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Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, in 1953, David Rivard is the author of Sugartown (Graywolf Press, 2005); Bewitched Playground (2000); Wise Poison, which won the 1996 James Laughlin Award; and Torque (1987), which won the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize and was published by the Pitt Poetry Series.
Rivard's honors include two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and fellowships from the Massachusetts Arts Foundation and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. He has also received the Celia B. Wagner Award from the Poetry Society of America and a Pushcart Prize.
David Rivard is Poetry Editor at the Harvard Review and teaches at Tufts University and the Vermont College MFA in Writing Program. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.


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The average worker in Greece faced a tax burden on labour income (tax wedge) of 41.6% in 2013 compared with the OECD average of 35.9%. Greece was ranked 11 of the 34 OECD member countries in this respect.
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This note presents key findings for Greece from Society at a Glance 2014 - OECD Social indicators. This 2014 publication also provides a special chapter on: the crisis and its aftermath: a "stress test" for societies and for social policies.
Poverty and income inequality have worsened since the onset of the crisis. While the design of fiscal measures has mitigated the burden sharing of fiscal adjustment, as the recession has deepened unemployment has risen, earnings have declined and social tensions have increased.
Individual country notes assessing how regions and cities contribute to national growth and the well-being of society.
Structural reforms to boost economic growth and investment to create jobs, improve the stability of public finances and provide an effective social safety net are crucial to help Greece recover from the profound social costs of the economic crisis.
An 11-month investigation by the OECD in cooperation with the Greek authorities has identified a wide range of regulations and legal provisions that undermine competition.
Greece has made impressive headway in consolidating its public finances and undertaking key structural reforms to boost productivity and enhance competitiveness.
The government and citizens of Greece continue their arduous efforts to put the economy back on a sustainable path, despite seemingly insurmountable challenges. The implementation of reforms is key to getting through this tough period and ultimately equipping people with the tools they will need to share the benefits of growth, said OECD Secretary-General.
We know that Greece is undergoing a profound and painful economic adjustment, but we are convinced that continuing down the path of ambitious reform will ultimately see a return to robust, broad-based growth that will improve the well-being of all Greek citizens, said OECD Secretary-General.
We understand how much Greek society has endured these past six years. Reform isn't easy at the best of times, but it can be even more challenging in the face of a weak economy while at the same time trying to correct a budget deficit. But all crises come to an end. Growth does return. Now is the time to maintain the momentum of Greece's reform drive, said OECD Secretary-General.

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Dec. 6, 2012
Nevada at Washington: Nevada (4-4) travels to Washington (4-3) for a 5 p.m. game on Saturday in Seattle. The Wolf Pack has lost its last two games and three of its last four. The Huskies have won two in a row and are 3-2 at home. The two schools have one common opponent this season in Cal State Fullerton. UW defeated the Titans 74-72 at home and the Pack did the same 80-77.
Saturday, 5:06 p.m. PT
Washington Huskies
(4-3, 0-0 Pac-12)
Alaska Airlines Arena at Hec Edmundson Pavilion (10,000)
Seattle, Wash.
TELEVISION: Pac-12 Networks - Kevin Calabro (play-by-play) and Detlef Schrempf (color).
RADIO: University of Nevada Sports Network (KUUB 94.5 FM Reno; KPLY 630
AM Reno; KUUB 94.3 FM Carson City; KELY 1230 AM Ely; KHWG 750 AM Fallon, KWNA 1400 AM Winnemucca; and KSVL 92.3 FM Yerington)
Ryan Radtke (play-by-play), pregame 4:30 p.m. PT
LIVE STATS: http://www.nevadawolfpack.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/unv-m-baskbl-sched.html
WEB STREAMING: NevadaWolfPack.tv (audio only) (fee service)
SERIES HISTORY: Washington leads the series 6-2. The Pack won last season at home 76-73 in overtime. Nevada's other win in the series was 92-90 on Nov. 30, 1988 in Seattle. UW is 3-1 at home in the series.
UP NEXT: Nevada returns home to begin a four-game homestand on Dec. 11 versus Cal Poly at 7:05 p.m.
WASHINGTON HUSKIES: The Huskies are 4-3 under 11th year head coach Lorenzo Romar. Romar is 223-116 directing the UW basketball program.
UW has four players averaging double figures led by junior guard C.J. Wilcox (6-5) who is scoring 19.7 points per game. Senior Abdul Gaddy (6-3) is scoring 14 points per outing. Senior center Aziz N'Diaye (7-0) is averaging near a double-double with 11.4 points and 9.6 rebounds per game. Scott Suggs (6-6) has missed three games with a foot injury but is averaging 10.3 points per game when healthy.
The Huskies averaged 70.3 points per game and allow 68.9. From the field they are shooting 47 percent and opponents 43. From beyond the arc UW has connected on 39.6 percent of its attempts and held opponents to 37.6 percent. The Huskies are being outrebounded by a slight margin, 34.1-33.7.
NEVADA FALLS AT PACIFIC: STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) - Lorenzo McCloud scored 24 points Tuesday night and Pacific defeated Nevada 78-72 in overtime.
McCloud scored five of the Tigers' 12 points in the overtime period. Colin Beatty, who had 14 points, hit a 3-pointer in the opening seconds to put Pacific (4-4) ahead to stay.
Ross Rivera added 14 points for the Tigers. McCloud also had seven assists.
Deonte Burton led the Wolf Pack (4-4) with 25 points. Jordan Burris had 14 points and a game-high nine rebounds. Jerry Evans Jr. had 13 points and Malik Story scored 12 for Nevada.
Neither team scored in the final minute of regulation and the game went to overtime tied at 66.
Nevada is 4-1 at home but winless on the road at 0-3.
Nevada used the same starting lineup in all 35 games last season but after seven games this season head coach David Carter made two lineup changes in game eight at Pacific. Jordan Burris and Cole Huff moved into the lineup for Kevin Panzer and Jerry Evans, Jr.
Junior guard Jordan Burris made his first start at Pacific since Dec. 11, 2010 versus San Francisco State. Burris scored 14 points, blocked a career-high three shots and finished with a game and career-high nine rebounds at Pacific. The 14 points is one off his career-high of 15 set versus Pepperdine (11/6/10) his freshman year.
Junior guard Jerry Evans, Jr. had started 56 consecutive games until the Pacific game. Evans responded with a season-high 13 points off the bench and grabbed seven rebounds.
Huff made his first collegiate start at Pacific and finished with four points and three rebounds.
Deonte Burton has scored in double figures in the last seven games and Malik Story the last five.
Burton (18.9 ppg) and Story (16.9 ppg) rank 18th and 20th in school history with 1,105 and 1,093 points respectively. The duo are third and sixth in scoring average in the Mountain West.
Burton has led the Pack in scoring five times this season and Story three.
Story tops the team with four 20 plus point games and Burton has three.
Burris, Huff and Kevin Panzer have each had a nine rebound game this season which is tops on the team. Huff's and Burris' nine rebound performances were also game highs.
Huff has led the Pack in rebounding a team-high three times and Burris twice.
Burris has led the Pack in rebounding the last two games with six versus Drake and a career-high nine at Pacific. He also blocked a career-high three shots at Pacific.
