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When a Texas 3-year-old named Max Shatto died suddenly on Jan. 21, the tragedy sent ripples of grief through the small town where he lived with his parents and younger brother. Local obituaries referred delicately to his "passing into God's arms," and friends and family poured their condolences into an online guest book.
"My heart is broken for the family," wrote one commenter. "May God comfort you, as only He can."
Then, in mid-February, nearly a month after the death, the Russian government came forward with a stunning allegation: that Max, a Russian adoptee whose birth name was Maxim, had died from abuse and neglect at the hands of his American adoptive parents, Laura and Alan Shatto.
Suddenly, a small town tragedy exploded into a diplomatic firestorm, the latest touchstone in an ongoing and venomous fight between the US and Russia over the adoption of Russian children by Americans, which the Kremlin has long decried as a "shameful" exportation of the country's children.
This is "yet another case of inhuman torture of a Russian child adopted by US parents," said Russian Foreign Ministry official Konstantin Dolgov in a statement Monday.
But as the controversy spills over into its third day, significant questions remain about both the circumstances of the boy's death and how it will affect prospects for lifting a ban on Russian adoptions – and even the delicate balance of US-Russia relations.
"Let me underscore that it is a terrible tragedy that this child has died," said State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland during a press conference Tuesday, adding that the US government had already been in touch with Russian authorities about the case for several days.
"But none of us, not here, not anywhere in the world, should jump to a conclusion about the circumstances until the police have had a chance to investigate," she added.
By then, however, many Russians had already made up their minds.
"An adoptive mother has killed a three-year-old Russian child in the state of Texas. The murder occurred at the end of January," wrote Russia's children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov on a blog Monday morning, setting off the controversy.
The boy, he continued, died in his home after his adoptive mother called an ambulance for him. "According to the autopsy report, the boy had many injuries," he continued.
By Tuesday, "US kills children" and "protect our children" were the top trending Twitter hashtags in Russia, according to The Washington Post.
But details from Texas law enforcement quickly began to complicate the story.
To start, the boy's mother told law enforcement that she had left Max playing in the yard with his younger brother and returned to find him lying on the ground, unresponsive, according to the Odessa American. And according to the local sheriff's office, the boy died in the hospital – not at home.
Moreover, there is also no autopsy report conclusively showing "many injuries," the county medical examiner's office says, because, so far, no autopsy report has been released at all.
Indeed, the full autopsy report won't be available for another two to eight weeks, says Sondra Woolf, an investigator with the Ector County Medical Examiner's Office, adding that it wasn't clear from the medical examiner's observation of Max's body what had caused his death.
"He did have some bruising, but we won't know if that had anything to do with the cause of his death till we get the autopsy," Ms. Woolf says. "We don't know if it was just everyday bruising."
She added, however, that the boy had bruises on several places on his body, and "obviously because he's 3 years old that makes us start looking at things a little more closely."
On the day of Max's death, local authorities also contacted Texas Child Protective Services, who opened an investigation into possible neglect and physical abuse. CPS officials visited the family home in the town of Gardendale – population 1,500 – and interviewed both the parents and others "who might have information about the case," says Patrick Crimmins, a spokesperson for CPS.
But the agency ultimately left the Shattos's other child, a 2-year-old named Kristopher, who was also adopted from Russia, in the custody of his parents. Child services is "monitoring the home," Mr. Crimmins says but would not elaborate.
"CPS can remove a child from the home, if we believe they're in danger," he adds. "We've left this child at home because we feel he is protected at this time."
CPS did not have an active file on either Kristopher or Max at the time of the older boy's death, and there had not been previous complaints of neglect or abuse against the family. He says CPS generally completes its investigations within 30 days, although waiting on the medical examiner's report can draw out that length.
But with a ban on American adoptions of Russian children passed by the Kremlin late last year, the pressure from Moscow to answer for the death is rising.
If abuse is confirmed, Max will be the 20th Russian adoptee to die under suspicious circumstances in the United States in the past two decades, out of a total of some 60,000 adopted children. By comparison, the Russian Ministry of Education estimates that 1,220 of the 170,000 Russian children adopted in Russia in the same time frame have died from neglect or abuse.
In Texas, 182 adoptive parents were identified as perpetrators of child abuse in 2011, the most recent year for which data are available, out of 72,051 cases total, according to statistics compiled compiled by the Department of Health and Human Service's Children's Bureau. Nationally, the bureau estimates that some 81 percent of perpetrators of child abuse are parents. Of those, 0.7 percent are adoptive parents. Approximately 1 percent of children in the United States are adopted, according to the Census Bureau.
Max Shatto was born Jan. 9, 2010, in Pskov, a city in northwest Russia, according to an obituary in the Shreveport Times in Louisiana. Photos from Facebook and online obituaries show a toddler with big ears and a perplexed gaze. His adoptive mother, Laura, was, until 2012, a high school teacher.
"Max, you were not with us long enough to leave fingerprints on the walls but you left fingerprints upon our hearts," read the obituary. "We love you and will always miss you."


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(CNN) - The House on Thursday approved a bipartisan measure that would provide more money for background checks on gun buyers nearly a week after a mass murder in California left seven people dead, including the killer.
The Republican-led chamber added $19.5 million to expand the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which is a federal database that states access when processing gun sales.
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The amendment to a spending bill for the Justice Department and other agencies was sponsored by Republican Peter King of New York and California Democrat Mike Thompson. It was approved 260-145.
"Expanding our investments in the national background check system is essential to the effort to prevent gun violence. But it is only one step. Now, it is time to build on this success with further action," House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said.
Proponents of the measure said the background check effort is meant to close gaps that can allow criminals and those with severe mental illness to purchase guns they otherwise would not be able to buy.
The added money raises the federal investment in the database to $78 million for the fiscal year beginning in October.
Last Friday's carnage in Santa Barbara was carried out by Elliot Rodger, 22, who fatally stabbed three people and shot three others. He was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head after crashing his car. He apparently had been dealing with mental health issues for years.
Stricter gun control measures introduced after the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Connecticut, went nowhere in Congress.
Now, some lawmakers want to focus on improving the mental health system as a way to address gun violence, especially the types of incidents that occurred in California last week. But it's unclear whether related legislative proposals will advance.
Throwing money at the problem will help a little. But much More has to be done to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally Ill.
