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The Lady Bisons dropped a 76-36 decision to host Dayton in the second annual Dayton Flyer Classic Sunday at the UD Arena, will face former Atlantic Sun Conference foe Gardner-Webb in the consolation game. Gardner-Webb (5-5) fell 79-56 to Bowling Green State (9-2) in the first round.
The Lady Bisons are 2-8. Dayton, an Atlantic 10 Conference member, is 10-4.
The consolation game will tip-off at 4 p.m. Gardner-Webb, a new member of the Big South Conference, has lost three straight games. The Lady Bisons will be out to break a four-game losing streak.
The Lady Bisons had spent much of their 18-day layoff between games studying for finals or going through some of the more intense practices of the season. Coach Frank Bennett knows that traditionally the first game after the Christmas break has been a less than successful one for the Lady Bisons.
"We said nothing about his before the game, but the tradition every year I have coached is that the game after Christmas has not been a real good game for us," said Bennett. "Usually we play pretty well in the next game after that."
Dominique Hudson led Gardner-Webb in the loss to Bowling Green State with 13 points. Courtney Epps added 11 and LaTroya Pope chipped in with 10.
"We are very familiar with Gardner-Webb," said Bennett. "There is only one player in their top eight that was not a key player last year for them. They are a very physical team. They are well-coached. They try to disguise their defenses. It will be a good challenge for us."
The Lady Bisons spotted Dayton a 9-0 lead. They trailed 9-4 with 15:27 left to play in the first half but were never able to get any close. They went into the dressing room at intermission trailing 38-18.
For the game the Lady Bisons shot 25.8 percent from the field (16-of-62). They were one-of-13 from 3-point range, 7.7 percent.
Bennett found encouragement in the shot selection of the Lady Bisons. Most of theit attempts were sound decisions, but the ball just wouldn't drop.
"We had some shots that were makeable," said Bennett. "We played a little bit out of control. They were good enough defensively that they could force us to go to second, third and fourth options and still keep the tempo.
"I thought in the second half we got much better quality looks. We still missed some open shots. We missed some power shots at the basket and missed some open threes and jumpers. But we were getting good looks and that is the important thing. Those shots will start falling for us."
Sophomore guard Jenna Bartsokas hit the first two field goals for the Lady Bisons, who missed their first seven shots. She also hit the only 3-point shot for the Lady Bisons. She was the only Lady Bisons player in double figures with 11. She has scored in double figure in nine of the 10 games so far this season.
Senior forward Jilian Partin grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds. It was her first double figures performance in rebounding since she pulled down 11 at Austin Peay Nov. 15 in the season opener.
Bennett hopes that the Lady Bisons learned some lessons from the game.
\ "If we are patient and keep probing defenses and keep moving we should be able to get quality shots," said Bennett. "We need to be more aware of the shot clock when it is running down. We kind of took it too deep a few times with one or two players not being aware of what was happening.
"I felt good about the way we played in the second half, except for making some shots," said Bennett. "Defensively, I thought we did a pretty good job of sticking in our zone and challenging their shots. It has been a pretty good defense for us overall, but we gave up too many second shots."
The Lady Bisons, who spent a a great deal of time during the holiday break working on the inside game, showed a more physical side around the basket.
"We need to learn to play a more physical game because that is the way it is going to be a lot of times," said Bennett. "I thought we were attempting to block out a lot better overall. They were going three or four inches taller than us at a lot of positions. I don't think we will see a lot of teams with that kind of overall size."
The Lady Bisons are back on their home court Jan. 3 to welcome in the new year when Florida Gulf Coast visits as part of an A-Sun doubleheader.


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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday in defiance of existing U.N. resolutions, drawing condemnation from around the world, including from its only major ally, China, which summoned the North Korean ambassador to protest.
The reclusive North said the test was an act of self-defense against "U.S. hostility" and threatened further, stronger steps if necessary.
It said the test had "greater explosive force" than the 2006 and 2009 tests. Its KCNA news agency said it had used a "miniaturized" and lighter nuclear device, indicating that it had again used plutonium which is more suitable for use as a missile warhead.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the third of his line to rule the country, has presided over two long-range rocket launches and a nuclear test during his first year in power, pursuing policies that have propelled his impoverished and malnourished country closer to becoming a nuclear weapons power.
China, which has shown signs of increasing exasperation with the recent bellicose tone of its neighbor, summoned the North Korean ambassador in Beijing and protested sternly, the Foreign Ministry said.
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said China was "strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposed" to the test and urged North Korea to "stop any rhetoric or acts that could worsen situations and return to the right course of dialogue and consultation as soon as possible".
China is a permanent member of the Security Council.
U.S. President Barack Obama labeled the test a "highly provocative act" that hurt regional stability and pressed for new sanctions.
"The danger posed by North Korea's threatening activities warrants further swift and credible action by the international community. The United States will also continue to take steps necessary to defend ourselves and our allies," Obama said in a statement.
The Security Council will meet on Tuesday to discuss its reaction to the test, although North Korea is already one of the most heavily sanctioned states in the world and has few external economic links that can be targeted.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the test was a "grave threat" that could not be tolerated. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the test was a "clear and grave violation" of U.N. Security Council resolutions.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged North Korea to abandon its nuclear arms program and return to talks. NATO condemned the test as an "irresponsible act" that posed a grave threat to world peace.
The test "was only the first response we took with maximum restraint", an unnamed spokesman for the North Korean Foreign Ministry, which acts as Pyongyang's official voice to the outside world, said in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.
"If the United States continues to come out with hostility and complicates the situation, we will be forced to take stronger, second and third responses in consecutive steps."
North Korea often threatens the United States and its "puppet", South Korea, with destruction in colorful terms.
North Korea told the U.N. disarmament forum in Geneva that it would never bow to resolutions on its nuclear program and that prospects were "gloomy" for the denuclearization of the divided Korean peninsula because of a "hostile" U.S. policy.
South Korea, still technically at war with the North after the 1950-53 civil war ended in a mere truce, also denounced the test.