Burton and Story have started all 75 games of their career at Nevada.
Head coach David Carter ranks ninth in school history with 66 career wins. Carter is just the second Pack coach to post two 20 win seasons in a career at Nevada. Mark Fox being the other.
Carter, the 2012 WAC Coach of the Year, has led the Pack to postseason NIT bids in two of his three years. Last year Carter led the Pack to the Western Athletic Conference title with a 13-1 mark and a 28-7 season. The 28 wins is the second most in school history. The Pack also tied the record with 16 consecutive wins.
The 2010-11 Nevada squad reached the quarterfinals of the NIT before falling at Stanford. The Cardinal went on to win the NIT Championship.
BACKCOURT OF 1,000 POINT SCORERS: Nevada boasts a pair of 1,000 point scorers in junior point guard Deonte Burton and senior shooting guard Malik Story. Burton scored his 1,000 career point on Nov. 17 against Green Bay and less than 24 hours later Story joined the club, scoring his 1,000 point on Nov. 18 versus Southern Utah. The duo became the 23rd and 24th players in school history to reach the 1,000 point plateau at Nevada.
After 75 consecutive games starting in the Nevada backcourt the duo are separated by 12 points. After Burton's 24 point game at Pacific he moved past Dario Hunt (2008-12) and Story into 18th place with 1,105 points. Story is currently 20th in school history with 1,093 points.
See page 7 for a list of Nevada's 1,000 point scorers.
BURTON MR. CLUTCH: Nevada fans have come to expect junior guard Deonte Burton to come through down the stretch as he did his sophomore year with a game-tying three-pointer to force overtime versus Washington. A game, the Pack would win 76-73 in overtime as he scored eight-of-10 points in the extra period. Another clutch three-pointer with 11 seconds on the clock at home against Utah State gave the Pack a 53-52 victory last season.
Mr. clutch has come through three times this season in front of the home faithful. In the World Vision Classic with Nevada trailing CS Fullerton 77-75 on Nov. 16, he drove the lane, scored and converted the free throw after being fouled to put the Pack up 78-77 with 14 seconds to play. It was not all offensive as he blocked a potential game winning layup at the other end of the court then sealed the victory with two more free throws to give him the last five points in a 80-77 Pack victory.
He delivered the next night against Green Bay hitting a game-winning three-pointer from deep behind the arc with 2 seconds on the clock to give the Pack the 71-69 victory over the Phoenix. This coming after GB had just gone ahead 69-68 on a three-pointer. Burton's three-pointer gave him exactly 1,000 career points in the Silver & Blue.
His most recent game winner came versus UC Davis on Nov. 28 as he hit a jumper in the lane with 3 seconds on the clock to give Nevada an 84-83 victory over the Aggies. He finished with a game-high 26 points.
Video link to Burton's shots vs. Green Bay and UC Davis -
Green Bay: http://www.nevadawolfpack.com/allaccess/?media=355704
UC Davis: http://www.nevadawolfpack.com/allaccess/?media=355806
CHANGING LEAGUES: After 12 seasons in the Western Athletic Conference Nevada is competing in the Mountain West for the first time this season. The MW sent four teams to the NCAA Tournament last season and had six schools advance to postseason play.
In the preseason MW media poll Nevada was picked to finish fifth. San Diego State, UNLV, New Mexico and Colorado State placed ahead of the Wolf Pack.
The Pack left the WAC in style winning its sixth regular season title in 12 years in the league. Nevada went 13-1 in WAC play last season.
BALANCED ATTACK: For the second time this season Nevada had four players score in double figures, the last time out at Pacific. Deonte Burton led the way with a game-high 25. Jordan Burris (14), Jerry Evans, Jr. (13) and Malik Story (12) also reached double digits.
The first time four Pack players scored in double figures was versus Southern Utah on Nov. 18 when the Pack defeated the Thunderbirds 79-61. Story finished with a game-high 25. Burton (14), Cole Huff (11) and Ali Fall (10) were also in double figures.
LINEUP CHANGES: Nevada head coach David Carter made two changes to his starting lineup for the first time this season at Pacific on Tuesday. Carter inserted junior guard Jordan Burris and freshman forward Cole Huff into the starting unit with Deonte Burton, Malik Story and Devonte Elliott. The two replaced Jerry Evans, Jr. and Kevin Panzer. Evans had started 56 games in a row until the Pacific contest.
For Burris it was his first start since Dec. 11, 2010 versus San Francisco State. The 6-7 Bakersfield, Calif. native responded with 14 points and a career and game-high nine rebounds. The 14 points is one off his career high of 15 set versus Pepperdine (11/6/10) his freshman year.
Evans was very productive off the bench scoring a season-high 13 points making six-of-10 shots. He also grabbed seven rebounds.
Huff finished with four points and three rebounds. Panzer totaled eight rebounds and added two points.
NEWCOMERS MAKING AN IMPACT: All three of Nevada's newcomers have been productive in the first eight games of the season. Freshman forward Cole Huff tops the team in rebounding at 5.1 per game and is tied for third in scoring at 7 points per contest. He made his first collegiate start at Pacific on Tuesday. Huff has two double figure scoring games of 11 versus Cal State Fullerton and Southern Utah. He grabbed a game-high nine rebounds in his outing against CSF and three times has topped the Pack in rebounding. He is playing 19.1 minutes per game
Point guard, Marqueze Coleman is scoring 3.9 points in 10 minutes per game. He reached double figures for the first time against Green Bay scoring 11 points in 13 minutes on the floor.
Ali Fall, a 6-9, 250-pound forward is scoring 1.8 points and grabbing 2.3 rebounds per game in 11.4 minutes per contest. Against Southern Utah he scored in double figures for the first time finishing with 10 points and had five rebounds.
EXPLOSIVE BACKCOURT: Nevada's backcourt duo of Deonte Burton and Malik Story has started all 75 games in their Wolf Pack careers. They are responsible for 47.8 percent of the Pack's offense production this season. Burton is averaging 18.9 points per game and Story is close behind at 16.9. They rank third and sixth respectively in the MW in scoring. Burton is sixth in the MW shooting 47.3 percent from the field and Story is eighth at 45 percent.
Burton has scored in double figures in the last seven games with four of those outings being game highs. In the last seven games he is averaging 2.04 points per game. In back-to-back games he scored 28 at Marshall and 26 versus UC Davis.
Story tops the team with four 20 plus point games on the season. In the last five outings he has scored 104 points an average of 20.8 points per game. He had back-to-back 25 point games versus Southern Utah and at Marshall then followed that with 23 at home against UC Davis and 19 in the Drake game. He has been on fire from behind the arc the last five games making 16 of his last 35 (45.7%) attempts.
The duo combined to score 53 of Nevada's 82 points at Marshall, 49 of the Pack's 84 points versus UCD, 31-of-66 against Drake and 37-of-72 at Pacific. In six-of-eight games this sesason one of the two has posted a game high in points. Burton has four game highs to his credit and Story two.
BENCH SCORING: Nevada's bench is averaging 20.4 points per game and has outscored its opponents bench in four-of-eight games this season. Cole Huff is averaging 7.4 points off the bench but was moved to the starting lineup at Pacific and scored four points against the Tigers. Jordan Burris was averaging 6 points off the bench but scored 14 in a starting role at Pacific.
