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ryci wrote:Be stolen is a painful experience and that was my situation in 2005. I lost my purse and suspected a pickpocket did it. Contrary to this, my friend lost his wallet in a cab but recieved a call from a police station to ask him to get his wallet back.
liveuk wrote:you might not feel good when you are followed while walking in a street. I would like to check the No.2, be called a foreigner.
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Gérard Boulay Sancerre Rosé 2018
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Varietals: Pinot Noir
Organic: Practicing
Vineyard: From 35-40 year old Pinot Noir vines on the steep hillsides in front of the Boulay home in Chavignol.
Orientation: Multiple parcels, varied exposure
Soil: Steep clay hillside
Viticulture: Gerard works the soil manually and lets nature make the wine
Vinification: Tank fermented. Boulay adds no yeast and minimal amounts of SO2
Aging: Tank aged
Production: 200 cases annually
Notes: Unlike many Sancerre Roses, Gerard harvests his Pinot specifically to make rose by direct press, then into tank. It is not a selection of young vines as he has no young Pinot vines. What makes the rosé one year could make red another, and vice versa, depending on what the vintage gives.
Organic: Practicing
Vineyard: From 35-40 year old Pinot Noir vines on the steep hillsides in front of the Boulay home in Chavignol.
Orientation: Multiple parcels, varied exposure
Soil: Steep clay hillside
Viticulture: Gerard works the soil manually and lets nature make the wine
Vinification: Tank fermented. Boulay adds no yeast and minimal amounts of SO2
Aging: Tank aged
Production: 200 cases annually
Notes: Unlike many Sancerre Roses, Gerard harvests his Pinot specifically to make rose by direct press, then into tank. It is not a selection of young vines as he has no young Pinot vines. What makes the rosé one year could make red another, and vice versa, depending on what the vintage gives.
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|France, Loire Valley, Sancerre
|Gérard Boulay
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Sonoma Cutrer Rose of Pinot Noir 2017The first thing you notice about this vintage of rose is its beautiful pale, pink color. Fragrant aromas of fresh strawberries, marionberry, tart cherry, and rhubarb with hints of hibiscus tea glimmer on the palate. The wine is crisp and fresh with an almost weightless mouthfeel. Bright acidity and crisp tart fruits carry through to the back of the palate leading to a fresh, juicy, very pleasant finish. Food Pairing: Pairs perfectly with rich goat cheeses, bright citrus flavors, grilled seafoods and spicy sauces.
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Château-Smith-Haut-Lafitte Les Hauts de Smith Rose 2017
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Charles & Charles Rosé 2018
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Domaines Ott Château de Selle Rosé 2018Clear, pale pink hue with rose-gold tints. The nose opens with delicate floral notes and aromas of acacia blossom. Château de Selle 2018 then develops fruity notes of grapefruit, yellow peach and redcurrant, complemented by a subtle hint of almond. The palate is generous with a lovely silky texture and notes of stone fruit and a pleasant citrus freshness (lime and grapefruit). The finish is persistent and brings a delicate touch of spice. Food Pairing: This pairs well with flambéed or glazed monkfish with vegetables, grilled poultry in a sauce, or fruit desserts.
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DeMorgenzon DMZ Cabernet Rosé 2016DMZ is DeMorgenzon's value label, where the objective is to produce classic, elegant, well-balanced wines which over-deliver in terms of quality for price. This crowd-pleasing rosé displays alluring aromas and juicy flavors of pomegranate, watermelon and strawberries, accented with delicate floral and spice hints.
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Weingut Artner Rosé 2016Whatever the season, it's always rosé time. Pair with everything from chicken fricassee to a country ham dinner. Match with grilled swordfish steaks or a käsekrainer from your local würstelstand. Eyes: Rose Nose: Medium Intensity, youthful, black cherry, floral, strawberry jam. Mouth: Light Bodied, dry, medium-high acidity, moderate intensity, medium finish, strawberry, cherry, mineral.
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Liberte Fraternite Rose 2018Organic and vegan, this is a must try from the South of France. Light, crisp with a hint of melon and berries. Easy 90 points and is the best value in its price range.
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When I was in my teens I had model railroad and enjoyed using it to simulate the activities that would take place in the operating department of a real railroad. I enjoyed this activity very much and vowed to build a new model railroad later in life. The time came to the revisit model railroading and finding myself living in narrow gauge country at the time Bachmann was releasing their On30 equipment it was easy to decide to do the new layout in On30 narrow gauge.
In revisiting the model railroad scene I was able to review the progress made in the area of model railroad operations while I had been away from the hobby. Through the years I have been interested in the history of railroad development and construction which has resulted in the study and reading of a large number of books and other sources on the subject. With my new background information and looking at the current state of operations in model railroading I was struck with the idea that simulating operations was a small subset of the activity that takes place on a real railroad.
The idea that simulating railroad activity beyond that of the operating department would be enjoyable and entertaining is simple enough. In pursuing that idea I found that scaling the decisions of management and the other departments like engineering into activity taking place on a model railroad was not for the faint of heart. One hobby that has a lot of experience in scaling and modeling decision-making is wargaming and I turned that hobby to get ideas on how to scale and model the decision-making I wanted to simulate on my model railroad.
While I have made a lot of progress on adding capital management, risk management, and financial incentives I have also found it leading me deeper into the wargaming hobby. As I am raising two boys who find wargaming interesting this did not seem like a bad thing. By selecting Design Choices from the menu on the left you will be able to review the history of this process and the progress I have been making with the design of my layout and the design of the system I intend to use with my layout for replicating the choices that are made in running a real transportation system.
I am off the beaten path combining two hobbies that are normally not combined but I am finding they both have a lot to offer.


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The UAE's central bank expanded its large exposure limit rules for commercial banks, introducing new caps for loans made to local governments and their entities in the first such change in nearly two decades.