The magnitude was roughly twice as large as that of 2009, Lassina Zerbo, director of the international data centre division of the Vienna-based Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty Organization, said. The U.S. Geological Survey said that a seismic event measuring 5.1 magnitude had occurred.
"It was confirmed that the nuclear test that was carried out at a high level in a safe and perfect manner using a miniaturized and lighter nuclear device with greater explosive force than previously did not pose any negative impact on the surrounding ecological environment," KCNA said.
Despite China's strong response, the test is likely to be a major embarrassment for Beijing, the North's sole major economic and diplomatic ally.
"The test is hugely insulting to China, which now can be expected to follow through with threats to impose sanctions," said Mark Fitzpatrick of the International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank.
North Korea trumpeted the announcement on its state television channel to patriotic music against the backdrop of an image of its national flag.
It linked the test to its technical prowess in launching a long-range rocket in December, a move that triggered the U.N. sanctions, backed by China, that Pyongyang said prompted it to take Tuesday's action.
The North's ultimate aim, Washington believes, is to design an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead that could hit the United States. North Korea says the program is aimed merely at putting satellites in space.
North Korea used plutonium in previous nuclear tests and prior to Tuesday there had been speculation it would use highly enriched uranium so as to conserve its plutonium stocks as testing eats into its limited supply of the material that could be used to construct a nuclear bomb.
Despite its three nuclear tests and long-range rocket tests, North Korea is not believed to be close to manufacturing a nuclear missile capable of hitting the United States.
South Korea's Yonhap news agency said Pyongyang had informed China and the United States of its plans to test on Monday, although this could not be confirmed.
When North Korean leader Kim, 30, took power after his father's death in December 2011, there were hopes the he would bring reforms and end Kim Jong-il's "military first" policies.
Instead, the North, whose economy is smaller than it was 20 years ago and where a third of children are believed to be malnourished, appears to be trapped in a cycle of sanctions followed by further provocations.
"The more North Korea shoots missiles, launches satellites or conducts nuclear tests, the more the U.N. Security Council will impose new and more severe sanctions," said Shen Dingli, a professor at Shanghai's Fudan University. "It is an endless, vicious cycle."
But options for the international community appear to be in short supply.
Tuesday's action appeared to have been timed for the run-up to February 16 anniversary celebrations of Kim Jong-il's birthday, as well as to achieved maximum international attention.
Significantly, the test comes at a time of political transition in China, Japan and South Korea, and as Obama begins his second term. He will likely have to tweak his State of the Union address due to be given on Tuesday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is bedding down a new government and South Korea's new president, Park Geun-hye, prepares to take office on February 25.
China too is in the midst of a once-in-a-decade leadership transition to Xi Jinping, who takes office in March. Both Abe and Xi are staunch nationalists.
The longer-term game plan from Pyongyang may be to restart talks aimed at winning food and financial aid. China urged it to return to the stalled "six-party" talks on its nuclear program, hosted by China and including the two Koreas, the United States, Japan and Russia.
Its puny economy and small diplomatic reach mean the North struggles to win attention on the global stage - other than through nuclear tests and attacks on South Korea, last made in 2010.
"Now the next step for North Korea will be to offer talks... - any form to start up discussion again to bring things to their advantage," said Jeung Young-tae, senior research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification in Seoul.
The European Union's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, urged North Korea to refrain from further provocation.
EU member Denmark called on China to step up to the plate and use its influence to rein in its ally.
"This deserves only one thing and that is a one-sided condemnation," said Foreign Minister Villy Sovndal. "North Korea is likely the most horrible country on this planet."
(Additional reporting by Jack Kim, Christine Kim and Jumin Park in SEOUL; Linda Sieg in TOKYO; Louis Charbonneau at the UNITED NATIONS; Fredrik Dahl in VIENNA; Michael Martina and Chen Aizhu in BEIJING; Mette Fraende in COPENHAGEN; Adrian Croft, Charlie Dunmore and Justyna Pawlak in BRUSSELS; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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Here's how real this just got…. Argo, the movie Amitis Frances Ariano starred in, won the Academy Award's Oscar for Best Picture and i'm thinking the award is due in large part to the participation of this actress that we here at the Bar None scored an exclusive interview with. Read on, believe it, then thank me later.
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Let's just take a moment to appreciate the pot luck that is my life. Not only do i get to see a movie as good as Argo but then i'm fortunate enough to interview not just one but two of the actresses in this Oscar nominated film, and to top all that off they both are as sweet as they are talented and beautiful. i got so much luck spilling out of me, i'm about to get some of it on you.


text: Meeting with the ladies of the Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center, I learned not only of the crafts they are getting ready for the sale on Nov. 16 and 17, but also the recipe for Pauline Huff's pizzelles, a great favorite in my family. She gave me the ingredients and told me the way to mix them. If you do not have a pizzelle iron, they are $39.95 on the Internet: I checked. They are like little waffle irons. I would probably opt for the one that makes two pizzelles at a time. Probably you would need to work out your own timing count. Or perhaps you will do as I do, which is buy Pauline's pizzelles for $3 a dozen at the AVRMC craft sale this weekend, Nov. 17, 9 a.m. to noon. Heat pizzelle iron according to package directions. Ingredients: 9 eggs 2 cups sugar 1 cup cooking oil 1 cube butter 5 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 3 tablespoons vanilla Directions: 1. Beat eggs for 10 minutes. 2. Add sugar a little at a time. Pauline says it pulls the beater down too much if you add it all at one time. 3. Melt cube of butter and add it to the oil. 4. Sift together flour and baking powder. 5. Add oil mixture and flour mixture alternately to egg mixture, a little at a time. Add and mix in vanilla. 6. Let mixture stand for 20 minutes before baking. This is important, to let it thicken. 7. Pauline has a pizzelle iron that makes one large pizzelle, so she drops about a teaspoonful on each side. She closes the iron and counts to 20. This is a tricky process: open it too soon, and the pizzelle will stick on both sides. This recipe makes "a lot." Pauline makes four batches for the AVRMC Craft Sale.