Marqueze Coleman (3.9) and Ali Fall (1.8) have been productive off the Pack bench in the early season. Huff has two double figure scoring games off the bench this season and the Fall, Coleman and Burris one each off the bench.
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Burton Leads Nevada Past Washington, 76-73
Deonte Burton scored 31 points, including a game-tying 3-pointer late in regulation and eight of Nevada's 10 points in overtime, as the Wolf Pack defeated Washington 76-73 on Friday night.
A year ago the Pack averaged 10.6 points per game during the entire season. Nevada's opponents this season are averaging 19.9 points per game off the bench.
CARTER'S 66 WINS RANKS NINTH: Head coach David Carter is 66-43 in his fourth season leading the program. The 66 wins is one more than Jim Carey (1976-80) for the ninth most wins by a Pack head coach in school history. Carey went 65-46 in his four seasons directing the Wolf Pack. Trent Johnson (1999-04) is eighth with his 79-74 mark. Carter was Johnson's assistant all five seasons that he led the Pack basketball program. Page seven of this release has a list of Nevada's coach records.
100 YEARS OF WOLF PACK BASKETBALL: The 2012-13 season is the 100th year of basketball at the University of Nevada. The Wolf Pack's first year of basketball was in 1913 when the team went 3-1 under coach C.E. Holway.
In 100 years there has been 17 coaches that led the Wolf Pack basketball program and three coached just one season. Nevada's overall record stands at 1214-1094.
STORY FROM LONG DISTANCE: In just two plus seasons senior sharpshooting guard Malik Story has put his name in the Wolf Pack record books. Story ranks in three career categories and his name appears on two single season lists.
Story's 189 career three-pointers made is third in school history. Next on the list is Terrance Green's (1999-03) 209 made in 119 games played.
In 75 games Story has attempted 472 shots from behind the arc which is third most at Nevada. Green is second with 592 attempts in his four seasons and 119 games played.
Story has been successful on 40 (189-of-472) percent of his three-point attempts which is tied for eighth at Nevada with Jerry Hogan (1990-94) who made 185-of-466.
Last season Story attempted a Pack single season record 226 three-pointers and made 94 for a percentage of 41.6. The 41.6 percent ranked 24th in NCAA I and his 2.69 made per game was 37th. The 94 three-pointers made a year ago are second most in Pack history behind Jimmy Carroll's (1996-97) 96. As a sophomore he made 76 three-pointers which is the fourth best season in Pack history. See page six of this release for Nevada's three-point records.
VETERAN GROUP: Despite the loss of frontcourt seniors Dario Hunt and Olek Czyz, Nevada returns three starters and 10 total letterwinners from last year's 28-7 team that advanced the quarterfinals of the National Invitation Tournament, leaving the Pack one game short of playing in New York's Madison Square Garden.
Guard Deonte Burton, Malik Story and Jerry Evans, Jr. started all 35 games last season. Burton and Story have started all 75 games in their Pack careers while Evans has started 62. Evans has played in 74-of-75 games during his career missing one with an injury.
Forward Devonte Elliott has played in all 75 games during his Pack career and started 11. Junior forward Kevin Panzer has played in 74 of a possible 75 contests and started 17. Senior guard Patrick Nyeko saw action in all 35 games last season and has played in 84 in his three plus seasons at Nevada.
FIRST LOSS IN LAWLOR: Nevada lost for the first time this season in its last game falling 76-66 to Drake. The Wolf Pack is 4-1 this season at home. The Drake loss snapped an eight-game homecourt win streak.
Nevada has won 83 percent of its home games over the past nine plus seasons posting a 130-27 record at Lawlor Events Center. The Pack has not posted a losing home mark during that stretch and posted double digit wins in eight-of-nine seasons.
BURTON HONORED: Nevada point guard Deonte Burton was named to the Mountain West Preseason Media Team. Burton was one of four juniors and four guards on the five man squad. He is the only player on the squad that did not play in the MW last season.
The junior was also named the most under-the-radar player CBSSports and ranked as the 35th best point guard by CBSSports.com.
Honors are not something new to the Los Angeles native as he was the 2011 Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year, 2012 WAC Player of the Year and a 2012 AP honorable mention All-America selection to name just a few of his many honors.
ELLIOTT AND PANZER POST CAREER HIGHS: Junior forwards Devonte Elliott and Kevin Panzer posted career highs in the World Vision Classic.
Elliott scored a then career-high 10 points against Green Bay and topped that with a 13 point outing at Marshall. Those two performances are his only double figure scoring games in the Silver & Blue. In the Green Bay contest he played a career-high 30 minutes. From the field he is shooting 59.4 (19-of-32) percent. In the GB game he made five-of-seven shots and at MU was good on five-of-eight. For the season he is sixth on the squad averaging 6.1 points per game and is fifth in rebounding at 3.5 per contest.
Panzer posted his career-high of 18 points in the Pack's 80-77 victory over Cal State Fullerton (11/16/12) in the first game of the World Vision Classic. The 6-9 forward made six-of-10 shots from the field which included two-of-three from behind the arc. He was also solid at the free throw line making four of his five attempts. On the season he is averaging 5.9 points per game and his 4.6 rebounds per game is second on the team.
THREE MOUNTAIN WEST TEAM RANKED, THREE OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Nevada will face tough competition when it competes in the Mountain West Conference for the first time this season. Three members of the MW are ranked and three others are receiving votes.
In the AP poll San Diego State and New Mexico are ranked 17th and 18th respectively while UNLV is 21st. Boise State (22 pts), Wyoming (5 pts) and Colorado State (5 pts) are receiving votes.
SDSU is 15th in the USA Today Coaches Poll, UNLV comes in at 18 and New Mexico appears at 20. Wyoming, Colorado State and Boise State are receiving nine, three and two votes respectively.


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The writing business is like an emotional sea. It definitely has its peaks and troughs. Many things take us to the crest of a wave—
The feeling of satisfaction when you finish a long, hard project.
Getting a personalized rejection letter from a respected editor or agent who compliments your work.
Getting a contract offer.
Receiving a phone call from an agent wanting to represent you.
Receiving a surprisingly high royalty check in the mail.
Getting an email or letter from a child telling you how much they loved your story.
These are all good things that keep us going. They take us to the pinnacle of that wave and let us feel like Neptume, in control of the sea.
But we can't always ride the crest now, can we? Call it yin and yang, the balancing of the universe, or in my case, sliding down into the trough of the wave, but whatever you call it, there are those things that don't make us feel quite as uplifted—
Your computer goes bonkers and eats your story that you've worked on for eight months.
You get a form letter rejection from an editor for whom you felt a lot of optimism.
Your dream agent declines to represent you after requesting to read your full manuscript.
You hear from an editor that your manuscript had made it quite far in the editorial selection process, but was just shy of being accepted.
You eagerly anticipate your first royalty check, only to discover it will barely buy you a cup of coffee and an espresso brownie at Starbucks.
You get a bad review.
