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Ambassador Rick Barton, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, will hold a discussion with Cheryl Benton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, on August 21, 2013. The conversation will highlight the Department's efforts to advance U.S. national security by working with partners in priority countries to break cycles of violent conflict, strengthen civilian security, and mitigate crisis. The discussion will be available for on-demand viewing on YouTube and www.state.gov.
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I look at diplomacy as "preventive medicine" to conflict, generally speaking...or the art of compromise in some respects.
Problem is, there's a lot of folks that would rather shoot it out at high noon rather than give an inch, and seek an equitable political solution.
Thus the Arab Spring is fast becoming the Islamic bloodbath, over ideologies.
We have an opportunity to show the Russians how to weild influence with a client state to keep the peace, for if the US can succesfully get the Egyptian military to "Park it"...and then get Morsi to tell his supporters to "go home, the brotherhood's experiment in governing was a failure and they need to figure out why."....then maybe the US can use it's influence to create a space for political evolution to proceed, rather than confrontation and civil war developing, as in Syria.
Given the President's statement on Egypt, which may serve as a model of how the US gov. defines its relationship with the people of any nation in general terms...Our values determine the solutions we seek, nothing new in that.
You could update some relative lexicon, since folks like to beat the US over the head with "regime change" , like it was a baseball bat to use on "American hegemony" ...
To put it bluntly, as a nation, we seek nothing less than "regime replacement therapy" as the ultimate solution to conflict.
In order for new lexicon to become standard, everybody must have a clear idea what it means...like the term "Democracy R US, sayeth the people."
Democracy is in effect, by design, a well regulated process of regime replacement therapy in a timely manner. Ergo elections.
It can take other forms, like the overthrow of dictatorships, sponsors of terrorism, or exteremist groups, and may involve conflict...but which results in the betterment of a people living in peace. Ego the "therapy" part of the equasion.
Folks have some pretty fair recent examples in Mali, Lybia, Tunisia, ....and what these democratic experiments evolve into will depend on how stable their incubation period is...
Like my friend from Afghanistan once said to me ..."Now that the King no longer wants to be king, everybody wants to be king!"
Our democracy would have utterly failed if not for G. Washington saying he didn't wish to be "King", back in the day. Just saying...
I'm reminded of a fellow who once found himself out on some tarmac in his pajamas, minus a country to lead....I think Morsi probably has it a little better than that....but he also has a responsibility to the Egyptian people as the one who could call for an end to violence and a "rethink" on mixing religion and politics.
In the meantime, having once suggested that the Russians "reposess" (and I don't mean simply cut funding), every weapon they ever sold to Assad's government, far be it for me not to suggest my own government do the same with Egypt's military equipment our taxpayer dollars have provided.
For if it comes to that, we'll be providing good example of what a responsible member of the family of nations does to keep the peace of nations.
Puts "arms control" in a whole new perspective doesn't it?
In terms of those who's aim it is to sow conflict and destabilize nations, governments must seek the people's help to isolate and cancel their agenda.
And in cases where total war is being waged upon a people by their own government, there is no room for international attitudes which result in a "coalition of the unwilling" to eliminate any and all capacity of such a regime, simply because "regime change" is an unpopular turn of phrase. Better to remove them by force rather than watch them commit genocide.
So along with old values, and new lexicon, you gotta have an evolving attitude to go with that new perspective, in order to arrive at "new solutions"...
I see the current international legal framework as unable to meet the current challenges various conflicts pose...and often lead to them becoming intractable, with no diplomatic solution in sight, or sustainable in their methods of conflict resolution in other cases.
By proof one has only to count the number of conflicts presntly on this planet.
No wonder you guys are looking for new solutions....


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Macca connection?
1) Joe is Ringo's new brother in law.
2) Joe has played Claptons part on Macca's live renditions of My Valentine
3) Ringo plays on Joe's new album.
4) This song was produced by JEFF LYNNE!
5) This is a damn good song with lyrics that pretty much hit home.


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hiko wrote:jta1975 wrote:It would not be the players starting their own league. It would be about people finally being able to compete with the NFL brand.
Guys like Cuban have said many times he wanted some of that football money. He wanted to start a rival league years ago. The UFL cities and not to mention the L.A. market. would come into play if the owners simply locked the players out and started fresh with their own rules of engagement it would not fly.
The top players in the league are not hurting for money and could afford to make stands on principle. The networks protected themselves from scab players after the last experience. A TV contract would come with ease to a league with Manning,Brady,Brees. It would work no doubt about it.
If the threat was not valid the players union would have not leverage. The players are the product. If owners could just ignore them and move on they would have done so already. They need each other plain and simple. But there would be plenty of people with huge check books ready to start an alternative.
It doesn't take a genius to understand that NO OTHER league will flourish as long as the best stay in the NFL. Now, if the best players played some where else.....that's a whole different ball game.
Shutting our local NFL teams would not happen for the die hards but if Hillis,Joe Thomas,Cribbs played on the Akron Tires, then people would find a way to incorporate both. If the Tires offered a better product then the Browns would be in trouble.
A. Even if a good chunk of the players flocked to a new league, it would take a while before fans gave their hearts to the Cleveland Shitty Weather/Akron Tires over the Cleveland Browns.
B. In the end, the new league would have the same Owner vs. Player warfare as the NFL.
C. Don't forget stadium contracts. Where are the Akron Tires going to play? U of Akron's stadium, with it's 20k capacity?
D. A LOT of players would be very wary about jumping into bed with some new league after the success rate of previous leagues, even if it is called the BMB League (Brady-Manning-Brees). Just because the super-rich NFL stars can afford to take chances doesn't mean the rank-and-file can.
E. Where are they gonna find all the billionaires just dying to own teams (and provide the superior payroll to the NFL that these stars crave) in a business where non-NFL leagues have failed every single time?
F. Sure, they might get some nice TV revenue, but it sure won't be the 9 bil that the NFL gets. And since NBC, ABC/ESPN, CBS, and FOX all have contracts in place with the NFL, who's filling the void? TNT? The History Channel? I doubt the NBC's of the world would be dumping their NFL contracts to jump in bed with a league that could easily be defunct in 2 years, thus burning their NFL bridge forevermore. Networks have been burned before on these upstart leagues.
