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WASHINGTON—Participants of the Catholic-Reformed Dialogue gathered in Austin, Texas, January 28-29, to begin a multi-year study on the mission and identity of the church in the modern world. The dialogue is chaired by Bishop Tod Brown, retired bishop of Orange, California, and the Rev. Cynthia Campbell, Ph.D., pastor of Highland Presbyterian Church in Louisville, Kentucky, and former president of McCormick Theological Seminary.
The dialogue will draw from the 2012 report "The Church—Towards a Common Vision," by the World Council of Churches (WCC) Faith and Order Commission. Topics that will be addressed include unity and diversity in the church, and the origins and current interpretations of ministry and ordination, and the nature and role of authority and the episcopacy. The last topic is a direct response to Pope John Paul II's 1995 encyclical, Ut Unum Sint, in which he invitedother Christian leaders to help the pope think about the ministerial role of the bishop of Rome.
"There is an opportunity for greater cooperation between Catholics and Reformed in this study of the church precisely because the identity of church as a mission entails a shared understanding of identity that both are called to serve," said Bishop Brown.
"What a privilege it will be to work on this eighth round of the dialogue as we build on the truly historic consensus achieved on baptism," said Rev. Campbell. "We now have the opportunity to reflect together on what it means to be the Church, Christ's body in and for the world. I know that this will be an opportunity for spiritual growth for the participants, and we pray for the Church as a whole."
"Our work together has been and will be of service to all Christian communities in ways that we cannot foresee. The Holy Spirit continues to guide us in ways unseen," said Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta, who chaired the USCCB's Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs at the time that the dialogue reached a common agreement on the understanding of baptism.
The next scheduled meeting will take place September 16-17, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Other Catholic dialogue participants included Bishop Denis Madden, auxiliary bishop of Baltimore and USCCB chairman of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs; Capuchin Father Thomas Weinandy, executive director of USCCB Doctrine; Msgr. John A. Radano; Kristin Colberg, Ph.D.; Oblate of Saint Francis De Sales Father John Crossin, executive director of USCCB Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs; and Anthony Cirelli, Ph.D. of USCCB Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.
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The latest effort from London's one-man Capitol K outfit is an elegant\n\ stylistic cocktail that mixes indie pop ...
The latest effort from London's one-man Capitol K outfit is an elegant stylistic cocktail that mixes indie pop and IDM (let's say the "I" stands for "independent") without compromising either. The hybridization of rock and electronic genres has become a fairly tired musical formula over the last several years, but 26-year-old Kristian Craig Robinson executes with such precision and innovation that Island Row leaves even the seasoned listener slackjawed and struggling for comparisons.
K's music draws from a broad pool of influences, indicative of his geographically scattered childhood. Maltese by birth, he divided his early years between Dubai and Borneo, coming eventually to Britain for secondary school. There, Robinson encountered American indie bands like Fugazi and Sonic Youth, who inspired him to start his first band. His background gets a bit hazy beyond that point, but his music suggests that, somewhere along the line, he ate loads of psychotropic chemicals, picked up a few Rephlex records and bought himself a Dictaphone. All these jumbled elements of his past echo forcefully in his work, and more evenly on Island Row than any of his previous outings.
Capitol K's recording legacy dates back to 1998, when he released a self-titled 12" on Elf Cut Records. Two of the four tracks from that record made the cut for his full-length (the absolutely astounding Sounds of the Empire) on Mike Paradinas' Planet \xB5 imprint the following year. Of that album, Mike writes (and I concur), it "is still one of the best debut albums I have heard." You might even care to scratch the word debut.
Material from these early releases hints only cautiously at Robinson's rock-n-roll leanings. The follow-up Roadeater EP, issued in early 2000, signaled a shift toward a more balanced mixture of vocals, samples and strumming. And Island Row carries the torch-- four of the 11 songs here have proper lyrics, and nearly all feature a bit of guitar-work.
Still, the prevailing theme here is production; the inane, carnival-esque noodlings reminisce of Mouse on Mars, while the occasionally caustic drum breaks recall tunes from Autechre's Gescom side-project. But Capitol K brings so much of his own flavor to the table that likening him to either of those musicians would be misleading.
Exoticism becomes a key theme in Robinson's work-- not the token ethno-techno exoticism of Talvin Singh or Badmarsh & Shri, who intersperse dull drum loops with unimaginative sitars and tablas, and earn credit for "fusing" different genres. It would be more appropriate to say today's world beat musicians layer different genres, always conscious of which sounds belong to the East and which belong to the West, and scarcely exploring any middle ground.
Capitol K breaks this mold, and stakes out a bit of sonic territory somewhere in between. Reversed drum loops bounce between Eastern and Western time signatures, while Robinson's candid falsetto brings urgency to even the most saccharine lyrics. Out of context, many of the lyrics seem puerile, which is probably what makes them so damn effective. It wrenches even my calloused heart to hear K innocently cry the chorus of the opening track, "Heat." "I'd like to know/ If you like the cold/ 'Cause when we meet/ I'll bring the heat." On paper, it reads like a nursery rhyme, but the latent angst beneath Robinson's voice tells a more frustrated story-- one of a lost passion.
"Pillow," which also made an appearance on Roadeater, seems the most readily accessible song of the lot. Even while treading through bubblegum turf, it manages to retain its edge and subtlety, thanks to Robinson's production trickery. But gems lurk in the album's darker corners as well. "Monster," as the name might suggest, can be at times difficult and abrasive, matching heavy guitar distortion with esoteric Eastern melodies. Other honorable mentions include "Breakers," "Lion Anon" and "Forgotten Duffle Coat," on which K collaborates with friend Leafcutter John.
The album loses points for two reasons, the most legitimate being that a handful of the tracks feel disjointed. Capitol K's transitions tend to be remarkably smooth, but there are several on this album (particularly on the songs "God Ohm" and "Is It U?") that it seems he might simply have handled better. The second complaint I'm obligated to lodge against Island Row is a reprimand for the Prince cover, "Dance On." Robinson admits he intended it as a joke, but thanks to American copyright laws, that joke prohibited Americans from importing this brilliant record for nearly four months. I could have done without the inconvenience, especially for this lackluster song.
I hope I've done this album justice, but it's tough to tell when so many terrible albums receive so much critical lip service. If my generic praise leaves you with the impression that Island Row is generic music, do yourself a favor and dig up some MP3s. These songs deserve to be heard.

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June 5, 2012
Here they go again. It's amazing what they think they can get away with.
The frequency of this inane toying with the mass psyche regarding chemtrails, in particular, does seem to be picking up. This gradual introduction of this geoengineering debacle from Bill Gates' admissions to these periodic smatterings of scientific "ideas" is like watching a movie backwards.
