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Correct Thinking About Jesus' Commands Is Not Obedience to Them
In the Introduction to Pastor John's 1979 monograph, Love Your Enemies, he confesses his concern about the hard work of academic reading. He writes:
Every scholarly work on the New Testament is preponderantly an intellectual exercise. The work of thinking which the production of a book like this demands from the author is demanded also from its reader. But because of the nature of the reality with which this work has to do, the necessary preponderance of intellectual work can nevertheless frustrate the goal for which the work is done.
For that reality is and demands far more than thinking. Adolf Schlatter has warned: "Thought can become scholasticism, a mere jangle of words, if the concept replaces the essence, or dogma replaces reality." The reality from which Jesus' command of enemy love springs and the reality at which it aims is not exhausted by correct thinking about the command.
If a book about this command does not ultimately lead beyond mere thinking to an active realization of what the command intends, then that thinking itself, in all its possible technical accuracy, becomes worthless. "Though I understand all mysteries and all knowledge . . . and have not love, I am nothing."
'Love Your Enemies:' Jesus' Love Command in the Synoptic Gospels and the Early Christian Paranesis, a history of the tradition and interpretation of its uses, SNTS, 38, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979), 3, paragraphing mine.

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Thomas J. Henry Files Class Action Lawsuit Against GM
News sources are reporting that Texas-based law firm Thomas J. Henry has filed a federal class action lawsuit against General Motors in regards to deaths and injuries linked to defective ignition switches and air bag failures in multiple recalled GM models.
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The Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported that Thomas J. Henry filed a federal class action lawsuit against GM. It is the first class action lawsuit filed against GM related to the recall.
Last month approximately 1.6 million vehicles were recalled by GM due to defective ignition switches.
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While GM claims that only 13 fatalities can be positively linked to the defect, a report released by the Center for Auto Safety on Thursday linked 303 deaths to air bag failures in recalled Chevrolet Cobalts and Saturn Ions.
Thomas J. Henry is representing clients who were injured or had family members who were injured or killed in crashes involving the recalled vehicles.
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- The most recent information suggest that GM was first notified of a possible defect with the ignition switches in 2001, well before the recalled models first hit production lines.
- In 2004, a GM engineer experienced the defect when he unexpectedly lost engine power during a test drive of a 2005 Chevy Cobalt, still the company did nothing.
- By 2007, GM had received multiple reports of accidents connected to the faulty ignition switches with at least one fatality linked to the defect, but the company failed to issue a recall for affected vehicles.
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I don't use special components. Only use default and one dll - inpout32 ver 220.127.116.11.
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Friday, September 18, 2009
A Gaggle of Guests
Paul Fierlinger was in Toronto to attend the Toronto International Film Festival screenings of his new feature My Dog Tulip. I was able to reach Paul and arrange for him to speak at the college, but the notice was so short we wedged him into a first year animation lecture and then spread the word to students from other years.
Fierlinger was very bullish on the internet, urging students to find communities that exist on line and figure out ways to serve them through animation. He mentioned a friend who was a 5th grade teacher who made simple animations for his students as a hobby, and now other teachers were now requesting copies and the friend was making several hundred dollars a week marketing the shorts while continuing to teach.
Fierlinger stressed the power of the internet, both in terms of making sales but also for doing research and for collaborating. Fierlinger was able to research the location of My Dog Tulip without traveling to England thanks to the internet and he found Shay Lynch, the composer for his next film (on John Slocum, the first man to sail around the world solo), after hearing his work on The Animated Life blog on the New York Times.
Fierlinger has been freelancing continuously for 51 years and his example is a good one for animation students, who often only think of landing a job at a studio. His determination to work with his own artistic style and his ability to deal with adult content in films like A Room Nearby and Still Life with Animated Dogs, point in directions that students need to consider.
recent books. Hahn was also in town for the Toronto International Film Festival, where his documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty was screening. The film is about the revival of Disney animation in the 1980s and '90s.
Walt Stanchfield was a Disney animator who taught drawing extensively at the studio. Stanchfield's notes on various drawing and animation topics have circulated in photocopy form for years, and Hahn has compiled the notes into a recently published two volume set called Drawn to Life. The presentation on Stanchfield included lots of his art and several videos of him teaching at the Disney studio.
Hahn showed a great many pieces of illustration art that inspired Disney's original artistic crew and more recent work that had an influence on the newer generation.
Not by design, Hahn started off by taking the opposite tack from Fierlinger, saying that animation is a team sport and talking about the pleasures and necessities of collaboration. He stepped through the entire production process, showing sample art and video for each step. He showed rejected character designs and played a bit of the first version of "Circle of Life" to make the point that you want to fail fast and fail often. It takes going down wrong paths before you find the best solution and the collaborative process allows for many more variations to be examined before the best solution is found.
Hahn was enthusiastic for the future of animation and drawn animation in particular, saying that he greatly admired what he had seen on The Princess and the Frog, but should it fail at the box office, Disney would still continue to make drawn features. He talked about how international animation has become and the many opportunities thanks to that and technology that were not available when he started. He was excited to see what films would be made in the next 10 years by the people who were currently students.
Hahn was asked what his most pleasant working experience was and he answered that it was working on Atlantis. While he admitted that the people had to judge for themselves how successful the film was, he said that he was working with people he had known for 10 years and very much liked. By contrast, the toughest working experience he had was on Beauty and the Beast, where the production had to deal with Howard Ashman's death, having its budget cut and Hahn having a child during production.
Animated American, a live action and animated short film he co-directed with James Baker and that was produced by Susan Cohen.
I had Haidar as a guest in my second year lecture, though many third and fourth year students sat in. He screened the complete film and then talked about how the film was made. When he and Baker were laid off at Disney, they decided to do something for themselves rather than just look for another job. The two wrote the story and then brought in screenwriter Tim Talbott to polish the script. The live action was shot over 4 days and then Haidar and Baker did the bulk of animation themselves over more than a year.
Haidar was surprised and sorry to discover that people from live action were far more cooperative and generous in helping the film get made than people in animation. He also mentioned that when they started the film, they realized that they knew hundreds of artists, but no business people and he suggested to the students that they don't limit their professional relationships to other artists.
Animated American is currently playing festivals and Haidar and Baker are planning to do a live action feature as their next project together.
