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When Yafit was 7 years old, her small Jewish village in northern Ethiopia was struck by severe famine and her parents began the difficult journey of making their way to Israel.
When Yafit was 7 years old, her small Jewish village in northern Ethiopia was struck by severe famine and her parents began the difficult journey of making their way to Israel.
At first glance, Ruth, an American-Israeli journalist living in Jerusalem, and Ibtisam, a Palestinian mother of three from the West Bank, could not be from more different worlds. But last month, as they joined JDC's COPE Forum for Palestinian and Israeli Breast Cancer Survivors on a trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina, they cemented a bond that transcends ethnic, religious, and national divides—a bond that can only be understood by fellow survivors of the disease.
JDC's multi-year plan with the Government of Israel is helping Israeli Arabs face these challenges head on through the creation of employment training and placement centers in Arab cities and towns. Through the partnership, 20 employment centers will be built to serve Arab, Bedouin, and Druze communities across Israel. Five of these centers are already up and running and the remainder will be operational by 2015.
An evaluation by JDC's Parents and Children Together (PACT) physical therapist revealed that Shirel had critical developmental delays in every area. She showed signs of emotional and social trouble; her muscle development was lagging, visible in her dragging feet as she walked. She desperately needed more help than Ilana could provide.
Struck by tragedy, 23-year-old Avigail was raising her three young sons alone. Find out how JDC's employment training program for disadvantaged Israeli women empowered this Kavkazi immigrant.
Pini Mendel, co-founder of a boutique tech company, is one of Israel's trailblazing social entrepreneurs. Find out how JDC's employment initiative helps him fully staff his pioneering firm with 90 ultra-Orthodox women who are among the best programmers in the business.


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St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians 2:3-15
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Who makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire
Verse: Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God you are very great.
BRETHREN, my joy is the joy of you all. For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
But if any one has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure - not to put it too severely - to you all. For such a one this punishment by the majority is enough; so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, for he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything. Any one whom you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sake in the presence of Christ, to keep Satan from gaining the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his designs.
When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, a door was opened for me in the Lord; but my mind could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave of them and went on to Macedonia.
But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumph, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.
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PHOTOS: A new chapter for Amri Karbi, India
After 15 fruitful years, World Vision's work is coming to a close in the Amri Karbi region of India's Assam state.
Some 2,300 children have been sponsored in the area, and significant improvements have been made in education, economic development, infrastructure, and healthcare. World Vision sponsorship funds have bought books and furniture for classrooms, while helping parents pay for their children's school fees and uniforms. Women have been provided with training in entrepreneurship, as well as funds for start-up business efforts. A new chapter is beginning for the Amri Karbi region as the cycle of poverty is broken.
World Vision photographer Jon Warren gives us a glimpse of life there through the images below. Read the full story in World Vision magazine.
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Children, many of them sponsored, attend school. World Vision sponsorship funds helped purchase furniture for the classrooms.
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During a break from school, children play "kabaddi," a type of tag.
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Women in the Amri Karbi region have formed a savings group that provides loans to its members for starting businesses. These savings group members trek to orange groves each day to plant, water, prune, or harvest.
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Here's an example of the fruits of their labor.
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These orange groves have become a source of income for women in the Amri Karbi region.
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These women, also members of the savings group, admire one another's hand-woven fabrics.
Read related post: Helping my homeland: Why I sponsor a girl in India
Read "From Here to There," a World Vision magazine article about World Vision's support of villages in the Amri Karbi region through sponsorship for the past 15 years.
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Neil Romano, 83, passed away at home on July 28. The co-founder of Romano's Italian Restaurant in Littleton had battled stage 4 lung cancer since March.
"He battled cancer, as he did everything, with strength and compassion," reads a statement by his family. "He will be missed by family, friends, employees and customers that he touched with his humor and love. And he is back with our mother, Ellie Romano, at what we know was a joyful reunion."
Mr. Romano was born in Manhattan, N.Y., on Oct. 29, 1929, to John and Carmela Romano. He lived with his family in New York City, growing up to help his mother at her little cafe, The Sugar Bowl. He also worked with his father, John, selling produce from a pushcart.
Mr. Romano moved to Denver in 1958 to help his sister Caroline and brother-in-law Jim at their restaurant. He met Elna Crouch at the Yucca Club in Denver, and they were married on Nov. 30, 1959. Mr. Romano worked at many local Italian restaurants, learning the craft of making pizza.
The couple started Romano's in December 1967. The restaurant on South Windermere Street has become a local favorite and a Littleton landmark.
"Little did they know what they were creating back in 1967," son John Romano said after his mother died.
The business boomed from three tables in 700 square feet to 36 tables in 5,000 square feet, and the family opened a second location in Highlands Ranch seven years ago.
"It was the people of Littleton that made them successful, so they gave back every chance they could," said John Romano.
Awards adorning the restaurant's wall testify to their service, from Western Welcome Week naming them Grand Marshal in 2007, to being recognized for filling empty bowls for Love Inc., to earning a Business Integrity Award from Littleton Rotary, to being inducted into the Foodservice Hall of Fame in 2006.
Neil was a first boss to countless local teens. The Romanos treated their employees like family, and many stayed on with them for more than 10 or even 20 years.
The couple had three children of their own — Susan Calhoun (Mike), John (Rachelle) and Nicholas (Charlsy) — who gave them eight granddaughters (Audrey Bartlett, Lindsey Bartlett, Molly Bartlett, Carly Calhoun, Jenna Romano, Christina Romano, Traysa Romano and Jordan Romano).
Mr. Romano loved to play games and entertain his granddaughters, indulging them in fun things in life like trips to Disneyland and playing store in his pantry.
"He was a 'get down on the floor and play' kind of Papa," says his family.
Neil was preceded in death by Ellie, his wife of 52 years, and his seven siblings: Concetta, Caroline, Jimmie Joseph, Pasquale, Anna and Louie.
In addition to all of his children and grandchildren, Mr. Romano is survived by many nephews and nieces who looked up to him. He had a big heart and offered assistance in any way he could to family and friends in need.
A celebration of his life will be held at Ascension Lutheran Church in Littleton on Thursday, Aug. 1 at 11 a.m. A reception will follow at Romano's Italian Restaurant in Littleton.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Cancer Society or a charity of your choice.


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Broken Bat Single Royals Podcast Episode #035
Episode #034 – Clark Fosler, one of my co-writers at Royals Authority joins me to talk about the David Dejesus trade. What does it mean for the Royals, did the Royals get good value in return and did Dayton rush to judgment? We also talk 2011 and beyond.[audio:http://www.livekc.com/podcasts/bbs035.mp3|titles=BBS Royals Podcast #035]
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Is there any websites or documents around that tells me the proper size of coppper than nees to be run throughout a house. My bungalow has 1 inch pipe from the well to the pressure tank. From there it drops to half inch through the water treatment system. Right after the system it is dropped to 1/2 to the rest of the house. The cold side of the hot water tank is also tapped off this main 1/2 line. When someone is having a shower there is maybe 20% water flow left to run at other taps. This doesn't sound right to me to have 1/2 main line. I was thinking of running a 3/4 copper line as my main line and tap all my 1/2 lines from it. Does this sound right.