Now apply that principle to everything else the Controllers ever "forecast" or propose as a possible solution to mankind's problems. Besides global warming, we're apparently also overpopulated. Think there might be programs now in place taking care of that already as well, while they discuss what should be done about it? Or have something in mind for the food shortages they warn of that they themselves have engineered (think genetically altering GMOs)? Or might they have controls, surveillance or militant, fascist solutions in place for the coming manipulated riots against corrupt government, monetary subterfuge and loss of land and liberty?
You bet your booties there are.
Think sci-fi and futuristic books and movies as well. Then hit rewind to today. In some way they're already doing it.
We're there in many ways, and approaching a fulfillment of their predictive programmed false reality rapidly. The framework is being built around us like a packing crate while they tell us they might need to do something in the future.
Here's a recent example of what I'm talking about…
An Even WHITER Shade of Pale?
Geoengineering for Global Warming: Increasing Aerosols in Atmosphere Would Make Sky Whiter
(ScienceDaily) One idea for fighting global warming is to increase the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere, scattering incoming solar energy away from Earth's surface. But scientists theorize that this solar geoengineering could have a side effect of whitening the sky during the day. New research from Carnegie's Ben Kravitz and Ken Caldeira indicates that blocking 2% of the sun's light would make the sky three-to-five times brighter, as well as whiter.
Oh really, boys? You're a scientist and never look up? No. You're lying stooges treating us like imbeciles.
Notice they say the idea is "to increase the amount of aerosols" in the atmosphere. A little playing with the mind there using an assumptive inference like the chemtrail aerosols are already there and just need to be increased?
The insanity continues:
Their work is published June 1st in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union.
Carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of coal, oil, and gas have been increasing over the past decades, causing Earth to get hotter and hotter. Large volcanic eruptions cool the planet by creating lots of small particles in the stratosphere, but the particles fall out within a couple of years, and the planet heats back up. The idea behind solar geoengineering is to constantly replenish a layer of small particles in the stratosphere, mimicking this volcanic aftermath and scattering sunlight back to space.
The idea is to constantly replenish the crap in the air and thus mimick a volcanic aftermath? Are you crazy? It's been proven earth's environment gets thoroughly disrupted when that happens, including human and animal health issues, crop failures, and extreme climate changes. This is complete idiocy!
Using advanced models, Kravitz and Caldeira — along with Douglas MacMartin from the California Institute of Technology — examined changes to sky color and brightness from using sulfate-based aerosols in this way. They found that, depending on the size of the particles, the sky would whiten during the day and sunsets would have afterglows.
Right. "The sky would whiten." Like now, you bastards?
Their models predict that the sky would still be blue, but it would be a lighter shade than what most people are used to looking at now. The research team's work shows that skies everywhere could look like those over urban areas in a world with this type of geoengineering taking place. In urban areas, the sky often looks hazy and white. Source
So let's have hazy polluted skies everywhere to keep us safe from global warming? Bullshit.
Chemtrails CAUSE Global Warming!
As usual, they flip everything backwards just to keep us in the state of cognitive dissonance. (see HERE)
This is well summarized here:
One point government officials fail to mention is that using weather modification is the cause of the changes we see in the planet's natural bio-spherical patterns. Chemtrails, and the toxins they release into the atmosphere, have an effect of warming temperatures.
The aluminum in the chemtrails, which is claimed to reflect the sun's heat out into space, also traps the heat from the Earth's surface causing a stagnant layer of extremely hot air.
What scientists call the "greenhouse effect" is actually a direct causation of this geo-engineering process.
The climate change alarmists and their gang of quack scientists depend solely on computer models to explain their assertions.
When the researchers claimed that pollution was trapping heat within the clouds, did it occur to them that geo-engineering is dumping massive amounts of aluminum and other toxins into the clouds; toxins that would obviously be considered pollution?
Quite ironic, seeing that their own geo-engineering is causing the effects they claim are caused by man-made global warming. (Emphasis mine) Source
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You've heard of the "encore career"—the idea of a midlife transition to new, more meaningful work. But, as good as that sounds, how can you go about effecting that change in your own life?
In her new book, "The Encore Career Handbook," Marci Alboher aims to offer a guide for making that transition.
Plenty of people appear eager to make the switch: About 9 million people aged 44 to 70 are working encore careers now, and another 31 million seek that type of change, according to research from Encore.org, a nonprofit think tank and one of the main proponents of the idea of the "encore career." Alboher is a vice president at Encore.org.
"This really is a budding movement," Alboher said. "With 10,000 people turning 60 every day, encore careers have the potential to change the face of work and the arc of life. The encore pioneers I speak to are a lot like the early feminists—breaking down barriers, writing the rules as they go, and paving the way for future generations to follow."
An encore career isn't simply a new job later in life. It's a career that aims to help the greater good. The subtitle of Alboher's book is: "How to make a living and a difference in the second half of life."
That said, the book can provide a useful framework for anyone itching to make a career transition, whether or not it's likely to help society. Read: Boomers changing careers?
And you don't necessarily need to be on the verge of retirement to find the message appealing. At a recent bookstore event in San Francisco, where I interviewed Alboher on the topic of encore careers, about a third of the audience appeared to in their 40s or younger.
Take Mike Normant. Normant, 49, spent more than two decades in the corporate world, most recently as a senior leader of management training.
Then, as he puts it, "life kicked him in the ass." First, a divorce. Then, his ex-wife suffered a serious illness, and he helped her through it. Then, his mother died. "It became clear to me that I needed to rethink what I was doing in my life," he said.
So, in 2011, the San Francisco-based Normant decided to take three months off. Those three months turned into a year of exploration, introspection—and a lot of reading. The result: Normant is building his own management-training and leadership-development consulting business, even as he also eyes a separate line of work: coaching people as they navigate midlife changes.
"Longer term, my goal is to help coach people through those midlife transitions," said Normant, who recently completed a coaching certification program.
Normant is a little younger than the people Encore.org tends to target. But, he said, the idea of doing good, even as you collect a paycheck, is appealing to people of all ages.
"I do believe there's a shift taking place, that's more society-wide and across the generations, that's about making a difference, making an impact," he said. "More people are starting to reevaluate their relationship with money. How much do you need to be happy?" he said.
"I do believe there are people in their 20s and 30s who are saying, 'I don't want to do what I saw my parents do and kill themselves for a career. I want something with more meaning and more social impact' …that part of the story is more generation-neutral."
The money question
For her book, Alboher interviewed hundreds of people who made the switch to an encore career. Thus, readers will find a slew of instructive examples. Plus, the book is full of useful resources to tap, and exercises and quizzes to help you figure out where you want to be and how to get there.
Still, there's no getting around the fact that changing careers is not easy. "The Encore Career Handbook" offers a practical outline of how to try to turn your next stage into an encore career—but a book can't do the hard work. It's up to you to take the time to figure out whether you've got the resources, skills and energy to make this type of change happen in your life.
One of the key hurdles, of course, is: Can you afford it? Read: The hunt for an encore career can be costly, lengthy.
An Encore career may or may not mean a pay cut—some of the people cited in Alboher's book ended up earning more money—but you'll need a savings backstop.