This list could go on, couldn't it? We've all had our ups and downs. Now, before you start thinking this is a big old whine-fest, let me say there's a point. I'm curious to hear how other writers handle the "troughs" of writing. I don't mean writer's block or writer's blahs; I mean how you handle those disappointments that make you stop in your tracks and question things. Personally, I have a few different coping methods—sometimes I just shake it off within a few minutes, sometimes a long walk puts things into perspective, sometimes indulging in my favorite chocolate helps (well, it helps my mind, but not my hips).
What do YOU do to get out of the troughs and work through the disappointments in writing? Make a comment--I'd love to hear from you!
Write. Revise. Repeat. One author's thoughts on writing for children.
Friday, February 22, 2008
The Ups and Downs of Writing
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- Christine Fletcher said...
Hi, Terry--I'm a little late commenting, I just found your blog. I think the biggest thing I was unprepared for is how much of a roller coaster a writing career is! For me, my day job helps; I'm a veterinarian, which keeps me pretty grounded. Since life isn't all about writing and publishing, I can usually shake the bad stuff off fairly quickly. For the really bad stuff, there's cheese popcorn.
Chris Fletcher
- March 6, 2008 at 6:53 PM
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Submitted to: Imported Fire Ants Conference Proceedings
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Publication Acceptance Date: 4/20/2001
Publication Date: 3/5/2001
Citation: Burns, S.N., Vander Meer, R.K., Vogt, J.T., Nation, J.L., Teal, P.E. 2001. Evidence of the Importance of Juvenile Hormone for Flight in Solenopsis invicta Female Alates and the Influence of Mating in Post-Nuptial Flight Dealation. 2001 Imported Fire Ants Conference Proceedings. p. 171. San Antonio, Texas. February 28-March 2, 2001. Interpretive Summary:
Technical Abstract: Juvenile hormone appears to be important in stimulating Solenopsis invicta female alates to engage in a nuptial flight. Alates that were topically treated with 100æg precocene II did not display typical pre-flight behaviors. These behaviors consist of alates ascending from the mound and climbing onto nearby vegetation. In addition, tethered precocene-treated alates could not be induced to fly. Behaviors associated with a nuptial flight were examined in untreated female alates to determine whether one or a combination of behaviors contributes to post-mating dealation. Pre- copulatory behaviors investigated were 1) excited alates scurrying on the surface of the soil, 2) excited alates climbing onto vegetation, 3) tethered alates flying for 5min but not primed for a nuptial flight, and 4) alates displaying all of the described pre-mating behaviors. The time in which these alates were induced to shed their wings was significantly longer than that of just-mated female alates. Mating, alone or in combination with other behaviors and/or environmental cues, may be a major factor inducing dealation.


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Gay couples wed in Michigan want state to recognize marriages
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CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Ohio must recognize the marriages of same-sex couples wed legally outside the state, a federal judge ruled on Monday in the latest in a string of decisions supporting an expansion of gay rights.
U.S. District Judge Timothy Black in Cincinnati had said earlier in April he expected to enter a ruling striking down Ohio's ban on recognizing legal same-sex marriages as a violation of the U.S. Constitution.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has said he planned to appeal the decision once it was handed down.
Black had previously entered narrower orders that required Ohio, which bans same-sex marriage, to allow two gay men to be listed as "spouse" on the death certificates of husbands they married outside Ohio.
The ruling on Monday does not address the ban on same-sex couples marrying within Ohio adopted in 2004.
Black said the court record was "staggeringly devoid of any legitimate justification for the state's ongoing arbitrary discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation ..."
The case was brought by three female same-sex couples expecting children conceived by anonymous donors within months and a male couple with an Ohio-born adopted son who want their birth certificates to reflect both parents. All were married legally in other states.
"Ohio's marriage recognition ban embodies an unequivocal, purposeful, and explicitly discriminatory classification, singling out same-sex couples alone, for disrespect of their out-of-state marriages and denial of their fundamental liberties," Black wrote. Continued...


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by Declan McCullagh CBS.com Americans will be able to use their driver's licenses after May 11 to travel by air after all. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today postponed the effective date of the Real ID Act until January 15, 2013, a move that avoided causing tremendous disruptions to air travel. The reason... »
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Homeland Security bows to Real ID outcry
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by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 03/07/2011 It is one of those days when the flight to new reserve currency is on, with gold and silver trading near overnight highs, same for the oil complex, yet futures are also at the highs of the premarket session, purely on the ongoing monkeyhammering in the dollar, which has... »
Is Ron Paul Running for President?
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A Global Systemic Collapse Would in Relative Terms Benefit the US, Says Marc Faber
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I take back my lame comment.
I am totally not lame.
So on Saturday I set out to brave this town stag,
traveling light, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted,
unattached, unattended, unescorted in
search of yard sales.
I had a 4 pages of potentials printed out...
my gps at my side...and left home at 6:45.
I informed my husband that I would be home
when I ran out of money or ran out of space.
The latter happened 3 1/2 hours later.
The car was so packed! But I got tons of stuff!
We needed a round table and chairs.
I found it. 6 chairs and a table: $20
All these awesome picture frames: $5
Old trunks: $1 each
Then we proceeded to work like crazy all weekend!
Can't wait to show you what we did!
I discovered something too...
my husband is way more ambitious than I am.
With that said--expect new postings 2-3 times a week!


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This is an inflammation caused most frequently, by bacterial infection of the bladder. Occasionally, viruses and fungi can be the cause of acute cystitis.
Acute Pyelonephritis
Infection and inflammation of the kidneys give rise to pain, often in the lumbar region. The symptoms of cystitis, accompanied by pain in the back or lumbar area, can indicate spread of the infection to the kidneys.
Despite the relatively long distance from the ureter, the ascending route of infection is the most common way for organisms to gain entry into the kidneys. Occasionally, infection of the kidneys can arise from microbes present in the blood. The most commonly infective organisms encountered in the kidneys are bacteria.
When the kidneys are infected, inflammation and suppuration occurs with the production of pus and the destruction of nephrons. The outcome of this depends on the amount of tissue which has been damaged which is eventually replaced by fibrous tissue, causing scarring.
This is the picture which is seen with ureteric reflux in young children. Urine, often infected, 'shoots' up the ureters and into the kidneys during micturition. This causes damage and scarring of the kidneys, which can then give rise to problems at a later age. If infection and inflammation does not resolve, or is recurrent, chronic pyelonephritis occurs.
Symptoms of Pyelonephritis
Pyelonephritis may start with painful, urgent, or frequent urination. However, once the infection has spread to the kidney, signs of more severe illness usually result. They include:
- Back pain or flank pain
- Fever (usually present) or chills
- Feeling sick (malaise)
- Nausea and vomiting
- Confusion (especially in the elderly)
Pyelonephritis may cause noticeable changes in the urine, such as:
- Blood in the urine (hematuria)
- Cloudy or foul-smelling urine
- Pain when urinating
- Increased frequency or urgency of urination
Chronic Pyelonephritis
The phrase chronic pyelonephritis is used when repeated and recurrent episodes of infection occur, leading to chronic inflammation and scarring of the kidneys.
The resultant damage to the kidneys causes a decline in kidney function, and the ability of the kidneys to control and manage fluids and electrolytes in the body is impaired.
This situation is often described as renal impairment, and if allowed to progress, can lead to renal failure. The damage to renal tissue in chronic pyelonephritis can, in itself, lead to further recurrent attacks of infection, creating a 'vicious cycle'. As well as this, it is not uncommon for this damage to give a predisposition to renal stones.