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The 2013 Glue Factory Project, REMAINS
CORNINGWORKS and the New Hazlett Theater present Pittsburgh's 4th annual GLUE FACTORY PROJECT - the world premiere of REMAINS, a multi-disciplinary dancetheater one-woman show, created in collaboration with, and directed by, DOMINIQUE SERRAND director of the TONY award-winning theater company Theatre de la Jeune Lune, and currently THE MOVING COMPANY. Co-presented by The New Hazlett Theater, this world premiere will be performed by Beth Corning at The New Hazlett Theater, June 5 - 9, 2013
THE GLUE FACTORY PROJECT typically challenges audience assumptions on aging.
REMAINS takes that mission to new heights — literally confronting our end-time issues of memory and mortality, loss and legacy. Through a series of poignant, moving, and theatrically inventive vignettes, Corning traverses shifting landscapes … an empty home? one's imagination? … stumbling on moments of memory, what had been and what is. REMAINS aims to take audiences on an honest and intimate journey exploring life's lingering stages in all its relative joys and pains, humor and humility, and yes, stubborn and unfathomable remnants.


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2010 Trend Colors
We like to stay up to date on trends and thought it would be fun to share with your our forcasts for 2010 Home Color Trends. Below is a small blurb from our color forcast for 2010 which we compiled in late Summer 2009.
Turquoise. Copper. Grass. Lilac. Storm. Neutrals.
The up and coming colors for 2010 are inspired by bold and recognizable hues from nature. Turquoise as the primary color, will be seen in varying hues often paired with the secondary color, copper.
All of these trend colors can easily be matched with warm earthy neutral tones.
As for color palettes, this year monochromatic and simple complimentary schemes are stealing the show. Copper is borderline red/orange so it can compliment both blues and greens. Turquoise and storm would also make a great monochromatic duo.


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As suggested below, Wayland's Master of Arts in English is a general program of study designed to prepare students for teaching, further graduate school, creative writing, and other related fields. Each of the four annual terms will offer at least two Online courses, as well as an occasional hybrid class. Seek your literary dream with us.
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Associate Professors Timothy Brady, Deborah Kuhlmann, Brent Lynn
Assistant Professors Laura Brandenburg, Troy Gregory, Erin Heath, Maria O'Connell, José Rubio and Karen Beth Strovas
The 37-hour Master of Arts in English program is designed to prepare students for teaching, further graduate work, creative writing, or related writing and research fields. Two options or tracks are available, each requiring a total of 37 graduate hours: The thesis-option track requires 6 hours of thesis and an oral defense, while the non-thesis track requires 6 additional hours of coursework. Both the thesis and the non-thesis track require a written comprehensive exam.
Applicants for the Master of Arts in English must have the following:
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Final admission to the program requires the Dean of Languages and Literature's approval, which includes consideration of the items above, and then these two items:
Thesis Track (37 hours total, 6 must be thesis hours) - The thesis hours require a student to demonstrate the ability to do independent research. A committee of three full-time English professors, selected by the student and approved by the Dean of the School, will supervise the thesis. One member of the committee will serve as the student's chair or advisor throughout the thesis process. Once the student begins work on the thesis, continuous enrollment in thesis hours must be maintained until completion of the Thesis. (However, summer enrollment is required only if the student anticipates working on or completing the thesis in the summer term.) Near the completion of the thesis, the student must successfully present and support it before committee members, and then publicly present it to the University audience.
Non-Thesis Track (37 hours total) – In lieu of writing a thesis, students may choose to complete two additional courses.
Comprehensive Exam (1 hour) – Students in both tracks, thesis and non-thesis, must complete a comprehensive exam one or two semesters prior to the completion of coursework. The exam requires students to familiarize themselves with specific texts from the current reading list and write responses to those texts. A committee of three full-time English professors, selected by the Dean of the School and approved by the full-time faculty, read and evaluate all comprehensive exams completed in a semester.
Results of the comprehensive are "Credit/CR" or "No Credit/NCR."
*Students who fail the comprehensive exam on the first attempt may attempt the exam a second time in the next four terms. No student will be allowed to repeat an examination more than once without taking additional course work.
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Course Requirements – The Master of Arts in English requires a total of 37 hours; once a student selects a desired track—thesis-option or non-thesis option—he or she can fulfill the necessary hours by successfully completing the following:
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Tom Lyons, archaeologist and Neal Spencer, British Museum
One house we have been excavating (E13.8) is not only located against the four metre-thick northern wall of the town but also at the limit of previous excavations undertaken by the Egypt Exploration Society (EES). The EES excavated the temple, parts of the town and the cemeteries in 1938-9 and 1947–50.
Part of being an archaeologist in the twenty-first century includes rediscovering and reinterpreting the work of our predecessors in the field, when methods and aims were different from today. The excavators of the 1930s and 1940s focused on the temple, inscriptions and architectural plans. Occupation deposits received almost no attention, and of course many analytical methods now available were unheard of then.
We have just emptied 61 years of accumulated sand from one of the buildings excavated in 1949-50, immediately adjacent to our house E13.8. At the base of the excavation, we found a wall of a building they designated E.12.6.
In addition to confirming the accuracy of their plan, we can now explicitly link their architectural phases to ours, which means much of the town excavated in the 1930s and 40s can be fitted into the stages of urban development we have been able to reconstruct from the houses we are investigating.
The previous excavators never saw the eastern side of building E.12.6, and it is something we may find in the coming weeks…
Other aspects of the EES excavations have also come to light – including a fine matchbox found next to the residence of the Deputy of Kush, in a street partly excavated in the late 1940s. It has been registered as a find alongside the artefacts of the ancient inhabitants, as it all forms part of the site's history.
Thanks are due to the Egypt Exloration Society, for permission to use the archive image.
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1) He was poorly paid in the beginning of his career and deserved the rich contract he got the final 3 years becuase he deserved it! What a absurd post! You people continue to justify mediocrity with your typical lack of football knowledge and would choose blind loyalty just to argue over common sense!
2) He was injured and his stats suffered as a result and it wasn't his fault. The next time a Jet gets injured we should just forfeit the entire season. He made good money to sit on the trainers table. How did this help our team? He did'n't play and we paid him for poor performance. I could see the first year but the third year?
3) Other coaches cannot be wrong about their assessment of Chrebet's career. List of all available coaches and GM's were provided. Most of them never even offered Chrebet a tryout. In fact, I do not remember any of them saying ooohhhh we have to stop Chrebet (the last 3 years).
4) I also remember the last 2 years when he did play, he had key dropped passes and cost us games as well!
