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Ackley sues, says city had 'scheme' to hurt her
New London — The police chief has filed a lawsuit against the mayor, the city and a city attorney alleging they had a "plan or scheme" to intentionally violate the terms of her contract to hurt her, both monetarily and emotionally.
Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio and attorney Brian Estep misled her when the parties negotiated her 2011 employment contract, Chief Margaret Ackley alleges in a nine-page lawsuit filed in New London Superior Court.
She is seeking damages for financial and emotional injury in excess of $15,000, punitive damages and attorneys fees.
Ackley referred questions to her attorney, Leon M. Rosenblatt of West Hartford, who called New London a dysfunctional town.
"When I was writing up the complaint ... I kept saying to myself, you can't make this ... up,'' he said.
The chief does not want to retire, he said.
"She agreed to stay on and she wants the benefits she was promised,'' he said.
The lawsuit is the latest in a series of internal complaints surrounding the police chief and her department.
Tuesday night, dozens of current and retired New London officers lobbied the City Council to save the department's K-9 unit, which the mayor announced on Friday he was reducing from three dogs to one as of Monday.
But they also complained about a dysfunctional department with trained officers leaving for other jobs, a lack of leadership, and mistrust among the chief and the rank-and-file.
At one point, City Councilor John Maynard called for the chief to step down.
Neither the mayor nor the chief attended Tuesday's meeting.
On Wednesday, Finizio would not comment on the lawsuit but said the city is meeting all its contractual obligations with the police union and public safety is not in jeopardy.
He added that he takes all employee complaints seriously.
"Sometimes there's merit and sometimes not. ... I will examine these complaints and act accordingly," he said.
As far as the officers who are leaving to take other jobs, Finizio said he is grateful to them because now he will not have to lay anyone off.
"If we didn't have voluntary departures from (the) department, we would be laying off,'' he said. "So if someone wants to leave for another department, that is preferable ... to avoid layoffs.''
He added that he hopes to rehire officers and get patrol strength back up as the city's finances improve.
"We can't have it both ways,'' he said. "We can't have low tax increases and maintain the same level of officers in the police department."
In the lawsuit, Ackley alleges the city violated a three-year contract agreement that was signed by Finizio in January 2012. She was to be paid an annual salary of $110,725 and remain eligible for raises in subsequent years, and was to receive about $60,000 for 1,196 hours of unpaid compensation time she had accumulated since becoming chief in 2009.
She also was promised $25,000 if she did not pursue a pre-existing legal claim against the city over a councilor's alleged harassment.
But both agreements became moot when the City Council refused to ratify the contracts and provide funding for them.
Ackley says in the lawsuit that she changed "important life-plans" when she delayed her retirement and continued working for the city.
"The defendant (the City of New London) acted with bad motives and/or with a reckless indifference to the interest of the plaintiff ...'' the lawsuit says, "... causing her serious mental and emotional distress.
"The defendants combined and acted to cause unlawful injury to the plaintiff by unlawful means pursuant to a plan or scheme,'' the document states.
Ackley announced in August 2011 that she intended to retire that December because, she said, a former city councilor was undermining her authority in the department and was harassing her. But following the mayoral election that year, she agreed to stay on as chief at Finizio's urging. Negotiating the contract was one of Finizio's first official duties as the city's newly elected mayor.
The chief and the mayor, who were allies when Finizio was elected in 2010, have been at odds in recent months.
In April, the mayor asked for a special City Council meeting to discuss a retirement proposal from Ackley. But the meeting was canceled after one of Ackley's lawyers said there was no retirement proposal and chastised the mayor for calling the meeting.
In May, the chief appeared before the finance board and explained that she would have to cut 15 officers if a proposed $924,000 cut to the police budget was not restored. The next day, the mayor's office announced that the mayor issues layoff notices, not the police chief. Ackley's comments about staffing levels were "premature ... and the statements made by Chief Ackley do not represent the views of the Administration,'' the mayor's statement said.
This past Tuesday, police union President Todd Lynch said 11 officers are leaving the department in June. The city had paid about $1.1 million to train the 11 officers, he estimated. Lynch said that since 2009, when Ackley took over, 40 officers have retired or left the force for other jobs.
The Day has a request pending before the Personnel Office for information on historical turnover rates in the department.
According to the city's website, the department comprises 90 sworn officers, including 63 patrol officers, three captains, three lieutenants, 13 sergeants and six detectives.
In May, Ackley said there were 81 sworn officers in the department.
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Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has made his first appearance before the International Criminal Court, where he faces charges of crimes against humanity stemming from his alleged role in deadly post-election violence.
Gbagbo is the first former head of state to be brought to the ICC since its inception in 2002. He was read his rights during Monday's hearing at The Hague but declined to hear the charges against him.
The former president, wearing a dark suit, answered questions from judges and spoke about his arrest and transfer to the court during the 20-minute hearing.
He said French troops arrested him at the presidential residence in Abidjan in April and then handed him over to the forces of current Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara.
He also said his transfer to The Hague last week was preceded by a surprise judicial hearing for which he and his lawyers were unprepared.
The ICC's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo says Gbagbo was an indirect perpetrator of murder, rape and other crimes committed during four months of clashes in Ivory Coast.
"The ICC is changing how the world manages violence," he said. "In the past, if you were head of state, you could commit massive atrocities and nothing would happen to you. Eventually, you would be a golden exile. This era is gone."
About 3,000 people were killed and more than a million displaced after Gbagbo refused to cede power to Ouattara, who defeated him in the November 2010 election.
As president, Gbagbo was able to mobilize sometimes violent mobs several thousand strong. The court says there are "reasonable grounds" to believe pro-Gbagbo forces attacked civilians thought to have supported Mr. Ouattara.
The court scheduled Gbagbo's next hearing for June 18, when prosecutors must convince judges they have enough evidence to bring Gbagbo to trial.
Chief ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo says investigations into the Ivory Coast violence continue, and charges against others are expected. He has previously said there is evidence that both Ouattara and Gbagbo supporters committed war crimes.
President Ouattara has created a reconciliation panel aimed at unifying Ivory Coast. He has vowed to hold accountable anyone who committed crimes during the unrest.


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Boozy coffee & walnut cake
Nutrition and extra info
- Cake base freezes well for 3 months
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal642
- fat46g
- saturates26g
- carbs50g
- sugars32g
- fibre0.8g
- protein7g
- salt0.9g
For the cake mix
- 200g caster sugar
- 200g softened butter
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- 4 eggs, beaten
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- 200g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
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Baking powder is a raising agent that is commonly used in cake-making. It is made from an alkali…
- 15 walnut halves
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- 2 heaped tbsp instant coffee, dissolved in 1 tbsp boiling water
For the filling
Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Butter two 20cm sandwich tins and line with non-stick baking paper. Toast the walnut halves in the oven for 10 mins. Reserve 10 and chop the rest. Dissolve the instant coffee in 1 tbsp of boiling water, cool and add the basic cake mix (see recipe for Classic Victoria sponge, right), instead of the milk.
For the filling, beat the mascarpone with the light muscovado sugar and Tia Maria until smooth. Sandwich the cooled cakes with a third of the filling and the chopped walnuts.
Cover the top and sides of the cake with the rest of the filling and decorate the top with the toasted walnut halves.


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U.S. National Security Adviser Tom Donilon shared Washington's contingency plans for a possible attack on Iran with Israel's PM, according to a senior American official.
The U.S. national security adviser has shared with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the United States' contingency plans for a possible attack on Iran.
According to a senior American official, National Security Advisor Tom Donilon briefed Netanyahu on the plans during Donilon's visit to Israel two weeks ago. According to the official, who requested anonymity, Netanyahu hosted Donilon at a three-hour dinner. For part of the time, Israel's national security adviser, Yaakov Amidror, was on hand.
Donilon sought to make clear that the United States is seriously preparing for the possibility that negotiations will reach a dead end and military action will become necessary. He said reports of such preparations were not just a way to assuage Israel's concerns.
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Concentrating Solar Thermal Power: Clean Energy for the United Statesby -
In the Southwest United States, an enormous solar energy resource remains largely untapped. There is already more than 500 MW of concentrating solar thermal power in the United States and Spain primarily, but there is significant scope to scale up development. As Congress oversees the nation's transition to a clean energy economy, a homegrown renewable energy technology---concentrating solar thermal power---can help cut emissions and enhance energy security with American resources.
Concentrating solar thermal (CST) technology uses reflective material to concentrate the sun's rays to power steam turbines or engines. When combined with thermal energy storage—which enables a plant to produce power under cloud cover and after the sun has set—CST can generate electricity on demand, not just when the sun is shining. This makes CST different from many other renewable power sources. While many renewables provide power intermittently, CST with thermal energy storage can provide around-the-clock power, potentially offering a low-carbon solution to baseload power demand.
CST, which can provide power without increasing carbon dioxide emissions, will be an important part of the energy solution in the United States. Congress can enact legislation that will facilitate bringing it to scale. Below are specific recommendations for how Congress can help the country take advantage of CST:
- Enact a price on carbon. CST currently is more expensive than coal and other fossil fuel sources. Because CST is a low-carbon technology, enacting a carbon price would help the technology compete with conventional sources. Capand- trade is one mechanism for developing a carbon price.
- Fund RD&D. Research, development, and demonstration support will facilitate cost reductions of materials and systems, including thermal energy storage, which can bring down costs to make CST competitive with conventional sources of baseload power.
- Create a national Renewable Energy Standard (RES). Currently, some states with RES have a solar "carve out," or a percentage set aside that must come specifically from solar. These policies have accelerated deployment of CST in those states and increased utility confidence in the technology. A national RES, including a mandate for solar, would send a market signal to invest in renewables such as CST.
- Push for CST in international technology partnerships. China, India, and countries in the Middle East and North Africa have great potential for CST. As a promising option to reduce GHG emissions and improve energy security, CST should be a priority in international collaboration on RD&D issues. For instance, the World Bank's Clean Technology Fund includes a program dedicated to deploying concentrating solar thermal power.
Concentrating Solar Power Prospects in the Southwest United States
Source: NREL
- Improve the grid and transmission system. Greater federal oversight of the electricity grid and/or improved coordination between grid operators will help bring CST power from the country's prime CST areas, the Southwest to a broader area.
- Consider alternative investment incentives. While tax credits such as the 2008 Investment Tax Credit extension are important, they are subject to periodic and uncertain renewal, which presents a challenge to investors. Moreover, in the current economy, tax-based incentives may not be as accessible to project developers as they have been in the past. Incentives such as feed-in tariffs, widely used in Europe, require utilities to pay renewable energy generators a fixed, above-wholesale price for the power they produce. Thus, feed-in tariffs directly raise the price paid for renewable generation and guarantees it a buyer over a period of time---a more stable signal to investors.


