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Dr. Irving N. Wolfson, 1919–2012
FFRF member Dr. Irving Norman Wolfson, 90, Worcester, Mass., died peacefully at home in his sleep July 8, 2012.
He was born July 20, 1919, in New York City. After graduating from Columbia University, he received his M.D. from Yale in 1943, then served as an Army medical officer in India and China in World War II. He later practiced internal medicine and cardiology in Worcester and held many leadership positions in the medical community.
As an activist and humanist, he supported Amnesty International, UNICEF, American Civil Liberties Union, NAACP and Freedom From Religion Foundation. He was an FFRF member since 1989. Irving's son, Charles, sent word of his death and said his dad died "still a strong atheist."
He was preceded in death in 1983 by Annabel Kreider Wolfson, his wife of 37 years. Survivors include three children: Richard (Artley) Wolfson, Middlebury, Vt., Helen (Eric Thomas) Wolfson, Durham, N.C., Charles Wolfson, Westborough; six grandchildren; a great-grandchild: and his sister, Florence Howitt, Westport, Conn.
FFRF offers its sincerest cond-
olences to the Wolfson family.
Church Bulletin Roundup
Restaurant frames FFRF complaint letter
Blue Ridge Mountain BBQ in Blue Ridge, Ga., stopped a preferential 10% discount for churchgoers after gettomg Staff Attorney Stephanie Schmitt's June 26 letter. The restaurant also offered free meals for pastors dining with a paying customer.
On July 5, FFRF received confirmation that not only had the sign offering the church discount been removed, but it had been replaced by a framed copy of FFRF's letter of complaint.
FFRF adds 'nones' to 'All Faiths Day'
The West Michigan Whitecaps baseball team, which plays in Comstock Park, Mich., decided after getting FFRF's complaint that any publication would qualify for an "All Faiths Day" promotion. Staff Attorney Stephanie Schmitt wrote the team president July 18 about the discriminatory promotion offering half-price seats for people with church bulletins.
A team attorney replied Aug. 9: "In actual practice, the Whitecaps accept any secular publication, such as school newsletters, community recreation department fliers, apartment and home association newsletters, municipal newsletters, and trade association newsletters and publications. . . . If a patron brought an FFRF newsletter, they would be given the same discount as a patron bringing a church bulletin."
FFRF letter ends Georgia discount
A 20% church bulletin discount at Las Banderas Mexican Restaurant in Valdosta, Ga., was ended after Staff Attorney Stephanie Schmitt complained Aug. 16. The owner agreed in a phone call Aug. 22 to end the discount and remove the promotion from the restaurant website.
In the News
Muhammad movie trailer sparks violence
Religious rage spurred in part by a 14-minute American-made online trailer for a movie that mocks the prophet Muhammad as a buffoon, womanizer, child molester and ruthless killer sparked violence in at least six Muslim nations and is being blamed by many for the murders of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya.
Killed in the U.S. Consulate on Sept. 11 were Ambassador Chris Stevens, 52, and three others.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the filmmaker characterized his movie, now called "Innocence of Muslims," as "a political effort to call attention to the hypocrisies of Islam." The actual identity of the filmmaker was unclear due to numerous aliases he's believed to have used. He was identified by some media sources as a Coptic Christian.
CNN reported thousands of rioters and demonstrators in the streets for Friday prayer Sept. 14. A crowd in Sudan set the German embassy on fire. Crowds in Cairo tried to storm the U.S. embassy.
Four people were arrested in connection with the attack that killed the four Americans. But those arrested were not directly tied to the attack, said Monem Elyasser, chief aide to Libyan Prime Minister Mustafa Abushagur.
'Legitimate rape" rep sustained by faith
U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., who was urged to withdraw from his U.S. Senate race against incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill by many in his party after his comments on rape became a national scandal, says his faith won't let him quit, according to The New York Times on Aug. 22.
He said in a radio interview that recognizing "a creator, God" has been missing from the debate, and "That's the reason why we're going to continue."
In an interview with St. Louis TV station KTVI, Akin, when asked why he opposes abortion in nearly all cases, replied:
"People always want to try and make that as one of those things, well, how do you, how do you slice this particularly tough sort of ethical question. It seems to me, first of all, from what I understand from doctors, that's really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. "
Akin, a member of the Presbyterian Church in America, sponsored legislation to name 2008 "The National Year of the Bible" and to promote greater recognition of the Ten Commandments. Akin has also decried the removal of "God" from government. Akin, with a master's degree from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, home-schooled all six of his children. He participates in bible studies and prayer groups.
If sustained by faith, Akin is also informed by faith. His claim that rape victims don't easily get pregnant dates to a 1985 book by a leading anti-abortionist, Dr. John C. Willke, who is Catholic and former president of the National Right to Life Committee. Willke, 87, insists "way under 1 percent" of rape victims get pregnant.
One of the few peer-reviewed studies, dating to 1996 and published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, estimated 5% of rapes result in pregnancy.
Legislators override gov on birth control
Missouri legislators voted Sept. 12 to override Gov. Jay Nixon's veto of a bill expanding religious exceptions for insurance coverage of birth control. The override in the House got just the number of votes required — 109-45. The override passed the Senate by 26-6.
The law lets individuals, employers and insurers cite religious reasons in order to be exempt from mandatory insurance coverage for abortion, contraception and sterilization.
Critics of the law said a 2001 Missouri statute already requires birth control prescriptions to be covered under policies with drug benefits. That law also lets insurers offer policies without contraception coverage for those who object.
Snake-handling pastor's resolution fails
The Campbell County Commission in Jacksboro, Tenn., voted 10-2 in July against a resolution calling for the legalization of snake-handling.
The proposal came from Andrew Hamblin, the 21-year-old pastor of Tabernacle Church of God, who told WBIR that the state law restricts how he worships. "My main thing is to see lost people saved. I'd love to do it under the anointment of God with two rattlers in my hand!"
However, Tennessee state law prohibits anyone from owning venomous snakes --— making Hamblin's practice during services illegal.
After the vote, Hamblin said, "We'll pray harder, seek the Lord a little longer and we'll come back and try it again."
Taliban blamed for 17 party beheadings
Taliban militants in Afghanistan beheaded 15 men and two women for holding a late-night party, Afghan officials told the U.K. Telegraph on Aug. 27.
Nematullah Khan, governor of Musa Qala, said it was unclear if the victims had been shot dead before being beheaded.
An elder from the area, Juma Khan, said, "Unfortunately, the young men do this sometimes. They had a party with music and dancing and they were behaving badly with the women."
Claims filed in baptismal pool death
The parents of the 1-year-old boy who died earlier this year after drowning in a baptismal pool at a day-care ministry in Indianapolis are suing a state agency for negligence. Juan Cardenas and Maricela Serna filed a suit earlier against the ministry, Assembly of God, and its umbrella organization, Indiana District Assemblies of God.
Juan Carlos Cardenas drowned Feb. 22, after apparently wandering off during lunch.
The claim alleges the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration "negligently inspected" the facility before and after the drowning. A November 2011 agency inspection showed that Praise Fellowship had violated 18 health, safety and sanitation standards and was issued citations.
"The bottom line is the state of Indiana was sanctioning this unlicensed day care," said attorney Stephen Wagner. "If they had done a good job of inspecting the day care, they would've shut it down sooner."
Praise Fellowship closed voluntarily after the agency pulled out of a voucher program.
Is Kansan gaming the parsonage exemption?
FFRF is asking a Kansas appraiser in Sedgwick County to investigate misuse of a church parsonage exemption claimed on the home of a state Senate candidate.
Michael O'Donnell II told the Wichita Eagle that he "lives where he says he lives," which is a home owned by Grace Baptist Church in Wichita, a home that should be exclusively used by an acting minister who regularly conducts religious services. O'Donnell's father is senior pastor of the church and lives in a neighboring city. It does not appear that the parsonage has been lived in by a practicing pastor in some time.
County records show that the church-owned home has been exempt from property taxes since 1996. The Wichita Eagle reported that O'Donnell has been a registered voter at his residence since 2007 and uses it as "his official address on campaign filings and for his position as a Wichita City Council member."
A local complainant tipped FFRF off to what appears to be a misuse of a charitable tax exemption. Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott wrote an Aug. 21 letter to County Appraiser Mike Borchard: "We request that Grace Baptist Church or Mr. O'Donnell pay the appropriate amount of current taxes, back taxes and penalties owned."
Elliott added that "taxpayers should not have to pay more taxes because a church and its leaders have falsely claimed an exemption."