The oil-reliant UAE economy is recovering from the 2009-2010 debt crisis in Dubai, marked by a $25bn debt restructuring and record high provisions against bad loans, many of them to government entities. These provisions rose 25 percent to AED55.3bn ($15.1bn) in December.
The regulator set new limits of 100 percent of the capital base for all lending by a bank to governments of the seven-member UAE federation and their non-commercial entities, and 25 percent to individual borrowers. No such limits existed before.
Analysts welcomed the move.
"For us, concentration risk for local banks, especially regarding government-related entities, is one of the biggest risks faced by UAE banks," said Khalid Howladar, vice president - senior credit officer GCC financial institutions at Moody's.
"In Dubai, GREs were the single biggest contributor to problem loans in the system, with Dubai Bank being a good example of the risks around such concentrations. Any regulation which seeks to moderate or reduce concentration risk is good for the banking sector."
Dubai Bank had to be absorbed into Emirates NBD in October because of large exposures to its parent, Dubai Group. According to its 2009 results, the last available accounts, related party lending made up 23.6 percent of Dubai Bank's loan book.
The central bank also adjusted a range of other percentage limits, including for commercial government-related entities, where it introduced a cap of 15 percent for funded exposure for individual borrowers and 100 percent on aggregate, it said in a circular issued to banks on April 4 and visible on the central bank's website on Thursday.
The federal government was also included in the rules for the first time. The capital base is the same as that used for capital adequacy purposes, the central bank said.
After annual consultations that ended last month, the International Monetary Fund urged the UAE to enforce limits on bank exposure to individual GREs, saying the central bank could consider imposing higher capital charges or forward provisioning on risky state firms.
Shielding the banking system in one of the world's top five oil exporters from further GRE risks would be key, the IMF said, adding that the UAE banks' net exposure to government and public institutions rose by AED44bn ($12bn) in 2011, or 3.5 percent of gross domestic product.
"Some of these exposures are not consistently classified across banks' balance sheets and government fiscal accounts, which could lead to non-transparency in bank regulatory compliance," the Fund said.
"There is a risk that GREs could increasingly turn to domestic banks for their funding needs in the period ahead in case they face difficulties in external market financing. The mission stresses the importance of avoiding channeling bank funding to non-viable GREs in order to maintain the integrity of the banking system," it said in its report.
Most UAE banks have large capital cushions by international standards and the central bank has said their exposure to debt crisis-hit Europe is only minor.
Earlier on Thursday, Dubai Holding, the investment conglomerate owned by the emirate's ruler, said its private equity arm has reached an agreement with creditors to restructure $2.5bn of debt, ending nearly two years of talks.
Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suweidi said on Wednesday the Gulf country needed to develop rules and institutions allowing banks to control and oversee mortgages effectively, which would help manage risks and encourage property lending.For all the latest GCC news from the UAE and Gulf countries, follow us on Twitter and Linkedin, like us on Facebook and subscribe to our YouTube page, which is updated daily.
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Schmidt will join the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) on 1st July on a contract that will see him lead Ireland until after the 2016 RBS Six Nations.
To facilitate Joe in completing the season with Leinster and affording him time to select his Ireland management team, Ireland's forthcoming summer tour of the USA and Canada will be managed by interim manager Les Kiss, as planned.
A squad announcement in relation to this tour will be made after the Lions squad for their tour of Australia is confirmed.
Announcing the appointment IRFU CEO Philip Browne, said: "The IRFU is delighted to announce Joe Schmidt as Ireland Team Coach following a process which, in the best interests of Irish rugby, allowed us to examine a variety of options and ultimately ensure we secured a world-class coach and undoubtedly the ideal person for the position.
"Joe has already delivered significant success to Irish rugby during his time with Leinster and we are confident that this will continue at international level.
We thank all of those who were involved in this appointment, particularly our colleagues in Leinster, for allowing us the time and space to meet with and ultimately appoint Joe as Ireland Coach."
Joe Schmidt said: "It's an honour to be selected as the Ireland Team Coach. I'm very conscious of the responsibilities that go with the position and look forward to working alongside the players in an effort to meet those responsibilities through the quality of our performance.
"I certainly appreciate the prompt and professional handling of the selection process by the IRFU, especially with regard to my current coaching commitment in Leinster, which I will continue to prioritise over the coming weeks."
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Optimus OLED Keyboard: from legend to laughing stock
With 102 configurable mini-OLED screens as keys and a gorgeously understated look, the Art Lebedev-designed Optimus keyboard became a thing of legend. Geeks and gadgeteers around the Internet fawned over the keyboard as though it were the face of their chosen God: each key radiating with the brilliant OLED beauty that only a true geek can appreciate. Even we here at Ars couldn't escape the siren song of this unrivaled device.
The appeal was fairly obvious. Dynamically changing input based on whatever you were doing on your computer. Launch a game and the keys would automatically change to reflect the controls of the game. Start up Photoshop and instantly the hotkeys would be labeled.
Naturally, the ambitious project was met with countless delays. Originally popping up in July 2005, the project was eventually pushed into 2007 release territory. First the input was changed to black-and-white, then back to color. Then it completely fell off the map in the stead of the similarly-designed 3 button mini-keypad. However, that didn't stop the e-masses from continuing to worship the ultimate keyboard—even facing strict competition, the Optimus managed to win itself a place on the most anticipated devices of 2007 and eventually returned to the limelight for one last final hurrah before it would fall from grace.
And boy did it ever fall from grace. Just over a month ago, concrete details began to surface about the availability and price of the long-awaited deity of the keyboard world. When word came out that the keyboard, allegedly due for Christmas 2007, was to hit for a whopping $1,490, the keyboard instantly fell from its pedestal of greatness to a more lowly position somewhere far beyond the scope of even hardcore tech enthusiasts. It was simply too hard to believe; some speculated that the first price was just a rumor and not confirmed. To a certain extent, the naysayers were right, as it seems the keyboard is now even more expensive and more limited than was originally imagined.