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Barnard College of Columbia University presents
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March 19, 2014
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Barnard College hosted its sixth annual Global Symposium in China on Wednesday, March 19, 2014. Women Changing China gathered exceptional leaders from the worlds of business, finance, academia, media, and the arts for conversations about their experiences and perspectives. The event, attended by more than 300 people, took place at the Portman Ritz Carlton in Shanghai.
Women Changing China opened with introductory remarks from Barnard President Debora Spar, who then moderated a discussion with Yang Lan, chair of Sun Media Group and Sun Culture Foundation, and Wu Qing, activist and English-language professor. Both women also participated in Barnard's first Global Symposium, which took place in Beijing in 2009, and returned to this year's event with ideas about what "having it all" means to Chinese women today. Wu Qing emphasized the fundamental values of love, truth, and equal rights, while Yang Lan talked about the need to prioritize different aspects of life over time, as well as the complicated challenges facing urban women.
During the second panel of the day, "Insights into Business and Finance," the audience heard from Song Bing, managing director at Goldman Sachs, Beijing; Jiang Peizhen, chair and general manager of Golden Throat Group; Yuan Li, managing editor of the Chinese online edition of The Wall Street Journal; and Yunli Lou, founding partner of Milestone Capital. Moderator Kathryn Kolbert, director of Barnard's Athena Center for Leadership Studies, talked with panelists about their "secret sauce"—their personal formulas for success—as female entrepreneurs and business leaders.
The event's closing panel, "Voices in Education, Media, and the Arts," featured Julia Huang, executive chairman of ChinaEDU; Scarlett Li, founder and CEO of Zebra Media; Danwen Xing, visual artist; Tracey Trench, head of creative development at Oriental DreamWorks. Moderator Catherine Sameh, associate director of the Barnard Center for Research on Women, led a discussion about what it means to create content and the roles of art, technology, and social media in women's personal narratives.
In her closing remarks, President Spar focused on what is missing from the media's representation of women today, saying, "I think it is really important for all of us to notice that we are used to seeing less-than-perfect-men...we tend only to see women who are perfect, or pretty darn good."
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"The first three months of the year demonstrated the continuing progress we have made to execute a strategic plan that includes improving asset quality, reducing loan delinquencies and managing interest and noninterest expense," said Edward H. Schaefer, President and CEO. "This translated to positive earnings performance during the first quarter of fiscal 2013. In fact, our net income for this recently completed quarter exceeded our total net income in all of fiscal 2012.
"We have more work ahead to move problem loans to final resolution, as evidenced by fluctuations in non-performing loans and owned real estate levels during the past several quarters. We are encouraged that downward adjustments to loan and asset values have slowed, giving us a level of confidence that we will see fewer adjustments and charge-offs in the coming months and quarters.
"Loans 30 to 90 days past due have trended down significantly year-over-year, which we believe is a positive sign that fewer loans are at risk of moving toward non-accrual or non-performing status in the future. We believe our improved credit and underwriting policies are supporting improved lending decisions, which we believe will result in improved loan quality going forward. Throughout this difficult but necessary process, Citizens' has maintained capital levels that exceed regulatory standards for a well-capitalized bank, positioning the bank to pursue lending opportunities and make investments to support new business."
Income Statement and Balance Sheet Overview
The Company reported total interest and dividend income of $6.37 million during the quarter ended December 31, 2012, compared with $7.14 million during the quarter ended December 31, 2011. This decrease was largely due to the decrease in the average balance of outstanding higher rate loans between the periods. Interest expense declined to $1.41 million during the fiscal first quarter of 2013, compared with $1.83 million during the fiscal first quarter of 2012. This decrease in interest expense from the prior year primarily reflected lower levels of higher-rate money market accounts and certificates of deposit, which the Company allowed to run off because of the current low interest rate environment as well as a reduction in interest on borrowed funds.
Net interest income before provision for loan losses was $4.96 million during the first quarter of 2013, compared with $5.32 million during the fiscal first quarter of 2012, reflecting the decline in interest income noted above, which was partially offset by our interest expense reduction during the current year.
Non-interest income increased to $760,000 during the quarter ended December 31, 2012, compared with $50,000 during the same period of the prior fiscal year, primarily as a result of the following factors: a reduction in other than temporary losses from non-agency mortgage-backed securities in the amount of $380,000 over the comparable prior year period; a $210,000 gain on sale of available for sale securities during the fiscal first quarter of 2013, compared to $83,000 during the same period of the prior year; and an increase in revenue from loan fees and service charges of $177,000 during the current quarter as compared to the same period in the prior year.
Total non-interest expense was $4.39 million during the quarter ended December 31, 2012, compared with $4.51 million during the quarter ended December 31, 2011, reflecting the Company's continued focus on expense control throughout the year. Net interest margin was 3.76% and the Bank's net interest spread was 3.65% at December 31, 2012, compared with net interest margin of 4.04% and interest rate spread of 3.91% at December 31, 2011, reflecting continuing pressure on margins in an extended low-interest rate environment.
The Company reported net loans receivable of $415.30 million at December 31, 2012, compared with $425.15 million at December 31, 2011 and $422.04 million at September 30, 2012. Schaefer explained the Company has continued to add new loans, particularly first mortgages and refinancings, which have been offset by problem loans being moved off the Company's balance sheet.
"We have experienced success in loan originations, some of which we have retained and others of which we have sold to the secondary market," he said. "We have trimmed our loan portfolio year-over-year, and as we continue to pursue quality lending opportunities, we anticipate once again seeing growth in our loan portfolio."
The Company's allowance for loan losses was $5.82 million at December 31, 2012, compared with $5.54 million at December 31, 2011 and $5.75 million at September 30, 2012. Non-accruing loans were $5.13 million at December 31, 2012, compared with $4.24 million at December 31, 2011 and $4.51 million at September 30, 2012. The increase in non-accruing loans as of the most recent quarter end primarily reflected regulatory changes in interpretation of bankrupt loans, so a number of loans that were not classified historically as non-accruing loans were reclassified during the quarter ended December 31, 2012 as non-accruing.