You idiots ban together and try to stop the Fatman's posts by responding in attacks and derogatory comments. The only problem is that you cannot justify the last 3 years of Bobblehead Chrebet's career. Flashlight was getting concussions the final 2 years from ordinary tackles. The San Diego tackle which resulted in his last concussion was not even a hard hit. Wayne bobbled his head off the ground. His poor play (against doctor orders) in the final years was selfish and hurt our team. I am glad he is retired! Now we can acutally have a receiver that will last a season. Al Toon knew when to quit. After a 1000 yard season and his 9th concussion, he played 9 more games the final year and quit the game. He did it for 2 reasons. 1-Doctors orders and 2-he did not want to hurt the team.
Chrebet was too selfish to leave the game. Keyshawn was right about him and you guys cannot handle the truth. So live in your fantasy world and continue to accept a poor product and keep up the unintelligent and baseless posts. You seem to be fighting for loyalty over winning anyway.
Posted 09 June 2006 - 09:29 PM
While he was slogging through stop-and-go traffic at the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel, the car next to him was violently rear-ended. The quarterback threw his car into park, hopped out and ran to the woman whose car had been hit. She was wearing, of all things, an Esiason jersey, and was utterly shocked when he tapped on her window to check on her.
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Posted 09 June 2006 - 09:46 PM
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Posted 09 June 2006 - 10:15 PM
I wont apologize, but I dont know if fatman should be banned for calling me the same name I called him ...
the only difference is I am right
and he should have taken aim at me instead of the whole board .. some of whom agreed with him
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Posted 09 June 2006 - 10:44 PM
That seems a bit harsh to me!.
Posted 09 June 2006 - 10:46 PM
and there are many players over the years that would be to many here to list.
Dave when you spoke up and said you were to blame and to put the target on you I was thinking
yeah get naked and hold up a tire and running back and forth while we take aim while on david letterman.
The fat man a twisted charactor out of the batman movies. I think he is a Jet fan and maybe lighten his
sentence by 1/2 2006 best mod so far O B 1 .
Posted 09 June 2006 - 10:50 PM
That seems a bit harsh to me!.
Outside of calling all of us idiots, I really don't see what the problem is myself. Nice job Blueline!!!
Also, if we jump on any bandwagon that comes along, how come we're still Jet fans.
Member since March 25, 2005.
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Posted 09 June 2006 - 10:52 PM
That seems a bit harsh to me!.
Ok, I will call you crazy, because you wont to know why he was banned, and you said that he has never bashed any of us on this website.
Sdubb... look at the topic. I think calling us idiots, might be bashing us.
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and if you blame it on the name called, most people on this site do it (jcbizkit off the top of my head) and he doesnt get banned.... so basically u banned him cuz he didnt like a certain athlete??
Posted 09 June 2006 - 11:51 PM
Good job Blueline, nice that you were the first to post too. I love the reply too. BANNED!
Posted 09 June 2006 - 11:59 PM
and if you blame it on the name called, most people on this site do it (jcbizkit off the top of my head) and he doesnt get banned.... so basically u banned him cuz he didnt like a certain athlete??
Who doesn't name call? I name call. But its when someone does it directly to set off a reaction of emotions at a board where he knows how people will react: with fact and reasoning, in order to defend their own opinion. This isn't the ganggreen forum where posters belittle each other constantly, this is an intelligent message board where people deserve to not have to deal with the douchebags who come in just to antagonize members. Once again, bravo bluelinecop
Posted 10 June 2006 - 12:02 AM
Slow clap.......
If you don't understand that it essentially means "I agree and I don't care if I'm the first guy to start clapping for that response."
He even spelled douche bag right. Good post.
Posted 10 June 2006 - 12:05 AM
Basically if he was banned for calling people an idiot that is whack reguarless if we couldn't stand them or not.
I guess it's guilty untill proven innocent with cops now-a-days.
Posted 10 June 2006 - 12:10 AM
Personally he's wasting my time with his worthless posts and when I see an authored title reading "NYJetsfans members are idiots" I've about had enough of his attention seeking bullshit. Though I can see where you're coming from. You have to look at the principle more than the law in this case. This kid, and I call him a kid for a reason, does nothing but cause contraversy on this site. It'll be alot more peaceful once he's gone.
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Posted 10 June 2006 - 01:06 AM
and if you blame it on the name called, most people on this site do it (jcbizkit off the top of my head) and he doesnt get banned.... so basically u banned him cuz he didnt like a certain athlete??
I don't mean to be critical, but what person would compare me to this guy. I at least give credit to a player when credit is due. You can say your opinion that you think the banning is bad, which it is not because he did infact insult every single person on this site, while I only insult idiots like Evanston, and this guy for example. He even insulted yourself, and yet you still take is side, that makes a whole lot of sense.


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The Buffalo Sabres started their rebuilding project in earnest, dealing their best player to the New York Islanders for a first-line winger and two draft picks.
Numbers Game breaks down the deal sending Thomas Vanek to the Islanders for Matt Moulson and picks.
The Islanders Get: LW Thomas Vanek.
Vanek, 29, is one of the most prolific goal-scorers in the league, having tallied 229 goals since 2006-2007, ranking fifth in the league behind Alex Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Jarome Iginla and Dany Heatley over that span. Given the age and circumstances around the others in that group, Ovechkin would be the only one of those four that holds more current value as a goal-scorer.
This season, Vanek has four goals, nine points and a minus-5 rating in 13 games, and the minus rating is relatively fitting to the lopsided puck possession stats when Vanek (or most of the Sabres) have been on the ice this season. Throughout his career, Vanek's puck possession numbers have been okay, but not outstanding, largely because the strength of his game is not carrying the puck and creating chances, it's more about his finishing ability and what he can do when he gets the puck deep in the offensive zone.
Even this season, with his most common linemates including Cody Hodgson, Steve Ott and Drew Stafford, Vanek is generating a career-high 3.85 shots per game, playing a career-high 18:37 per game, but he's scored on a career-low 8.0% of his shots, well below his career average of 15.1%, so if Vanek continues to get significant ice time with the Islanders and he can continue to generate shots at this rate, he could put up some big numbers by season's end.
Pro-rating his shots per game, combined with his career-shooting percentage in the 71 games the Islanders have remaining, would give Vanek 41 goals, in addition to the four he has already. Of course, Vanek may not score at his career rate or generate shots at the same rate that he has through 13 games with the Sabres this season, but if 45 goals is the upside based on those numbers, it's certainly reasonable to expect 30-35 goals.
In the last year of a contract that pays him nearly $7.143-million, Vanek will be an unrestricted free agent at season's end. There has already been speculation that Vanek, who played collegiately at the University of Minnesota, wants to sign with the Minnesota Wild when that time comes.
But that's well in the future. Vanek might find out he likes it on the Island, playing with John Tavares and fellow University of Minnesota alum Kyle Okposo. For whatever it's worth, the Islanders also have another Austrian, Michael Grabner, on the roster.
The opportunity to produce for a more competitive team and play with a fellow countryman won't have as much sway as the contract that Vanek gets offered as a free agent and that is where the Islanders are in a tricky spot. If they decide that Vanek is as good as advertised and they want to commit to him long-term, they're going to be paying for whatever production he gives them after the age of 30, which means decline is going to be a major factor when it comes to a deal that is likely going to be in the neighbourhood of seven or eight years.
