from Omar Jaroun, including a penalty kick in the 62nd minute after goalkeeper Juan Navarrete tackled Grant Grafentin in the box. The U-16s fought hard in the last 20 minutes of the game, though and managed to get goals from Manuel Chavez and Siegfried Casar (Spring Branch Memorial) before falling 5-3.
"I think our inexperience showed once again," said Dynamo Director of Youth Development James Clarkson. "We showed a lot of promise, though, and I think you saw a glimpse of what the future holds."
The U-16s played with two players born in 1995 and many born in 1994, meaning that many of the players on the squad were one or two years younger than their competition.
The U-18s, in the thick of the playoff race, suffered a huge setback on Saturday, falling 2-1 to FC Dallas. Dallas took a 1-0 lead off a Damien Rosales goal, but Houston wasted little time evening the score. In the 34th minute, Sebastien Ibeagha (Fort Bend Hightower) found C.J. Odenigwe (Fort Bend Travis) for a beautiful one-time strike past the goalkeeper. Unfortunately the Dynamo backline could not hold, and in the 73rd minute, Victor Ulloa found a streaking Jael Barrera in the box to give Dallas a 2-1 win. Houston had beaten Dallas 3-2 in October, with help from a goal by current first-team midfielder Francisco Navas Cobo.
On Sunday, the U-18s fared much better, controlling play early and often en route to a 3-0 win against Andromeda. Ubaldo Lucio (Fort Bend Bush), Mark Donahue (Awty), and Miguel Zapata netted goals for the Dynamo, and goalkeeper Graham Wheeler (Katy Taylor) stopped a penalty kick in the 85th minute to preserve the shutout.
The U-18s improved to 7-6 in league play with three games remaining. Heading into the weekend, the U-18s sat in fourth place in their division but seventh in the wild card standings. The top two teams from each division qualify for the playoffs, as well as 12 wild card teams from around the country based on overall record. The Dynamo have five non-division games remaining, including three games in late May at the Spring Showcase in Sarasota, Fla., that could determine their playoff fate.
Dynamo Academy teams, presented by Statoil, hit the road next week to take on the Colorado Rapids on Saturday and Real Colorado on Sunday.
U-16: Houston Dynamo Academy vs. FC Dallas
April 24, 2010 -- San Jacinto College South, Houston
USSF Development Academy -- Texas Division
FCD -- Jon Top (Ambrose) 25
FCD -- Danny Garcia (unassisted) 36
HOU -- Manuel Chavez (Isaiah Noreiga) 66
HOU -- Luis Mendoza (Jordan Davis) 74
Dynamo Academy -- Juan Navarrete, James Fallon (Luis Mendoza 51), Siegfried Casar, Bradley Bourgeois (Alfredo Gallegos 58), Hector Ramirez, Juan Carlos Salmeron (Jordan Davis 41), Carlos Lessa (Bryan Salazar 64), Erick Sanchez (David Dauajare 41), Raymundo Marquez (Ricardo Balmaceda 56), Manuel Chavez, Isaiah Noreiga.
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
U-16: Houston Dynamo Academy vs. Andromeda
April 25, 2010 -- San Jacinto College South, Houston
USSF Development Academy -- Texas Division
HOU -- Bryan Salazar (Juan Carlos Salmeron) 16
AND -- Omar Jaroun 26
AND -- Omar Jaroun 2, 32
AND -- Omar Jaroun 3 (PK) 51
AND -- Omar Jaroun 4 (Sherer) 58
AND -- Omar Jaroun 5 (Gustavo Vasquez) 68
HOU -- Manuel Chavez (Gabriel Moreno) 70
HOU -- Siegfried Casar 80
Dynamo Academy -- Juan Navarrete, David Dauajare, James Fallon (Orlin Ramirez 49), Jordan Davis, Raymundo Marquez (Gabriel Moreno 41), Hector Ramirez (Alfredo Gallegos 59), Siegfried Casar, Juan Carlos Salmeron (Manuel Chavez 41), Isaiah Noreiga (Christian Diaz), Luis Mendoza, Bryan Salazar (Manny Mendoza 65).
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial
U-18: Houston Dynamo Academy vs. FC Dallas
April 24, 2010 -- San Jacinto College South, Houston
USSF Development Academy -- Texas Division
Scoring Summary:
FCD -- Damien Rosales (unassisted) 19
HOU -- C.J. Odenigwe (Sebastien Ibeagha) 34
FCD -- Jael Barrera (Victor Ulloa) 73
Dynamo Academy -- Pat Wall, Juan Lopez, C.J. Odenigwe, Miguel Zapata, Benji Saenz (Eloy Gonzalez Litan 22, Ubaldo Lucio 78) Sebastian Karpen, Josue Morales, Manny Mendoza (Irvinn Ramirez 24), Sebastien Ibeagha, Jade George, Martin Castillo (Martin Fiemawhle 62).
All statistics contained
in this boxscore are unofficial
U-18: Houston Dynamo Academy vs. Andromeda
April 25, 2010 -- San Jacinto College South, Houston
USSF Development Academy -- Texas Division
Scoring Summary:
HOU -- Ubaldo Lucio (Sebastien Ibeagha) 10
HOU -- Mark Donohue (Ubaldo Lucio) 19
HOU -- Miguel Zapata (unassisted) 49
Dynamo Academy
-- Graham Wheeler, Leo Ayala, Miguel Zapata (Juan Lopez 70), C.J. Odenigwe, Eloy Gonzalez Litan (Carlos Lessa 43) Sebastien Ibeagha, Sebastian Karpen (Irvinn Ramirez 63), Ubaldo Lucio (Martin Castillo 72), Josue Morales (Christian Manisck 90), Martin Fiemawhle (Michael Diaz 86), Mark Donohue.
All statistics contained in this boxscore are unofficial


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ayurveda/ayur·ve·da/ (i″yur´ved-ah) (i″yur-va´dah) [Sanskrit] a classical system of medicine founded 5000 years ago and currently practiced in India. Its emphasis is on balance with the environment and interpersonal communication and is based on the principles that humans are microcosmic representations of the entire universe and that health is the natural end of living in harmony with the environment. Disease results from disharmony between the person and the environment, and each case of disease is a manifestation of a unique state in a unique individual, therefore requiring a unique cure. The practitioner attempts to maintain or restore the balance of the doshas, with therapies including diet; herbal, color, and sound therapies; aromatherapy; application of medicated oils to the skin and massage; and meditation. Written also Ayurveda. ayurve´dic
Ayurveda(ī′yər-vā′də, -vē′-)
The ancient Hindu science of health and medicine, based on maintaining balance among the five elements earth, air, fire, water, and ether.
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a major health care system that emphasizes a preventive approach to health, focusing on an inner state of harmony and spiritual realization for self-healing. It includes special types of diets, herbs, minerals, and changes based on a system of constitutional categories in lifestyle. Enemas and purgation are used to cleanse the body of excess toxins. Ayurveda emphasizes lifestyle analysis and change as the most significant aspects of the healing process.
ayurveda(1) The Indian philosophical basis for ayurvedic medicine.