Loans 30 to 90 days past due were $5.98 million as of December 31, 2012, compared with $8.57 million as of December 31, 2011. As a ratio to total loans, past due loans declined to 2.19% as of the end of the fiscal first quarter of 2013 from 2.98% as of the end of the fiscal first quarter of 2012.
"We believe the long-term trends in non-accruing and past due loans are an encouraging indication that we can look forward to improved loan quality throughout our loan portfolio in coming quarters," explained Schaefer. "We are also encouraged by the gains we have made in improving our coverage ratios and holding the line on the allowance for loan losses to total loans at 1.38% as of December 31, 2012 compared to 1.34% at our 2012 fiscal year end." The ratio of non-performing assets to total assets was 1.15% at December 31, 2012, 0.95% at September 30, 2012, and 0.99% at December 31, 2011.
Total deposits were $427.26 million as of December 31, 2012, compared with $444.13 million as of December 31, 2011, and $422.06 million at 2012 fiscal year end. The year-over-year decline in total deposits partially reflects a reduction in higher-rate money market accounts and certificates of deposit, which the Company allowed to run off due to the current low interest rate environment. New certificates of deposit, money market and demand deposit accounts contributed to the total deposit increase between September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2012.
At December 31, 2012, the bank's total capital to risk weighted assets was 15.6%, tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets was 14.4% and tier 1 capital to adjusted total assets was 10.0%. All ratios exceeded regulatory standards for a well-capitalized institution. Tangible book value per share was $10.36 per common share as of December 31, 2012.
Schaefer concluded: "We believe we are emerging from a challenging period as a leaner, stronger, well capitalized bank with opportunities to grow revenue and build shareholder value. We appreciate the loyalty our shareholders have demonstrated in supporting the Company, and the dedication our employees have shown in helping the bank tackle difficult problems while staying focused on serving customers and adding new business. We anticipate continued progress and look forward to communicating our progress to all stakeholders."
About the Company
Citizens Community Federal, a wholly owned subsidiary of Citizens Community Bancorp, Inc., is a full-service bank based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, serving more than 50,000 customers in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan through 25 branch locations, including 17 locations in Walmart Supercenters. The Company's stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "CZWI."
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Digigraphie® Explained
The creation of the Digigraphie® label is relatively recent. Digigraphie® was officially launched on 13th November 2003, at the centenary of the Autumn Exhibition. But its practice is much older. For several years, photographers, sculptors and painters, as well as service providers (photo laboratories and lithographic studios), have been using the technology of Epson printers to produce prints on art paper. This in turn has opened the doors to a new discipline: the digital reproduction of a work of art.
The search for a name
But what should a high quality, digital art print created with an Epson printer be called? This question arose as long ago as 1991 in the USA, when Jack Duganne, head printer at Nash Editions, needed a generic term to describe the works of the artist Diane Bartz, produced using inkjet technology. He used the French term "jet d'encre" (inkjet) which he refined to "gicleur" (jet/sprayer) and then "Giclée" (sprayed). A new label was born. (Source "Digital Printing" by Harald Johnson, Eyrolles editions).
French artists were also faced with the same problem as Duganne. They immediately chose discard the expression "ink jet print", which they found to be inappropriate for an art print. Some of these artists therefore decided to create their own label. This was the case for Philip Plisson, the marine artist who created "Pixographie", or Jean-Noël l'Harmeroult, the fashion photographer who called his works "Hyperchromes".
These two image professionals therefore used a personal label to describe their limited-edition art prints created using Epson Professional photo printers.
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Faced with these developments, Epson France registered the name Digigraphie® with the INPI (Institute Nationale De La Propriété Industrielle / National Industrial Property Institute) and the OHIM (The Institute for the registration of European Trade Marks) in 2003. The trade marks then became European. All those who comply with the usage rules may now use this label.
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Erin Richie that is so going on little printer tourist bingo — if it can be expressed in a 60px square, that is /cc @briansuda
Erin Richie that is so going on little printer tourist bingo — if it can be expressed in a 60px square, that is /cc @briansuda
The #randomchilies have been re-potted! /cc @briansuda
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Hey @appdotnet @daltoncaldwell, what happened to
rel=me on personal homepage links on app.net? /cc Aaron Parecki Erin Richie #indieweb #indieauth
Wikipedia article of the week: List of Sandwiches
Jeremy Keith I know Aaron Parecki currently has a script to convert twitter pages into microformats 2 canonical JSON, I think it should be here but he hasn't pushed it yet :)
Create Digital Music has an excellent article on the creative values of presets in whatever context (e.g. Instagram): createdigitalmusic.com/2013/06/daft-presets-reasons-audiomatic-retro-transformer-claims-to-be-instagram-for-your-music
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@_aitor what are you up to on the 22nd/23rd? We're remote participating indiewebcamp.com, it'd be great to talk about this stuff with you, drop into the office if you're free?
@scottjenson RE google maps, I hear you. This particular problem could be solved by an app which remembers your speed, then displays the concentric rings. It assumes internet access/cached maps, GPS data and a device capable of displaying it — what if the device transmitting the information was a pedometer/similar which knows my speed but not location, has no internet access or way of displaying maps?
I'm a fan of more ambient approaches like this because they enhance my own senses (in this case my poor sense of timing) without trying to run my life, as apps seem to want to do. I see it as a fundamentally different approach; apps make me perform a task and give me output. Ambient information enhances my senses and gives me more context within which to make decisions.
@scottjenson here's a little one I came up with recently: intelligent map billboards.
I'm walking through a city I'm not familiar with, going to a concert at 19:35. I headed out a little late but am confident I'll get there in time.
I approach a map billboard. My phone and the billboard connect; either because I've given it permissions to connect to devices owned by the city council or just by default.
The billboard requests my average speed over the last 5 mins, and, as this is a piece of data I'm happy to share, my phone complies. The billboard updates it's display with concentric rings centred around the "you are here", showing where I can go in 5, 10, 15 minutes if I continue at my present speed. Possibly it would also show the time I would get there.
