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We have a website and some information about the project called Zavataris, we have the URL www.zavataris.com, and the dedicated server and high speed connection that are a business class cable/network, and a main developer/programmer....
However, we need help to get this thing going and would like to know if anyone would like to volunteer who has experience using the Unity game engine and importing higher end models like those on DAZ 3D for the avatars.
The basics of the project are to create a combination Online game with a social 3D world environment as the central meet up and connection point. The Social aspect you can, to a point, compare to such places as SL or Kaneva, but without the limitations, and actually have a more game approach over all with such as quests, and all the avatar customizations in one place have menu options that are simply more intuitive so youre not spending twelve hours trying to figure out how to put on a hat or using them irritating nodes to interact with your environment.
Presently we have over 50 members who would be end users listed on the website and about 8 who will be volunteer supervisors with experience being advisors on other games with more than five years history, and for now we are using webs.com to host the website itself, and these members come from several such locations and want out of the other games/3D social places, where their ideas and suggestions will be heard and considered and over all treated with some value and integrity and not get flamed when they ask simple questions.
The basic mentality behind this project is one of "for gamers by gamers" as the main motivation.
Naturally no one will cough up any paid memberships till they see what they will be paying for. So the goal is definitely going to be geared towards making this world worth their money to support once they see something that shows hard work has been put into the program itself.
In addition we would like to see it use the Unity Web Player so that will be the only download they need that saves them space on their computers to say the least and will be programed to adapt to their own connection speeds for a smoother run time.
We will be starting this as an indie style project to see where it goes, but I am confident with us all working together we may create something pretty amazing. This means we are flexible and open to many suggestions and ideas so the project is interesting and enjoyable for everyone.
To answer the basic questions, we do have a couple concepts posted on the site for such as quests, and are open to suggestions and ideas, not only from end users but the programmers and developers themselves.
It is registered and licensed with the business name and those contributions remain the property of the those who submit their concepts and designs to the project, which when we are financially able, we can discuss potential for purchasing rights should it become a successful and more commercial worthy end product.
Everyone who participates will have their name in the developers section of the website. Traffic to the site will be based mainly on a referral basis, though we do have a face book page upon which content can be added for more or less marketing what we have in the end product.
To learn more and get an idea for the feel of the project and the direction we would like to head do check out the information there. After that, feel free to contact me with any more questions you may have.
Thanks a bunch. I look forward to hearing from you.


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(1) Improving fish and wildlife habitat and water quality cannot succeed through laws and government actions alone. These rules implement ORS 541.423 which reflects and depends upon Oregonians characteristic spirit of volunteerism and stewardship. The rules provide the means for the Departments of Forestry and Agriculture to implement a voluntary and flexible conservation incentives program that recognizes and rewards agricultural, forest, and other landowners who choose to exceed regulatory criteria for conservation, restoration, and improvement of fish and wildlife habitat or water quality while managing land to meet their objectives. Stewardship agreements will be long-term and consider conservation from a property wide perspective, rather than at the scale of single localized projects.
(2) This program provides incentives for landowners who meet and exceed regulatory requirements to achieve conservation. Regulatory requirements are continually reviewed and revised in the face of new scientific information and changing social values. As such, the relevant habitat and water quality statutes provide the means to evaluate whether a landowner is meeting and exceeding regulatory criteria.
(3) For lands and activities falling under the Oregon Forest Practices Act, the purpose of the stewardship agreement program is also to more efficiently implement the provisions of the Act as a voluntary alternative to traditional mechanisms of forest operation planning, review, inspection, and enforcement.
(4) The stewardship agreement program will recognize other relevant landowner efforts, such as forest or agricultural certification and habitat conservation plans, which have been developed by landowners to meet their management objectives, as components that partially or fully qualify a landowner for a stewardship agreement.
(5) The stewardship agreement program may not meet the objectives of all landowners. Landowners who choose not to enter into stewardship agreements, although they may be qualified to do so, are not considered less protective of resources than those landowners who choose to enter into stewardship agreements.
(6) Voluntary conservation, restoration, and improvement of fish and wildlife habitat or water quality depends on effective partnerships with other parties. The stewardship agreement program seeks to develop and support cooperative and collaborative partnerships with federal, state, and local agencies and with private conservation and landowner organizations.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.423, 526
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.423
Hist.: DOF 11-2006, f. 11-20-06, cert. ef. 11-21-06
The following definitions apply to OAR 629-021-0100 through 629-021-1100.
(1) "Landowner" means the owner identified in the management plan and any agent or consultant authorized by the owner to implement the management plan.
(2) "Stewardship agreement" means a written agreement between the landowner and the Department(s) that ensures the implementation of a management plan meeting the intent of ORS 541.423.
(3) "Management plan" means a written, multi-resource strategy for a particular tract of farm, forest, or other land, describing how the landowner will manage the land under consideration for a stewardship agreement to meet the intent of ORS 541.423 as laid out in OAR 629-021-0100 to 1100).
(4) "Department(s)" refers to the Oregon Department of Forestry and/or the Oregon Department of Agriculture.
(5) "Inventory" means describing elements of land uses, such as pasture, crop land, timber land, habitat, and other natural features, but not information that is proprietary or sensitive to landowner financial interests.
(6) "Pesticides" include but are not limited to herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and rodenticides. Pesticides are regulated under the Oregon Pesticide Control Law (ORS 634) and the Oregon Pesticide Regulations (OAR 603-057).
(7) "Conservation" means the management of land, water, and natural resources for the purpose of meeting human and ecological needs in a sustainable manner.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.423, 526
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.423
Hist.: DOF 11-2006, f. 11-20-06, cert. ef. 11-21-06
Stewardship Agreement Application Process
(1) Landowner must submit a written application on a form provided by the Departments. Information required includes:
(a) Name, contact information, property location, total acres, county, etc.
(b) Name of watershed the property is located in.
(c) Map and description of property, land uses, habitats, and water features (this does not need to include detailed or sensitive information about economic uses of property; the purpose is to know property boundaries, what habitats are present, and the general land use context.
(d) Name(s) of plans and programs landowner is implementing or participating in (if any) and how they contribute to meeting the criteria in 629-021-0500, including a copy of current certification (if any) or other conservation agreements.
(e) Identification of state, regional, and local conservation goals that the stewardship agreement is implementing.
(f) Description of conservation efforts for fish, wildlife, and water quality that are being used or are proposed.
(g) Identify management plan subject to the application review and subsequent audits.
(2) A written management plan is required, which could be a combination of an existing plan and/or a plan developed specifically for this program. The management plan needs to be available to the Department(s) during the review process and for subsequent audits, but landowners are not required to provide a copy for retention by the Department(s).
(3) A management plan will include:
(a) Landowner's name and contact information, total acreage, acreage in agriculture and forestry, legal description, watershed(s), date of plan, plan writer's name and contact information.
(b) Landowner goals and objectives.
(c) Property description and inventory, including: vegetation, fish and wildlife habitats, soils,
(d) Protection and/or enhancement of resources that exceeds regulatory requirements through land management practices and activities that are designed to achieve conservation, restoration, and improvement of fish and wildlife habitat or water quality.
(e) Maps, aerial photographs, and other visual aids to illustrate the property description and management activities.
(f) For land and activities falling under the Oregon Forest Practices Act, specific sites or resource sites that are inventoried and protected under ORS 527.710(3)(a) and OAR 629-665-0000 to 0300, or that are listed under 629-605-0170(1). Examples of these sites include sensitive bird nesting, roosting and watering sites, resource sites used by threatened and endangered fish and wildlife species, or significant wetlands.
(4) It is the policy of the Department(s) to protect confidential information in its files. The Department(s) recognize that a written management plan marked as "confidential" on the face of the document is submitted to the Department(s) on the condition that the information will be kept confidential. Any information voluntarily submitted to the Department(s) in confidence and not otherwise required by law to be submitted should reasonably be considered confidential. Such information in the management plans that should reasonably be considered confidential includes information that qualifies as a trade secret under ORS 192.501(2), that is, non-patented information that is known only to certain people within the organization, has commercial value, and would give its users a business advantage over competitors. Other confidential information may include information submitted in confidence that qualifies under any other public record exemption set forth in 192.501.
