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Call it the quietest million you'll ever spend. We're talking about printing, and the numbers are staggering: The EPA estimates that in the United States, a sheet has less than a 5% chance of containing recycled fibers and a 50% chance of landing in a landfill or an incinerator. The average office employee uses 27 pounds of paper per year. More than 40% of trees cut down by loggers are used for paper—9% of that from old growth.
Now, we're not going totally paperless this decade. But the fact is, despite periodic efforts to contain printing costs, many large enterprises still spend too much and get too little. It doesn't need to be that way. Highly managed printing can benefit the budget, sure, but it can also positively impact customer intimacy and the environment, minimize security risks, and streamline business processes.
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pup wrote:Reynolds over Youk? No effin way. Which hole does Reynolds fill that Youk does not? I was begging them to buy into a return to form from Youk last year and still think he brings a lot to the table.
Just personal preference. The two aren't all that different in terms of production and both would benefit physically from a move to playing 1B full-time. I do like Francona's familiarity with Youkilis.
I'd just rather have 30 HRs than 18-20. I think we need that additional power element.
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Winter is just around the corner, and the weather is already starting to get colder in some parts of the country. If you're a dog owner, it might feel like an inconvenience to put on your boots, hats, gloves and parka just to take your dog around the block, but helping her stay fit and healthy is important year round. Here are some suggestions on how to make those brutally cold morning-walks more manageable.
Consider walking your dog for exercise
In the summer, it can be fun to talk long, slow strolls in the shade with your canine companion. But in the winter, you probably want to get your walks over as fast as possible. Walking quickly with your dog isn't necessarily a bad thing - in fact, it's one of the best forms of treatment of dog obesity. A brisk, healthy walk can help your pet lose any extra weight, while also getting your own blood flowing (and keeping you warmer in the process).
Indoor play is always an option
Who says the only way to exercise with your dog is to walk around outside? Indoor play can be beneficial for your pet and serve as a bonding exercise. If you have enough space in your home, you can play games like fetch or tug-of-war with some of your dog's favorite toys. Just be sure to clear enough room so she won't careen into furniture when chasing her ball.
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A visit to one of your nearby vet clinics can also help you make sure you are doing everything necessary to keep your canine fit and healthy during the colder months. Your vet may suggest that you make alterations to her diet, or have more advice about ways you can encourage exercise while staying warm and cozy.
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I haven't been duck hunting long but was wondering about decoy spreads in ice. We have to break Ice to hunt at a pretty good size pond and I was wondering if I need to change style of decoy spread with a lot of ice on the pond? Is it better to have a big spread or smaller spread with migrating ducks? I'm not sure how birds react to seeing ice and if they will even land in our pocket of broken Ice. If anyone has suggestions of how to hunt in these conditions, your advice would be more than helpful.
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You're decoys spread should be fairly normal. If you have some full body sleeper decoys, place them on the edge of the ice around the hole. A big thing with ice, is that there needs to be a pretty decent amount of it broken it up. A lot of ice can make birds a little more weary, so work to break up as much ice as you can around where you intend to hunt.
If there is a lot of ice around, though, and its been freezing for a few days and all water sources are locked up...then birds are going to keep moving out of the area to find unfrozen water.
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i notice that some ponds big or small might have warm springs that keep many hole open.ducks will cram themselves into this holes.ive witness this. best advice is break hole big as u can throw floaters in it well as full bodies around the ice.
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In the January edition of DU it says that when you break up ice instead of spreading out your decoy group them closely together b/c in real situations they huddle together to keep warm. That is what they said. Also they said when its really cold it might be better to wait around 9-10 for ducks to move b/c they will make sure their spots thaw out before leaving so when they come back they know it won't be frozen. Again, that was in the magazine and makes sense.
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I figured I would chime in, seeing guys left out a lot of useful information. What I like to do instead of using floaters in the hole, is use mostly full bodies on the ice. Keep that hole open so the ducks can land in there. Maybe put a handful of floaters in the hole. Obviously the hole size will determine the size of your decoy spread. When breaking ice, most people just break the ice into chunks. About 25-30 minutes later, everything freezes back up. What you need to do is break the ice into big chunks and slide it under the ice shelf...or just spend a $1,000 and buy an Ice Eater.
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The success of the Los Angeles Lakers started when legendary center George Mikan established himself as the first dominant player in NBA history during the early league years. With Mikan, the Lakers began to win championships at a steady rate. The Lakers' teams of the '50s are considered by many to be some of the most dominant teams in NBA history. After the 1959 season, the Lakers moved from Minneapolis to Los Angeles, where they would go on to become one of the greatest franchises in NBA history. One of the first moves made while in Los Angeles, the Lakers drafted future Hall of Famer Jerry West in the 1960 NBA Draft. West teamed up with another future Hall of Famer in Elgin Baylor with the Lakers, and the two would go on to form a dynamic duo for years to come.
After winning five titles in a six-year span between 1949 and 1954, the Lakers suffered a championship drought despite regularly making the NBA Finals. In an attempt to claim another title, the Lakers traded for Wilt Chamberlain in 1968. Chamberlain teamed up with Jerry West and Elgin Baylor to form one of the best trios in NBA history. After a couple of playoff eliminations, Chamberlain and the Lakers finally triumphed in 1972 when they defeated the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals. With the win, the team clinched its first title in almost 20 years. The title meant so much to Jerry West because it gave him his first NBA Finals win in his career. Elgin Baylor retired the year before the Lakers' triumph because of nagging injuries, and despite never claiming that elusive title he remains a fan favorite among Lakers fans.
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NLDS Game 3: Sing for Absolution
So, I can explain.
I rushed home from work and went straight to the TV to watch the last three innings of the game. In my haste to sit down/eat dinner, I forgot to put on my Reds hat. The same Reds hat that was undefeated at three Reds games I saw at Wrigley Field and one at Great American Ball Park this season. The same hat that I wore during the entirety of Games 1 and 2 of the NLDS. That hat–I forgot to wear it.
I promise, it won't happen again.
Homer Bailey deserved better tonight. Whether it was the overzealous base-running (Phillips), the defensive miscues (Rolen), the lack of timely hitting with runners on base (Ludwick, Hanigan, Stubbs)–there are a lot of places to point the finger, but Phillips' getting gunned down in the 1st inning was very costly.
Todd Frazier wasn't exactly hitting the cover off of the ball in September, but I think he's earned the right to get a start at 3B tomorrow. My guess is that it's going to happen with the relatively short turnaround time between tonight's game and tomorrow's. I also wouldn't mind seeing Drew Stubbs on the bench tomorrow. Although, it's not like the Reds have a ton of options in the outfield, so I don't have any suggestions other than the one that apparently only I agree with:
- LEFT FIELD: Heisey or Ludwick
- CENTER FIELD: Bruce
- RIGHT FIELD: Frazier
Now we're faced with the scenario of Mike Leake going up against Barry Zito in Game 4, and suddenly that 2-1 series lead doesn't seem all that big, does it? If you don't think this series could implode in a heartbeat, you haven't seen Mike Leake pitch recently.