The best thing about these guests is their varying viewpoints. Fierlinger is the lone independent, Hahn is the corporate team player and Haidar is the new director looking to launch his own projects. If nothing else, they demonstrate that animation, as an occupation and a medium, has greater possibilities than many people realize.
(Update: Paul Fierlinger posted his impressions of how My Dog Tulip was received at the Toronto International Film Festival here. The Globe and Mail has an article dealing with both My Dog Tulip and Waking Sleeping Beauty here.)
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- Alex_Munguia said...
I very much enjoyed this post. Im a student at the Art Institute of Las Vegas- regretfully our school focuses mainly on teaching students how to use programs more so than actual animation. With that said I wish I had done more research and gone to Sheridan or Cal Arts hahaha- its an inspiring post and reminds me I CAN accomplish what I hope to, I just keep moving- thank you.
- September 18, 2009 3:53 PM
- Brubaker said...
I wish I was at the Paul Fierlinger appearance. I love his work. Thanks for the brief rundown, Mark.
One of my prized possessions is a 16mm print of "It's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House".
- September 18, 2009 8:42 PM
- Michael Fukushima said...
Lucky you guys, Mark (and great initiative on your part). Fierlinger is one of my most favourite storytellers out there. And hadn't heard anything about Annecy reaction (followed the link); such a shame, really.
- September 19, 2009 9:03 AM
- David Nethery said...
What's notable too about the feature film My Dog Tulip is that in terms of the actual animation production it was made by only two people , Paul and Sandra Fierlinger .
Other people worked on the film of course doing the voices , music, etc. but this is truly an independent animated feature. Paul directed, animated, Sandra did the color styling and backgrounds. Sandra has an amazing digital "watercolor" technique , see examples here:
TVPaint Gallery - Paul & Sandra Fierlinger (Scroll down to see Sandra's still life paintings at the bottom of page.)
- September 19, 2009 1:22 PM


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Voting for steroid user would be too easy
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When Barry Bonds was introduced as the newest member of the Giants on a rainy December day 20 years ago, the 28-year old superstar was, even then, considered a Hall of Fame lock. Nothing he did in his first several years with the Giants changed that.
Most players evolve into Hall of Famers. Bonds is going the other way. Two decades later, he's no longer a lock. And even though I witnessed almost all of his stunning feats in a Giants uniform, I can't bring myself to vote for him.
I, too, like my colleague Bruce Jenkins, have to follow my instincts when I fill out my Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. And I've decided that, right now, I won't vote for players who willfully, systematically cheated the game and tainted not only their era but the entire baseball history book.
Believe me, checking the box next to Bonds' name would be an easier decision. I don't begrudge voters like Bruce who are certain they are doing the right thing. I know I'm creating my own headache and may be forced not to vote for anyone for a while because I don't know who used and who didn't. But when there's a preponderance of evidence, as there is with Bonds, who admitted to using though preposterously claimed he didn't know what he was taking, I can't simply ignore it. I can't just rubber-stamp Bonds and the other tainted players on the ballot: Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire among them.
What the rules say
I'm bothered by some of the arguments that the pro-Bonds voters have made as this chapter continues to unfurl.
The vote-'em-in gang resorts to name-calling, saying voters like me are being sanctimonious, moralistic, holier-than-thou.
Let me tell you what my ballot says under Paragraph 5, titled "Voting":
Voting shall be based upon the player's record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played.
I didn't write that. Those have been the instructions as long as I've been voting - more than a decade. Other voters may mock the character clause, but they're the ones choosing to ignore it, or parse it as they choose. If the ballot is modified and that clause is edited out, then we can have a different conversation.
They say that the Hall of Fame isn't a church and it's filled with bad guys, who supported segregation, threw spitballs, took greenies and were generally bad people.
All true. And I don't care if someone is a "bad" person - sports is full of bad people. But I didn't vote in the past. Am I beholden to follow the voting patterns of every past voter? I can't go back and change the minds of past voters on issues like the color line. All I can do is try to vote to the best of my ability on the ballot I'm given.
They say that by not voting for the PED-users I'm being judgmental.
Guess what? Every vote is a judgment call. That's why we're voting. If it was just a numbers game, we could feed the numbers into a computer and see who it spits out. Hit 762 home runs: You're in! But that's not how it works. People argue about baseball all day long: Just look at this year's AL MVP race. Every vote involves judgment of some sort.
They say I'm ignoring history.
But Cooperstown has a historical museum that explains the pivotal moments of the game. The Hall of Fame is the highest honor in the game, not just a history chart: If it were, Roger Maris and Curt Flood would be enshrined.
They say baseball is full of cheating, and baseball never banned steroids.
Forgive me for finding a difference between putting a file to a baseball or Vaseline in your glove and injecting a substance into your body that alters your physique in substantial ways. Yes, baseball didn't ban steroids, but they were illegal under the laws of the United States without a prescription. They were a shameful, hidden part of the game.
They say writers shouldn't be making the call.
I'm fine with that. If someone else wants to decide - a panel of existing Hall of Famers, for example - I'll happily give up my vote. From all indications, such a veterans' panel would choose to keep the steroid brigade out.
Writers' responsibility
But for now, we're the ones who are asked to vote on the Hall of Fame. When the steroid scandal broke, many blamed the media for not being more vigilant. But many of those same people want to vilify voters now for being careful. I find it impossible to have spent a decade writing about steroids' scourge on the game and then handing the game's highest honor to the perpetrators.
The vote-'em-in group says players like Bonds were Hall of Famers before they started using.
True, but to me that makes the superstar users even more questionable. One can almost understand a fringe athlete using desperate measures to hang on. But to be great and use steroids in a cynical pursuit of money, fame and other men's records is, from my vantage point, a violation.
The Hall of Fame is not a right, it's an honor. The highest honor in the game.
Just as my views about Bonds have changed over the past decade, they could change again over the next 15 years that his name remains on the ballot. While I'm not one to withhold my vote based on whether I think someone is a first-ballot Hall of Famer, a process I've always found inane, I am willing to keep my mind open as the years pass.
The steroid story, as we've learned in 2012, is not a closed chapter. It continues to play out and in 15 years, with baseball under a new commissioner and with the perspective of time, the story and its fallout may look different. I could change my mind and check the box next to Barry Bonds.
But I can't do it right now.