Often, the infection and inflammation of the kidneys can go unnoticed for years. Scarring of the kidneys can be silent, and it is not uncommon for someone at the later stages of life to find that one of the two kidneys has stopped functioning, due to extensive scar tissue.
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and sone of my stuff to fill up space.
you shoulda left it at the first two posts
stolen he he he he... lol
that place is overrun with ticks in the summer
ticks and old porno mags
not the same spot
i remembered that Toe on the pillar
either way though, theres too many spots that look exactly alike
mmm anarchy and nazi shit... Whats even more sad is that they were probably done by the same person.
dope flix tho
any1 seen the twice throws around 84/384? And that other 1 that says siwa?
run up to the stage
grab the mic
raise your fist and scream
grown in ct...
^WhoaThat's why AA is my fuckin American Idol
witty comments like this makes this guy a star
^FoeOneheh, it's funny cuz his name is alcoholics anonymous, and we're speaking as if it was a...
oh hell, you all know why it's funny
yo you gotta problem today, hit up AA, he got more shit then a pharm-ma-say
sucka ass fools!
whut whut
yo theme song
^E Terror sonnndid you seriously just spell lion with an e
DHL crew, South FL just dropping by to share some CT love.
RIP Celo. fresh pics goin on!
nice shit ruen
i highly recommend Texas Roadhouse for anyone who likes steak.
i also highly recommend Nerve Gas Tragedy for anyone who likes metal
^ or clogged arteries
dont be so pessimistic mister
steak = good
and who wouldnt mind dying while eating a steak?
the veggievegan heads! wats good with the broken trunks that dont open or close 0_o?
fuckin right. nerve gas tragedy is no joke. dudes only get better with age.Originally posted by E-Terror@Nov 9 2006, 08:04 PM
i highly recommend Texas Roadhouse for anyone who likes steak.
i also highly recommend Nerve Gas Tragedy for anyone who likes metal


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Oct. 10, 2012
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan and its official apparel provider, adidas, unveiled new ultra lightweight adizero men's basketball uniforms for the 2012-13 season on Wednesday (Oct. 10). The adidas adizero uniforms are 32 percent lighter than previous Michigan uniforms and are designed to reduce weight and add breathability to keep players lighter and faster on the court.
The jersey features uniform technology that adidas first introduced in the NBA. The technology reduces seams, decreases friction between the garment and the player's skin, and optimizes the player's natural movement through specially constructed material. The CLIMACOOL fabric moves heat and sweat away from the body for optimal moisture-wicking and breathability to keep the jersey from becoming heavy during intense sweating.
The adizero uniform short is unlined to eliminate unnecessary weight and provide a more comfortable, closer fit with compression base layers. The short's stretch woven material works with the body's natural movement to increase mobility during quick lateral movements and sprints.
"We're excited to give the University of Michigan the latest adidas basketball innovations built specifically for the best players in the country," said Lawrence Norman, adidas Vice President of Global Basketball. "Our goal is to help every athlete be lighter and faster on court, and the new adizero uniform will help Michigan elevate its play for the biggest games."
The uniforms design is a modern take on the traditional maize and blue uniforms and feature bold trim lines down the side and a new Wolverine print comprised of pixelated block "M" lettering inspired by the rich tradition of Michigan athletics. The Wolverine print fades from smaller to larger font down the jersey's neckline to the chest panel and outward along the trim of each short leg.
adidas Michigan fan gear, including the new adizero basketball uniform, will be available this season at local M-Den locations and online at www.mden.com.
U-M Senior/Junior Forward Jordan Morgan
On his first impression of the new uniforms ... "They're really nice. I like the new design and they're really light -- I like the light material. I also really like how the design on the shorts is made of little block M's. It's a refreshing take on our uniform."
On having the Big Ten logo on the front of the jersey ... "I like having the Big Ten logo on the chest. We're representing what we feel is one of the best conferences out there. When it comes to out-of-conference play, it's great to be representing where we come from."
U-M Junior Guard Tim Hardaway Jr..
On his first reaction after seeing the new uniform ... "Just touching the new uniforms, they feel really comfortable and I like the new design. If you feel good you play good. That's my mindset every time I go out there. It's great that we're getting new uniforms, and I'm looking forward to our first opportunity to wear them."
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In C, a pointer to a field in a const struct is automatically const'ed:
struct foo { int field; }; void useInt(const int *); int main(void) { const struct foo x; useInt(&x.field); // no warnings because &x.field is 'const int *' return 0; }
Thus, a function that extracts a pointer to a (possibly deep) field from a const struct, will also return a const pointer:
const int *getField(const struct foo *x) { return &x->field; }
(All the code compiles with `-Wall` and `-Wextra`)
But, what if I want to use `getField` on a non-const struct, to get an accessor to a field within it? Almost works:
struct foo y; int *bla = getField(&y); *bla = 2;
Uh oh. We get a warning:
warning: initialization discards 'const' qualifier from pointer target type [enabled by default] int *bla = getField(&y); ^
The compiler is angry because `int *bla` should be `const int *bla`. But we don't want that! We just want to get an accessor – a writable accessor – to a field in our not-const struct value.
C++ (not C) does have a non-solution: const_cast. That isn't what we want: it's unsafe. What we want is, if a function doesn't get a const struct, the 'non-constness' should propagate to the field accessor being returned (and vice versa: if the given struct was const, so should the accessor).
In fancier words, we need const polymorphism, which I imagine would be written with a 'constness type variable'
C like this made-up syntax:
const<C> int *getField(const<C> struct foo *x) { return &x->field; }
And then we would expect this to compile with no problems:
struct foo y; int *bla = getField(&y);
…because, as 'y' is not const, ergo the pointer returned from getField is not pointing at a const.
Unfortunately, no such thing. We could represent this in a type system in a number of ways. One simple way is to say that constness is a constraint on a type (using something like Haskell's type classes). Another way is to have 'write into a field' be a kind of a capability that's part of the type.
The latter, write-capability approach is what I use in Infernu. Here there are no structs (it's JavaScript) but there are polymorphic records. The type system includes two flavors for each field label: Get and Set. If a field is only being read, the record (or object or row) that contains it only needs to have the 'Get' accessor for that field. Here's infernu's output for a simple example:
// obj : { subObj: { val: Number } } var obj = { subObj: { val: 3 } };
Our object is simple. The comment is what infernu infers, a reasonably simple type.
In the notation I (shamelessly) invented, read-only fields have a prefix 'get' in the type, and read/write fields don't have any prefix. So a read-only field 'bla' would be:
{ get bla : t }. If 'bla' is required to be writable, the type is written as
{ bla : t }. So in the above 'obj' example, we see that literal objects are by default inferred to be writable (type annotations would allow you to control that).
Next let's make a function that only reads 'subObj':
// readSubObj : ( { get subObj: h | g} -> h) function readSubObj(x) { return x.subObj; }
The type inferred says "readSubObj is a function, that takes an object with a readable field subObj, (hence "get subObj": it doesn't require the 'Set' capability!). subObj has any type 'h', and the function returns that same type, 'h'. (By the way, that '
| g' means the passed object is allowed to contain also other fields, we don't care.)