The nearly 20 million dollars would not have prevented Elliot Rodger from legally purchasing a firearm.
Not good enough, and who is going to pay for it this time. Starve out more children?
...yeah, only because it's an election year. Hypocrites.
I believe we all know where all this violances are coming from. Organize gang stalking or community gang stalking. Peoples involved in this crime are also using their own kids. Meaning kids from 8 up to 10 years old are being used in this campaign of community gang stalking . (Violence in school, bully etc). I tell you this ,many people are being abuse,hurt even killed by this elligal campaign. Some have to be done. I'm 1 of the victim and I'm living it here in america. Thank you!.
Well, it's a start. Gun control has never been about abolishing everyone's 2nd Amendment rights! It's about keeping tools that are meant to kill (disagree? That's what they are designed for! DUH!), out of the hands of criminals, mentally challenged individuals and just mentally incompetent (nice for, "WACKED", or stupid), individuals! And if you try and tell me that these type of people will "get them illegally" anyways...that's THE PROBLEM PEOPLE! Gun shows, private sales and ESPECIALLY...straw buyers! Someone who buys 50 AR 15's and 50 Glock 34's in one year...IS NOT A COLLECTOR! THAT is where the NRA is wrong about gun "rights"! And I KNOW the founding fathers would agree with me! And I own guns! But I won't go hang out at a restaurant with my "bros", wearing my camp and getting an extra chair for my Winchester Model 88..."Just cuz I can"!!!!
In any other civilized country in the world, a mass shooting is considered a national tragedy! In the US, it's becoming a national pastime!
If they can also make it easier for prosecutors to convict on the current gun laws, that would be just as good to me.
Awesome!! Congrats on one of the first signs of bi partisanship
I can hear the liberal heads exploding.
How did this happen and why ?
How much will go to the NRA for advertising ?
The creep that committed the crime should have been sent to an asylum. Everyone described him as troubled. His parents could have prevented this vicious crime. But they just gave him more money, which he used to buy the guns. Bad parents and a creepy kid results in this. The Government should investigate the family.
More background checking is definitely needed on gun purchases. Please also do something about social media sites and YouTube videos. These sites need to be monitored in the background at all time. If disturbing videos or messages are posted showing that a person can hurt themselves or others the authorities can then immediately be called upon.
How about also closing the gun show loop hole when buying/selling guns? You think that might help?


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A Canadian doctor who has treated many N.F.L. players as well as Olympic medalists like Donovan Bailey and the world's top golfer, Tiger Woods, is under criminal investigation in the United States. He is suspected of providing athletes with performance-enhancing drugs, according to several people who have been briefed on the investigation.
The F.B.I. investigation of Dr. Anthony Galea, a sports medicine specialist who has treated hundreds of professional athletes across many sports, follows his arrest on Oct. 15 in Toronto by the Canadian police. Human growth hormone and Actovegin, a drug extracted from calf's blood, were found in his medical bag at the United States-Canada border in late September. Using, selling or importing Actovegin is illegal in the United States.
Dr. Galea is also being investigated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for smuggling, advertising and selling unapproved drugs as well as criminal conspiracy. He is tentatively scheduled to appear in a Canadian courtroom on Friday.
Dr. Galea and his lawyer say his innovative treatments do not break any laws or violate antidoping rules in sport. "We're confident that an investigation of Dr. Galea will lead to his total vindication," said Brian H. Greenspan, Dr. Galea's criminal-defense lawyer. "Dr. Galea was never engaged in any wrongdoing or any impropriety. Not only does he have a reputation that is impeccable, he is a person at the very top of his profession."
Dr. Galea has developed a reputation among elite athletes for accelerating recovery after surgery or for helping them avoid surgery altogether by using a blood-spinning technique known as platelet-rich plasma therapy, as well as other pioneering procedures, on knees, elbows and Achilles' tendons.
Although he said he prescribed human growth hormone to some patients in his general practice and had used it himself for 10 years, Dr. Galea, 50, said in an interview that he had never treated professional athletes with H.G.H.
Dr. Galea said Mr. Woods was referred to him by the golfer's agents at Cleveland-based International Management Group, who were alarmed at the slow pace of Mr. Woods's rehabilitation after knee surgery in June 2008. The doctor said he flew to Orlando, Fla., at least four times to give Mr. Woods the platelet therapy at his home in Windermere, Fla., in February and March of this year. When asked for comment about Mr. Woods's involvement with Dr. Galea, Mark Steinberg, of I.M.G., responded in an e-mail message: "I would really ask that you guys don't write this? If Tiger is NOT implicated, and won't be, let's please give the kid a break."
Dr. Galea's legal problems began in late September when his assistant was stopped entering the United States from Canada. Her car was searched by border-crossing guards and authorities found Dr. Galea's medical bag, which contained four drugs, including human growth hormone, Dr. Galea said. "It was for my own use," he said.
The authorities also seized his laptop computer and a sonogram machine, he said. His assistant, he said, often drove him around and that was why his belongings were in her car. The assistant, whom Dr. Galea declined to identify, has stopped working at his clinic and, he said, is now cooperating with the authorities.
Federal investigators in the United States are basing their investigation, in part, on medical information found on Dr. Galea's computer relating to several professional athletes he treated, according to the people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they did not want to be identified discussing a continuing investigation.
They did not identify any of the athletes whose names appeared on the computer.
Dr. Galea said "it would be impossible" for the authorities to have found information linking any of his athletes to performance-enhancing drugs.
On Oct. 15, the Canadian police raided Dr. Galea's clinic, the ISM Health & Wellness Centre in Toronto. Sgt. Marc LaPorte, a spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, said Dr. Galea was arrested and released the same day after questioning. Mr. Greenspan said court documents, which are not public under Canadian law, show that his client faces three charges, one under Canada's food and drugs act, one under its customs act and a conspiracy charge under the criminal code. The customs and the drug charges relate to the misrepresentation of goods and drugs.
As part of his practice, Dr. Galea said he prescribed human growth hormone to patients 40 and over to improve their stamina when working out and to combat fatigue, among other health benefits.
"The authorities here and elsewhere have it wrong," Mr. Greenspan said. "They don't understand the medical aspects."