According to an Encore.org survey cited by Alboher, 67% of people in encore careers faced an income gap as they transitioned, and 70% of those people said the gap lasted six months or more.
For his part, Normant said he had some savings from his previous career. "I had enough where I was able to drain savings for a year and not freak out." It doesn't hurt that he's worked with a financial adviser for years.
Perhaps equally important: Normant changed his attitude toward tapping his savings. Being able to do that without fear took time, he said. "Before going through this transition, I would have not felt comfortable," he said. "I would have said, 'No, I can't touch this.'"
"Something shifted," he said, such that he could say, "I'm not going to go broke and I'm confident in my own ability to get back on my feet and be cash-flow positive again, that I owe it to myself to invest in myself. And I've never been happier."
"There's a lot of inner work that goes on," said Normant. "There's a lot of awareness of how much of our life is built on stories that we tell ourselves, how much is built on habit, starting to shift those internal stories makes a huge difference."
In many ways, an encore career is a leap of faith. But, along with fear, that jump can also bring excitement and a profound sense of satisfaction.
"I don't know where I'll be in five years," Normant said. "I just know it'll be on my terms."


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All that glitters has a high refractive index
It's modern age, and one fine morning. (Sounds like cliche – dont mind, even well known authors use the phrase.) I lay on my back pondering over the recent Mr. Detained Khan case. The fan whirls away slowly. The pale yellow coloured walls stare back at me. Mr. Khan, not so unknown character, was supposedly detained, at a foreign airport. So, what the hell!! Why should all of India, be bothered? Why should the government take up the case to its foreign counterparts? He is like any of the other twenty person held back with him. Is he someone special, any PM or GM? Look at him…Look at him crying. "I want to go back to my country." Dont cry beta. Dont cry. You are like any other Khan who has been detained. According to Salman, Mr. Khan "may be known in India, but to America, he is just a visitor." Agreed Sallu.
But, why should Khans be detained? America glitters, but all that glitters is not gold. Fear of another 9/11 should not be the cause of creating such a "surname-dependent" security check. One famous Khan stirred up the debate, but what about the countless Khans detained daily at the foreign airports. Allowed into the society but after such a harrasment in the hands of the security officials. Why cant Asians be let in just as they are? Why should surnames be a parameter of judgement of your 'cleanliness'. Remember the formula for refractive index. µ = sin (i) / sin (r). Shouldn't Americans allow Asians in with normal security check — with i = r, with µ = 1 ? Why bend the 'light' relationship between Asians and USA? Why should Americans have a high refractive index and flex the light ray ( with i > r) ? Why can't our wavelengths match with theirs? Can't we have Aristotle's luminiferous Ether pervade the globe and bring everything down to a common wavelength?
All that glitters has a high refractive index. Do you agree?


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The father of modern astronomy, who corrected all the astronomical tables in use in the 17th century, who made Newton's discoveries possible, became an astronomer by chance. Unable to attend school because of rheumatism – which he suffered throughout his life – he began to teach himself. One of the books that came his way was Sacroboseo's 'De Sphaera'. It was the turning point.
In September 1662 he observed a partial solar eclipse and he made himself a rough quadrant. He compiled a table of the sun's altitudes. It was not long before his talents attracted notice. This led to his meeting with Sir Jonas Moore in London. For a start he presented the boy with Townley's micrometer and glasses for a telescope to be fitted. From London he journeyed to Cambridge where he made acquaintance of Isaac Newton. Next year, in 1671, Flamsteed began his systematic observations, which resulted in his discovery that the varying dimensions of the moon completely contradicted all the theories of Lunar Motion, except those of Horrocks. Flamsteed's observatory validated Horrocks' theory which he prepared with additional explenations for publication.
In 1673 he wrote a tract on the real and apparent diameters of the planets which gave Newton the data for the subject of his third book 'Principia'.
Meanwhile a Royal Observatory at Greenwich was founded and he was made in charge. As the first 'Astronomer Royal' he achieved magnificent results despite of various difficulties. He took to himself to correct the existing astronomical theories and tables. His first observation for this purpose was made in September 1676 and by 1689 he had made 20,000.
To remedy the lack of instruments to determine the equinox, he constructed a mural arc a novel method which yielded interesting results.
Professional jealousies was to come in between Flamsteed and Newton. In 1681 his observations on the great comet were transmitted to Newton which he used in the 'Principia'. Flamsteed maintained that the comet was the one which had appeared earlier in the year before, but Newton held that there were two comets, which he corrected after four years. The breach between them widened still further over the publications over his sextant observations during 1676 – 1689.
The committee of the Royal Society, of which Newton was the president, brought out Flamsteed's observations incomplete and inaccurate.
Edmund Halley, who succeeded Flamsteed, was the editor of that controversial publication. Therefore Flamsteed set himself to publish independently a complete and proper account of his work, which however, was published posthumously in 1725.
The irritable old man had contributed to the sighting of 2935 stars, the proudest moment for the Royal Observatory at Greenwich.


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This is the fifth post in a series on "An Evangelical Statement on Evolution (ESE)". If you are new to the series, you may wish to read 1) Introduction, 2) ESE Objectives, 3) ESE Approach , and 4) ESE Contents first.
In preparing this series on the ESE, I never intended to get bogged down in the details of the actual statement – that is a future task. However, after receiving feedback on the content in the last post, I think this brief content addendum is required to fix some glaring omissions (three), and to suggest that one of our objectives should be addressed more indirectly.
A) Randomness and Purpose
Reconciling the randomness in evolution with God's sovereignty is a huge hurdle for many (see comments by Vance); the ESE should address this, if only briefly. In the section on purpose, we could mention one or more of the following:
- randomness is closely tied to unpredictability. Unpredictability is often simply a function of human limitations. God does not have these limitations.
- Scripture asserts that God is in control & can accomplish his purposes even in random events (eg. Prov 16:33, Acts 1:26)
- God provides true freedom to his creation (eg. humanity) but is in complete control, and can accomplish his purposes, even when that freedom is abused.
B) Scientific Explanations and God
Something should be mentioned about the relationship between scientific explanations & divine action. Two related points here:
- Scientific explanations are not an alternative for God's action in the world; divine action and natural events are not mutually exclusive (see Hornspiel's comments). The resolution of this false dichotomy has been so ingrained in the EC mindset (or at least mine) that we sometimes forget others may consider it a problem. Since it is a significant issue for many in our audience, we should definitely make some statement addressing the false dichotomy – maybe it should be the first item mentioned in the section on science.
- On the other hand, science does not exclude the possibility of miracles (eg. Comment by Vance). Making scientific statements like "this event is extremely unlikely to occur given our current knowledge" or "no scientific explanation for this past event can be made at this time" are valid claims. However, science cannot rule out any event a priora. As Evangelical Christians we firmly believe that God can, has, and continues to perform miracles within his creation, and that some of those miracles would be deemed "impossible" by science.