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Obviously this is an issue that is going to be very
Obviously this is an issue that is going to be very controversial. I am a pastor and recently preached a sermon series about biblical views of "hot topics", one of which was homosexuality. I had some church members who, without even knowing what I was going to say, were uncomfortable with my preaching the sermon. The topic in and of itself is just one that some people are going to be uncomfortable with. That does not mean, however, that there should not be a discussion of it.
In our community there was recently a viewing of a documentary, For The Bible Tells Me So. Dan Karslake wrote and produced this documentary about how people of faith respond to finding out they have a gay child. This individual and film may make for an interesting voice in a discussion on the issue. For more info, you can go to www.forthebibletellsmeso.org.
Thanks for producing such a quality show. I listen to the podcast every week.

To me the issue of gay marriage is fundamentally one of
To me the issue of gay marriage is fundamentally one of freedom. Who has the right to tell me who I can love - the state? religion? Gay marriage is the next phase of liberalization of culture - it is a next step of belief from the idea that former slaves are human beings, that women are able to think and vote and be in charge of their own reproductive choices. It is also the liberalization of culture that has said that children are people and not property (thus should be protected by the state if parents are abusive). Looking at the gay marriage issue in a historical context of more personal responsibility may be beneficial

thank you m_r_winters for your comments. this is the best
thank you m_r_winters for your comments. this is the best, albeit, short thoughts i have ever heard about gay rights. and for some reason I'm not all that crazy about the term gay "rights". While m_r_winters, and this topic, talks specifically about gay marriage, what it all boils down to is fairness. Fairness to all people, regardless...

Please be sure to cover older gay and lesbian couples who
Please be sure to cover older gay and lesbian couples who have been together for years, have perhaps raised children, and now are enjoying grandchildren.
Perhaps you might also interview Rev. Dr, Janie Spahr (http://www.spahr.com/revjanie/... on her ministry in the area of gay marriage.

I think it's important that you address WHY gays and
I think it's important that you address WHY gays and lesbians wish to marry in a church with their spiritual family present. They aren't just fighting for the right to be recognized legally----a simple civil union could provide that. It is the need to be recognized as people with souls who love deeply and legitimately, and the desire to include their spirituality in their marriage. THIS is why they are asking the church for recognition. Many GLBTs feel a deep connection with their Creator, and it is unfortunate that His/Her children wish to segregate themselves on a spiritual level from their GLBT brothers and sisters.

Learning to live in harmony with those who embrace
Learning to live in harmony with those who embrace different values, different ideas, and different expectations is exactly on what our success as a race depends.
I'm gratified by the opportunity and privilege to share my values with my boys... teaching them that while they might not understand the lesbians pushing the stroller in the park, holding hands, and kissing, they are just living life the best they know how and we must do the same. And more importantly, as long as they are safe to live life how they wish, we are too. Diversity is a beautiful thing. It provides us opportunity to reflect on ourselves and the choices we've made... and not necessarily to agree, promote, and most importantly, condone. I believe God reserves that right for Himself.
I would greatly enjoy a program that focuses on the opportunities of self-reflection and personal growth that only a wondrously diverse and beautifully conflicted society can bring.

As you consider your next topic relating to marriage for
As you consider your next topic relating to marriage for gay and lesbian couples, know that CA Faith for Equality is available as a resource to you. It is a coalition of faith leaders and faith communities that support the freedom to marry and safegaurd religious freedom.
Thanks for continuing the discussion.

Thanks all for these thoughtful contributions. We may be
Thanks all for these thoughtful contributions. We may be a ways a way from scheduling this (we work often 3-6 months out on ideas) but I am happy to have them. Stay tuned!