Prescribing human growth hormone is legal in Canada but approved in the United States only for a few specific uses that do not include hastening recovery from surgery or injury. In the world of sports, under World Anti-Doping Association guidelines, H.G.H. is banned though not widely tested for because it requires a blood test. The N.F.L., the N.H.L., the N.B.A. and Major League Baseball do not test for H.G.H.
Ten years ago, when he turned 40, Dr. Galea said he began injecting himself with human growth hormone five days a week. Using H.G.H., he said, may allow him a longer lifespan with his wife, who he said is 22 years younger. "If the body is healthy, then your mind and intellect are free to study, to feed your spirit," he said during one of several lengthy phone interviews over the past several days.
Dr. Galea said he used Actovegin to treat the injuries of some of his patients, including players on the Toronto Argonauts football team, for which he has been the team doctor since 2004. Dr. Galea said he did not use Actovegin to treat Mr. Woods or other United States athletes.
Actovegin is a controversial drug that is not approved for sale in Canada and is being closely monitored, though not banned, by the World Anti-Doping Agency. It is essentially strained and purified calf's blood, and is produced in Austria by Nycomed, a Swiss-based company. Actovegin first came to the attention of antidoping authorities in the late 1990s when elite cyclists were found to be using it. Actovegin "was tested by antidoping laboratories and no growth hormone or prohibited hormones were found," said Frédéric Donzé, a spokesman for the World Anti-Doping Agency, which is based in Montreal. "WADA, however, closely monitors Actovegin since we are aware of its use in some sports, possibly in conjunction with other substances that may be prohibited."
In cycling, for example. some athletes apparently believe that it can accelerate the healing of injuries, especially tendon and muscle tears. Many leading antidoping experts, however, believe there is no benefit and all the athletes get is a placebo effect.
The United States Anti-Doping Agency has developed "intelligence" that athletes are using Actovegin to attempt to improve performance, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. Usada asked the World Anti-Doping Agency to ban Actovegin this year but it declined.
Although he prescribes H.G.H. and Actovegin in some cases, Dr. Galea said he never combined those drugs with his platelet-rich plasma injections.
His practice has become a regular destination for injured professional athletes, including N.F.L. players who take red-eye flights on Monday nights for treatment on Tuesdays, their day off, because of the platelet-rich plasma methodology that he began using eight years ago. News of his arrest shocked many in the sports world, especially those who refer to him as "Miracle Man."
"We're all surprised by this we believe it's going to go away and it's a misunderstanding," said David Cynamon, co-owner of the Argonauts. "He might be one of the elite sports medicine doctors anywhere, and that's why the likes of Tiger locate him."
Dr. Galea said he had used Actovegin to treat several Argonauts players' injuries, but Mr. Cynamon said he was not aware of that.
The use of platelet therapy, which has become more prevalent in sports medicine in recent years, is believed by some doctors to dramatically speed up recovery times. Platelet-rich plasma is created by putting a small amount of the patient's blood in a centrifuge, which separates the red blood cells from the platelets that release proteins and other particles involved in the body's healing process. No more than a teaspoon of the substance is injected into the damaged area. In some cases, the high concentration of platelets from 3 to 10 times that of normal blood catalyzes the growth of new soft-tissue or bone cells.
The treatment catalyzes the body's instincts to repair muscle and other tissue, said Dr. Allan Mishra, an assistant professor of orthopedics at Stanford University and one of the primary researchers in the field. Dr. Mishra and other doctors say that the technique appears to help regenerate ligament and tendon fibers.
But other doctors say that more research is needed before the therapy can be embraced as scientifically proven.
Doug Richards, a professor at the University of Toronto and a physician for the N.B.A.'s Toronto Raptors, hosted a presentation on the platelet therapy by Dr. Galea at the university shortly after his arrest. "It's a technique that shows promise," Dr. Richards said, "but research is required to show its effectiveness."
Dr. Mark Lindsay, a chiropractor from White Lake, Ontario, who works with Dr. Galea, said his colleague is at the cutting edge of sports medicine, and has extended the careers of countless elite athletes.
"Ten years from now, they are going to say, wow, this guy was a pioneer," Dr. Lindsay said in a recent phone interview. "That's the unfortunate thing."
Dr. Galea blames his current legal problems on his success rate.
"All these athletes come see me in Canada cause I fix them, and I think people just assume that I'm giving them stuff," he said. "They don't have to come to me to get H.G.H. and steroids. You can walk into your local gym in New York and get H.G.H."
The N.F.L. quarterback Chris Simms and wide receiver Javon Walker swear by him. In March, Dr. Galea arranged for Mr. Walker to have cartilage-replacement surgery on his knee in Jerusalem because the procedure is not approved in the United States or Canada. Mr. Walker said the recovery time was half what it would have been if he had had the procedure doctors recommended in the United States.
"He's a person who just wants to help and heal," Walker said. "And the world is going to soon know about him."
The Olympic swimmer Dara Torres said she sought out Dr. Galea to help diagnose the cause of continuing pain in her knee earlier this year. "He found a tear in my quad tendon that was undiagnosed," Torres said in an e-mail message. "Excluding draining my knee, he has never treated me, but I did see his chiropractor who did soft-tissue work on my leg. That was the extent of my visit with him."
Mr. Bailey, a retired Canadian sprinter, said Dr. Galea helped him in 1999, when he received treatment from him for a ruptured Achilles' tendon, but did not receive any kind of injections.
Dr. Lindsay said he led Mr. Woods's rehabilitation team after the golfer's June 2008 surgery to repair his anterior cruciate ligament. In addition to Dr. Lindsay, who is best known for overseeing Alex Rodriguez's rehabilitation from hip surgery last spring, the Woods team included Dr. Galea and a Vermont-based strength coach named Bill Knowles.
Dr. Lindsay said he worked with Mr. Woods at his home throughout his eight-month rehabilitation. The work included strength training, conditioning and exercises in a swimming pool, Dr. Lindsay said.
In February, discouraged by the lack of progress, Dr. Lindsay asked Dr. Galea to look at Mr. Woods, who was suffering from patellar tendinitis and had scarring in the muscle. "It's common after the A.C.L. to have tendinitis," Dr. Lindsay said. "And the P.R.P. helped."
Dr. Galea said he treated Mr. Woods in his home four or five times with a borrowed centrifuge from an Orlando doctor. Each time, he said he drew blood from Woods, spun it to increase the platelets' count and then injected a small amount directly into Mr. Woods's left knee.