Example of a nested read:
// readVal : ( { get subObj: { get val: d | c} | b} -> d) function readVal(x) { return x.subObj.val; }
Now we need to 'get subObj' but subObj itself is an object with a readable field 'val' of type d. The function returns a 'd'.
We can use readSubObj on a writable object with no problems:
// sub : { val: Number } var sub = readSubObj(obj);
When infernu supports type annotations (eventually) one could take advantage of this type-system feature by marking certain fields 'get'.
While this isn't exactly the same as the problem we discussed with C const pointers, the same idea could be used to implement polymorphic constness.
The main idea here is that ideas from row-type polymorphism can be used to implement a certain kind of 'capabilities' over types, constraints that are propagated. This may be a nicer way to implement (some kind of) polymorphic constraints.
(For example, in a language that supports row extension/reduction, a function
{ x : Int | r } -> { | r } would retain the unspecified constraints from 'r'. I'm sure there are more interesting examples.)
If you can refer me to something like this, please do!
First, is my Haskell version of a region-based optimized type checker as explained by Oleg Kiselyov, in his excellent review of the optimizations to generalization used in OCaml. Oleg gives an SML implementation, which I've Haskellized rather mechanically (using ST instead of mutable references, etc.) The result is a bit ugly, but it does include all the optimizations explained by Oleg above (both lambda-depth / region / level fast generalization and instantiation, plus path compression on linked variables, and not doing expensive occurs checks by delaying them to whenever we traverse the types anyway).
Second, here's my much shorter and more elegant implementation using the neat unification-fd package by Wren Romano. It's less optimized though – currently I'm not doing regions or other optimizations. I'm not entirely satisfied with how it looks: I'm guessing this isn't how the author of unification-fd intended generalization to be implemented, but it works. Generalization does the expensive lookup of free metavariables in the type environment. Also the instantiate function is a bit clunky. The unification-fd package itself is doing inexpensive occurs checks as above, and path compression, but doesn't provide an easy way to keep track of lambda-depth so I skipped that part. Perhaps the Variable class should include a parameterized payload per variable, which could be used for (among other things) keeping track of lambda-depth.
def foo(): x = some value # but do we need this? (short answer: no) if something: # ... do stuff ... x = 'bla' else: x = 'blo'
The variable
x is being initialized before the if/else, but the intention of the programmer is that its value will actually be determined by the if/else itself. If somebody later comes around and mistakenly removes one of the assignments (inside 'if' or 'else'), no runtime error will occur and
x will remain initialized to a probably wrong value.
Leaving out the initialization is better – in that case, forgetting to set
x in one of the branches will cause an
>>> def foo(): ... if False: ... x = 0 ... return x ... >>> foo() Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "", line 4, in foo UnboundLocalError: local variable 'x' referenced before assignment
Errors are good! (when they flag buggy code)
Now, what if we also have an
x declared in the global scope? Because of how Python handles variable scope, the error will still happen (which is good).
>>> x = 1 >>> def foo(): ... if False: ... x = 0 ... return x ... >>> foo() Traceback (most recent call last): .. UnboundLocalError: local variable 'x' referenced before assignment
Summary: In Python, don't initialize variables until you know what value to assign to them.
for (var i = 0; i < 9; i++) { console.log(i); // more statements }
What's wrong with
var i = 0 above? The problem is that variables declared in a for initialization have function scope, just like any
var declaration does. In other words, they affect the scope of the entire function. Consider the following:
function outer() { var x = 'outer'; function inner() { x = 'inner'; // // ... lots o' code // for (var x = 0; x < 1; x++) { // in for } } inner(); }
In the inner function,
x shadows the outer variable throughout, not just inside the for loop. So also the initial statement
x = 'inner' at the head of 'inner' affects only the locally scoped variable.
This is a classic example of var hoisting, which should qualify as one of JavaScript's awful parts.
Don't do it! Move all your 'var' statements to the head of each function, please.
var x = new Foo(); x.myWrongProperty = 2;
T={ foo: T -> A}
U={ foo: U -> B}
T <: U, therefore
T <: U but also
U <: T, which is true iff
A <: B and
In my case, the subtyping relation is polymorphic subsumption:
T is subsumed by
U iff
U is "more polymorphic", intuitively, it can be instantiated to all types that
T can.
This situation arises in rather simple code, involving polymorphic vs. non-polymorphic row fields. For example,
A is a row with a polymorphic method, whereas
B is a row with a monomorphic (but compatible) method, such as:
A = { method: forall a. a -> () }
B = { method: String -> () }
In this case subsumption (the form of subtyping in play) fails.
One way around this is to avoid subsumption issues altogether by keeping things rank-1, and not using higher-rank row fields. Unfortunately, throwing away polymorphic methods is very bad: consider a non-polymorphic
array.map (in JS).
A slightly better workaround is to push the foralls all the way out, keeping all types (including row types) rank-1. Every time an object method is accessed via the property syntax
obj.method, we end up instantiating the object's row type, and get a "fresh" type for the method. We get practically polymorphic methods. That's the approach I'm investigating for infernu.
Here is the simplest possible function:
function id(x) { return x; }
TypeScript's compiler
tsc can generate a
.d.ts from that:
declare function id(x: any): any;
That's no good! We can pass
any type we want to our function, but the return type is not tied to the argument type – it is treated as anything, basically untyped. So we can do this:
var n = 'hi'; n = id(5);
And TypeScript will output the following
declare var n: string;
That seems wrong: n is assigned a number via
id(5). But wait – there is a way to turn off inference of
any types (with
--noImplicitAny). If we try that on our identity function, we get:
id.ts(1,13): error TS7006: Parameter 'x' implicitly has an 'any' type.
Oops. Ok, but TypeScript has generics! Let's try that: the TypeScript handbook gives exactly the example we need – we just write the type out explicitly, like so:
function identity<T>(arg: T): T { return arg; }
Great! We got what we needed, but without type inference.
Facebook's Flow has a type system that's (slightly?) different from TypeScript's, and apparently works differently. Let's try it. We can use the
flow suggest command to get suggested typing (I'm using version 0.7). Here's what we get for a single file containing only the identity function above: nothing. It doesn't suggest any type. Ok, let's try using our
id in a way that makes no sense, to induce an error (after all, type checkers are used to find errors). Here's
/* @flow */ function id(x) { return x;} var n = 'hi'; n = id(5); var z = n; // added so we can see what flow says the type of n is here.
(Note: The
/* @flow */ header is used to tell flow that it should look at this file.)
flow suggest bad_id.js and you get a diff-style output. I've 'applied' it to make it easier to read – here's what flow suggests:
function id(x: number) : number{ return x;} var n: string | number = 'hi'; n = id(5); var z: number = n;
Interesting! We managed to get something without reverting to explicit type annotations. But we didn't get an error!
id was inferred to take and return
number, apparently because that's the only way we've used it. It would be interesting to see what happens when we use
id several times with different types – we'll try that soon.
n was given a union type
string | number, because it takes on both types during its lifetime. It may be a matter of taste, but I would rather not have the type checker deduce implicit union types in this case (
n = 'hi'; n = 5;) – instead I would expect that to be an error.