Chronicle columnists square off on baseball's biggest debate of the offseason
In early January, we will find out whether Barry Bonds has been voted into baseball's Hall of Fame. In the meantime, the debate rages among the baseball writers around the country who hold the former slugger's fate in their ballots. Two of those voting journalists - The Chronicle's Bruce Jenkins and Ann Killion - square off in today's editions to make the argument for and against Barry Bonds. He is the man with the most home runs in major-league history. And he's also the man with the most questions surrounding his achievements.
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Let's face it; the FIFA World Cup is the world's premier sporting event, bringing millions of people from around the globe together to watch the very best footballers battle it out.
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What major sporting event isn't without the go-to blog from the avid fans? There are thousands of these going around, but our current Twitter pick is World Cup Blog.
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Based in Johannesburg, this South African feed gives a local perspective on the countdown. It has a solid fan-base to boot.
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Chicago, I don't understand your neglect of the doughnut. Growing up in the San Fernando Valley outside of LA, it was tough to go a mile-long stretch without passing a doughnut shop—be they chains like Spudnuts or Winchell's, or ma and pop independent shops that speck the mini-malls (which can be found at nearly every major intersection). Sundays as a kid meant a trip to the zoo or a bike ride or tossing the ball around in the park. And doughnuts. It wasn't Sunday without a trip to the doughnut shop.
And yet one would think Chicago—with its dive bars, stuffed pizzas, and encased meats—would be just the type of metropolis where the humble doughnut would flourish. But aside from some Dunkin' Donuts shops and a handful of small independent shops, this just isn't so. The doughnut just doesn't seem to have a place in Chicago.
Which is why it's somewhat of an anomaly that the most abstract, flavor-packed, and borderline schizophrenic doughnuts I've ever had are from Bleeding Heart Bakery in West Town. We're talking doughnuts in serious need of a Ritalin prescription. Just the names of the doughnuts alone give warning that you're in for a heck of a ride when chowing down on these guys. Names like Holiday in Cambodia, Punk Rock Princess, Mommy's Little Monster, The Machete and the namesake for this week's post, The Death of John Waters: The Divine Donut. A name that sounds more like a Coen brothers satire than a doughnut.
Bleeding Heart is a name most people in Chicago should recognize. Owners Michelle and Vinny Garcia (Vinny's more the cake visionary, Michelle the baker—though it's not fair to hold them to either) have built a reputation around their punk-rock pastry and cakes, and have won numerous awards and honors with their sustainably minded program. The husband and wife team opened their original bakery in 2003 and have since opened bakeries in Roscoe Village, Oak Park, Elmhurst, the four-month old café in West Town, and within a matter of days, Lakeview. But it wasn't until they opened the café in West Town a few months ago that doughnuts became a part of their regular repertoire.
Credit for Bleeding Heart's doughnut program goes out twofold. Authorship for the recipes and vision goes straight to Michelle, and that's pretty evident in names like Mommy's Little Monster. But doughnuts aren't like cakes, ordered on a specialty basis in limited quantities. A doughnut's quality lessens as each hour passes after its been pulled from the fryer, and they're really no good after twenty-four hours. Bleeding Heart makes its doughnuts fresh every single day of the week (any leftovers often end up as family meal for the staff at Roots next door). And that's one of the reasons why the role of master baker at the café is so important.
Gram Gould has been with Bleeding Heart since the original store on Belmont, and talking doughnuts with Gram, specifically The Death of John Waters: The Divine Donut, was a heck of a lot of fun. The bakery makes three different types of dough for its doughnuts, which is pretty standard for most doughnut shops. There's the cake doughnut (theirs is a chocolate cake doughnut with chocolate glaze and sprinkles aka Mommy's Little Monster), the potato doughnut (a sweet potato doughnut dusted with powdered sugar aka Radical Roots), and the yeast-risen doughnut (which most of their doughnuts are, including The John Waters).
Every day at 5 a.m. Gram or one of his bakers gets to work and heats up the frying oil, which is a large vat full of organic palm oil. Gram then gets to work on the three different dough types, giving a half hour for the yeast doughnuts to rise once they've been cut. When the oil hits temperatures near 350 to 375°F the frying begins, giving about a minute or so of cooking time on each side. Each doughnut is then given its respective bath of sugar, glaze, or whatever else tops them off—with the exception of our John Waters doughnut.
The Death of John Waters: The Divine Donut is a play on the director John Waters and his drag queen star of films such as Mondo Trasho and Female Trouble. And, of course, bacon has the reputation as "the divine swine." That's because the doughnut is crusted with candied bacon.
Once the doughnut is removed from the fryer, it's immediately soaked in syrup made of Jim Beam whiskey and maple. The dark sugars of the maple and whiskey infuse with the fresh cooked dough and essentially encapsulate the doughnut with a half-glaze, half-dipped type exterior. After soaking, Gram dips the doughnut in chopped bits of Nueske's bacon that've been rendered and glazed with maple syrup, giving the doughnut its signature crust. Whiskey. Maple. Bacon. It's nothing like the simple glazed doughnuts I loved as a kid, but in its four short months of existence the John Waters doughnut has racked up quite the Google search result list.
When I asked Gram his thoughts on the doughnut scene in Chicago, he was confused too. He spoke highly of Doughnut Vault (review here), and he says he knows people who drive to Munster, Indiana to get their doughnut fix every weekend. Plus, every time he's home in Fort Wayne he gets his fix at a small shop, too. It was a part of his childhood like it was mine.
But I won't go so far as to say Bleeding Heart Bakery is the answer to Chicago's doughnut drought. A doughnut like The Death of John Waters: The Divine doughnut is something one can only have so much of, and the bakery sells their doughnuts accordingly. Unlike a traditional shop, their doughnuts are sold by the piece at $2.50 for unfilled, $3.00 filled. If you buy a dozen—and God be with your arteries if you do—you're still paying per piece. What I will say is that eating these doughnuts somehow brought back those memories of Sundays and taking a trip to our local shop to get a dozen with dad, and I only hope that Michelle's creation of these novelty doughnuts only continue the push of local artisans trying do craft a niche for this deep-fried pastry of my youth.
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Plink Floyd wrote::cry: Sounds gruesome.
btw, Bauman for Dummies, pls?
Liquid modernity is Bauman's term for the present condition of the world as contrasted with the "solid" modernity that preceded it. According to Bauman, the passage from "solid" to "liquid" modernity has created a new and unprecedented setting for individual life pursuits, confronting individuals with a series of challenges never before encountered.