Each one of us, as Americans, has an inalienable right to
Each one of us, as Americans, has an inalienable right to voice their respectful opinion on this and any subject, but something we seem to have forgotten in recent years, is that in order to form a sound Christian opinion, we would do better to follow the examples of the learned, wiser men and women who have helped form this glorious country into what it is over all of the time it has taken.
Thomas Aquinas, one of our faiths' greatest thinkers, determined that the only way a Christian Leader could really do this, was to fully examine, argue for, and by doing so come to fully appreciate and understand the exact opposite point of view from the one we normally hold so naively and so vehemently.
Living a life-ling, full and loving marriage in an opposed or heterosexual marriage is already a hard enough way to live. Ask anyone who is doing it.
To all of Americas true citizens who look beyond the fragile code of their genetic inheritances, and who peacefully walk forward, working for a more fair, equitable, safer America... that have the courage to try to accomplish this feat of great faith with all the torment a materialistic, legalistic, and increasingly judgmental modern society might throw at them, I can only hope and pray that in time, we will all come to know the truth and compassion that Jesus would teach us all.
After all, It only takes being prepared to open up and learn for a short period of time, before... we consider what the bible tells us about loving compassion, and maybe... judging others.

I couldn't have said it better or agree any more ... Good
I couldn't have said it better or agree any more ... Good Job! Thank you.

One of my greatest regrets is that I "allowed" my family
One of my greatest regrets is that I "allowed" my family to keep me away from my favorite Uncle because afterall he was Homosexual ... I was able to accept him but because of the era he was uncomfortable and gave into the family. My prayers and blessings go to all those who love each other; they deserve to have the same privileges and acknowledgement of their union. Peace and Blessings.

I really don't understand why this is a big deal. Being
I really don't understand why this is a big deal. Being Gay does not determine a persons faith anymore then being white, black or male or female. A person's faith or relationship with God is off limits. I think the best book so far on this issue written is by Jack Rogers; The Bible, Jesus and homosexuality. I think his argument is great. You should check the book out.
I think looking back to Dietrich Bonheoffer and his book Cost of Discipleship. Bonheoffer has an amazing point on this matter. How many babies have been baptized in this country and how many of those babies have turned out to be gay. We don't know. All we know they are baptized. Anybody who is baptized in the water can not be abused by the church or mistreated. Bonheoffer says that is a huge sin against the church. When we hurt a person whom has been baptized in the water and spirit of Christ you are in essence hurting the church and hurting Christ. How many gay people are baptized in this country……Just wondering?
One more idea. What are we going to do when all of our veterans come home from the war that are gay? You can't tell me that there are no service men and woman serving in this war that are not Gay. So, a soldier goes off to fight and looses a arm or leg or just comes home from this ridiculous war. Don't you think he deserves his/her rights to be married?.......Just wondering…… Equal rights and equality for all need to a fore front for this nation…..

Your learned comment above on baptism, has given me so
Your learned comment above on baptism, has given me so much to consider. It is an astonishing and enlightening reality. Thank you so much for sharing it.

It's interesting perhaps that the church continues to
It's interesting perhaps that the church continues to stay and stand, or lag behind the thoughts and trends of its congregations opinions, which is not necessarily surprising, since I cannot ever remember my church congregation being asked it's opinions on any of the issues facing us all with regard to gay marriage, .... never mind asking us after having heard both sides of any presented argument.
I spoke on this issue recently at a Cursillo training weekend. A pastor, who is the spiritual director, let slip in his critique of my talk that the church had not yet decided whether or not being gay was a learned behavior or as Sherwin Williams might think, "just another of the 4 million per second cell divisions that was not correctly repaired by its DNA enzyme"..... in either case, the pastor said, I should wait before voicing my opinion again....
My thought is..... are there questions to be asked and feelings to be heard on the lack of mechanisms that churches have for hearing their congregations opinions... are there any ?...
I was not aware that in serving the Lord my rights of free speech could be suspended by my pastor ?

I thought you/Krista handled the subject manner in SOF's
I thought you/Krista handled the subject manner in SOF's typically sensitive, intelligent style, but I haven't been wounded the way some of my queer brothers and sisters have been. Somewhere I acquired a little teflon, somehow. But I think it's a very important issue, especially as incidents of hate crimes against gays continue. Jesus said, "By their fruits, you'll know them," or something to that effect, and gay people in faith communities - or out - have borne abundant, very good fruit.

I'm an American living in Germany and I married my
I'm an American living in Germany and I married my partner in 2001. We've been together since then and it always makes me a bit sad to see how long it it taking for some states or the whole United States to have a law for same sex couples. We are so accepted here in Germany and it is such a lovely feeling to be a practicing religious person and a person of civil society who can simply live a normal life with my partner. Our niece who was born right before our wedding has always known us as a couple and doesn't know it as being different. Although, she asked us when we were going to have kids like her mom and dad have her! :0)

I would like to hear, with SoF/Being's consumate skill, a
I would like to hear, with SoF/Being's consumate skill, a discussion about how American attitudes toward both gay clergy and gay marriage have global impacts. For example, the Anglican Communion/Episcopal Church is split here and abroad over its stance on gay rights. Here, the rhetoric can get ugly and devisive, but in places like Nigeria the church has supported making being gay (and family members who shelter them) a crime. In Nigerian communities that are largely Muslim, homosexuality can be a capital crime, meaning it can be punishable by death. I would like to hear how people think about their homophobic views, particularly homophobia sanctioned by the church, once they contemplate whether or not their view tacitly encourages a "license to kill" in other countries. Would people be so ready to condemn homosexual behavior if they knew that kind of support was actually getting people killed? For me, the most articulate clerical spokesperson I've found on the issue of what the Bible actually says, and does not say, about homosexuality is the Rev Ed Townley (Dallas, TX, "Higher Ground" talks, http://www.spiritexpressing.or.... I would like to hear his view on the clear stand-off between "Thou Shalt Not Kill" and what we now read into the ambiguous scriptural statements about sexual behavior and community values 2000 years ago.