The Optimus keyboard has now been confirmed for release this November at a cost of $1,536. Only 200 units will be produced through the end of this year, with 400 more due out in January. It is uncertain whether production will continue after that point. Needless to say, the price-point and limited quantities have taken this artistic derivation from the realm of the desirable to the realm of the ridiculous. As beautiful as this keyboard is, $1,536 is simply an order of magnitude greater than what I, and I assume many others, would be willing to pay. So, dear Optimus, object of my affection for so long, I bid you adieu. May you rest in peace. I'll be sure to pick up your descendant once Logitech pumps it out for a much more modest price.
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The past year has been quite a roller coaster ride and everyone is looking forward to starting 2014 with a bang. Pulling off the perfect New Year's Eve Party is easy if you follow these simple suggestions.
A simple way to enhance the festive look of your existing Christmas décor is to add balloons. Get helium ones in white, silver, or a color that matches your holiday palette. Allowing them to float freely on the ceiling instead of tying them to objects creates great visual impact.
A white table cloth helps reflect light to keep your party space bright. Embellish the table with confetti and a bit of glitter to give it a magical sparkle.
Party favors such as hats, tiaras, carnival masks, feather boas, horns, streamers, and noisemakers double nicely as décor. Get them in a variety of attractive colors and designs, and let guests take them home as parting gifts. (more…)


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I know that ShabbatUK (or ShabbosUK as we don't call it) has hardly registered round here but I for one can't help being inspired by it. Shabbos is truly a gift that all can partake in. From the chosid who brings it in early on Thursday night with multiple helpings of tsholent and kugel and barely draws it to a close Sunday morning at 3am while seeing off the Shabbos Queen with the leftovers (some households serve it for Sunday supper too), to obsessed halachists fretting with the opening of fridge doors and unscrewing bottles, to the less observant who might celebrate Shabbos with a Friday night dinner and leave it at that.
One thing is certain: from the hushed elegance of the candlelighting by the woman of the house before sunset on Friday to the more raucous extinguishing of the fire by the man of the house after nightfall on Shabbos, Shabbos is a uniquely Jewish experience. In an age of slavery it introduced the concept of a universal day of rest for everyone from the master to the animals, and it remains no less relevant in our non-stop, 24/7 era. For as long as Shabbos lasts there is little but Shabbos and what surrounds it. Time to reflect, time to enjoy, time to reap the fruits of the week that was and time to rejuvenate for the week to come.
Let us not pretend that it is always easy and the long summer Shabbos afternoons can be a challenge even for the most faithful. But then this is after all religion and not the product of focus groups; one size fits all is in the nature of the beast. Yet nevertheless at its heart is a day of rest, a day of spiritual enhancement and physical enjoyment, a time for parents to enjoy their children and a time for children to get the attention of their parents. As the zmiros goes, Hashomer shabbos habein im habas, Shabbos is observed with the son and the daughter.
So how welcoming to see the new Chief Rabbi's initiative in organising and promoting ShabbatUK when thousands will partake in the joy of Shabbos, and for many of who it may well be their first such experience. It is often humbling to see how others react to Shabbos when for us who were brought up with it it can sometimes come across as stale and boring. Unfortunately, I will not be hosting anyone or doing anything towards this special Shabbos and yet it is impossible to see and read the excitement about it and not get carried along. So here, dear readers, is my vort lekoved Shabbos Kodesh, ShabbatUK.
On Friday night we recite 3 times the words of Vayechilu hashomayim v'horoetz, which are the psukim for the 7th day of the Story of the Creation in Sefer Breishis. We say it once privately in the shmone esre, once publicly immediately after and a 3rd time over wine with our family at the start of Kiddush.
The words are:
ויכולו השמים והארץ וכל צבאם
ויכל אלקים ביום השביעי מלאכתו אשר עשה וישבות ביום השביעי מכל מלאכתו אשר עשה
ויברך אלקים את יום השביעי ויקדש אותו כי בו שבת מכל מלאכתו אשר ברא אלקים לעשות
And the heaven and earth were completed with all their hosts
And on the seventh day God completed all the work which He had made, and He rested on the seventh day from all the work that He had made
And God blessed the seventh day and He sanctified it for He rested in it from all the work which He created.
These psukim teach us the specialness of Shabbos. Completing a job doesn't always bring with it rest. One can complete a job and still be troubled by aspects of it, wanting to go back and change something, regretting at not having done things differently and altogether being stressed about the job despite the fact that it is complete. This is why completing a job is not quite the same as resting from it.
Rest, however, on its own is also not enough. Even when you put your feet up from a task completed other anxieties may arise. What now, what next, are often the prevailing thoughts after having laboured on a project even if it was successfully completed, and holiday blues is a recognised mood that some people experience when taking a break. A blessing is required to introduce peace and harmony to rest and the absence of work in itself is not enough. And when spirituality is introduced to that blessing only then do we have a true day of rest and respite from the rough and tumble of life.
This is what these puskim teach us: Not only did Hashem complete the Creation on the day of Shabbos but He also rested on that day. That too was not enough and In addition Hashem endowed this special day with His blessing and then sanctified the day on top of it all.
It is this blessing that we feel at our Shabbos table surrounded by our families and enjoying the Shabbos food and it is this spirituality and kedusha that we aspire to in the uplifting Shabbos prayers and zmiros.
It must be a privilege and a duty for us who were born into it to be able to share it with others.
Gut Shabbos!