Two days after the first treatment, Woods texted him, Dr. Galea said: "He said he couldn't believe how good he feels. He'd joke and say, 'I can jump up on the kitchen table,' and I said, 'Please don't.' "
Dr. Galea said that Mr. Woods stayed in touch, texting him after the British Open in July that his left knee had begun bothering him again. Dr. Galea said he flew to Orlando in early August and gave Mr. Woods P.R.P. therapy for a final time.
In October, he said he heard again from Mr. Woods that his knee was still bothering him, "but all this stuff started with the investigation, and I couldn't go see him."


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Rapper 50 Cent opened up about his feelings on the LGBT community in a new interview with TheWrap, claiming that he has never been homophobic despite using anti-gay slurs in his music.
"I don't have homophobia. I never did," 50 Cent, born Curtis Jackson, told TheWrap. The rapper has come under fire in the past, however, for dropping the word "faggot" in his lyrics.
"I would use the terminology that would be going around," he continued. "My grandfather may say terms -- people may actually say terms based on their experiences that were happening at that point. ... You've got people that would call some people a redneck, or some people n-----. It's the term of that time or that period. They're not necessarily racist, but they've heard those terms used around them, and they use them."
He also opened up about his mother being a lesbian. He told TheWrap he supported his mother's same-sex relationship during a time when society condemned the LGBT community.
Fifty also spoke with TheWire about his new role in "Dream School," a six-part unscripted series that will air on the Sundance Channel on Oct. 7. According to the Indie Wire, the program was created by chef Jamie Oliver and it was exclusively produced by 50 Cent. "Dream School" centers around troubled teens who are mentored by stars, including David Arquette, Oliver Stone and Swizz Beatz. One of the people featured on the series is a transgender teen named Alan.
The rapper posted a part of Alan's story on his own website:
"I started realizing that I felt different when I was in middle school, when I was hitting puberty," Alan says, according to a transcript posted on 50 Cent's website. "I would bind my chest down and try to pass as a boy. That was because I felt like a guy and I wanted people to see me as a guy. I got good grades. I was on honor roll. And once the bullying started that all stopped. I didn't want to go to school. I can't remember the last time I went to school. I honestly can't say that I feel safe in school."
Though he says he's not homophobic, the rapper has come under fire for spewing anti-gay rhetoric, according to the Huffington Post.
"If you a man and your over 25 and you don't eat pu--y just kill your self damn it. The world will be a better place. Lol," he tweeted in 2010. "We need organizations for straight men in case you've been on the elevator and somebody decides they want to grab your little buns."
As HuffPo notes, the tweet was made during a time when LGBT suicide were making headlines.
While a number of rappers have used anti-gay slurs in their raps, there seems to be a sea change occurring in the rap community regarding gay rights. When President Barack Obama was running for president in 2012, a number of rappers and R&B stars came out in support of him, noting his views on marriage equality. 50 Cent was one of those rappers.
"I think everyone should be happy. I think only a fool is really going to go against same sex marriage at this point," Fifty told Vibe Magazine. "Look how long it took to say he was for same-sex marriages. You understand? I'm up for it. If everyone is for it, then hey, to each his own. I don't have strong personal feelings towards it because I'm not involved in that lifestyle, but I want people to be happy. It just makes everything better."
Additionally, in 2012, according to Global Grind, 50 Cent gave an interview on the radio show the Funkmaster Flex Show and once again praised Obama for coming out for same-sex marriage and endorsed it himself, though he did say:
"Technically, I don't see where it fits into any religion. The Bible that they would read to marry you, it doesn't have anything in it that says same-sex. If it does, then I would like someone to point out that interpretation."
The rapper also revealed that he has participated in some same-sex "activities," but didn't specify what those actives were.
"I've encouraged same-sex activities. I've engaged in fetish areas a couple times. I'm for it."
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Q. How did sponsoring immigrants work in the 1880s?
A. Sponsoring an immigrant (that is, paying for another person's passage to America with the condition that he or she works off the debt upon arrival) is an old tradition. Many arrivals during the Colonial period had their passages paid in exchange for a seven-year period of servitude known as an indenture. This custom persisted into the 19th century, providing newcomers with food, shelter and clothing, in exchange for work and training in new trades. Sounds like a good deal but if the immigrant didn't meet the terms of the agreement (often it was more like slave labor with minimal freedom), he risked fines, imprisonment, whippings, disfigurement or additional years of indenture.
Congress legalized contract labor for immigrants in 1864, then flip-flopped and outlawed such contracts 21 years later. As a result, many immigrant sponsorships simply went underground. Because the practice was illegal, the odds of finding a paper trail are slim unless your ancestor or his sponsor was caught. Passenger-arrival lists won't be of much help to you, either: Officials didn't begin asking immigrants who paid for their passage until 1903.
If your ancestor arrived before 1885 and you suspect he or she was a contract laborer, you'll want to read social histories for your relative's ethnic group to determine what organizations and businesses may have advertised or recruited immigrants in the old country. Also take note of the place your ancestor first settled in America and the type of work he did. Say your ancestor worked as a laborer for a railroad company upon his arrival. You could check with the railway company's archives or museum, or write to the state historical society to find out who keeps related records. Availability varies from one company to another since not all organizations retain their records or make them publicly accessible.
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Lesson 7
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The Tools for Witnessing
DORA IS A SENIOR CITIZEN who prays daily for all the missionaries, evangelists, pastors, and colporteurs. Children take great delight in visiting her because she tells wonderful stories. Often she shares a home-baked loaf of bread with a neighbor. Once, when an entire family was baptized, they said the first person from the church who contacted them was Dora. After reading the following definition, state why you think Dora is a missionary.
|DEFINITION: A missionary is someone who crosses a "barrier" in order to communicate the gospel This barrier may be a different faith or culture, as well as a physical distance.
This week we will learn about five tools for witnessing. As you study, decide which tool fits best in your hands and how you will use it to win souls for Christ.