Worse, if Vanek is productive this year, there will probably be other teams lined up to offer that long-term contract, because teams are easily seduced by goal-scorers and Vanek can score goals.
While it's definitely worth being aware of those scenarios, they are situations to be dealt with in the future. By adding Vanek, the Islanders give themselves a better shot at this year's playoffs, perhaps feeling more aggressive in a weakened Metropolitan Division, and the chance to make a second straight playoff appearance would be progress for a franchise that hasn't made back-to-back playoff appearances since 2002-2003 and 2003-2004.
If it all goes wrong and the Islanders fall out of playoff contention, they could still flip Vanek before the trade deadline to mitigate their loss of assets.
The Sabres Get: LW Matt Moulson, a first-round pick in 2014 and second-round pick in 2015.
Moulson, who turns 30 November 1, is a three-time 30-goal scorer, and ranks 10th with 118 goals since the start of the 2009-2010 season.
The issue that pops up when evaluating Moulson is whether or not he can continue produce at a high level without John Tavares as his centre. Not surprisingly, Moulson fares better with Tavares than without, but it's not a massive difference, so it's fair to expect Moulson to be able to score if he plays alongside Cody Hodgson on the Sabres' top line and gets regular work on the first power play unit.
It's also worth noting that PA Parenteau had that same question lobbed in his direction when he left the Islanders as a free agent, but he's done just fine, scoring 50 points in 58 games with Colorado.
If the Sabres give Moulson the ice time that was going to Vanek, that ought to provide an opportunity to challenge for his fourth career 30-goal season. Moulson already has six goals, nine points and a plus-3 rating through 11 games this season, but he's scoring on a career-high 21.4% of his shots thus far, a number that is notably higher than his career shooting percentage (14.0%), so some regression ought to be expected.
For the Sabres' purposes, though, if they can cajole some goal scoring out of Moulson, that could leave open the possibility of dealing Moulson, who will be an unrestricted free agent, before the trade deadline (and possibly much sooner) and netting another first-round pick, perhaps with a prospect or another pick. Adding that potential return for Moulson, to the picks that the Sabres received for Vanek, brings a return that would have been difficult to acquire from a single team, so there is reason to be optimistic about the total haul of assets being acquired.
At the same time, this is a rebuilding job that is going to take some time because the Sabres, who are already the worst team in the league right now, are dealing away their best player. By the time those picks become productive NHLers, if they even become NHLers, Vanek and Moulson may be in the twilight of their careers.
If a first-round pick from the Islanders falls in the 15-20 range, there is a better than even chance that the pick will be an NHL player, though highly unlikely that the pick would yield a star player.
Add in a second-round pick that yields about a 30% chance of producing an NHL player and the Sabres ought to eventually have something to show for dealing Vanek, but that's small consolation to a team sitting at the bottom of the standings that just moved out their best scorer.
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Skip to comments.Intelligent Design and the Death of the "Junk-DNA" Neo-Darwinian Paradigm
Posted on 06/16/2007 1:09:15 AM PDT by balch3
Two recent news articles are discussing the death of the junk-DNA icon of Neo-Darwinism. Wired Magazine has an article pejoratively titled "One Scientist's Junk Is a Creationist's Treasure" that emphasizes the positive point that intelligent design has made successful predictions on the question of "junk-DNA." The article reports:
[A] surprising group is embracing the results: intelligent-design advocates. Since the early '70s, many scientists have believed that a large amount of many organisms' DNA is useless junk. But recently, genome researchers are finding that these "noncoding" genome regions are responsible for important biological functions.
The Wired Magazine article then quotes Discovery Institute's Stephen Meyer explaining that this is a prediction of intelligent design that was largely unexpected under neo-Darwinian thought:
"It is a confirmation of a natural empirical prediction or expectation of the theory of intelligent design, and it disconfirms the neo-Darwinian hypothesis," said Stephen Meyer, director of the Center for Science and Culture at the Discovery Institute in Seattle.
The Wired Magazine article openly and unashamedly confuses intelligent design with creationism, but it does admit that ID proponents are making positive predictions about the scientific data:
Advocates like Meyer are increasingly latching onto scientific evidence to support the theory of intelligent design, a modern arm of creationism that claims life is not the result of natural selection but of an intelligent creator. Most scientists believe that intelligent design is not science. But Meyer says the opossum data supports intelligent design's prediction that junk DNA sequences aren't random, but important genetic material. It's an argument Meyer makes in his yet-to-be-published manuscript, The DNA Enigma.
Another article in the Washington Post similarly discusses the death of the junk-DNA paradigm of Neo-Darwinism:
The first concerted effort to understand all the inner workings of the DNA molecule is overturning a host of long-held assumptions about the nature of genes and their role in human health and evolution. ... The findings, from a project involving hundreds of scientists in 11 countries and detailed in 29 papers being published today, confirm growing suspicions that the stretches of "junk DNA" flanking hardworking genes are not junk at all. But the study goes further, indicating for the first time that the vast majority of the 3 billion "letters" of the human genetic code are busily toiling at an array of previously invisible tasks.
(Rick Weiss, "Intricate Toiling Found In Nooks of DNA Once Believed to Stand Idle," Washington Post, June 14, 2007)
The Washington Post article explains that scientists are finally "being forced to pay attention to our non-gene DNA sequences." What were the consequences of their failure to suspect function for junk-DNA? The article explains how there may be real-world medical consequences of the failure to presume function for non-coding DNA:
But much of it seems to be playing crucial roles: regulating genes, keeping chromosomes properly packaged or helping to control the spectacularly complicated process of cell division, which is key to life and also is at the root of cancer. .... [S]everal recent studies have found that people are more likely to have Type 2 diabetes and other diseases if they have small mutations in non-gene parts of their DNA that were thought to be medically irrelevant.
Could neo-Darwinism have stopped science from investigating the causes of these medical problems?
Intelligent Design has Long Predicted This Day Proponents of intelligent design have long maintained that Neo-Darwinism's widely held assumption that our cells contain much genetic "junk" is both dangerous to the progress of science and wrong. As I explain here, design theorists recognize that "Intelligent agents typically create functional things," and thus Jonathan Wells has suggested, "From an ID perspective, however, it is extremely unlikely that an organism would expend its resources on preserving and transmitting so much junk'." [4] Design theorists have thus been predicting the death of the junk-DNA paradigm for many years:
As far back as 1994, pro-ID scientist and Discovery Institute fellow Forrest Mims had warned in a letter to Science[1] against assuming that 'junk' DNA was 'useless.'" Science wouldn't print Mims' letter, but soon thereafter, in 1998, leading ID theorist William Dembski repeated this sentiment in First Things:
[Intelligent] design is not a science stopper. Indeed, design can foster inquiry where traditional evolutionary approaches obstruct it. Consider the term "junk DNA." Implicit in this term is the view that because the genome of an organism has been cobbled together through a long, undirected evolutionary process, the genome is a patchwork of which only limited portions are essential to the organism. Thus on an evolutionary view we expect a lot of useless DNA. If, on the other hand, organisms are designed, we expect DNA, as much as possible, to exhibit function. And indeed, the most recent findings suggest that designating DNA as "junk" merely cloaks our current lack of knowledge about function. For instance, in a recent issue of the Journal of Theoretical Biology, John Bodnar describes how "non-coding DNA in eukaryotic genomes encodes a language which programs organismal growth and development." Design encourages scientists to look for function where evolution discourages it.