The unique (and impressive) part is that flow is able to tell that
z is only ever going to have
number values, and so it's safe to assign it that type. That's probably a result of the flow analysis they do.
Now let's try calling
id several times, with different types:
/* @flow */ function id(x) { return x;} id(5); id('hi');
Flow suggests:
function id(x: string | number) : string | number{ return x;}
Uh oh – does this means the argument and result types are no longer tied to each other? If I pass in a number, will the compiler check that I use the result only as a number (and not as a string)? Let's try using it, doing
var n = id(5), flow suggests:
var n: string | number = id(5);
n only ever being assigned a number, it now has type
string | number. So apparently, union types propagate implicitly, infecting everything on the way.
Fortunately, flow too has generics, and again straight out of the manual we find:
/* @flow */ function foo(x: X): X { return x; }
Great! We got what we needed, but without type inference.
Let's get down to business. Infernu says:
// id : a.(b -> b) function id(x) { return x; }
Cool! Without any help from us, Infernu figured out the most generic type. Take a type
b, return the same type
b. The magic of polymo…Wait, what's that
a. thing?
Well, JavaScript has this nice keyword called
this which is dynamically scoped, meaning that
this is bound to different things depending on how your function is invoked and not on how it's defined. For example:
var obj = { hat: { type: 'top' }, getHatType: function() { return this.hat.type; } }; obj.getHatType(); // ok. var f = obj.getHatType; f(); // oops! TypeError: Cannot read property 'type' of undefined
Nasty stuff. Every JavaScript programmer should know
Fortunately, Infernu is here to save you. It infers not only what arguments and return types a function has, but also what
this must be for the function call to work, and verifies that you use it correctly.
Infernu type signatures for functions have the following format (subject to change without notice, bla bla bla):
this.(arguments -> result)
So for our
var f = obj.getHatType example, Infernu says:
// f : {hat: {type: d, ..f}, ..e}.(() -> d) var f = obj.getHatType;
Decomposing that type signature, we read that
this is expected to be an object containing at least a property called 'hat' which is an object with at least a property called 'type' of some type
d. The function takes no arguments (hence the empty
()) and returns the same type
d that was taken from the hat.type property of
this. (The ellipsis stuff
..f and
..e is due to row-type polymorphism, which will be elaborated upon in a future blog post.)
Back to our identity function, we examine the signature again:
a.(b -> b) – the type of
this is given an unconstrained type parameter
a – so Infernu is telling us explicitly that
this is allowed to be anything for our identity function. Yippy!
We saw that both TypeScript and Flow (and Google Closure too, which I haven't shown) support generics that can express the identity function properly. They also offer weak forms of type inference that sometimes yields weakly-typed results. Infernu, on the other hand, will infer generic types automatically, and prefers to fail over giving weak typings.
There are many known discussions about subtyping (inheritance)-based type systems, represented here by TypeScript and Flow, vs. parametric polymorphism (being Infernu in this case). There are known pros and cons to both sides: but one important result is that type inference is just easier when there is no subtyping involved.
Infernu is designed to take advantage of that.
I've talked to the previous maintainer who is no longer interested. There was a small change required to support the new ghc (7.10), so I also released a new version. Since the new version only benefits people who need a new ghc, I also added the source-repository field in the cabal file, despite it breaking cabals older than 1.6.
According to hackage, wl-pprint was authored by Daan Leijen. The new github repo is up at https://github.com/sinelaw/wl-pprint.
I've taken the liberty of forking based on someone else's patch for GHC 7.10 – thank you Alex Legg!
Incidentally, on hackage, there are several packages with the substring 'wl-pprint' in their names, some are newer and better maintained and have more features than others. This situation is rather confusing. wl-pprint itself is being used as a dependency by at least one package I need (language-ecmascript).
It would be nice if the community converged on a single Wadler-pretty-printer package. (Probably not wl-pprint – maybe ansi-wl-pprint?)
f x y = typecase x of Int -> i + y other -> 0
The function can have either of these two types (among others):
a -> Int -> Int
a -> a -> Int
Neither is more general, so there is no principal type.
Unless the user tells us something (in a type annotation) we have no way of deciding which type should be inferred.
So for now, Infernu will probably not have support for type guards like Flow and TypeScript do (both of which don't have full type inference). Another possibility is to allow type guards in trivial cases only.
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Teen Charged In Rape-Strangulation Case
Douglas County Attorney Don Kleine has charged 17 year old Kyle Ferraguti as adult in a strangulation and sexual assault case on April 28.
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I have no idea how a living person can be baptized "for the remission of sins" for another living person (Acts 2:38).Peter,speaking by inspiration said, "For the promise is to you and to your children and to those that are afar off.I know the Mormon church practices "baptism for the dead," but they also teach Holy Spirit regeneration.(Moroni 10:3-5). Interesting: if one believes in Holy Spirit regeneration why believe in water baptism "for the remission of sins"?If one believes that salvation takes place in ones heart......how do you go about this?Becomes a tangled web does it not
Jarrod: "My belief is that WATER baptism is that part of baptism by which the church admits a member to it's ranks.In the event that a person dies without having been formally admitted to the local chapter of the body o' Christ, the assembly may decide to recognize that the person was a member of the body, posthumously."Jarrod, I hope you had "tongue in cheek" when writing this...?
If not, how do you circumvent Acts 2:38-47?Luke informs the reader that God "added to the church daily those that were saved."Is water baptism "for the remission of sins" or not?Noting verse 41..."Then they that gladly received his (Peter's) word were baptized: and the sameday there were added unto them about three thousand souls."No vote taken by the congregation on being "admitted to the local chapter" at Pentecost as I read the textIf water baptism is not for the remission of sins and addition into the church/kingdom Peter was given the "keys"(Ma. 16:18-19) then the metaphor has broken down into a eschatological comic book that the millennialisthave conjured up on the "End Time" Forum.No matter how you slice it...you ain't "added" until God says your "added."Where would this "addition" take place?Looks like I have confused p. rehbein with "the mind of God."But, logically speaking...where else could this action take place?Please, do not give me the sanctimonious answer of the charismatic: "in my heart." Is the plan of salvation as voiced by Peter at Pentecost: God's words or not?If not...then we must delete the words of Jesus in Matthew 10:19-20 as He speaks to his "twelve disciples" about not "giving a thought about what they were to speak as a testimony for His sake."Look at that answer in verse 20: "For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you."The Catholic church has taken this verse and has run with it to their teaching that the papacy (successor to Peter) through the ages has been given this authority to speak for God. Of course, when asked to verify the words of the papacy to "confirm their word with signs" (Acts 2:43; 5:20; 14:3, Mark 16:20) they fall flat on their clarion voices.Peter verified his words with "many wonders and signs."So, I can take to the bank that water baptism is "for the remission of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit"Not the indwelling Spirit of an apostles, but, the "gift".......in the mind of God......Where else???
pointmade said:We must remember that salvation takes place in the mind of God, not the heart of man.We are lost in the mind of God...not our heart.Having the Holy Spirit does not save...It is the death of Jesus on the cross as the sacrifice for our sins that saves. This action has taken place in God mind. Is this not His plan from the foundation of the world?=====================================================I gotta spend some time on this one and will have to get back to you, 'cause this is so out in left field that I'm gonna have to use a bush-hog to mow down all the weeds between it and me...................(tongue in cheek.............. )However, let me say......................................... well, that's certainly ONE WAY to look at it I supose...........