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LONDON - Margaret Thatcher was laid to rest Wednesday with prayers and ceremony, plus cheers and occasional jeers, as Britain paused to remember a leader who transformed the country — for the better according to many, but in some eyes for the worse.
Soaring hymns, Biblical verse and fond remembrances echoed under the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, as 2,300 relatives, friends, colleagues and dignitaries attended a ceremonial funeral for Britain's only female prime minister.
Queen Elizabeth II, current and former prime ministers and representatives from 170 countries were among the mourners packing the cathedral, where Bishop of London Richard Chartres spoke of the strong feelings Thatcher still evokes 23 years after leaving office.
"The storm of conflicting opinions centers on the Mrs. Thatcher who became a symbolic figure — even an -ism," he said. "It must be very difficult for those members of her family and those closely associated with her to recognize the wife, the mother and the grandmother in the mythological figure."
"There is an important place for debating policies and legacy ... but here and today is neither the time nor the place," he added.
Security for the funeral — the largest in London for more than a decade — was tightened after bombings at the Boston Marathon on Monday killed three people and wounded more than 170.
More than 700 soldiers, sailors and air force personnel lined the route taken by Thatcher's coffin to the cathedral, and around 4,000 police officers were on duty.
But while thousands of supporters and a smaller number of opponents traded shouts and arguments, there was no serious trouble. Police said there were no arrests, and the only items thrown at the cortege were flowers.
Before the service, Thatcher's coffin was driven from the Houses of Parliament to the church of St. Clement Danes, about half a mile (0.8 kilometers) from the cathedral, for prayers.
From there the coffin — draped in a Union flag and topped with white roses and a note from her children reading "Beloved mother, always in our hearts" — was borne to the cathedral on a gun carriage drawn by six black horses.
Spectators lining the route broke into applause as the carriage passed by, escorted by young soldiers, sailors and airmen. A few demonstrators staged silent protests by turning their backs on Thatcher's coffin, and one man held a banner declaring "rest in shame."
An honor guard of soldiers in scarlet tunics and bearskin hats saluted the coffin as it approached St. Paul's, while red-coated veterans known as Chelsea Pensioners stood to attention on the steps.
Guests inside the cathedral included Thatcher's political colleagues, rivals and her successors as prime minister — John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and former Vice President Dick Cheney were among the American dignitaries, while notable figures from Thatcher's era included F.W. de Klerk, the last apartheid-era leader of South Africa; former Polish President Lech Walesa; ex-Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney; and entertainers such as "Dynasty" star Joan Collins, singer Shirley Bassey and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Notable absences included former U.S. first lady Nancy Reagan and onetime Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who both had close ties to Thatcher's leadership, and were both kept away by age. Argentine Ambassador Alicia Castro declined an invitation amid continuing acrimony over the 1982 Falklands War.
The ceremony was traditional, dignified and very British. Mourners entered to music by British composers, including Edward Elgar and Ralph Vaughan Williams, and the service featured hymns and readings chosen by Thatcher, who grew up as a grocer's daughter in a hard-working Methodist household.
There was a passage from T.S. Eliot, a section of Gabriel Faure's "Requiem" and the patriotic hymn "I Vow to Thee, My Country."
The late leader's 19-year-old granddaughter Amanda Thatcher read a passage from Ephesians: "Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness."
It was a classic Thatcher image, capturing what people loved and loathed about a leader full of strength and certainty.
The dean of St. Paul's, David Ison, recalled "her courage, her steadfastness and her resolve to accomplish what she believed to be right for the common good."
Afterward, the crowd gathered outside cheered and applauded as Thatcher's coffin was carried out to the half-muffled peal of the cathedral bells. The former prime minister will be cremated, in keeping with her wishes.
The woman nicknamed the Iron Lady brought major change to Britain during her 11-year tenure from 1979 to 1990, privatizing state industries, deregulating the economy, and causing upheaval whose impact is still felt. She died April 8 at age 87.
Thatcher was given a ceremonial funeral with military honors — not officially a state funeral, which requires a vote in Parliament — but proceedings that featured the same level of pomp and honor afforded Princess Diana in 1997, and Queen Mother Elizabeth in 2002.
That raised the ire of some Britons who believe her legacy is a socially and economically unequal nation.
"She divided the country," said Glynn Jones, a taxi driver from Liverpool, a city devastated in Thatcher's time by industrial decline. He said he had come to smoke a cigar, watch the procession go by and "double-check that she is dead and it is not a con."
Protests were held in northern England mining towns devastated by the closure of Britain's coal pits while Thatcher was prime minister. In Goldthorpe, an effigy of the late prime minister was strung up outside the Union Jack social club, and residents planned to burn a replica coffin as a mark of opposition to her legacy.
But in London, hundreds of people packed the area around the cathedral to say goodbye to a leader they admired.
"I came to commemorate the greatest hero of our modern age," said 25-year-old Anthony Boutall, clutching a blue rose. "She took a nation on its knees and breathed new life into it."