(2) Ayurvedic medicine, see there.
While the terms ayurveda and ayurvedic medicine are often used interchangeably, the former is more global and includes both the ayurvedic philosophy and those components of ayurveda that are rarely applied in modern ayurvedic medicine; the major branches of ayurveda incorporated into current ayurvedic medicine are internal medicine, geriatrics, aphrodisiac medicine and panchakarma.
Ayurveda is a system of wholistic medicine from India that aims to bring the individual into harmony with nature. It provides guidance regarding food and lifestyle, so that healthy people can stay healthy and people with health challenges can improve their health.
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Ayurveda,"science of life" from ancient Vedic tradition of India.
Ayurvedic medicine - ancient science of natural medicine which promotes health of mind and body.
Ayurveda (äˑ·yurr·wāˈ·d),
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I feel, were it possible, that this book should be required reading for all LDS folks, though anyone in any other faith, or simply on a journey of faith, would likely learn much from Givens' insights. For those who have read or are interested in reading Michael Ash's "Shaken Faith Syndrome," "The Crucible of Doubt" puts forth a much more powerful argument in favor of a general faith, whereas Ash does an admirable job as an LDS apologist on specific topics. Nevertheless, I greatly prefer Givens' tone, and the beauty of his prose rivals that of C.S. Lewis, whose writings I admire.
A fellow reviewer suggested The Crucible of Doubt should be a Sunday School class in and of itself. I fully agree, but the likelihood is extremely slim, unfortunately. However, in recent months I have come to understand that at church, with such a broad landscape of believers in attendance, it is too difficult to dive into deep, philosophical discussions of scripture and gospel topics with the short time we have together each week. Alas, for some it may always feel that we are only being given 'milk' to sustain us when what we seek is 'meat.' Givens, in multiple instances, chides the faithful seeking spiritual meat to go find it! We are not forbidden or locked into studying only a short list of "approved" texts on Sundays or all of the other days of the week, we have a plethora of world literature at our finger tips from which to draw! After all, have we not be instructed to read from the "best books?" We can seek after learning and growth on our own time, but the time we spend at church is for worship, not scholarship (I found Givens' definition of 'worship' very enlightening).
In the epilogue, Givens reiterates the message that forms the spine of this important book's message:
"...The call to faith is a summons to engage the heart, to attune it to resonate in sympathy with principles and values and ideals that we devoutly hope are true, and that we have reasonable but not certain grounds for believing to be true. And that what we choose to embrace, to be responsive to, is the purest reflection of what we love."
The authors provide some good advice for those who encounter doubts or questions about the Gospel. A must-read for those who are struggling with something or merely are curious about some aspect of doctrines or history that have not been fully explained or revealed yet. This would also be a great book to read if one needs to give advice or counsel others in these areas. I really enjoyed it!
helped a lot - saved my faith! Explained clearly what I already thought and felt. Necessary for the transition from "simple" to "grown up" faith - at least for me. Thanks to F. & T. Givens!
There are times in our lives that we doubt everything. My cousin even wrote me once about doubting her favorite color. It's not a surprise that we will doubt the most important part of our lives--our faith. In this book Fiona and Terry L Givens share such a great testimony how to overcome doubts--not just overcome them--but to realize that they're normal, and shouldn't destroy our faith. What a great book! Please do yourself a favor, read this. It will change your life!
Great book by the Givens.
Makes you think about understanding the balance in religious thought and understanding things in the proper context.
This book is going to everyone I love this year for Christmas. I could not recommend this book highly enough. I highlighted half of it. And my husband highlighted the other half!
This book is ONE OF THE BEST!
I LOVE the caption on the front cover:
"The body of Christ needs its full complement of members--
the devout, the wayward, the uncomfortable, the struggling."
Do you feel as if you fit into one of those descriptions?
But as the jacket says "Questioning is not the problem, after all, the restoration unfolded because a young man asked questions."
Difficulties within the body of the Saints "arise when questions are based on flawed assumptions or incorrect perceptions."
SO MANY amazing thoughts and ideas are contained within these pages...
I will give you a few that really stood out to me:
"The Atonement is not a backup plan in case we happen to fall short in the process; it is the ordained means whereby we gradually become complete and whole."
"We know more than we think, even if we know less than we would like."
"We know that the main purpose of Sabbath observance is to partake of the Lord's Supper. But we sometimes grow frustrated with all the peripherals....What if we saw lessons and talks as connections to the sacrament rather than as unrelated secondary activities?
"We love God by learning to love each other."
"I am not asking you to pretend to faith you do not have. I am asking that you be true to the faith you do have.~ Elder Jeffrey Holland."
"Instead of explaining our suffering, God shares it.~ Nicholas Wolterstorff"
This book is FOR EVERYONE!
Those who stand strong in the gospel and those who carry a vessel of doubts.
The Givens and a few other authors have really helped me maintain my footing in the church as I've worked through questions that have been really isolating for me. Sometimes it feels like my lense is so different than the people I share a pew with every Sunday, but Terryl and Fiona get and address many of the questions that weigh heavy on my heart. A thousand times thank you! I am not alone. I highlighted half the book, (whoops,) but the really nugget chapters for me were the last two. Thank you for carrying this book Deseret Book! It means something to me that you are embracing these beautiful authors that have so much light to bring to Mormonism.
I mostly read rather than write reviews but this is one book I felt compelled to address. I study/read/listen to anything I can find from the Givens. I anticipated this release and was grateful at the way this subject was covered. In much the way I see their approach life--straight forward, unapologetically, scholarly and with great insight.
I bought both the eBook and the audio book at the same time with the hopes that it would not disappoint. I hoped to read and reread the book but wanted to listen to the the book while driving. Fiona narrates the book in her calm, dignified and mesmerizing english accent. I didn't want this to end because of both the content and style. But unfortunately I was through it in a day and a half.
I now have many other works of literature to study. They reference so many great authors and works that i am intrigued to go back and study those works as well.
The ever faithful member, as well as those who may be investigating or disaffected by the teachings of Jesus Christ, will reflect a new their belief in and relationship to the divine.
Written for everyone, the most faithful of believers, as well as the doubter... I repeat, A MUST READ.
Terryl and Fiona, have once again, masterfully and with a knack of, weaving into their writing, divine sources from across the ages. They take from the reservoirs of great thought; inspired composers, writers and artists, sublime poetry, and powerful insights from philosophers of deep thought; to expand our minds and hearts beyond the "canned" responses of the past. Their words seem to say, of course you can rebuild some foundations. Our paradigms might need shifting and thus enabling us, to understand better, how the heart, mind and will of God settles like dew on humanity.