Social forms and institutions no longer have enough time to solidify and cannot serve as frames of reference for human actions and long-term life plans, so individuals have to find other ways to organise their lives. Individuals have to splice together an unending series of short-term projects and episodes that don't add up to the kind of sequence to which concepts like "career" and "progress" could be meaningfully applied.
Such fragmented lives require individuals to be flexible and adaptable — to be constantly ready and willing to change tactics at short notice, to abandon commitments and loyalties without regret and to pursue opportunities according to their current availability. In liquid modernity the individual must act, plan actions and calculate the likely gains and losses of acting (or failing to act) under conditions of endemic uncertainty.
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Which leads to the kind of deracinated social relations I was talking about.
Jyoti wrote:Whatever, the book above is one of my faves. I bizarrely kept finding aspects of my life / relations in it in the way that's normally only meant to happen in self-help books, not academic sociological texts.
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Matt Lashoff
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Matt Lashoff's early years were spent in the Avon Old Farms prep school program in Connecticut before joining the US National Talent Development Program in Ann Arbor, Michigan for the 2002-2003 season. The previous summer, he was selected in the third round, forty-ninth overall, in the OHL Priority Draft by the Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds. Lashoff eventually chose to forego a career the NCAA after his rights were traded to the Kitchener Rangers, where he played three seasons in the OHL. In 2003-2004, his first season of Canadian junior hockey, Lashoff scored 5 goals and 24 points in 62 games with 97 penalty minutes. The following season, 2004-2005, he posted 4 goals and 22 points in 44 games, and at year's end he was ranked the twelvth best North American skater prospect by NHL Central Scouting. Lashoff was selected 22nd overall by the Boston Bruins in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. He played one more season of junior hockey in 2005-2006, amassing an impressive 7 goals and 47 points to go along with 146 penalty minutes in 56 games. Lashoff had 1 goal and 2 points in a 7 game amateur tryout with the Providence Bruins of the AHL after his junior season ended, and then in 2006-2007 he had an impressive rookie season with the P-Bruins, potting 11 goals and 36 points in 64 games for Boston's top affiliate. Lashoff also made his NHL debut in the 2006-2007 season, posting 2 assists in 12 games. Lashoff's most memorable moment of the 2006-2007 season, however, came at the AHL All-Star skills competition when he completed a behind-the-back shootout goal that became an instant YouTube classic. At season's end, Lashoff was named to the AHL All-Rookie Team. The following year in 2007-2008, Lashoff matched his AHL point production with 9 goals and 36 points in 60 games. He also appeared in 18 games for Boston, scoring his first NHL goal on December 31st, 2007 against the Atlanta Thrashers. He finished the year with 1 goal and 5 points at the NHL level. 2008-2009, however, turned out to be a disappointment for Lashoff as he was passed on the Bruins depth chart by fellow defensive prospect Matt Hunwick. He posted 5 goals and 21 points in 33 games with the P-Bruins and a lone assist for Boston before being dealt at the trade deadline along with Martins Karsums in exchange for veteran Mark Recchi and a 2010 second round pick. Lashoff was scoreless in 2 games with Norfolk of the AHL before being promoted to Tampa Bay where he posted 7 assists in 12 games after inheriting power play duties from an injured Cory Murphy. Lashoff's younger brother Brian is an undrafted prospect who was signed out of junior by the Detroit Red Wings.
Scouting Report
"He has breathtaking skating ability and really soft hands passing the puck on the power play. He could easily be a #2 defenseman in the league if he commits to filling in the holes in his game." -Pete, BoltProspects
Lashoff is quite possibly the best skater of any defenseman in the Lightning organization, which is quite a statement considering the organization is also home to Paul Ranger, Andrej Meszaros, and Victor Hedman. His straight line speed is impressive, and his agility, balance, and lateral movement is world class. He has strong offensive instincts and excellent hands that he uses to distribute the puck effectively on the power play.
Boston gave up on Lashoff because he never has consistently shown willingness to play with an edge in the defensive third of the rink. He's generally in decent position defensively, but because he is so slight in build he can be overpowered by larger forwards. Although he is an excellent puck distributor on the power play, his shot is not threatening to NHL penalty kills.
Athletically, Lashoff has the ability to be every bit as good as fellow Lightning defensemen Paul Ranger and Andrej Meszaros. If he bulks up and takes the body more consistently, he can be a #2 defenseman in the NHL capable of playing a lot of minutes due to his superb skating ability. However, if he doesn't improve in those areas, he'll never be more than a third pair defenseman.
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Zito = Big Daddy
Zito racked up 102 wins in seven years in Oakland. He now has 113 but I think it's very doubtful that he'll get to 200. He looked awful, partiuclarly on the down-the-middle fattie to Choker Kent. ESPN's commentators Eric Young and Buster Olney said something like there's a widespread belief in MLB that Zito's velocity on his fastball is gone. The SF Chron's Henry Schulman did a nice job of summing up this travesty of a game:
-- They are pegged to be a very bad last-place team, and Monday's game only served to accentuate those fears.
-- The offense, expected to be vacuous, managed five singles against Penny and three Los Angeles relievers.
-- The Giants had one decent offensive opportunity, when Ray Durham drew a one-out walk in the second and Rowand singled him to third. But Jose Castillo ended the inning with a double play.
-- Had the Giants converted Roberts' game-opening single into a run, perhaps the tone would have been different. But Bochy called for a hit-and-run, Penny threw a high fastball that Rich Aurilia could not possibly hit and Russell Martin nailed Roberts at second base.


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topshelf66 wrote:Second Chance Pens Points.
I will try to bring some of the comments to our brainstorming session for next season.
In the meantime, I will award 5 second chance prizes from my stash.
Just reply in this thread your favorite DPSG brand / flavor and why. I will pick 5 winners. I have some pretty cool and pretty meh prizes I will send out.
I loaded up on A&W root beer with all of my pop coupons. It'll be a summer full of root beer floats while I'm roasting in Arizona.


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give (one's) two pennies (worth)
To share one's opinion, idea, or point of view, regardless of whether or not others want to hear it. Primarily heard in UK. I find Jeff's husband a bit trying at times. He always has to give his two pennies, even when it's clear he knows nothing about what's being discussed. If I can just give my two pennies worth, I think the staff would really appreciate a bump in their pay, and productivity would increase as a result.