(William Dembski, "Intelligent Science and Design," First Things, Vol. 86:21-27 (October 1998))
In 2002, Dr. Richard Sternberg surveyed the literature and found extensive evidence for function of certain types of junk-DNA and argued that "neo-Darwinian 'narratives' have been the primary obstacle to elucidating the effects of these enigmatic components of chromosomes."[1] Sternberg concluded that "the selfish DNA narrative and allied frameworks must join the other icons of neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory that, despite their variance with empirical evidence, nevertheless persist in the literature.[2]
Soon thereafter, an article in Scientific American explained that the introns within genes and the long stretches of intergenic DNA between genes ... were immediately assumed to be evolutionary junk. John S. Mattick, director of the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia was then quoted saying this might have been one of the biggest mistakes in the history of molecular biology.[3]
The next year, in 2004, pro-ID molecular biologist Jonathan Wells argued that "The fact that junk DNA is not junk has emerged not because of evolutionary theory but in spite of it. On the other hand, people asking research questions in an ID framework would presumably have been looking for the functions of non-coding regions of DNA all along, and we might now know considerably more about them."[4]
Then in 2005, Sternberg and leading geneticist James A. Shapiro conclude that one day, we will think of what used to be called junk DNA as a critical component of truly expert cellular control regimes.[5] It seems that day may have come.
It seems beyond dispute that the Neo-Darwinian paradigm led to a false presumption that non-coding DNA lacks function, and that this presumption has resulted in real-world negative consequences for molecular biology and even for medicine. Moreover, it can no longer seriously be maintained that intelligent design is a science stopper: under an intelligent design approach to investigating non-coding DNA, the false presumptions of Neo-Darwinism might have been avoided.
[1] Forrest Mims, Rejected Letter to the Editor to Science, December 1, 1994.
[2] Richard v. Sternberg, "On the Roles of Repetitive DNA Elements in the Context of a Unified Genomic Epigenetic System," Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 981: 154188 (2002).
[3] Wayt T. Gibbs, The Unseen Genome: Gems Among the Junk, Scientific American (Nov. 2003).
[4] Jonathan Wells, Using Intelligent Design Theory to Guide Scientific Research, Progress in Complexity, Information, and Design, 3.1.2 (Nov. 2004).
[5] Richard v. Sternberg and James A. Shapiro, How Repeated Retroelements format genome function, Cytogenetic and Genome Research, Vol. 110: 108116 (2005).
Excellent read.
So they predicted that there are things that we don't know and offered no clue as to what they were?...
That's a brilliant prediction.
Please tell me how, how does one "embrace a result"?
Agree with, yes I'll go with that, but embrace?? come on...
You embrace your wife, your child, your mother/father not a freakin idea/result/(fill in the blank)
In case anyone is curious. A functional definition of Junk DNA is "a section if DNA for which no function is known".
In other words to "predict" that some of it might do something is not a prediction at all.
Junk DNA: Noncoding regions of DNA that have no apparent function.
The term "junk DNA" is a disparaging one, expressing some of the disappointment felt by geneticists when they first gazed upon sizable segments of the genetic code and, instead of seeing one wonderful gene after another, they saw a few exons surrounded by vast stretches of "junk DNA."
Exons are the regions of DNA that contain the code for producing the polypeptide molecules that make up protein. Each exon codes for a specific portion of the complete protein. In humans and some other species, the exons are separated by long regions of junk DNA.
However, junk DNA has been found to be even more conserved than protein-coding regions of the DNA in humans and other mammalian species. The extent of conservation indicates that there is some function for junk DNA that remains to be determined. Junk DNA may prove not to be junk.
Not really, the evo answer to the following question is: JUNK
The question: What is this apparently useless chain of DNA?
Evolutionary theory relied on this being true for 50 years now
Creationism never did.
It is another example of genuine science once again proving evolutionary science is JUNK.
More desperate babbling by the ID-iot crowd. "Junk DNA" is a journalists term.
I just cant help but lump evolutionist together with global warming believers, they have their own religion going.
But I guess its simply easier to say "Look, the Scientists were wrong, therefore, it was Adam and Eve afterall!"
All I want to know is, am I their father or not their father!
When I saw "Junk-DNA" in the title I thought that it was an article about the Houston Crime Lab.
4. To take up willingly or eagerly: embrace a social cause.
5. To avail oneself of: "I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace" (Henry James).
"Please tell me how, how does one "embrace a result"?
Agree with, yes I'll go with that, but embrace?? come on..."
I believe it's an example of analogous predication. In other words, you don't literally "embrace a result", rather you assume a relationship with respect to a result that is analogous in some way to the relationship you assume when you physically embrace a loved-one.
I am not an expert in this, but I was always disturbed by the term "junk DNA." We are only just beginning to understand DNA. It seems presumptous to call a sequence "junk" just because you don't see its function. To determine that something is useless you first have to know that which is useful. Are the spaces between these words something useful or are they useless? Would someone who was never exposed to reading and writing understand the usefulness of empty spaces between words? Or would the spaces be seen as useless "junk?"
Hear! Hear!
Journalists did not invent the concept of "junk' DNA. Journalists only repeated what the keepers of the false religion of evolution told them. :)
Another steaming pile from the anti-science Discovery Institute.
If anyone is laboring under the delusion that the Discovery Institute has the furtherance of science anywhere in their thoughts, all they need to do is read the Institute's Wedge Strategy.
And one of the greatest lies is that ID is science. Here is what the wedge document says:
We are building on this momentum, broadening the wedge with a positive scientific alternative to materialistic scientific theories, which has come to be called the theory of intelligent design (ID). Design theory promises to reverse the stifling dominance of the materialist worldview, and to replace it with a science consonant with Christian and theistic convictions.Get that part, "replace it with a science consonant with Christian and theistic convictions?" Just think of all the sciences that would be "replaced" under such a system:
Get used to it. Here is a news flash for you: Science is not defined as that which confirms atheistic materialism.
Wow! That makes ID a science! BTW, if a watchmaker makes a watch and leaves it on a beach is it a watch before somebody who knows what a watch is finds it?
William Dembski, Intelligent Design,1999
No, because no one on the side of sanity believed in 'junk' DNA, but the evolutionary religion sure did.
==My my. Aren't we in a tizzy. Your atheistic religious beliefs have been offended.
He's not an atheist. He worships the Natural Selection god, and Darwin is his prophet.
They're the same thing. Nothing to be ashamed of here. The article also sounds like talking about it is something that should be in the closet like homosexuality. I guess I'm "outed" every time I talk about ID being the same as creationism.