I have to respectfully disagree with you that a new player-formed league is a possibility (or that it would work).
That is why I got out of the forum world. All this typing takes its toll.
I already said the league would not be started by players.
A league with current stars would absolutely get a TV deal. Football has been the number one watched thing on TV for years now. The Superbowl keeps breaking it's record. People want to see Manning against Brady. Networks would come for sure.
Just the possibility that the monopoly the NFL has with getting the best players in the world getting weaker would be scary to all involved with the NFL.
Certain teams would fold IMMEDIATELY if they had market competition. It would be horrible for the league.
One side note.... They said on sirius,that the networks have already made it clear that they are not paying to broadcast scab players. They had a bad taste in their mouths from the last time.If this is true, just think at what they would have to say when the owners tell them they could be loosing some of the best players in the league to another league. It would be ugly.
If the day did come when the best football players didn't play in the NFL and true competition was created. They would be in trouble.
The players have a marketable skill. That people will pay a shit ton of money to see. They will not just shrivel and die. Most owners are great business minds who want as much profit as possible. In the end they will agree to compromise.
I can't put any more energy into this lockout. It will end and the NFL will be fine IMO. The possibility of the brand getting weaker will have the owners ear and the possibility of guys who are not making millions not getting paid will win out. The lawsuits are a ploy to acquire and maintain leverage. They will agree and all will return to normal eventually.
I will return my energy to the draft.


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Circus Harmony members are elated to return home after spending an extra week in Israel.
Members of Circus Harmony were all smiles when they returned home to a crowded corridor of family and friends. It was a huge crowd and a warm welcome for the group who are the Circus Harmony Arches. The Arches traveled to Israel to perform as part of a program called Peace Through Pyramids. It's a partnership Circus Harmony has established with the Galilee Circus in Israel. The groups alternate visiting each other. This year was a bit different because the Arches spent an extra week in Israel due to the Federal Aviation Administration's ban on incoming and outgoing flights to Israel. Family and friends were happy to see the students and chaperones return home safe and sound. The media was also on hand to capture this heartwarming moment.
A new exhibit at Lambert- St. Louis International Airport may bring back memories for some travelers and serve as a history lesson for others. The new exhibit, sponsored by The Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum, gives passengers a glimpse of historical artifacts from Ozark Airlines, Trans World Airlines and flight instruments from the days of Lambert Field. This abbreviated history lesson lasts as long as it takes visitors to walk by the display cases. But many visitors can't resist stopping to read the information about the well preserved treasures.
The exhibit showcases important memorabilia including the uniforms and travel bags of former stewardesses and pilots from Trans World Airlines and Ozark Airlines. Travelers will also see samples of old airline tickets from most of Lambert Airport's current carriers. The display cases are filled with unique items reminiscent of the early days of aviation including a TWA customer blanket, a key chain and matches from the elite TWA Ambassadors Club. The exhibit is not without military presence with an actual ejection seat from a fighter jet. A poster of Teddy Roosevelt in an open biplane in 1910 at Kinloch Field is further proof of St. Louis' place in aviation history. The airport's name changed several times from Kinloch Field to Lambert Field to its current name, Lambert- St. Louis International Airport.
Passengers wishing to learn more can visit the Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum for additional aviation history. The museum is located at the downtown St. Louis Airport in Cahokia, Illinois.
The Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum is operated by volunteers and is only open on the weekends, Saturdays and Sundays, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Passengers will see TWA memorabilia in the display cases across from the baggage carousels in Terminal 1.
Passengers and visitors curious about the history of aviation can view memorabilia from the early days in a new exhibit at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The new exhibit, by The Greater St. Louis Air and Space Museum, features aviation treasures some St. Louisans will remember. For some it was perceived as the good ole days, when Lambert Airport served as a hub for Trans World Airlines. Passengers will see well-preserved TWA blankets, key chains, playing cards and even matches from the elite Ambassadors Club. The exhibit also highlights Ozark Airlines and features the uniforms of the stewardesses and pilots. Many things have changed over the years as the exhibit shows. These days the Stewardesses are called Flight Attendants. Another noted change is Lambert Field, which is now called Lambert-St. Louis International Airport.
Louis International Airport is starting to see a rebound of passenger activity
levels with the peak summer travel season which attributed to a more positive
enplanement trend for the second quarter of 2014.
With the
most recent statistics for June 2014, the number of commercial enplaned
passengers was down .05 percent with 589,071 passengers boarding flights versus
592,192 in June of 2013. It was the
busiest month of the year so far for Lambert. The total number of departing and
arriving passengers for June was 1,175, 898 versus 1,184,461 in June 2013, down
0.7 percent. For the first six months of
2014, Lambert is down 3.7 percent in total passengers.
In the
first quarter, total traffic of 2.7 million passengers was down 4.4 percent,
year over year, primarily attributed to winter weather cancellations. The
second quarter, total traffic of 3.3 million passengers was down 3.1 percent,
year over year.
In June,
several carriers added new flights including new service from St. Louis to
Portland, OR and Trenton, NJ as well as more flights to San Francisco and
Washington National.
the second quarter, Southwest Airlines continues to hold the biggest market
share with 50 percent of passengers served at Lambert. American holds a 15
percent market share while Delta serves nearly 14 percent of Lambert
Lambert- St. Louis International
Airport has transformed a vacant airline ticket counter area into a high
profile lounge that includes new art, a live green wall, a water feature and a
new view out of the terminal's historic arched windows.
The Terminal 1 Ticketing Lounge
is one of the final projects in Lambert's extensive renovation campaign, the
Airport Experience Program. The lounge space, with red leather seating, offers
a respite for travelers who are going through the check-in process.
One of the new focal points for
the lounge is the addition of "China
China," a 6-ft tall bronze sculpture featuring two ancient Chinese figures.
The sculpture, installed earlier this month, is on loan from The Gateway
Foundation of St. Louis.
Two temporary art cases in the
lounge exhibit rotating exhibits. The first works on display are from local
artists Sam
Stang and Michael
Bauermeister. Stang, founder of Augusta Glass Studio, is exhibiting several
Murrini bottles and a plate that use European glass blowing techniques. Bauermeister,
who is nationally known for his wood works, is displaying a sample of his
signature pieces including bowls and vessels.