After FFRF's complaint was reported in the news, O'Donnell recanted his earlier description of his housing arrangements and said that he "misspoke." O'Donnell said in August on multiple occasions that he paid rent to the church.
In September, he recanted that account and claimed that he continues to work for the church by taking care of the facilities and grounds and is provided free housing in return. The Appraiser's Office has yet to make a ruling on the exemption of the home.
Theocracy Alert!
Vote for the American!
Marquee message at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church, Chico, Calif., placed by from Pastor Tim Ruhl, who refused to say what it meant
Enterprise-Record, 8-30-12
America, America is just more than a place, though. America is an idea. It's the only country founded on an idea. Our rights come from nature and God, not from government. That's right. That's who we are, that's how we built this country.
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speech at the event announcing him as Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate
Real Clear Politics, 8-11-12
No, these human rights — and the ideas and the ideals that conceived them — came from the minds of men and women who wrestled with the big questions: What is fair and what is just? Over time, a commonly held sense of right and wrong developed, which was then enacted into law by, yes, government.
Matt Rothschild, atheist editor of The Progressive, Madison, Wis.
The Progressive, 8-30-12
I'm a Catholic deer hunter. I'm happy to be clinging to my guns and my religion.
Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., campaigning for vice president in Pittsburgh
Associated Press, 8-22-12
Most of all, almighty God we thank you, for the great gift of our beloved country. For we are indeed one nation under God, and in God we trust. Dear God, bless America. You who live and reign forever and ever. Amen.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, closing words to his prayer to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.
Thus do we praise you for the gift of life. Grant us to defend it. Life, without which no other rights are secure. We ask your benediction on those waiting to be born, that they may be welcomed and protected.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan's prayer delivered right after President Obama's speech accepting his party's nomination for a second term
We need a government that stands up for the hopes, values and interests of working people and gives everyone willing to work hard the chance to make the most of their potential.
Plank in the Democratic Party platform approved Sept. 4 at the national convention in Charlotte, N.C.
As an ordained United Methodist minister, I am here to attest and affirm that our faith in God is central to the American story and informs the values we've expressed in our party's platform. In addition, President Obama recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and our platform should as well.
Ted Strickland, former Ohio governor and Democratic platform drafting chair, introducing a resolution Sept. 5 to insert "God" into the platform
New York Times, 9-5-12
We need a government that stands up for the hopes, values and interests of working people and gives everyone willing to work hard the chance to make the most of their God-given potential. [Italics added]
Democratic Party platform plank "passed" after a Christian Broadcasting Network blogger and Fox TV began berating Democrats for "removing God" from the platform and not affirming Jerusalem as Israel's capital (Los Angelos Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called for a voice vote requiring a two-thirds majority three times and declared the resolution passed even though the "nays" sounded louder than the "yeas.")
Associated Press, 9-5-12
It's FFRF's 'Just Pretend' vs. the Gideons
A nonreligious Canadian family has been battling distribution of Gideon bibles in their Ontario public schools by asking the schools to distribute Just Pretend: A Freethought Book for Children, written by Dan Barker and published by the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
It was announced in early September that the family's complaint against the District School Board of Niagara will be heard by the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal in February. Rene Chouinard says his family is being discriminated against "due to creed."
Rene and Ana Chouinard of Grimsby, Ontario, had complained several years ago after a permission slip to distribute Gideon bibles was sent home with their middle child, then in fifth grade. Their complaints prompted the principal to drop the practice. By the time their youngest child entered fifth grade in 2010, bible distribution had resumed. The school district has been permitting Gideon bible distribution since 1964.
In March 2010, after Rene Chouinard complained again, the school board amended its policy by inviting other religions to distribute books to children. But the board refused Chouinard's request to distribute Just Pretend or Barker's book for adults, Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist, also published by FFRF. Chouinard's intent, as he told media, was not actually to distribute freethought books to children, but to force the school board to stop distributing bibles.
Niagara school officials told him they had consulted the Ontario Multifaith Information Manual, which lists diverse religions but does not mention atheism or secular humanism. Chouinard noted that the manual doesn't list the Gideon Society, either.
"If all points of view are not allowed, then Ontario's vaunted respect for equality and diversity is 'just pretend,'" commented FFRF Co-President Dan Barker.
Just Pretend is an illustrated book suitable for elementary school-age children (or "children of all ages") that explores myths like Santa Claus and compares them with claims of the existence of a god. In an entertaining and fun way, Just Pretend introduces children to the tests of reason, and encourages them to apply reason to any idea, fairy tale, myth or religion.
"We would consider the bible X-rated and totally unsuitable reading for young children," noted Annie Laurie Gaylor, who co-directs FFRF. "But Just Pretend is written with the respectful premise that children should be free to decide what to think about religion for themselves when they are mature enough to understand the concepts."
U.S. Supreme Court actions and First Amendment law bar Gideons from entering U.S. public schools to distribute bibles. Nevertheless, the predatory evangelical Protestant men's organization is continually flouting the law, with the help of religious principals.
"It takes constant vigilance to keep the Gideons out of public schools," said Gaylor.
FFRF has produced two "bible warning labels" to combat ubiquitous Gideon bibles in hotel rooms, including one, "Gideon Exposed" written by Ruth Green, author of The Born Again Skeptic's Guide to the Bible, which urges people to judge Gideon for themselves after reading Judges, chapters 6-9. Gideon reputedly murdered thousands for worshiping "false gods."
Listen to an interview with Rene Chouinard (second half of Freethought Radio broadcast, Sept. 8) at:
Ohio paper censors FFRF ad criticizing Catholic Church
A full-page, prepaid ad by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, which had been accepted more than a month before to run on Aug. 25, was summarily refused a few days before publication by the Daily Standard in Celina, Ohio.
FFRF was contacted Aug. 20 by Frank Snyder, publisher, and its payment was refunded.
The ad had been suggested and underwritten by a generous Celina FFRF member. The donor noted that the newspaper had accepted and published a full-page ad by a religiously motivated, anti-abortion group on June 6. The ad encouraged Ohio Senate President Pro-Tempore Keith Faber, from Celina, to pass a fetal "personhood" bill.
The signature ad, "It's Time to Quit the Catholic Church," has run in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today and the Los Angeles Times, generating a lot of dialogue on Catholic bishops' interference with contraceptive coverage for U.S. women.
The ad, an open letter to "liberal" and "nominal" Catholics, asks:
"Do you choose women and their rights, or bishops and their wrongs? In light of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' war against women's right to contraception . . . Why are you aiding and abetting a church that has repeatedly engaged in a crusade to ban contraception, abortion and sterilization, to deny the right of all women everywhere, Catholic or not, to decide whether and when to become mothers?"
FFRF receives "a disproportionate number of state-church complaints from Ohio residents unhappy with religion in Ohio government," said FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor. "It's hard to educate or make headway with such obvious and blatant favoritism and censorship. What happened to the vaunted marketplace of ideas?"
The generous donor is on the lookout for a billboard or other venue for an ad promoting FFRF.
Big Spring makes big decision — drops school board prayer
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has successfully removed prayer from the Big Spring School Board meetings in Newville, Pa.
Board President Wilbur Wolf announced Aug. 28 that "prayer will be removed from future meeting agendas to avoid the potential cost of legal action against the board and Big Spring School District."
A local resident had asked for FFRF's help in stopping the unlawful prayer before every twice-monthly meeting. Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert asked Wolf and the board in an Aug. 17 letter to discontinue the "practice of scheduling prayer."
Markert pointed out several appeals court rulings, including a decision last year in the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (which is binding in Pennsylvania), have struck down prayer by public school boards. In the recent Doe v. Indian River School District case, the Supreme Court let stand the appeals court ruling that school board prayer rose above "the level of interaction between church and state that the Establishment Clause permits."
Markert added that nearly 1.5 million Pennsylvanians identify as nonreligious.
Wolf attributed the board's change in policy to high legal costs and told a local newspaper that ending prayer "is the prudent thing to do." He publicly stated that "We regret having to make this decision."
"It's disappointing that a school board president would send a message that essentially undermines principles that require secular education and protect freedom of conscience," said FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor.
"A school board should be modeling respect for secular education and 60 years of firm Supreme Court precedent against religion in the schools. Whatever reasons the board gives for stopping the prayers, we are pleased to see this egregious violation ended."
FFRF sent letters to three other Pennsylvania school boards in August. Octorara Area School Board in Atglen has suspended its usual recitation of the Lord's Prayer until further review of FFRF's request. Greencastle-Antrim School Board in Greencastle has gone to a moment of silence for the moment. FFRF is awaiting word from Eastern Lancaster County School Board in New Holland.