I just finished listening to the show with Richard Muow,
I just finished listening to the show with Richard Muow, and I must say, I don't think I can recall another episode that elicited so many conflicting emotions over the course of the interview. As a 21 year old woman raised my entire life by a lesbian couple, this show really struck a chord with me. As much as I appreciated Muow's concillatory approach, I came away feeling like he'd just perpetuated a terribly unnecessary us-them mentality, even with the best of intentions. My goodness, for a gentleman who speaks about our "common life", he sure does divide people into groups a lot. There's "my gay and lesbian friends", "my fundamentalist friends", "my Catholic scholar friends", and "those people who disagree with us".
You know, I would really appreciate hearing from a guest who can begin to see beyond these superficial boundaries. For heaven's sake, please, take the blinders off. We're all people... American, Muslim, Transgender, Activist... Human! Living! Being!
I was fortunate enough to be raised in the shelter of one of those radical gay-friendly protestant churches.The pastor, Jim Rigby, was (and still is) constantly getting persecuted by the governance of the Presbyterian church for holding "marriage" ceremonies for gay and lesbian couples, accepting atheists into the congregation, drawing from Taoist, Jewish, and Hindu scriptures in his sermons. I was profoundly affected by the love and open-mindedness encouraged within those walls, and I still listen to Jim preach every Sunday via the podcasts they post online. I would highly recommend you consider interviewing him as a guest.
His sermons and contact information are available at the church website: http://www.staopen.com/

Thank you Kate Moos and Krista Tippett for exploring this
Thank you Kate Moos and Krista Tippett for exploring this topic with such grace. I wrote in response to your first program on gay marriage circa 2004 feeling very hopeful about the future of conversation around this issue and the progress that might be made. Six years later - though there has been some legislative progress - conversation on gay equality is more heated, emotional, and (in some cases) more toxic then ever. I am a gay man, and I have moved from New York City back to my home state of Oklahoma - tired of being exiled from my family. As recently as a few weeks ago, a 19 year old gay teen took his life after attending a town hall meeting in which one item was to discuss whether the month of October should be observed as LGBT History month in Norman, OK. In this meeting, the young man witnessed many self identified 'Christians' stand up and oppose the proclamation, spouting old myths about children being recruited into a "lifestyle" and what a danger it is to society etc. This, I believe, points to the heart of the rift we are experiencing. Many church leaders are still telling their congregations lies about how being gay is a "choice." This is emphatically false. While there are always exceptions to the rule (humans are complex prisms after all) our rational allies must take a clear-eyed look at official statements from CREDIBLE scientific and medical organizations which say that sexual orientation is NOT a pathology, not a mental illness, that it cannot be changed. This society needs to digest that. Apart from the scientific research, there is no doubt an obviousness about it for the many families and friends of loving, moral LGBT people. Those of us who support racial and gender equality must, at some point, take a stand like we have with those civil rights movements. Civility is crucial, but with all due respect, in SIX YEARS Richard Muow hasn't been able to "sit down and have a conversation" as he likes to say? A conversation that brings more conclusion to his stance? Though its roots may be deeper and more insidious, we must nonetheless recognize that the fuel behind much of the bigotry is driven by religious leaders. I would hope that in producing your next show you might take a sober look at the churches' true role in this problem in the light of science and reason, deflating this lie of "choice" and ask when and where do we begin to take a stand, what is truly the right thing to do for our fellow LGBT human beings? I believe you know the answer in your hearts. Thank you for your superb show.
Kent Martin, Tulsa, OK.

I just listened to the podcast of the interview with
I just listened to the podcast of the interview with Richard Muow and was struck by something entirely missing from his discussion. It is wonderful (and important) to discuss ways of disagreeing civilly with one another; however, what is at least as critical is to find ways of coming to decisions about how to move forward in the face of disagreement. If Richard Muow and I respectfully disagree on the issue of same-sex marriage (or whatever), whose beliefs get to play the largest role in framing and enforcing the state's involvement in that issue? So far, it has been Richard Muow's by virtue of cultural convention and tradition. To me, it was clear that Mr. Muow is used to speaking from a position of this kind of power (which was also evident in his story about the parking spot--I was struck by the fact that rather than give the parking spot to the woman who'd been waiting once he realized what had happened, he kept the spot, but went over and told her he didn't blame her for being angry. It seems this is also a version of his approach to the issue of marriage equality.) It is much more difficult (I think) to move beyond the talking and reflecting and being civil phase to the phase where you have to craft a decision, the outcome of which cannot resolve the disagreement. My own sense is that the current political and cultural climate around marriage and other issues remains one in which people do not know how to embrace a broad decision with which they fundamentally disagree. That would be an interesting issue to hear more about, perhaps as framed through marriage.

My questions involve the previously default reason for
My questions involve the previously default reason for gay rights, which was that it was genetic rather than behavior based. I understand from the LGBT's own writings that this reasoning is no longer used or perhaps undesirable. I also have questions about the gay movements strong political, educational (related to public school children), media, award recognition, and other promotional machinery. It no longer seems to me like a "let me be me," but rather a let me act like I want to act and let me recruit everyone I can to participate (the more the merrier) up to an including your children. Furthermore let me do it with impunity, special rights, and if possible grant funding.
All that said, I am against racial, religious, or gay bashing, racial, religious, or gay slurs, and any form of hate even if it does not reach the level of crime.
I also do not understand the gay communities insistence on gay "marriage" rather than the government recognizing it as a "civil union." Some churches would recognize it as a marriage perhaps and others would not. Why are we not allowed to have differences of opinions on this chosen activity? Or what some think of as an acquired appetite? Some States have legislation pending that would ban the right to even say anything negative about the LGBT lifestyle. I personally think there is much to be concerned about here.