(5) The handling of confidential materials shall be as follows:
(a) The Department will make immediate distribution to the appropriate personnel.
(b) Confidential material is stored in and returned to files at end of day and protected from visual inspection by unauthorized persons at all times.
(c) Confidential areas are kept secured after working hours.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.423, 526
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.423
Hist.: DOF 11-2006, f. 11-20-06, cert. ef. 11-21-06
Application Review
(1) Applications will be reviewed jointly by the Departments.
(2) Application review will include a review of the past record of compliance with applicable laws and regulations regarding land use and management.
(3) The Departments will accept applications at any time and will review applications in a reasonable time, normally within 90 days.
(4) For applications covering lands in both agriculture and forest use, the Departments will designate one of the Departments to be the primary contact for development of the agreement, with both Departments approving the agreement.
(5) The Department(s) will consult with appropriate state and federal agencies and other conservation partners regarding potential issues related to their responsibilities and expertise.
(6) The Department(s) and landowner will work jointly to develop a draft stewardship agreement. This will include a site visit with the landowner.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.423, 526
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.423
Hist.: DOF 11-2006, f. 11-20-06, cert. ef. 11-21-06
Criteria to Evaluate Adequacy of a Landowner Management Plan To Meet Purpose of Rules
(1) The management plan will include provisions to protect or conserve fish and wildlife habitat, water resources, and soil resources appropriate to the property and consistent with landowner objectives.
(2) The management plan will be reviewed against the following criteria (a-c) to determine whether the landowner is implementing management actions that exceed regulatory requirements for the conservation, restoration, and improvement of fish and wildlife habitat or water quality.
(a) Management actions to conserve, restore, and improve fish and wildlife habitat:
(A) Specific conservation goals for fish and wildlife habitat are established.
(B) Alignment with Oregon's 'Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy', an adopted subbasin plan, and/or other watershed or landscape-scale conservation plan is demonstrated.
(C) Invasive species are identified, controlled, and where possible, eliminated.
(D) Threatened, endangered, and at-risk species and associated habitats are protected, enhanced, or restored.
(E) Food, water, and shelter components of habitat for fish and wildlife are provided (e.g. snags, nesting trees, downed wood, side-channels, bat/bird/bee boxes hedgerows, field edges, etc.).
(F) Crop selection and/or management accommodates fish and wildlife habitat needs.
(G) Native habitat is restored and enhanced, consistent with historic vegetative patterns. Restoration includes diverse native species, structure, and age of vegetation appropriate to the site and its regional context.
(H) Special consideration is given to native habitats known to be uncommon, rare or at risk (i.e. prairie, oak woodland, bottomland hardwood forest).
(I) Natural hydrology is restored to provide habitat for native fish and other aquatic species.
(J) Where feasible, natural disturbance processes like fire and flooding are allowed to function.
(K) Road disturbances to fish and wildlife habitat are minimized.
(L) Fish passage limitations are addressed.
(M) Water diversions are screened or otherwise managed to provide fish passage and prevent entrapment.
(N) Water withdrawals are managed to enhance the needs of fish and wildlife habitat.
(b) Management actions to conserve, restore and improve water resources:
(A) Riparian vegetation is protected, managed, or restored to provide erosion control, sediment and nutrient filtering, and other functions of a properly functioning riparian area.
(B) Sediment runoff and animal wastes are controlled at the source to prevent ground and/or surface water contamination.
(C) Vegetation and soils are managed to conserve water by encouraging infiltration and storage of rainfall in the soil.
(D) Irrigation and drainage systems are managed to prevent waste of water and to protect water quality.
(E) Road systems are managed to reduce or eliminate sediment delivery to streams and to prevent catastrophic failure.
(F) Cultural and biological pest prevention strategies are used to reduce or eliminate the need for pesticide applications (e.g. Integrated Pest Management).
(G) Precautions are taken to prevent leaks or spills of pesticides or petroleum products, such as fuel, motor oil, and hydraulic fluid, from reaching waters of the state and sensitive native habitats.
(c) Management actions to conserve, restore, and improve soil resources:
(A) Tillage practices minimize degradation of soil quality and conserve organic matter and soil aggregation.
(B) Soils are protected from erosion by optimizing plant cover or residue throughout the year. Practices include but are not limited to: permanent vegetative cover in orchards, nurseries, and vineyards, mulch in row crops, and by using pastures and appropriate intensity, duration, and frequency of livestock grazing.
(C) Crop rotations that include cover crops are used to build soil organic matter and productivity.
(D) Soil disturbance and compaction during timber harvest is minimized.
(E) A comprehensive nutrient management plan or other means are used to conserve and recycle nutrients by converting organic wastes into productive uses and by seeking ways to generate nutrients on farm. Practices that can be used include but are not limited to: cover cropping, on-farm composting, and integrating livestock into farm production.
(F) Land management on steep slopes and fragile soils is conducted in a manner to reduce or eliminate impacts to the site.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.423, 526
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.423
Hist.: DOF 11-2006, f. 11-20-06, cert. ef. 11-21-06
Stewardship Agreement
(1) The agreement will include the landowner's commitment to:
(a) Implement the activities and monitoring identified in this agreement for enhancing conservation, restoration, and improvement of fish and wildlife habitat or water quality.
(b) Comply with and manage beyond relevant habitat and water quality rules and statutes.
(c) Allow audits and assist with the process, as appropriate.
(2) The agreement will identify the activities and monitoring that will be done for conservation, restoration, and improvement of fish and wildlife habitat or water quality.
(3) The agreement will include the Departments' commitment to:
(a) Accept the agreement as demonstrating compliance with state regulatory requirements if the agreement demonstrates such compliance.
(b) Provide specific assistance or incentives that may include: information about conservation programs, certification for marketing purposes, technical assistance, coordination with other agencies to resolve issues.
(c) Strive to match participants with resources suitable to meet landowner objectives.
(4) For lands subject to the Oregon Forest Practices Act, the stewardship agreement may include sufficient detail to meet the requirements for:
(a) Written plans under ORS 527.670(3), OAR 629-605-0170, and 629-605-173;
(b) Fifteen-day waiting periods under OAR 629-605-0150 (1), except as provided by ORS 527.670 (9) for aerial chemical applications;
(c) Notification consistent with OAR 629-605-0140 and 629-605-0150; and
(d) Other administrative rules and statutes related to notification, such as for fire protection, taxation, safety, water withdrawals, or public subscriptions.
(5) Landowners may have active forest operations on lands that are part of a proposed stewardship agreement. If so, the stewardship agreement will immediately apply those operations when the stewardship agreement is finalized.
(6) Department access to stewardship agreement lands is limited to reviews and audits for which landowners have provided authority. Landowners may also choose to authorize additional limited access to lands under the stewardship agreement for purposes of biological effectiveness monitoring.
(7) The agreement will include the frequency of audits, which will be established based on the Departments' evaluation of the relative complexity of the management plan and the terms of the stewardship agreement.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.423, 526
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.423
Hist.: DOF 11-2006, f. 11-20-06, cert. ef. 11-21-06
Decision Authority
(1) The State Forester is delegated full authority by the Board of Forestry to implement the provisions of ORS 541.423 and 527.736(4), including but not limited to review of management plans and preparation and approval of stewardship agreements.
(2) Prior to approving a stewardship agreement, the Departments will provide public notice and 21 days for comment on the proposed agreement.
(3) When the Departments determine that comments from the review process are adequately addressed, the stewardship agreement will be approved.
(4) The Departments will give notice of approval, termination, and revisions of a stewardship agreement to each other, to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and to the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board.