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Develop and manage an independent dealer distribution network to facilitate and maximize the share and sales of products for the Company.
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Territory Management
Dealer Communication and Accountability
Dealer Training
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The world-renowned brands that make up Doosan Bobcat produce industry-leading compact and heavy construction equipment, attachments, air compressors, lighting systems, generators and articulated dump trucks. Doosan Bobcat is a part of the Doosan Group, which employs 43,000 people in 38 countries worldwide. With people at the core of who we are, we believe the growth of our people will lead to the continued growth and success of our world-class company. Our team of dedicated employees is the backbone that allows us to provide construction equipment solutions that help our customers build the world of tomorrow. Wherever you find us, you'll hear the sounds of progress, see the results of our people and feel the rhythm of transformation in everything we do.
Doosan is committed to a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, age, race, color, religion, creed, citizenship status, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Individuals with disabilities who require a reasonable accommodation in the application process or who need assistance accessing the information on this website should call 701-476-4263. Doosan is a VEVRAA federal contractor and seeks priority referrals of protected veterans. The Company's Georgia hiring location is Atlanta. Contact Janna Diggs for information on this listing
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Please note that Bobcat, Doosan Bobcat North America, and Doosan Portable Power DO NOT charge a fee, request payment, or request personal banking information at any point in the recruitment process. We DO NOT send unsolicited emails requesting personal data from potential employees. If you receive a job offer that appears fraudulent, please notify our talent acquisition team and consider contacting your local law enforcement office.
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The Peninsula Boutique Hotel is an adults only property perfectly positioned at the beachside end of Macrossan Street overlooking pristine Four Mile Beach and the sparkling Coral Sea, less than a two minute walk to the village centre, shopping, restaurants. Spacious modern tropical, light and contemporary designed one bedroom fully air-conditioned suites, with large private balconies, 28 have ocean views, six have pool views. Lift access to upper levels.
Doors fully open enabling the outside and inside areas to become one. The discreetly concealed kitchenette offers everything you need. The ensuite bathroom features separate walk-in shower plus relax in the large two person bath with aromatherapy oils.
Enjoy the heated freshwater pools and spa/jacuzzi. Port Douglas Peninsula Boutique Hotel represents an adults only unique concept in holiday accommodation - the comfort and facilities of a hotel with the friendliness and personal service that only a small property can provide. Indulge at Hi Tide Beach Cafe and Restaurant with its innovative cuisine and cocktail bar.
When it's time to explore the reef and rainforest or embark on a day of adventure their tour desk staff are there to assist you plan the best experiences to suit you.
Overlooking their multi tiered heated pool oasis with glimpses of rainforest covered Flagstaff Hill and Tableland ranges. These one bedroom suites capture the afternoon sun on your private terrace or balcony. An abundance of natural light enhances the colour palate reflecting their close proximity to the Daintree rainforest and Great Barrier Reef.
Designed with the tropics in mind their Poolview suites enjoy the same facilities of their Oceanview Suites including discreet kitchenette with full size refrigerator, hot plates and microwave. Spacious ensuite bathroom with two person soaker bath to enjoy your Appelles bathroom amenities plus walk in shower. King or twin bedding configuration available on request.
100 metre level stroll to Macrossan Street and 50 metres to the beach.
Wake up to the rising sun shimmering on the Coral Sea and the natural sweeping coastline of Four Mile Beach with a backdrop of mountain ranges and rainforest. With floor to ceiling opening glass doors onto your private spacious balcony, seamlessly allowing the "outside inside". This makes for the perfect holiday escape.
Oceanview one bedroon suites boast a spacious open plan living/dining area which can be separated from the bedroom with native timber sliding doors. Each suite features a discreet kitchenette with full size refrigerator, hot plates and microwave. Through the bedroom the ensuite bathroom offers a walk in shower and two person soaker bath tub. King or twin bedding configuration available.
100 metre level stroll to Macrossan Street and 50 metres to the beach.
These deluxe one bedroom suites are perfect for the romantics looking to escape and reconnect or simply spoiling that special someone. Offering all the comforts and benefits of the Oceanview Suites with the inclusion of a two person soaker spa tub. It's time... absorb the peace of Four Mile Beach and unwind on your terrace or balcony.
Located on the ground and upper level all suites have views of Four Mile Beach and Coral Sea: Immerse yourself in the twin Spa bath - release the stress, relieve the tension, unwind and indulge. A spacious tropical style suite with a larger open plan living and dining area including opening louvres in all rooms. So unique... So private.
Indulge in the beautifully appointed Peninsula Suite enjoying superb views from wrap around balconies including breathtaking views of Four Mile Beach and the Coral Sea and to the Daintree Ranges. This spacious one bedroom suite offers a large living/dining area, perfect for a romantic dinner served in the privacy of your Peninsula Suite. A private king size bedded bedroom and large ensuite bathroom with two person spa bath.
Located on the upper level and perfect for that 'special' occasion, the largest of their suites - the Peninsula Suite is a unique peaceful and private setting with floor to ceiling opening doors. Relax on your private balconies with sun lounges and outdoor setting. Indulge in this prime position over looking palm fringed Four Mile Beach.
Note: Information on listed products and services are provided by the operator and were correct at the time of publishing. Rates are indicative based on the minimum and maximum available prices of products and services. Please visit the operator's website for further information. All prices quoted are in Australian dollars (AUD).


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The Lindenwood University History Department will host its third annual Lindenwood Invitational History Bowl the week of November 9, with the finals on Sunday, Nov. 15.
The competition will be held at the J. Scheidegger Center for the Arts and will air at 7 p.m. nightly Nov. 9-14 on Lindenwood's high-definition channel 989 on Charter Communications, and the finals will be broadcast live at 7 p.m. on November 15. All rounds will stream on the web at www.lindenwood.edu/lutv.
Eight three-person teams from Fort Zumwalt West High School (O'Fallon, Mo.), Webster Groves High School, Fort Zumwalt North High School (O'Fallon), Francis Howell Central High School (St. Charles), Bayless High School (South St. Louis County), New Life Christian School (North St. Louis County), Metro High School (St. Louis), and Orchard Farm High School will compete. The line-up includes the return of the first- and second-place finishers from 2008 (Bayless and Fort Zumwalt West, respectively).
Team members will answer questions on American and world history, political science and geography, compiled by Lindenwood history tutors. History Professor Jeffrey Smith will return as the competitions host and moderator.
All participating students will be offered scholarships to Lindenwood with increasing value for students whose teams advance farther into the competition.
Lindenwood University, founded in 1827, is an independent liberal arts university offering 84 undergraduate degree programs and 37 graduate programs in diverse areas of study ¬in traditional and accelerated formats. Lindenwood operates a residential campus in historic St. Charles, as well as 10 extension sites throughout the St. Louis Metropolitan area.


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Space/Optical Sciences
Space may be the final frontier, but at the University of Arizona, scientists labor to understand the origins of the Universe, Solar System, and Earth through novel scientific methods and super star technology development. Ranked Number 1 in NASA funding, the UA's achievements in space-related research are known across the galaxy, from developing some of the world's largest telescopes, to being the first public university to manage a space mission.
Core Competencies:
- Astrophysics and Cosmology
- Galactic, Star, Planet Formation
- Astronomical Optics and Cameras
- Space Mission Management and Development
- Spacecraft Design and Development
- Quantum and Applied Optics
- Optical Communications
- Medical Imaging and Bio-optics
- Optical Engineering and Testing
- Remote Sensing
- Modeling and Simulation
- Laser and Advanced Optical Material
- Nanotechnology
- Fiber Optics
- Optical Design and Fabrication
Within the Department of Astronomy and the Steward Observatory, the Department of Planetary Sciences and the Lunar and Planery Laboratory, and the College of Optical Sciences, UA faculty explore cosmology and astrophysics, star and planet formation, astrobiology, galactic formation, and astronomical optics to name a few subjects. UA research has helped elucidate the black hole at the center of our own galaxy, build cameras that have been installed in the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope, and develop scientific missions that have been launched into space on crafts such as Cassini, which has produced the clearest and most detailed images of Saturn to date. The UA-led Phoenix Mars Mission, launched in 2007, was designed to study the history of water and habitability potential in the Martian Arctic's ice-rich soil. "Not only did we find water ice, as expected, but the soil chemistry and minerals we observed lead us to believe this site had a wetter and warmer climate in the recent past -- the last few million years -- and could again in the future," said Phoenix Principal Investigator Peter Smith of the UA Planetary Sciences Department.
What's next for these star trekkers? The answer may lie in the College of Optical Science, home to cutting-edge research in vital areas of optics, and one of the premier optics educational programs in the nation. Optics exploration is organized into three focus areas. Quantum optics accounts for 25% of the College's activities. Applied optics, including research on optical communications, remote sensing, medical imaging and bio-optics accounts for the majority of research. The third area is in optical engineering, primarily through the world-renowned Mirror Lab. The College has spun off five first generation companies, which in turn, have spun off 32 second generation companies. One of the largest optics companies in Southern Arizona, Breault Research Organization, was founded by a UA Optical Sciences graduate. The connection between the UA College of Optical Sciences and the industrial community in optics is quite clear – Tucson was given the moniker "Optics Valley" more than 15 years ago in reference to its large concentration of optical science research and development firms, most of which employ UA optics graduates.


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Thai chicken cakes with sweet chilli sauce
A light and healthy supper that's a great variation on the chicken theme. Works well as a starter or a main – just serve with sweet chilli sauce.
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving for two
- kcal306
- fat13g
- saturates2g
- carbs4g
- sugars0g
- fibre1g
- protein43g
- salt0.28g
- 2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 175g), cubed
- 1 garlic clove, roughly chopped
- small piece fresh root ginger, peeled and roughly chopped
- 1 small onion, roughly chopped
Onions are endlessly versatile and an essential ingredient in countless recipes. Native to Asia…
- 4 tbsp fresh coriander, plus a few sprigs to garnish
- 1 green chilli, seeded and roughly chopped
Part of the capsicum family, chillies come in scores of varieties and colours (from green…
- 2 tbsp olive oil
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- sweet chilli sauce, lime wedges, shredded spring onion and red chilli, to serve
Toss the chicken, garlic, ginger, onion, coriander and chilli into a food processor and season well. Blitz until the chicken is finely ground and everything is well mixed. Use your hands to shape six small cakes.
Heat the oil in a frying pan, then fry the cakes over a medium heat for about 6-8 mins, turning once. Serve hot, with sweet chilli sauce, lime wedges, coriander, shredded spring onion and red chilli.
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For local radio and television stations, community service is more than a passing concern. It is a way of doing business.
Every day in Michigan, from Detroit to Escanaba and everywhere in between, broadcasters are going to bat for community charities, educating residents about important local issues, delivering life-saving information in times of disaster, and continually renewing their commitment to their communities.
One of the main missions of the MAB is to help their members serve their communities better. In doing that we seek out issues and individual lawmakers to help identify issues and educate listeners and viewers on the important issues through the airing of public service announcements. Links to PSAs are provided for our members convenience.
No other industry has the impact on local communities like free over-the-air broadcasting. Michigan radio and television stations understand the importance of community service.
Stations can click here to download PSA's for broadcast from various Michigan organizations.
Each year, the MAB assists the state and other select non-profit organizations by endorsing campaigns and encouraging member stations to promoting these campaigns. In general, the MAB helps facilitate statewide attention to the issue. MAB works with state officials to identify the most pressing social problems.
MAB has assisted a number of organizations and issues throughout the years. Programs the MAB has been involved in include: Tie One On (MADD), Governor's Coalition on Underage Drinking, Breast Cancer Awareness through American Cancer Society, Michigan Week, Michigan Sesquicentennial, Michigan Council on Physical Fitness, Get Michigan Moving and Children's Trust Fund..
MAB member radio and television stations individually provide a tremendous amount of free programming and community service. Each station understands the importance of serving their specific community. Stations work hard at identifying local issues and providing free air time and assisting with many non-profit agencies in their communities.