It seems as though, theres a rhetorical question throughout the pages... How is an all encompassing perfect communication, from Deity, going to be received, translated and understood? But before we answer, we must realize that this communication is perfect and complete from the source but FOREIGN to humanity. When it leaves the heavenly courts, it is interrupted and becomes corrupt by the weak, simplistic mind, trying so desperately, to interpret what has been received. Only to compound further, the message has to be communicated to the world, through a broken language. Yikes. They help us see and trust, that our "Weeping God," in-spite of our human condition, will organize the chaotic and create order. That is God.
Written, stylistically, as their recent, "The God Who Weeps*," like poetry.
*One of the greatest books published by DB, describing God, through the lens of our Mormon faith tradition... I HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
I consider myself a devout, faithful member. I hope I am. But I often wonder about things and I always want to know more.
This is the first book I have read by the Givens. I heard them on the radio discussing this book and I immediately had to read it. I have not been disappointed. I plan to re-read this book many times in the future. It's that good.
This book discusses the gospel in a deep, intelligent way while still maintaining a faithful attitude. It reminds me of Hugh Nibley or C.S. Lewis in that respect. In my opinion, it is easy to intellectualize yourself out of the church, looking beyond the mark or getting hung up on secondary matters. This book avoids that. It's evidence that you can be both a disciple and an educated person.
This book is not just for doubters. It is for any member who wants a thoughtful discussion that challenges the usual ways of thinking about discipleship. I assume doubters will also benefit. And, if we are honest about it, and as this book points out, I think we are all doubters to some extent. At least, most of us to not have that perfect knowledge yet. I think that's why faith is our first principle.
Deseret Book, thank you for publishing this book. To be honest I usually think of your church books as rather fluffy. I decide instead to spend my gospel study time on the scriptures, institute manuals, or words of the prophets. However, if you are going to start publishing books like this I will have to revisit my prejudices.
Every line in this book is so poetic and moving it was hard not to highlight the entire text. The Given's approach is honest and concrete, nothing is cheesey or feels like a canned response. Even though I feel like I am a person with very little doubts this book has shored up my testimony in areas I didn't even realize were weak. I also love that they preach that doubts are not to be feared, but embraced and that when in approached in the appropriate manner are actually wonderful opportunities to strengthen your testimony... not tear it down. Rarely do I come across a book that I would buy multiple copies of, but this is one I want all my friends and family to read. Absolutely moving.
There's no other way to say it: The Crucible of Doubt is a modern Mormon masterpiece. On nearly every page I found insights that comforted my soul and strengthened my faith. More than this, the entire way of thinking about the gospel shared by the Givens' is refreshing and liberating. It felt good to have them open a space for honest and heartfelt inquiries about parts of the gospel that are difficult to understand. I know I'm not the only one with close friends and family who've recently lost their testimonies. And I've had questions myself, too. So one of the most important parts of this book for me was they show how a testimony can actually become stronger and more meaningful by letting go of assumptions that we believe by tradition but don't bear up under scrutiny, and by thinking deeply about tough issues from a real perspective of faith.
You really need to read it yourself because no review can do it justice. The Crucible of Doubt is simply a wonderful book. It deserves to be part of every LDS library.
This book is not exactly a sequel to The God Who Weeps, but it is in a very similar style. The Givens present powerful, thought-provoking arguments that do not clean up the complexities of our relationship with God, prophets, the scriptures and the Holy Spirit; but they illustrate the absolute necessity of a mature perspective about these things. The Givens' demonstrate that our crucibles of doubt are often created by our own immature or simplistic paradigms toward spirituality and religion. For what it's worth, I thought that this book was somewhat more accessible than their earlier effort and feel more comfortable recommending it to non-academically minded saints.


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I read Counterpunch.com on a regular basis for two reasons. First, I visit the site for its extremely good articles discussing the foreign-policy follies of Western governments. Few sites feature harder-hitting and more consistently anti-interventionist critiques of the policies pursued by Western governments. The second reason I like to visit Counterpunch is to give myself a good laugh. Nothing in the world amuses me more than when self-styled "progressives" attempt to discuss economics.
During my most recent perusal of the Counterpunch archives, I stumbled upon an article by Dave Lindorff entitled "Social Security Scare Tactics." The article made me laugh so hard that whiskey came out of my nose (which is, by the way, excruciatingly painful).
For those of you who don't want the punch line of the article spoiled, stop reading right now. For everyone else, put down whatever it is that you're drinking, because here it is: there's nothing seriously wrong with Social Security! That's right, Lindorff apparently really believes that all of the dire talk about the inevitable and impending bankruptcy of Social Security this year is nothing more than scaremongering designed to manufacture a "fake crisis." Don't get up off the floor just yet, because there's more: Lindorff apparently really believes that the Social Security "trust fund" actually has real money in it, instead of a bunch of worthless IOUs from the Treasury Department!
Now that I've spoiled the punch line, let's have a look at the evidence Lindorff gives for his knee-slapping claim that Social Security is not in dire straits. I use the word "evidence" rather loosely here, however, because Lindorff apparently doesn't think that any actual evidence is necessary to substantiate his claim.
One would think, for example, that any claims that an institution could easily be made fiscally sound would require substantiation by looking at the institution's actual books. Specifically, one expects that such a claim would be substantiated by looking at the actual assets and actual outstanding liabilities of this socialist totem in order to determine whether it is even possible for Social Security to live up to all of the promises it has made to future beneficiaries. For Lindorff, however, looking at the books is not necessary, because he somehow already knows that there's nothing fundamentally and irreparably wrong with Social Security.
For those people not gifted with accounting ESP like Lindorff, Social Security's unfunded liabilities are conservatively estimated to be around $17.5 trillion. Oh yeah, and that "trust fund" that Lindorff mentions as if it were really overflowing with saved money — all the money has already been spent by Congress. As you can see, the numbers are not exactly as rosy as Lindorff's ESP has led him to believe.
What is really interesting is that even while Lindorff is trying to make the case that Social Security's fiscal condition is not all that serious, he concedes that Social Security will indeed go bankrupt this year. He writes:
So with beneficiaries rising faster than anticipated, and the total national payroll in sharp decline, of course things have gone negative for Social Security earlier than originally anticipated.
One would think that an institution going "negative" (i.e., bankrupt) is a sign that there is something fundamentally flawed with it. For Lindorff, however, bankruptcy is nothing to get ourselves worked up about, especially since the bankruptcy is only caused by the demographic problem posed by the baby boomers.
Lindorff thinks the boomers are only a "demographic wave that will eventually pass." He's right — we only have around 30 more years until the "wave" passes. Thirty years of bankruptcy is nothing that need trouble us!
To mention that Social Security is completely bankrupt right now and cannot possibly pay out everything it has promised is nothing but a "scare tactic." One wonders if it occurred to Lindorff to make the same claim when Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers went bankrupt two years ago. Don't worry everyone, bankruptcy — I mean, "turning negative" — is nothing too serious! Anyone who talks about Lehman's complete "insolvency," or, better still, Bernie Madoff's "insolvency," is just a scaremonger! That's right, Lindorff uses scare quotes around the word "insolvency," as though the word itself is inflammatory.