(5) If the management plan includes potential chemical application operations related to forest operations, the State Forester will give notice of approval of a stewardship agreement to:
(a) Any person with surface water rights pursuant to ORS Chapter 537 who, under the provisions of 527.670(6), has previously requested in writing from the State Forester copies of notifications and written plans for chemical application operations within ten upstream miles of the water right location; and
(b) The community water system manager of any community water system where the surface water drainage area upstream of the intake is 100 square miles or less and the management plan includes potential aerial chemical application operations within 100 feet, or ground-based chemical application operations within 50 feet, of the Type D or domestic use portions of Type F streams that provide water used by the community water system.
(6) The Departments will notify persons who submitted timely comments of the approval of a stewardship agreement. Any person who submitted timely comments and who is adversely affected by the operations conducted under an approved or amended stewardship agreement may file a written request for a hearing to the appropriate Department.
(7) As provided for in ORS 568.912 and 527.700(1) and (2) a landowner may appeal an order denying approval of a stewardship agreement.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 526.016(4) & 526.041(1)
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.423 & 527.736(4)
Hist.: DOF 11-2006, f. 11-20-06, cert. ef. 11-21-06; DOF 3-2009, f. 5-7-09, cert. ef. 5-11-09
Stewardship Agreement Audits
(1) The Department(s) will conduct periodic audits with the landowner on lands under a stewardship agreement.
(2) The landowner will provide authorization for the Department (or its designated agent) that is party to the stewardship agreement to conduct periodic audits on lands subject to the stewardship agreement to determine whether the management plan is being implemented and whether the stewardship agreement should be continued, revised, or discontinued.
(3) For the purpose of the stewardship agreement rules, an audit means a review of land management and resource sites identified in the stewardship agreement to determine if the terms and conditions of the stewardship agreement are being met.
(4) The frequency and the number of audits may vary based on the Departments' evaluation of the relative complexity of the management plan, the terms of the stewardship agreement, or the performance observed during previous audits.
(5) Audits will be conducted at least once every three years. Landowners may request additional audits to help them assess their performance under the stewardship agreement or to provide an annual government certification of their operation.
(6) The Departments will provide an audit report to the landowner within a reasonable period, normally 45 days, with recommendations for needed revisions to the stewardship agreement.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.423, 526
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.423
Hist.: DOF 11-2006, f. 11-20-06, cert. ef. 11-21-06
Revising Stewardship Agreements
(1) The landowner and the Departments will cooperatively revise the stewardship agreement if:
(a) The landowner requests a revision;
(b) An audit report recommends revising the stewardship agreement;
(c) Any portion of the land changes ownership resulting in that land being removed from the stewardship agreement as per 629-021-1000(3).
(2) All revisions to the stewardship agreement are subject to the review process outlined in 629-021-0700(2) and (3).
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.423, 526
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.423
Hist.: DOF 11-2006, f. 11-20-06, cert. ef. 11-21-06
Terminating Stewardship Agreements
(1) The appropriate Department will issue a written notice to terminate a stewardship agreement when:
(a) The landowner is negligent in meeting the terms of the stewardship agreement;
(b) The landowner willfully disregards the terms of the stewardship agreement; or
(c) The State Forester or Department of Agriculture and landowner fail to reach agreement about revisions required under OAR 629-021-0900 within a reasonable period, normally 45 days.
(d) Failure to comply with Federal environmental laws could be criteria for terminating or suspending a stewardship agreement.
(2) The written notice to terminate the stewardship agreement will state the conditions under section 629-021-1000(1) of this rule that exist and what, if any, remedies are necessary to avoid the termination.
(3) Any parcel of land that is sold or transferred to another landowner will immediately cease to be included in the stewardship agreement.
(4) Upon receiving a written notice to terminate the stewardship agreement, the landowner will suspend all portions of operations requiring written plans under the Forest Practices Act until written plans have been submitted and reviewed.
(5) The landowner may terminate the agreement after providing written notice to the lead Department for the agreement.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.423, 526
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.423
Hist.: DOF 11-2006, f. 11-20-06, cert. ef. 11-21-06
Periodic Review of Program
(1) An interagency review of the Departments' implementation of the stewardship agreement program will be produced biennially, and presented to the Board of Forestry and Board of Agriculture. This report will include:
(a) A description of the agreements approved
(b) Areas of concern regarding implementation of the program
(c) A review of the coordination between the two Departments
(d) Recommendations to revise or modify the program
(e) A review of program effectiveness for enhancing fish and wildlife habitat and water quality.
(2) An advisory group, including the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and other interested/involved parties, will be utilized to assist the Departments in conducting the biennial review.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 541.423, 526
Stats. Implemented: ORS 541.423
Hist.: DOF 11-2006, f. 11-20-06, cert. ef. 11-21-06
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Frostburg State University is located in the Appalachian highlands (elevation 2,000 feet) of western Maryland. The main campus covers 260 acres within the town limits of Frostburg (population 7,500).
The University also offers courses at the University System of Maryland at Hagerstown, and undergraduate programs at the Anne Arundel Community College Regional Higher Education Center at Arundel Mills,
and on the Catonsville Campus of the Community College of Baltimore County.
The local region is rich in both history and outdoor activities. Students can visit nearby recreational areas—Rocky Gap, New Germany and Deep Creek Lake State Parks—which offer camping, boating, swimming, hiking and skiing.


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The Wounds and the Scars of War
In recent weeks, both the COURIER and its sister newspaper, the Putnam County News
& Recorder have published citations issued to various recipients of awards for military valor, under the title "American Spirit." We figured this was a good way for the community to remember the sacrifices it has taken to build our free society. Unbelievably, a reader wrote two weeks ago to cancel her subscription because she disliked this series. "I see no point in publishing items like Medal of Honor citations from decades ago that have nothing to do with anyone in Philipstown," the former reader wrote.
Of course, Israel Putnam, the county's namesake, was a renowned Revolutionary War general from Connecticut. He never lived in Putnam. By the same logic, should the county should change its name?
The COURIER maintains that remembering the incredible feats achieved by American warriors, often in life or death situations, has everything to do with Putnam County. Selfless servicemen like 2nd Lt John Bobo (Medal of Honor) and Pharmacists Mate Second Class John Bradley (Navy Cross) are the reason why Putnam is still an American county. They are the reason why there is a newspaper and not a ministry of propaganda, why Putnam residents speak English and not imperial Japanese, and why, on November 2, Putnam residents went to vote in an election.
Honoring and respecting the brave and the fallen is not a political issue. It is something that all Americans should be happy to do. But, luckily for the few who are ungrateful, brave young men and women have bled for their right to make that misguided choice.
We unfortunately live with the fact that the oceans no longer protect us. We live within an hour of another 9/11, and that means our men and women in uniform must be ever vigilant. They are tasked with a very un-politically correct assignment: Kill or be killed. The military builds schools in war-torn countries, creates infrastructures, organizes democracies, but at the heart of it all, the mission will always be "locate, close with, and destroy the enemy."
That has been the goal since Lexington and Concord in 1775, with muskets and bayonets, and it remains the same in Afghanistan, with predator drones and fiber-optically guided missiles. No matter what the scientists at Lockheed Martin come up with next, the human element will never be taken out of war. Troops will be on the ground, in the air, and on the high seas, taking hostile fire. They will always be separated from their families for months on end, not only defending lives, but our freedom. "The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war," said General Douglas MacArthur.
After bearing the wounds and suffering the scars, Marines, Soldiers, Airmen, and Sailors should never have to return to a nation that is too busy to recognize their sacrifices. "America is not at war. The Marine Corps is at war; America is at the mall," an unknown Marine wrote while deployed to Iraq. It is a tragedy that any warrior should feel disconnected from the civilians for whom he fights.
Although, due to the economy, Americans might be going to the mall less and less, the message should not be lost. It is an absolute blessing that the vast majority of the American people, living thousands of miles away from the battlefield, do not feel the day-today effects of war abroad. People can go to the supermarket, pick up their kids from school, commute to work, and not have to worry about a roving band of Taliban at the next exit. People don't mean to forget about the troops, they just get caught up in life. They lose touch; the same way people lose an old friend's phone number or forget to send a Christmas card. Fortunately, a little "thank you for your service" to a veteran goes a long way.