The lounge has two book-end walls
that also offer inspiration to travelers and visitors. A live green wall,
featuring several species of plants anchors one side; the other features a
cascading water wall that amplifies a LED light show. To the south, the removal
of ticket counters opens up the 30-ft. high vaulted windows with a view of the
entrance roadway to the terminal and a new courtyard that features teak benches
and a series of planters with native Missouri birch trees. The Airport is considering adding additional
art sculptures in the courtyard to complete the exterior space.
The $70
million Airport Experience began in 2008 and resulted in the Airport's largest
interior makeover in its history, with renovations to Terminal 1 and Concourses
A & C. The architect for the renovations is exp., which has offices in St. Louis. The
project manager is Kwame Building
Group. Projects included new or improved restrooms, an expanded Checkpoint
C, terrazzo flooring in Terminal 1, new lighting, new signage and new art
installations. The final Airport Experience project is the installation of a
new copper roof on Terminal, 1 which is scheduled to be completed at the end of
the year.
Carlos Rebello Filho (second left) is surrounded by friends who came to wish him well before his flight at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport in Terminal 1.
Carlos Rebello Filho said his goodbyes to friends before his flight back home to Brazil at Lambert Airport. Carlos participated in the Rotary Youth Exchange program for eleven months. The program is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Fairview Heights, Illinois. Carlos arrived in St. Louis in August of 2013 to experience living in America. As part of the exchange program, he met once a month with other youth rotary members. They would exchange pins, memorabilia and pendants from their countries. Carlos' blue blazer grabs your attention because it's filled with pins from the many Rotarians he's met throughout the course of his visit. He was chosen for the program because he is considered a leader in his community and among his peers. Carlos attended Belleville East High School. He added his student identification badge to his blazer as one of his pieces of flair.
Peak summer blooms flourish outside exit 5 at Terminal 1.
Colorful blooms are overflowing across the Airport as we hit
the mid-point of the summer. Lambert-St. Louis International Airport has an
aggressive landscaping plan to beautify the entrances and public areas around
the terminals. This year, Lambert added new planters between entrances 4 and 5
along Departures Drive. The planters showcase native birch trees along with
bright annuals that hit their peak in the summer. This is the last summer for
this unique backdrop view showcasing the aged patina of Terminal 1's copper
roof. In the coming months, crews will advance to this end of the terminal to
complete the installation of new copper roofing.
Frontier Airlines is offering introductory one-way fares between St. Louis
and Ft. Myers for $69 for tickets purchased by July 12 on flights through
December 12, 2014.
This is the fifth new destination announcement by Frontier in 2014. Frontier
will serve Washington Dulles International Airport three days per week
beginning September 8. In the last month, Frontier began seasonal operations
from St. Louis to San Francisco and Portland, OR. They began year-round service
in June to Trenton, NJ. Frontier Airlines operates two gates in the C Concourse
in Terminal 1. It also operates daily flights to Denver International in
addition to vacation destinations in Mexico, Jamaica and the Dominican
This summer, Lambert airlines are operating 255 daily departures to 62
non-stop destinations.
Crews with ACME Erectors lift sculpture China China onto its base in the new Terminal 1 Ticketing Lounge.
Lambert-St. Louis International Airport got a cultural lift this week when crews installed a prominent sculpture in the new Ticketing Lounge in Terminal 1. The Gateway Foundation relocated China China to Lambert from its previous Central West End neighborhood location. Created by Chinese artist Zhu Wei in 2003, the 6-ft-tall bronze sculpture features two ancient Chinese tomb-like figures. Wei is well known for his ink paintings, engravings and sculpture with works exhibited in major cities around the world. Crews had to erect scaffolding to hoist the figures on to the base before placing the sculpture in its final location. It stands prominently next to two other art cases and new seating for passengers.
Construction crews have begun putting down terrazzo flooring in the place of the old TSA CTX scanning machines in Terminal 1.
The passenger experience continues to get brighter. Construction crews have begun putting down the shiny, new terrazzo flooring in the place of the old TSA CTX scanning machines. Passengers who are checking their luggage no longer have to drag it over to TSA agents waiting by the scanning machines. As part of the Airport Experience, the area between American Airlines and Delta Airlines will get new terrazzo flooring. Additionally, work on American Airlines and Delta Airlines ticket counters will also be completed. A few small machines will remain in the area as backup for TSA. However, passengers will now be able to enjoy a beautiful view of Lambert's airfield.
Avoid parking fees the next time you pick up a passenger. Lambert provides free waiting zones for motorists near each terminal.


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The new Green River Bible Church is taking form along Main Street in Green River.
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it is smaller and it has moving bridge so i have problem with that...there is no place for that piezo piece
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i need sound that in more on treble side, that can cut through other instruments
this is my instrument
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Speer: State of State lacking in substance
Long on rhetoric but short on details.
That is my quick take on Gov. Rick Snyder's third "State of the State" address this week regarding road and bridge funding reform.
While I was ready to see exactly how the governor was going to pull the specifics off for more highway funding, nothing official was offered. Ultimately we all were left with a dream that on paper, none of us would argue with, but when it comes time for the instructions on how to accomplish that goal, that's where the disagreement always surfaces.
Snyder understands that, and thus in a politically savvy decision, deferred the specifics to the legislature, where the debate and wrangling will take place. Oh, he hinted at what he would like but in the end, left it with state legislators to ponder.
I'll let you be the judge. Was Snyder's lack of details politically astute, so as to not doom any proposal out of the gate, or severely lacking, because frankly, he knows it will be a tough sell at this time?
Regardless of how you answer the above, there are three truths that also come into play with any road financing discussion.
First, Lansing Democrats will make this year one of political "H-E-double toothpicks" for Snyder. Their willingness to compromise and negotiate after the lame duck Right-To-Work legislation of 2012 will hang over the capitol all year long. Thus, for any road legislation to advance, it will need practically every Republican legislator on board and that, my friends, won't be easy to sell either.