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Love music, The Beatles have been always my favorite since 1964. Still today British Invasion groups are my listening choice (except for Springsteen and U2). Went to Paul's concert in Milwaukee this Summer, 2013, and it was my highlight of the past three years.
Favourite Track:
Hello, Goodbye (1)
Tell us why:
Great song, and it brings back a special time in my life. Hard to pick "A" track, love so many. Very close seconds: Strawberry Fields; Magical Mystery Tour; I Am the Walrus; all of the White Album.
Favourite Album:
The Beatles
Tell us why:
I know that the work is mostly individual, but the songs are so great, and you know they gave input into each other's songs. Besides they are all together singing, even if they are singing the other's song. The arrangements, even the order in which the songs were placed seem just right. The first time I heard it, Stereo was fairly special. This album is a great stereo headphone experience. Yes Pepper's is too, but I think I played that to death, and listen to it much less often than The Beatles, which I never tired of.


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On last night's season 2 finale of My Five Wives, Brady Williams revisits the idea of moving his family to Washington State, finds out the gender of his 25th child, and – of course! – has a panic attack (not necessarily in that order).
We begin with Brady checking in with Rosemary about her conflict with Paulie that's been festering like an open wound since last season, but has not been discussed in any kind of helpful detail on the show thus far… so we really have no idea what this beef is all about. What actually came between them? (Well, besides a man, that is.) Rosemary feels like the situation is still touch and go. Brady says the rift weighs heavily on him, but Rosemary seems reluctant to tell Brady her true feelings on camera. She admits she needs to forgive Paulie and plans to invite her to lunch to make amends.


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Most of us do not have a river or the ocean in our backyard or a kayak and accessories waiting on the shore. Unless you do, kayaking requires a little more advance planning than many sports. Taking the time is well worth it.
"Kayaking is a great sport for connecting with nature," says Oliver Fix, the 1996 Olympic men's kayak champion. Being on the water "provides an excellent environment for mental relaxation and physical challenge," Fix adds.
Consider making kayaking part of a backpacking trip, nature excursion, or adventure vacation, and you will see things you would never see on foot, in a car, or from a train. Your options are almost limitless. "There's whitewater kayaking, sea kayaking, paddling in Canadian Lakes, or for that matter, anywhere in the world," Fix says.
Body Benefits
If the call of the wild is not enough to get you to trek to the nearest body of water and paddle away, consider the fact that kayaking provides a unique upper body strength and aerobic workout that nothing you do at home can match. "Kayaking provides tremendous stimulation to your lower back and abdominal muscles," says Richard Cotton, an executive wellness coach. "It also works your upper back, biceps, triceps, shoulders, and forearms."
Cotton says you can get great strength benefits and build your anaerobic capacity by doing interval training in a kayak—going hard for 1 minute, then relaxing for 2 to 3 minutes, then going hard again. "Athletes training for kayaking competition do a lot of intervals," he adds.
In addition to building upper body strength, kayaking is "a fabulous aerobic workout," Cotton says. "It doesn't burn quite as many calories as running or cross-country skiing, but your heart gets a great workout and it's probably something you will really enjoy doing." Kayaking at a moderate pace burns about the same calories per hour as moderate swimming or slow jogging—around 340 calories for a 150 pound person. Not many sports offer such a great combination aerobic and strength workout.
"Kayaking is an excellent cross-training modality," Cotton attests, "especially for runners, who often have great legs and weak arms." Fix agrees. He says that kayaking is a great alternative to conventional fitness training, which focuses mainly on the lower body. "For people with knee problems, kayaking takes an unhealthy stress off and allows them to challenge themselves and increase their fitness levels."
Don't Get Hurt
Every sport carries with it risk of injury. One way to reduce your chances of injury is to get yourself ready during the off season. Hit the gym with a set of goals. You will need to do the following:
- Increase aerobic endurance
- Develop core strength
- Improve flexibility
- Strengthen upper back, chest, shoulder, arm, and leg muscles
Put your plan into motion 2-3 months before you get on the water. You can train 2-3 days a week, which will increase your power and reduce your risk of injury.
You are almost there! Do not jump into your kayak just yet. Although you are sitting down while you paddle, kayaking involves your entire body. Take some time to loosen up your muscles. Start out with a short jog or quick walk. Once you feel a bit looser, take 10-15 minutes to stretch your shoulders, arms, back, legs, and core.
Beginners Need to Know
Beginners should consider taking a kayaking course. The course will teach them everything from basic strokes to rolls and wet exits.
If you will be paddling in whitewater, Fix advises that you connect with a professional instructor who understands river safety and can help you understand how river features "change dramatically with only slight changes in water level."
On flat water, the chances for tipping are slim, but you never know what will happen and having basic exit and roll skills is a good idea. On whitewater or in the ocean, you need to be especially well-prepared. Another option for beginners, is a sit-on-top boat for which learning to roll or wet exit is unnecessary. If you are set on a sleek sit-inside boat, you can find a class at the YMCA, local colleges, or local paddling clubs.
Gear Basics
There are 5 pieces of equipment you need before you hit the water. These include:
- Paddle
- Boat —Whitewater kayaks are generally made from plastic. Ocean kayaks may be made from wood, fiberglass, or a blend of materials.
- Personal flotation device (PFD)
- Spray skirt —These keep splashing water and rain from filling your compartment.
- Helmet —If you will be kayaking in moving water, you need one.
- A buddy—You should never paddle alone, especially if you are new to the sport.
If you want to give kayaking a try and you are not ready to buy, rental prices are generally reasonable. Contact an outfitter near where you will be kayaking to get their hourly and daily rates.
American Canoe Association http://www.americancanoe.org
Paddling https://paddling.com
Canadian Public Health http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca
Health Canada http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca
5 benefits of kayaking for exercise. Made Manual website. Available at: http://www.mademan.com/mm/5-benefits-kayaking-exercise.html. Accessed January 27, 2017.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Faith WOD
READ: Psalm 51
REFLECT: Why did David offer this prayer?
RESPOND: Locate one Biblical example of someone who lost, or simply did not get what they wanted. How did this turn out as a blessing?
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"Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me."