Hey Jarrod...you write: "When we talk about "water baptism" we talk about the part of baptism the church performs. That basically means admitting the baptizee as a member of the church through means of a very public washing ritual."Would you explain the baptism of the eunuch in Acts 8:28-39 as a "public ritual"?He would be a member of what church? Is there a report of "spirit baptism" on this chariot rider?The Book says, "When they were came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip,that the eunuch saw him no more."So, do we have here a preacher that baptizes a sinner and sends him on his way; no mentionof "spirit baptism or "baptism for repentance."Philip doesn't even ask for a vote of the church? So, did he have as you say, a "valid baptism" with all the "necessary participants"?
OK... p. rehbein, let me simplify "in the mind of God" for you.If I do something to you like stealing, or slandering your good name.You would naturally take offence to this.I come to you and apologise, repent, make retribution, and ask for your forgiveness.You say, "I forgive you."Now p.rehbein,....just where does this "forgiveness" take place:In your mind/spirit or,...... in my heart?It takes professional help to miss this at an elementary level....."Forgiveness of sins" takes place in the mind of God.The main question: when does this forgiveness of a holy God take place?This of course, is the Soteriology of men.....through the ages.
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It seems as if we've had a nice break from the incessant recalls of vehicles equipped with airbags that may not deploy properly, putting drivers and passengers in harm's way. Unfortunately, they say all good things must come to an end, and so, Fiat Chrysler announced this week that it will call back nearly 1.2 million trucks in two campaigns for issues related to side-impact safety devices that can inflate in the wrong position and driver's airbags that may deploy without a crash. [More]
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Bahraini pro-democracy activists reported sporadic clashes between police and protesters on Sunday, hours before a Formula One race promoted by the government as a non-political festival of sport but seen by the opposition as a public relations stunt.
Some protesters blocked roads around the capital Manama on Sunday morning and police fired teargas at a secondary school in the city where students had been demonstrating, Sayed Yousif al-Muhafda of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights said.
Scores of police cars and a couple of armored vehicles stood along the highway from the capital to the race circuit.
Asked for comment on the reported clashes, which included more of the near-nightly violence between police and youths, in villages near the capital, an Interior Ministry official said only that everything was normal.
Protests in the Gulf Arab country – a key Western ally that hosts the US Navy's Fifth Fleet – broke out in 2011, with thousands of demonstrators demanding democratic reforms.
The unrest forced the cancellation of that year's Formula One race and although the event went ahead in 2012, it was overshadowed by violent protests in the country.
Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman al-Khalifa dismissed the suggestion the government was using the race to paper over human rights abuses. He said more than 15,000 people visited the circuit on Friday and more were expected on Sunday.
On Saturday, protests broke out in about 20 villages, human rights activists said, with protesters throwing rocks at police and security forces responding with tear gas, birdshot and stun grenades in many cases.
"Your race is a crime," chanted protesters armed with petrol bombs and stones. "No, no to the race of blood."
Muhafda said he documented six shotgun injuries during clashes in the village of Jidhafs, and two cases of protesters beaten by police in the Sanabis area west of Manama on Saturday.
He said protests also broke out in other villages near the capital, where the Pearl Roundabout, a center of the 2011 uprising, has since been razed.
"There were many injuries and many attacks by teargas," he said by telephone, adding he expected more protests on Sunday.
Reuters could not independently verify most of the reports, but witnessed clashes on Saturday and on Friday night in the Sanabis and Budaiya areas west of Manama. Young men burned tires and threw rocks at police on Friday, who fired teargas back at them.
Chief of Public Security Major-General Tariq al-Hassan said on Saturday his forces would deal firmly with any illegal activities, an interior ministry statement said.
"Security forces have been deployed around the circuit and patrol the area regularly, and police have been deployed along all highways leading to the event's venue for security purpose and to facilitate traffic," the statement quoted him as saying.
The government denies carrying out arbitrary arrests and torture and says any reports of wrongdoing by its security forces are investigated.
In contrast to the villages where clashes regularly take place, there was little evidence of unrest in downtown Manama or around the race track itself.
Watched by millions around the world, the opposition has hoped to use the race to put the spotlight on its pro-democracy campaign. The government has hoped to show unity and has portrayed the protesters as trying to undermine Bahrain's international image.
Human rights groups say the political violence in Bahrain has killed at least 80 people since 2011.
(Reuters, Al-Akhbar, AFP)


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How can i improve this flyer ..?? Rejected because it's too simple , i don't know what to add or change. http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/2565/previewfinal.jpg
My 2 cents : Add a little bit more shiny light effect; Remove the white-text-black-stroke for information part, it looks a bit old; And make the main title more shiny, it's a bit faded now. Good luck mate
- Isolate the poster for a proper presentation first.
- The top area looks neat but the bottom half has lot of empty spaces.
- Increase the area for "Your Information" and put more dummy text.
- Fonts are good but the outlines are killing it.
- Engage the bottom half area design and detail it.
Thank you for your reply … Is it better now .? http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/7910/winterparty.jpg
I am in the learning process, so i very appreciate your replies . Must improve it more ..
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Thank you for your reply … Is it better now .? http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/7910/winterparty.jpg I am in the learning process, so i very appreciate your replies . Must improve it more ..
Better but not there yet . The text feels blending into the BG. I'm not exactly sure but don't you think a spot for phone no. and website address should be mentioned? And somehow those three boxes has alignment issue which I guess can be sorted later while preparing files.
Also check out more party posters on GR and try observing the text emphasis.
Hope it helps
i'm agree with @gbs = Remove the white-text and black-stroke , if you add one thing like bg for description text may be better than now, too title is small !
Hmmm… Look at the second version of this flyer, I'd definitely agree on removing the stroke to the text. You may want to make the text darker in color (a dark shade of blue?) and add a white gradient from the bottom up, ending at the top of the lower clouds. This will make darker text visible without the need of stokes.
You've named it "Winter Party" so I would try to make some of the "exploding elements" resemble things from winter. Snow flakes, ice cubes, light colored birds etc; may work a well with the wine/champagne glasses you've added.
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The Texas Spring Book Festival Blooms This Weekend
Texas Association of Authors promotes local authors
By Monica Riese,
4:06PM, Fri. Apr. 19, 2013
A good book blooms not unlike our state's wildflowers.
You may start with a nondescript cover or an unassuming seed of plot, but in a matter of time, the books and blossoms alike will burst into an impressive array of colors as the author (or nature) paints with her unique palette a breathtaking scene.
So it's fitting, then, that the Texas Spring Book Festival comes right as the bluebonnets have reached their peak.
"Spring is the perfect time for our event," Texas Association of Authors founder B. Alan Bourgeois said. The festival seeks "to help those independent Texas authors who are over-looked by the larger publishing firms" blossom on their own.
In that vein, the festival includes several seminars on publishing, social media, and marketing in order to assist aspiring authors in this digital age.
The Texas Spring Book Festival takes place Saturday, April 20, 10am-7pm at Hickory Street Cafe (Eighth & Congress). Visit the festival website for complete details, including a schedule of seminars and author readings.
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