Wow where to begin on this.

A> your first
Wow where to begin on this.
A> your first paragraph is pretty ignorant. I challenge you to replace the word gay, LBGT, etc.. with the word Black or Nergo and see how is sounds to you. I would hope it might upset you.
B> It is kind of you to question my equality in paragraph one and then say you want to protect me. Thanks for nothing. When you speak in an unequal manner you will act as such, it is that simple.
C> We want to be equal it is that simple. But a huge set of us would prefer that the government stop ordaining ANY kind of marriage. I would be happy if this were to come to pass. But once the government ordains anything, it automatically sets up exclusions. You should study the whole concept of "separate but equal" and see how well that worked. We are 110% allowed to have differences of opinions. But when one opinion is to go against a fundamental freedom or to empower the government to treat people as secondary, I am sorry but you opinion is dangerous at best.

Thankyou for your continued efforts to nurture respect of
Thankyou for your continued efforts to nurture respect of all persons. Please, since there has been extensive research-- academic,etc. and "heart-wise"--on birth-mother/infant bonding (U of MN, U of Michigan) and others involved in birth-mother-infant stress (including interruption of these neuro-bio-psych-emo processes and experiences (Dr. Meghan Gunnar --U MN on child (infant?) stress responses)--I solemnly hope that babies' equal dignity and personhood will be very strenuously and deeply researched and considered. They already are subjected to "surrogate-or-'other' gestation, birthing and bonding interruption" in many other situations. Please, let's seriously consider consequences to Them (and so us all) as a result of broadening the "rights-of-adults-that-affect-babies". When people cannot biologically have children for many reasons, but especially two men as a couple (who also have no possibility of breastfeeding either -- consider reading Every Child's Birthright, Selma Fraiberg) we are increasing the number of persons who are affected by these adult-chosen bonding-interrupted relationships. While understanding and compassionate toward others' dilemmas, I and many believe that children are persons and gifts with responsibilities TO them--including--as much as possible--continuum gestation, birthing and parental bonding, nurture and development-- not "experiences to which an adult has soley 'experience' rights". This does not (nor hopefully will ever be used to) deny or in anyway diminish the value and preciousness of adoption-as--necessary. Rather, it acknowledges a research-grounded position that responsible, loving adoption is still harder on little (and "big") ones than responsible, loving "continuum" gestation, birthing, and parenting. I do hope that most can acknowledge at least a high probability of that last statement-as-comparative as being accurate. When not, I plead with those with another standpoint to do very broad and very extensive review of longitudinal study before placing surrogate parenting (which seems to arise more often in marriages of persons of homosexual orientation) on equal footing with comparative continuum parenting. I believe we all owe serious study and reflection on this to children--yet especially to the most vulnerable of all, the little ones who have no power to voice their hopes, their choices, their rights. We all will eventually reap the effects. We may not be able to choose the larger cultural effects on us all, but we, individually and as "groups" can seriously and solemnly develop awareness, knowledge, and compassionate toward not only adults, but also to "the least of these"--babies-who-are-affected-- during our conversations on these most serious cultural topics. Again, thankyou for this opportunity, and for your work in supporting respect of all persons--no matter how big or small, powerful of powerless, or loud or silent. Sincerely, dinosaur mom

One thing that strikes me about the current debate is how
One thing that strikes me about the current debate is how on the anti-same-sex-marriage side it ends up resting on men and women having "God-given" differentiated roles. And yet as of the last couple generations, we as a society do not generally enforce those roles: equal employment, men acting as stay-home parents, equal treatment under the law for property in marriage... all are apparently separate from the debate at hand, but they inform it as ways in which men and women have had their generic, statistical differences enforced by social codes, theology and law. It would be helpful to get an historical perspective on this changing sense of gender roles in religious approaches to the role of women, and how this relates to conservative reaction to same-sex marriages.
My liberal Friends (Quaker) meeting has been marrying same-sex couples under its care since the mid-1980s. What seemed within the meeting like a radical step has become, as with opposite-sex couples, a simple acknowledgment of Divine Grace moving through us. We witness it not only in our marriage ceremonies, but in the everyday lives of married couples and families within our meeting. We recently decided to set aside our right to perform legal marriages until our state's marriage laws are reformed to allow for same-sex marriage; we still perform marriages, but if couples wish to register with the state, that is up to them. We will not act as participants in a process that discriminates amongst the couples married under our care.
The Quaker testimony of Equality has a lot to say on this subject, and several Quaker groups are struggling with the issue of equality for same-sex couples. Some of it is the age-old conflict in Quaker circles between the weight given to Scripture and that given to ongoing revelation. Some of it is the same "ooginess" some straight folk have with LGBT folk. Perhaps if would be useful to talk with members of such a community that have struggled recently over same-sex marriage.

First, the term "Gay Marriage" is misleading and
First, the term "Gay Marriage" is misleading and unrefined. Marriage equality may be a more appropriate term.
Secondly, marriage equality is often portrayed as a moral issue for conservative evangelicals. And they are right- except not in the way they think. Marriage equality is a moral issue because preventing couples and individuals from receiving equal treatment is immoral.
Lastly, there are many who propose that the institution of marriage may BENEFIT from including gay and lesbian couples within it's fold.
Seek out relationship researchers and experts on marriage and family. Hear what they have to say. Expand the conversation and ask bigger questions.