I. Personal Evangelism (Acts 8:26-38).
II. Personal Testimony (Acts 21:37-22:21).
III. Health Evangelism (Acts 9:32-35).
IV. Lifestyle Evangelism (Acts 2:44-47; 9:36-42).
V. Public Evangelism (Acts 8:5, 35; 19:8).
MEMORY TEXT: "And daily in the temple, and in every house they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ" (Acts 5:42, NKJV).
|DEFINITION: Personal evangelism is sharing the gospel with an individual or with small groups of people.
As you review Acts 8:26-38, ask yourself how this incident fits the above definition of personal evangelism. Think of at least three principles of personal evangelism this event illustrates.
As you review Acts 8:26-38, ask yourself how this incident fits the above definition of personal evangelism. Think of at least three principles of personal evangelism this event illustrates.
"'Do you understand what you are reading?' "(NKJV). "What Philip said [to the Ethiopian] was an expression of interest in the man. People usually respond to the compliment of someone's wanting to know them and what they are doing. Find out what a person's interests are and you have hold of the protruding thread with which to unravel him or her and to know how to share Christ."Ogilvie, Acts: The Communicator's Commentary, vol. 5, p. 162.
Personal Bible studies are important tools of witnessing. Following is one approach to Bible study that has proven effective.
A. Visit informally for three to five minutes.
B. Pray for God's guidance before beginning the study. Let the students take part by allowing them to respond to your questions, look up and read texts, and ask questions. Usually, seven to ten Bible texts will be enough to teach what Scripture says about a doctrine. Be sure they understand the lesson by asking them such questions as, "Does this seem reasonable to you?"
C. Secure a decision at the end of each Bible study. As stated in lesson 4, a simple way to do so is to ask three questions: (1) "Is this subject clear to you?" (2) "Do you have questions?" (answer them, if any); and (3) "Then, are you willing to believe this doctrine?"
D. Have the students close with a short prayer. Listen carefully. Their prayers may tell you what they are thinking and how they are feeling about what they have learned.
The entire study should not be more than 30-40 minutes, and you should meet at least once a week.
How can you make the following quote a reality in your life? "By personal labor reach those around you. Become acquainted with them. Preaching will not do the work that needs to be done. Angels of God attend you to the dwellings of those you visit. This work cannot be done by proxy. Money lent or given will not accomplish it. Sermons will not do it. By visiting the people, talking, praying, sympathizing with them, you will win hearts."Christian Service, pp. 117, 118.
|DEFINITION: A personal testimony is an account of how you yourself have experienced Christ's power. "Tell them how you found Jesus, and how blessed you have been since you gained an experience in His service.... Tell them of the gladness and joy that there is in the Christian life."Evangelism, p. 486. The purpose of such an account is to create a desire in the heart of the listeners for a similar experience of their own.
The three essential elements of a testimony are:
1. Your life before you became a Christian. This part of the testimony seeks to establish a bond with the listener.
2. How you became a Christian. Even if you were brought up in a Christian home, there was still some point at which you gave your life to Christ. Your testimony might revolve around an answer to prayer or a particular victory in your life that made Jesus real to you.
3. What Jesus means to you now. Tell how your life has changed and something of the joy you now experience.
Paul's account of his life in Acts 22 can be divided into the above three parts of a personal testimony. Find a key phrase for each one of these parts:
My life before I became a Christian (Acts 22:3-5).
How I became a Christian (Acts 22:6-13).
What Jesus means to me now (Acts 22:14-21).
"It is the testimony of personal experience that is the irrefutable argument. It is the power of a life which has been changed that no cynic or unbeliever can withstand. When the world shakes for fear of what may befall it, nothing can steady it so much as the simple, direct statement of a man or a woman who has seen the Lord and whose whole life is illuminated by the light of the vision."The Interpreter's Bible, vol. 9, pp. 291, 292.
What can I share about my experience with God's grace? Write your own testimony using the three essential elements listed above.
Peter's ministry took him to the coastal plain area of Sharon. Lydda, today called Ludd, is a city located about eleven miles from Joppa. Describe Peter's ministry there. Acts 9:32-34.
What is the significance of the word found in
33? Explain the significance of Peter telling Aeneas, " 'Jesus
the Christ heals you' "
What do the results of Aeneas's healing tell you about the influence health evangelism can have (v. 35)?
"We are not to wait for souls to come to us: we must seek them out where they are. When the Word has been preached in the pulpit, the work has but just begun. There are multitudes who will never be reached by the gospel unless it is carried to them."Christian Service, p. 121. The time period of the man's illness extended back through the ministry of Jesus. But because Jesus had not healed all the sick, He empowered many of His followers do to so.
As in everything else, Jesus is also our example in the area of health evangelism. He spent more time healing than preaching, knowing as He did so that many who are afflicted with physical ailments long to know that their sins are forgiven. (See The Ministry of Healing, p. 77.)
"Gospel workers should be able also to give instruction in the principles of healthful living. There is sickness everywhere, and much of it might be prevented by attention to the laws of health. The people need to see the bearing of health principles upon their well-being, both for this life and for the life to come. They need to be awakened to their responsibility for the human habitation fitted up by their Creator as His dwelling place, and over which He desires them to be faithful stewards. . . In teaching health principles, keep before the mind the great object of reform, -that its purpose is to secure the highest development of body and mind and soul. Show that the laws of nature, being the laws of God, are designed for our good; that obedience to them promotes happiness in this life, and aids in the preparation for the life to come."Evangelism, pp. 525, 526.
|In what ways can your church integrate health ministries with evangelistic efforts? How can you participate in health ministries even though you may not be a health professional? If you are a health professional, think about how you can engage in medical evangelism in your church or town.
|DEFINITION: Lifestyle evangelism refers to a life that is growing and maturing in Christ, while letting the words and deeds of that life draw others to Christ. It is presenting the gospel by living a good testimony before others. Every Christian is a lifestyle evangelist.
Explain how Dorcas's ministry fulfills the criteria of the above definition. What do the results of her work tell you about the importance and effectiveness of lifestyle evangelism? Acts 9:36-42.
We are to feel empathy and compassion for both Christians and non-Christians who suffer distressing physical, mental, or emotional problems. This compassion that leads a person to serve others, including society's outcasts, is ours when Christ reigns in the heart.
"First meet the temporal necessities of the needy and relieve their physical wants and sufferings, and you will then find an open avenue to the heart, where you may plant the good seeds of virtue and religion."Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, p. 227. Read Matthew 25:31-46.