An explicit statement to those "who fear science" may be counterproductive. Per the conversation in the comments with wtanksley (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, and #7), I agree we should take the explicit statement out of the ESE but address it indirectly since this target audience is important (even if there are many in this group that would not admit membership in it).
D) Positive Statement on the message of early Genesis
Stating something positive on the message of the early part of Genesis is, I suspect, the most glaring omission in the previous post – several people identified it (Joel was first). As a couple people noted (Allan & Cliff), Evangelical OT scholars have taken several different (often overlapping) hermeneutic approaches to the first few chapters of Genesis. Therefore we should be careful not to adopt one single approach. Still, I think there are some theological statements that should be mentioned. An example of what we might say is below (a slightly modified version of what Allan proposed):
The early chapters of Genesis have much to teach us about God (his sovereignty over all of creation, his faithfulness, and his love), creation (it is good, it owes is being to God) and humanity (our creation in the image of God, our disobedience, and our dependence on God's faithfulness to repair our relationship). However, the inspired writers were not trying to convey scientific information in these early chapters and we should not expect it to answer our modern scientific questions.So, yes I am abandoning my initial hesitation on taking a firm stance against scientific concordism.
Whew …
Not sure if I mentioned it before, but writing a short statement is probably going to be an order of magnitude more difficult than writing a long one.


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Pharmacy faculty teams with Student Medical Services to help students
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Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Contact: Alyson Kakugawa-Leong, (808) 974-7642
For Immediate Release
Students at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo can soon leave Student Medical Services with a prescription filled by a pharmacist for the first time thanks to a collaborative effort from Student Medical Services (a unit in Student Health & Wellness Programs) and faculty from the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy (DKICP).
Mimi Pezzuto, an instructor at DKICP, has volunteered to work with Heather Hirata at Student Medical Services in order to give students access to better health care. Pezzuto applied to the Hawaiʻi Board of Pharmacy for the clinic pharmacy to get state licensure, and was appointed Pharmacist in Charge in March. An official agreement is projected to take effect Oct. 2 that will allow pharmacy students to take part in patient care.
"This is a grassroots movement, but the goal is to operate as a fully functioning pharmacy," said Hirata, a board-certified nurse practitioner who has supervised students from nursing programs at UH Hilo and UH Manoa. "Pharmacy students will be able to work alongside nursing students. We're all in the same field so there are opportunities for everyone to learn something new."
Pharmacy students have been able to contribute to the clinic in the past by labeling and stocking the medicine cabinets. Now with faculty supervision, they will be able to have direct contact with patients from the beginning of their care.
"I get to roll up my sleeves and get back in the trenches to do what I was trained to do, which is spend time with patients," said Pezzuto, who teaches a class on Health Care Systems and is a licensed pharmacist. "Because we can take the time to have one-on-one conversations before filling a prescription, I can find out so much more about the other medications they might be taking and have an in-depth discussion about their drug therapy without interruption or pressure to perform other tasks."
Pezzuto has had a chance to see the clinic in action while setting up the pharmacy with Hirata. She was there when a patient came in in the midst of an asthma attack and they were able to administer medication during her attack.
Another student came in complaining of severe migraines. After a discussion with her doctor, it was determined her headaches may not be migraines, and alternate medication regimens are being examined.
"Those are the kinds of opportunities pharmacists should have but often don't because of demands on their time," Pezzuto said. "It's not often a pharmacist will have access to a patient's chart. But this is the whole idea of being a clinical pharmacist."
Pezzuto aims to set up hours at least two days a week talking to patients and helping to determine what they might need. Students are already signing up to give vaccinations with faculty supervision.
The not-for-profit clinic is open primarily to students, but the family planning clinic is open to the general public. It functions in four small rooms on the second floor of the Campus Center. Thanks to federal funding for family planning, patients have a choice whether to use insurance or not, and there's a sliding scale for medications.
"I hope to bring students here eventually so they can learn the finer details of filling a prescription, from talking to the patient to filing for insurance if they have it," Pezzuto said. "We also want to give them a chance to practice immunization skills, which will help them when they finish school."
Pezzuto also is planning a fundraiser concert featuring local students studying under a world-renowned pianist on Oct. 13, with proceeds to benefit expanded student services with the Student Medical Services. She said working at the Student Medical Services gives DKICP another chance to be a part of the University and the greater community.
"We help our students plan several health fairs throughout the year on every major island in the state, and that helps remind us of our purpose, which is to help the community in which we live," she said. "I'm really excited to find opportunities on campus where we can do the same thing."
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There are literally thousands of games on Valve's Steam service, and a growing number are small, independent titles. You've probably never even heard of many of them, but for the tiny teams (or sometimes individuals) behind them, their success or failure can be literally life-changing.
Take Lunar Flight, for example.
The game, developed solely by independent Sean Edwards, was released last year, and while it wasn't exactly a blockbuster, it did get a bit of coverage, including a few posts here on Kotaku.
It's coming and going might not have meant much to you, maybe nothing at all if it didn't interest you, but to Sean it meant the world. Or, to put a figure on it, $200,000.
We know this because Sean has done something rare, at least when it comes to Steam games, and disclosed concrete sales data for his game.
Admitting that with sales dwindling "this may be the end" of the game's commercial lifespan, he says that in the 16 months since its release, he's sold 50,000 copies of Lunar Flight, resulting in $200,000 in revenue. As he says, considering the game's niche focus - it's a hardcore simulation of landing a spacecraft - "This is a pretty good result considering my original sales estimations and the game has gone on to become something much bigger and better than I had ever hoped I would be able to achieve".
After taxes and duties and other related payments, he says he personally cleared $100,000. Breaking it down further, he writes:
When I am not having a sale, the daily sales average around 5 - 10 copies, this generates about $100 out of that I make about $50. $350 a week, $1400 a month. This is much less than I would earn if I had a day job, it would be a nice supplementary income. While there will be future sales, they will be less frequent and be harder and harder to promote. When a sale is not on the front Store page as a Daily, Mid Week etc... it's sales are based on discovery where it is burried among the many Simulation tiltles so despite being on sale the revenue increase can be much the same as the average.
So based on this forecast I have to plan for the future and that future is most likely going to be planning for a new title or getting employment.
One thing that's really interesting is that he says the bulk of it "was earned from Sales where it was heavily discounted often at 75% off".
While the post does have a certain finality to it, it's important to note - and this is especially the case here, since he'll be promoting the game at PAX Australia, has just added multiplayer and will be releasing Oculus Rift support in the future - that no game truly dies on Steam.
They just hit a point where it's time to say goodbye.
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DEAD SEA, JORDAN – Hoping to use economic promise as a bridge to a peace deal between Palestinians and Israel, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced an estimated $4 billion development proposal for the West Bank on Sunday that he said could cut the 21 percent unemployment rate by two-thirds.
"The greatest existential threat and the greatest economic threat to both sides is the lack of peace," Kerry said. "To not try to head these off would be tragic, and it would be irresponsible."