I see that the concert venue is just outside the 10 minutes ring; the ETA being 19:45. Damn, that's 10 minutes late! I speed up my pace or get on a city bike and arrive at the concert in time.
@sandeepshetty got there in the end :) Live code should now send WM by default. Next up is accepting webmentions #todo
Liked Indieweb Federated Likes by @sandeepshetty. Hopefully this'll register as like on that page…
@thatEmil anything here: microformats.org/wiki/microformats-2
#listening to Come When I Call You by The Klezmatics
I'm rather impressed with guzzlephp.org's HTTP Link header abstraction. Parsing Link headers and providing a simple API to check for the existence of/fetch links by rel is welcome attention to detail and cements it's position as the only PHP HTTP client I will likely ever need.
7924 #steps today
The way the web will win is if we out-web Facebook
Tom Morris hits the nail on the head.
8806 #steps today and now making bagels in the middle of the night.


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I live in Dublin with my husband and two children, Conor, 9, and Sarah, 6. Living with two digital natives really helps you understand how differently they will grow up than my generation did, and the speed at which it will change. I also see how differently boys and girls approach things and how differently the environment treats them.
Recently my company completed some research across the United Kingdom and Ireland on why so few girls study science, technology, engineering and math. One of the reasons is that teachers and parents do not fully understand the careers now available in these sectors and hence tend to guide girls towards "more traditional female careers."
As a woman in a leadership position in a technology company, it's important to be part of the solution to help bridge this gap. For my daughter, I want her to be provided all the encouragement and knowledge to help her make the career choice she wishes—that role is shared by parents and the education system.
During the last 16 years, I've had at least 16 different roles, working on major global change programs, designing new capabilities and leading large-scale multidisciplinary, international teams. I've found that these opportunities need to be worked for. Success in this type of environment requires a high-level career plan, a very strong track record, a diverse set of mentors and a propensity to take risks.
One of the areas that I have had to actively work on is developing a strong external network. In 2013, I founded and began chairing the Multi National Tech forum, a group of senior business leaders across the technology sector in Ireland, where I get to work with government agencies and other industry representatives on shaping the education system in Ireland to maximize the opportunity for future generations.
Dublin is a great location to work and live. We have a young, well-educated workforce, a strong pro-business environment and a very dynamic ecosystem full of innovative technology, pharma and financial services companies.
I am thrilled to have recently been appointed as the director for Accenture's Centre for Innovation in Dublin, Ireland. The Centre is a huge opportunity to make a real difference. We will be looking at issues from the future of healthcare—exploring how to keep people healthier—and how Artificial Intelligence will empower humans through technology to do things more brilliantly at work every day.
These issues need R&D, design thinking, rapid prototyping, and might involve multiple solutions like advanced analytics, Internet of Things and strategy, to come together. Initiatives like the Centre for Innovation really help to drive the next wave of innovation into the environment, and the future is bright.


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|In this segment, Ira talks with undersea explorer Robert Ballard about his life and work, both in exploration and education. Ballard is perhaps best known for discovering the wreck of the Titanic and the German battleship Bismarck. However, in his dual roles as an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society and the President of the Institute for Exploration, Ballard has seen much more of the undersea world than those two finds. We'll hear about the field of undersea archaeology, geological investigations under the waves, and efforts to introduce the oceans to children through programs such as the JASON Project.


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The fourth-generation NVIDIA® CineFX® engine builds unimaginable speed into the NVIDIA® GeForce® graphics processing units (GPUs). Using the CineFX 4.0 engine, developers can create and display the most advanced and high-quality visual effects for emerging PC games and other cutting-edge visual applications.
The fourth-generation Intellisample technology introduces two new antialiasing modes—transparency adaptive supersampling and transparency adaptive multisampling—which increase the quality and performance of antialiasing.
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Bill would require OPM to submit an annual official time report.
A bill to require more transparency in the practice of "official time" -- when public sector union officials receive taxpayer funded salaries and work in government offices -- cleared a House oversight committee Wednesday.
The legislation -- H.R. 568, sponsored by Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla. -- calls for the Office of Personnel Management to submit a yearly report to Congress "relating to the use of official time by federal employees." Congress last required OPM to report on official time in 1998, and the agency began doing so voluntarily in 2002.
The bill received bipartisan support after House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, D-Calif., amended Ross' bill to address Democratic concerns. The changes require each agency to report its data to the OPM and eliminate the need to report on the cost of union officials' use of federal office space -- a requirement Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., called "difficult and burdensome."
Issa said the bill increases transparency, as the reports OPM currently produces are "incomplete and untimely." He maintained the bill is not attempting to limit the use of official time, but to simply count it.
"In this day and age, this is data that can be collected and should be collected," Issa said, adding the reports will allow the committee to determine the appropriateness of the amount of official time taken.
In 2011, the most recent year for which OPM has released official time data, the government spent a record $155 million on union workers' salaries. Federal employees spent 3.4 million hours working for unions while receiving the taxpayer-funded salaries. The bill would require a breakdown of the number of employees who work full-time on union activities, which was 946 in 1998 -- the last time the figure was measured. An additional 2,046 spent at least half their time working for a union.
In announcing his support for the bill, Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., said official time is nothing more than "paid time off for federal employees." The unions have defended the practice -- which has been around since the Kennedy administration -- as a "fair and effective" use of taxpayer dollars, allowing the unions to represent both its members and non-dues paying employees.
Now that it has cleared the largely absent oversight committee -- most members did not return from the panel's marathon hearing investigating the Internal Revenue Service -- the bill will move to the House floor for a full vote.
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This week's game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers might be the most compelling matchup on the board after Peyton Manning vs. Tom Brady.
The Steelers can't afford to fall to 1-3. The Eagles are coming off their best game of the season and continue to live a charmed life of close wins.
It's a game that could have looked a lot different had Steelers coach Mike Tomlin got his way in 2009, when Michael Vick was leaving prison after serving time on federal dogfighting charges. Tomlin wanted to sign Vick, Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette noted.