We know, of course, that socialists like Lindorff were making no such claims back in 2008, because progressives of his stripe view the world through Manichean glasses. In their view, there's the corporate world of greed and theft, and there's the world of ordinary, helpless workers who are protected by selfless government programs that can't possibly do wrong.
People like me who defend the free market but who also have blue-collared shirts must perplex white-collared progressives like Lindorff because we don't fit into this Manichean model. I suppose I've just developed an insidious "false consciousness" by examining the actual books of Social Security, Medicare, the FDIC, etc.
According to Lindorff's banal, progressive worldview, the problem with Social Security is not that it is a bankrupt Ponzi scheme, but that greedy employers are not forced to pay enough into the system. You see, employers only pay half of a worker's contribution to the program. God forbid! The solution to the "fake" Social Security crisis, according to Lindorff, is thus to dramatically jack up the percentage paid by the employer to, for example, a "40/60 split, with the employer paying 50 per cent more than the worker, or even a 30/70 split."
Like any good progressive, Lindorff salivates when he thinks about extorting money out of businesses for his pet projects — businesses that he childishly imagines are bloated to the gills with superfluous cash that could be used to finance grandpa's Social Security checks. However, he never explains the effect that this scheme would have on employment in this country. He doesn't mention this because the scheme would produce one of two outcomes, both of which would be devastating to working people in the United States: it would produce either massive and permanent unemployment, or else lower salaries and wages across the board.
Businesses that are forced to pay more per worker in the form of Social Security "contributions" (without a concomitant increase in labor productivity) will hire fewer workers, and the cost of their goods will rise. The price for labor affects both the quantity of labor demanded and the price of the finished goods the labor is a factor in creating. Employers could offset this increased price for labor by offering their workers lower take-home salaries and wages, (i.e., shift the cost onto workers), but this is precisely the outcome that the Lindorff scheme claims to avoid.
In either scenario, it is the workers who suffer through either widespread unemployment and higher-priced goods, or lower take-home wages and salaries. So much for Lindorff's silly attempt to saddle supposedly greedy employers with the Social Security bill.
These inexorable economic consequences do not trouble Lindorff in the slightest, because he's still got the example of Germany up his sleeve. According to Lindorff, the fact that Germany has a gigantic social-welfare system coupled with the fact that Germany exports more than it imports is proof that social security is not a real problem for the United States.
The economic reasoning is hard to follow here, even by Lindorff standards, but the logic seems to run something like this: Germany has a massive social-welfare system and exports a lot of stuff. Exporting lots of stuff is virtually identical with economic prosperity. Therefore, the United States shouldn't worry about Social Security, because social-welfare programs are not incompatible with shipping lots of your stuff to other countries. If this is indeed an accurate representation of the logic of Lindorff's argument, then we have no choice but to say that he is just as historically ignorant as he is economically illiterate.
"Progressives' faith in government programs and bureaucrats cannot be changed by looking at how real government programs and real bureaucrats operate in the world."
In the first place, this argument is a complete distortion of German economic history since World War II.[1] Indeed, the historical record shows quite clearly that the years immediately following WWII were marked by the return of almost 19th-century-style laissez-faire in West Germany, which led to miraculous economic growth, while East Germany languished in poverty and stagnation under the ultra-"progressive" Soviets.
Beginning in the 1950s, however, the West Germans turned away from laissez-faire and toward a state-controlled welfare system of the sort defended by Lindorff. Far from bringing prosperity to the West German people, the new social-welfare state brought what socialism always brings in its wake: recession, unemployment, and reduced productivity.
Lindorff's reference to German history also neglects to mention the case of East Germany, where there was a "safety net" in the form of Soviet-created jobs and welfare for the sick and indigent. East German economic history is not particularly helpful for making Lindorff's argument, however, since socialism, Soviet-style, brought nothing but poverty and economic backwardness.
Lindorff's argument is even worse than this, however, because his argument is completely irrelevant to the issue at hand. The question at hand is whether or not the American Social Security system, which Lindorff himself recognizes will go "negative" this year, can afford to pay out what it has promised. It is thus completely irrelevant to point to Germany and say, "See, their system isn't hopelessly broke yet."
The argument is like Lindorff pointing to his friend's car and exclaiming "See, his car is paid off. Mine must be, too!" And this is setting aside the fact that the European social-welfare states are much poorer than economically ignorant American progressives like to think, and setting aside the fact that exporting lots of stuff to foreigners is not the same thing as prosperity, as any serf in the Chinese hinterlands can tell you.
The problem with people like Dave Lindorff, and with progressives generally, is that they don't ever care to investigate whether the articles of their progressive faith are indeed justifiable in the light of economic theory or economic history. Economic theory is nothing more to them than a constant and tired rephrasing of the old Marxist canards condemning business, coupled with the most childlike faith in the power of government bureaucrats.
What's far worse, however, is that their faith in government programs and bureaucrats cannot be changed by looking at how real government programs and real bureaucrats operate in the world. Hank Paulson was a bureaucrat. Sheila Bair is a bureaucrat. Tim Geithner is a bureaucrat. Ben Bernanke is a bureaucrat, and Alan Greenspan was, too. Those incompetent jerks down at Lindorff's local DMV are bureaucrats.
All of these people are incompetent, and most are liars and thieves of the most despicable sort, but these facts can never persuade the progressive mind to abandon its unshakable belief in the power of government bureaucrats and government programs to remake the world. In the end, this is the reason why progressivism as a system of economic thought is every bit as bankrupt as Social Security.
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I Just Saw and Loved Wonder Woman — Now What?
Wonder Woman is a success on so many levels.
Not only is it the first film to have a female superhero in the starring role, it's now gone on to break the box office record for a film directed by a woman. The film also single-handedly restored viewers' faith in the DC Cinematic Universe.
More than that, it's given women both young and old someone to look up to. Wonder Woman is now the cultural icon she was always meant to be. She's more than just a hero: She is female empowerment personified and a role model.
If you've left the theater wanting more action, adventure, and excitement from female superheroes, you're not alone! However, we know that navigating the world of comics is tricky business.
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Orioles cruise to 8-4 win over Red Sox
BOSTON (AP) Jonathan Schoop had recorded the first three-hit game of his young career by the seventh inning Friday night.
Two innings later, he added another hit to up the ante.
The Baltimore third baseman – getting playing time in the place of injured Manny Machado – went 4 for 5 with two doubles and two RBIs, and the Orioles pounded Red Sox starter John Lackey in an 8-4 victory over Boston.
"As intense as these games are at this level, you do step back and watch Jon," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said of his rookie third baseman. "It's fun to watch. (He's got) a great look on his face, just a real sincere, earnest look. He's not giddy. That's what I like about him."
Schoop's four-hit night extended his hitting streak to seven games.
"It feels good, especially if you win and get a W," Schoop said. "It feels really, really good."