International business leaders rallied by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will propose new agricultural, construction and other investment to the Palestinian Authority that could increase the Palestinian gross domestic product by 50 percent over three years, Kerry said.
The State Department would not identify participating companies or provide other details about the content or timing of individual proposed investments.
Kerry addressed a World Economic Forum meeting after speeches by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres. The gathering on the shores of the Dead Sea in Jordan was a rare direct meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, although Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not attend.
Improving lives and expectations for Palestinians, many of them young and underemployed, is key, Kerry said, to building an independent Palestinian state at peace with neighboring Israel, and there is no time to waste.
Kerry offered no specifics on the program, but said it will focus on jobs and tourism. Tim Collins, a billionaire investor friend of both Blair and Kerry, recruited business leaders over the past six weeks as Kerry tried to nudge the two sides back to direct peace talks that have been mostly stalled for five years.
"Negotiations can't succeed if you don't negotiate," Kerry said Sunday.
Peres and Abbas both thanked Kerry for his efforts and pledged willingness to make peace.
"I have an agreement here which you both can come up and sign," Kerry joked. "We'll get there, we'll get there."
Kerry has made restarting peace talks the main objective of his tenure as secretary of state, devoting much of the past three months to preparations that ask both sides to make good-faith concessions that will improve the atmosphere for talks. He said last week that his goal is talks without any preconditions — which he called the bane of past attempts.
Peres made a direct invitation to Abbas, calling him Israel's partner for peace.
Abbas delivered a largely unyielding address, which accused Israel of failing to seize the opportunity for peace presented by the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative that Kerry is now using as a basis for new talks.
Abbas appeared to remain skeptical of Israel's intentions.
He repeated that Palestinians will not accept "economic solutions" as a replacement for a free and sovereign country, nor will they accept "a temporary state, with temporary borders," where Israel agrees to borders for 50 percent of Palestine with a promise to revisit the issue in 15 years.
"Let us put an end to illusions," Abbas said. "Just forget it. Forget it."
Peres said he would not argue with Abbas nor debate the details from the stage.
Offering remarks directly to Abbas, Peres said, "President Abbas, you are our partner, and we are yours."
He said all their differences are deeply moving and important, but he called on Abbas to sit down with the Israelis and negotiate. "You will be surprised how much can be achieved," he said.
"Skeptics don't make history," he added.
Peres applauded Kerry's economic ideas as "imaginative," but agreed with Abbas that they were not a replacement for peace negotiations.
Abbas praised the Arab Peace Initiative as a vital document. Introduced in 2002 by Saudi Arabia and endorsed again recently by Arab diplomats, the Arab League proposal offers Israel full recognition and normalization with all Arab nations in exchange for Israel withdrawing to its 1967 borders, including pulling out of east Jerusalem, and "just settlement" for Palestinian refugees who wish to return home to live in peace or receive compensation.
"So what are we waiting for?" Abbas said. "We plead with you. Just read these two pages."
At the forum, a group of Israeli and Palestinian corporate leaders announced a new business-led initiative called "Breaking the Impasse," whose aim is to pressure their respective governments to pursue peace negotiations.
The group is led by a pair of billionaires, Israeli high-tech impresario Yossi Vardi and Palestinian "Duke of Nablus" Munib al-Masri, who made his first fortune in oil and gas, and now runs a holding company that owns hotels, mobile carriers and banks. Their goal is to leverage the collective clout of 300 business and civic leaders who signed on to the initiative and persuade wary politicians to reach out for a two-state solution.
"We hear often of the extremists, but the majority is silent," Vardi said. "We believe that most of the people want to get an end to this conflict."
Al-Masri told Kerry the business leaders have pledged "not to enter into any joint economic commercial schemes that legitimize the occupation" of the Palestinian territories by Israel, raising immediate questions about how much room the Kerry economic package might have to grow.


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Biophilia Center
Interact with the creepy, crawling world of insects at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Nov. 17 at the E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center. Standard admission rates apply. Call 835-1824.
SouthernFare Dinner Series
WaterColor Inn & Resort presents a Georgia Farm to Table Dinner in the BoatHouse, featuring White Oaks Pastures, Gayla�s Grits and Georgia Olive Farms, on Nov. 17. Enjoy this elegant dinner prepared by the chefs at Fish Out of Water with finest beef offered by White Oak Pastures. Seating at 7 p.m. Cost is $65/++ pp res required. Call 231-7713.
� Dec. 9: Enjoy a traditional offering of a wild game sourced regionally with fresh local sides to compliment this healthy offering. Seating at 7p.m. Cost is $65/++ pp res required.
Book Sale and BBQ
The Friends of the Walton/DeFuniak Springs Library will hold a book sale from 8:30 a.m. to noon Nov. 17 at the Walton County Fairgrounds. Pack as many books as possible into a plastic grocery bag for $2. Bags will be provided.
To donate, books may be brought to the Fairgrounds from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 16. Proceeds from the book sale will be used to provide new books and other materials not currently covered by the library budget. Call 859-0215.
Bulls, Barrels Rodeo
Pleasant Ridge Arena, 1917 Pleasant Ridge Road in DeFuniak Springs, will host a Bulls, Barrels Rodeo at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 featuring Blessed Bucking Bulls. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Cost is $10/adults, $8/children. Call 892-5398/.
Florida Trail Association
The Florida Trail Association will hold the following events. Visit www.choctaw.floridatrail.org or call the listed number.
� Nov 17: A 10-mile hike on the Econfina Trail in Bay County at 9 a.m. Call 302-528-8284 or 689-8528.
� Nov. 22: A pot luck Thanksgiving dinner at Blackwater River State Park at noon with a short, leisurely hike around the Chain of Lakes trail afterwards. Call 682-6098.
� Nov. 27: Meeting at 6 p.m. at Ed�s Hometown Seafood & Steaks in Niceville. Visitors welcome. Call 654-1172.
Sparkling Wines and Holiday Lights
The Sandestin Wine Festival begins the holiday season with Sparkling Wines and Holiday Lights from 4-7 p.m. Nov. 17. Stroll streets lined in twinkling lights and greenery and sip a variety of champagnes and taste featured menu items from various Village restaurants. Cost is $40/person. Must be 21 to participate. For more information and to purchase tickets visit sandestinwinefestival.com.
Grand opening
Thi Bod Fitness celebrates its grand opening at 6 p.m. Nov. 17 in the Emerald Coast Plaza in Santa Rosa Beach with light hors d�oeuvres and a graduation of its first boot camp participants. Thi Bod Fitness offers Zumba classes and boot camp classes.
The Nutcracker
The Northwest Florida Ballet presents the magic of The Nutcracker at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 18 at the Mattie Kelly Arts Center in Niceville. Tickets are $28/adults and $14/ children 12 and under. Call 664-7787 for tickets or additional information.