G-d is a hypothesis
==Geology—those fools can't get the age of the Grand Canyon right. GONE!
==Radiometric dating—those fools can't get the dating right either. GONE!
It's impossible to read phrases like "Neo-Darwinian Paradigm" and take the author seriously.
==Biology—they started that evilution stuff and figured out how the eye really developed. GONE!
==Biology—they started that evilution stuff and figured out how the eye really developed. GONE!
then why has it been labeled junk? Now scientists are seeing that there is some function to that part of the dna. In many cases darwinists assume they know and then go out and teach that mislead assumption only to find that they don't know. Some of the trully most stupid people are those who think they know so much and it has become a way to deny their wordless conscience.
==Paleontology—millions of inconvenient fossils that are all fakes. GONE!
==If anyone is laboring under the delusion that the Discovery Institute has the furtherance of science anywhere in their thoughts, all they need to do is read the Institute's Wedge Strategy.
Please tell me how, how does one "embrace a result"? Agree with, yes I'll go with that, but embrace?? come on...
It's the touchy-feely cult.
OK, so you have now dismissed Biology, Geology and Chemistry.
Is there any science you do accept?
Sort of confirms my point, eh? If fundamentalists ever take over significant control of this country, I believe many or most sciences will be trashed.
Remember, "Design theory promises to reverse the stifling dominance of the materialist worldview, and to replace it with a science consonant with Christian and theistic convictions."
Paging Nehemiah Scudder. Pick up the white courtesy telephone please.
Sounds to me as though they predicted that the things we don't know are just as important as the things we think we do know.
That it is foolish, in fact dangerous, to ignore them.
And that it is disingenuous to ignore them because the prevailing bias has relegated them to 'junk'.
It might not be brilliant, but it certainly is appropriate.
I have examined a lot of those links, especially in fields I know well. They do not stand up to critical examination.
You are aware, I assume, that many creation "scientists" calibrate the radiocarbon method by reference to a global flood? Some even assume wildly changing rates of beta decay before and after the fall? I am not impressed by that kind of "science."
Actually, if life is designed, then true science is by definition consonant with theistic convictions. Even Richard Dawkins is forced to admit that living things "overwhelmingly impress us with the appearance of design." In short, ID merely seeks to apply science to the investigation of Dawkin's very own admission.
I believe this thread is about ID, not Creation Science. And if the links I posted do not stand up to critical examination, feel free to critically examine them.
well, junk is a very predjudiced and inaccurate description of something that scientists are still searching for the function of.
I don't need to read anymore, actually, for a simple textbook definition can be rewritten by whoever holds the typewriter, and the use of the term has always been more than the simple phrase of " DNA that exists that we do not know the usage for", it has always had the context that it is an evolutionary leftover.
Just like the Appendix used to.
And Tonsils, too.
Oh, here's another inconvenient fossil that has the Church of Darwin's collective panties in a twist (also see the Carbon 14 link at the bottom...the Darwinist assumptions are piling up faster than geocentric epicycles):
I have posted critiques on many occasions, particularly regarding radiocarbon dating. I have convinced nobody here because in spite of what is claimed, ID is creation "science" with the serial numbers filed off in an attempt to sneak it into science classes.
If ID and creation "science" were about science, then facts, logic, and reason -- scientific evidence -- would prevail. What shows that ID and creation "science" are both religion is that belief (scripture or revelation) prevails over scientific evidence.
Those links you posted are good evidence of this, as are several creationist/creation "science" websites. Look up the Creation Research Society, Institute for Creation Research, Creation Studies Institute, and Answers In Genesis and see what their Statement of Belief, Tenets of Scientific Creationism, Mission, and Statement of Faith are (respectively). I can provide links if you need.
This is good evidence that they are doing religion, not science. They state clearly that religious belief supersedes science.
That is not science, and a critical examination of their writings confirms this.
Fundamentalists take many shapes. Orthodox Environmentalists already control Europe. Radical Darwinists still rule universities and many "respected" publications worldwide, too.
The poor scientist who dares publish DNA code skipping (the death of Evolutionary Theory) will be trashed, just as you predict above, by those entrenched fundamentalists.
intelligent design has made successful predictions on the question of "junk-DNA."
A physicist demonstrates that God is consistent with laws of physics.
Thank you:
I will accept
"Sounds to me as though they predicted that the things we don't know are just as important as the things we think we do know. That it is foolish, in fact dangerous, to ignore them. And that it is disingenuous to ignore them because the prevailing bias has relegated them to 'junk'."
as fact and be quite happy to do so.
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Camo Patterns and Their Origins
Camouflage print is instantly recognizable as being part of a military uniform. This is true all around the world, as it is the best method for troops from any nation to blend into their surroundings. Nowadays, camo patterns are becoming increasingly popular, having spread to prom dresses, jewelry and even wedding gowns, but where did it all begin?
Origins of Camo Patterns
In America, camo patterns were first introduced to the military at the time of the First World War. Initial designs copied from European militaries were supposed to resemble foliage, and one design was made specifically for hiding in trees. However, camo patterns were not widely used until the Second World War, around 20 years later.
When it was introduced on a much larger scale, the camo print was brought in very quickly. 150,000 uniforms were requested by General D. MacArthur, and they were distributed in August of 1942. Primarily used by the U.S. Marine Corps (as well as the U.S. Army, to a much lesser extent), the uniform was reversible, having a 'jungle' pattern on one side and brown 'beach' design on the other. A similar double sided camo pattern was also printed onto waterproof fabrics, to make ponchos.
There was limited use of a leaf print camo pattern in 1953, with some clothing being worn during the Vietnam War. It was commonly known as the 'wine leaf', or 'vine leaf', print, and was once again reversible – this time with a 'cloud' pattern in different shades of beige and brown. These patterns were used for shelter covers, as well as for helmets towards the end of the decade.
Development of Camo Patterns
The camo pattern which was developed in 1948, shelved and later reintroduced in the 1960s, gives us the first glimmer of the camo print which we know today. The pattern was made up of patches of grass and lime green, with brown shapes and black 'branches', and eventually earned the nickname of 'flower power' fatigues. It is still copied to this very day, and variations can be seen worn by militaries all over the world. A variation of this camo pattern was printed in mostly brown colors, which was most suitable for mountainous or rocky areas.
Once the war in Vietnam came to an end, the use of this camo pattern diminished, although the U.S. Marine Corps still used it. It was not until the late 1970s that camo patterns were reconsidered for military uniforms, so the 'Hot Weather Uniform' was born. It reused old camo print fabric with the last pattern, although the colors did change slightly while in production.
This pattern was developed further in 1981, to become the 'Woodland Camouflage' pattern that is still known and loved today. The pattern was 60% larger than before, although the colors remained pretty much the same as they had been – a combination of brown, black, light green and dark green. Initially the pattern was designated as the standard dress uniform for both combat and everyday wear for the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps, but by the late 1980s it had been rolled out across all branches of the U.S. military.