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The obvious example has to be Job. Job had everything, but he was also humble. So when God uprooted his life and left him broken I doubt he was thinking, "boy, this is exactly what I wanted." Just to add to the dilemma, his friends had to come to him and let him 'know' that it was his fault any of it was happening. Job may have been humble but he wasn't so modest that he wouldn't tell them off in the end. Then this poor guy, who has been smashed by everything in his life, hears from God who calls him out, "This far you may come, but no farther, and here your poured waves must stop!" However, in the end God took his humility and turned it into a massive blessing.ReplyDelete
I have a biblical example, that is a bit abstract, but which came to me, right the way, I read your instructions.ReplyDelete
Judas, who betrayed Jesus Christ, wanted appreciation and "safety" of the Romans and the priests, for the time "after" Jesus. All he got, was the reputation of being the one, who betrayed Jesus Christ, for all time and a sudden death.
But after all, he was the one, who helped to fulfill god's word, and therefore helped us, to be our sins taken away in the face of god. THANK YOU JUDAS ISKARIOT THE BETRAYER!
David was constantly running from Saul, always fearing for his life. He faced many defeats and all of this was in God's mighty plan to make him into the man who would rule over all of Israel as His anointed.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 14, 2013 at 5:55 AM
Brother Willie spoke on October 26, 2003 about this passage...sheep's legs were broken and that happens to us sometimes...verse 8....David had committed adultery with Bathsheba...sometimes I wonder about Christ...He asked God to take the cross from Him, but it wasn't His will...it was God's will...so, not only was Christ blessed, but mankine was blessed!...the song that has the phrase "a broken and contrite heart" reminds me of this 51st PsalmReplyDelete
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I'm not sure how many Glyph posts I have started and abandoned.
It's not that I am unhappy with the Major Glyphs, although I am sure we all have ideas on how they can be improved.
My problem tends to be with the Minor Glyphs.
I can't find 3 I want as either Mage or Shaman.
So here's my proposal to Blizzard.
Glyph of the Gnome.
I wouldn't limit it to Gnomes, but this will do for illustrative purposes.
What does it do?
It changes your character appearance to a Gnome.
That's it, nothing more, nothing less.
You maintain your original racials and class abilities, you just look like a Gnome (or race of your choice).
Well people want to be able to change race within a faction, but maybe they would cope with looking like the race of their choice.
Sticking with Gnomes, with this minor glyph you could have Paladin, Shaman, Priest and Hunter Gnomes,long before Blizzard develops them.
You could have:
- Gnome only Guilds – make the Guild name "Gno place like Gnome" mean something.
- Gnome only raids – imagine those boss kill screenshots without a long leg in sight.
- Gnome only battlegrounds – imagine 40 Gnomes rushing Drek'thor in AV, 40 Gnomes wiping Wintergrasp of that Horde filth.
- Naked Gnome races with a server full of Gnomes – Screw Gnomeragan, why not take down the server!
Spreading the Gnome Glyph Love around
Of course as I say there would be glyphs for all races.
- Fill a paddock in AV with Cows.
Return undercity to the Forsaken.
Orgrammir full of Orcs!
Make Stormwind a pure Human only zone.
Do back flips like a Night Elf
Preen like a Blood Elf
Go Rasta Troll
Drink yourself into a Dwarf skin
Maybe, just maybe, Hunters should also be able to receive a Glyph of the Gnome Pet.
Tell me you wouldn't run in fright if you saw a Big Red Gnome coming right at you!
Gnomer and Out!
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Gastineau Humane Society hosts "It's a Dog's Life Camp"
Published: 07/19/2012 13:30:00
The Gastineau Humane Society has introduced an exciting new kids program this summer, "It's a Dog's Life Camp" is geared towards teaching kids proper ways to safely train and work with dogs. Brandon Howard, the Camp Director, told us more about the purpose of the camp.
VIDEO: The Gastineau Humane Society has introduced an exciting new kids program this summer, geared towards teaching kids to safely train and work with dogs. (Image: Rik Pruett)
"So the main focus of camp is to teach kids how to work with dogs, safely walk dogs on leashes, how to train dogs using positive reinforcement, and also just give kids a chance to learn how to really work with dogs in a healthful way for themselves and for the animals. "
One nice thing about this camp is that dogs were included, for this activity they were an Australian Shepherd named Wallaby and a Border Collie named Luna, and as it turned out, both the kids and the dogs were pretty fast learners.
Mr. Howard went on to explain the day's activity, "So today we're running the dogs through an agility course, a bunch of different obstacles with two dogs that have never done an agility course before. Earlier on in the week with the kids we were talking about conditioning and how you train a dog and we've been teaching them to use clickers, clicker training, where they have a click and then a treat and the dog associates the click with a reward and it's a really efficient way to train an animal. "
One of the camp participants, a young lady named Erica, told us why she came to camp. "Well we're here to learn how to train and work with dogs, and it's really fun because I'm a big dog lover. And I'm a dog sitter for other people too, whenever people go away that I know, they ask me to take care of their dogs so this camp has helped me a lot with that because there is actually a certain way to hold a leash which I didn't know and just stuff to do if you see a bear and your dogs not on a leash you have to kind of stay calm and I've learned a lot here."
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The late night comedy circuit largely took the culmination of the 2012 presidential elections, and news of President Barack Obama's re-election, in stride. Well, except for Stephen Colbert.
Donning a bathrobe and a backward baseball cap, the "Colbert Report" host began the episode by scolding viewers for "not listening to anything" he said during the lead up to Tuesday's vote.
"I've been bringing you the truth!" a popcorn-wielding Colbert yelled. "And how do you repay me? Four more years of 'hope and change!'"
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Bemoaning former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's defeat, Colbert tried to make sense of the "technicality called the Constitution," and how Obama sealed his bid for re-election.
"Just because Obama won these blue states up here, he's the president of all of them?" Colbert scoffed, pointing to an electoral map. "Why don't we elect our president based on square footage?"
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Over on "The Tonight Show," Jay Leno said that Obama beat Romney among women by "11 binders," but the outcome of the election wasn't "all bad news" for Republicans.
"I guess [it] seems depression is covered by Obamacare," he said.
Leno joked that the president announced he would not raise taxes on the entire one percent – "just Donald Trump."
He also noted that Vice President Joe Biden has said that he planned to take a vacation now that the race is over.
"You've been vice president for four years. That is your vacation."