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Liberty News
School of Law hosts leader in Christian entertainment
Dr. Ted Baehr, chairman of the Christian Film & Television Commission and founder and publisher of Movieguide magazine, challenged Liberty University School of Law students to be successful in Hollywood.
"There's nothing stopping you from making a difference, except your own fears," he said Monday, Nov. 30 in the law school's Supreme Courtroom.
Dean Mat Staver called Baehr "the most influential Christian in the film and entertainment industry" and a "real driving force" in the field.
Baehr, who was president of the organization that produced "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe" for CBS in 1980, is also a noted critic, author, educator, lecturer and media pundit. His Movieguide is published every four weeks and offers moviegoers analyses of current films from a biblical perspective. In addition to issues of violence, sex and profanity, Movieguide tackles moral issues and worldviews of the movies, videos and TV shows it reviews.
Baehr, whose father Bob "Tex" Allen starred in movies in the 1930s, said the church has helped clean up Hollywood and that family friendly movies always perform better at the box office than many R-rated films.
"It's better to sell four tickets to a family than one ticket to a teenager," he said.
However, Baehr said a G rating does not necessarily mean a film is automatically good for families to see, adding that political correctness, for example, is not necessarily good for a film.
"A G rating is not a safe rating," he said.
Baehr also said people are turned off by curse words and sexual material in films. He showed an L.A. Times and Bloomberg poll that revealed that 74 percent of girls and 58 percent of boys between the ages of 12 and 24 are offended by those types of movies.
"People want good to triumph over evil," he said.
Liberty University School of Law offers a for-credit externship with Christian Film & Television Commission for law students interested in media and entertainment. Click here for more about Liberty University School of Law.


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Farm Monitoring & Control Solutions
The Harvest System is an Internet of Things (IoT) solution covering a range of applications, to assist with efficient management of resources and maximise return on investment. In most situations, our systems are totally standalone, utilising solar power and the cellular network to send data to the Harvest servers. Wireless UHF radio remotes can also be used to collect data from around the property. The live data can be viewed on a webpage using any computer or smartphone.
Harvest devices can provide real-time readings and configurable alarms for water and irrigation systems. Common applications include: flow meters (optional transfer of data to council), water tank level, well/bore level, pipe pressure, and pump control. Alarms (txt message, email, or voice call) can be set up for any of the measured values e.g. max daily water usage exceeded, low tank or bore level etc. Remote control can be a secure virtual switch on the Harvest web page or based on a measured value e.g. when max daily water usage is exceeded, pump shutoff activated.
It is common for the ITU G2 Base Station (pictured) to be set up as a weather station. Parameters typically monitored include: soil moisture and temperature, air temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, wind speed and direction, and solar radiation (for evapotranspiration calculation). Popular add-on services we provide are a Localised Forecast via Aeris, and Premium Service of soil moisture sites, with a calculation of irrigation required (mm) to reach Field Capacity for optimum pasture growth.
For even further reading about soil moisture sensing technologies, see the Irrigation NZ soil moisture monitoring booklet
Our Effluent Irrigator Monitor features a design refined over 4 years on dairy farms and offers a market leading monitoring and control solution, including automatic pump shutoff and alerts (see our Irrigator Monitor brochure for a list of features). The unit on the irrigator uses UHF radio to communicate with a second unit at the effluent pump, which is programmed to activate failsafe shutoff if any of the measured values cross a customised threshold e.g. low pressure, slow speed etc. The pump can also be controlled via a virtual switch on the Harvest webpage if desired. We also have packages available for pivot/lateral/hose reel irrigators.
Monitoring and custom alarms for milk vats and refridgeration can be incorporated into the Harvest system, in most cases for no additional ongoing charges. Sensor options include: vat temperature, vat stirrer status, vat inlet/outlet tap, vat level, cooler plate in/plate out temperature, and boiler temperature. Typical alarms include: high milk temperature (vat), stirrer failure, outlet tap open during milking, vat has not been Clean In Place for X hours, boiler not reached 65°C in 24 hours, hot water entering vat, milk leaving cooler at x°C, and power failure.
Contact us for more information and pricing. Also available as a standalone package.
Our Feed Silo Monitor is the safe way to see your silo level - with online level data available via our smartphone app and web page. Customisable level alarms in real-time will improve both the safety and efficiency of your operation and help you re-order on time.
Contact us for more information and pricing. We can also monitor grain silos as a standalone package.
Our standalone Electric Fence Monitor package provides a real-time voltage reading. It uses solar power and the cellular network to transfer your data to your Harvest web page or app on your phone and provide voltage alarms via text, voice call, or email. See our brochure or contact us for more information and pricing.
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Texas mom shares harrowing photo of her son, 10, says he's afraid to sleep alone if he dies in sleep
A mom posted a photo of her 10-year-old son who is currently battling Leukemia and social media has made the post go viral.
On February 15, Jessica Medinger shared the harrowing photo of her son, Drake, as he stands over a toilet, clearly in agony, in a pair of pull-up diapers revealing his slim frame, bald head and pale skin.
"The picture I'm posting is from this morning," Medinger writes on Facebook. "And before you scream and cry, 'Why would she post a picture of him in a pull-up, the indecency,' Well 1. It doesn't show more than swimming jammers would and 2. Because life is not always f***ing politically correct and pretty, it is real... Life isn't pretty, and cancer f***ing destroys a person."
FAMILY AFFAIR: Daughters help mom fight cancer with 'Bye Bye Bye' rendition
She continues to describe the daily struggles the pair face together as mother and son. "This was this morning after carrying Drake to the bathroom. Yes, he is in a pull up because 75% of the time he can't control his bathroom habits.
"This is skin and bones because I have to beg him to eat ONE green bean for supper or drink a cup of water throughout the day.
"This is having your son sleep with you at night because he is afraid of something happening and being alone, and by something I mean dying.
"This is having middle-of-the-night conversations with a ten-year-old, asking if he dies will he go to heaven and will he see his dad there and be able to talk and play with him.
"This is him being too weak to get out of bed or walk and needing to be carried or in a wheelchair. This is him falling asleep as someone is talking to him because he is too exhausted.
"This is him, throwing up every medication I give him and him dry heaving because his stomach is empty except for the spoonful of yogurt I just gave him with his pills.This is having to take 44 chemo pills last week in a matter of 24 hours.
"This is him telling me, 'Mommy, I'm not going to make it.'
"This is him not wanting to be touched, because it hurts too much, and using morphine to get through his day.
"This is him telling me he is scared and thinks he won't see his 11th birthday. This is him and me, telling him that I will continue to fight for him when he can't. This is him and me, and our world.
"This is him, Drake, Stinky Joe, my whole world. From the moment I found out I was pregnant till future forever, he has been my reason for life. He is my smile, my love, my heartbeat. He is also my tears, my heart ache, my frowns. He is my life," Medinger concluded her post.
YOUNG FIGHTER: 23-year-old shares her ovarian cancer fight on Instagram
Since then, her post has been picked up by Love What Matters and has gone viral with over 60,600 shares and 38,000 comments in just over 24 hours. A YouCaring crowdfunding campaign, started from Tomball, has been put together in support of the family and it has exceeded its $10,000 goal by $13,700 and continues to grow with donations coming from throughout America and the United Kingdom.
"I want to thank everyone for the overwhelming support. The outpouring of love and support is appreciated," Medinger writes on Facebook. "We love seeing the positive comments and ignore the ones we feel are less favorable." The family has been bombarded with support and messages of encouragement, so a PO box for letters has been set up for people to share letters.
HOUSTON DEVELOPMENT: MD Anderson, investors, researchers form cancer-fighting company
As of right now, Drake has been admitted to the hospital for dehydration, among other issues. According to his Facebook page, Stinky Joe's #1 Pit Crew, he is hooked up to IVs to help build up his health since he isn't able to keep food and drink down. Physical therapy has also begun since he spends most of his time in a wheelchair.
"Please be assured myself, his family, and his team of healthcare professionals are doing absolutely everything we can to help him and get him batter," Medinger writes on the Stinky Joe's #1 Pit Crew Facebook page.