With recent changes in New York, this debate is likely to
With recent changes in New York, this debate is likely to be back in the public spotlight for the months between now and the 2012 elections.
Recent polls suggest that younger Americans support Marriage Equality by wider and wider margins, so to this observer, it seems like the trend is towards nationalization of ME.
What strikes me most is that the debate often fails to acknowledge that what the LGBT movement wants, above all, is the Civil Rights, not religious acceptance, bestowed by a marriage license.
As a matter of fact, it was last minute wrangling over this issue that caused a delay in the NYS Senate's approval of the bill. The speeches given on the Senate floor (available on YouTube) were very emotional, with Senators speaking of how, despite their religious background, they felt this was a civil rights issue (which it is) and based on meeting with GLBT reps and hearing their stories, they made a decision to support the bill.
Since it passed by a small margin, these considerations were not insignificant.
You had Ruben Diaz Sr., a Pentecostal minister representing the old line, steadfast in his opposition, who was sharply contrasted by a younger Catholic senator from Buffalo, explaining that he had changed his position after doing a lot of research on the issue. The fact that Diaz is a Democrat, while the Buffalo Senator is a Republican, makes the story even more interesting because it shows how charged the issue is for both sides.
Thanks for a great show. I listen every week. Syilvia Boorstein was awesome as well.
Steven Kopstein, NYC

"I apologize for those who feel offended," Mr. Grisanti
"I apologize for those who feel offended," Mr. Grisanti said, adding, "I cannot deny a person, a human being, a taxpayer, a worker, the people of my district and across this state, the State of New York, and those people who make this the great state that it is the same rights that I have with my wife."
Follow up to my last post.

I don't have a direct answer to your question, but one
I don't have a direct answer to your question, but one question I seldom hear asked is why is the definition of marriage is always in terms of religion. In a nation that makes distinctions between church and state, why isn't marriage seen as a secular contract that is entered by two consenting adults? If people want their marriage recognized by their church that is their business, but, to me, the contract of marriage itself is a civil, secular institution.
The other question I seldom here posed to the GLBT community (I know it is not one single community, but a plurality of communities) is why they define their relationships around hetersexual values and family structures. You'd think that if you break the heterosexual rule against same-sex relationships, why wouldn't you be open to creating new definitions of relationships that don't necessarily fall with the heterosexist paradigms? In other words, whether gay or straight, why do mainstream, middle-class Americans always control the dialogue about relationships and family structure to the exclusion of others?

The one thing that struck me while listening to Richard
The one thing that struck me while listening to Richard Mouw is why homosexuality and gay marriage? Of all of the verses in the Bible, old and new testaments, why are a few verses on homosexuality written in stone. Without going back to research the bible, I imagine there are thousands of verses recommending OUTDATED beliefs concerning rituals, which direction your temple should face, what type of hooves can be on the animals you eat, how women should act, etc. For some reason, many religious leaders are hooked on their stance that homosexuality is a sin and they have let go of many of the old traditions and stances in the Bible.
The bottom line (like Richard Mouw discussed) is that we can relate to each other as divine creatures made by God. My idea for your next show is to highlight all of the obscure passages in the Bible that we discard and ignore. Also, it would be good to explore why some people are insecure about their own sexuality and what is it exactly about same sex sex that is so frightening to "conservative" church leaders. Does "conservative" mean they are not able to notice the many other changes for good that have happened in our culture since biblical times. Thanks for asking the question. . .