On Thursday, Americans observe Veterans Day, which was originally called Armistice Day. On the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, in 1918, World War I finally ended after four years of brutal conflict. Germany and the Allies signed an armistice, ending armed hostilities and what was supposed to be the "war to end all wars." In 1938, November 11 became a national holiday. In 1954, in order to honor the vets of all American wars, President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Congress changed the name to Veterans Day.
Please pray for all those who have suffered the scars of war for the sake of liberty and justice.
In memory of Lance Corporal Thomas Larson, USMC (1987-2009)
"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm."
"Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die."


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(a) Analyst protections
The Commission, or upon the authorization and direction of the Commission, a registered securities association or national securities exchange, shall have adopted, not later than 1 year after July 30, 2002, rules reasonably designed to address conflicts of interest that can arise when securities analysts recommend equity securities in research reports and public appearances, in order to improve the objectivity of research and provide investors with more useful and reliable information, including rules designed—
(1) to foster greater public confidence in securities research, and to protect the objectivity and independence of securities analysts, by—
(A) restricting the prepublication clearance or approval of research reports by persons employed by the broker or dealer who are engaged in investment banking activities, or persons not directly responsible for investment research, other than legal or compliance staff;
(B) limiting the supervision and compensatory evaluation of securities analysts to officials employed by the broker or dealer who are not engaged in investment banking activities; and
(C) requiring that a broker or dealer and persons employed by a broker or dealer who are involved with investment banking activities may not, directly or indirectly, retaliate against or threaten to retaliate against any securities analyst employed by that broker or dealer or its affiliates as a result of an adverse, negative, or otherwise unfavorable research report that may adversely affect the present or prospective investment banking relationship of the broker or dealer with the issuer that is the subject of the research report, except that such rules may not limit the authority of a broker or dealer to discipline a securities analyst for causes other than such research report in accordance with the policies and procedures of the firm;
(2) to define periods during which brokers or dealers who have participated, or are to participate, in a public offering of securities as underwriters or dealers should not publish or otherwise distribute research reports relating to such securities or to the issuer of such securities;
(3) to establish structural and institutional safeguards within registered brokers or dealers to assure that securities analysts are separated by appropriate informational partitions within the firm from the review, pressure, or oversight of those whose involvement in investment banking activities might potentially bias their judgment or supervision; and
(b) Disclosure
The Commission, or upon the authorization and direction of the Commission, a registered securities association or national securities exchange, shall have adopted, not later than 1 year after July 30, 2002, rules reasonably designed to require each securities analyst to disclose in public appearances, and each registered broker or dealer to disclose in each research report, as applicable, conflicts of interest that are known or should have been known by the securities analyst or the broker or dealer, to exist at the time of the appearance or the date of distribution of the report, including—
(1) the extent to which the securities analyst has debt or equity investments in the issuer that is the subject of the appearance or research report;
(2) whether any compensation has been received by the registered broker or dealer, or any affiliate thereof, including the securities analyst, from the issuer that is the subject of the appearance or research report, subject to such exemptions as the Commission may determine appropriate and necessary to prevent disclosure by virtue of this paragraph of material non-public information regarding specific potential future investment banking transactions of such issuer, as is appropriate in the public interest and consistent with the protection of investors;
(3) whether an issuer, the securities of which are recommended in the appearance or research report, currently is, or during the 1-year period preceding the date of the appearance or date of distribution of the report has been, a client of the registered broker or dealer, and if so, stating the types of services provided to the issuer;
(4) whether the securities analyst received compensation with respect to a research report, based upon (among any other factors) the investment banking revenues (either generally or specifically earned from the issuer being analyzed) of the registered broker or dealer; and
(c) Limitation
Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any other provision of law, neither the Commission nor any national securities association registered under section 78o–3 of this title may adopt or maintain any rule or regulation in connection with an initial public offering of the common equity of an emerging growth company—
(1) restricting, based on functional role, which associated persons of a broker, dealer, or member of a national securities association, may arrange for communications between a securities analyst and a potential investor; or
(2) restricting a securities analyst from participating in any communications with the management of an emerging growth company that is also attended by any other associated person of a broker, dealer, or member of a national securities association whose functional role is other than as a securities analyst.
(d) Definitions
In this section—
(1) the term "securities analyst" means any associated person of a registered broker or dealer that is principally responsible for, and any associated person who reports directly or indirectly to a securities analyst in connection with, the preparation of the substance of a research report, whether or not any such person has the job title of "securities analyst"; and
Source(June 6, 1934, ch. 404, title I, § 15D, as added Pub. L. 107–204, title V, § 501(a),July 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 791; amended Pub. L. 112–106, title I, § 105(b),Apr. 5, 2012, 126 Stat. 311.)
2012—Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 112–106added subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d).
Post Offering Communications
Pub. L. 112–106, title I, § 105(d),Apr. 5, 2012, 126 Stat. 311, provided that: "Neither the [Securities and Exchange] Commission nor any national securities association registered under section 15A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [15 U.S.C. 78o–3] may adopt or maintain any rule or regulation prohibiting any broker, dealer, or member of a national securities association from publishing or distributing any research report or making a public appearance, with respect to the securities of an emerging growth company, either—
"(1) within any prescribed period of time following the initial public offering date of the emerging growth company; or
"(2) within any prescribed period of time prior to the expiration date of any agreement between the broker, dealer, or member of a national securities association and the emerging growth company or its shareholders that restricts or prohibits the sale of securities held by the emerging growth company or its shareholders after the initial public offering date."
Commission Authority
Pub. L. 107–204, title V, § 501(c),July 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 793, provided that: "The Commission may promulgate and amend its regulations, or direct a registered securities association or national securities exchange to promulgate and amend its rules, to carry out section 15D of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 [15 U.S.C. 78o–6], as added by this section, as is necessary for the protection of investors and in the public interest."
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HST 3127A: 1980s and 1990s America
Primary Source Articles
There are two main ways you can approach finding your primary source articles:
- Use the Readers Guide to Periodical Literature and the New York Times Index to pinpoint the names of specific articles. You would then have to find a database (or other source such as microfilm) to get the full text
- Use the links below to search each of these magazines/newspapers directly using keywords describing your topic
Business Week
The library has 1957–2006 on microfilm.
The Economist
The library has 1843–1997 on microfilm.
Forbes Magazine
The library has 1968–1996 on microfilm
The library has 1980–1990 on microfilm
National Review (1975-current)
Use the date slider in the left hand column to adjust your date range
New Republic
The libriary has 1960–1996 on microfilm
New York Times (1851-2008)
Use the search options area to search by a specific date range
Newsday (August 1985-current)
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Newsweek (1975-current)
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Saturday Evening Post
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Sports Illustrated (1992-current)
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Time Magazine (1922-current)
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US News & World Report (1990-2010)
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Wall Street Journal (1984-present)
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The Washington Post (1977 - current)
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Primary Source Books
Dear Americans: Letters from the Desk of President Ronald Reagan ebook
Ronald Reagan: Public Papers of the Presidents
Also available online through the Ronald Regan Presidential Library
The Reagan I Knew by William F. Buckley. ebook
The Regan Presidency: Ten Intimate Perspectives of Ronald Reagan
Secondary Source Books
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American Film Institute Desk Reference
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Encyclopedia of Terrorism
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The Presidency A to Z
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Credo Reference
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Natalie, a home-schooling mom (and so much more!), wanted to make a back-to-school wardrobe for her kids — and make them just what they wanted! So with a "grundle" of dollar-store tees (like 20-30!), she broke out the freezer paper, her Silhouette (you could use a hobby knife), and the fabric paint … to make these super cool and super custom tees! Learn how you can do it too!
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When four deer hunters arrived at the deer camp for their annual hunt they found that all the lodging was taken except for two cabins, both equipped with two beds.
Three of them, John, Bill and Fred had a lively discussion as who would bunk with Bob who was a habitual snorer.
They finally decided that the only fair way was to take turns.