Hansel and Gretel
The Florida Chautauqua Theatre presents a musical adaptation of Grimms� fairytale, �Hansel and Gretel,� at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 18 at 830 Baldwin Ave. in DeFuniak Springs. Tickets are $14/adults and $10/students 22 years and younger. To purchase tickets, call 892-9494 or email email@example.com.
Cottages for Kids
Cottages for Kids, a fundraising event that benefits Children�s Volunteer Health Network, Inc., will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends through Nov. 24 on the East Long Green in Rosemary Beach for the public to view and for kids to play. Volunteers are needed help sell raffle tickets, serve as security around the cottages and other various duties. Email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Baytowne on Ice
The ice skating rink at The Village of Baytowne Wharf will be open through Jan. 31 at the Apex Broadcasting Skating Pavilion. For $10 guests can skate for an hour and a half. Skate rental is $2. The first hour of each day is reserved for "kids skate" for youth 12 and under.
Season passes are available for $140. During November bring two non-perishable cans of food for Harvest House of Destin and receive a free skate rental. Call 816-682-1003 for times and special skating packages.
Pajama Time Story Time
Join storyteller Ms. Cheryl at 6 p.m. every Monday in the children�s room of the Coastal Library for some bedtime stories in your pajamas. This will be a quiet time for little readers to relax to a bedtime story in the comfort of their caretaker�s arms. Call 267-2809.
Yoga Express
A 45-minute Yoga Express class will be held at 8 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at The Studio, 30A Yoga in Seaside. Cost is $12 drop-in, no monthly fee. Call 320-237-4201 for more information.
Baby Boot Camp
Boot Camp in Santa Rosa Beach offers a 55-minute workout designed specifically to help new and seasoned moms with stroller-age children get back into shape after having a baby at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday mornings and at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesdays.
Yoga class
A new Restorative/Gentle Yoga Class will be held at 11:30 a.m. every Thursday at Balance Health Studio 30a in Seagrove. There is no cost to individuals currently receiving treatment for any type of cancer. Call 532-4295.
Zumba classes
Zumba With Marcia classes will be held at 6:30 p.m. Mondays, 6 p.m. Thursdays, 8:30 a.m. Fridays and 9 a.m. Saturdays at Premiere Performers Academy in Santa Rosa Beach; 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays at The Studio in Seaside; and 8:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Rosemary Beach Fitness Center.
Marie's Bistro
Singer/guitarist Bill Evett performs from 6-10 p.m. Fridays with DJ Shane beginning at 10 p.m. at Marie�s Bistro on 30A in Blue Mountain Beach. Karaoke takes center stage on Wednesdays; Kelsey Anna performs from 7-10 p.m. Thursdays; and Redd Sings from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays with DJ Shane beginning at 10 p.m. Shag Music & Dance Class is held from 5-7 p.m. Sundays with Ben Friedman from 7-10 p.m.
Rudy Applewhite
Tommy Bahama�s Restaurant & Bar, 525 Grand Blvd. in Sandestin, presents Rudy Applewhite from 4-9 p.m. every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Call 654-1743,
Dannica Lowery
Dannica Lowery performs live from 6-9 p.m. every Tuesday at Shorty�s Surfside Bar, 63 Hotz Ave. in Grayton Beach. Call 468-0417.
Rosalina plays classic standards and show tunes on keyboard from 6-9 p.m. Wednesdays at Christiano's Ristorante in Santa Rosa Beach. Call 267-2185.
Fusion fitness classes
Hope Lutheran Church, 3422 U.S. 98 W in Santa Rosa Beach, will offer fusion fitness classes at 9 a.m. Thursdays. Attendees may bring a mat, towel, water and light hand weights. Suggested donation is $5. Call 267-0322.
Jazz class
Jasmine Dance Studio in Santa Rosa Beach will hold a ladies adult jazz class from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursday. Call 217-6620 for more information.
Low Country Boil
723 Whiskey Bravo, 3031 E. County Hwy. 30-A in the heart of Old Seagrove, offers a Low Country Shrimp Boil with boiled shrimp or crawfish and all the fixin�s plus live music from 3-7 p.m. Sundays. Call 213-0015.
Thursday thread therapy
Needlers, knitters, crocheters and others come for free therapy from 4-6 p.m. Thursdays on the porch at Yards N Yarn, 3770 Co. Hwy. 3280 in Freeport. Call 880-6404.
Seaside Farmers Market
Get your pick of fresh produce, baked goods, dairy products, native plants and other unique offerings during Market on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon in the Amphitheatre behind Raw & Juicy. Enjoy special cooking demos and activities.
Amateur Radio Club
The Chautauqua Amateur Radio Club of DeFuniak Springs/Walton County meets at 6:30 p.m. the last Tuesday of every month at McLean's Restaurant near I10 and 331 South. This club welcomes new and old Ham Radio operators. There are no business meetings on these Tuesdays. We have classes and a great time together. Call 892-2562 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Rotary Club of South Walton
The Rotary Club of South Walton meets for breakfast at 7:30 a.m. each Thursday morning at the Embassy Suites, Scenic Hwy. 98 in Miramar Beach. Visiting Rotarians and their guests are welcome. Call 267-2929.
Herman Lodge
Herman Lodge #108 Free and Accepted Masons will meet at 7 p.m. first and third Tuesdays of each month on Madison Street in Freeport. Call 835-2314.
Eastern Star
The Order of the Eastern Star #281 meets at 7:30 p.m. the first and third Fridays of each month at Herman Lodge on Madison Street in Freeport. Call 835-2314.
SHRM Chapter
A Society of Human Resource Management Chapter in Walton County will meet at 8 a.m. the first Thursday of the month at TJ�s Table in Freeport. The group is open to all individuals involved in any aspect of human resources. Email email@example.com or call 892-8668, ext. 215.
Town Planters
The Town Planters of Freeport will meet at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of the month at the Blount House on Kylea Laird Road. Call 835-5611.
Here Comes Santa Claus
Bring in the holidays Nov. 23 and 24 at Baytowne Wharf. The Here Comes Santa Claus Weekend includes the annual Village tree lighting, a holiday movie, and, a visit from Santa Claus.
� Nov. 23: A family movie, �Arthur Christmas,� under the stars at 7 p.m.
� Nov. 24: Welcome Santa as he lights the Village Christmas Tree at 6 p.m. followed by the choreographed light show, 12 Nights of Lights, and fireworks over the lagoon.
Topsail tour
Learn the full history of Florida�s most famous reptile, the alligator, at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 24 at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park in Santa Rosa Beach. All programs require a $6 per car entry admission. Call 267-8330.
Holiday Bazaar
The Amvets Ladies Auxiliary Post #178, DeFuniak Springs, will hold a Holiday Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 24 at the post, 4776 Hwy. 90 W. Event is free. Food and beverages will be available. Call 892-4594 or 859-2187.