After Schoop's first hit in the third inning, an infield hit to deep short, he scored on Nick Markakis' double to put the Orioles up 2-0. In the sixth, he flared a ball between short and center field, and then closed with hard-hit doubles in each of the seventh and ninth innings.
Every Orioles starter had at least one hit except for Chris Davis. The Orioles collected 10 of those hits off Lackey (2-2), who surrendered six earned runs over 5 1-3 innings. It was the second straight start in which Lackey gave up six runs and failed to make it out of the sixth inning.
Orioles starter Chris Tillman (2-1) labored through five innings, throwing 122 pitches and giving up three earned runs on seven hits and four walks. He struck out five.
"These guys always fight until the very end," Tillman said. "They're fouling pitches off, they're taking good pitches, taking tough pitches. When you make a mistake, they capitalize on it."
Markakis led off the game with a double down the left-field line. Red Sox manager John Farrell challenged the call, but it was upheld and Markakis scored on Adam Jones' first hit, a ball fielded by Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts on the outfield grass.
"It looked pretty foul to me," Lackey said. "On the replay it looked like it landed foul and kicked some dirt on the line."
Nelson Cruz had two RBIs for the Orioles.
Boston scored its first run on Brock Holt's base hit in fourth and added two more in the fifth on RBI singles from Dustin Pedroia and A.J. Pierzynski, who snapped an 0-for-15 stretch with the hit.
"We had lots of chances. Unfortunately, we didn't get that hit," Pierzynski said. " We got a couple of hits and we got him (Tillman) out of there early. (We) got in the bullpen and we had more chances. Unfortunately, every time we scored it seemed like they came back and scored. Just one of those nights where things didn't work out."
Tillman struck out Jackie Bradley with runners on first and second to end the Red Sox threat in the fifth.
"Tilly made a big pitch there on Bradley," Showalter said. "It was a challenge for him. He deserved that."
Baltimore scored two runs in the fifth on singles by Matt Wieters and J.J. Hardy, and added a run in the seventh and another in the ninth on the doubles by Schoop.
Darren O'Day recorded the last four outs for his first save of the year.
David Ortiz took a scheduled night off. Mike Carp took his place in the lineup and had two hits, as did Holt. Every Boston starter had at least one hit.
The Red Sox were beneficiaries of a replay in the seventh, when it showed that Holt beat out a throw from Orioles second baseman Steve Lombardozzi for a base hit. The next three Red Sox were retired on ground balls, squandering the scoring opportunity.
NOTES: Boston OF Shane Victorino will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Pawtucket on Saturday. Victorino has not played this season due to a strained right hamstring. … Holt was recalled from Pawtucket earlier in the day. The Red Sox designated IF Ryan Roberts for assignment. … RHP Bud Norris (0-1, 3.75) starts for the Orioles against LHP Felix Doubront (1-2, 6.75) on Saturday.


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Note: This week I'm stepping aside to allow my colleague, Jonathan Freeman, to post this killer piece on UI design. He has been a UI developer for my company, Open Software Integrators, since 2011. -- Andy
One of the best articles I've ever read on user interface design is this 12-year-old classic -- written by Microsoft, no less. Published long before smartphones and modern tablets emerged, it fully explains the essence of good UI design. Amazingly, it criticizes Microsoft's own UIs and explains why they are bad, though it was written at a time when Microsoft was not known for its humility.
Because my company has a mobile application division -- and increasingly does full application development in our enterprise open source division -- I often have to explain what makes a good or bad UI to customers. I've frequently referred to this article by way of explanation.
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See, Microsoft decided it wanted to solve a big problem with software: It's hard to use. So it conducted research on how its customers use and learn software and guessed the reasons why it was so hard for users. Microsoft realized users weren't understanding the conceptual model of the product, weren't learning common tasks after repetition, and found it hard to figure out what each screen was supposed to do. Deductive user interfaces, as Microsoft called them, were the culprit.
The deductive user interface
The basic concept of a deductive user interface is that a user is presented with a pile of possible actions on a single screen. Then the user has to go through bit by bit figuring out (or deducing) what does what, what's related, and what actions can be taken. Power users might breeze through this introductory period and get to work because that sort of exploration is comfortable for them. Unfortunately, the majority of your user base doesn't fall in that category. A deductive interface is just a pain for the average user.
Two great examples of deductive interfaces come immediately to mind. The first, given that tax season just ended, is the almighty IRS 1040 U.S. Individual Income Tax Return form. This form has instructions, but in general, you have to figure out what to do and what the terms mean. The form comes close to assuming you are an accountant familiar with tax law. This obscurity has created a whole industry of tax preparation experts who not only know the form but everything behind it.
The second example is Windows Explorer. When Microsoft originally came up with this UI motif in Windows 95, it suggested everyone use it. There were controls for Visual Basic that helped you apply the Explorer interface to your custom applications.


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Mastering a pixie cut like Ginnifer Goodwin's is a cinch – just ask the actress herself.
"People say it's a difficult hairstyle to pull off, but I don't see how it is tricky," the Once Upon a Time star told PEOPLE on Thursday at the Young Hollywood Awards in Hollywood.
"I have very curly hair and I straighten it every day — it takes maybe two minutes. I can't imagine anyone having a bigger challenge than I do in the kinkiness that is my crazy 'fro."
Aside from how easy the 'do is to manage, Goodwin says the hairstyle lets her be more flexible when it comes to fashion.
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The style-savvy starlet also named some designers she's currently loving. "I'm very excited about what Jason Wu has coming out," Goodwin revealed. "I've been fairly impressed with Jonathan Saunders, and I've been wearing a whole lot of [the line]. I think the same about Preen as well."
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In case anyone hasn't seen Twitter yet, I have accepted a full time position with Deep Silver Volition and relocated to Champaign, IL. As part of the move, I'll be stepping down as an administrator of saintsrowmods.com, but will still be posting, and offering technical help there as an official Volition employee. Minimaul, Corrodias, and Arglaar will still be maintaining the forum and available if you need any kind of assistance with your account or any other moderator related tasks.
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Note: Unlike most salads, this one keeps very well in the fridge, retaining its crunch and developing flavor over a couple days. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. Toss gently before serving.
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- Yield:Makes 4 salads
- Active time: 10 minutes
- Total time:1 hour 10 minutes
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- 1 bunch kale, tough inner stems discarded, leaves roughly torn (about 1 pound)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Kosher salt
- 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon dried ground sumac berries
- 1/2 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds
- 1 tablespoon juice from 1 lemon
- 1 clove garlic, grated on a microplane grater
- 2 teaspoons dijon mustard
- 1 (14-ounce) can chickpeas or white beans, drained and rinsed
- Freshly ground black pepper
Combine kale leaves with olive oil and 1 teaspoon salt in a large bowl. Toss until evenly coated. Allow to rest at room temperature until kale is lightly wilted, about 1 hour.
Meanwhile, place onions in a medium bowl and cover with cold water. Allow to rest for 15 minutes. Rinse in several changes of water then carefully dry with a salad spinner lined with paper towels. Combine onions with sumac and sesame seeds. Season to taste with salt.