Dorcas's example has inspired the Seventh-day Adventist Church to establish active Dorcas Societies and Adventist Community Services around the world. Families who lose their homes to natural disasters or fires, people who need a helping hand while between jobs, parents who find the pantry bare between paychecks, and anyone in need can still find a helping hand because of one caring person who lived centuries ago.
Describe the lifestyle of the early Christians. Acts 2:44-47. What was the result? Verse 47.
"Let us remember that a Christlike life is the most powerful argument that can be advanced in favor of Christianity."Christian Service, p. 26.
12:9-21 with the behavior of most of the people you hear or read about
in the news. Then analyze why a Christlike life is such a powerful
tool in witnessing.
Consider your own life in light of Romans 12:9-21. What kind of impression are you leaving with others?
|DEFINITION: Public evangelism reaches large groups of people through meetings in which they receive doctrinal instruction that will enable them to make a responsible decision to join the church.
Provide answers for the following, based on Acts 19:8.
Place of the meetings: _________________________________________
Style of the preacher: _________________________________________
Period of time the meetings were held: ___________________________
Methods of evangelism: _______________________________________
Content of evangelism: ________________________________________
Peter's sermon on Pentecost (Acts 2:14-40) could be classified as public evangelism, especially because of its Christ-centered content and its strong appeal (v. 38). However, evangelistic efforts are not to be limited to a two-day evangelistic event, a week of harvest evangelism, or a one-month series of gospel meetings. Interest should be cultivated before an evangelistic series. Strengthening the spiritual condition of the church, as well as training church members to help with an evangelistic series, is also a necessary activity for success. Nurturing new members and interested people, along with a review of doctrines after the meetings, is just as important as the series itself. (See Evangelism. p. 334.)
"In the cities of today, where there is so much to attract and please, the people can be interested by no ordinary efforts. Ministers . . . will find it necessary to put forth extraordinary efforts in order to arrest the attention of the multitudes. And when they succeed in bringing together a large number of people, they must bear messages of a character so out of the usual order that the people will be aroused and warned."Evangelism, p. 122.
|How can I use my gifts in a team for public evangelism?
FURTHER STUDY: This week we studied five tools of evangelism. They are: (1) personal evangelism, (2) personal testimony, (3) health evangelism, (4) lifestyle evangelism, and (5) public evangelism. Determine which tool is described in the following passages. Be able to explain why you categorized each passage the way you did: Acts 2:14-40; Luke 1:46-55; 2 Kings 5:1-15; John 4:1-30.
Read from Christian Service the chapters entitled "Bible Evangelism" pp. 141-144; and "Ministry of the Printed Page" pp. 145-154. From Evangelism, read the section entitled "Personal Work" pp. 429-455.
"As witnesses for Christ, we are to tell what we know, what we ourselves have seen and heard and felt. If we have been following Jesus step by step, we shall have something right to the point to tell concerning the way in which He has led us. We can tell how we have tested His promise, and found the promise true. We can bear witness to what we have known of the grace of Christ. This is the witness for which our Lord calls, and for want of which the world is perishing."The Desire of Ages, p. 340.
SUMMARIZE this week's lesson by defining in your own words personal evangelism, personal testimony, health evangelism, public evangelism, and lifestyle evangelism. Then do the following activity.
Under Column A, check which form of evangelism you participated in during the previous six months. Under column B, check which form of evangelism you would like to participate in if you had the opportunity and training.
|A (I Did)
|B (I Could Do)
|_____ Personal Bible studies
|_____ Personal testimony
|_____ Small-group activities
|_____ Health evangelism
|_____ Public evangelism
|_____ Lifestyle evangelism
|_____ Literature evangelism
|_____ Community services
|_____ Bible seminars
Captain Gregorio Montoya, leader of the 207-officer motorcycle unit in Lima, Peru, was concerned. His wife worked in the office of the commander of the Peruvian police force. The man was an Adventist, and now his wife was becoming interested in the Adventist church. In fact, she joined a small group that her boss had started. She talked about the singing, fellowship, Bible reading, and prayer time. One day Montoya told his wife, "This interest in religion must stop. You must choose between that small group and me."
She continued attending the small group meetings in spite of her husband's threats. Soon she began rising early on Sabbath mornings while he was still asleep and quietly slipping out to attend the Adventist worship services as well. But one Sabbath her husband awoke and followed her to church. He was determined to find out what was so compelling about the Adventists. Captain Montoya attended the worship service that day and has not stopped attending since then. He was baptized in 1996.
Recently I visited Captain Montoya at his police station. I watched as a new shift of officers came on duty. Some 24 officers stood at attention as a short devotional was presented. Then they sang an enthusiastic gospel song. After closing prayer they received their orders for the evening.
Later Montoya said, "I want my officers to follow the principles of God's Word. None of us receive high salaries. There is always a temptation to accept bribes. I tell my officers, 'If you take so much as one cent, you will lose your job and your soul. It is not worth it.'"
Six of Captain Montoya's officers have been baptized in the first two years following his own baptism. Sixty officers on the force are studying the Bible. In his off-duty hours Captain Montoya conducts small Bible study groups for his neighbors and friends.
With a sense of pride and determination Captain Montoya said, "With God's help, as our police force discovers and puts into practice the principles of the Bible, Peru will have the best police force in the world."
J. H. Zachary is coordinator of international evangelism for The Quiet Hour and a special consultant for the General Conference Ministerial Association.
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Baby, it's cold outside. Stay in and watch bike videos:
Title: FASST-A Tale Told In Three Bikes
An unbelievable story of a bicycle maker, Ezra Caldwell (Fast Boy Cycles) and his battle with cancer. (teachingcancertocry.com)
FASST from Sam Newman on Vimeo.
Title: Cape Town Fixed Gear Hout Bay Run 2014
Cape Town Fixed Gear Hout Bay Run 2014
Title: FGM x Moskovstyle First Winter Fixed Gear Race 2014
Title: Australasian Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships 2014
28 – 30 March 2014
Tempe Recreation Reserve, Sydney
For more details visit sydneybikepolo.org/ahbpc-2014
"Forty One Mosquitoes Flying In Formation" / Tame Impala © 2008 Modular Recordings
Australasian Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships 2014 from Tom McMahon on Vimeo.
Title: Snowlandia
Would a rare snow day in Portland keep us off our bikes? Heck no! We rounded up a crew and explored the local snow day scene.