Two major factors stood in Tomlin's way. His bosses, the Rooneys, were "dead set" against it. That can't help. Tomlin was willing to look past that, but quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's situation at the time ultimately prevented it. Roethlisberger was accused of raping a woman in a civil suit filed just before training camp.
"He's going through somewhat of a trying time with the civil allegation, a case against him," Tomlin said of Roethlisberger on NBC that year. "I didn't want to do anything that was less than supportive to Ben."
Vick and Roethlisberger have bounced back from their personal struggles. Roethlisberger easily is the superior quarterback, but Vick has more support from his defense and running game. A lot can change in three years.Follow Gregg Rosenthal on Twitter @greggrosenthal.


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- World of Warships is a free-to-play naval action MMO based on epic sea battles of the 20th century that will complete the "World of" war trilogy. Keeping with the best traditions of the series, World of Battleships will offer a straightforward interface, easy-to-use controls, and a common economic system that will allow players to distribute resources between the three games for the ultimate progress in each of them. The large assortment of available warships will give various tactical opportunities, as all the machines have a unique combination of firepower, speed, armor, and endurance. Various naval maps of astonishing beauty with changing weather conditions will enrich the gameplay, and the realistic graphics will transport players into the epic battles that changed the course of human history.


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I was working on my Kennedy line last night. My 3GGF, Dr Nathan Blunt Kennedy was born in Sumter County, Alabama and moved to Hill County, Texas in about 1875. Nathan had six siblings and 2 of his brothers also became physicians. According to an old Hill County history book, Nathan's sister Jane also married a physician, a man named Edward Tandy Easley.
Trouble is, that old book has been the absolute only reference to Jane Kennedy that I have been able to find. The earliest census record I have of the specific children of the Kennedy family is the 1850 enumeration, and she is not listed with her family. I have always thought she had probably married and moved out of the house before 1850.
I had searched and was however able to find quite a bit of data on Edward Tandy Easley. He was prominent in the early years of the American Medical Association and died in 1878 while helping victims of the Yellow Fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. Prior to going to Memphis, he had practiced in Dallas, Texas and Little Rock, Arkansas. I have census entries, his Civil War records, numerous references to him in medical journals of the time (again, Google Books!), even a tax listing from Dallas County, Texas.
And not one documented connection between Dr Edward Tandy Easley and Leah Jane Kennedy!
I had about decided that Jane Kennedy was one of those ancestors who simply vanishes. The one that you know shoulda been there, but wasn't. And last night, I was just fixin' to shut it down and go to bed….
But before I give it up for the night, one last search… A Google Books search… and…
If you click on the first page, you will see a larger, readable page from Transactions of the State Medical Society of Arkansas, dated 1879:
Jane Kennedy didn't marry Edward Tandy Easley… SHE GAVE BIRTH TO HIM!
Jane Kennedy married Tandy Walker Easley, also a physician, in 1840. Edward Tandy Easley was born of that union in 1842.
Well, I guess I gotta update my RootsMagic database. I wonder how difficult it is the change a woman's husband into her son… Anybody got Bruce's cell number?


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The runtime teams are on a roll! Flash Player 10.2 was only released to the general public just last month and the first beta of Flash Player 10.3 was already on Adobe Labs just a few weeks after that. Today the second beta of Flash Player 10.3 is available on Labs.
Flash Player 10.3 introduces new developer features and enhanced user privacy protection, such as:
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We've also just released AIR 2.7 on Labs. AIR 2.7 also has the media measurement and acoustic echo cancellation features from Flash Player 10.3 as well as an enhanced HTMLLoader API.
These new beta runtimes are available so that you can test your existing content and start playing around with the new APIs. If you find an issue make sure you tell us about it!


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Date(s) - 18/08/2018
10:00 - 13:00
Brighton Marina
Rampion Offshore Windfarm
Information on the Rampion Windfarm trip can be found by following this link
Information about the Rampion windfarm project will be given during the trip and questions about the project are welcomed.
The Trip
This trip to the Rampion Windfarm that lasts approximately 3 hours. The trip is aboard private charter vessel Defiance. We shall depart at 10am from the popular and accessible Brighton Marina. The route will vary depending on the construction activities taking place at the windfarm. Defiance will endeavour to show you as much as possible in the timeframe, whilst observing the navigational restrictions around the construction vessels.
The return trip normally takes a route along the Brighton Seafront, passing close to the two piers.
The Rampion Offfshore Windfarm Construction
The Rampion Windfarm is about 7 miles offshore from Brighton at the closest point, stretching over an area of approximately 27 square miles. The windfarm was named after the round-headed rampion flower, also known as the Pride of Sussex and the county flower of Sussex. Construction began in June 2015 with 116 turbines planned for the site each 140m high when constructed.
For everyone's comfort and safety this trip will only run in very good conditions. If the trip is postponed by the skipper due to the sea conditions, the voucher purchased for this trip can be used on a subsequent trip.
Warm clothing and flat non-slip shoes, suitable for walking over a wet deck are essential for the trip. Whilst Defiance has a cabin, to get the most from this trip viewing from the open deck affords the best views and photo opportunities. Complimentary teas and coffees are included whilst at sea.
The standard Terms and Conditions apply to this trip. Please read the guidance for children on these trips. You must contact us by 8pm the evening before your booked trip to confirm the weather conditions are suitable.
Cost £40 per person.
To book onto this trip to the Rampion windfarm, or to discuss other dates available, Please call 07711 325986 or use the contact page. Payment is required to secure the booking.


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Princess Aria: The CurseHelp princess Aria find the hidden objects in the castle, defeat the witch and save the family.
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Recalls this week: motor scooters, battery packs
Motorized scooters that can unexpectedly accelerate and battery packs that can overheat are among this week's recalled products. Other recalls include coffee makers that can overheat and mattresses that can pose a fire hazard.