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Following an accomplished career as a dancer and choreographer, Adam Shankman has made a name for himself as a director who can deliver both buoyant musicals ("Hairspray" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer's" "Once More With Feeling" among them) and light-as-air comedies ("Bringing Down the House," "Bedtime Stories," "Modern Family").
Now Shankman's taken on the task of translating "Rock of Ages" – the popular Broadway musical built around '80s rock anthems and ballads – to the big screen with an all-star cast headlined by Tom Cruise.
Tom Cruise is known for going all out in the way he often does his own dangerous stunts. Did that translate to your experience working with him?
Ten million percent. I mean, it even got into, like, 'Let's tackle another song.' I was like, 'There's no other song to tackle, Tom. This is what it is.' We laugh, because he's the guy who invented the 30-hour day, we used to say. He never ever wanted to stop working and improving and getting better. He does the same thing with the comedy stuff. I wasn't necessarily going to ask him to do the ass-less chaps in that reveal of him I created a long time ago, but then we were trying on things and he goes, 'Let's wear this.' I said, 'Are you serious?' He said, 'Yeah, man.' What I love about it is because I'm very, very committed to the notion that these jokes and these characters, you can't do them halfway.'
Do you think Cruise could fill an arena, perform and pull off a rock concert in real life?
I say this with no irony: I think that Tom Cruise could literally do anything he set his mind to doing after seeing what he did here and coming right off of what he did on 'Mission 4.' He could turn himself into a throw pillow if he wanted to. That is his real voice, and he worked on that for a long time, really hard. He willed himself into that character and owned it.
Was Catherine Zeta-Jones eager to jump back into the world of singing and dancing a decade after 'Chicago'?
'Hairspray' brought me a lot of cred in this world, so talking people into it wasn't, like, a big stretch. They weren't like 'Who are you, doing this thing?' That was easy, and Catherine and I have worked together on these musical benefits that we've done for her big charity, which is the Motion Picture Television Fund. When I asked her to do this she said yes without having read the script. I kind of sketched out the character and what I wanted her to do: 'Darling, I'd love to come and play,' is what she said to me.
Can you talk about how you recreated the Sunset Strip – the particular stretch with The Whisky-A-Go-Go, The Roxy, The Rainbow Bar & Grill – and giving it that very authentic '80's look?
What we did – since I knew I would've literally been shot and murdered if I had tried to close the Sunset Strip, on top of not being able to afford it, to actually shoot on it for six weeks – I went to a place where the light was the most similar. I had the same palm trees, etcetera, which was in Miami. We got a great tax credit. The city welcomed us with open arms. There's also a lot of similar architecture to be had, and we found two basically deserted blocks. My edict to Jon Hutman, my production designer, and also to Rita Ryack, the costume designer, to the hair and makeup people, was: 'The period makes fun of itself. We don't have to do anything, but try to just make it as real as possible, because the funny is going to come from it being as real as possible.'
What were you doing during the period of time the movie is set in? Did you ever hit The Whiskey or any of those clubs at that time period?
Well, earlier than '87. In '87 I was actually in New York trying to be a chorus boy, but certainly in the early '80's. I graduated high school in '82. I went to my first concert at The Roxy when I was, like, 13 years old. Believe me, I couldn't know this better. My father's office was a 9200 Sunset. He was a music business manager. This is like ripping a page out of my life.
Why do you think the rise and fall of the rock star nearly always fits that 'Behind the Music' template?
I think it's because of the level of excess and the amount of money and the lifestyle. There's just no one saying 'No' around them. When you're a rock star – and I can tell you this very strangely because I danced behind Janet Jackson once during an awards show – the experience is different from anything you've ever felt: the audience hysteria and the love that you feel – It's literally a drug. So when you step off of stage your life is just like a circus. It's a debacle if no one is saying no to you and you have no roots. Certainly in this era there was virtually no consequences to anything. No one was yelling at people for throwing TVs out of hotel windows. There was nothing but casual sex with no threat of AIDS for these guys. There was endless amounts of money, endless amounts of women, endless amounts of drugs, endless amounts of alcohol. You never heard the word rehab back in the '80's.
Tell me about working with the real life '80s rock stars who appear in the protest scene in the street?
Sebastian Bach and all that? That was just fun. That was really brilliant, and one of the things that they expressed to me, and Brett Michaels was on set with me as well – not that day, but he came and I showed him some stuff – and he hugged me. He said, 'Thank you,' and I said, 'Why are you saying thank you?' And he said, 'For not making fun of us,' which I thought was incredibly sweet. I think that these guys just really realized that we were doing something that was more like a love letter.
U.S. & World
What '80's song did you get a better appreciation for in working on the film?
'Here I Go Again' by White Snake. My only point of reference for that for so long was just Tawny Kitaen writhing around on a car. And now when I listen to it, that song sticks with me like peanut butter! I can't get it out of my head!


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MOORPARK, CA – September 5, 2008 – Cimatron Limited (NASDAQ: CIMT), a leading provider of integrated CAD/CAM solutions for the toolmaking and manufacturing industries, announced today that, in addition to demonstrations within Gibbs and Associates exhibit at IMTS 2008, D-3001, it will display the GibbsCAM software in the Mori Seiki exhibit, A-8400. Salient features of the GibbsCAM software include enhancements within the forthcoming GibbsCAM 2009 release and the recently released GibbsCAM post processors developed for the Mori Seiki NZ series of machine tools.
"We are pleased to display our latest software and the post processors that resulted from our collaboration with Mori Seiki engineers," says Bill Gibbs, founder and CEO of Gibbs and Associates. "We take pride in our ability to support the features of the latest multi-axis, multi-spindle and multi-turret machines with ease-of-use functions and post processors that increase productivity for our production machining customers across machine tool product lines."
The latest GibbsCAM features include advanced 3D high speed machining and unique MTM programming and post processing functions. In addition to post processors for the Mori Seiki NZ series, NT series, NL series, ZL series, DL series, SL series, ZT series, GibbsCAM post processors for Mori Seiki's NMV series of 5-Axis machine tools are also available. Key among the GibbsCAM programming, post processing and verification functions to support the Mori Seiki machines are:
- Synchronization with GibbsCAM MTM Synch Manager to optimize turret utilization and cycle times,
- Spinning tool, to support the Mori Seiki developed simultaneous spinning of part and cutting tool during material removal,
- Pinch or balanced turning, to work simultaneously with upper and lower turrets on the same spindle,
- Double or synchronized milling, for simultaneous milling and drilling with upper and lower turrets on the same spindle,
- Y-axis support on all turrets,
- Simultaneous 4 and 5-axis machining,
- Machine simulation for visual verification and collision detection and avoidance, and
- Gang style tool-holder-block support for fixed and live tools in machine simulation.
For more information about GibbsCAM, or to locate your local GibbsCAM Reseller, go to www.GibbsCAM.com, call 1-800-654-9399, or email [email protected]. For more information about Mori Seiki and their line of machine tools, visit www.MoriSeiki.com.
About Gibbs and Associates and GibbsCAM
For over twenty years, Gibbs and Associates has been a leader in providing cutting edge CAD/CAM technology, while maintaining its signature ease-of-use and productivity. Powerfully Simple, Simply Powerful is the guiding philosophy at Gibbs. Gibbs believes in empowering the NC programmer, machinist, and manufacturing engineer, not eliminating them. Gibbs' goal is to introduce manufacturers to new technologies and new ways of working that makes their machining easier and their businesses more profitable. To achieve this goal, Gibbs creates tools that are naturally intuitive, graphically interactive, extremely visual, associative, and just plain enjoyable to use. Gibbs provides a total quality solution with the service and support successful customers require.
The current GibbsCAM product line supports 2- through 5-axis milling, turning, mill/turning, multi-task simultaneous machining and wire-EDM. GibbsCAM also provides fully integrated manufacturing modeling capabilities that include 2D, 2.5D, 3D wireframe, surface, and solid modeling. GibbsCAM has received Microsoft's "Designed for Windows XP/2000" and "Works with Windows Vista" certifications. GibbsCAM's data exchange capabilities are able to access the broadest range of native and industry standard CAD data formats. GibbsCAM is certified under the Autodesk Inventor Certified Application Program, is a Solid Edge Certified Select Product, and is a SolidWorks Certified CAM Product. GibbsCAM is either offered or endorsed by a number of leading worldwide control and machine tool manufacturers, including GE Fanuc, Infimatic, Siemens, Doosan Infracore, Haas, Index, MAG Fadal, Mazak, Mitsubishi, Mori Seiki, and Tornos. Gibbs and Associates distributes its products worldwide through a network of international Resellers.
In January 2008, Gibbs and Associates merged with Cimatron Ltd, and is now operating as a wholly owned subsidiary. For more information about Gibbs and Associates and its CAM software packages, call 1-800-654-9399, or visit the company on-line at www.GibbsCAM.com.
About Cimatron
With over 25 years of experience and more than 40,000 installations worldwide, Cimatron is a leading provider of integrated, CAD/CAM solutions for mold, tool and die makers as well as manufacturers of discrete parts. Cimatron is committed to providing comprehensive, cost-effective solutions that streamline manufacturing cycles, enable collaboration with outside vendors, and ultimately shorten product delivery time.
The Cimatron product line includes the CimatronE and GibbsCAM brands with solutions for mold design, die design, electrodes design, 2.5 to 5 axes milling, wire EDM, turn, Mill-turn, rotary milling, multi-task machining, and tombstone machining. Cimatron's subsidiaries and extensive distribution network serve and support customers in the automotive, aerospace, medical, consumer plastics, electronics, and other industries in over 40 countries worldwide.
Cimatron is publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange under the symbol CIMT. For more information, please visit the company web site at www.cimatron.com.
The Gibbs logo, GibbsCAM, GibbsCAM logo, Virtual Gibbs, Gibbs SFP, SolidSurfacer, MTM and "Powerfully Simple. Simply Powerful." are either trademark(s) or registered trademark(s) of Gibbs and Associates in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are trademarks, or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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This press release includes forward looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act Of 1995, which are subject to risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such statements may relate to the company's plans, objectives and expected financial and operating results. The words "may," "could," "would," "will," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," and similar expressions or variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of the future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's ability to control. The risks and uncertainties that may affect forward looking statements include, but are not limited to: currency fluctuations, global economic and political conditions, marketing demand for Gibbs and Associates or Cimatron products and services, long sales cycle, new product development, assimilating future acquisitions, maintaining relationships with customers and partners, and increased competition. For more details about the risks and uncertainties of the business, refer to the Cimatron's filings with the Securities and Exchanges Commission. The company cannot assess the impact of or the extent to which any single factor or risk, or combination of them, may cause. Gibbs and Associates and Cimatron undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.