Second, even though legislators just began a new legislative session this month, thoughts of 2014 aren't far off for many, especially those facing term limits who hope to jump chambers. The longer it takes for any proposal to surface and be considered, the less likely its chances of passage will be as 2014 draws nearer.
The third is that by now no one in Lansing – legislator, lobbyist or consultant – short changes Snyder on what he may, or may not accomplish. The governor has proven an uncanny ability of being able to accomplish things others never could and frankly, the more challenging the task, the more he seems to relish the project and rise to meet it.
The One Tough Nerd really has made a mark in the Lansing bureaucracy, especially with items that buck conventional political wisdom.
Snyder sounded like the old General Motors' "Mr. Goodwrench" by implying "You can pay me now, or pay me later" philosophy regarding highway funding and costly vehicle repairs resulting from a crumbling state highway system.
While his address was short on specifics, in a briefing with reporters prior to the speech, senior policy adviser Bill Rustem indicated the governor favors replacing the tax on fuels paid at the pump with a tax on wholesale gas prices, as well as raising motor vehicle registration fees.
In addition, the governor favors allowing local road commissions to implement a further increase on vehicle registrationsm for local road repairs.
Until we know specifically what will emerge, it is senseless to enter into any kind of serious debate. However, the reality of all three increases moving forward in these economic times seems like a deal breaker right out of the gate.
At best, the legislature should concentrate on one area and use it either as a replacement to, or supplement with, existing funding.
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SHANGHAI, China(AP) Argentina coach Sergio Batista said Lionel Messi wants to play for the country's Olympic football team on Thursday and not return home to play for FC Barcelona.
The forward has been with the national team in the leadup to the Beijing Games, but the Spanish club won its appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport earlier Wednesday to keep him out of the Olympics.
With the men's football tournament kicking off Thursday, fans going to Argentina's Group A game against Ivory Coast will be wondering if Messi, who trained in the Shanghai Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, will be on the field, effectively defying the club that pays his wages, or on his way to back to Spain.
``For sure he will be on the start list for tomorrow from the beginning and I am sure he can be here with us for the rest of the competition,'' Batista said.
Batista named his lineup for the match against the Ivory Coast and Messi was on it.
CAS was called on to rule on a decision which has put the Argentine and Brazilian squads in the men's Olympic competition in doubt right up until the day before the opening games.
German clubs Schalke and Werder Bremen have also gained the right to tell Brazil to release Rafinha and Diego. But football's world governing body ruled that clubs were obliged to release players for the competition and convinced a judge last week that the rule should stand.
CAS ruled against FIFA, which is now faced with another club vs. country power battle, this time at the Olympics.
``FIFA is surprised and disappointed by this decision, but we respect it,'' FIFA president Sepp Blatter said in a statement. ``Nevertheless, I appeal to the clubs: 'Let your players take part in the Olympic Games. It would be an act of solidarity in perfect harmony with the Olympic spirit.'''
FIFA said Blatter sent a message to the three teams appealing for them to let the players compete. But many clubs regard the Olympic tournament as inconvenient and unimportant.
``FIFA's opinion has not changed. The Olympic football tournaments are a unique opportunity for a player as they are high-level competitions that give everyone involved, most notably young players, the chance to gain international experience that will stand them in good stead for the future,'' Blatter said. ``I regret that the CAS has not taken the Olympic spirit into consideration.''
Speaking through an interpreter, Batista said that, despite the CAS decision in Beijing, Messi wanted to stay and play at the Olympics. Barcelona wants him released so he can play in Champions League qualifying later this month and the coach said Argentina team officials will have discussions with the club to persuade Barcelona to let him stay.
``The player will be here and will remain with the team,'' Batista said. ``We have the hope that he will remain with the team for the entire tournament.
``He (Messi) told us he wants to stay. He's relaxed and asks the people at Barcelona to understand his situation. The club is relaxed and I was figuring to put Messi in the starting 11.''
Asked if Messi had taken the decision at the cost to his relations with Barcelona, Batista said: ``We haven't spoken about the cost of this decision. He's relaxed and he's informed us that he would prefer to be with the team.''


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About the Author: Camille Benton serves as a Curator for ART in EMBASSIES.
As the G-8 commences in Canada, we are reminded of the necessity to work together for mutual benefit. The Art in Embassies exhibition currently on view at Embassy Ottawa, Common Ground: American and Canadian Landscape Painting, celebrates the exchange of artistic expression between the United States and Canada as well as the natural beauty of our two countries.
During our conversations with Charles Hill, Curator of Canadian Art at the National Gallery of Canada, he talked about the impact of the visual arts on growth and development:
"For more than two centuries artists have discovered in these diverse landscapes new and more meaningful truths about themselves and, in turn, have influenced our respective national visions."
Most of the U.S.-based paintings in the exhibition were created by members of the Taos Society of Artists or their artistic progeny. Founded in 1915, the Taos Society advanced what its members saw as a uniquely American art, one based in the realistic depiction of the landscape's elemental forms and the local Native American cultural traditions. The majority of the Canadian paintings are from members of the Group of Seven, a group of landscape painters formed in the 1920s who took inspiration from the largely uninhabited and unmodified landscapes of Canada.
The two women artists represented in the exhibition were not official members of either school, although they were closely associated with them. Emily Carr was affiliated with the Group of Seven, and her work focused primarily on the landscape around her native Victoria, where she painted the intensely colored Autumn in 1923. Georgia O'Keeffe was closely connected with New Mexico, however her Green Mountain, Canada was inspired by a summer trip she made to the rugged Gaspe Peninsula in 1932.
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The way that all of Europe has become acquainted with Atlas of Creation and the declaration of the fact that living creatures have remained unchanged for millions of years and that evolution is devoid of any scientific worth have led to a major change of belief among the people of Europe. Independent polls conducted by well-known publishing institutions in different European countries have revealed a major drop in the numbers of people believing in Darwinism and that belief in Allah now dominates Europe. >>
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HOUGHTON – After winning its first tournament game on an extra-inning squeeze bunt, Sayen's Auto found it easier going in round two, bouncing Kevin's Self Storage 13-3 in five innings of Junior (age 13-14) in Kearsarge Tuesday.
Pat Cortright continued a torrid stretch of hitting, going 3-for-3 with a walk and going a homer short of the cycle.