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BTB always has been and always will remain in the herd until improved cattle testing is used on the farm. It is available and must be used now. The current test is cruel to farmers, cattle, badgers and the public. We cannot get on top of a disease when we cannot test for it reliably. #WakeupDefra
Bovine TB, or Mycobacterium bovis, or bovine tubercle bacillus, is part of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. The organism is carried by many animals including deer, cats, dogs, pigs, alpacas, sheep and, of course, cattle. Mycobacterium bovis is an aerobic bacterium and the cause of TB in cattle. Bovine TB can jump the species barrier and cause tuberculosis in humans, and this is where the problem has historically been. In the 1930s and 40s, it was responsible for over 50,000 cases a year and 2500 deaths annually. By 1960, all herds had been tested twice for TB, and all animals which had tested positive, or 'reactors', were slaughtered and it became a notifiable disease.
The government introduced compulsory cattle testing and devised a compensation programme for all destroyed cattle.
Bovine TB and Badger persecution, including culls has a long horrible history in Britain. Since 1971, when a Badger was found in Gloucestershire with TB, England and Wales have been killing badgers in an attempt to stop Bovine TB in cattle. Now, even to those, unfamiliar with pathogen diseases, something is obviously and immediately wrong with the destruction of a wild native (non-bovine) to 'save' domesticated bovine animals - Cattle. We have researched and recorded a timeline of Bovine TB in Britain over the last century and the Badger culls since William Haigh first announced that a Conservative Government would licence Badger culls and repeal the Hunting Act back in 2009.
The Welsh Government are working to eliminate bovine TB from an area of west Wales by targeting every possible source of infection. The area has the highest bTB herd breakdown in the country and is important for beef and dairy production. Their comprehensive approach, with strict attention to every detail, provides a comprehensive solution that is already showing improvements in bTB throughout the country. In an area of west Wales, they have put extra measures in place with the aim of eradicating the disease in the local cattle population. This area is called the Intensive Action Area (IAA). They established the IAA to tackle all sources of bovine TB infection in domestic and wild animal species. This is a similar approach to that used in New Zealand, where they have successfully eradicated the disease from large areas of the country.
Lame claims explain in detail why the badger cull will fail and why we believe it will not impact on the reduction BTb in cattle and may make matters worse. It has been divisive in the countryside and financially it is not viable. Bovine TB impacts on the farming community, cattle and conservationists alike we, therefore, need to find a sustainable and effective way to reduce the herd breakdowns. We believe that culling badgers cannot help bTB in cattle. Save Me Trust is currently working with farmers and the NFU to look at this issue. The current badger cull is failing farmers, failing cattle and failing badgers. Click here to read the complete lame claims file on the badger cull or click on the individual claims below.
The logical way forward is to vaccinate the cattle and this is the one area where both sides agree. The reason we don't vaccinate cattle at this time is we couldn't sell them in Europe due to regulations. This was proposed in 1997 by Lord Krebs in his report. We are waiting for a DIVA test to be accepted to differentiate between vaccinated and wild strains. We are supporting the campaign to vaccinate badgers. Badger BCG alone is not the solution to bTB, but it does have an immediate effect with no associated negative impact. The Governments Vaccine Deployment Project is one such undertaking.
The Randomised Badger Culling Trial (RBCT) was the first robust scientific evaluation of the effect of badger culling on cattle TB. It lasted 10 years and cost in excess of £50 million. It was overseen by an Independent Scientific Group (ISG).
Two culling treatments were undertaken: reactive culling where localised culls were carried out on farms that had recently experienced a TB outbreak in cattle, and proactive culling where larger scale areas were culled. Both these treatments were restricted to regions where the historical incidence of TB in cattle was high. In addition to culling, there were matched "control" areas where no culling was carried out. The principle is the same as we see in medical trials, where one segment of the population receives a treatment drug and another receives a placebo, the idea being that, at the end of the trial, any significant effects can be reliably ascribed to the treatment.
One thing we all know and agree on is that Lord Krebs' and the RBCT Trial states that culling badgers in small areas increases the spread of bovine Tb and increases the frequency of bTB within badgers.
No one can deny that bTB has spread across the country over the last decade yet controversy rages as to the reason for the spread.


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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Review of The Evolution of Adam by Peter Enns
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- AnonymousMarch 28, 2012 at 1:40 AM
Thank you, Dr Byron, for this review. I just finished reading this book. I am grateful to Dr Enns for this very helpful and informative book. Like you, I don't have major disagreements with the book, except for two little things. First, by necessity, Dr Enns has to deal with a lot of issues that his opponents would raise. In doing so, I wonder whether he has pushed his own views a little bit too far? Second, while I largely agree with him on his view on Paul, I am not sure whether I am totally with him when it comes to his understanding of Paul's use of the Old Testament. On the one hand, I agree with him that Paul's use of the OT is very creative and a modern reader will find it strange. On the other hand, I think there are more contextual correlations with the OT in Paul's texts than what Enns seems to propose. I think Dr Richard Hays' works are very informative here. By the way, Dr Byron, I really enjoy your works on slavery. They are really helpful to me.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 28, 2012 at 3:01 AM
By the way, further to my last comment, I have a question. I come from a non-Western culture (although all my tertiary education is Western), and for many years I have been involved in overseas aid and development as well as cross-cultural mission. I keep thinking that Dr Enns' method of reading Genesis and Paul would be hard for anyone without Western education and a sharp intellectual capacity to use. In other words, it would be hard for my folks back in Asia to read the Bible that way. (Of course, this does not only apply to Dr Enns' way of reading the Bible, but much of what we learn in seminaries.)ReplyDelete
So, I guess my question is around whether we need to re-examine the direction our debate on creation, science, hermeneutics and biblical authority has taken us? Are we making the Bible less accessible for a lot of Christians in the world? Are we stretching the way God intends us to read the Scripture?
Again, I very much agree with Dr Enns (since I am an intellectual). And I am not in the camp of Enns' opponents. So this is really just a genuine question for consideration.