Pastel Society Juried Exhibition
The Pastel Society of North Florida will host its 12th Biennial National Juried All-Pastel Exhibition through Nov. 30 at Mattie Kelly Arts Center Galleries, 100 College Blvd. at Northwest Florida State College. The exhibition is free and open to the public. For information, email firstname.lastname@example.com or 729-6044.
Topsail tour
Learn about Florida�s sharks at 1:30 p.m. Nov. 30 at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park in Santa Rosa Beach. All programs require a $6 per car entry admission. Call 267-8330.
A World Affair
A World Affair will be held from 1-4 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort�s Linkside Exhibition Hall and will celebrate food, dance and culture from around the world. Several Emerald Coast restaurants will serve a selection of international foods, and area performing arts groups will demonstrate cultural dances. An international fashion show will showcase traditional clothing from a variety of countries, and a silent auction will be held.
All proceeds benefit Covenant Hospice�s unfunded programs in Okaloosa and Walton counties. Covenant Hospice needs restaurants to participate and items for the silent auction. Corporate sponsorships are available and range from $100 to $2,500. Call 598-4815.
Wednesday Night Concerts
Enjoy a special holiday edition of the Concert Series from 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays in the Events Plaza at the Village of Baytowne Wharf through the month of December.
Sounds of the Season
The Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation will present their annual Christmas concert, Sounds of the Season, at 7 p.m. Dec. 7 at Village Baptist Church in Destin.
Admission is a donation of an unwrapped child�s toy to be distributed among the participating church�s outreach ministries. A love offering at intermission will benefit the Mattie Kelly Arts Foundation�s �All Kinds of Art� program, a children�s educational outreach for the literary, performing and visual arts.
Call 650-2226 or visit www.mattiekellyartsfoundation.org
Book Lover�s Club
The Coastal Library Book Lover�s Club will be held from 10-11 a.m. Dec. 11 in the community room of the Coastal Branch Library, 437 Greenway Trail in Santa Rosa Beach. New members are welcome along with their friends. Book to be discussed is �State of Wonder� by Ann Patchett. Call 267-2809 or visit www.youseemore.com/walton.
� Jan. 8: �The Tenderness of Wolves� by Stef Penney
� Feb. 12: �In the Sanctuary of Outcasts� by Neil White Jackie
� March 12: �Unbroken� by Laura Hillenbrand
� April 9: �The Dressmaker of Khair Khan� by Gayle T. Lemmon
Holiday Lantern Parade
The Third annual Baytowne Holiday Lantern Parade will take place at 6 p.m. Dec. 15 with paper lanterns in the shapes of iconic symbols of the holiday season. Individuals and groups are invited to participate by making their own paper lanterns. Sandestin Homeowners will light up their golf carts and join in the fun as they pass by with parade treats. Call 267-8186.


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Word salad is a string of words that vaguely resemble language, and may or may not be grammatically correct, but is utterly meaningless.1
Word Salad has plenty of fixings: Generators and Translation, InfiniteMonkeys and ConstructedLanguages, AsciiArt, HyperbolicBronnerism, and IncenseAndPeppermints
If you're just hungry, perhaps you'd like to see The Menu, grab a bite of takeout, or sit in on a meeting of the AppropriationsCommittee ?
This section, in other words, is words (and links and images) about language and writing and writers.
For words and characters that I have written, see PrantedMutter.
It has become increasingly obvious to me that the contents of PrantedMutter and WordSalad are in the wrong locations. My shambling output should be considered WordSalad, whereas texts not authored by me should be PrantedMutter.
However, I do not have a decent migration plan....
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- http://WordSalad.tribe.net
- wikipedia's old WordSalad_(mental_health) entry (as of 2013.06.18 seems to be gone)
- now located at Wikipedia:Schizophasia
- new Wikipedia:WordSalad
- Word Salad: definition and examples
- UrbanDictionary: word salad
- word salad refs @ TvTropes
- http://wordsalad.wordpress.com - a radio program featuring recordings of authors reading from their own works
- http://www.earstroke.com/wordsalad/ - abstract sound
- Googlism knows Word Salad
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Who am I? I am one of those housewives that dons an apron often, my backyard is filled with gardens, fruit trees, and hens. I have chosen a broom over a vacuum and handwashing dishes for a dishwasher. I do my own baking and cook almost everything from scratch to ensure clean food for my family (and it's therapy).
We are very unplugged as far as TV and media and I try to avoid the modern world as much as possible. I search out the most positive news and I love a good cup of coffee, an inspiring idea, and rearranging my furniture for a new look in an old room. I'm frugal but I spend money on quality, local, and handcrafted items. We live simply and therefore happily.
My biggest joys are my boys, my home, and the best career I've ever had is being a housewife and writer. I am living my dream. My idea of fun is building my little farm and food forest in my 5,000 square foot backyard and hauling home stacks of library books. Not to mention building blocks and legos with my sons and hiking forest and fields or exploring new little Gold Mining towns and farms, of which there are many around here.
This blog is mostly about homemaking in sustainable and frugal ways, creating a peaceful life in a hectic world, building an inner spiritual life and choosing a wholesome lifestyle. I have advice on building a writing career with no money and while raising children. I share ways to get out of debt and make a household budget and being thrifty but not cheap. But mostly I encourage a very green and sustainable life.
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Wabash freshmen put a little muscle power to work Wednesday morning improving the Montgomery County community. The annual Freshman Orientation Day featured 245 young men serving local charities.
"We get a lot done because the students always bring a lot of energy and just sheer muscle power, but we've also learned over the years that Wabash guys are ready to work," said Habitat for Humanity President and Frist Christian Church Pastor Keith Strain. "They like serving the community."
But the 15-plus guys on site provide more than a day of muscle; Stain said many will return to help for the next four years."
"We hope, being freshmen, that they'll realize this is good work and take part in the work other Wabash students due for habitat," he said. "Some (upperclassmen) come as often as they can. Some are here every week, some bring friends or bring their houses or fraternities with them. "We really depend on students form Wabash and Purdue to build these houses."
Farther form the center of town, a group of freshmen in Economics Professor Joyce Burnette's tutorial group were harvesting vegetables and weeding the community garden.
Levi Chitty said it was a fun and beneficial day. "As students on a college campus, you take a lot from the community so it's cool to be able to come and help other people work on what they're passionate about and help them help the community."
The side benefit for the young men is even more bonding on the last day of orientation. "The guys are all cool in my group, I've gotten to know them well," Chitty said. "Now, we're all working together like a team and have really developed a relationship."
After the morning work the mostly red-clad freshmen made quite a sight in downtown Crawfordsville. Before splitting up for lunch at several downtown restaurants, Mayor Todd Barton '00 welcomed the guys to Crawfordsville.
"This is a great little community," the mayor said. "But you'll only get out of Crawfordsville what you put into Crawfordsville. Thank all of you for your service this morning."


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OccupyTransition, or 'this Halloween I dressed as the economy'
by Shaun Chamberlin on November 5th, 2011
This post was written for the Transition Network's Social Reporting project, and published there on Sunday 13th November.