If possible, find a way to bring not just personal
If possible, find a way to bring not just personal experience, but personal pain into the discussion. Try to articulate for listeners what it feels like to be an LGBT person growing up in a conservative tradition and the internal personal anguish this causes. I think that personal pain gets ignored in high toned rhetoric about theology and social justice. Focus on what it does to us as individuals, and what it does to families. I want to hear what role conservatives who oppose same sex relations, or maybe just gay marriage, envision for homosexuals if they're willing to accept that it is an immutable trait. Where do we go from there?
"Learning to live in harmony with those who embrace different values, different ideas, and different expectations is exactly on what our success as a race depends. I'm gratified by the opportunity and privilege to share my values with my boys... teaching them that while they might not understand the lesbians pushing the stroller in the park, holding hands, and kissing, they are just living life the best they know how and we must do the same. And more importantly, as long as they are safe to live life how they wish, we are too. Diversity is a beautiful thing. It provides us opportunity to reflect on ourselves and the choices we've made... and not necessarily to agree, promote, and most importantly, condone. I believe God reserves that right for Himself. I would greatly enjoy a program that focuses on the opportunities of self-reflection and personal growth that only a wondrously diverse and beautifully conflicted society can bring."
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Of course, the government doesn't count food and energy, even when it counts food and energy.
Seems to be more hyperbole:
Cropp: No Big Swings in Milk Prices Foreseen in 2013
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 12/28/2012
Milk has been 50 cents to $1.00 per gallon higher than Gas here for a long time.
If people knew the amount of labor that goes into producing a gallon of milk, they would pay $10.00/gal. and tip the farmer besides!
When farm subsidies are considered, we are already paying more for a a gallon than the sticker price.
Color me confused,,,it's almost Jan 1st and the article is talking about "expected" milk prices for Nov 2012...? Where I live that's considered in the past. What am I missing?
All of the msm articles and reports claim that dairy products will double in price because of the formula reverting. "The government" will be forced to pay double...
What I don't see being discussed is why "the government" wouldn't simply adjust their buying, and allow the market to normalize.
Is there some other ridiculous regulation in place that disallows the normalization?
Milk pricing has long been a heated topic in my home state, Wisconsin. I haven't heard anything lately.
Did the cows join the unions? Are they going on strike?...lol
Sometime between now and Tuesday, I plan to stock up with over a month's supply of milk. I have the coupons to get it for FREE. Some of it I will freeze for the later dates.
"If people knew the amount of labor that goes into producing a gallon of milk, they would pay $10.00/gal. and tip the farmer besides!
When farm subsidies are considered, we are already paying more for a a gallon than the sticker price."
The insidious vermin in government make sure they obfuscate the REAL cost of so many products by hiding them behind subsidies and a central planned economy.
Were the free market forces allowed to exist the REAL cost of milk would be much lower albeit a shakeout of those dairy farms which are only still in operation because of government (AKA OUR) support.
The dairy business is a very tough life and those willing to be in that business deserve to be paid a good profit for their efforts more so than some 3 piece suit exec. who is paid well in excess of their benefit to a company.
I site as an example of the French Canadian POS who ran what was the world's largest commercial printer into bankruptcy all while collecting over $6 Million (US) in bonuses each year during the death spiral.
Like a stopped watch being right twice a day, this is one of the few areas where the OWS scum were correct.
It was the best article I could find. This was part of our nightly propaganda machine aka local news.
I shop both the local grocery store and the Military Commissary and a lot of times the MC is higher in prices than the local grocery store, and we have only one dominate one Kroger's. Only difference is the taxes, civie is 9.75% where as the restock fee for the MC is 5%. BUT Kroger's doubles your coupons up to .60 cents, where as the MC takes it at face value, and Kroger's gives gas points.
BUT TENNESSEE is still one of 6 states INCOME TAX FREE right to work states. I'd much rather pay a higher sales tax than have the state into my wallet for an income tax. I can control what I spend, they on the other hand are spendaholics including the GOP not just the demwits.
Instead of becoming outraged at administration policies that caused the prices to spike, the sheeple will instead bleat for the government to establish price controls.
I'm worried. What about beer? And cornflakes?
A gallon of gas and a gallon of milk have long been running
neck-and-neck here in Pennsylvania (where the retail price of milk has been SET BY THE STATE since the 1930's!)
Democrats are evil: They kill children before they're born and refuse to agree to safeguard them in the public schools that they force them to attend.
Now the bass-turds want to take away their milk.
"Did the cows join the unions? Are they going on strike?...lol"
No strikes yet. They don't talk much when I'm around...
Production is down. Farmers cut marsh grass for feed out here that they haven't cut in 12-15yrs. Very dry summer. Poor crop year. Others sold pigs, sheep, and steers because feed prices were rising, and it made money-sense to butcher. Already see some price rise in beef and pork. Might be an expensive year to eat... Truely believe that federal price-fixing is very bad, and distorting markets severely. When farmers get paid for not doing something, everyone's ears and eyes should open.
Since I'm a milk fiend I have to ask, where are you getting coupons for free milk? Is it a regional thing?
My wife is a coupon junky and the only coupons I've seen are .50 off for some of the organic brands. That brings the price down some, but even with the coupon it is still a lot higher than the basic store brands.
We are lead by idiots who burn food in our gas tanks. They will not lower fuel prices. They spend our money like it is theirs. It is time to send them to some place where they can never do this again.
All I know is that you could smuggle in 25 pounds of premium marijuana from Mexico, and the PA State Police would be less interested than if you tried to smuggle in two gallons of milk from Ohio.
You got it right but I have to say that I wouldn't pay that much money for something I really can do without. Just like I did with Orange Juice.
I'd pay $10 for real fresh outta the cow milk but not for that watered down slop sold at the grocery stores.
Same here, I pay 6.75 for real fresh outta the cow milk. Worth every penny!
(in PA)
As a former dairy worker, i think people have to consider that unlike soda - which cost about 1.20 average i think for 67 ounces, but which really needs no refrigeration and can be stored for months, and is just sugar and flavoring - milk, which is about $1.75 for 64 ounces, requires expensive cows be feed, cared for and milked 2- 3 times a day, 365 days a year, and the milk kept under almost constant refrigeration from that time, except for being processed (clarified, pasteurized, homogenized) and delivered at least twice a week, all within about 4 days after the milk came from the cow.
And then there are the milk cases, which we used to lose about half of each year.