Bill shared a cabin with Bob the first night and the next morning he appeared red-eyed from lack of sleep. He said that Bob snored so loud that getting to sleep was impossible so he sat up all night and watched Bob.
The second night it was Fred's turn and the next morning he looked even worse than Bill had. He stated that Bob's snoring was so loud that even the windows shook and there was no way he could get to sleep so he too sat up all night and watched Bob.
The third night was John's turn and the next morning he appeared all bright-eyed, alert and fully rested and Bob looked as if he had not slept.
Bill and Fred was amazed at John's appearance and asked him what happened.
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Littleton's Village Book Store writes its final chapter
By BOB HOOKWAY
Special to the Union Leader | May 11. 2014 8:15PM
Grace Bigelow of Littleton scans some of the remaining titles Friday at the Village Book Store in Littleton. (BOB HOOKWAY PHOTO)
It would also be the last time.
Plenty of loyal readers would say that for decades, the landmark shop was the heart of Main Street. It had certainly been a primary North Country destination for locals and visitors throughout the region.
But a few weeks ago, when customers showed up one weekday morning, they were greeted by a brief written message from owner Jeff Wheeler thanking all for their loyalty over the years. The door was locked and the inside dark.
Huge Internet marketers, notably Amazon.com, recast the bookselling landscape. Even such once-thriving nationwide retail chains as Borders couldn't survive that development.
At the same time, Littleton embarked on a major public works project that tore up Main Street's sidewalks, creating piles of excavation debris that blocked access to businesses. It also eliminated Main Street parking on both sides for a long time, further interrupting local commerce.
He was only 2 and her daughter not yet born when the family started coming to the bookstore in 1977, she said.
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After Arsenal's 3-0 victory against Aston Villa on Saturday, we asked fans to share their thoughts on the game via Twitter.
Many of you got in touch and below is a selection of those comments.
If you don't already follow us on Twitter and want to have your say, you can find us here: @Arsenal
@Miqdad_th12 Excellent run of winning games, three points and a clean sheet. Arsenal are back for good, we've got the vital ingredient to be in the top three
@olliejmayes Arsenal's form is unreal! So many goals and so much confidence flowing through
@Gooner1964 MotM was Kieran Gibbs for his work rate and determination in scoring his goal
@AFCgooner87 Three points clear of Spurs, North London will always be red! Well done Gunners. Dominated the 90 minutes and Arteta's goal was world class
@ChristineLalla Arteta's goal was one of the many reasons we bought him - he was doing that at Everton for years - why is everyone surprised?
@Goonergill Such fantastic goals by Theo and Arteta today. Great all-round performance. Well done to Gibbs. Welcome back Santos
@Kipshizzle Rosicky is my MotM. Always initiated attacks, sharp turns, slick dribbling and passing. Perfect for our formation
@TheVerite Great performance. Reminds me why I watch this and immediately fell in love with Arsenal
@IAmF7 Arteta has been our unsung hero in this great run we're on. Really happy to see him get that goal. And what a goal it was!
@kwirirayi The beauty of today is that RvP didn't have to score for us to winCopyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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According to a recent federal report, the United States spends 2% of gross domestic product — half of 1960 levels — on infrastructure compared to China's 9% and Europe's 5%. But whether they mean to or not, Americans do passively fund improvements.
Take, for example, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Its high-speed rail program is one more step in a journey, begun with 1991's surface transportation legislation, toward what U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood calls "a national network that, within 25 years, will give 80% of Americans the choice of traveling from downtown to downtown by train."
It's taken the agency awhile to start distributing the $8.8 billion stimulus allocation. But since January, dribs and drabs have flowed to regions where cities are 100 and 600 miles apart; and last month, about one-quarter was awarded to 54 projects in 23 states.
Yes, even as states sacrifice planned infrastructure projects to the God of Zero Deficits, we're inching closer to a nationwide rail network that will move people and, in turn, products more quickly and efficiently.
Now don't get too excited; we won't be zipping around in 220-mph bullet trains right away, if ever. Most of the allocations so far, along with those of other stimulus programs like Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER), are going toward track, signal, and bridge improvements — required prerequisites that will safely accommodate this new mode of transportation.
This is all well and good, but I haven't heard anything about how the Federal Railroad Administration will help the communities through which these new tracks will run.
You apply for "quiet zone" designation after you've done all the work (and it's a lot of work) you think is necessary to ease the administration's safety (read: liability) concerns. There are no federal or state programs to offset the cost of local feasibility studies.
So if your community's on this map, start thinking about working such costs into your capital budget as road improvements. That's what Phil Estes did when attempting to negate the need for those ear-splitting, 20-second horn blasts at 11 crossings in downtown Olathe, Kan. (For more on his story, see "Working with the railroads" on page 36 of our December 2008 issue.)
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Re: ancient fruit traditions
The color is cranberry the mood is apple
Re: ...and then I was like BOOO!
This seriously isn't in the fog yet? I need it sir, do you understand? Advertise this things whereabouts like never before!
calbach wrote:I'm not sure how many people are willing to commit to something this graphic though.
yet 100+ people would wear ...and then I was like BOOO! ?
This looks like it might be outside the printable area. Have you checked the dimensions and placement to make sure it'll be printable?
I love the beetles!
Re: STATE OF THE UNION
Be patriotic - dress up as our country. And vote for this before it gets rejected.
Thank you and have a pleasant day.
Re: RAAWWWRRRRRRRRRRR
this is awesome.
jschway901 wrote:thanks for leaving the lower shadow out! That's the last thing I need is something magnifying my guy!
Thanks for leaving the upper shadow in! That's the thing I really need - something magnifying my girls
jackie31337 wrote:This looks like it might be outside the printable area. Have you checked the dimensions and placement to make sure it'll be printable?
well my original design was within 16 by 20, I want it as large as possible so I'm sure they could take care of the problem if it is a little to big, AI vectors are resizeable
Re: Human Black Hole
This is truly artistic.
Re: Roar!
It's GRRRRRRRREAT!
Nooo, like clock hands.
But yeah, if you want to carry some severed human hands in your back pocket and slap yourself in the face with them that would definitely make an impression. "What now?" Well now you're going to jail you crazy...
jordie5000 wrote:This seriously isn't in the fog yet? I need it sir, do you understand? Advertise this things whereabouts like never before!
Well done! How do you advertise stuff?
Re: Go as the Floor of a Movie Theater
Great design. Who needs a costume? I would wear this just because it looks amazing!
Re: Please be careful; I'm fragile.
This is really good, but for some reason I think I'd like it better (and be more likely to buy it) if it were upside-down.
Re: Sorry I'm Late ...
Hehe, that looks great.
Re: My sources say YES
Oh, I love this one. It's clever, subtle, and well done.
this design is pretty decent.
this would sell 5x more than the carp that's been printing for the past couple months
Re: Electric Slide Instructional Dance Pad
Lie down and let munchkins and small children enjoy the classic craze on your chest. Now your dream has come true. You can BE the electric slide.
Re: My Heart is an Open Bookshelf
Ahhh, the detail is magnificent. <3
I'd wear it on top of a long sleeve navy shirt with collar and get one of those bald head hats at the funny shop... perfect for this halloween! Good one.
Re: Jack O' the Lantern
For those of you who want an awesome Halloween shirt...Vote!!!
buphey wrote:This is a resub of an earlier version. I hope my humor is not too subtle *wink*.
Ok, I get that its an erased white board, but is there also supposed to be an image or words that remains? or is/was the previous white board content just random?
Just curious...
Re: I Am Phelps
Finally a shirt I would actually pay the $5 extra to get by halloween.
I did toy with the idea of it if it were upside down. If I resubbed it and flipped it, would it be more likely to gain more votes? Or would the votes simply be divided?
aerodino wrote:This is truly artistic.
Thanks, aerodino. Just don't stare into the void for too long.
Re: Gold-titanium alloy man
Did you try it on Lemon? It seems like since Iron Man is Red and Yellow, Black is an odd choice for the shirt.
jewelwing wrote:Great design. Who needs a costume? I would wear this just because it looks amazing!