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Five years ago tonight was the last night my daughter had to sleep in a baby house with 90 other unclaimed souls - all under 5 years old. You can pretty it up all you want but the truth is, those 90 babies were orphans, living out a life sentence in a state run institution. And yes, they were feed and clothed and housed but they were still in prison....that's right - prison. Baby house is a nice term for orphanage and orphanage is a nice term for a children's prison. After all, these children can't just leave and must do what they are told without question or suffer the consequences, are feed whatever is put in front of them and won't get any more no matter how hungry they are, must wear whatever is sent to their room that day and never have anything that belongs only to them. And the longer they are in these institutions the better they learn their lesson. And they really only learn one lesson - that is to fight - fight for everything. Fight for the larger slice of bread (or take it from the weaker kid's plate sitting next to them,) the best toy (and I'm not talking about electronics or educational toys but blocks or stacking rings) or the warmest coat (passed from child to child year after year until you can't tell what color it was originally.) Sounds worse than any prison I've ever read about here in America. But prison is for adults who did something wrong, were found guilty in a court of law after having someone represent their case to a jury of their peers and can appeal their sentence or get out early for good behavior. The only thing good behavior will get you in an orphanage is the smaller piece of bread, the cot in the coldest corner of the room and when you are older.....abuse I don't even want to think about. All of this simply because these children where born...to parents that couldn't care for them or would have been turned out themselves or were not wanted for a million other excuses in a country that sees these orphans as blights on society. One parent was recently told by the judge while she was adopting a teenager that the boy she wanted "would not amount to anything and that he isn't a normal boy." So when they can finally leave when they turn 17, these orphans are literally put out on the streets with the used clothes on their backs. No social services waiting to give them a hand or hardship scholarship or any support system. Nothing. The boys can join the army but the girls....oh the girls really break my heart. And by the way, those 90 babies I had to leave behind in that institution 5 years ago where just 90 of the more than 147,000,000 orphans in this world today. Yes that is 147 million children, today, without a parent to care for them, fight for them as any parent would. So tonight on the eve of Lexie and my adoption day, I thank God for adoption - domestic, international, open, closed....however these children come to their forever families. I will always be grateful to God for His gift of adoption and especially my adoption of this amazing little soul I traveled around the world to find and cherish and nurture and love as my own because she is my own, now and forever....my sweet Lexie Lou.


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Robert C. Seacord is Senior Vulnerability Analyst for CERT/CC. He can be reached at [email protected]
Although not as well known as other vulnerability types such as buffer overflows, format string vulnerabilities have been known to exist in C and C++ programs since at least 1999, when a format string vulnerability was found in AnswerBook2 (cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-1999-1417). Formatted output became a major focus of the security community in June 2000, when a format string vulnerability was discovered in the Washington University ftpd (WU-FTPD) software package (www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/29823).
But format string vulnerabilities are not limited to programs written in C and C++. Other languages that include format strings include Perl, PHP, Java, Python, and Ruby. While these languages are relatively immune from buffer overflows because they maintain dynamic arrays and strings for programmers, programs written in them may still contain format string vulnerabilities.
Format string vulnerabilities result from including data from an untrusted source, such as a user, in a format string. Format strings are used by input and output routines to specify a conversion between a character string and a set of data values. The following example shows how the C function printf() accepts a format string and a set of values:
printf ("%s Pop: %11d\n", country, pop);
and produces a string:
United States Pop: 295734134
In the format string, the % begins a conversion specification. This is followed by a set of formatting parameters and the data type. The %s conversion specifier instructs printf() to output a string value (the value passed as an argument). The %11d conversion specifier instructs printf() to output a decimal value (the "d") in an 11-character field. Format strings can be much more complicated, including flags, precisions, length modifiers, and even variable widths specified in parameters.
Directly including user input in a format string lets an attacker inject format specifications into the format string. This is particularly problematic in programming languages that support the relatively unknown %n specification. This unusual specification causes the number of characters successfully written so far to be stored in the integer whose address is given as the argument. If attackers can write data values to memory, they can often leverage that to gain control of the system. Even if the language does not support %n, an attacker may cause the format string to include more specifications than parameters. Depending on what stack protection exists in the language, an attacker may be able to access private data, avoid logging, or crash the program. (Writing exploits for a format string vulnerability is beyond the scope of this work. For a more detailed explanation, see Robert Seacord's Secure Programming in C and C++; Addison-Wesley, 2005.)
Format string vulnerabilities often result from a programmer being unaware that a particular routine takes a format string. For example, you can write:
snprintf(str, sizeof(str), "Wrong password for email %s", email); syslog(LOG_WARNING, str);
Unfortunately, the syslog() routine uses its second parameter as a format string. As a result, if an attacker inputs an e-mail of "webmaster%s%s%s%[email protected]", syslog() looks for parameters to interpret the %s conversion specifiers in the format, most likely resulting in the program crashing. A more advanced attack may use %n to gain control of the system.
Another common source of format string vulnerabilities is when you need to write an error to more than one location. For simplicity, you may construct the string using snprintf() and then use one routine to print the message to a log and another routine to output the message to the end user in some way, such as in a message box. If either routine allows for format strings, you must be careful to include the format specification in the call:
fprintf(log, "%s", logmessage);
instead of neglecting it as in the following call:
fprintf(log, logmessage);
The first invocation is the correct one, avoiding a format string vulnerability by specifying that a string (%s) should be outputted and then providing that string. Because the second is shorter and may correspond to how you are thinking about the desired behavior, you may write the statement in this fashion without considering the consequences.
In this article, I explore the potential consequences of format string vulnerabilities in Perl, PHP, Java, Python, and Ruby programs.