Having been invited to be this week's Social Reporting guest editor and introduce the theme of economics, the burgeoning 'Occupy' movement seemed the obvious place to start.
Over the last couple of months I have been fascinated as the occupations started with OccupyWallStreet on Sept 17th, followed by others joining in solidarity around the world, including OccupyLondon, which has been the London Stock Exchange's new neighbour since Oct 15th.
I've not been well lately, so haven't been able to be there as much as I'd like, but I have been following events closely online and visiting when I can. It has been interesting to note that most of those I have met at OccupyLondon hadn't previously heard of Transition, and that got me thinking about the parallels and differences between the two movements…
So what is 'Occupy' all about? A lot has been made in the mainstream media about the elusive "one demand" that Adbusters referred to in the original image that sparked the movement, and the ensuing lack of a single clear demand to fulfil that call.
And yet the basic point comes through loud and clear. Our economic system is profoundly unfair, and we want profound change. We live under a system in which banks receive more in subsidies than they pay in taxes, where they use their power to actually create money out of thin air, where they receive hundreds of billions in bailouts, and where the graph of global income distribution looks, well, like this:
It is easy to see why 'the 99%' might have something to say to 'the 1%' (the spike on the right should actually continue upwards over ten thousand times as far as shown here, or more than a kilometre above your computer!), and it also easy for us to let our brains boggle at numbers in the hundreds of billions of pounds. What can such numbers really mean? Yet Occupy has learned the hard way that they can become terribly real when we see some of the things that this virtually unlimited money is used for.
For example, the New York Police Department, which has been increasingly violent in its treatment of OccupyWallSt, was given a $4.6m donation by bailed-out Wall Street megabank JP Morgan Chase, and the New York Stock Exchange and Wall Street corporations apparently now actually hire individual serving policemen for $37/hr. Such riches also permit the big financial institutions to appear generous by becoming the chief sponsors of organisations like St. Paul's Cathedral. Not to mention of course that more than 99% of us work for money, which is apparently being magicked out of thin air by others, who then use this free resource to pay the rest of us to do whatever they see fit.
It suddenly becomes crystal clear why the Oakland public were chanting "who are you protecting?" as the Oakland police force closed in to attack them for being in the streets of Oakland, threatening the use of "chemical agents" via a megaphone and throwing a flash grenade at those trying to help a wounded man:
Witnesses (AKA social reporters!) claim that one protester actually threw dollar bills at the police line while shouting "will you protect us now?" Incidentally, on the same day, on this side of the pond, Sky News were busy telling Occupy London campers that "what you're doing is imposing your will on everybody else in a similar way (to the Nazis)". Hm. Reasons abound for us to do our own reporting!
Now, at first glance, all this confrontation might seem a world away from working diligently to improve the resilience of our local communities, but I believe that the links are strong, and I hope to see them grow even stronger. Let me explain why.
Both Transition and Occupy are founded on a belief that the current economic system is leading us to a future that none of us desire and, although peak oil seems to be a new term to many of those at OccupyLondon, we also share a strong strand of concern over climate change.
The big question for OccupyLondon though is what next? Substantial public support has helped resist the attempts of the Church of England and Corporation of London to have them moved on, and with St. Paul's having conceded that the camp presents no reason for the Cathedral to close its doors, Occupy London has established a site, at least for now. But what to do with it?
The mainstream media have been clamouring for a list of demands, yet I and many others find it refreshing that none has yet been forthcoming.
I fear that setting demands is tantamount to saying "give us this much and then we will go home and allow the destruction that is business as usual to continue". For example, there is growing momentum behind calls for Occupy to demand a 'Robin Hood tax'. Yet as banks can and do create money it seems that demanding a fraction back might amount to selling ourselves for nothing.
"There is always an easy solution to every human problem — neat, plausible, and wrong" ~ H. L. Mencken
Given the mess things are in, it seems absurd to expect a simple set of demands that could put it all right. Instead, OccupyLondon has as yet adopted what seems to me a far more mature approach – setting up teach-ins and a 'university' in which we can educate ourselves, and then giving the resultant discussions as long as they need. It says to the guardians of the status quo "Ok, no, we don't have all the answers, but it's abundantly clear that you don't either, so let's talk it over."
And it's here where I fancy Transitioners might have a few things to say (as well as much to learn!) with our growing experience of building local economic networks that make a lot more sense than this globalised mess:
The first thing that I think Transitioners can usefully contribute to the discussions is an awareness of the energy limits that we are facing, and what they mean for the possibility of continued economic growth (even leaving aside the question of its desirability). If Occupy became just a mass demand for the politicians to roll back the cuts and rescue those who have been abandoned, it might be set to fail, because the era of increasing energy abundance is over, whatever politicians might say or do.
On the other hand, if Occupy recognises the inherent problem of protesting against the system your lifestyle depends upon, then the conversation goes to a much more interesting place – can we build alternative, independent systems to support us, even in a period of energy descent? This is where Transition's five years of experience might be most helpful.
As Sharon Astyk put it:
"The reality is that the growth we've lived with is going away whether we like it or not – I'm hoping that this new emergent consensus that we've been screwed comes with a collective response to the end of growth – or the solidarity won't last as the system pits people against one another"
So on that note, I hand over to the social reporters to explore this week's topic of Transition economics. From local e-currencies to the gift economy – what can we bring to the discussion that is sweeping the world?
Blogs posted in response by other Transitioners:
The local Heathrow economy – Nov 14, 2011
Ye are many – they are few – Nov 15, 2011
just another brick in the wall (street) – Nov 15, 2011
Our Money Our Future – Money for the 99% by the 99% – Nov 17, 2011
Time to Get to Work – Nov 18, 2011
We Can't Eat Money – Nov 19, 2011
Edit – On Nov 9, Rob Hopkins and I did a joint presentation on Transition at OccupyLondon. Rob's report, including an interview with me, can be found here.
Biff Vernon says:
5 November, 2011 at 4:44 pm
Nice piece, Shaun. There are not enough people joining the dots between the economic situation and oil production. Dmitry Orlov is one: http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/
ema says:
5 November, 2011 at 7:08 pm
good one shaun!
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Barry Woods says:
10 November, 2011 at 11:24 am
Occupy, in the UK..
Isn't it just the 'usual suspects'
With no idea what they want, or how to achieve it?
I'm annoyed as the next person about the disconnect between the public and the political elite/establishment…
Ans financially I'm very much part of the 99%!!, but their attitudes and incoherence alienates me totally.
But tents outside St Pauls… ? just a side show.
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Teach-ins to get more educated is exactly the right beginning, and should not really stop, but the holy grail is beckoning to identify some basic systemic infrastructure to change, possibly such as failure to shift taxing sufficiently from products of human effort (sales tax, income tax, improvements tax) to taxing land. Here in the US opposition is building against the legalized lie that corporations are persons. Good ideas abound on bank reform. Elizabeth Warren is our champion.
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