Sayen's busted out for a six-run first inning. Cortright drove in the first run on an RBI single, followed by RBI singles from Alan Jurmu and Jaden Janke and a two-RBI double from Brody Budweg. Budweg came around to score on a wild pitch.
Kevin's pulled two runs back after Lee Markham's RBI double. Markham scored on an error.
Sayen's put the game away with three runs in the second and four in the third. Cortright and Jurmu had RBI hits in both innings.
Jurmu added three hits, while Jaden Wood and Darren Nordstrom added two.
Jurmu was the winning pitcher, allowing one hit and one walk in three innings.
In the other semifinal, Baraga defeated Middleton Builders 8-7, setting up a title game for Thursday at 4:30 p.m. in Kearsarge.
In Keweenaw Little League Minor (age 9-10) play, Legion Post 90 rolled to a 12-4 win over 41 Lumber.
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i'll go with n8r...atleast with him you don't really feel the presence of a non-pacer
I was going to go K until I saw that ajbry is on this list. That's just too funny. I need time to ponder...
You, Never? Did the Kenosha Kid?
I voted for me for 1 reason:
Nobody and I mean NOBODY else should vote for me - and I can't stand the thought of seeing zero votes next to my name.
Sorry folks but seeing as the Knicks will matter again this fall (even though we'll still suck) I'll try to do better.
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went with d_c on this one.
ajbry and grace though, hardly seem to be non-pacer fans
d_c has been stellar.
Um, she can't name half our roster. Hell, I doubt she'd be able to name our starters.
However, now that she's got League Pass, she regularly watches every team that has even a remote tie to Pacers teams of the past. And she clued me into how bad Kirk Hinrich was over a year before it became obvious to everyone else (except for those here who didn't actually see him play this year and think he's still worth trying to get.) That alone warrants my vote.
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I miss Dipperdunk
Well, we can at least take comfort that he has an improving team to keep him happy.
Come to the Dark Side -- There's cookies!
Well at least the voters thus far realize I've never said I didn't like the Pacers. They're my second favorite team...
And although I enjoy reading Kstat's post and he always makes a great contribution, I have to go with d_c, my fellow Warriors fan.
Because his basketball comments are good, and because he knows the truth about ethanol.
And I won't be here to see the day
It all dries up and blows away
I'd hang around just to see
But they never had much use for me
In Levelland. (James McMurtry)
All that being said if I didn't read this board I wouldn't be able to name as many players as I did.
I'm going to go with Robertmto because he actually has a reason for being on here (he's from Indy right?) unlike the rest of them. I guess I could say grace but she probably ignores me so Robertmto it is.
I vote Grace because she is a wise---, and that is a quality I admire.
OK, OK, there's more than one of those in the list of nominees...but I had to go with someone.
I like all these folks, and that's a fact.
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I voted for myself cause KNICKS RULE!!!!!!!!! Hell Yeah KNICKS RULE!!!!!!!
Thanks for the votes people. If you need a reason to sway to me, All I have to say is I am a knicks fan.
I have no idea why I'm getting votes. If I knew that was gonna happen I'd have voted for someone else.
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d_c gets my vote
How should I interpret my lack of votes?
Good: you people realize I'm still actually a Pacers fan.
Bad: you don't value my posts and just consider me as an irrational Jack fanboy.
So which is it?
Half of option two.
I am in a Bump mood right now
Gotta go with my Shawne Williams fan-in-arms and fellow discusser of speedbag, MTO.
Skip Bayless:
"Derek Fisher will prove to be a much better NBA head coach than Steve Kerr."
"The Houston Texans will forever regret it if they do not take Johnny Manziel with the No. 1 overall pick. He will haunt them."
"You bet I'd take Tebow late in games over ARodg."
"Manti Te'o: the next Ray Lewis."
Congrats, Kstat!
The last time I won this award, the Pistons won the championship.
Good omen?
It wasn't about being the team everyone loved, it was about beating the teams everyone else loved.
Division Champions 1955, 1956, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
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Thanks for the votes guys, and congrats KStat
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Fresco-Painting an Orthodox Church
This presentation shows the process of fresco painting in Orthodox Churches as practiced in the 21st century. Father Patrick and Father Moses of Saint Gregory of Sinai Monastery are engaged in the painting of Saint Seraphim's Orthodox Church in Santa Rosa, California, and also the Church of Saint-Germain d'Auxerre and Sainte-Marie-Madeleine in Vézelay, France. They will show images and video clips of their work in progress, discuss the iconographic programs of the churches, and hold a question-and-answer session.
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Rise of the Planet of the Apes is the first live-action film in the history of movies to star and be told from the point of view of a sentient animal—a character with humanlike qualities, who can strategize, organize, and ultimately lead a revolution, and with whom audiences will experience a real emotional bond. The Oscar-winning visual-effects team that brought to life the worlds of Avatar and Lord of the Rings is breaking new ground, using computer-generated imagery (CGI) to create apes who deliver a dramatic performance of unprecedented emotion and intelligence—as well as epic battles on which rest the upended destinies of humans and apes. The film highlights the journey of an ape named Caesar, a fully CGI creation realized through a motion-capture performance by Andy Serkis (who also played Gollum in Lord of the Rings) and the animation team at Weta Digital. James Franco, Freida Pinto, Tom Felton, and John Lithgow also star in this exciting drama.
Director Rupert Wyatt mandated that Rise of the Planet of the Apes not use any real apes during filming and worked with Weta Digital to create lifelike apes through revolutionary visual effects. Chimpanzees who are used in entertainment are typically torn away from their mothers shortly after birth—a horrible process that causes irreversible psychological harm to the baby and the mother. Trainers typically use fear-based training methods and physical abuse in an effort to suppress instinctive behaviors and force apes to perform on cue. Rupert explained that a big theme of this movie is humanity's mistreatment and abuse of captive apes. Apes are the heroes of this film, and humans are the villains—and Rupert said he couldn't imagine a worse way of undercutting that message than by using real apes in the movie's production.
Rupert's compassionate choice has earned him a PETA Proggy Award, which applauds companies, people, and products for innovative and animal-friendly achievements. 20th Century Fox's Rise of the Planet of the Apes has also received PETA's seal of approval both for the film's use of CGI and for spotlighting animal rights messages.