DETAILS: Motor Scooters with Hello Kitty graphics made by Zhejiang Qunying Vehicle Co. and distributed by Dynacraft BCS Inc. The battery-operated City Scooters are pink and black with Hello Kitty graphics on the front panel, footboard, and rear fenders. They were made between Sept. 9, 2012 and Dec. 3, 2012. Model number "8801-03" and the date of manufacture, formatted as "YYYY/MM/DD," are printed on a data label on the underside of the scooter's center platform. Serial numbers for the recalled scooters have the letters "QYCEI" followed by a six-digit number in the following range: 000001 through 014456. The serial number can be found etched on the underside of the scooter's center platform near the data label. They were sold at Toys R Us stores and Toysrus.com nationwide from Oct. 2012 to Jan. 2013.
WHY: The scooters can accelerate suddenly while in use, causing the rider to lose control and fall.
INCIDENTS: Nine reports of the scooters accelerating unexpectedly, including three minor injuries that include a bloody nose and bruises.
HOW MANY: About 5,200.
FOR MORE: Call Dynacraft at 800-551-0032 or visit www.dynacraftbike.com , and click on Owners, then select Warnings/Recalls.
DETAILS: Ryobi Lithium 18-volt 4Ah Battery Packs made by Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd. and imported by One World Technologies Inc. They have model number P108 and part number 130429028. The battery pack is green, silver and black. "Ryobi" and "Lithium+18V" are printed in white lettering on both sides of the battery pack. The model and part number can be found on the data plate located on the bottom of the battery pack. They were sold at Home Depot stores and online at Homedepot.com, and at other retailers from Sept. 2012 to Dec. 2012.
WHY: The battery pack can overheat and burst while on a charger, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers.
INCIDENTS: Four reports of battery packs overheating, resulting in minor property damage. No injuries have been reported.
HOW MANY: About 54,200 in the United States and 2,200 in Canada.
FOR MORE: Call One World Technologies at 800-597-9624 or visit www.ryobitools.com and click on Important Safety Information at the bottom of the page for more information.
DETAILS: Jerdon Style model CM12B one-cup coffee makers, with date code 1217. The coffee makers are black and have an oval, red indicator light above the on/off switch. The coffee maker brews a single, eight to 12-ounce cup of coffee. The phrases "FIRST CLASS" and "JERDON" are printed in white letters on the front of the product. The model and date code are imprinted on a nameplate located on the bottom of the coffeemaker. They were sold from July 2012 to Jan. 2013.
WHY: The coffeemaker can overheat, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers. .
INCIDENTS: Four reports of coffee makers overheating. No injuries have been reported.
HOW MANY: About 6,000.
FOR MORE: Call Jerdon at 800-223-3571 or visit www.jerdonstyle.com and click on "Recall Information" at the bottom of the page for more information.
DETAILS: Easy Go XP Lock Via Ferrata Lanyards made by Singing Rock and imported by Liberty Mountain. They are used for shock absorption on Via Ferrata mountain climbing routes. The lanyard has two elasticized webbing branches with self-locking carabiners at each end. Recalled units can be identified by the elasticized webbing. "EASY GO XP LOCK" is printed on a white tag sewn into the zipper pouch. They were sold from April 2011 to Aug. 2012.
WHY: The elastic webbing on the lanyards can deteriorate over time and break while in use, posing a risk of serious injury or death to the climber.
INCIDENTS: None reported.
HOW MANY: Not Available.
FOR MORE: Call Liberty Mountain at 800-366-2666 or visit www.libertymountain.com . Click on "Contact Us" for more information.
DETAILS: SlumberWorld First Edition, New Edition, Limited Edition and Limited Edition Deluxe mattresses. The mattresses are white and "SlumberWorld First Edition," "SlumberWorld New Edition," "SlumberWorld Limited Edition" or "SlumberWorld Limited Edition Deluxe" are sewn onto the front border of the mattress. Mattresses with dates of manufacture between Jan. 2011 and March 2012 are included in this recall. The model number and the date of manufacture are printed on the mattress' white federal label. They were sold in SlumberWorld stores in Hawaii from Jan. 2011 through March 2012.The following model numbers and mattress sizes are included in this recall: 829 First Edition in twin and full size, 1213 Limited Edition in twin, full, queen, king, and California king sizes, and 1214 Limited Edition Deluxe or New Edition in twin, full, queen, king, and California king sizes.
WHY: The mattresses fail to meet the mandatory federal open flame standard for mattresses, posing a fire hazard to consumers.
INCIDENTS: None reported.
HOW MANY: About 810.
FOR MORE: Call SlumberWorld at 808-421-3159, send email to info(at)slumberworldhawaii.com, or visit www.slumberworldhawaii.com and click on "Recall Information."
DETAILS: Pre-lit artificial Christmas trees made by Redwood Pacific Ltd. and imported by Balsam Hill LLC. They were sold from July 2012 through Dec. 2012. Model numbers and tree names can be found at http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2013/Balsam-Hill-Recalls-Pre-lit-Christmas-Trees/
WHY: The remote control receiver box attached to the Christmas tree can overheat and melt, posing burn and shock hazards to consumers.
INCIDENTS: 10 reports of the Christmas tree's remote control receiver box overheating and melting. No injuries were reported.
HOW MANY: About 700.
FOR MORE: Call Balsam Hill at 877-694-2752 or visit www.balsamhill.com and click on Recall for more information.


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Yes, we've seen misterhouse, and it would be nice to find a way to make our products work together. misterhouse has been around a while and seems to have matured well. Our projects are different--misterhouse targets techies, and Pluto's ultimate intention is to offer a mainstream consumer product. Also misterhouse focuses on the home automation aspect, while Pluto is intended to be a whole house solution with media, telecom, etc. too.We're not familiar enough with misterhouse, though, to know how to get it's home automation features to work with our product (or vice-versa). Our DCE library has not been ported to perl--it's C++. However, it should be possible to make it work with perl, and then both systems would be able to communicate together. When we get caught up on our coding we will look into it.


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Wrestle Radio USA: Grapplers Speak
About the Author
Vinnie Carolan and Edward Symkus cohosted a radio interview show in New England from which the interviews in this book originated. They both live in Boston, Massachusetts.