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THE CANADIAN PRESS -- OTTAWA - India is pursuing a potentially lucrative partnership with Canada to sell nuclear reactors in new markets, The Canadian Press has learned.
India's ambitious aspiration, if realized, would represent a dramatic new phase in a landmark agreement it signed last year with Canada on civilian nuclear co-operation.
The deal -- announced last year in Toronto by prime ministers Stephen Harper and Manmohan Singh -- will eventually clear the way for Canadian uranium to be exported to India once Parliament ratifies it, possibly this fall.
But India, which has insatiable energy needs of its own, is thinking well beyond its borders.
"We do think there is a good possibility for us to co-operate in third countries, which would be possible once all these things are sorted out," Indian High Commissioner Shashishekhar Gavai said in a recent interview.
"We have developed our own technology over the years. We could bring your expertise and our expertise together, and go into third countries where they require reactors."
A key technical aspect of the civil nuclear deal still has to be worked out before it is formally ratified by Canada. An independent monitoring system must be put in place that would prevent India from diverting the uranium to its nuclear weapons program.
Last year, Singh pledged that India would not exploit this new deal to repeat what it did in the early 1970s: use technology from a Candu reactor it purchased from Canada to develop a nuclear weapons program.
The duplicity chilled Indo-Canadian relations for decades, but Harper has said that dubious chapter been consigned to history. The Conservative government is now pushing hard to boost trade with India as well as with its Asian neighbour, China. And India is actively pursuing joint ventures with Canada's nuclear industry.
"There could be countries in Africa or elsewhere. This is something which needs to be explored. There is a feeling on both sides that this is very feasible, and it can be a mutually beneficial way of co-operating in the nuclear sphere," said Gavai.
"There's a lot of synergy; there has been research here and in India. The agreement provides for that kind of co-operation."
The Canadian Nuclear Association views the nuclear co-operation agreement as a step toward removing trade barriers for Canadian companies trying break into the Indian market.
"India is one of the countries with the most ambitious plans for constructing new nuclear reactors. Dozens of reactors are contemplated, and these are at various stages of planning and construction," said association spokeswoman Kathleen Olson.
"Indian officials and businesspeople have visited Canada in a search for partnerships. India has used Canadian and Canadian-derived reactor technologies in the past, and India's electricity sector is familiar with the quality of this technology."
The federal government privatized its nuclear reactor business last month when it sold troubled Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. to SNC-Lavalin Group.
Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said at the time he hoped the deal would "revitalize" the Canadian nuclear industry.
AECL's three main businesses -- repair, reactor services and new builds -- will be taken over by the new SNC subsidiary, CANDU Energy.
SNC has a huge international footprint. At the time of the deal, the company's president, Patrick Lamarre, noted how foreign governments have been happy to work with SNC around the world.
Gavai had no comment on the AECL privatization. But he said India is anxious to get its hands on Canadian uranium because of its high concentration.
"It's excellent; it's the best in the world I would say."
He suggested it is unlikely India would ever buy another Candu reactor from Canada, but that wouldn't prevent the two countries from partnering elsewhere.
"We have our own technology. I don't know if we are really looking at buying another reactor from Canada, but certainly we are looking forward to co-operation with Canada," he said.
"Joint ventures, maybe we could work together on research ... the agreement actually provides for all of that."
Gavai said he was not discouraged by the Japanese tsunami and earthquake, which significantly damaged its nuclear facilities, raising international alarm bells about the safety of nuclear power.
"I think if adequate precautions are taken that is one of the cleanest sources of energy. Our view is we should put in all the safety requirements. For instance, looking at the seismic areas and those kinds of things," he said.
"You can never provide 100 per cent security. That is not possible in any system. I think we are going to be developing nuclear power, but with adequate precautions."
Gavai said free trade talks between India and Canada were progressing well, and a new round of negotiations will take place in New Delhi in the coming months, after recent talks in Ottawa.
Though it is unlikely that a free trade deal will be concluded this year, he said that is "no indication of reluctance or unwillingness on the part of the two countries."
Both countries are firmly focused on their joint study that predicts a deal would boost each of their annual outputs by $6 billion.
Even without a deal, Gavai noted that trade between India and Canada rose by 31 per cent between January and April of this year over the same period in 2010.
"It's not as if the absence of a deal is holding back trade."