Catch Rise of the Planet of the Apes in theaters starting August 5! Learn more about this exciting motion picture by checking out exclusive interviews with the director and the visual-effects team and production stills from the film.
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I am just curious if they used real horses and dogs in the movie?
To anie and baconlover nowhere in the movie are any people killed (the guy that did was a accident). The destruction of mankind is predictably done by humans themselves mainly the virus. It does not surprise me that we would end up that way.I don't condone the extinction of anything including my own species but as far as I can see the only treat to humanity is and would be ourselves.As people we are capable of the most vile despicable acts ever committed against each other and all other living things on this planet.We are also capable of great sacrifice, compassion and love unfortunately more times than I would like to see greed, selfishness seems to override that. I was raised to respect all life. I loved this movie and I doubt we would be capable of showing that much mercy towards our captures and abusers as Cesar did.
I keep reading comments that there were no animals hurt in the movie. Did I dream an ape, in an effort to save Ceasar on the San Francisco Bridge, jumped at a standing helicopter and got shot and killed?
I was so pleasantly surprised that this movie upheld its strong message throughout, and at no point allowed us to feel that it was acceptable to hold animals captive or test on them.
Wonderful that no real animals were used – amazingly talented artists created touching characters.
"BaconLover" – if you had actually watched the movie, you would have seen that the apes did not kill any innocent human beings – only those who threatened their lives
@ "Anie" and "Baconlover": Actually, the film does not promote killing humans. There are instances where an ape comes face to face with a human, and is about to end his life, but Ceasar interrupts and commands the ape to desist. (The most famous being the Golden Gate Bridge scene where the gorilla is atop the policeman.) The apes' goal is quite clear: freedom from captivity and the attainment of a safe home. Ceasar's warm upbringing and acute leadership skills support defense over offense throughout the film. In addition, the apes do not rise because they annihilate humans; script writers Jaffa and Silva wove into the plot a virus which decimates humans… but apes are immune to.
This is an amazing movie!!! If it weren't for Peta's recommendation I probably wouldn't have seen it, so thank you! I cried through the entire movie and even in the car on the ride home. Although this is not a true story, per se, the sad fact is that testing on/treatment of animals like this happens everyday (often more horrific than what was even shown in the film). There is absolutely NO need for testing on animals. At one point in history people didn't believe in women's liberation and believed that slavery of humans was acceptable. Looking back it's hard to believe that such beliefs prevailed. Animal liberation is next! We are all beings on this earth…it's time we started treating one and other with compassion and respect!!!
I am glad that no animals were hurt in the making of this movie.And I am also grateful for the message that animals should not be tested on. But I am sadden by some of the remarks made here. If this was an actual situation would you still be on the side of the chimps? Real or not how can anyone support the mass murder of people anywhere, no matter what they do? You are humans and by saying "evil humans" you put your self in that group. Yes, hurting animals is wrong but as a human with compassion look clearly. Animals no matter how smart will revert to their animalistic ways. Not to say humans aren't carnal, thats our nature. And even if the moral of the story is "animals rise their voice to say stop the creulty against us" as someone so eqoulently put it, killing is not the way to go. I can not wholly promote this movie
I will definately go watch this movie now that I know that PETA has approved of it. I might just go tonight! Thank you PETA! Thank you Mr. Rupert Wyatt! 🙂


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A midsummer uptick in home construction failed to extend into August, according to Pueblo Regional Building Department data.
A key measure of home building activity fell back last month with 13 single-family home permits issued in Pueblo County, the agency said.
The number — down from 23 in July — is typical of the area's slow building pace since the housing crash and recession.
Year to date, there were 112 home permits issued through August. The pace is slightly behind last year's 124 over the same time period.
Economists say home building in Pueblo County likely will remain weak until the area recoups all of the jobs lost in the recession.
Currently, there are about 1,300 fewer employed persons in Pueblo than in 2008, the peak employment year locally, according to the state Department of Labor.
Pueblo's peak period of home building was 2006 with 1,200 home permits issued.


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Norma;When you first mixed the two doughs together the resulting dough became what we call very "bucky", meaning tight and elastic. You can see this very same thing happening if you take a dough ball that is properly fermented and re-round it just before trying to open it into a dough skin. When you allowed the dough to continue fermenting the gluten relaxed due to exposure to the acids and enzymes of fermentation, thus allowing the dough to become soft and extensible once again. This is why we always say to never re-round the dough balls just prior to opening them into skins. Tom Lehmann/The Dough Doctor


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(HT: Pravoslavie.ru. Also see the interview with Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) in the new issue of Religion & Liberty on the dire situation of Christians in Syria.)
In his interview to the MEDIA, a Hierarch of the Antiochian Orthodox Church, Bishop Luke of Seidnaya, has disclosed the scale of persecutions suffered by Orthodox Christians of this region since the very beginning of the uprising against the regime of Bashar Al-Assad, reports Agionoros.ru.
By now, 138,000 Christians have been banished from their homes and at the same time Christian Churches are systematically destroyed. "They are killing people. A human life is of no value for them," in such words Bishop Luke is describing the situation in the country.
Thus, in the city of Homs, anti-government forces have committed mass murder of Christians. Hundreds of people have been killed. Dozens of cases of sexual assault have also been recorded. (more…)


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Exposure incident in Marquette
By JACKIE STARK
For The Daily News
MARQUETTE – A 28-year-old Marquette man faces an unusual penalty of between one day to life in prison after allegedly exposing himself to two women on the bike path on Marquette Monday afternoon.
The man's name will not be released until his arraignment in Marquette County District Court, which is scheduled to take place 8:15 a.m. Monday.
According to the Marquette City Police Department, officers were called to the area of the bike path near the Upper Peninsula Medical Center, located along West Fair Avenue, at approximately 3:15 p.m. Monday on report of a male subject exposing himself to women.
Upon arrival, police spoke with a female subject who stated she was walking down the bike path between Fair Avenue and Wright Street when she saw a male subject walking out of the woods.
The woman said the suspect was exposing himself and she rapidly left the area.