I take back my comment about needing to be on a flesh color shirt... Your in the fog and I'm not... what do i Know... hha Congrats!!
I told them not to turn on the supercollider... tee-hee.
Very cool!!!
Re: TRICK or treat?
It turned out really good!
sundbe10 wrote:I'm thinking of resubmitting on creme with some muscle definition, or would that be too creepy?
Definitely too creepy
tim4701 wrote:I'd wear it on top of a long sleeve navy shirt with collar and get one of those bald head hats at the funny shop... perfect for this halloween! Good one.
Thanks Tim!!!
Rock the Joe Vote!!!
Re: I Always Wanted to Be an Arcade Cabinet
I like this shirt because you can use "Wanna play with my joystick?" as a pickup line.
Re: I've Been Staked!
Needs more blood! I like it though!
muellemc wrote:Call of Cthulu?
Re: You're the BOMB!
Not gonna fly... I mean try wearing this to the airport and see what happens.
murenrb wrote:Yes it took some artistry to make
Looks pretty slapdash to me. There's white crusties around a lot of the black lines and a big green square around the whole thing. I'd look to the mountie one as something that was done with artistry. This seems kind of sloppy.
I'm sure we weren't the only ones who wanted to be dinosaurs when we were kids.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2013 |
The following Q&A is courtesy of the Charles Taylor Prize:
Q: Why did you set out to write this book?
A: My students first prompted my curiosity about the role of religion in U.S. foreign policy. In the wake of 9/11, when George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden were using religion to explain their actions, it was impossible to ignore the role of religion in international relations. But I was startled to discover that very few historians had examined this relationship, and none had explored it over a large sweep of time. In writing this book, I hope to bring the history of U.S. foreign policy into dialogue with the history of American religion, and to show how the two not only overlapped but intimately influenced one another.
Q: Who were the most religious presidents, and how did this shape their foreign policy decisions?
A: Some are well-known, such as William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson, Jimmy Carter, and George W. Bush. But what surprised me was how religious other presidents were, such as Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, Franklin Roosevelt during the Depression and World War II, and Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower during the Cold War. In fact, to varying degrees most presidents have been religious, and most have used religion to explain and define their foreign policy.
Q: Given the strong connection between religion and foreign policy that you present, why do you think that religious historians and diplomatic historians haven't drawn out these parallels before?
A: Historians of politics and foreign policy are uncomfortable with religion because they don't like to deal with anything that is implicit or personal, or with phenomena that are similarly difficult to measure. They deal with cause-and-effect, political calculations, and the national interest, and the notion that something as unquantifiable as faith can play a role doesn't sit well. Historians of religion, on the other hand, have focused on developments in American faiths, and so they've tended to neglect religion's impact on foreign policy.
Q: Of the trends that you've discovered, which do you feel are most pertinent to the foreign policy challenges that the U.S. is facing today? What lessons should we take from history?
A: The basic lesson is that religion cannot be ignored in either U.S. domestic politics or world politics. In terms of domestic politics, when presidents ignore the moral and idealistic wishes of the people, as Richard Nixon and George H. W. Bush did, they lose popular support for their policies. In terms of world politics, when presidential administrations ignore religious movements or dismiss their followers as mere fanatics, they miss crucial developments in matters of war and peace. This happened to John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Jimmy Carter, who marginalized or ignored religion and were blindsided by faith-based political movements in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
Q: You state that there are three important reasons why religion matters to policymakers: they are often religious themselves, religion is important to their constituencies, and because American's place in the world allowed it to choose its foreign policy free from fears of security. Can you speak more to the third explanation?
A: Between the War of 1812 and World War II, America's position in the international system allowed it to develop a foreign policy of almost total choice, free from the threat of invasion and physical security that have motivated the foreign policies of other countries. In other words, the absence of threat enabled Americans to devise foreign policies almost as they pleased because they didn't have to worry about attack; they could think of the world as it should be, not as it actually was. Not coincidentally, this was the period in which the United States first became a great power, and then the world's preeminent power, when habits and mindsets about America's role in the world formed.
Q: Historically speaking, do you think the U.S. has more often wielded the "sword of the spirit" or the "shield of faith"? What has been the consequence of leaning one way or the other?
A: Policymakers have definitely wielded the sword of the spirit, while ordinary religious Americans have probably more often brandished the shield of faith. Often the impulses were in tension, and out of such tension sprang peculiarly American ways of seeing the rest of the world. But the most effective foreign policy presidents--FDR or Ronald Reagan, for example--blended the two into a highly potent ideology for America's mission in the world.
Q: Religion is often about doing what's right, while foreign policy is often about acting in a nation's self-interest. How has America reconciled these tensions?
A: Often with great difficulty and debate. Foreign policymaking elites, even those who were very religious, never chose their faith over the national interest. However, the most effective foreign policy presidents, such as Franklin Roosevelt or Ronald Reagan, aligned their religious principles with the national interest (and vice versa). From the bottom up, however, ordinary religious Americans, through their churches and institutions, relentlessly pressured policymakers to act in accordance with morality. This pushed American officials to adopt a moralistic tone, and pursue causes, like human rights, they otherwise might have ignored.
Q: Why was the colonial time period so crucial to the development of U.S. foreign policy, particularly as it relates to religion?
A: The American colonies were founded as havens of refuge from religious persecution, and it was there, during the colonial era, that Americans formed a religious identity that would provide the benchmark for following generations. This religious identity was intimately tied to other views about the world, especially regarding liberty and empire, and they have remained forefront in the American worldview ever since. Today, they give the United States some of its most powerful ideas about how to act in the wider world.
Q: You discuss religion acting as a social bond at various points in U.S. history. How does this notion co-exist with the principles of freedom of religion and separation of church and state as instituted by the founders?
A: For most of American history, up until the early post-World War II period, the separation of church and state didn't mean separating religion from politics or public life; instead, the First Amendment effectively protected the church from the state. Now, of course, it is the other way around, but for most of American history the principle of separation favoured religion. And for a long time, until the 1960s really, the notion that religion was central to politics and public life was uncontroversial. Despite America's tradition of religious tolerance, in practice this meant that Protestantism dominated American culture, and that people of other faiths--including Catholicism and Judaism--had to adhere to a Protestant cultural norm. Catholics, Jews, and Mormons used many of America's wars as a way to assimilate into the mainstream, even if they had doubts about the wisdom of these wars. For example, privately Catholics and Mormons were resolutely opposed to the "righteous cause" of war with Spain in 1898, but they supported it publicly as a way to demonstrate their patriotic American identity. The same thing happened in the world wars and the Cold War.
Q: Did you find that politicians have had more of an influence over church leaders or church leaders over politicians?
A: Neither. Both politicians and church leaders have supported and opposed each other at various times. Sometimes church leaders have encouraged politicians on certain policies, such as Billy Graham's support for Reagan's efforts to begin detente and serious nuclear arms reduction with the Soviet Union. At other times, church leaders have been a main source of dissent, such as Martin Luther King's opposition to Lyndon Johnson's policies in Vietnam. And of course, both politicians and church leaders have used each other for their own purposes.
Q: Were you surprised by what you discovered about any particular period in history?
A: I was surprised by how powerful and persistent the pacifist tradition was, including during conflicts that enjoyed a lot of popular support, such as World War II. I was also surprised by the piety of some presidents whom historians have not normally considered religious, such as Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, and even Barack Obama. But perhaps most of all, I was surprised by how often I found evidence of religious ideas and ideology in the making of U.S. foreign policy. The religious influence has been remarkably powerful and surprisingly enduring.
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Series tracks individuals incarcerated in the county jail. Information includes prisoner identification number; date entered; name, address, age, birth date, height and weight, eye and hair color, and nationality of prisoner; arrest date; arresting officer; crime committed; sentence; bail; court; release date; and remarks. Prisoner registers, which may also be referred to as jail lists, have been inventoried through 1965. Access to portions of these records may be restricted for 25 years after termination of custody by Oregon Revised Statute 192.496(3).