FFRF stops Milwaukee civil rights abuse
Milwaukee Irish Fest organizers announced Aug. 16, in response to a complaint by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, that they would drop a religious promotion that violated civil rights laws.
This year the annual event was Aug. 16-19 at the city-owned Henry Maier Festival Park. A Catholic Mass is held near the entrance to Irish Fest one Sunday a year at 9:30 a.m. The fest's website said, "Guests who donate nonperishable food items prior to the liturgy are admitted to the festival free of charge after the Mass." All others were charged $15.
The catch was that the Fest did not open until 11 a.m.
FFRF Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott wrote to Irish Fest, "This means that only those who would conceivably attend or want to attend the Catholic Mass can receive this major benefit. Therefore, you are discriminating on the basis of religion."
FFRF sent its first letter of complaint about the discount in 2010.
Elliott followed up with a letter Aug. 9 to Kathy Pratscher, interim executive director, on behalf of a local complainant, who has been bothered for years by the discrimination.
Under Wisconsin law, it's illegal to "Deny to another or charge another a higher price than the regular rate for the full and equal enjoyment of any public place of accommodation or amusement because of sex, race, color, creed, disability, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry."
Elliott discovered the Catholic practice is widespread in Wisconsin. Oshkosh Irish Fest offered free admission to Mass attendees in 2009 and 2010. Polish Fest in Milwaukee offers reduced admission to Mass attendees. German Fest in Milwaukee hosts a Mass in the Marcus Amphitheater and promotes it by saying, "All church attendees receive free admission to the Fest." Festa Italiana offers this promotion: "FREE admission to Festa when you attend High Mass at 11 a.m. in the Marcus Amphitheater. " Elliott is pursuing complaints against those illegal practices.
FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor noted that dropping the practice will also help ensure the Hunger Task Force, recipient of the food drive, will receive more contributions: "The Mass reward was a disincentive to charity, since three-fourths of Wisconsin citizens aren't Catholic."
Given their history, you'd think the Irish would be more sensitive about discrimination in the U.S., including religious discrimination.
Showing it knows a thing or two about tolerance and charity, Atheist Ireland donated $100 to the Hunger Task Force to reward Irish Fest's change of heart.
Michael Nugent, chairperson of Atheist Ireland, wrote a letter to Irish Fest officials noting that 43% of Irish identify as nonreligious and another 10% as "convinced atheists."
Nugent added, "Thank you for ending the discrimination in admission charges against non-Catholics attending your Irish Fest this Sunday, and for reflecting the reality that Irish identity today transcends our various religious or nonreligious beliefs.
"As a small token of our gratitude, we are sending $100 to the Freedom from Religion Foundation to buy some food items to donate to your collection. Perhaps you might allow free admission to some people who otherwise could not afford the entrance fee."
FFRF Co-President Dan Barker noted, "Milwaukee remains one of the poorest cities in the U.S., so this compassionate contribution by Irish secular citizens was really heartwarming and welcome."
FFRF sent the donation directly to the Hunger Task Force.
I don't have any atheist friends or anything. So I would like to maybe make a couple of friends that live near me that I could actually go to their house and have dinner [and] not have to pray before eating. I can actually be the same as them and not have their parents hate me or whatever because I'm an atheist.
Chandler Garry, 11, a participant in Camp Quest Northwest near Seattle
ABC "Nightline," 8-23-12
I say to the grownups, if you want to deny evolution and live in your world, in your world that's completely inconsistent with everything we observe in the universe, that's fine, but don't make your kids do it because we need them. We need scientifically literate voters and taxpayers for the future.
Bill Nye "the science guy," online post titled "Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children"
youtube.com, 8-23-12
This isn't a marriage made in heaven.
State Assembly member Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, who is gay, on the Vatican naming Salvatore Cordileone, who led the 2008 fight against gay marriage in California, to head the Archdiocese of San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle, 7-27-12
When I asked them specifically, "Will you [agree] to make the city whole?" they wouldn't do it. If they aren't going to make the taxpayers whole, why should we be putting a million dollars into the collection plate of the Catholic Church when we have demonstrable needs?
Steve Kozachik, Tucson City Council, voting against an appropriation of $1.1 million, which passed 5-2, to remodel the Catholic Marist College
Arizona Daily Star, 7-11-12
It's too easy for straight allies to think of gays and lesbians as separate from us. They need rights we already enjoy. They face bigotry we deplore. But it happens to them, not us. Chick-fil-A has performed a miracle. I'm a middle-class white guy in America, and Chick-fil-A has finally made me feel what it's like to be discriminated against. Also, I have lost my appetite for those chicken biscuits.
Twice-married columnist Jason Stanford, commenting on Chick-fil-A's religious proscription against divorce
Bennington Banner, 7-26-12
I teach my kids the same things that you do about how to treat other people. I simply believe in one less god than you do.
Thaddeus Schwartz, officer of Secular Life, Nashville, Tenn.
WBIR Knoxville, 7-24-12
In my country where it's considered highly controversial, more controversial with the bishops than it is in Europe, 82% of Catholics believe contraception is morally acceptable. So let the women in Africa decide. The choice is up to them.
Melinda Gates, a practicing Catholic, speaking at the London Family Planning Summit on the Gates Foundation leading a drive to raise $4.3 billion to provide access to contraception
Forbes, 7-12-12
The Boy Scouts of America just the other day reaffirmed its policy of banning openly gay boys from being members. The organization also continued its ban on gays or lesbians serving as leaders. The Scouts, in other words, came down squarely in favor of homophobia, which is a form of bigotry.
Columnist Richard Cohen, "A merit badge for bigotry?"
Washington Post, 7-18-12
Sue Paterno had been quoted as saying Joe was not a saint. That made this difficult decision easier for me to execute.
Artist Michael Pilato, on why he painted out the halo above former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno after revelations about Paterno's role in the Jerry Sandusky child rape scandal
The Israeli edition of Forbes magazine published a first-of-its-kind ranking last month of Israel's 13 richest rabbis. In the No. 1 spot was 36-year-old Rabbi Pinchas Abuhatzeira from Beersheba, a blue-collar southern desert city, whose wealth is estimated at $335 million.
News story, "Israel's richest rabbis become savvy businessmen"
Associated Press, 7-13-12
I believe that lots of people only follow a religion because of parental and cultural pressure and that they would be happier if they could be true to themselves and lead godless lives. Belief in god is not something that comes naturally to all of us; many of us find it impossible to believe in god and it can be liberating and life-enhancing to fully embrace this lack of belief and live our lives without religion.
Alom Shaha, a London science teacher and author of The Young Atheist's Handbook: Lessons for Living a Good Life Without God
The Commentator, 7-16-12
Because there is no cosmic point to the life that each of us perceives on this distant bit of dust at galaxy's edge, all the more reason for us to maintain in proper balance what we have here. Because there is nothing else. No thing. This is it. And quite enough, all in all.
Gore Vidal (Oct. 3, 1925-Aug. 1, 2012), author, playwright, commentator
National Public Radio, 8-1-12
This isn't a marriage made in heaven.
State Assembly member Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, who is gay, on the Vatican naming Salvatore Cordileone, who led the 2008 fight against gay marriage in California, to head the Archdiocese of San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle, 7-27-12
When I asked them specifically, "Will you [agree] to make the city whole?" they wouldn't do it. If they aren't going to make the taxpayers whole, why should we be putting a million dollars into the collection plate of the Catholic Church when we have demonstrable needs?
Steve Kozachik, Tucson City Council, voting against an appropriation of $1.1 million, which passed 5-2, to remodel the Catholic Marist College
Arizona Daily Star, 7-11-12
It's too easy for straight allies to think of gays and lesbians as separate from us. They need rights we already enjoy. They face bigotry we deplore. But it happens to them, not us. Chick-fil-A has performed a miracle. I'm a middle-class white guy in America, and Chick-fil-A has finally made me feel what it's like to be discriminated against. Also, I have lost my appetite for those chicken biscuits.
Twice-married columnist Jason Stanford, commenting on Chick-fil-A's religious proscription against divorce
Bennington Banner, 7-26-12
The Gideon bible is full of references to sex and violence, although it's written using more formal language. James' book is easier to read.
Hotel manager Wayne Bartholomew, Crosthwaite, U.K., on replacing bibles in guest rooms with copies of the erotic Fifty Shades of Grey
Westmorland Gazette, 7-19-12
I teach my kids the same things that you do about how to treat other people. I simply believe in one less god than you do.