The woman said there was another woman on the bike path at the time of the incident. She also provided a description of the alleged flasher, which officers used to successfully locate the suspect hiding in a garage off of West Avenue.
Police said the suspect said he was there to do landscaping work but found that not to be true after speaking with the property owners.
Police said the two women from the bike path were taken to where the suspect was detained, where they positively identified him as the man they saw exposing himself.
Police said the suspect had recently moved to the area from Texas and allege he was responsible for other indecent exposure incidents this summer reported to have happened in the same area.
The man was arrested and lodged at Marquette County Jail, charged with two counts of indecent exposure by a sexually delinquent person.
Michigan law defines a "sexually delinquent person" as "any person whose sexual behavior is characterized by repetitive or compulsive acts which indicate a disregard of consequences or the recognized rights of others."
Indecent exposure by a sexually delinquent person carries a penalty of between one day and life in prison.
The charge of indecent exposure – depending on the act – carries a one- or two-year maximum prison sentence.
According to the Marquette County Sheriff's Office, the man was held on 10 percent of $2,500 for each of the two charges brought against him.
He posted bond and was released.
Marquette city police were assisted in the investigation by the Marquette County Sheriff's Office and Northern Michigan University Public Safety.


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Different view of our state
Kevin R. Tengesdal, Bismarck
Recently, Congressman Kevin Cramer issued a press release where he invited President Barack Obama to make his first presidential visit to North Dakota. As a common-citizen of North Dakota, I chose to rewrite a similar letter to our president:
Dear Mr. President,
There is a place in America where your vision of equality, diversity, and fairness is not a fully realized reality.
It is a place where ultra-conservatives within a super majority rule nearly every day, and where their intransigent opinions proclaim "not welcome" instead of "you matter."
Yes, it is a place where the energy, agriculture, technology, and manufacturing industries thrive, and yet there is a disproportionate amount of citizens who are working poor.
This is North Dakota, and I invite you to see it for yourself.
You campaigned here before you became president, but a lot has changed. While the national economy has been struggling to repair itself, North Dakota may have been growing jobs in every sector of our economy. Since then, the powers-that-be have made sure the importance of women, Native Americans, the LGBT citizens, and the marginalized are valued less.
Mr. President, you have not seen the headlines mainly because these leaders apparently do not want the story told. Hopefully this invite and your visit might brief you on the denigration of our citizens. It is great that several of your cabinet officials have traveled here.
I and many others believe the significance of the North Dakota story requires a visit from the President himself. And what better way to assure a nation your first priority of diversity than to visit the state creating fear faster than anywhere else?
We want to show you economic production transforming North Dakota's natural beauty into a wasteland a reality.
We want to show you our agriculture industry and introduce you to the farmers and ranchers struggling in a hungry state.
We want to introduce you to citizens who have lived in Western North Dakota all their life no longer feeling welcome and safe in their backyard.
We want to introduce you to college students unsure if they want to remain here after graduation.
We want to show you how our marginalized citizens are some of the most caring people despite their oppression, and that there is more to North Dakota than just these moralist's Anglo-Saxon Christian Republican ideal.
Most everyone you meet along the way will have a story to share of hope for the future, and stories about the super majority. Please visit North Dakota to see how great America can be much better than here. Our door is open and waiting. We'll have the coffee ready.


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You live right in the middle of the country where people are most frugal. I wouldn't worry about it, they'll adjust to the new prices. The last thing you ever want to do is lower quality. If you give your customers low prices, your pizza sucks and then nobody will eat it. Pretty soon those Donato's slices will be $2.75. Food prices have gone through the roof in the last ten years.
Walter, from the appearance of your previous pies, I'd estimate that you're using no more than 12 oz. of cheese for an 18" pizza. By going from 1.00 to 1.50, you're increasing the price of a whole pie from $8 to $12. There's no way the price of your cheese went up $4 for 12 oz. (an additional $5.33 per lb.). If you were paying $3/lb for Grande by the case, that would mean that you're paying $8/lb for Grande now.Your customers have a complete right to freak out, imo. 50 cents might not mean all that much, but a 50% markup on food items- especially in an economically challenged area, is excessive. How much more are you paying for cheese? An extra 15 cents a slice would cover an increase of $1.60 per pound. Are you paying more than $4/lb for Grande?An extra dollar for a whole pie to cover the cost of cheese is completely reasonable. An extra four dollars to cover it isn't.
They want me to make pies for all the games and several big fundraisers. the problem is the games are at night and I am too tired and getting kids in there to help is iffy at best. Most of my students parents are cognitively delayed and don't own vehicles and if they do are unreliable at best. The fundraisers are weekends and again I have the same problem.
$1.50 for an 18in slice? Where do I sign up? That would cost $3.50-4 by me.Nate
thanks for the response gabaghool You nailed things pretty good. I learned right off to say no to students and staff coming in and asking for things like plates, cups, silverware, towels, use the ovens to heat up things, etc. Many saw it as central depot for getting things for free. Also when we first opened many staff members came to me and wanted to use the room as a place to prepare meals for fundraisers and such. Luckily the board of health inspector was there when one asked and he stated that a certified food handler has to be on site at all times. I had to educate the staff that although I am a teacher and this is a classroom, it is really no different than using the school cafeteria for such things (which never will happen) and unlike everyone else we do not get a dime of funding so everything used is paid for by us. This took awhile to sink in because it is so contrary to how a school works. That was the biggest jolt I laid out and the price increase is small potatoes next having to deal with that one. We now have enough contracts with outside businesses and enough pizza customers from the community to not have to count on staff sales to survive. These outside customers are nothing but thankful, generous, and work with our crazy schedule. Most of the staff are great as well. I just got rattled by what I saw as such a simple thing. I was looking through my eyes. If I could get our pizza for $1.50/slice from an 18" pie (cheese and pepperoni the same price) I would be thankful. Walter
Sorry to hear you are getting so much push back. I think you were fair to not move from 1 - 2 dollars. Honestly what does 0.50 buy you these days. 2 gum balls???
Walter it's a crime to pay less for your pizza than for donatos! I can imagine what a side by side comparison would reveal. if you can't keep up with demand, you're not charging enough. bill


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Minnesota's online schools are pursuing cyber-truants, reports AP.