Song "Ice, Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice.
Snowlandia from High Five Cycling on Vimeo.
Title: Crash Reel
Crash Reel from kEITH PAYNE on Vimeo.


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HOUSTON -- It took a little while longer than he probably hoped, but Geoff Cameron is now going to get his shot to show Jurgen Klinsmann what he can do.
Cameron, who spoke to MLSsoccer.com previously about wanting a fresh chance, was called up by the US national team manager for the January camp that culminates in friendlies against Venezuela in Phoenix (Jan 21) and away to Panama (Jan 25). Unlike his previous three stints with the national team, Cameron feels he has a chance to make his mark as a regular defender under a coach that is still implementing his system.
"I think I fit [Klinsmann's] style well," Cameron told MLSsoccer.com. "I know he likes to possess the ball and likes to control and build the attack out of the back. Watching the recent games for the national team I've seen they have more possession and that game fits my style. I like to initiate the attack and that's one of the things I think I can contribute."
That fit has seemed evident to on-lookers since Cameron returned to the back line in mid-September. His teammates and coaches have praised the 6-3 defender for an athleticism that allows him to play fast and precise defensively and be an added weapon in the attack.
There was some doubt about Cameron's availability for the camp in the wake of the injury he suffered in last month's MLS Cup final — a match Klinsmann saw in person. But Cameron was cleared to start training last Thursday. Plus, he had spoken with Klinsmann about the injury, and the US boss assured him that he wanted to make sure he was fully recovered.
"He's been very helpful and seems like a nice, down-to-earth guy," Cameron said. "When a guy's a player's coach and is easy to talk to, it makes it easier to have a good frame of mind going into a camp like this."
On the path to full health and having a shot at a "clean slate" Cameron is ready to show Klinsmann that he has the skill-set to be an impact player on the international level.
"My goal is to be a regular with the national team," Cameron said. "Jurgen's been giving a lot of guy's opportunities and that's all you can ask for. I'm looking forward to getting in there and training and adjusting to his style and looking to show my ability to him and the staff."
Darrell Lovell covers the Houston Dynamo for MLSsoccer.com.


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NEA-Retired Delegates' Commitment to Education Continues
It's estimated that almost 90 percent of NEA members leave the association when they retire, but delegates to this year's NEA-Retired Annual Meeting are determined to bring that number down by bringing their numbers up.
"Retire from your position, not your profession," said NEA-Retired President Tom Curran in his address to the 2012 NEA-Retired Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Curran said the NEA weathered a political storm last year – budget cuts, threats to bargaining rights, and layoffs – and that the upcoming year won't be any easier, which is why NEA retired members need to organize, advocate, and recruit. The message was well-received -- the crowd at the NEA Retired conference Wednesday seemed fired up and ready to fight for education and educators' rights.
"Work hard in the upcoming elections. Our future depends on you," Curran said. "We can't outspend [other groups], but we can out work them."
Curran thanked a few states for their hard work in protecting unions, including Ohio, for restoring collective bargaining rights, and Michigan, because the state is collecting signatures for a referendum to put collective bargaining in the state constitution.
Curran also talked about the recent controversies in Wisconsin. The governor's race was such a spectacle, and Walker had to outspend the other side to such a degree, that politicians will probably think twice about attacking union rights again, he said. John Lehman, a former teacher and retired NEA member, was also elected to the state Senate and helped give Democrats the Senate majority.
The NEA-Retired President's message to NEA Retired members was clear: get involved, because this is going to be a busy year for the NEA. He thanked everyone who had already written letters to the editors of their local newspapers or made phone calls for pro-union legislators, and encouraged people to stay involved in political races.
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel, who addressed the NEA-Retired delegates on Thursday, emphasized the importance of the upcoming presidential election.
"We want the world to know that our members understand the importance of this election to educators, to labor, and to social justice," he said. "And I believe the choice for us and for America is very clear."
It took just two years, Van Roekel said, for conservative legislators and their corporate backers to attack or dismantle payroll deduction, agency fees and collective bargaining. It would take even less time for a conservative-controlled federal government to enact a national right-to-work law.
"We've got to accept that we have a new reality, and choose a path forward," he said. "We can't just defend ourselves, we have to go on the offense, and be clear about our goal – which is great public schools. With a defense and an offense, we'll be stronger than ever before."


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I'm coming to grips with Windows 8.
You don't have a Start button. But your desktop looks just like it does (sans Start button) in Windows 7.
What you do have is the Metro interface, a blocky stream of "things you can click on" that, in the lower left corner, has a blocky link to the "real" desktop.
Some things are downright tricky. Like how there's a Skype "app" in the Metro interface (I'm sure they still don't call it Metro, but what they DO call it escapes me), but you can install the "Windows Desktop" version of Skype yand have it … on your Windows desktop.
When the system told me I HAD to "merge" my Skype account and Microsoft account in order to use Skype in the Metro interface without explaining what such a merger would do — would I keep my "unique" Skype user name, for instance? — I balked and went to the Skype site and downloaded (and subsequently installed) the Windows Desktop version of Skype.
You still have a traditional Control Panel to adjust settings. But there are things you can only get to in the Metro interface — or so it looks to me.
When I set up the computer, my Internet connect was a bit shaky, and the "get a Microsoft" portion of the process didn't take. I had to reboot.
Then I found myself with TWO accounts on the computer. One with a Microsoft account connected to it, one without. Of course I did all my subsequent setup in the one without the Microsoft account.
It could have gone either way, but after deleting the superfluous account (the Microsoft-connected one), I used these instructions from Paul Thurrott (who appears to be Mr. Windows) to convert my "local" account to a Microsoft-connected account.
Why? WHY??? you ask? Well, supposedly all those Metro apps I'm not using work better with a Microsoft-connected account.
Before I end this entry, I'd like to report that the Internet Explorer browser is still a steaming pile. All these years and they couldn't improve the font rendering? Everything looks awful. Glad I got Firefox before I did most anything. I'll get Google Chrome in the near future.
I've committed to running Windows 8 for the time being not just for the novelty but because I need to USE this computer. And I'm more than a little befuddled by Secure Boot and UEFI. Luckily I can get the apps I need to run, and many of them are free (as in libre) software.