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from the 1860's to the 1880's are proudly presented by: g2yx82.cn
The Victoria Institute was formed in Great Britain in 1865. Its formation and purpose are stated within its "Objects" which begins: "First.-To investigate fully and impartially the most important questions of Philosophy and Science, but more especially those that bear upon the great truths revealed in Holy Scripture, with the view of defending these truths against the oppositions of Science, falsely so called."
Evolution is a modern: ... Science, falsely so called .... In other words, while its adherents claim it to be unassailable science, watch their anger grow when their faith in evolution is challenged by the true scientific evidence.
Many excellent papers were presented in their formal meetings
each year. A few of them are presented again for your edification
... and there are a lot more where these came from:
[Excerpt] - Vol I (1867-68), pg. 18 "You say that there are geological facts which prove the long existence of the world through many ages. I say there are no such facts. Here we are completely and plainly at issue. Produce, then, some one or more of these facts; and if I cannot fairly account for them without supposing the very long duration of the earth, I am beaten! I am silenced! But if you do not produce such facts, and retreat, like Professor Sedgwick, from the challenge, confess, or let your silence confess, that the whole doctrine of a pre-Adamite world has been a mistake..."
[Excerpt] - Vol VI (1870-71), pg. 36 "Why is it that all the great nations of antiquity have passed away ? Why is it that Babylon has gone? Why is it that the Medo-Persian empire, the Grecian empire, and the Roman empire have gone ? Why is it that the glory of Egypt has passed away? All the ancient nationalities have perished-even the Jews themselves, with their high civilization, both moral and material, are all scattered over the face of the earth. Why is this? Because of the fact of the universal degeneracy and the tendency of man to degenerate. The whole history of the nationalities of the world establishes the great principle that the tendency of man is to degenerate. It appears to me that the whole matter rests on the surest foundations, and the theory (of evolution) which we have to meet is very futile, and has not a single sound pillar to rest upon."
[Excerpt] - Vol VI (1872-73), pg. 164 "But I should like to explain why it was that I did not go upon the platform of Scripture. Supposing a Roman Catholic wanted to confirm the truth of the tradition that St. Peter lived as Bishop of Rome for five-and-twenty years, would it be of any use to quote that tradition as a proof ? It is obviously absurd, and therefore a sort of thing to be avoided. If anything is urged against the Bible, it is of no use to appeal to the Bible to prove the contrary. The only thing for the clergy to do is to meet these people on their own ground."
Several complete selections from "The Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute" - (JTVI) are below. They clearly show that Darwinism has never had a leg to stand on (even in the years immediately following the publication of Charles Darwin's "The Origin of Species" in 1859) and that creationists, who firstly recognize the order in our universe, make great scientists and researchers.
People have believed evolution
because the alternative (repentance before God) is completely unacceptable
to them and not because of any scientific evidence. Creationists contend
that science and logic show that we are created beings on a temporary planet;
one that is less than 10,000 years old. In the 1860's, just as today, it
was clear that Darwinism was standing against the known science of the
Scientia Scientiarum
Analysis of the supposed contradictions between science and the Scriptures. That existing societies do not trouble themselves to compare and contrast, and so to reject as unscientific such contradictory hypotheses, or one or other of them, is simply true. The transactions of the Royal Society--and no other need be named--bear witness to the truth of this averment. And that to do so--as proposed in the Third Object of the Victoria Institute--would tend to the advantage and real advancement of true science, I think will scarcely be disputed. The Science of Sciences, in fact, is the proper co-relation of all the various sciences into one grand and consistent Philosophy, which will be the interpretation of the nature of things as ordained by the one true God.
(22 pages; Vol. 1; 1867-68)
On Falling Stars
and Meteorites
Discussion of meteors, asteroids, comets & severe weather conditions. "...I remember in 1829 being at Malta, when a meteorite came through the roof of the house in which I was. It was associated at the time with thunder and lightning; and a spire of one of the churches was struck."
(31 pages; Vol. 2; 1868-69)
On the Credibility
of Darwinism
Are the elements involved in Mr. Darwin's hypothesis real elements, and are they capable of producing the kind of effects he ascribes to them? The elements involved are four:
(1) Growth with reproduction; (2) Inheritance which is almost implied by reproduction; (3) Variability from the indirect and direct action of the external conditions of life, and from use and disuse; (4) A ratio of increase so high as to lead to a struggle for life.
(22 pages; Vol. 3; 1869-70)
On the Antiquity
of Civilization
Let us look around upon the earth, therefore, apart from any records of divine revelation, and examine the conditions of mankind, in regard to moral and intellectual culture. On the one side we behold races both ancient and modern, possessed of refinement and civilization; on the other side, races, both ancient and modern, marked by manifest barbarism.
(23 pages; Vol. 4; 1870-71)
A Demonstration of
the Existence of God
We believe that other men are also rational beings endued with intelligence; not because we can see or handle their invisible minds and spirits, but merely because we see the effects of their intelligence, and judge therefore of them, as they of us. Well, and why not so of GOD?
(43 pages; Vol. 5; 1871-72)
On Civilization,
Moral and Material
Nature does not even clothe him, as it does the birds and beasts. His birth brings with it pain and sorrow and sickness unknown to the lower creation. His period of utter helplessness as an infant and child is long and protracted. If not carefully trained and taught and elevated, he degenerates. By his wilful acts he may demoralize himself, and often does, even after he has been taught and practised better things. By his knowledge and reason and manifest superiority, he can subdue the earth, make the very elements subserve him, and has dominion over all other creatures.
(40 pages; Vol. 6; 1872-73)
Prehistoric Monotheism
Why is it that in historical times religious beliefs have retrograded? for it is a fact that they have done so. We can appeal to the universal voice of history and show that a great number of beliefs, which we can prove to have existed in the earlier periods, have, instead of developing themselves from low to high, taken the opposite direction, and descended from high to low. ... The Aztecs recognized the existence of one Supreme Creator, and Lord of the universe ; addressing him as "the Omnipresent," that knoweth all thoughts, and giveth all gifts, invisible, incorporeal, under whose wings we find sure repose and defence. ... The monotheism of the Bible, rightly understood according to the general sense of the Bible itself, will, I believe, be found in perfect harmony with the needs of human reason in the highest state of culture.
(21 pages; Vol. 6; 1872-73)
Ethnic Testimonies
to the Pentateuch
When the Spaniards discovered Mexico, they found in the midst of the Mexican Pantheon, a goddess whom the Aztecs venerated with the greatest devotion, and whose personal identity with the Mosaic Eve seems beyond dispute. This goddess was described as " the first brought forth," who "bequeathed the sufferings of childbirth to women,'' and " by whom sin came into the world." Moreover, she was usually represented with a serpent near her; and her very name (Cioactl) signified "serpent woman." Humboldt, too, in his Researches, describes an Aztec hieroglyphic painting of this goddess still preserved in the Vatican, which represents her in actual conversation with a serpent; that serpent, moreover, being drawn erect, as if in its state before the curse.
(36 pages; Vol. 6; 1872-73)
Life and its
Physical Basis
We must notice the remarkable fact that the assimilative powers of vegetable and animal protoplasm differ in a very remarkable manner. Thus the protoplasm of plants, when associated with the green colouring-matter known as "chlorophyll," has the power of decomposing carbon dioxide in the presence of sunlight; and all plants possess the power of building up new protoplasm out of the inorganic substances, ammonia, carbon dioxide, and water. On the other hand, no known animal can thus synthetically construct protoplasm out of merely inorganic materials, but all require to be supplied with ready-made protoplasm as food. ... All masses of living protoplasm, whether these are independent organisms, or form parts of an organic whole, have certain active relations with their surroundings.
(34 pages; Vol. 14; 1879-80)
On the Relation Between
Science and Religion
The present outbreak of Atheism assumes a flimsy disguise of Science; but, in reality, it has no scientific basis. It assumes that scientific conclusions can be proved, and are therefore to be believed; that the existence of God cannot be proved, and therefore is not to be believed. ... We find, however, that in addressing the heathens, the Apostle Paul argues from the existence of God, and he asserts confidently that men know not only that there is a God, but also sufficient of God to recognise that idolatry is a contradiction of His being.
(18 pages; Vol. 15; 1880-81)
The Early Destinies
of Mankind
"I see no difficulty in believing" has become the creed chanted in full chorus by Darwin and his disciples. ... When man, not content with a position of dependence, aspired to be as Elohim, he manifested that species of thirst after knowledge which distinguishes philosophy, and soon sought after this in forbidden ways. ... Pride seems to be the ruin of the human race.
(31 pages; Vol. 15; 1880-81)
Pliocene Man
in America
We are informed that in 1858 a stone mortar holding two quarts was taken, at the depth of 300 ft. from the surface, from a mining tunnel in Table Mountain, Tuolumne County, California, lying in auriferous gravel under a thick stratum of lava. In 1862 another mortar was found at the depth of 340 ft., and 1,800ft. from the mouth of the tunnel. At the same depth in Table Mountain, spear-heads, 6 or 8 in. long, a ladle of steatite, and a pendant or shuttle of siliceous slate, were found along with bones of the mastodon and other animals. ... "An ancient skillet," as we are told, "made of lava, hard as iron, with a spout and three legs, was washed out of a claim at Forest Hill." ... At Placerville; numerous stone relics, mortars, grooved disks, &c., at various depths. We may add that bones of the camel, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and extinct horse, or of allied forms, occur in these gravels. ... I quote from Schoolcraft's Archaeology, vol. i. p. 105 :-- "It was late in the month of August, in 1849, that the gold-diggers at one of the mountain diggings called Murphy's were surprised, in examining a high barren district of mountain, to find the abandoned site of an old mine. " 'It is evidently,' says a writer, 'the work of ancient times.' The shaft discovered is 210 ft. deep. Its mouth is situated on a high mountain. It was several days before preparations could be completed to descend and explore it...."
(28 pages; Vol. 15; 1880-81)
On the Credibility
Of the Supernatural
The question, then, lies between a self-existent Creator, and a self-existent phenomenal universe. Those who believe in the latter have to encounter a similar difficulty to that of those who believe in an intelligent Creator. If they ask us, How came God to exist? we ask them in turn, How, without God, came matter and force to exist?
(21 pages; Vol. 16; 1881-82)
Proper Names
In treating of Biblical names, it is only fair to allow that the Hittite names recovered from Egypt and Assyria differ in character from the few that appear in the books of Scripture. But the whole question is in a very nebulous state at present. The lists of names which appear to include those of Hittite places and persons present a curious mixture of Semitic language with some other element. The names in Scripture may be Hebraized. Some Hittites (Uriah for instance) may have received new names. And we must wait with patience for a solution which will most likely come in due season.
(19 pages; Vol. 16; 1881-82)
Discussion on Biblical
Proper Names
With reference to the question of Biblical names, we ought to remember that, with very few exceptions, all the Semitic languages, such as the Hebrew, the Chaldean, and the Arabic, contain words which have a meaning; and it is very remarkable that, if you begin with Genesis and end at the old dispensation, we shall find that every name has a connexion with an attribute of a God, whether it is connected with idolatry or the worship of Jehovah. It is the same way in the present day amongst the different nationalities referred to. We must take into account the three distinct sects which exist in the East, and which have occupied a conspicuous position in regard to the inspired Book. I allude to the Jews, the Christians, and the Mohammedans.
(16 pages; Vol. 16; 1881-82)
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U.S. military expansion projects in Okinawa and Guam have faced nonstop local opposition; allegations of corruption between construction companies and governmental agencies; and environmental and historic preservation issues, since they were announced. Two new articles from The Asia-Pacific Journal examine the unraveling of these plans and their shaky basis.
Michiyo Yonamine's "Economic Crisis Shakes US Forces Overseas: The Price of Base Expansion in Okinawa and Guam":
While questions are raised in Washington on the roles of Marines, US and Japanese governments are proceeding with plans to build new USMC facilities in Northern Okinawa.(U.S. Marines have not engaged in any amphibious assaults since World War II (except for training). Recent disembarkment of 14 Marine amphibious assault tanks on Henoko's beach damaged coral and disturbed the feeding area of the critically endangered Okinawa dugong, angering Okinawans, who consider Marine training in Okinawa an assault on their natural environment.
...the overwhelming majority of American scholars and experts I interviewed (Mike Mochizuki, George Washington Univ.; Morton Halperin, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense; Richard Samuels, MIT; Barry Posen, MIT; Andrew Bacevitch, Boston Univ.) believed that it was impossible to relocate to Henoko, and that the Marine Corps in Okinawa no longer plays any role in US military strategies...
Given US plans to strengthen the bases on Guam, including transferring the Okinawa Marines there, it has no resources to spare to intervene in other countries. In September the DoD announced it would postpone completion of the transfer originally planned for 2014 due to lack of preparedness on Guam. The infrastructure cannot cope with the sudden influx of the Marines, their families and construction workers...
The US military's pattern of extending bases in accordance simply with their perceived military and strategic value, without any understanding of local circumstances, history and culture, is precisely what is happening in Okinawa. Regarding the construction of replacement facilities in Henoko, Japanese and US governments say that this is 'not construction of a new base but relocation to the pre-existing Camp Schwab'; but since they are constructing runways where there was nothing before, extending the base in this way is the same as what is occurring on Guam. The US government's argument that "the transfer to Guam is not progressing because the Futenma issue is stagnating" can no longer be accepted. This is a situation unique to the US. And if the delay is due to domestic circumstances in the US, packaging Guam with Futenma will not work. Four and a half years on since the 2006 announcement of the restructuring of US Forces, the agreement is coming apart at the seams.
Norimatsu Satoko's "Hatoyama's Confession: The Myth of Deterrence and the Failure to Move a Marine Base Outside Okinawa":
In a joint interview held in Tokyo on January 31 and February 8 with the two Okinawan papers and the Kyodo News Agency, former Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio conceded that he had just given "deterrence" as the factor necessitating retention of the US Marine Corps on Okinawa (and hence the building of a new Okinawa base for them) because he needed a pretext.


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A blast of the trumpet against false peace
Peace, peace, when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 6:14
Suggested Further Reading: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25
Many of the people of London enjoy peace in their hearts, because they are ignorant of the things of God. It would positively alarm many of our sober orthodox Christians, if they could once have an idea of the utter ignorance of spiritual things that reigns throughout this land. Some of us, when moving about here and there, in all classes of society, have often been left to remark, that there is less known of the truths of religion than of any science, however obscure that science may be. Take as a lamentable instance, the ordinary effusions of the secular press, and who can avoid remarking the ignorance they manifest as to true religion. Let the papers speak on politics, it is a matter they understand, and their ability is astonishing; but, once let them touch religion, and our Sabbath-school children could convict them of entire ignorance. The statements they put forth are so crude, so remote from the fact, that we are led to imagine that the presentation of a fourpenny testament to special correspondents, should be one of the first efforts of our societies for spreading the gospel among the heathen. As to theology, some of our great writers seem to be as little versed in it as a horse or a cow. Go among all ranks and classes of men, and since the day we gave up our catechism, and old Dr Watts and the Assemblies ceased to be used, people have not a clear idea of what is meant by the gospel of Christ. I have frequently heard it asserted, by those who have judged the modern pulpit without severity, that if a man attended a course of thirteen lectures on geology, he would get a pretty clear idea of the system, but that you might hear not merely thirteen sermons, but thirteen hundred sermons and you would not have a clear idea of the system of divinity that was meant to be taught.
For meditation: The unconverted by themselves cannot understand the truths of the Gospel when they hear them unless God enlightens them (1 Corinthians 2:14; 2 Corinthians 4:4). But there are parts of the country where they would find it very hard to hear the truths of the Gospel being preached (Amos 8:11,12).
Sermon no. 301 26 February (1860)
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