Thaddeus Schwartz, officer of Secular Life, Nashville, Tenn.
WBIR Knoxville, 7-24-12
The Israeli edition of Forbes magazine published a first-of-its-kind ranking last month of Israel's 13 richest rabbis. In the No. 1 spot was 36-year-old Rabbi Pinchas Abuhatzeira from Beersheba, a blue-collar southern desert city, whose wealth is estimated at $335 million.
News story, "Israel's richest rabbis become savvy businessmen
Associated Press, 7-13-12
Our banners will hang in the stadium and we will rename the team the "Mr. Paul Aints," The team will wear Mr. Paul Aints jerseys during the game, which will be auctioned off as a fundraiser for us.
Announcement by Minnesota Atheists about sponsorship of a St. Paul Saints baseball game Aug. 10
Sports Grid, 7-12-12
It's further evidence of this era's move toward Balkanization in the United States. It's no longer sufficient that they have shared norms among themselves, they are increasingly trying to impose their norms on the rest of the culture.
Marci Hamilton, Cardozo School of Law, on strict Hasidim dress codes for all shoppers at stores in Brooklyn
New York Post, 7-22-12
Within the past five years, the Roman Catholic Human Life International, the Pat Robertson-founded American Center for Law and Justice and Family Watch International, led by a Mormon, have launched or expanded their work in Africa dedicated to promoting their Christian Right worldview. A loose network of right-wing charismatic Christians called the Transformation movement joins them in fanning the flames of the culture wars over homosexuality and abortion by backing prominent African campaigners and political leaders.
Report titled "How the U.S. Christian Right is Transforming Sexual Politics in Africa"
publiceye.org, 7-25-12
CNN . . . assumes from the outset the existence of some "god," in order to ask where he "was," at the time of the crime, as if CNN wants god to provide an alibi. Naturally, the most logical approach is to reject the premise, and with it the existence of things for which there is no physical evidence.
Michael Luciano, PolicyMic editor, on CNN Belief Blog's question, "Where was God in Aurora massacre?"
policymic.com, 7-30-12
This case exemplifies the absurdity and tragedy of the blasphemy law, which is an instrument of abuse against the most vulnerable in society.
Ali Dayan Dasan of Human Rights Watch, commenting on the arrest of a Christian girl with Down syndrome girl for allegedly burning a religious textbook about the Quran in Pakistan, where there are at least 100 blasphemy prosecutions
New York Times, 8-21/8-29-12
If God has chosen to bless this [rape victim] with a life, you don't kill it.
Sharon Barnes, president of the Republican Women's Club of St. Louis, defending the "legitimate rape" remark by U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo.
New York Times, 8-20-12
He would say things like, "I can't understand why you won't obey me [and have sex], the other ladies can." I always gave up. I was afraid not to.
Testimony from an Ohio woman in the trial of Bishop Samuel Mullet Sr., accused of orchestrating hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish
Detroit Free Press, 8-31-12
People have this picture in their minds of a person planning to — a psychopath — but that's not the case. Suppose you have a man having a nervous breakdown, and a youngster comes after him. A lot of the cases, the youngster — 14, 16, 18 — is the seducer.
Fr. Benedict Groeschel, 78, founder of the conservative Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, claiming that emotionally needy children often seduce clergy
National Catholic Register, 8-28-12
Ask a Pastor: Is there sin in Heaven?
ANSWER: [Bible verses] seem to show that evil (thus sin) has, like a slug's slimy trail, even left its mark in Heaven.
Rev. R.A. McDonald, New Testament Baptist Church, Safford, Ariz.
Eastern Arizona Courier, 8-18-12
I was asked why the power of God isn't moving and I said it's because I haven't kicked that woman in the face. The Holy Spirit spoke to me, the gift of faith came on me, and said: "Kick her in the face, with your biker boot." I inched closer and I went like this [kicking forcefully]. Bam! Just as my boot made contact with her nose, she fell under the power of God.
Canadian Pastor Todd Bentley, Fresh Fire Ministries, who claims he can kick disease, even cancer, out of people's bodies
Croydon Today, 7-19-12
The Truth for Youth consists of the entire New Testament in the God's Word Translation along with 100 pages of powerful, full color comic stories that present the "absolute truth" about issues that young people are confronted with, such as: Sexual Purity, Sorcery & Witchcraft, Homosexuality, Abortion, Pornography, Drug Addiction, Drunkenness, Peer Pressure, School Violence and Secular Rock Music.
Statement by Revival Fires Ministries, which wants to get a copy of the book to all "unsaved teenagers in America's public schools"
thetruthforyouth.com, 8-14-12
[Plaintiffs] believe that the procreative capacity of human beings represents a precious gift from God by which individuals are allowed to participate in God's plan to share life and that, as a result, any acts of deliberate interference with that procreative capacity bound up with acts of unitive human love — including artificial contraception, abortion, and/or sterilization — are gravely wrong and sinful.
Christopher and Mary Yep's lawsuit against the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act
Religion Clause, 8-24-12
Orthodoxy or death
T-shirt slogan worn by praying, cross-toting protesters burning a Pussy Riot poster as an "exorcism"
New York Times 8-9-12
We're going to rip them up and burn them. Like in the Middle Ages.
Leonid Simonovich-Nikshich, leader of Union of Orthodox Banner Bearers, about feminist punk band Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich, convicted of "hooliganism" for conducting a "punk prayer"against Russian President Vladimir Putin and his ties to the Orthodox Church
New York Times 8-9-12
It would be an America in which access to birth control would be controlled by people who never use it.
Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke, speaking to the Democratic National Convention about allegedly celibate Catholic bishops who oppose the contraceptive mandate in the Affordable Care Act
I wasn't elected to be a spiritual leader. I was elected to fill potholes. I was elected to analyze budgets.
City Commissioner Adam Stern, Livingston, Mont., voting against meeting prayers and a moment of silence
Livingston Enterprise, 6-12-12
After an 18-month consultation, the Girl Guides revealed they will no longer swear a 43-year-old promise to "do my duty to God, to serve the Queen and my country" and will instead promise "to be true to myself and develop my beliefs."
On the new wording in the pledge that Australian Girl Guides (Scouts) recite
The Telegraph, 7-6-12


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The Taylor-Brown Auxiliary, which supports the HuntingtonLivingCenter, is celebrating its annual "Festival of Stars." For a donation of $5 or more, a light will be placed on the holiday tree in front of the Living Center in memory of or in honor of individuals or special events. In addition, a crystal star will be placed on a special holiday tree in the main lobby at Huntington. If you would like to participate, please send $5 per star to Taylor-Brown Auxiliary, Huntington Living Center, 369 E. Main Street, Waterloo, NY13165. All donations will be used to benefit residents of the Huntington Living Center. Donations will be accepted throughout the holiday season.
The tree lighting ceremony and holiday reception will be held Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. at the Huntington Living Center. Volunteers, Auxilians, and resident family members are invited to begin the holidays at this special program.
New Taylor-Brown Auxiliary members are always welcome. Membership dues of $5 help the Auxiliary fund its projects while supporting the residents of Huntington Living Center. For more information about the Festival of Stars, or on how to become an Auxiliary member, call Debbie Lockett at the Huntington Living Center at (315) 787-4949.

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Canisius at Iona
Friday, Nov. 1 - 2 p.m.
Hynes Athletic Center (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
Canisius at Manhattan
Saturday, Nov. 2 - 1 p.m.
Draddy Gymnasium (Riverdale, N.Y.)
Live Video (Friday only): GoGriffs.com and MAAC.TV
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On a season-long four-match winning streak, the Canisius volleyball team starts the month of November on a four-match road trip. The Golden Griffins will play at Iona on Friday, and then face Manhattan on Saturday.
- The top six teams in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference standings have separated themselves from the other five teams in the league. Those six teams are all within one match of first place in the regular-season standings entering the final three weekends of play.
- Canisius enters the weekend with an 8-4 record in MAAC play. Manhattan and Fairfield are tied for first place at 9-3 while Iona, Marist and Siena are all at 9-4 in the conference standings.
- The top four teams will qualify for the MAAC Championship, which will be held Nov. 23-24, at Siena College.
- Canisius has finished in the top four of the regular-season standings in each of the last three seasons and five times in the last seven years.
- Junior Emily Litwin was named the MAAC Libero of the Week for the third time this season and for the second consecutive week.
- Litwin averaged 5.17 digs in two Canisius sweeps last week to go along with 10 assists, three service aces and a 95.6 service reception percentage.