Dear Anonymous,ReplyDelete
You are correct, it will be hard for many to read the Bible the why Enns does, indeed the way Paul does. I am not sure if we should or can change the direction of the debate. If anything the situation emphasizes to me the need for seminaries to train well educated leaders who then impart that knowledge to the people to whom they minister. In and ideal world, our leaders would be educating their people.Replies
In an ideal world leaders would actually seek education as part of the fulfillment of their call.Delete
I've not read Enns' book, yet. But, I did order it.
What's refreshing about Enns and others, (including you), is that our faith is shown to not rely on the inerrancy and total accuracy of Scripture. It relies on the One who inspired them.
- AnonymousMarch 28, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Thanks for your review. I agree with it in general.
You made one statement: "On the contrary, he describes Genesis as "genre calibration" (p. 35)." I think you might have omitted some words. Pete does not say Gensis IS "genre calibration", rather, there is a need to assess the genre of Genesis (1-11 specifically) in light of the other ANE creation/origins stories. This is contra CSBI which famously/infamously claims Gen 1-11 MUST be read as "factual" by which they mean a historically-based narrative. So Pete opens up the discussion by directly countering that claim as to the genre of Gen 1-11.
Don Johnson
- AnonymousMarch 28, 2012 at 4:40 PM
Pete's a very nice guy, and I commend him for trying to rescue some meaning out of texts that talk about things we know to be not literally true, but let's be serious. The commenter from Asia raises a good point.ReplyDelete
The authors of Genesis modeled their creation account after other national myths because they didn't know any better, not because they had some high-level symbolism in mind that would become apparent thousands of years later.
Jesus and Paul were ancient people who probably thought those myths were true because they didn't know any better, not because they had some high-level symbolic meaning in mind that would become apparent to PhDs thousands of years later.
JIm Mason
- AnonymousMarch 28, 2012 at 6:40 PM
Dear Dr Byron and Jim,ReplyDelete
I am the commenter from Asia. Thank you for your responses. Please allow me to make two observations.
First, in my culture there are many ancient myths. It's actually very easy for me to read Genesis as ancient "myths". Let me explain. There are ancient stories in my culture that we hold dearly. We do realize that the characters in those stories might not be real people. But I continue to hold and love the values that are embedded in those stories, regardless of whether the characters in them are real people. Some of those stories have been made into modern movies, and the same ethos and love of those characters are widely upheld.
Second,I have been working on Paul and his use of Israel's Scripture for many years in a Western seminarian setting. I actually think that many in the non-Western world can read Paul with relative ease. That is, I don't find Paul's use of Scripture particularly odd. His use of Scripture is strange if one reads it from a Western perspective. Yes, my Western training has helped me to understand Paul, and I enjoy the discussions I have with my friends and colleagues in the West. But much of my understanding of Paul does not depend on that training. Paul is not that hard to read.
Perhaps from a Western perspective we feel a strong urge to "educate" others in the world about the "better" way of reading the Bible. I myself am really grateful for the many Bible teachers in the West, including Dr Byron. At the same time, I would humbly ask my friends in the West to allow Christians from the non-Western world to have a voice, even if that can potentially shift our debate on Genesis and Paul.
- AnonymousMarch 28, 2012 at 6:57 PM
Dr. Byron,ReplyDelete
I have, for a while, believed firmly that the writer of Genesis and Paul even at times, are writing and bringing answers to ancient questions that those around them are asking. An excerpt from the intro on Amazon seems to affirm this about the book... but my problem is... everytime I voice this belief... many accuse me of believing Scripture is not inspired, blah blah. Would this book give me more concrete information to explain my beliefs further and help me explain why I can believe perhaps that there is a chance Adam was not a historical figure? Or perhaps this book will challenge my current beliefs? I love the premise but am just curious... hopefully this made sense!
- AnonymousMarch 28, 2012 at 8:14 PM
Yes, Noah, I think Enns would be very helpful to you. I agree that Genesis and Paul did not try to address the modern questions raised by science. That's probably my personal non-Western view of reading the Bible, by the way :-)ReplyDelete


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LOS ANGELES - Imagine that a firm has a single, plush conference room and several divisions continually fighting to use it. This is essentially an information problem according to UCLA Anderson associate professor Richard Saouma. The firm is unable to allocate the conference room efficiently because it does not know how much value the resource represents to its competing divisions.
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There are also real world examples at firms such as British Petroleum where managers trade pollution credits, Intel where auctions allocate production time for certain products and the Ford Motor Company where dealers can bid to acquire preferred vehicles1.
Saouma and colleagues at three business schools began a formal study of internal auctions. "We started looking at the literature on how to solve resource allocation problems," he recalls. They found a variety of mathematical approaches to the problem but relatively little about auctions.
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So Saouma's team performed mathematical comparisons of auctions and more complicated, so called, 'optimal' allocation mechanisms. "We were surprised to find that, in some circumstances, our simple internal auction replicates the profits that you could obtain with the more complicated, optimal resource allocation," he says. "When we missed the mark, we were within five or ten percent of the optimal profits."
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This was not your typical U.S. Navy retirement party. Harry Henry, 82, and Luis La Rosa, 79, are the last two daily commuters from their homes in Cuba to the U.S.-controlled territory. They got their jobs at Guantánamo as teenagers and, as long-serving U.S. government employees, Henry and La Rosa are entitled to Defense Department pensions.
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Thousands of Cubans commuted to the base from neighboring towns in southeast Cuba as day labors — welders, machinists and groundskeepers —before Castro swept to power in 1959. As tensions built, the base became more and more isolated, making its own water, generating its own electricity.
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Now Henry and La Rosa are the last of the legacy laborers to serve as bagmen of sorts, twice a month carrying pensions to their colleagues on Cuba's side of the U.S. Marines' 17.4-mile fence line. La Rosa, who retires as a motor pool worker, began working at Guantánamo as an 18-year-old welder. Henry, hired at 17, worked at the base's office-supply depot.
Absent a solution, one previous base commander suggested, the Marines who stand guard on the frontier may be asked to hand cash through the fence line to Cuban soldiers. The Navy had no comment Friday on whether that was a potential solution.