When the operations known as Desert Shield and Desert Storm began in the early 1990s, for the first time there was a real need for the U.S. military to have a camo pattern suitable for desert wear, rather than just the 'jungle' pattern. The pattern that uniforms were made of comprised wave type shapes in sandy brown and beige tones.
Modern Era Camo Patterns
Digital camouflage is a relatively new invention, as it only came into existence less than 20 years ago. The Canadian government wanted its Marines to wear a distinctive uniform which was different from the other branches of the U.S. military, so they used computer algorithms to come up with a pixilated pattern. Three MARPAT designs were produced, so called because they are 'MARine PATterns'.
In 2004, the U.S. Army brought out its version of the digital camouflage pattern, which was, in fact, just the same as the Canadian version, but in a different color. The idea behind it was to create a single camouflage pattern which could be worn by soldiers in any situation, regardless of the environment in which they were working: urban, desert, or jungle. However, this technique has not proved successful at all as it seems only just to be 'adequate' as a measure of camouflage in any one of those settings.
The MultiCam pattern is the camo print which is most widely used in the U.S. military today; it has been issued to various military personnel, including the U.S. Special Forces, and all ground troops who are deployed to Afghanistan. It was introduced just four years ago in 2010, and is copied all around the globe.
The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy also have their own designated uniforms, although it was only in 2002 and 2007, respectively, that these were introduced. The U.S. Air Force settled on a 'Digital Tiger Stripe' pattern, and five years later the U.S. Navy introduced a uniform which has come to be known as the Navy Working Uniform Type I, or NWU-1. The difference with the naval camo pattern in comparison to other branches of the military is that it is not intended to camouflage the person wearing it, but rather it is designed to hide oil spills, paint and stains, which are all part of the job.
Discontinued Camo Patterns
Over the years there have been several rather unusual camo patterns used by the U.S. military, such as the 'chocolate chip' pattern which was designed in 1971. Intended for use in rocky climates, it was made up of brown shapes over a tan colored background, with a sprinkling of small shapes in black and white which were supposed to look like rocks. Another unusual pattern was the 'Night Desert' print, which was created around the time of the Vietnam War. It consisted of a green-grey grid with several small green spots arranged on top and was supposed to camouflage wearers from special Soviet night vision equipment. However, it failed miserably and was short lived as the night vision technology was far too advanced.
Of course, while camo patterns have been developed, there have been several designs which the military experimented with, but were dismissed along the way. Some of these include patchy brown and khaki fabric covered with well-defined green spots, a very simple pattern mostly in grey (termed the 'urban MOUT pattern'), and a tiger stripe pattern for the U.S. Air Force, which was predominantly blue in color.
Although the fundamentals of U.S. military camo patterns have remained the same since they began around 100 years ago, the designs themselves have gone through quite a number of changes and developments. As technology is improving and we are constantly finding new ways to keep troops safe and hidden from threats, who knows what the next camo pattern will be?
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Skip to comments.Supreme Court Justices Wary of Broad Ruling Endorsing Gay Marriage
Posted on 03/26/2013 3:34:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Supreme Court justices signaled on Tuesday that they are reluctant to embrace a broad ruling finding a fundamental right to marriage for gays and lesbians across the United States.
As sign-waving demonstrators massed outside, the court completed more than an hour of oral argument on whether to let stand a California ban on same-sex marriage without indicating a clear path forward.
Swing vote Justice Anthony Kennedy raised concerns about the court entering "uncharted waters" on an issue that divides the states.
Kennedy even raised the prospect of the court dismissing the case, a relatively unusual move that would leave intact a federal Appeals Court ruling that struck down the law, known as Proposition 8.
In a similar vein, Justice Samuel Alito also urged caution, noting that gay marriage as a concept is "newer than cellphones and the Internet."
None of the justices indicated support for the Obama administration's favored solution, which would strike down Proposition 8 and require the other eight states that already recognize civil unions or domestic partnerships to allow gays and lesbians to marry.
Earlier in the argument, the justices probed lawyers on both sides on the technical issue of whether California opponents of gay marriage had a right to be heard in federal court.
Although there was no apparent consensus on that point, if the court were to find the proponents did not have standing it would not reach the merits and then the federal District Court ruling that struck down Proposition 8 would be left intact.
U.S. citizens in general do not have a right to sue to enforce laws they favor. Chief Justice John Roberts pressed lawyer Charles Cooper, who represents gay marriage opponents, on why his clients are any different as they seek to enforce Proposition 8.
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See also here:
Early Indications: SCOTUS to Punt on Gay Marriage?
First, a majority (the Chief Justice plus the liberal members of the Court) could decide that the petitioners lack standing. That would vacate the Ninth Circuits decision but leave in place the district court decision invalidating Proposition 8. Another case with different petitioners (perhaps a government official who did not want to administer a same-sex marriage) could come to the Supreme Court within two to three years, if the Justices were willing to hear it. Second, the Court may dismiss the case because of an inability to reach a majority. Justice Kennedy takes that view, and Justice Sotomayor indicated that she might join him. Others on the left may agree. That ruling would leave in place the Ninth Circuits decision. The upshot of either scenario is a modest step forward for gay rights advocates, but not a dramatic one.
In other words, the Court could find several avenues to avoid upholding California's "Prop 8," while also declining to explicitly strike it down. If the justices venture down either of these paths, then vote to strike down the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act — which many people now anticipate — the issue of gay marriage would fall to the states. Former federal judge Michael McConnell, an esteemed conservative, sketched out this very scenario in the Wall Street Journal last week:
Even though the stage seems set for a momentous ruling by the court, the litigation actually offers the justices a golden opportunity to resolve these cases without setting a precedent either way, and to reaffirm the ideal of democratic, decentralized decision-making...If the court dismisses the Proposition 8 case on standing grounds and strikes DOMA down on federalism grounds, the combined effect would be to reaffirm America's democratic, decentralized decision-making process without imposing an answerone way or the otherto the same-sex marriage question. By taking such a path, the court would be spared from imposing a single nationwide definition of marriage as a matter of constitutional law, and from having to rule, for all time, that there is or is not a constitutional right to same-sex marriagea momentous step that some justices might be reluctant to take. It would leave the issue to the states, at least for the time being. This course might appeal to centrist justices like Anthony Kennedy, John Roberts and Stephen Breyerand perhaps could even command a unanimous court, which would have a welcome calming influence on the nation's culture wars. Considerations of these sorts have long been part of the virtue of judicial modesty, too often undervalued by partisans on both sides. In this instance, modesty requires no more than that the justices follow the technicalities of the law.
You realize that if that beauty were from Thailand, you can't be sure that it's a she or a he.... :)
It's working for me! As they say, "Adam and Eve, NOT Adam and Steve"!
I find that interesting in that they had no such problem with Roe v Wade.
If this is what happens, we have to somehow make the state bans on this joke permanent.
I love their food, but I'll take my women from European descent(sp?).
The faggotization of America is jaw dropping.