- The Williamsville, N.Y. native leads the MAAC in conference play at 4.91 digs per set. She has recorded double-digit digs in 22 of the team's 23 matches and ranks 57th in the country in digs per set.
- The Griffs have won 10 of their last 15 matches and are 8-4 in the league standings. Canisius is on a season-long four-match winning streak and is 5-2 in road matches.
- Canisius leads the MAAC in blocks per set (2.29). Senior Roxanne Hernandez is third in the MAAC at 1.10 blocks per set.
- Freshman Jacklyn Malusa ranks fourth among MAAC freshmen in kills (153) while fellow freshman Katlyn Tyler leads MAAC freshman outside hitters in digs (137).
- Senior Emily Elek has 941 kills, needing 59 kills to become the 10th player in program history with 1,000 career kills.
- In the last seven matches for Rachel Kline, the sophomore outside hitter is averaging 2.44 kills and 2.74 digs per set with three double-doubles.
- The Griffs have 16 runs of three points or more on the serve of sophomore setter Grace Streicher, the most on the team.
- After Wednesday's sweep at Rider, Iona has won five straight matches. The Gaels are 11-12 overall and 9-4 in the MAAC.
- The Gaels are 6-0 in the Hynes Athletic Center this season.
- MAAC Player of the Week Catrina Warren leads the league in kills per set (3.62). Natalie Ziskin is second in the MAAC in assists per set (10.56).
- Canisius defeated Iona in five sets in the Koessler Athletic Center on Oct. 5. The Gaels have defeated the Griffs in each of the past six seasons in New Rochelle.
- Manhattan enters the weekend with a 16-10 overall record and 9-3 record in conference play, sitting in a tie for first place in the MAAC standings.
- Sydney Volovski ranks seventh in the MAAC in attack percentage (.244) while Allie Yamashiro is fourth in the league in digs per set (4.51).
- Manhattan rallied from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Canisius in the KAC on Oct. 6. The Griffs have won each of the past four meetings between the teams in Riverdale.


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Donald E. Barris Trial Competition results
|Finalists from left to right: Amanda White,
Sam Saif, Brian Kolodziej and Natalie Brookins.
PHOTO RELEASE (Nov. 3, 2010) – The Wayne State University Law School Student Trial Advocacy Program (STAP) held the final round of the Donald E. Barris Trial Competition Oct. 30 in the Law School's Spencer M. Partrich Auditorium.
The medical malpractice case involved a plaintiff suing a doctor for failure to warn her deceased husband about the potentially dangerous interaction of certain medications. Students Sam Saif and Amanda White argued for the plaintiff, and students Natalie Brookins and Brian Kolodziej argued for the defense. Saif and White won the case.
Linda Turek, a Wayne Law adjunct faculty member, national team adviser and attorney at Sachs Waldman, presided along with attorneys Jonathan Schwartz of Kaufman Payton and Chapa, Kiana Franulic of the Law Offices of Kiana Franulic, and Marc Shefman of the Law Offices of Marc J. Shefman.


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none of the 308 mags are going likely work for a 410 at they are designed with ribs or get narrower in the front to properly hold a necked down 308 round.
I stuck some 410 shells in a fal mag and it not a very good solution.
Im going to be using G3mags on my switch barrel build and i likely will just bend up a square non ribbed box that will take a g3 spring. a double stack 410 may be tough but not imposable if they can get 7.62x54r to feed then it can likely be dont for the 410.
Im likely going to go rimless and avoid those problems and be able to use the G3 follower.
as single stack would be a easier way to go. orpossably just use Sagia mags but there way to pricy IMOO.
I think you really better think about buttin the upper shroud on the barrel to gide the round. it coing to be pretty tough to feed a flat shell into a hole that is only a few thousands bigger with just a bullet guide.
You might be able to press on a shroud onto the barrel by reducing the part that sticks through the reciver and then add the shrouds/ guides that wayif your working with a prechamberd barrel.
I have like 15 barrels to build before I worry about a shotgun barrel. then Im going to do a smokeless powder 458 cal muzzle loader barrel for it as well :) A 60,000 psi 458 cal smoke less powder muzzle loading ak will be that badest AK round yet at least for one shot. Oh yea they allow muzzel loader in my pistol/ shot gun zone. :)


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Hi all new member been reading alot on here and decided to give the WOF templates ago using AntMan's Second Cardboard Scratch Build as a guide. Both excellent and very helpful cant say enough. Following Antman's guide got to here.
Sorry phone cam.
Thought how it would be helpful to use something to get the shape into the cardboard and seen my son's skateboard/bike helmet. So misted cardboard and started to press it around it and the shape is very close to what the dome is:
ooh yeah the cardboard dome doesn't fit on top to big:facepalm So will have too re-cut.
The Helmet is a Bell Faction Size M
Dome is still only held together with tape no glue.
So now thinking finish this one in cardboard, Start a new one as the helmet as size template for other parts thinking it would make a very sturdy Helmet. Anyone else want to give it ago and post a guide:D I wouldn't know where to start really foam pvc I guess.
Any idea's guy's
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Been a long time waiting for an original game
Its great to see and original concept in gaming. I can see that this new control system can become an addictive method of play. (and i havn't even played the game yet)
Mark Healey presents himself well and knows how to market and sell a product. I only hope that this game can go on to become very playable online with even the formation of clans and competitions. This title could be huge given its simplistic nature and the fact that it plays on the old kung fu theme that so many of us in our 20,s and 30,s remember as youngsters. Anybody out there remember IK+ on commodore 64 with the rob hubbard soundtrack and 3 players on screen at once. WOW
I wish this game every success and will be online tonight as soon as its released under the name MuX or MuXBoX
Perhaps we could ask clan base admins to add this game to the ladders and start compos but will have to see if it is geared for that.
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Migratory birds have been flocking to the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in droves in recent weeks. Now it's time for people to do the same.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service officials are celebrating International Migratory Bird Day on May 11, and the staff at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge near Brigham City is holding a free open house from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. that day to join the celebration.
Bird displays, crafts and movies will be available at the Wildlife Education Center throughout the open house. After seeing the indoor part of the celebration visitors are encouraged to drive the Auto Tour Loop on the refuge and see some of the international migratory birds passing through.
The open house will also honor winners of the 2013 Utah Junior Duck Stamp contest at 1 p.m.
Olympus High School student Zachary Williams, 18, won the Best of Show award with his oil painting of a king eider that was included in the National Junior Duck Stamp contest in West Virginia in mid-April.
The International Migratory Bird Day event is sponsored by Friends of the Bear River Refuge.
Visitors can reach the Wildlife Education Center, 2155 W. Forest St., by taking Exit 363 on Interstate 15 and heading west one block to the refuge entrance.
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About the Student Course Experience Questionnaire (SCEQ)
In 1999 the Educational Innovation Team (formally known as the Institute for Teaching and Learning) began collecting data for The University community on students' perceptions of their teaching and learning experiences. This data is gathered every second year using a survey specifically developed for this task, the "Student Course Experience Questionnaire" (SCEQ). The purpose of the SCEQ is to provide the University community with a basis for strategic, faculty level academic development and curriculum review to further enhance the quality of teaching and student learning.
The survey gathers data on students' perceptions of the quality of teaching and student learning in their degree courses as well as their perceptions of the administration and student support services. The EI analyses this data and provides a range of reports to staff and students of the university through this web site.
The SCEQ data provides faculties with a useful resource to inform strategic teaching and curriculum developments. Faculty Associate Deans Learning and Teaching coordinate how their faculty responds to the survey. More information on responding to the SCEQ can be found here.
For a description of the SCEQ, its psychometric properties, and its use at the University of Sydney, see:
Ginns, P., Prosser, M., & Barrie, S. (2007). Students' perceptions of teaching quality in higher education: The perspective of currently enrolled students. Studies in Higher Education, 32, 603-615.
|2013 SCEQ PRIZE DRAW WINNERS (drawn December 2013):
|1st Prize
|Yan Min Cui
|Arts and Social Sciences
|2nd Prize
|Alexander Brand
|Architecture Design and Planning
|3rd Prize
|Ellie Morgan
|Education and Social Work
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Out of the two listed if it was me I'd lean to the HK. I like the way they shoot more than the EAA. But I'm one of those Bore Axis Shmore Axis people. I shoot a 1911 better than a Glock no matter the caliber. So the hallowed axis is a moot point.
plus 2 more mags and night sights...It's a no brainier for me if that's my choice.