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Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once! I make a lot of mistakes. It's a natural part of this trial and error life....
A beer is what I need. Haven't had very many of those. Okay, NEVER, but I am thinking I might need one right now...
Since I have been to MEPS, I haven't had time to tell you about it. Wait. I never told you I was goign to MEPS???
Speaking of MEPS, I'm going to mention it now. It's Military Entrance Processing Station, in Omaha. It is for people entering the Armed Forces. Yeah, that's me!! Soon to be Property of the US Navy!!!!!!!!!
I'll tell you what it was like. I went to take the ASVAB first. That's a fun little test you take to see if you're smart enough for a nuclear job or if you should just be a janitor. You can only score up to 99, and the score means you scored better than that percentage of people who test. So I got an 80, which means I did pretty good. :) Considering I didn't study for it except some stupid reasoning (I would mix the blue nitrogen and the red stuff, cause it would make purple!!) My lowest line score was mechanics-I only got a 38!!!!!!!! Haha
After the ASVAB, I went to a lovely lodge for the night. It was really nice! Live music, a nice bar (although I couldn't drink), a huge pool and spa, and a whole room for MEPS kids. I didn't have anyone with me, so just stayed in my room after supper. Talked to a friend on the phone, read a book, and then went to sleep...
At 5am, I had to go to breakfast. It was wayyy too early for breakfast. But after that we climbed on a bus for MEPS. On the way there, I heard hopeful Marine recruits reading all the road signs out loud. It was boring. So I talked to the girl next to me about tattoos instead.
At MEPS, we were lined up by military branch and sent to physicals. That was probably the most mundane and dreary and uncomfortable part of the ordeal. First thing was an eye exam, followed by a hearing test and pulse. Then we had an hour long briefing, where we were told to TELL THE TRUTH!!! And I did, of course, because that is my nature.
Next came the really bad part. We were told to drink as much as we could for a pee test. I had been drinking all day... and I had to go really bad by 8:30. I had to go talk to the doctor for a private interview, and I bounced in his seat as he quizzed me.
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"Well, I think that it would be a good career, a wonderful chance to have a family in a secure enviroment, make a real difference at work, and financial freedom."
"That's really good! Now. Are you or have you ever been suicidal?"
(blinking) "Um, I think if that were the case... I would have joined the Marines?"
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After that we had to strip down to our underwear and do a lot of stretching movements to prove our flexibility. That was no problem at all for me, albeit slightly awkward! But we did great, then it was time to get weighed. "How much do you weigh?" "about 145?" "Okay... step on the scale... oh, 139!" "AWESOME!!!" haha I was happy.
Then I got checked for scars and my tattoo was measured and screened to see if it was a gang sign. Next was the 'woman exam', which went quickly and painlessly. Then the doctor told me that because of my appendectomy, I had to wait until July 10th to be admitted (3 months). This infuriated my recruiter, who had made sure I was approved despite that. But there was no way around it...
Which left blood tests, and I almost passed out, the needle was soooo big!! But then we had lunch and I went home, with my fuming recruiter, in his suave 2010 Malibu. haha yeahh!!
So.. July 10th I will be heading back. And this time I will be enlisted. Anchors Aweigh!!!
Since then I have been busy working, working out, and enjoying my summer! More on that sooooonnn...
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Anchors Aweigh!!!
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Sunday, June 20, 2010
Andrew is Twelve!!!!
Andrew is twelve today. This boy is my boy. I'm sorry.
I can't see him as my mom's, or my step dad's... he's
all mine. When he was 1, he would choose me over
ANYONE in my family to hold him when he was
sick. Even when he barfed all over me.
When I first heard my mom was having a boy, I
cried. I had never cried about a baby before. But I
wasn't sad. I was deliriously happy because I was
finally getting a brother! Andrew was the 'other'
firstborn in my family. His name started with an
A, just like mine. I loved him with my entire
14 -year-old heart.
When he was 19 months old and pulled boiling hot coffee
off a shelf, covering his little body and face in 3rd
degree burns, it was me who stayed with him in the
hospital while my mom cared for 4 girls and another
baby on the way.
This boy is mine because we bonded in a way not
many brothers and sisters do. When his dad left our
house, I was left with a tiny locket and key necklace set
he had given me stating that my heart was his. When
Andrew noticed, he asked if he could have the key. I
knew of no other boy I would rather give it to.
In April I got engaged. When I was thinking about who
would walk me down the aisle,my brother came to mind.
I asked him what job he would like for the wedding, telling
him he could choose whatever he wanted to do. He asked
for time to think. (He's a very mature 12.) A while later, he
asked-he asked!-if he could walk me down the aisle. After
stifling tears that would mortify a little brother with a 'cool'
big sister, I told him I would love for him to give my hand.
And I meant it.
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Ode to Father's Day
Hmm... Father's Day.
In the top nation for divorce and illegitimate marriage.
Now, isn't that a little cruel?
This year, over half of the African American children will be fatherless on this day. By fatherless I mean most have never even met their daddies.
Divorce rates are higher than they've ever been-by a landslide.
I don't even know how many dads try to contact their kids, but it's not many.
I never had to worry about it... my father figure was set in stone. I was numb to feelings anyway, so it didn't matter.
Until two years ago. Then I started looking for a reason to celebrate. Since Warren was finally out of my life for good, I realized I don't have a father figure, really... and my biological father has never even met me or attempted to. What did that leave? A sudden vacancy.
Not that I want that vacancy filled. I rather enjoy being tough and not needing a male parent. I'm an adult, I keep telling myself that. haha
Just... every Father's Day, I get a little tug in my heart. That tug worsens into an ache when I log into Facebook and see all of the daddy's girls wishing their fathers the best day ever. I'm happy for them and at the same time mourning my own tragic fatherlessness.