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Oh, what a wonderful World Cup… (World Cup 2014 Review)
Inspired by a piece written earlier by Alex Stewart, which you can read here, I decided to do some sort of light-hearted review thing on this World Cup. I had initially intended to write article upon article during the proceedings full of wit, analysis and witty analysis, but I was too transfixed by my television screen to contemplate doing much else. As a fairly young, nearly-entering-my-twenties football fan who didn't become particularly interested in the beautiful game until 2002 (largely thanks to the tournament held in South Korea & Japan 12 years ago… Jesus Christ, that makes me nostalgic) I haven't had much personal experience of the World Cup. I enjoyed watching the spectacles in 2006 and '10 without wholeheartedly loving them with thorough enthusiasm. 2002 remained my favourite tournament purely because it acted as my introduction to football and captivated me in such a way that I started becoming a devoted follower of such a beloved sport. This year's championship in Brazil was the first major football tournament where I could define myself as a journalist/blogger as well as an avid watcher – and it certainly didn't disappoint.
About one month before the opening ceremony had begun, I was already doing my research. I had got myself involved in a good ol' fashioned game of Fantasy League Football courtesy of the Sun and was thus contemplating which players to put in my starting XI. As well as this, I also (like almost everyone who watches football) predicted who was going to make the final – and without trying to seem smug, I had guessed correctly, but more on that later.
When June 12th came around, I was anticipating excitement and entertainment. The first team to beguile me (and consistently did so until they were knocked out in the quarter finals) was Colombia. Written off by a couple of cynics due to the loss of Falcao, I was crossing my fingers that they would prove the doubters wrong, which they naturally did with ease. Not only were they a team full of pace and exuberance, the individual performances of key players were breath-taking and added so much more to the fabric of the side. I was particularly impressed by: Mario Yepes for his abundance of composure despite being 103 years old, Juan Cuadrado for his ability to beat opponents and desire to bomb forward and finally James Rodriguez… or is it just James?… or just Rodriguez? The 23-year-old was not only top scorer but my favourite player of the tournament. Unbelievable passing and having a good eye for goal made him incredibly compelling to watch. Following England's abysmal showing (you can read my review on England here) I decided to support Colombia in the knockout stages, with only the brilliance of Brazil (NOTE: it wasn't such an oxymoron at the time) halting their progress to the semi-finals.
Unfortunately I had other commitments whilst Spain and Netherlands were playing, but I was expecting a mediocre draw or maybe a slim win for the 2010 World Champions (who are still ranked numeral uno might I add). Although Van Gaal's side had impressed throughout qualification, I was fairly certain that they would be overcome by the strength of Chile and also their European counterparts. Imagine my surprise when I looked up the results later that evening. It turns out the Oranje young guns had only gone and thrown a massive middle finger in the face of tiki taka and tournament experience. Van Persie's flying Dutchman goal just looked incredible when I watched the highlights and the devious Robben was also impressive. It's also worth pointing out how exceptional the Dutch have been in defence. They conceded three goals in the entire tournament, two of which were near impossible to prevent (a Xabi Alonso penalty and a Tim Cahill wonder volley). You will probably find some of the defensive quintet – Janmaat, De Vrij, Vlaar, Martins Indi and Danny Blind – in various different World Cup XIs or dream team's. Their most impressive showing was probably against Argentina in the semi-final, despite succumbing to penalties and eventually elimination.
Group stage performances from France and particularly Germany (who were the most entertaining side to watch and, SPOILER ALERT, were the eventual winners) both performed in a very aesthetic manner whilst everyone's dark horses Belgium were overly underwhelming. The shock team of the group stages was undeniably Costa Rica. The traditionally optimistic English fans probably hadn't bothered to research them and as far as everyone was concerned, it was a contest between three footballing giants and one relatively small puppy. The 34th ranked outsiders turned Uruguay into a walking, playing joke, with the South Americans clearly lacking any bite in attack… (they just clearly didn't have the teeth… although they did take a chunk out of England… shall I continue?). A 1-0 win over Italy was thoroughly deserved as they cruised through to the knockout rounds in facile fashion. Keylor Navas has to be given a large slice of credit for his nation's accomplishments. During the entire tournament, he conceded as many goals as Manuel Neuer did in a chaotic ten minutes against Ghana. The Costa Ricans performed admirably as a unit whilst also having attacking prowess with the likes of Premier League stars Joel Campbell and Bryan Luiz… Wanchope who?
I spent a duration of the knockout stages on holiday in Menorca with my girlfriend for a week and annoyingly Spanish terrestrial television doesn't screen World Cup matches… who would've thought it. I made sure that I was in a local pub/venue showing live matches for the Brazil, Colombia, Germany and Argentina games (teams who I particularly enjoyed watching) but didn't bother checking out any of the other teams, choosing to follow the matches on Twitter. Apparently watching two matches a day isn't deemed as socially acceptable when abroad with the missus. One of the biggest mistakes I made was walking out of the Holland and Mexico match with five minutes to go, frustrated with how tedious the proceedings had become and that I was about to lose a tenner due to gambling on the Dutch.
Before the tournament had begun, I had predicted Brazil to cruise through to the semi finals before being finally knocked out by Germany, but they hadn't really fulfilled my expectations of playing the beautiful Samba football that I had seen in previous months. Neymar and Thiago Silva were predictably key players but the rest of the team seemed fairly average. Annoyingly, they decided to put on an impromptu display of excellence to eliminate my new favourite team and advance (arguably undeservedly) to the last four, during which they would face their biggest annihilation in World Cup history. Brazil vs Germany was a funny game to say the least. I was originally anticipating a 2-1 Germany win, but with the loss of Silva and Neymar, Brazil could either pull together or crumble to pieces. It was the latter they chose. Returning to the UK in time to watch this game, I was literally laughing at how bad Brazil were. David Luiz seemed to believe he was there to replace Neymar despite having central defensive duties, and thus wandered aimlessly into the attacking half, leaving a gaping hole for ze Germans to ambush. The four goals that Scolari's team conceded in the brutal seven minutes looked like the sort of goals I conceded many years ago on the primary school playground. The defence just seemed to follow the ball everywhere, not noticing that there were any other professional footballers on the pitch at the same time as the bloke in possession… it was hilarious and will most likely haunt every yellow-shirted fan in Belo Horizonte for the next few decades or so.
There were some games I slept through in the World Cup, largely due to the fact that I had a fairly exhausting day or they were just plain boring. Examples include Iran vs Nigeria, Japan vs Greece, Ivory Coast vs Japan and Nigeria vs Bosnia (all from groups C and F strangely). I also managed to doze off during Holland's semi final against Argentina, which unfortunately was the result of two defensively impeccable sides cancelling each other continuously. Not only has this tournament been memorable for its magnitude of goals, it has also given us teams who have been admirable defensively, with players who have slipped under the radar proving their worth on the grandest stage of them all. Ron Vlaar, a centre-back who plays for Aston Villa, showed us how well he could perform as part of a terrifyingly young and gifted defensive force, despite plying his trade in the arse end of Birmingham.