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Posted by Christian Kane on March 22, 2012
On Tuesday, Symantec announced it will acquire Nukona – an application management solution. Haven't heard of them?
I don't blame you. And here's why: The scope of mobile management is confusing and expansive, including things like mobile device management (MDM), persona separation technology, enterprise application stores, application management and a slew of other tools. Some vendors focus purely on one mobile management category, like device management, while plenty of others tackle two or three different enterprise challenges. At the same time, this market is evolving so fast that any assessment of the technologies and their vendors is out of date within 2-3 months.
But before I explain why Symantec's acquisition is so important, let me give some more context. Mobile management has three main components which I&O professionals are thinking about, the device, the apps, and the data. Today, most first firms follow a very similar path: devices first – get an MDM solution to provide some control over the environment, set a mobile policy for employees, and start trying to figure out what to do about applications and data. Realistically, MDM only solves your challenge around device control – probably the least important of the three. That's the path that many vendors are following today. As the MDM market becomes more commoditized, most vendors are turning their engineers towards data protection and sharing tools and application management technology. Had a conversation about Dropbox or Box.net lately? That's a conversation about both apps and the data.


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On the August 16 edition of FOX News Channel's Special Report with Brit Hume, FOX News Channel managing editor and chief Washington correspondent Brit Hume complained that "except for FOX News here, no major news organization has reported on the specifics of" Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry, a book that accuses Senator John Kerry (D-MA) of lying about his Vietnam service.
In fact, the book's co-author, John O'Neill, co-founder of the anti-Kerry group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, has had the opportunity to state his allegations directly during several appearances on cable news networks in the weeks leading up to the book's release. And, as Media Matters for America has documented, many of O'Neill's demonstrably false allegations went unchallenged during his appearances on MSNBC's Scarborough Country and CNN's Wolf Blitzer Reports. In addition to those appearances, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, and CNBC have all run stories reporting on the allegations by O'Neill and his group.
Appearances by O'Neill:
MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, 8/12: Host Chris Matthews interviewed O'Neill, who falsely claimed that Kerry did not serve two tours of duty in Vietnam.
CNN's Wolf Blitzer Reports, 8/11: Host Wolf Blitzer interviewed O'Neill, who falsely claimed that Swift Boat Veterans "have no partisan ties."
MSNBC's Scarborough Country, 8/10: Guest host Pat Buchanan interviewed O'Neill, who gave an account of the combat incident for which Kerry was awarded a Bronze Star that contradicts both Kerry's official Bronze Star Citation and the firsthand account of Kerry crewmate Jim Rassmann.
Coverage of the allegations:
CNBC's Capital Report, 8/12: Report on O'Neill's allegation that Kerry lied about being in Cambodia on Christmas Eve 1968.
MSNBC's Scarborough Country, 8/11: Report on O'Neill's allegation that Kerry lied about being in Cambodia on Christmas Eve 1968.
ABC's Nightline, 8/9: Report on the Swift Boat Veterans ad, the upcoming book, and allegations that Kerry lied about medals.
NBC's The Chris Matthews Show, 8/8: Matthews posited that one of the veterans in the Swift Boat Veterans TV ad -- the doctor who claims "Kerry is lying about his first Purple Heart because I treated him for that injury" -- "could hurt" Kerry. "If the doctor said, 'I treated him, it was a scratch, he shouldn't have gotten a Purple Heart.' And then if he did get a Purple Heart, it just diminishes one of his medals," Matthews said.
Since Hume's statement, coverage of the allegations in Unfit for Command has continued:
Los Angeles Times, 8/17: A detailed summary of allegations against Kerry in the Swift Boat Veterans TV ad and in Unfit for Command.
MSNBC's Scarborough Country, 8/16: Twenty-minute debate between O'Neill and John Hurley, national director of Veterans for Kerry.
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May 10, 2012
World War II veteran, amateur impersonator and long-time Breckenridge character Bill Hirsch died Wednesday of natural causes at the age of 92, the Summit County coroner confirmed.
The nonagenarian and 15-year local died at his daughter's home in Breckenridge. He had an extensive medical history.
Hirsch, who served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, died on Victory Day, which this year marked the 67th anniversary of Nazi Germany's surrender to the Soviet Union.
Hirsch was raised in New York and attended Georgia Tech in Atlanta, where he earned a degree in architecture. Following graduation, he received a commission from the Navy to serve with U.S. forces in World War II.
"It was another adventure," he told the Summit Daily in an interview in 2011.
Hirsch was assigned to a photo intelligence unit in the Navy and was soon deployed to the South Pacific, where he was charged with identifying enemy aircraft and trying not to become irate when unfriendly fire interrupted his lunch.
"The Japanese would bomb us every day at lunch, which kind of made me angry," Hirsch said.
Despite a few close calls during the war, he would later say he believed he was destined to survive.
When the war ended, Hirsch used his GI bill to spend 10 months in France studying architecture and art.
He returned to the U.S. and moved to California where he resumed his career as an architect and started a new one as a voice-over impersonator. He made an album impersonating President John F. Kennedy.
In the 1990s, a downturn in the economy and a reduction in the availability of government contracts brought Hirsch and his second wife, Sara, to Breckenridge.
Hirsch was an active member of the community, physically and socially. A fixture at the Breckenridge Recreation Center, he walked a mile around the upper track every day into his 90s. He also appeared in local theater productions including "Guys and Dolls," and helped his wife at her needlepoint shop, Sara's of Breckenridge.
Hirsch has been profiled in the Summit Daily several times, once last year in a feature, and also in a about local veterans.
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this is actually really cool. does bfuk do a custom jodo rocket too? or are you making yours from scratch?
Making it from scratch, Just need the right bit of timber to put on the lathe to make a plug ... then its a case of making a two piece shell around it to make a mould
nice work vod! great to see a Jodo Kast in the South


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Bankei wrote:I wonder why monks of one nikaya won't hold any sanghakamma, such as Patimokkha or ordination ceremonies, with members of another nikaya. For example in Thailand members of the Mahanikaya and Dhammayutika nikaya will jointly chant at funerals etc, but they will not hold sanghakamma together.
Bankei wrote:Hi Bhante and thank you for the reply.
Do you know what happens to visiting monks when the Patimokkha is chanted?
I believe that there are various different types of Siima and that, usually, the whole temple is within one type of siima. Those monks present within the siima but not participating will invalidate it.
If they were to hold their own sanghakhama wouldn't that be the definition of a sanghabheda?
Bankei wrote:Do you know what the situation is in the Wat Pah Pong group of temples? I have heard they do not perform sanghakamma with other outside monks of the same nikaya.
Dhammanando wrote:Bankei wrote:Do you know what the situation is in the Wat Pah Pong group of temples? I have heard they do not perform sanghakamma with other outside monks of the same nikaya.
I haven't heard that the Ajahn Chah monasteries have anything like a blanket ban on performing sanghakammas with Mahanikayans who aren't members of their club. I believe it depends on whether the visiting monk is observing a comparable standard of Vinaya. For example, if the monk uses money and isn't prepared to confess his transgressions of the training rules that deal with this, and forfeit any money in his possession, along with any items he has purchased with money, then he won't be allowed in the Paatimokkha recital.
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The Wall Street Journal's Karl Rove Farce
In Thursday's Wall Street Journal news section, Rupert Murdoch's national newspaper reported [1] American Crossroads, the mega, GOP-friendly super PAC, was coming to the aid of Mitt Romney and had purchased nearly $9 million in campaign ads designed to answer attacks about Romney's career at Bain Capital.
The ad buy was newsworthy because it was the first time commercials from American Crossroads had explicitly defended Romney by name (rather than only attack [2] Obama), and they signaled a deepening, hands-on commitment from the group to elect the Republican's presumptive candidate.
In the ninth paragraph, the Journal article noted the super PAC "was founded with the help of Bush White House aide, Karl Rove."