"The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart wasted no time lampooning conservative media for how it "failed to see what was coming."
He showed clips of pundits on Fox News declaring Romney the clear frontrunner in the run up to the election, one who would easily take the presidency. But instead of admitting defeat, the clips showed Fox commentators accusing the mainstream media of "favoring Obama," "working compulsively on behalf" of the liberals and making it "difficult to break through the noise to reality."
In addition to blaming the "Obama smear machine," which Stewart wryly noted included the likes of Rick Perry, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich for relentlessly haranguing Romney as a "vulture capitalist," Fox commentators also pointed fingers at Hurricane Sandy.
The storm, according to those pundits, threw a wrench in Romney's momentum and worked in favor of President Obama because it gave him the opportunity to cast himself as a true leader.
"If only President Bush could have been so lucky as to have a massive hurricane on his watch that he … oh. Right," Stewart mocked.
Meanwhile, "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon spoofed the concession phone call between Obama and Romney in a final sketch with "Obama" comedian Dion Flynn.
Answering the call with a cheeky "Oh, Mitt! What's new?" Flynn's "Obama" proceeded to coax Fallon's "Romney" out of the doldrums. "Romney" was dejected by the knowledge that he would not be able to fulfill his promise of creating 12 million jobs.
"Buck up, you created one job," Flynn's "Obama" said. " Except, it was for me."
Unwilling to let the election results get the best of him, "Romney" announced that he was going to "focus on the good times" he had during the elections.
"Remember that first debate?" Fallon's "Romney" asked wistfully.
"Yep," replied Flynn's "Obama." "You remember, uh, right now?"
Over at the Ed Sullivan Theatre, "Late Show" host David Letterman said in his monologue, "Well, it's over. And as usual, the guy from Kenya won."
Letterman bid a final farewell to Mitt Romney by compiling an "In Memoriam" montage of some of his favorite Romney campaign references.
Set to dramatic background music, the montage included clips of "Romney" dancing "Gangnam Style," and participating in dressage, otherwise known as "horse ballet."
"You've probably seen them so many times you're sick of them," Letterman said of the doctored clips. "But we thought, 'why not one more time?'"


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I am lucky to have had the same best friends for basically my entire life. Who else could I possibly ask to be my bridesmaids then them, my flock. Originally I didn't want to put anyone out by asking them to be part of my wedding party but when I thought about walking down the aisle, I said to them, "I'm not gonna be the first one to get married and do it all alone, you guys are walking first!" I made it somewhat easy and requested only that they wear all black and their only duty will be to walk ahead of me.
For sharing the special day with me, I decided to make them a little something to wear to remind us of a past time we all shared together...being punk rock. Those were the years of my life that left the biggest impression on me and really formed me as a person. A safety pin through our ear was something we all tried and it is a symbol of the way we were. For each of them to wear in their ear on my wedding day, I had 14k gold safety pins made.
Displayed in a unique box with a current picture of each best friend and a picture on the flip side of me in those punk years over a decade back... keepin' it hardcore with all of them—I love you riot grrrls.


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The Librarian, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Banana
Some people, quite reasonably really, have asked me why I now appear to be some sort of weird creature, (actually an orang-utan), on twitter. There is of course a good explanation for this – or at least an explanation – so here it is:
The Story of How I Went Ape
'The Librarian' is a much-loved character from the much-loved Terry Pratchett's much-loved Discworld series of books: think Harry Potter meets Monty Python. In fact before JK Rowling came along he was the UK's best-selling living author, & I know who I prefer! I'm delighted to have discovered he is now on twitter: @terryandrob
The Discworld city of Ankh-Morpork is a city of which it is said "When a man is tired of Ankh-Morpork, he is tired of ankle-deep slurry." The city's 'Unseen University' – run for & by largely quite stupid wizards – has a great Library, the layout of which is "a topographical nightmare, the sheer presence of so much stored magic twisting dimensions and gravity into the kind of spaghetti that would make M.C.Escher go for a good lie down, or possibly sideways."
In the second Discworld book "The Light Fantastic" (dramatised badly on Sky in my opinion – David Jason as Rincewind, I don't think so!) a powerful wave of magic turns the Librarian, one Horace Worblehat, into an orang-utan. At the time the Wizards were too busy trying to avert the end of existence, as is usual in these matters, & so no serious attempt was made to return him to his human form.
After the magical dust settled however he found that he actually quite liked being an orang-utan. He had already developed a taste for bananas & peanuts – a very healthy diet – & had found that having 4 strong limbs with opposable thumbs came in very handy when climbing up huge book-shelves & sorting books. It also had not escaped his attention that a very large & very strong ape can make a much more convincing argument than a weedy wizard when discussing late returns. So an orang-utan he remained.
"What's that got to do with you?," I hear you cry.
Well, in mid-February I began a piece of work that I had been putting off for a while as I knew it was going to be demanding, time-consuming & quite unpleasant. Time was running out for its completion so I got on with it. The more I did it the more I hated it. It seemed to drag on forever, even longer than I had thought, papers were scattered everywhere, I was losing important documents, etc., etc. It also happened to coincide with the exact date of the 5th anniversary of the death of my father. My mood could be seen from some slightly surreal tweets I made at the time, for instance: "Evil pixies are following me around nicking my stuff".
When I'm stressed I tend to lose my appetite. For some reason bananas are one of the few filling things I can eat when my appetite is off. I also have a bad habit of staying up too late (as I keep telling my wife, there are worse things to be addicted to). Hence the occasional tweet along the lines of: "Living on coffee & bananas. Have yet to decide if this is healthy". And people think I make this shit up!
Then one day I tweeted: "Dang! Living on coffee & bananas again! I'm going to start living in a library, swinging around everywhere & saying "OOK" a lot at this rate", referring to the Discworld's Librarian. It occurred to me that there were worse things in heaven & twitter, & my virtual transformation began.
So I went a bit mad & became an orang-utan.
The Librarian was transformed through magic, Drolgerg through stress. As time & the job went on when I got too stressed I found it strangely cathartic to be able primally scream-tweet (new word by the way: I claim immediate copyright) "OOK", virtually swing from virtual chandeliers & eat lots of bananas. It was strangely satisifying when 1 or 2 others who seemed to be in the same boat sometimes joined in! (Note to self: must blog some time about the cathartic & therapeutic properties of twitter).