That's the end of this. I refuse to wallow in this feeling...
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"Wow, your skin is looking great! What have you been using on it?"
But you know what? I see this as an Asian mother thing. Asian (Chinese) mothers are very good at the appearance based put downs, so I think of Holika Holika's Pig-Nose Clear range trying to be our mothers.
The Pig-Nose clear range covers a few pore/blackhead specific range, featuring nose strips, masks, oil cleansing balm, massage gel, steam starter (heated massage gel for opening pores) etc.
I purchased the Sugar Scrub to try!
The Sugar Scrub comes in a compact pot and is a very very tightly compacted sugary scrub. It's actually quite hard to get out and you have to add some water to get it moving as it is rather dry textured. It reminds me of the LUSH sugar lip scrub.
Other than that I can't tell what other scent there is here or special ingredients which makes this product anything else more than a good scrub. It's too harsh and rough for the more delicate areas of the face as far as I am concerned; I kept this on the nose, chin and forehead, and even then I used it gently.
Official how to use:
The correct way to use it is wash the face, massage then mix it with water or toner. After 10-15 minutes wash it off. Use 1-2 times a week.
I would not rub this for 10 minutes! It's so abrasive!
Having used this for a few months I have to say; I like it. Perhaps it is just the fact that using a scrub is going to help with blackheads anyway, and this is such a dense scrub that it was always going to help. I have found my skin smoother and less blackheads forming. It also has helped to control oil on my T-Zone. I am not blackhead free but this is quite a good product if you are interested in a T-Zone specific scrubby-scrub!
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But there are competing interests in Chicago. It feels like another "win or else" season for Lovie Smith. Defenders like Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs, and Julius Peppers are deeper into their 30's. This group may only have so many runs left in them, and there has to be a temptation to find quick fixes.
"The bottom line, and Phil knows this, if there is someone we want — and it makes sense — money is not going to be an issue," Bears Chairman George McCaskey said Thursday via the Chicago Tribune.
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It would definitely require an overhaul out of scope with what we can do for the nearest target date, that's for sure. I think our best bet for now it to make it clear what the benefits and downsides of attacking certain body parts are.Roots wrote:I understand your concerns and don't disagree with them. I'm more concerned about making this so complex that the player is overwhelmed with information. How would we indicate the HP of various body parts? How would we show that they are "dead" or disabled? How would a player know that "killing the arm" would prevent an enemy from using their most powerful attack?
Really? We should mention that in the abilities then...I didn't even notice that.Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear. Cool-down time is done on a per-ability basis. Warm-up time is also on a per ability basis. So we could have a skill that takes a long time to "charge up" but is relatively quick to recover from, or a powerful physical attack that can be executed quickly, but really tires out the character requiring a longer cool-down time.
But I was talking more like a "Use Ability. Cool-down normally. You're free to use other abilities, but THIS ability has to wait X seconds before it can be used again."
That makes a lot more sense if cooldowns are tied to ability usage rather than character-specific traits. Hadn't known about the ability-specific cooldown modifiers when I raised my concern there.The idea behind possibly having a vulnerability during these windows was to make it yet another piece of strategy that the player had to consider when selecting a skill. If they know that a character will have a window where they would take increased damage, they might consider not using powerful attacks while their character is in a low HP state. Again, this whole vulnerability concept is just an idea at this point and hasn't been implemented.


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Roseola infantum is responsible for developing Rosy Pinky Rash in children. Children, who belong to age group 6 to 24 months, are more susceptible to such rash. Though children are at more risk for Rosy Pinky Rash, but adults may also develop it. Since Roseola is contagious it can easily be transferred from one individual to another individual. Running nose, puffiness in eyelids, soft diarrhea are those symptoms that are most commonly found in children who are suffering from Rosy Pinky Rash. Children may develop high fever that last up to four to five days. Comfort level of children tends to reduce and they should be taken to a physician. Rosy pinky rash may be developed in areas like legs, nose and arms. If the immune system of a child is strong then, the chances of developing rosy pink rash will be low.
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• If a child develops rosy pinky rash then he should be taken to an expert physician as soon as possible.
• If your child develops seizure due to Roseola, then he may feel drowsiness.
• Home remedies can also help a person in treating rosy pinky rashes. Drinking lots of water can also help a person in treating the problem of these rashes.
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Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has arrived in Moscow to attend the consecration of the Cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the opening ceremony of the Cultural Cathedral Complex in Moscow, the presidential press service reported. The Cathedral of the complex will become the biggest structure of the Armenian Apostolic Church outside Armenia.The Cultural Cathedral Complex of the Russian and New Nakhijevan Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church has been built with donations of Russia-based Armenian and Russian sponsors.
The complex of a total area of 25,000 square meters includes the Cathedral for 1,000 worshippers, a chapel, and the residence of the diocesan primate, an educational center, a museum-treasury, and an underground parking lot for 200 cars.
The head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II is expected to conduct the consecration service. It will be followed by holy liturgy in the Armenian language.
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While the colonists were building a new life in Frederica, Spain saw the Georgia settlement as a threat to its interests in Florida. In 1737 General Oglethorpe returned to England to raise additional troops for the war that he felt was inevitable. A year later he returned to Georgia at the head of a 640-man regiment of British regulars known as the 42nd Regiment of Foot. The regiment was formed from a few hundred troops from Gibraltar, most of the privates of a 25th Foot standing regiment known as the Kings Own Scottish Borderers, and a company of grenadiers. The grenadiers were considered the elite troops of the regiment. They carried grenades and were picked for their special skills in combat. Oglethorpe garrisoned these fresh troops at Frederica and at Fort St. Simons, a fort built on the south end of the island in 1738.