What was missing from the Journal article? The fact that, like the WSJ reporters who wrote the story, Rove also collects a Journal paycheck from Rupert Murdoch. That's because the Wall Street Journal employs a dedicated Republican fundraiser [3] as one of its chief political columnists. I'm pretty sure we've never seen anything like this at a major American newspaper before. (A partisan, multi-million dollar fundraiser [4] as an opinion writer??) And no, you don't have to be the Dean at the Columbia School of Journalism to see the obvious conflicts in play.
Indeed, eleven pages away from the American Crossroads story in the Journal's Thursday print edition was Karl Rove latest column [5]. And like so many Rove columns the Journal has published since he joined the team, it focused on the supposed [6] chronic failures of the Obama administration and/or the president's re-election campaign.
So on A4, the Journal reported about Rove's eight-figure effort to try to debunk Obama campaign attacks about Romney's Bain tenure, and on A15 the Journal published Rove's column, which tried to debunk Obama campaign attacks about Romney 's Bain tenure. And no, the Journal news article never mentioned that moneyman [7] Karl Rove is on the Journal payroll as a columnist.
This is just abysmal journalism in terms of transparency and full disclosure. It's true that Fox News plays dumb [8] about Fox contributor Rove's dual role all the time. But you'd hope the once-mighty Journal wouldn't play by Fox's loose (non-existent?) ethical standards.
Unfortunately, the fiasco represents the predictable, unsightly outcome when Rupert Murdoch buys a newspaper and starts molding [9] it in his image. It's also the predictably messy outcome when a newspaper makes the inexplicable decision to hire a political fundraiser as a columnist, and then fails to acknowledge that to readers.
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This educational idea is brought to you by Melissa & Doug , written by our Blog Ambassador Amy Mascott.
"Sometimes really important discussions can evolve from the most unusual situations, so as parents, we have to be ready at all times! " -Amy
My youngest child, Cora, recently entered the wilds of Kindergarten, so this year has been quite a change for us. After two years of preschool with the same small group of classmates, it's been hard for her to open up about her new classmates.
Every day she has a story about the words she has learned, which "special" she had (music, art, P/E), but she doesn't talk much about the people in her class.
Like many parents, I've been so curious about the dynamics of her class: Who does she play with? Who is well-behaved? Who is not? How does Cora treat her classmates? How do they respond to her?
Then suddenly, I got the inside look I'd been seeking. It was out of the blue, and it was an eye-opener:
Cora asked me what she should write a story about. "How about school?" I suggested.
"Yes," she said. "It will be called 'Class Friends' and it will say every person in my class."
Without hesitation, she started writing. We talked through the sounds of each word, spelling each child's name. My answers were coming!
Then she froze. She got through about 10 names, and she said, "I can't think of anyone else. How can I finish my story if I can't remember my friends' names?"
I grabbed the magnetic doll set she had been playing with earlier. I said, "Let's look at each doll and think hard about whether you have someone in your class who looks like her. That will give you a good start."
"Can you picture someone who might have eyes or hair like this girl?" I held one up.
"Oh, I remember. Her name is . . . "
In this way, we talked through every person in her class. Starting with physical features like hair, skin, and eye color, Cora named a number of classmates. Then we moved onto clothes: Does anyone wear shoes like this? Which girls wear dresses like this?
With each person she remembered, she wrote a name in her story. And every few names would spark an interesting fact: "He has dimples when he smiles. But he also pushes at recess." Or, "She always plays with me during center time."
We casually talked through different responses and strategies for dealing with some of the situations she mentioned, but it was always kept light and with the focus of finishing her story. And soon we did.
It was a great–completely impromptu–conversation that I could have never planned, but it's one that I am so glad we had.
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I spoke to the local Post Office (AZ) where I mailed it from and they said they should have made 3 attempts.
Something aint right.
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I spoke to the local Post Office (AZ) where I mailed it from and they said they should have made 3 attempts.
Something aint right.
I had a priority mail package sit in Orlando for two friggen weeks..
PullThru.. For real, not kidding now.. Call the FBI, Postal Police, CIA, DEA, Homeland Security, ATf, Local and their State Police, your Congressman. Any friggen thing you can find with 3 letters in it and a badge..
I did, the P.O. hates paperwork and badges showing up... Call them every hour and talk real slow. They cut the staff and their in a rush.. Their problema.. Call, for real...
Those badges work for you, you do not work for them..
Oh they found my package, probably sitting in one of their friggen employees gun rooms, and it was not even a gun, just parts..
Not the money, principal.. Respect kind of thing... CALL..
Just tell UPS to Bring back your package since the Bussiness is closed, and resell it, to recoupe your money,BTW What was the part again? maybe I coudl use them if you cant. Just shoot me a pm and I;; get back to you as quickly as possible...Doc
is nowhere to be seen.
They even called me back and said they've turned the place over looking for it , but not there. Was it delivered or picked up, I asked, "they don't know.
You wouldn't want the goods. Dimensionally challenged with some pitting AK rec. blanks
Hi PullThru,
What the PO is telling you is BS, Call the Supervising Postal Office that oversee's the one you have been dealing with, and ask for eathier the Post Master and if you dont get anywhere with him or her. Ask for the Postal Inspectors ( Post Office Cops!) they eathier have to come up with the package or your money since the Bussiness is closed. Usally in matters such as this when the package has not been delivered its been stolen or misrouted eathier way it looks bad for the carriers. When I lived in NY, I had ordered a BP Pistol from dixie gun works a stright shot from Tenn to NY. The post office in thier infinate wisdom sent the package to az which is totaly the wrong way even a 3rd grader knows that one. It tok me three weeks to get the gun I had ordered and it was for a customer at the upcomming gunshow. Needless to say I refunded the guys money while I waited for the gun to arrive, In addition to the gun being delivered I had received almost 400.00 dollars in telephone gift cards for an hour each due to the screw up. but keep hammering at them.and there giving you the run around beacuse I also reciently had a problem with my VA Check not showing up on time, and I was told I had to wait seven days. before they could do anything. and as far as your flats. I could use them, Since I make expermantial parts so the pitting and such wouldn't matter to me, because I have to order some scrap flat material for a Idea I have, so Ill leave theat up to you If I can help ya at all just give me a shout....Doc
If you sent the package insured, then the post office can track it (if they want to). I heard that straight from a very nice clerk where I used to live. I had sold something on ebay the the a-holes were saying they never got it. I hadn't bought the delivery confirmation , just insurance so they were thinking they had got a free item. I sent them a quick note letting them know when it had arrived and asked if I should turn the matter over to the postal inspectors. They left positive feedback before the end of the day. Now as far as a lost or stolen item, it's going to take a few months to get a refund. I bought a barrel blank last winter and the pot office delivered an empty crushed box with a hole in it. I think it was 3-4 months before I got my insurance check in the mail, from which they take out the shipping. So basically they still get paid.
I'll be calling the Tn Post Master of Johnson City on Tuesday. Thanks for the suggestions. Yep, it's BS .
Ther is alot of problems with all the major shipping companies, UPS , the US Postal Service. and Fed Ex. when it comes to firearms and firearm parts and accessories. comming up missing. eathier by employees of the company, or thiefs where ever the package was dropped off. I hope that everything works out ok. and you get the problem resolved quickly,,,Doc
yea there are a lot of shipping problems these days.
a couple years back i sold a firearm and had to ship it UPS.
now i haven't had hardly any problems with UPS fed-ex express or the PO even.
i have had some problems with fed ex ground--
anyway when i wend to UPS to ship the firearm the lady told me to find the dirtyest old worn out looking box , write RMA on it in big letters and so on--anything but a firearm or firearm part.
supposedly they had a bunch of new hires and they were stealing the place blind.


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Since the DVD release of "Snow White & The Huntsman" Sept. 11 featuring Kirsten Stewart and Charlize Theron, we came across this twisted, fairytale style shoot. We all know the story–Snow White escapes from the Evil Queen before the Hunstman is ordered to kill her in the deep, dark woods. However, the Huntsman winds up falling in love with Snow White instead and vanquishes the Evil Queen forever. Take a look at how this style shoot is the fairest of them all:
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