Kind of helps keep things in perspective.
Poultry embryos, strips of swine flesh and bovine mammary excrement. BUMP.
What I dont see being discussed is why the government wouldnt simply adjust their buying, and allow the market to normalize.
Is there some other ridiculous regulation in place that disallows the normalization?
Yes. It's called common sense. Something that is not allowed in government.
And then there are the milk cases, which we used to lose about half of each year.
College dorm rooms and first apartments across the country would truly suffer without them. :)
Even for dairy cows on a high corn inclusion diet, a $1 per bushel increase in the price of corn raises the feed cost by about $.30 per cow per day, or about $.04 per gallon of milk.
$4.22 for the store brand of milk at Walmart
$2.85 at their pumps for gas using their gift card (10 cents off)
Unless you've got 100-lb calves that you're trying to fatten into 1000-lb cattle, I can't think why the price of cow's milk should be a major concern for any of us humans.
Have we reached the era of Peak Milk?
When govern get involved, it always causes a problem. Then the first thing they do is fight to solve the problem with ten way to make it worse.
Man, we're getting a good deal. Around $2.69 here (SE WA State). But gas is higher than yours.
Now, they wouldn't do that would they? They wait 'til you're gone and talk behind your back.
Washington state is a large dairy producer.
In fact, I think the "Carnation" brand name came from the name of the town.
Yeah, we're about 20 miles from the lower Yakima Valley, and I believe the other side of the state has considerable production in the Mount Vernon area - Whatcom County — and environs. Other counties also. I've never really understood why this state was so optimal for dairy but let it be. The best things about milk to me are the new lactose-free products.
The rain makes the grass grow.
The cows eat the grass.
Then they poop.
That makes the grass grow!
Because of the conditions here, the soil is quite high in nitrogen also.
optimal for agriculture due to good land and mostly, the dams.....land once left dormant can produce wheat,soy beans, potatoes, etc as well as all kinds of fruit, and dairy too....
We purchased 2 gallons of milk for $3 at WalMart today. We price matched to do that. Milk is around $1.57 to $1.67/gal on sale for some time in southern Arizona.
If price supports and market restrictions go away, milk prices will go down significantly.
Lots of Dutchmen immigrated to those areas. Most of the Dutch dairymen in King, Snohomish and Pierce counties moved their operations to the east side of the mountains decades ago. The Sunnyside area Was a popular destination.
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Of course, this is one of the ways they get bills passed, the farm bill is on the must have passed list and the demwits want to continue to pay farmers NOT to grow food while the world is starving in many countries. Our food pantries are begging every night on the local propaganda machine for food for the poor and homeless. And I bet they are doing so in all cities across the nation.
Our commodities give away has tripled in 3 years, these are mostly very old and infirm people who do not qualify for food stamps, while the ILLEGAL INVADERS can get them.
We limit our giving to Salvation Army, Alpha Omega House for recovering addicted veterans, AM VETS, and St Judes or Le Boheur (SP?) children's hospital. NO DOUBLE CROSSING red cross for us. We are retired Military and know to much about them.
You pegged it. Between the dry spells, and the fact that much of our corn than would go to feed for farm animals is going in our gas tanks...which means farmers are planting more of it than other things like soy, wheat, or other farm animal feed.
They have already said pork prices would double, beef has been high for over a year as it is.
We have a lot of kudzu that back fired government import here in the south they could harvest for ethenol. It is smothering other growing things including trees, creeping over road beds, etc.
I got a gallon of 0 fat milk for the mister yesterday for $3.15, and paid $3.04 for gas with the 3 cents off.
Plan a run on the Commissary to stock up on canned milk to cook with, I like the taste better than that watered down stuff he uses on his cereal. Cooking and cereal eating are the only reasons milk is in the house. I sure don't drink it, never liked it tastes like water with out the fat content in it.
These doctors and their low cholesterol eating have taken all the fun and taste from food. Add in low sodium diets and it all tastes like cardboard.
Have you noticed that plastic undigestible margarine now equals or surpasses REAL BUTTER in prices? And sure does not taste as good as it use to or as BUTTER does. I use BUTTER, if I have to pay those kinds of prices for the stuff it will be the REAL stuff BUTTER.
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As a child, Miss Emily Grierson had been cut off from most social contact and all courtship by her father. When he dies, she refuses to acknowledge his death for three days. After the townspeople intervene and bury her father, Emily is further isolated by a mysterious illness, possibly a mental breakdown.
Homer Barron's crew comes to town to build sidewalks, and Emily is seen with him. He tells his drinking buddies that he is not the marrying kind. The townspeople consider their relationship improper because of differences in values, social class, and regional background. Emily buys arsenic and refuses to say why. The ladies in town convince the Baptist minister to confront Emily and attempt to persuade her to break off the relationship. When he refuses to discuss their conversation or to try again to persuade Miss Emily, his wife writes to Emily's Alabama cousins. They come to Jefferson, but the townspeople find them even more haughty and disagreeable than Miss Emily. The cousins leave town.
Emily buys a men's silver toiletry set, and the townspeople assume marriage is imminent. Homer is seen entering the house at dusk one day, but is never seen again. Shortly afterward, complaints about the odor emanating from her house lead Jefferson's aldermen to surreptitiously spread lime around her yard, rather than confront Emily, but they discover her openly watching them from a window of her home.
Miss Emily's servant, Tobe, seems the only one to enter and exit the house. No one sees Emily for approximately six months. By this time she is fat and her hair is short and graying. She refuses to set up a mailbox and is denied postal delivery. Few people see inside her house, though for six or seven years she gives china-painting lessons to young women whose parents send them to her out of a sense of duty.
The town mayor, Colonel Sartoris, tells Emily an implausible story when she receives her first tax notice: The city of Jefferson is indebted to her father, so Emily's taxes are waived forever. However, a younger generation of aldermen later confronts Miss Emily about her taxes, and she tells them to see Colonel Sartoris (now long dead, though she refuses to acknowledge his death). Intimidated by Emily and her ticking watch, the aldermen leave, but they continue to send tax notices every year, all of which are returned without comment.
In her later years, it appears that Emily lives only on the bottom floor of her house. She is found dead there at the age of seventy-four. Her Alabama cousins return to Jefferson for the funeral, which is attended by the entire town out of duty and curiosity. Emily's servant, Tobe, opens the front door for them, then disappears out the back. After the funeral, the townspeople break down a door in Emily's house that, it turns out, had been locked for forty years. They find a skeleton on a bed, along with the remains of men's clothes, a tarnished silver toiletry set, and a pillow with an indentation and one long iron-gray hair.