The final itself was a terrific presentation of tackling, stamina and passing – elements that are vital parts of every footballers arsenal. Regardless of the fact there was a certain lack of goals, it did have a true World Cup final essence – two equal sides desperately trying not to concede. It was disappointing not to see Messi step up and single-handedly destroy the hopes of the opposition, but alas he played fairly averagely, although he did have a half-decent tournament (not worthy of a Golden Ball, mind you). As I was anticipating the inevitability of extra time, I wondered how much better this game would be as an attacking showcase if Di Maria and Gotze would come off from the bench… Gotze did and the rest is history. The favourites won the trophy after scoring a late goal in extra time following a 0-0 stalemate in the original 90 minutes – sounds very much like the final four years ago. I would type some sort of cliché about history repeating itself, but that would be far too easy.
So there you have it. A brilliant World Cup with shocks, scandal, goals, more goals, superstars, and some more goals. What more could you want? I shall conclude by naming my World Cup XI, most of which have already been mentioned in the article…
The defence was fairly easy to choose. Mats Hummels and Philip Lahm were outstanding for their country whilst Ron Vlaar was an unexpected bright spark in the heart of Van Gaal's defence. The surprise inclusions in the back line come in the shape of Marcos Rojo and Keylor Navas. Rojo is a very aggressive player who normally picks up the odd booking or two, but can be very productive when going forward, which I think he showed in the final. Keyler Navas was probably expected to concede a truck load of goals, but this conjecture didn't quite materialise as his Costa Rica side fought their way to the quarters, despite being very much unfancied. Toni Kroos and Javier Mascherano have been highly rated for their sheer defensive effort and ability to spot a good pass, both players facing off in the final whilst being regarded as their respective country's top performers. James Rodriguez has been the best player at this tournament and also picked up the golden boot on the way, a remarkable achievement for such a young midfielder. Arjen Robben and Juan Cuadrado (apologies for the misspelling on the graphic, it wasn't me, I swear) have scared defenders with their speed and have been a constant source of assists. Cuadrado in particular has statistically created the most goals at this World Cup. Lastly, Thomas Muller (or Mueller if you want to be technical about it) has been a lively poacher during Germany's cup triumph and his goals propelled them to dizzying heights in the tournament.


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The musicians were joined by Sir Elton John, his songwriting partner Bernie Taupin and singer-songwriter J.D. Souther for the star-studded ceremony at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City.
Existing inductees Sir Elton and Taupin were presented with the Johnny Mercer Award, while legendary singer Smokey Robinson was on hand to give his good friend Motown founder Berry Gordy the Pioneer Award.
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Santiago Ramos has a different take on 'Skins', and it's well worth your read. From the upcoming edition of The Catholic Key:
Supply and Demand
On the Boredom that makes 'Skins' possible
By Santiago Ramos
It's interesting that the teenage actor Sofia Black-D'Elia, one of the stars of the controversial new MTV series Skins, defended the show in a recent interview by saying: "It's what teens are doing." To say that a work of art reflects how life really is, how "things actually are," has been considered for a while now to be a foremost mark of quality and relevance. To take a highbrow example: The fog of critics who praised Jonathan Franzen's new novel Freedom, which came out earlier this year, have largely praised the novel because it describes "the way we live now" (as proclaimed on the cover of Time magazine).
While it may be true that, among suburban affluent high schoolers of America, there are many stories taking place which resemble the vodka and marijuana-inspired sexy escapades concocted by the writers of Skins, what I wonder is: Why do we care to use our televisions as mirrors? Why aren't more people bored with seeing themselves on television? Where is that outrage?
Those, of course, are rhetorical questions, because nothing on TV is really like real life. In the pilot episode of Skins, an SUV containing five high schoolers plunges into a deep river, and after a few tense seconds, all five troublemakers swim to the surface, smiling, with only the SUV as a casualty. (The SUV is owned by an adult and adults don't matter in this show.) The hope in real life would have been more like a 3/5 swim-to-safety ratio. But my question, thus refined, is not so much why we want shows which sort of reproduce our lives (with the added bonus tingling pleasures running throughout and slightly happy endings), but: Why don't we want something different? Not a drab, naturalistic depiction of life and not a fantasy, either. Our lives, yes, but compacted into a story which makes it seem like normal life is dramatic and meaningful.
There is an undercurrent of boredom and docility in our culture which makes a show like Skins possible. Corporate entities function according to the law of supply and demand. While the makers of this show have run the risk of breaking child pornography laws by filming an underage actor partially nude, they could easily trim those offensive scenes and end the controversy with the name of their show splattered all over the media and an attendant boost in ratings. Any further outcry against the series could be swiftly be defended by an appeal to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and… "It's what teens are doing." The point is that their target market would be fine with it, would not leave them, and would not demand anything more of the quality of the show.
The dreary pilot episode of Skins places a lowlife, ugly kid named Tony on a quest for marijuana and an end to his sexual virginity. It also features a McMansion house where rich kids made fun of slightly richer kids and someone tracks mud onto an expensive European rug. A girl overdoses, but then she's fine. And there's the SUV incident.
What if I were to say to MTV: Why can't your characters discuss Dostoyevsky, or Balzac, or Jonathan Franzen? Why couldn't a sixteen year old student decry the excesses of his affluent suburban life and begin a Das Kapital afterschool reading group—only to have his father lose his job at the law firm, and be forced to work at Walmart, wherein he meets a blue collar Republican and has a political rebirth? Why couldn't twin brothers debate the existence of God, one become a Benedictine Monk and the other a Buddhist, and start a family feud during the next Thanksgiving—only to join forces against the drab materialism of their parents? "But it's not what teens are doing, it wouldn't be realistic."
What if I started demanding—or at least desiring, desiring loudly—more interesting stories?
No doubt if I did, someone would point out that I am merely not watching the right shows. You want something different? We can offer you historical fiction: The Tudors, Boardwalk Empire, and, of course, Mad Men. You want highbrow science fiction? We have (or, alas, had) Caprica. You want lowbrow science fiction? V! You want lawyer shows, cop shows, teacher shows… The market always supplies.
Yes, yes, but again, this is not what I mean, and not what I want. I am not against the (natural) instinct within us which searches for self-recognition in the stories we see on television. What I oppose is the fact that, within a "realistic" show like Skins, there are few if any characters who reflect something more intimate within the heart of the viewer than a mere catalogue of his sins and misadventures: the desire for life to be more than life, to be more beautiful and lovelier and simply more. There is more to realism than facts. But as long as this desire is kept in abeyance, then mediocrity and crudity reigns.
In the preview to the second episode of MTV's Skins, a character says: "Is it too much to ask—for someone to be interesting?" If more people asked this question, this show and a few others would be in trouble.