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AMES, Iowa — Grafting is the best way to propogate apple trees. Horticulturists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach guide gardeners through apple tree grafting by responding to questions and offering workshops.
Apple trees don't come true from seed. Grafting is the best way to propagate an apple tree. Grafted apple trees produce fruit that are identical to their parent.
Grafting is the joining together of two plant parts (scion and stock) in such a way that they unite and become one plant. When grafting fruit trees, the scion is a portion of a twig taken from the desired tree or variety. It comprises the upper portion of the graft and develops into the fruit producing branches of the new tree. The stock (rootstock) is the lower portion of the graft. The stock becomes the root system of the grafted plant.
Whip and tongue grafting is a relatively easy way to propagate an apple tree. This type of graft is made when the stock and scion are dormant. The stock and scion should be the same diameter, preferably between one-fourth and one-half inch. Scion material should be collected when fully dormant (February or early March) from the previous year's growth. If possible, collect the scion wood when the temperature is above freezing. Place the scion wood in a plastic bag containing moist sphagnum moss or sawdust. Store the scions in the refrigerator until it's time for grafting. Rootstock material can be obtained from a small number of mail-order nurseries. Both standard and dwarfing rootstocks are available.
The first step in whip and tongue grafting is to make a smooth diagonal cut through the stock 1 to 2 inches long. Use a sharp knife to ensure a smooth, even cut. Starting about one-third of the way down from the pointed end, make a second downward cut into the stock to form a tongue. The second cut should be .5 to 1 inch long, slanted toward the base of the first cut. Using the middle portion of the scion wood, prepare the scion in the same manner as the stock. The stock and scion are then slipped together, the tongues interlocking. Next, wrap the stock and scion firmly together with grafting tape or half-inch wide masking tape. Cut the scion off about 3 to 4 inches above the graft. There should be two or three buds on the remaining portion of the scion wood. Finally, cover the graft union area and cut end (top) of the scion with grafting wax or similar material.
If whip and tongue grafting is done in early March when the ground is still frozen, place the grafted trees in a plastic bag containing moist sphagnum moss and leave them at room temperature for seven to 10 days. Then place them in the refrigerator until the trees can be planted outdoors. Trees grafted after the soil has become workable can be planted outdoors immediately. Home gardeners may want to grow the small grafted trees in the garden for one or two years before transplanting them to their permanent site.
Grafting can be a bit intimidating for some gardeners. For those individuals, two grafting workshops will be offered in Iowa this spring.
March 29 in Iowa City
The first grafting workshop will be March 29 in Iowa City in conjunction with the Iowa Woodland Owners Association Spring Field Day. Rootstocks, apple scion wood, grafting tape, grafting sealant and knives will be provided. Participants also may bring their own scion wood. There is a $15 per person fee to attend the field day, plus an additional $35 per person ($60 per couple) to attend the grafting workshop. Additional information on the field day and grafting workshop can be found at http://www.iowawoodlandowners.org/docs/springfieldday2014.doc.
April 3 in Perry
The second grafting workshop will be April 3 from 6:30−8:30 p.m. at the Forest Park Museum in Perry. There is a $35 fee per person ($60 per couple) to attend the grafting workshop. As with the Iowa City workshop, rootstocks, apple scion wood and other grafting supplies will be provided. To register for the workshop, contact Pete Malmberg at 515-465-3577 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Patrick O'Malley, commercial horticulture specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, will be the presenter-instructor for both grafting workshops. For more workshop information, contact O'Malley at firstname.lastname@example.com or 319-337-2145.
In addition to this column, ISU Extension and Outreach horticulturists operate Hortline – Iowa State's horticulture hotline at firstname.lastname@example.com or 515-294-3108 – to answer yard and garden questions. They provide answers online through Yard and Garden FAQs, https://expert-hort.sws.iastate.edu/, and distribute publications through the Extension Online Store, https://store.extension.iastate.edu/.
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The 36th annual Carolina Executive Cup Golf Tournament, the fundraiser for the men's and women's golf teams, will be played on Saturday, Nov. 3, at UNC Finley Golf Course. There will be a continental breakfast starting at 9 a.m. followed by a shotgun start at 10.
That evening, after a fun day of golf, the reception and silent auction will take place at 6 p.m. at The Blue Zone followed by the A.E. Finley Banquet at 7, honoring all Carolina alumni golfers. The banquet will also be at The Blue Zone.
The entry deadline is October 22 and you may register online. For more information, contact Coach Andrew Sapp, 919-962-0753, or Coach Jan Mann, 919-962-4273.


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Now that a few of us have received our interiors I was looking to see who has successfully installed a set. :D
Also any problems along the way,or tips to installation etc. From the looks of mine the first thing I notice is that the MQ-1 calculator board sticks up pretty high thus I'm going to have to cut out a recessed area of the rear "interior" peice to fit over the calc. board. also the screw heads for the RF protruding through will have to be modified,with thought of future maintenance for this part built in.
I'm looking forward to a NICE installation once I'm done and have some other tweaks to the exterior of mine to do first. Mainly the rangefinder stalk to be tapered and install my MS 3-peice RF to the stalk and weather the whole stalk itself.


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text: Massachusetts called "America's showcase" for education Massachusetts schools continue to rank at or near the top on virtually all measures of success, according to the journal Education Week. "Our teachers, administrators and students should be very, very proud," said MTA President Paul Toner. "We are first in the nation on many measures and also do very well in international comparisons." EdWeek's annual Quality Counts publication was released on Jan. 11. It contains several charts and graphs showing Massachusetts at the top perch among all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. Here are some highlights from that report and others. Massachusetts students are first or tied for first in mathematics and English language arts in all three grades tested – grades four, eight and 12 – on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often called The Nation's Report Card. Massachusetts was first in the nation on EdWeek's K-12 Achievement Index, a measure that includes current levels of performance, improvements over time and achievement gaps between poor and non-poor students. Under this metric, Massachusetts was given 85 points; the U.S. average was 68.7; and the lowest-scoring state, Mississippi, received 55.3 points. Massachusetts was the only state to receive an "A" on EdWeek's Chance-for-Success Index, which looks at early foundations, school years and adult outcomes. The Bay State received a score of 94 out of a possible 100 points; the U.S. average was 78.3; and the lowest-scoring state, Nevada, received 65.6 points. Massachusetts scored better than all other Western countries participating in the 2007 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), though below some of the Asian countries and city-states that took part. For example, in grade eight science, Massachusetts had a score of 556 and was ranked third, below Singapore (567) and Chinese Taipei (561) but ahead of Japan (554), Korea (553) and all of the Western nations that participated, including England (542) and the U.S. as a whole (520). This was the first TIMSS test in which individual states were allowed to participate as if they were countries. Massachusetts and Minnesota were the only two to do so. Several high-performing European nations, including Finland, did not participate in this study. International comparisons have been in the news recently because the U.S. as a whole performed in the middle of the pack on another exam released in December, the Program for International Student Assessment. A sample of 15-year-olds from 65 countries participated in PISA, including students from Shanghai, but not the rest of China. The Shanghai students were first in all categories. Individual state results were not calculated for the PISA test so it is unknown where Massachusetts would have ranked if it had been able to take part as a separate jurisdiction. An article in The New York Times about the PISA results noted that Shanghai is a magnet for the best students and thus is not representative of all of China. Nonetheless, officials still described the results as a "Sputnik moment." The same Times article went on to say, "If Shanghai is a showcase of Chinese educational progress, America's showcase would be Massachusetts."


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Trends, fashion, celebrities, events, music, and all things only Vegas
The biggest names in comedy are taking the stage in Las Vegas this summer, so get ready to laugh like you've never laughed before.
How about a show about ... nothing? That premise made Jerry Seinfeld and his sitcom the top TV show of its era, and now he's bringing that same observational humor to Caesars Palace Aug. 19 - 20.
The "terms of engagement" for a great night of laughter with David Spade are simple - make your plans to see him at The Venetian Aug. 26 - 27. And you know everybody loves Raymond - you'll love his stand-up routine, too, when Ray Romano performs at The Mirage that same weekend.
Tracy Morgan leaves 30 Rock for a show at the Joint at the Hard Rock on Sept.4; Bill Maher brings his politically incorrect humor to The Orleans Sept. 10 - 11; and you can go inside the mind of Carlos Mencia at Treasure Island on Sept. 16.
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When a person leave his country, he begin a new life. It is a difficult decision to leave your country. I think a person who decides to live in a new country has a lot of reasons or goals.