Book Description
These interviews with more than 30 wrestling performers, conducted between 1992 and 1997, offer firsthand accounts stretching as far back as the 1930s and provide a glimpse into the lives of grapplers and those involved in the industry today. The personalities and their stories are wide-ranging-from announcer Jim Ross and his first job in wrestling doing play-by-play commentary with a blind color announcer to wrestler Sherri Martel and the politics that arose from being a woman performer in the business. In addition to these compelling stories, legends such as Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, and Terry Funk explain their origins and how they broke into wrestling, naming promoters they liked and those they didn't. Other interviews include current stars Triple H, Kevin Nash, and Chris Benoit; retired veteran stars Bruno Sammartino and Killer Kowalski; and women wrestlers and personalities Fabulous Moolah and Missy Hyatt. This book provides an inside look at what goes on in the back rooms and insight into the politics that decided who would be champ or who would lose their contracts.
- Paperback: 303 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 9.00 x 6.00
- Publisher: ECW Press; (April 2004)
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Frank Schaeffer has, as The Economist once put it, "made a career out of criticising his evangelical parents Francis and Edith Schaeffer." While I and my people were not influenced by the Schaeffers, they've had a tremendous influence upon some of my favorite people (including GetReligion's Douglas LeBlanc). They founded a Christian retreat center in Switzerland where many people transferred from fundamentalism to evangelicalism or to greater engagement with the culture, including secular culture. They are known for their apologetics and influence on a wide swath of people including everyone from Jesus People organizer Jack Sparks to musicians Larry Norman and Mark Heard. To say those parents were very well regarded among evangelicals, even by their evangelical critics, is an understatement.
Late in his ministry, Francis began to be greatly influenced by his son Frank (according to Frank and others), who got him more involved in political engagement. Frank became known for his demonization of political opponents. At that time, those opponents were political liberals. Now they're political conservatives. He's written extensively about his break with the Christian right and wrote a memoir about his parents just three years ago. Author and social critic Os Guinness reviewed it in
Christianity Today Books & Culture, refuting its central claims, but also saying that "Frank's portrayal of his mother is cruel and deeply dishonoring, monstrously ungrateful."
I have a rather intractable bias against children of famous people writing tell-alls so I wouldn't be the target audience of that type of memoir. But he's out with another, titled "Sex, Mom, & God." New York Times religion writer Mark Oppenheimer uses this latest memoir as a hook for "Son of Evangelical Royalty Turns His Back, and Tells the Tale." Here's how it begins:
In every line of work, there are family businesses. But no business is more defined by dynasties and nepotism than evangelical preaching. Lyman Beecher, Bob Jones, Billy Graham, Oral Roberts, Robert H. Schuller, Jim Bakker: all had sons who became ministers.
Interesting. I don't actually regard the office of ministry as a business. But apart from that, is this really true? No line of work is more defined by dynasties and nepotism than evangelical preaching? I mean, yes, we've named six really well known dudes but as a percentage of preachers, I'm not sure it's that impressive. When I think dynasties and nepotism, I think of the auto industry. Oil. Journalism. On the other hand, Guinness' review of that previous memoir suggested nepotism was Schaeffer's downfall and a major problem with many other evangelicals. It goes on:
It is never easy stepping into Dad's shoes, of course. But when the family business is religion, it is especially perilous. That is one of the central laments, anyway, of "Sex, Mom, & God," a new memoir by Frank Schaeffer. To secular Americans, the name Frank Schaeffer means nothing. But to millions of evangelical Christians, the Schaeffer name is royal, and Frank is the reluctant, wayward, traitorous prince. His crime is not financial profligacy, like some pastors' sons, but turning his back on Christian conservatives.
I'm not entirely sure. I mean, every time I read someone talking about the younger Schaeffer's "crime," they'd say it's neither financial profligacy nor turning his back on political Christianity. They might even oppose those things themselves. What they tend to say is that he's an ungrateful son or that his work is "cruel, distorted, and self-serving," that he manipulated his father, stuff like that.
I think an article that mentions the actual complaints of his critics and had Schaeffer respond to them would have been much more interesting.
Oppenheimer's piece explains that this memoir focuses on how Schaeffer was disillusioned with his faith but faked it for financial gain. And that's all very interesting. For instance:
"I had been home-schooled," Mr. Schaeffer told me. "I had no education, no qualifications, and I was groomed to do this stuff. What was I going to do? If two lines are forming, and one has a $10,000 honorarium to go to a Christian Booksellers Association conference and keynote, and the other is to consider your doubts and get out with nothing else to do, what are you going to do?"
Two questions. In his previous memoir, he claimed his tutor had given him a "'great books' British university-level literature course." Guinness, who had been the
elder younger Schaeffer's best man, had pointed out in his review that the younger Schaeffer had been a boarding school drop out and that his tutor would have been surprised by that characterization. But what changed in the last four years to result in such a drastic change in how that education was characterized?
But the other question I'd ask is whether there are still two lines forming, one with a $10,000 honorarium (to go to a different conference, of course) and one that requires you not to speak. Has something changed? What changed? Or are we seeing the same decision making? Schaeffer is getting quite a high profile -- including multiple book deals, profiles in the New York Times, speaking opportunities and new recognition and what not -- from his new religion. Is that relevant to the discussion? Why not ask?
I love Oppenheimer's columns in part because they are so darned friendly. But sometimes that friendliness to one subject is unfriendly to another. If you're profiling someone who's speaking ill of folks not in a position to defend themselves, is friendliness the best or only posture? Maybe even just a couple of tougher questions?
Also, for a religion column, the profiled subject isn't given a chance to tell us much about his religion. The article tells us that Schaeffer "opted out of evangelicalism" but we don't learn what he now believes or adheres to. That's what I'd be most interested in. That Economist piece tells us that Schaeffer is now conflicted about abortion but was speaking at a conference on alternative Christianity. He rather famously converted to Eastern Orthodoxy in the early 1990s. Is that where he remains?