The job was finally all over bar the OOOKing on February 27th, precipitating a banana-dacquiri orgy the likes of which the primate world had never before seen.
"So why are you still an orang-utan?",
I hear you gasp, incredulously. Well, like the Librarian I found that after I no longer had to be one that I kinda liked it. It definitely has it has its advantages. When your life is reduced to the wonderful simplicity of when you will eat your next banana there suddenly becomes a lot less to worry about. And any time I did get stressed all I had to do was shout "OOOK EEEK", a virtual universal language, swing from the light fittings for a bit then eat a banana. Also it's surprising how much mileage there is in jokes about bananas & nuts.
So on February 23rd, up until when my avatar had been blacked out in the New Zealand laws protest (by the way – Go Team!) instead of bringing my face back I revealed my new apey visage. After the Facebook thing & 1 or 2 slightly weird instances on twitter I also became a little concerned about revealing too much personal information online, especially given the nature of my work. I decided then that the world might actually survive for a bit longer without having to look at my ugly mug on a screen.
I was also enjoying being a character-twitterer, having realised that character-twittering is one of the many tribes of twitter – of which 'Uncle Dick' @RichardMadeley is the Chief.
Obvious now isn't it? Well OK then, suit yourself!
(When) will I revert to being human again? Who knows? For now, I'm enjoying aping about, & I still have plenty of bananas.
Oook eek eek OOOK!
Update: twittletattle has written about alter-egos on twitter here
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The "Green Lantern" trailer has dropped, officially kicking off a six-month onslaught of clips, pics and teasers. We like much of what we saw, but we do have some questions and concerns:
News that Ryan Reynolds would be sporting a motion-capture suit for his scenes as Green Lantern made us nervous, and now we know why--GL essentially looks like he's wearing nothing but one of Larry Blackmon's old codpieces (or should the plural be "codpie"?). Don't get us wrong, Mr. Reynolds has a magnificent body, one that mocks the fleshy donut around our midsection. But remember how uncomfortable Batman's nipples made you?
Peter Sarsgaard looks great as super villain Hector Hammond, especially after his head gets all gigantic and gross. Unfortunately, the trailer doesn't tell us anything about Hammond or the plot of the film. All we get is a synopsis of Hal Jordan's origin story, but there's no context as to who or what he'll battle.
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And we prefer Blake Livley as a blonde.
"Green Lantern" arrives June 17.
In other Ryan Reynolds news, he was today named Sexiest an Alive by PEOPLE magazine, and will be feted tonight by Kim Kardashian. The honor comes on the heels of his wife, Scarlett Johansson, being named GQ's Babe of the Year. Now if only they'd have a kid so we can crown it Baby of the Year.


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Next Wednesday, December 12, 2012 – CEC will hold a National Call-In Day – Join us and tell Congress we need sustainable balanced fiscal solutions. Stop Sequestration! Save Special Education!
It seems as if not a day goes by without more and more news coverage of the so-called "fiscal cliff" negotiations and their progress – or lack thereof. If our nation goes "over the fiscal cliff", many important programs will receive devastating cuts – the U.S. Department of Education's budget will shrink by over $4billion dollars – IDEA alone will lose over $1billion dollars. Every school and family in our nation will feel the impact.
Want to know more about sequestration's impact on special education? Read CEC's Q&A.
Education is NOT the only thing at stake. Sequestration will also impact many programs that children and their families rely on like housing and social services, medical research, public safety and law enforcement. To learn more about how reductions will impact these programs also read this FAQ.
Wonder how this might impact your state? Check out this report issued by Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) which details state by state impacts of the pending cuts. And for education specific information, check out this state-by-state report created by NEA. Together, these will give you an idea of what you can expect.
So join us! Mark the date on your calendar – 12.12.12. – and set aside some time next Wednesday, December 12, 2012, and call or email your members of Congress. Watch for emails next week (or check CEC's website) we will have links to important information about your state, talking points and all the information you need to contact your members of Congress. Take 5 minutes and stand up for Special Education – Join Us! Together we can make a difference!


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Science for the future: the 3-phase program
28 August 2012
This year students from Compass partner primary schools again were able to build upon their experience at Science Unleashed through a follow-up visit from university staff and volunteers. The popular program enriches students' learning in a specific subject area and comprises:
- Phase 1: Teacher-delivered pre-lesson to provide context for the activity
- Phase 2: Visit to the University of Sydney or a museum
- Phase 3: Compass volunteer-delivered post-lesson to make positive connections between the activity and higher education
Developed in conjunction with the Faculty of Science, the Science 3-Phase Program asks students to start and manage an experiment themselves: growing plants in different light conditions. The students successfully nurtured their plants during Phases 1 and 2 of the program, in time for the Compass Classroom Activity Facilitators (CAF) volunteers to visit for the Phase 3 lesson.
In the Phase 3 lesson, volunteers lead the students through observations about the plants' growth and explain how these plants embody the phenomena of etiolation and phototropism. After an in-depth look at how nastic movement allows the Venus Flytrap to move so quickly, the students finish the program informed and inspired to pursue science in high school and beyond.
The Science 3-Phase Program has again been a tremendous success in 2012. The CAF volunteers were constantly impressed with "how incredibly bright the kids were and how much they really grasped, and so quickly!" while teachers felt it was a "wonderful experience for students". Thank you to the students and staff of Bexley, Fairfield, Kogarah, Panania and Villawood East public schools for their participation in the 3-Phase Programs - and we look forward to seeing their budding scientists in the future!


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Aetna announced that it will be making Apple Watches available for large employers and individual customers during open enrollment season.
The health care services company said the new initiative will revolutionize the customer's experience by, "combining the power of iOS apps and the unmatched user experience of Apple products including Apple Watch, iPhone and iPad with Aetna's analytics-based wellness and care management programs."
Aetna said it will be the first major health care company to subsidize the cost of Apple Watches for customers by offering monthly payroll deductions. The Hartford-based company serves an estimated 45.3 million and will provide free Apple Watches to 50,000 of its employees.
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Apple will work with Aeton to create "deeply intergrated" health apps that will allow customers to manager their health, Aetna said.
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- Integration with Apple Wallet, allowing consumers to check their deductible and pay a bill.
- Personalized health plan on-boarding, information, messaging and decision support to help Aetna members understand and make the most of their benefits.


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