Sometimes you oblige to leave your country. For example if you become Muslim, you will live in Muslims countries. In addition, studying new sciences do not available in your country. Moreover, wars and revolts in other countries like Iraq and Syria.
On the other hand achieving goals like living more comfortable and luxury life, which all the people aspire to it.
My experience began when I came to Saudi Arabia with my family. Lifestyle is different from Sudan. Although we are Muslims, there is difference in our customs and traditions. After two or more, I follow some of their customs like drinking Arabian coffee with sweets (we are in Sudan drink coffee with sugar). Dressing black abaya, in Sudan, you could find colored abaya. I like kabsa (rice is the staple food of the country it is like bread in Sudan).
On my view, following the new customs is good if you convince it and agree with your religion approach. Psychologists believe that following new custom of the new country make the person acclimate though eating their foods.
I prefer to fellow the nice customs and the one, which agree with my religion approach. After a period of time you will find some changes in your personality.
It's so interesting to be a freelancer, but too difficult to manage your work and your life. You must be the boss, the accountant, the subordinate, the promouter, the sales manager at the same time. Wow, it's great, but may be to be an employee in a big company is a best choice?
Tina wang
wrote... on 1/26/2015 5:09:08 AM
I hoped to be a freelancer in my childhood, it means freedom and happy. Now i don't think so. Actually freelancer is unstable and alone. An employee in a middle company is very comfortable. working stress is not too big, have pare time in company. Colleagues relation is very simple. I like to work this kind of company.
Klaus Gehling
wrote... on 6/18/2015 5:10:47 AM
To be a freelancer. How does it work? I´m a freelancer. I was an employee in a Rehabilitation Center. In the course of my work I met many clients daily. Many of these former clients make up the base of my current clients.
Thats the way it goes. It`s not comfortable once in a while but exciting and it`s rewarded in a higher rate.
My favourite football player is Didier Drogba. I think he is perfect. He has a good coordination, excellent kick and phenomenal flexibility movements. His key attributes are physical strenghts, ability in the air and his unusual high speed. He is a great footballer and I'm very sorry he left Chelsea.
I'd like to be a Chief Operating Officer. It's a very interesting and important position. COO manages to all process in the company, in his responsibility there are all organizational and finance results. He responds in the effectiveness and profitability of the company. He has to have a good experience, leader's quality and high potential in business. I think it's a work of my dreams.
I had my bad vacation in 2002 in Yalta in Crimea. I've ever wanted to visit this place, because I read a lot of wonderful books about Yalta, watched nice films and heard attractive topics about that place. But we didn't lucky in this trip. The weather was bad - it was windy, rainy and cloudy. The hotel was awful - dirty, uncomfortable, with old ugly design. Also we had a car park view in our room. The food was very strange. Different dishes had a similar taste and smell. But the service was worst, it was terrible everywhere - in the hotel, in restaurants, on the beach. We were very happy to leave this place.
I read the artical about people who love cats or dogs. The auther says that these two type of people has different personal qualities. Cats people are more introversion and calm, they love to stay at home, read, cook, do puzzles. Dods people are extraversion, they have a lot of friends, they are ougoing and love to go to the parties. I think it's true only as a theory, because many people have a cat and a dog, and I saw some peole with dogs who were very shy and quiet.
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Yes , I agree with you. We can´t generalize.
Personally, I love cats! I have two females, one tricollor and one black with a white point!
According to the description, I could add that cat people like to sleep, are intuitive and observant and don´t like to be underestimated as well as cats.
Each cat has its personality which we can notice even when it is a puppy. We can see if it is active or lazy, if is friendly with your interaction or don´t mind with your presence, etc.
Above all things, I believe that cats teach you to respect any kind of alive. They don´t let you treat them as something below your power and wishes. If you do that, it will show your misunderstood in the following putting down objects and other things that import to you.
Alena Co
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It is funny, but my cat trains me and my husband. He teaches us to be cheerful, spend a lot of time at home with him, play all his favourite games and have new habits which are useful for him. We thought we would educate him, but really he educates us :)
We bought a fire screen, but we don't have a fireplace in our flat. Why do we need this thing? It's funny, but we use the fire screen as a board between the room and the balcony. Our cat likes to run into the balcony. He also likes to jump and to hunt birds and insects. We afraid that he could jump down from the balcony, but it's dangerous, because we live on the fourth floor. So we have the new fire screen and could to have our balcony opened without nervousness about the cat.
Tasha Tudor was a very unusual woman. She lived in America in 20 th -beginning of 21th century, but she lived as she was in Victorian era.
Tasha weared long srirts, Victorian blouses. She prepared her own soap, baked bread, made cheese and butter and did all things for daily life. She had four children and reard them alone, because this life was difficult for her husband and they divorced. She needed the money, so she wrote the tail stores, painted the pictures and published the books of recipies of Victorian dishes. As a result, her children inherited two million dollars.
Tasha Tudor had a long happy life. I think it's a fabulous example of slow life style, which is so attractive in current life.
I like summer, it's a very pleasant season. I remember the words from the one song "Summer is a small life" and I agree with these words. The days are so long, we have a lot of time for the job and for the rest. The nights are warm and romantic, they are full of sweet smells, quiet sounds and special mood - lover and tender. It's pitty, that the summer in Russia runs too fast. But we can wait for the next summer.
I think the compliments are different in various cultures. For example, American may say to coworker "It's a fabulous suit. Was it expensive?", but Russian never ask this question. It's a taboo topic to ask about the cost of clothes in Russia. It's impolitely and improperly. You can ask about the cost of the car, the house or the redecorating a flat, but not about the clothes. It possible for close friends only.
My cat is an amazing pet! He is so cute, playful and funny. He loves hunting and he does it all day long. He also likes sightseeing in our flat, so we can find him in boxes, shelves, cupboards. He is very attractive, he has a short but soft fur and big round orange eyes. His ears are small and twisted. I think he is the most beautiful cat in the world :)
Klaus Gehling
wrote... on 6/19/2015 5:01:29 AM
Dear Alena,
thank you for sharing your caring coexistence with your cat. I published a short Story about our cat. I hope you enjoy it! Klaus
The Crow
by Klaus Gehling
It`s claimed that a crow precedes a disaster. But, I´m not superstitious. Last month I saw a crow in a tree next to my house. I thought "humbug" and went in.
Everything seemed as always: The teacup on the desk, the TV, the piano. But something was wrong. Oh, my gosh! Parts of bodies were laying on the carpet! A stomach, legs, an intestine. Teeth looked at me lamentably.
Suddenly Charlie, our tomcat was creeping closer. I shouted: "You're supposed to eat your mice outside! And eat the rest of your food as humans are supposed to!"
I like designer clothes. I prefer official suits by Paul Smith. It seems as he sews his things special for me. They suits and fits me. I love nice lining of his clothes, it has unusual gorgeous colours. For my casual days I buy clothes by young designers. They make crazy things with different strange elements and it's lovely.
I had a vacation in a gorgeous place last summer. This place called Castle Combe and it avowed as the most beautiful village of England. I agree with this estimation. This is a very small village which was built in 15 century, quiet and relaxing. I'd like to live in such place in my old life.
Baggy jeans is a mystery for me. I've never seen a person who looks great in that jeans' model. All people look untidy and silly in them, but all fashion magazines write about "boyfriend's jeans" as a very trendy and smart clothes. I think it's a criminal conspiracy of the designers.
I think procrastination is a very harmful habit. You can't do anything, because you think you could do it whenever later. But you wait, wait and wait. The big piece of your life is finished, but you did nothing. At the end of your life you could be poor, sick and alone because you didn't have wish enough to change this situation.
Visa and Master Card left the Russia. I think about the consequences of this decision for my usual life. I won't to pay with card in the Internet, in the shops. I will have the big problems with my journey abroad. It's not a good decision and I'm very upset about it.
Today is the first really hot day in this year. The temperature is about 30 degrees Celsius, the sun shines, the sky is blue without any clouds. There are a lot of dandelions between the grass on the grass-plots. The smell of lilac is around you in the downtown. That is the first summer day in the end of the spring.


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LAND AREA: 312.56 square miles
White: 95.3%
Black/African American: 1.9%
American Indian: 0.3%
Asian: 1.1%
Pacific Islander: <0.1%
Two or more races: 1.4%
Hispanic/Latino: 3.5% (of any race)
From State & County QuickFacts, US Census Bureau, 2014.
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Watauga County
Wildlife profiles
Mountain region
Geographic Information
REGION: Mountain
RIVER BASIN: Watauga, New
NEIGHBORING COUNTIES: Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Wilkes
See also: Appalachian State University; Tweetsie Railroad.