Santiago Ramos has written for The Pitch, Commonweal, First Things and Image Journal. He is currently pursuing graduate studies in philosophy at Boston College.


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OAKLAND — Warriors center Andrew Bogut was at the facility Monday, but he did not practice as expected.
Golden State announced that Bogut, who has missed the past nine games while recovering from surgery on his left ankle in April, was rejoining the team after spending nearly a week away. He was in Los Angeles rehabbing his left ankle under the supervision of Dr. Richard Ferkel, who performed the surgery on Bogut in April.
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Wednesday 16th April 2014 - Dublin Castle
Minister Fitzgerald joined by members of the Government to launch 'Better Outcomes Brighter Futures: the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014 – 2020'
Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures: the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014-2020 was approved by Government and launched by the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and then Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Ms. Frances Fitzgerald, on 16 April 2014 and will run from 2014 - 2020.
Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures represents the first overarching national children's policy framework comprehending the age ranges spanning children and young people (0 – 24 years). It adopts a whole of Government approach and will be underpinned by a number of constituent strategies in the areas of early years, youth and participation.
The views of a wide range of interests, including those of children and young people themselves, shaped the development of Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures and it is informed by the following inputs:
- The results of a consultation in 2011, which centred around children and young people, in which almost 67,000 people throughout the country participated. The results of the analysis of the consultation were published in November 2012;
- A public consultation of the general public, conducted in 2012, during which over 1000 submissions were received. An analysis of the submissions was completed in April 2013; and
- The advice of the National Children's Advisory Council which represented a range of statutory and non-statutory organisations working with children and young people.
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- Establish a shared set of outcomes for children and young people towards which all government departments and agencies, statutory services and the voluntary and community sectors will work, to ensure a coherent response for children and young people.
- Identify the range of 163 policy commitments in place across government and progress these based on a structured, systematic and outcomes focused approach.
- Emphasise an integrated and evidence informed approach to working across government, on horizontal and vertical levels, which transfers to all sectors and settings working with children and young people.
- Prioritise the key cross-cutting transformational goals under each outcome area, which requires concerted and coordinated action to ensure the realisation of the respective outcomes. This is represented in the diagram below:
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HARRISBURG - Affordable housing advocates are urging a reform of Pennsylvania's property tax sale laws to help fight blight in both large cities and small towns.
They want to overhaul a system that allows speculators to obtain a lien on property at tax sales by paying delinquent taxes and yet not go the next step and obtain clear title.
Other legislation being sought would give long-standing residents the opportunity to take ownership of homes in cases where the recorded owner has abandoned them and put more restrictions on who can bid at property tax sales.
Rewriting archaic tax sale laws that date to the 1920s and 1940s is seen as a way to help fiscally distressed cities rebuild their tax bases and help get newly authorized land banks off the ground.
A state law that goes into effect later this month provides for merging parcels of abandoned and tax-delinquent properties under locally run land banks to manage blighted and vacant properties and return them to productive use.
Issues relating to blight, affordable housing, homelessness and creating housing options in the Marcellus Shale drilling region were discussed last week at a housing conference sponsored by the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania, an advocacy group.
"The tax sale laws are blind to the needs and interest of the neighbors," said Alliance executive director Elizabeth Hersh.
"The current tax delinquency laws are geared to trying to catch up on taxes and not what happens to the property afterwards," said Rep. Chris Ross, R-158, Unionville, chairman of the House Urban Affairs Committee.
Mr. Ross has sponsored legislation to revamp the tax sale laws for property with municipal claims or liens for delinquent real estate taxes and plans to push it next session.
The biggest change sought is to consolidate two tax sales for different purposes into one. The traditional process provides first for an "upset sale," where a bidder satisfies a municipal debt against the property. The second sale is a "free and clear" sale that extinguishes all debt against a property.
The problem is that land speculators will pay a minimal amount in an upset sale to satisfy the municipal debt, but not take the next step and acquire title to the property, said Mr. Ross. They will sit on the property without making an effort to fix it up. Their goal is to be in a bargaining position in case neighborhood development gets under way.
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Speaking at an event last week on the role of open data in democratic governance, Calif. Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom said that a hyper-open world may not be all bad.
Last week, California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke to a small audience at UC Berkeley about how modern technology changes how citizens interact with government. The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) hosted the event, "Can Open Data Improve Democratic Governance?", and Newsom delivered a keynote speech addressing the power of common technology tools to empower everyday people to influence society.
Newsom spoke briefly with Government Technology before his speech, declaring more than once that privacy as we know it is dead in today's more transparent world.
"Privacy as we've known it is dead, and so we're going to have to reconcile that the two things need to go together: privacy and transparency," he said. He spoke of people who haphazardly download apps without realizing that they're giving up their private information in the process. If there was more transparency, however, they'd know if downloading an app meant automatically handing over their digital information.
This lack of privacy also jeopardizes reputations, but Newsom argues that the world may be able to rest easy in the near future: As more personal activity becomes public, less of it will seem shocking and damaging to those who find out about it.
"All of a sudden, what we're exposing tends to be a little bit more normal than we thought," Newsom said. "Privacy is beginning to give way to a new sense that, we all have warts, whoever we are. And in a hyper-open world, I think we'll, perhaps, be even more forgiving."


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Fifteen years after the end of World War II, acting on irrefutable evidence, a top-secret team of Israeli agents travel to Argentina where Eichmann (Kingsley) has been in hiding together with his family under an alias Ricardo Klement and execute an extremely dangerous abduction. In attempting to sneak him out of Argentina to stand trial in Israel while being pursued by the country's right-wing forces, agent Peter Malkin (Isaac) is forced to engage Eichmann in an intense and gripping game of cat-and-mouse with life-and-death stakes.
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The centerpiece of the Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone is the 4.5" PureMotion HD+ screen. But did you know the Lumia 920 has the fastest screen on a smartphone?
The result is crisper graphics and less blurring while scrolling around the screen or playing games.
According to Jussi Ropo, Nokia's Senior Technology Manager, rendering should happen at a stable 60fps to eliminate the jaggedness in moving content. The other important aspect to displays is how fast the LCD can change from one color to another. According to Jussi,
"First, when you measure 60fps it means 16.7ms – you have a new image coming every 16.7ms on the display. It is intuitive to think that when your LCD response or transition time is longer than this one frame period then you will actually get quite a lot of blur. This is because your liquid crystal is still trying to get the previous value at the same time as it has to start turning again for the next frame."
To make the Lumia 920's screen shine, it needed to have a faster response than 16.7ms. On average the response time on the Lumia 920 is 9ms. The speed was achieved by boosting the voltage to each LCD pixel. According to Nokia, the competition's transition speeds are around 23ms.
While it is impressive how fast the Lumia 920's screen performs, the end result is equally impressive. The Lumia 920 has one of the most striking screens we've seen to date as far as image quality, movement and touch responsiveness. It should be interesting to see what Nokia has in store for us next.
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