Stacy Bender, dean of students at Minneapolis-based Minnesota Virtual High School, uses software that analyzes the time students spend on lessons and their progress, so slackers are identified and quick learners aren't penalized. She runs a web site on fighting cyber-truancy.
When a Minnesota school considers a student habitually truant, it's legally obligated to notify the authorities in the students' home county — meaning an online school may work with all 87 Minnesota counties. The notification triggers a process that typically includes meetings between educators, county officials and the student's family to write a court-approved plan to get the student back to school. Violators can be sentenced to community service or fined. In very rare cases, parents can lose custody of the child.
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Winter 2000
Volume 4 Number 4
by Pashington Obeng
My education in Ghana and later in Canada where I studied journalism and communication did not fully equip me to appreciate my African cultures, philosophies, and religions until I arrived at Princeton Seminary. It was after studying cultural anthropology with Professor Mark Taylor, religious communication with Professor Hugh Kerr, and liberation theology with Professor Dan Migliore in 19841985 that I began to cherish my heritage and to engage with other peoples cultures in a serious way. The training I received at Princeton sharpened my awareness of cultures of the rich and famous as well as those of the marginalized. I came to appreciate the multicultural and the many forms of spiritualities of peoples in many societies.
Since my time at Princeton, I have lived and worked in the Boston area both as an associate pastor and as a professor. The questions and issues that Princeton raised have helped shape my ongoing research and ministry. Hence when I was on sabbatical in 1998, I decided to visit India to interact with descendants of Africans who were enslaved and taken to India by the Omani Arabs and the Portuguese slave traders.
History, Identity, and Location
The trans-Saharan commercial activities, especially those that involved slave trade, affected the forced migration of Africans from various regions in the Sudanic belt of West Africa and the areas around the Blue and the White Nile. Arab/Muslim slave traders were involved in the slave trade of Africa around the seventh century before Europeans began the purchase and sale of humans in Africa. Arab slave masters took enslaved Africans to the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Iraq, and the Indian subcontinent.
The Africans of the diaspora who live in India number about 14,000 and are called "Siddis" or "Habshis." Although they are also found in Gujarat, I visited only those who live in Karnataka, a state in South India. As diasporic Africans, they share the history of other Africans who either voluntarily or forcibly emigrated from the African continent. The ancestors of these Africans came from Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Zanzibar (which is now part of Tanzania, Mozambique, and other adjacent areas in East Africa). While African Indians share historical connections with African Americans, African Brazilians, African Cubans, Haitians, etc., south-Asian geo-politics, the caste system, and internal socio-historical events have fostered their remarkable and unique identities.
Domination and Resistance
Although the geographical location and the social "space" of the African Indians is controlled by the dominant culture, they draw on what is called performative authority, or the "clout" provided by the creativity of public dance, music, and drama, to assert themselves, to rework their identities, and to subvert the forces that oppress them. They have been articulating their resistance through protests, street theater, music, and sporting activities.
For example, in June 1998 Kareem Saab, although he worked for a Havig Brahmin (a segment of the Brahmin caste, the highest caste in India) in the forest of Kandelgerri, near Mundgod, could not use timber from the forest to roof his house without permission. One night he cut a branch off a tree and took it home and used the plank for roofing his house. He was reported to the local forest department official, who alerted the police to arrest him. When the forest department officials visited Kareems village and tried to remove the plank, they were confronted by the leader of the African Indian womens association, called "Mahila Mandel."
The womens leader, Fatimbi Karimbi, and four other women challenged the government officers and barricaded the road, thus stopping the officers, who eventually left the village. Fatimbi challenged the officers with the words "Are we not citizens? This wood belongs to us, too. We work in the forest and depend on it for our livelihood. How can you deprive a forest laborer of using wood to roof his house?"
In America, such action might be called stealing. But for an enslaved people who have lived and labored for more than five hundred years on land that the forest department has more recently taken possession of, they understand the wood as part of their habitat. So taking a plank for a roof becomes a socio-political statement in the only way they can make it. It is, in fact, a strategy for survival.
As forest dwellers and agricultural laborers, the African Indians have intimate knowledge of their environment. In spite of their encyclopedic knowledge of the forest and the length of time they have lived in those places, as of 1998 the state of Karnataka had not included them among the "scheduled tribes," a status that would entitle them to legal claim to their habitat, the forest area. They are thus regarded as "encroachers," and their land could be dispossessed by the rich and the powerful at any time. The protest of the women is an example of the ongoing resistance African Indians put up as they interact with the larger society. Kareem and the women were aware of the marked distinctions of their society; therefore in their actions they were reformulating their notions of their rights, making sense of their situation, and rerooting themselves on the Karnataka topography.
In May 1958, according to Vanjati, a reporter from the Yellapur Times, there was a two-day meeting of the North Kanara District Siddis Conference that passed a resolution including these provisions:
Despite the passing of more than forty years, no measures have so far been taken, according to Vanjati. Despite the fact that African Indians have been in India for almost five hundred years, they are defined within the Indian caste logic and so are among the marginalized of India.
In 1989, the chief coordinator of the Siddi Development Association, a non-African Indian named Poojary, requested that the Ministry of Rural Development in New Delhi allow the Siddis by law to settle on the forest land instead of to be encroachers on it. This did not happen. Hence, their "geo-social space" is still controlled by the powerful in India.
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Evangelicals and Catholics Together (ECT) is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. First Things, whose first publisher Richard John Neuhaus was a founding ECT member, is hosting a variety of reflections on ECT's two decades, and in its latest issue published a new ECT statement, "The Two Shall Become One Flesh: Reclaiming Marriage."
The first ECT statement was put out in 1994. But as recalled by Charles W. Colson, another founding member of ECT, the foundations of evangelical and Roman Catholic dialogue go back much further. The Dutch Reformed theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper (1837-1920) was a major influence on the thinking of Colson, and as Colson argues, "Evangelicals and Catholics Together, which created such controversy, was launched actually by Kuyper a century ago. It is not new."
Colson made this bold claim in a speech in 1998, at a conference at Calvin College (co-sponsored by the Acton Institute), on the legacies of two great modern representatives of these traditions, Kuyper and Leo XIII.