By 1739 Oglethorpe knew war was close at hand. Sea battles broke out between Britain and Spain over the slave trade. Fighting raged over the Caribbean and up the Georgia coast to Frederica. Expecting a Spanish attack, Oglethorpe ordered Fredericas population to stay within the high walls of the town. Not one to wait passively for the enemy to strike, the aggressive Oglethorpe set out, aided by troops and seamen from South Carolina, to capture St. Augustine, Florida early in 1740. He laid siege to the Spanish town but could not breach the towns extensive defenses and stone fort. By midsummer, his plans all awry, the frustrated Oglethorpe was back in Frederica. The initiative now passed to the Spanish. Collecting 52 ships and an army of more than 2,000 soldiers and sailors in 1742, they descended on Oglethorpe at Fort St. Simons. The resolute general rounded up Indians--the local Yamacraws and Creeks--and local militia to fight with his regulars. Altogether, he managed to arm about 900 men, but he faced twice that number.
The Spanish opponent was Manuel de Montiano, governor of Florida. His objective was of a punitive nature, to destroy Frederica and lay waste the coast as far north as Port Royal, South Carolina. After capturing that town, he planned to strike at the English plantation system by freeing the slaves in the surrounding countryside. In early July his ships ran past the guns of Fort St. Simons and landed troops a few miles up the inland passage. Outflanked, Oglethorpe pulled back to Frederica. On July 7 about 200 Spanish soldiers advanced up the military road connecting the two forts. Oglethorpe routed this column with a fierce attack. When Montiano learned of this repulse, he sent several hundred of his best men forward to cover the retreat. Several miles along the road these troops ran into a British ambush. That battle became known as "Bloody Marsh," because the marsh was said to run red with the blood of the dead and wounded. This British rout of the Spanish forces ended the final Spanish threat to Georgia. Oglethorpe proclaimed a day of thanksgiving for this deliverance.
Born of impending war, Frederica expired with the coming of peace. After one more foray against Spanish Florida in 1743, Oglethorpe sailed away to England for the last time. His regiment was disbanded in 1749. Without the money brought in by the several hundred soldiers stationed at the fort, the shopkeepers and tradesmen, and the town itself, could not prosper. By 1755 Frederica presented a picture, as a visitor put it, of "houses without inhabitants, barracks without soldiers, guns without carriages, and streets overgrown with weeds." Though the town survived for a few years longer, even withstanding a fire in 1758, it had outlived its purpose and soon fell into ruin.
Questions for Reading 2
1. Why would Spain have felt threatened by the Georgia settlement?
2. How did Oglethorpe amass his army? How was this army successful in defeating the Spanish at Bloody Marsh? What might be the reasons a force of 900 could rout a trained army of more than 2,000?
3. Why was the defeat of the Spanish so important to the British?
4. Why was Frederica deserted after peace was achieved?
5. Although it was short-lived, do you think Fort Frederica and the adjoining town served a vital purpose in the development of the English colonial system? Justify your answer.
Reading 2 compiled from Nancy Aiken, "Fort Frederica National Monument" (Glynn County, Georgia) National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1974; and the National Park Services visitors guide for Fort Frederica National Monument, 1992.


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AS A FRESHMAN IN 2008-09 AT USC: A member of the Southern California men's tennis team that won the 2009 NCAA title ... as a freshman gathered a singles record of 11-4 and a doubles record of 15-6.
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There is a device I am doing testing on that can either use dial-up as a backup connection or if the location does not have broadband it can use dialup as the primary connection. It has been interesting doing so much dialup testing recently since it has been almost 10 years since I have done much with dial-up. One of the ways to test dialing out from Linux is to use minicom which will allow you to communicate with the modem installed on your computer. So minicom will setup the connection to the modem and then AT commands can be used to dial the number of your dialup provider. Below we describe how to configure minicom and then a brief list of AT commands that can be used.


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The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that the boy was arrested Sunday and faces a number of charges, including aggravated battery against a household member with a deadly weapon. Police said he stabbed his mother in the leg and threatened his younger siblings.
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In the land of Igato Saito, there are unnatural laws of nature which are called,Osana Fragments. For example, a flower thrives in a frigid environment, a gem gives a person the ability to fly, and a tree grows in water. These unnatural laws of nature fall from the sky from a forgotten promise land called Osana. These divine fragments grant people with abilities like the power of flight or curing diseases however; these effects are temporary. There are a select few who are descendants of the people from Osana, who are known as Osanin Descendants. Osanin Descendants possess one ability that is permanent.Some physical features that set them apart from non descendents are theirextra appendage or markings. If you liked the Chapter 1 preview you can purchase a copy of Osana: The Land of Greed Vol. 1 here: http://www.lulu.com/shop/kazuki-takamura/osana-the-land-of-greed-vol-1/paperback/product-21690366.html
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I got a gratifying response to my trust metric rant in the last post - a couple of emails, some blog comments. It's clear now that I need to do a more detailed writeup of exactly how to implement the eigenvector-based trust metric in the context of a large Wiki.
Pete Zaitcev writes: One half is spam and abuse, and other half is that conventional, highly credible and trusted wisdom is simply wrong. I'm not sure exactly what he means by this, but it may have something to do with the fact that, from the perspective of approximately one half of the population of this country, approximately the other half is under the spell of a mass psychosis in which the usual rules of reality simply don't apply anymore.
It's not clear to me how a large wiki should handle this situation. One intriguing possibility is that the subgraphs of sane people and deluded people both form cliques, so that when a sane or deluded person is logged in and the trust metric is computed from their node, they see a version of the page that is factual and objective, or conforms to the parameters of their delusion, respectively.
The Clever search engine from IBM research has an interesting take on this issue. While PageRank and the Advogato trust metrics compute the principal eigenvector, they also compute some of the others, resulting in "clusters". They report, for example, that the second eigenvector link graph for webpages on abortion neatly separates pro-life from pro-choice. Indeed, this very eigenvector is likely to correlate very strongly with the sane/deluded distinction described above. The sign of this correlation is, of course, left as an exercise for the reader.
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