Am I geting this right:
If the voters of a state overwhelmingly pass a proposition, opponents of that proposition can oppose it and they have standing to go to a court where the judge has a conflict of interest but nonetheless overturns the vote of the people. Yet, if an elected official, say a state's Attorney General, refuses to do his/her job to support the result of the people's vote, then the people themselves have no standing? Is that about right?
I've decided it's my mission to post hot chicks on every news story pertaining to faggots. I must or I'll f***ing snap!
The ruling will be irrelevant as the voters of California would likely abolish Prop 8 in a future referendum.
hoosexuality is a mental illness pure and simple.
How a guy can not get turned on by wmen but instead gets turned on by a mans feces and ass is sick
How a woman can not get turned on by men but instead gets another woman who acts like a man and then put a plastic strap on dildon and then act like a guy in bed is pure sick
I'm a woman and I have no problem with it! Better than ugly lesbians!
I agree completely. It used to be considered a mental illness, now it's hip on tv. I need to build a time machine. I can't take it here anymore.
You got my support. I just don't get it..... It doesn't seem that long ago, that the slimes were freaks of nature, and now they are close to getting preferential treatment.
:) I'm trying to counteract all the recent gay news. I just want to remind my fellow FReepers about the "winning team".
Isn't he married with kids?
I'm only 38, and I don't recognize this country anymore. I feel bad for older conservatives, they must be beside themselves.
Do bisexuals have the right to marry both a man and woman? That will be the next sexual cause. Slippery slope.
you and I need to .
I have 3 young kids, oldest 15 but at least he said that most of his pals think it;s weird but that;s around here, I;m sure if I went to MA then nearly all the kids there think it;s perfectly normal.
Though if they were explained what it was and what disease and how they do it then they might have second thoughts.
I was never around in the 50's but I;d sure as hell love to go back in time when things were normal
Amen to that!
Since Roe v Wade many decent people has reasoned that the Supreme Court and the constitution itself have lost much of their legitimacy. How can you respect an institution that by its action is responsible for the killing of fort million human lives? If this horrific killing is in fact "constitutional" then how can decent people of conscience take an oath to "uphold and defend"? If this damaged institution states that the decadence of gay marriage is a "constitutional right" its standing will decline even further. Woe to the Constitution.
Wary? The 10th Amendment would absolutely preclude it—if anyone paid attention to the 10th Amendment anymore.
I'll drop you off in the '50s, I'm going to the Middle Ages to become a Knight.
Tutti-frutti with a beard and 2 illegally-adopted children.
I think the current justices (none of whom were on the Court when Roe was decided) realize what a mess the Court made in that case. Had the court not ruled in Roe v. Wade, abortion would today be legal in some states, illegal in others, and there would be a lot less fighting over the issue.
I dont recognize this country anymore either..I live in Los Angeles so unfortunately I have to live with the media kissing the asses of gays..its sickening..and I wouldnt be surprised if the Supreme Court allows homos to marry..it will be the same as Obamacare, that is how they will rule, with John Roberts ruling in favor of the fruits..this is all the master plan of the left, first take away our right to bear arms, than take away the definition of marriage..its truly sick
oi I forgot about that era, OK drop me off and I don;t mind fighting the crusades for a day or two .
wild west
states war would be good
pirate days though I;d have to be the pirate sailing place to place as long as I get back out in time before I;m hung.
Vikings robbing and looting the country.
Though I would also in the 50's buy a ton of land knowing what I know now.
I;d love to have thousands of acres of my own land and then the outside world can take a flying jump with their liberal socialist cess pit views
Let me know when the time machine is up and running
I've actually have gone past anger, and I am now delusional / insane.
Lots of good times to go to. Knighthood just sounds like a purposeful life. Women were decent and ladylike. Men were brave and lived by a code. (This may all be lies, but I'm sticking by it)
Ive had to deal with the way California is..but I dont wish California on anyone else, but if the Supreme Court rules the way I think they will everyone will have to suffer the way I have had to suffer in this state..the media love fest here for gay marriage is SICKENING but not surprising, most of the local news reporters here are gay as a fruit basket..next up will be allowing fruitcakes to adopt children..that will leave us with a future generation of molested kids who think being homo is A OK
Any chance you'll get to escape LA, or is that not a possibility?
I could, if things get really really bad(Yeah its possible for things to get worse here) I might leave. My whole family is here, I grew up in this state(Born and raised) unfortunately its not the same state I once loved. California is a beautiful state with some really wonderful people living in it, but we are in the minority now and its just a real shame..Ronald Reagan loved this state and he wouldnt recognize it anymore
You will never get a complaint from me.
I knew I could count on a Gator.
I lived in San Jose from 77-85. It was great as a kid.
It's great to be a Florida Gator.
Yeah man!
Are you going to the game?
The singular purpose of law that advances homosexual 'marriage' is to force the citizens into supporting and servicing homosexual behavior.
sounds good though have you seen many college kids up in Boston an dother big cities lately?
WOW the women are more manly than the supposedly guys and the guys are more girlie than most women.
Hell I don;t know what happened to many early 20's and to high school age boys but even my sons tell me that many are just little fairies who won;t get dirty, never had a fight, cry, wear spandex and helmets to ride their bicycle to the next door neighbor and as my wife tells me ,.
he last thing she wants to see is grown men wearing tight spandex.
Imagine sticking these kind of guys in your time machine and send them back to when all men were real men LOL EEK
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I believe that, even if we had a referendum on the subject, SCOTUS would still overturn it.
The Feds are dead set on enforcing sodomarriage as the acceptable lifestyle.
It gives them another opportunity to challenge Christian values.
I see dudes wearing "skinny jeans" and it is rather upsetting. I think they call these freaks "emos". Between Goths, emos, and actual homos, I feel like I'm in a bad dream.
I live in FL now, but I consider home Delaware, so I'm close to Philly, Baltimore, and DC.
RE: Do bisexuals have the right to marry both a man and woman?
I think the answer would be "yes" ( that is, if gay marriage is law ).
However, they can only do it one at a time.
Can they eventually do it more than one at a time? Time will tell.
I won't be surprised if the polygamists come out it force next once the dam breaks.
ehy pal I;m in St Johns county St Augustine.
here is how my county votes and not one Dem in power here and guess what we have mnoney and not in debt.
Have you ever been here?
Just asked my oldest boy about skinny jeans etc and he esaid yes there are a few boys who wear them and they look weird and girlie.
He said Emo';s are the oens who cut themselves and I;ve just todl him you know it;s wrogn right, that they are totally screwed up and he said he knew that and neevr talks to them.
He did just tell me that most of the school avoids these freaks and most don;t say anything to them but do give tem dirty looks and ignore them .
He said there is only one boy at the high school and no one likes him, he moved down ehre from Il last year and he hates it down here and wants to go back north to his pals.
He keeps crying hownpeople won;t accept him and yes of course there is a handful of girls who feel sorry for him.
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Not a celery fan? Although it's amazing warm in this, it's also okay to omit it.
The cheese sauce will seem like too much for the macaroni, but it's not. The baking dries it out a bit, so the amount of sauce is necessary for the creamy goodness of this dish.
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