Watauga County, located in the Mountain region of North Carolina, was formed in 1849 from Ashe, Wilkes, Caldwell, and Yancey Counties and named after the Watauga River ("Watauga" is an Indian word meaning "beautiful river"). It is situated along the Tennessee-North Carolina border. Early inhabitants of the area included the Cherokee Indians, followed by Scotch-Irish, German, Dutch, Swedish, and French settlers. Boone, the county seat, was incorporated in 1871 and named for Daniel Boone, who camped in the area during hunting season. Appalachian State University was established in 1899 in Boone; it is now one of the 16 member schools of the consolidated University of North Carolina. Other Watauga County communities include Seven Devils, Beech Mountain, Valle Crucis, Sugar Grove, Deep Gap, and Sherwood. Notable physical features of the county include the Watauga River, the South Fork of the New River, State Line Ridge, Dugger Mountain, Hanging Rock Ridge, and Egg Knob. Blowing Rock, a massive cliff adjacent to the John's River Gorge, attracts thousands of visitors annually.
Watauga County's location in the Blue Ridge Mountains has led to tourism's becoming its principal industry; visitors can enjoy skiing, horseback riding, golf, whitewater rafting, hiking, caving, snowboarding, mountain biking, and rock climbing at numerous locations throughout the county. The county's cultural attractions, many celebrating its mountain heritage, include the outdoor drama Horn in the West, telling the story of Daniel Boone and the Revolutionary War in western North Carolina; the Appalachian Cultural Museum; the Appalachian Heritage Museum; the Grandfather Mountain Nature Museum; the Hickory Ridge Homestead Museum; and the Blowing Rock Stage Company. Tweetsie Railroad, the oldest theme park in North Carolina, features a historic narrow-gauge steam locomotive and numerous westernthemed rides. The county hosts annual events and festivals such as the Firefly Festival, the Scottish Highland Games, Valle Country Fair, International Festival, Wilderness Bike Ride, and Gospel Singing Jubilee.
Watauga County produces agricultural goods such as tobacco, horticultural crops, beef cattle, and poultry. Manufactured products include saw blades and other tools, electronic components, woven goods, wood products, crushed stone, furniture, and textiles. Copper and calcite are mined in the county. In 2004 Watauga County had an estimated population of 42,800.
Additional resources:
Watauga County Government: http://www.wataugacounty.org/main/
Boone Area Chamber of Commerce: http://www.boonechamber.com/
DigitalNC, Watauga County: http://digitalnc.org/counties/watauga-county
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Rudersdorf, Amy. 2010. "NC County Maps." Government & Heritage Library, State Library of North Carolina.
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Thanks for posting in NCpedia, Diane. Unfortunately, we don't information about arranging speakers for Wolf's Den, but you may want to try contacting the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce to see if they have contact information for the appropriate person. Thanks again for using NCpedia. Good luck with your program!
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I am interested in arranging a program on a local cave and Wolf's Den was mentioned. Is there anyone who travels from that location and gives lectures on the cave? thank you for your time and consideration.
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Financial aid forms 2014-2015
Messiah College's Title IV Code is 003298.
This financial aid forms page for the 2014-2015 academic year contains all the information you need to know regarding the financial aid process.
Financial aid instructions
Please start out by reading the Financial Aid Application Cover Letter and the Financial Aid Instructions.
To complete your FAFSA, click the FAFSA button to the right of this page. For a helpful tutorial on completing the FAFSA on the web, visit 7 Easy Steps to the FAFSA. (Note: This is not a U.S. Department of Education website.)
You can view another helpful tutorial on using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool, while completing your FAFSA on the web at IRS Data Retrieval tutorial. This tutorial is helpful when completing your initial FAFSA or when going back later to use the Data Retrieval Tool if you did not use it during your initial filing. (Note: The IRS Data Retrieval Tool tutorial is not a U.S. Department of Education website.)
For more information on the IRS Data Retrieval Tool and other recent financial aid news, please visit our Hot Items page.
In addition to completing the forms on this page, we recommend that all students review the Scholarships, Grants and Loans page. This link will allow you to learn more about Messiah College's institutional scholarships and to search for scholarships from a wide range of private organizations. Every student should try this scholarship search at least once.
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This letter accompanies the other documents in the financial aid application packet. It serves as an introduction to the financial aid process and an important source of additional instructions about the application process.
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This document contains instructions for the completion of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, and information about other aspects of the financial aid application process.
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Complete this worksheet if you plan to use FAFSA on the web to apply for financial aid. Use this worksheet to collect your (and your parents') information before beginning your 2014-2015 online Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Last year 98% of our families applied using FAFSA on the web and we recommend it as the best way to apply.
If you cannot or do not wish to complete the FAFSA on the web, you can use this PDF version of the FAFSA. The PDF FAFSA must be mailed for processing. The PDF FAFSA is available for you to print and fill out manually or is screen-fillable. Screen-fillable means you can enter your data on the screen before printing. Please note that if you choose this option you will not be able to save your data to your PC. To print a PDF FAFSA file from within your reader, we recommend you use the PDF's print button rather than the browser's print function.
Download 2014-2015 Free Application For Federal Student Aid.
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Use these forms if the U.S. Department of Education has selected your FAFSA for review in a process called "verification." Do not complete these forms unless the financial aid office instructs you to do so. Students will be notified via email if verification documents are required.
2014-2015 loan forms and information
PLUS vs Alternative: Which Should I Choose?
If you decide to take out an additional loan, this document will help you decide if a PLUS Loan or an alternative loan is the best option for you.
What Do I Owe Worksheet
This worksheet will help you estimate what you will owe after your financial aid is applied, and will help you decide if you need to borrow an additional loan.
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Covenant Grant Application
Covenant Grants are awarded to full-time students who are members or regular attendants of Brethren in Christ churches. An application is required. The amount of the Covenant Grant is $500 per school year. A travel allowance, ranging in amounts of $75 to $300, is available to non-Pennsylvania residents who also qualify for the Covenant Grant.
One application is sufficient for all four school years.
Mature student discount application
Students, age 30 years or older, will be granted a 25% mature student discount on tuition only, for all courses for which they enroll.
Nursing student loan application
This is only applicable to nursing students and the deadline date was April 1, 2014. Please note that you must apply for the Nursing Student Loan each year. If applying for the Nursing Student Loan, please complete the Verification forms even if not selected for verification by the Federal Processor. You will be informed by the financial aid office via your Messiah College email account of which documents you need to submit for verification of your Nursing Loan application.
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Does anyone having this problems same as me?
When I login to MapleGlobal.exe (real server) , it works fine to me, but every time I try to login to private maple.exe and it gave me an error :Failed in black proper screen mode for Gr2D" and jumps back to desktop. i have also use maple installer folder (setup.exe) to set the frequency - and i can sees alt+h, and it gave me an error of failed in black proper screen mode
a) What's the best possibility of downloading the graphics card (I need 800x600) and I do not know which one shall i get. Check the attached picture.
b) How to solve this problem?
Name: Mobility Radeon
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc
Chip name: Mobility Radeon AGP (0x4C59)
DAC Type: Internal DAC (350MHZ)
Current display mode: 1024x 768 (16bit) (60HZ)
Monitor: default monitor
(I need 800 x 600) to play on private maple.exe , which one shall i get ?


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help in id of an old stacked tube marker
Posted 28 January 2013 - 03:30 PM
Posted 28 January 2013 - 03:44 PM
Edited by Myrkul, 28 January 2013 - 03:59 PM.
Posted 28 January 2013 - 03:54 PM
Posted 28 January 2013 - 06:14 PM
My money is on Tribal.
Good point I forgot about those.
Posted 29 January 2013 - 04:45 PM
Posted 29 January 2013 - 07:00 PM
tribal? who made tribal have not heard of or have just forgotten that one. my guess is mabey a bushmaster but still its longer more like an old school matrix. the back is flush with no knob. the bolt is visible from the back but flush with the back. on the back plate is a micro switch, and a red, green ,and yellow light. also some kind of port or jack. other than that the set up seams same as imp, bushy, defiant etc. it does look like at once upon a time it was a pricey pb gun.
I demand pictures.
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Posted 14 February 2013 - 09:49 PM
Your right, I don't think we ever had any of the Toxic ones in, think we only had the BBT models in "and had them in forever"...If I remember right we damn near had to give them away to get rid of them.
There was a BBT version, but the marker was mfgr'd by Toxic Toys.
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