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this is probably the most rediculous question i probably will ever ask..
what are actual uses of polymorphism and inheritance..
this is probably the most rediculous question i probably will ever ask..
what are actual uses of polymorphism and inheritance..
variant data types?
download that file. comment out most of the code in main, then uncomment the huge chunk.
You can even check uninitialized data.
Anytime you need a switch statement based on the type of the object pointed to by the base class pointer.
I have an example of inheritance. I'm working on a game, and in it there are several different objects (items, enemies, bullets, special effects etc...). Most of these use the same kind of data, like all of them have a position, a dimension, a direction etc... Instead of rewriting the same stuff over and over for each type, I made a base class containing that data. Then all of my game objects inherited from that base class, and made som add-ons specific for that type.
It saves time and space.
As for polymorphsm, I have no good example. Basically it lets you use the same names for different arguments.
So instead of typing:
You type:Code:int AddInt(int X, int Y); float AddFloat(float X, float Y); double AddDouble(double X, double Y);
Voila! Using the same name, it's easier to remember them (duh!) and can make the coding easier... maybe...Code:int Add(int X, int Y); float Add(float X, float Y); double Add(double X, double Y);
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Polymorphism allows you to write a function that handles different specified data types in the same intended way. Think about the "cout" object... It allows you to do something like this:
cout << (int)iVal << (double)dVal << (char)ch << (const char*)str;
The reason you can do that is polymorphism... Without it, you would have to do something like this:
Inheritance is a very important part of C++. With it you can create new classes based on existing class without having to recode tons of tried and true code.. Think about if you want to create a specialized button in a gui app. If you had to somehow code a class from scratch that does everything that a button does just so you can add some new functionality, the computer programmer suicide rate would sky-rocket... Instead, you can create a new button class derived from CButton and add the functionality you want to it...
Make sense?
Last edited by LuckY; 05-06-2003 at 01:54 PM.
Look up templates, too. They're even more useful... except my compiler (VC++6.0) has a ton of template related bugs in their code.


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Night Cleaner at Casino Arizona and/or Talking Stick Resort
Be part of a team that enjoys a diverse workplace with many benefits:
• Employee Appreciation Events
• Safety Recognition Program
• Years of Service bonus
• Work and Win contest
• Perfect Attendance Bonus
• Mystery Shopper Awards
• Education Reimbursement
• Medical, Dental and Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
Job Title: Night Cleaner at either Casino Arizona or Talking Stick Resort
Department: Housekeeping
Reports To: Housekeeping Shift Supervisor
Starting rate up to $14.50 per hour; depending on prior experience
This is a graveyard shift position that cleans public and office areas of casino and hotel following a preset schedule. The facility is divided into cleaning areas or sections and job assignments are made based in those areas.
Supervisory Responsibilities
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
Education and/or Experience
Prior cleaning or hotel housekeeping experience preferred. General knowledge of cleaning chemicals is preferred.
Language Skills
Ability to read, write, speak and understand English strongly preferred.
Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand for prolonged periods of time; walk; use hands and fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 25 pounds. An employee performing heavy duty assignments may be required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to secondary smoke and toxic or caustic chemicals and may be required to work with hand and power equipment. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.


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The Economics of the Euro
The economics case against the Eurozone rests on a theory called optimum currency area (OCA) which says that countries should share a common currency only if: (a) they have labor and capital mobility; (b) they have synchronous business cycles; and (c) they can move money from one region to another, preferably through a fiscal union. The Eurozone is not an OCA since it fails most of these conditions.
In an optimum currency area, a country gives up the right to have its own currency and to conduct its own monetary policy. As a result, countries can be trapped in the wrong monetary policy and the wrong exchange rate. In the mid 2000s, the European Central Bank's monetary policy was fitting for Germany but not for Spain. Thus money was too cheap in Spain and that helped fuel a housing bubble. Similarly, a dear euro made goods and services from the periphery less competitive in the global market, fueling current account deficits. Instead, a country with control over monetary policy can avoid such pitfalls – it can change interest rates and it can devaluate its currency.
This makes sense, but not fully. The syllogism assumes (a) that we know what the optimum monetary policy is and (b) that having control over monetary policy is better than not. On the first assumption, one need only think about the United States and its love affair with Alan Greenspan's magic wand. In retrospect, it is clearer that his loose monetary policy helped fuel a housing bubble than helped trigger our current crisis (not by itself, of course). The chief instrument by which monetary policy operates – interest rates – is just one lever to manage an economy that is too complex for one lever alone. Monetary policy can be powerful indeed – but it can also be powerless and it can also be wrong headed.
On the second assumption – control over monetary policy is better than not – the economics profession is itself divided. Monetarists will say that managing an economy through interest rates is silly. More mainstream, there is a growing consensus that good monetary policy is aided by "independence" which is effectively saying that good monetary policy requires some control but not too much. Implicit in that assumption is that monetary policy can be managed well if managed apolitically. In truth few states can claim some perfect balance – and as the case of the United States shows – even when the economy seems in balance, it may not be. In fact, in many countries, monetary policy is often a disaster, producing nothing more than chronic inflation. That central bankers can guide an economy the way a conductor guides an orchestra is an idea that our crisis should have deflated. Some humility please.
Implicit in OCA is the idea that monetary policy and exchange rates are "good" adjustment mechanisms. Economies are bound to veer off course and the invisible hand brings them back in harmony. That is why economists like flexible exchange rates: they are self-corrective. But a flexible exchange rate is just one way for a country to adjust from disequilibrium. Think of Greece's tourism industry, for example. Tourism in Greece is plagued by myriad structural problems that have led to a massive decline in net receipts. Now assume that Greece drops the euro and returns to a (devalued) drachma. The price of a trip to Greece will fall and more tourists will come. Success, right? Well, it depends. Are our hotels cleaner? Will our ferries be on time? Will our waiters be more professional? Will ships be able to actually dock on islands? Probably not. A devalued currency may price the service more accurately, but it does not upgrade the service. What you need instead is structural reform. And if you need structural reform, why do you need a new currency? You don't.
Therefore, we have to think about the euro versus its alternatives: monetary policy may not be tailored to each economy's specific circumstances but it can offer more stability than monetary policy conducted at the national level, especially for countries that cannot achieve monetary stability by themselves. As for exchange rates, a country does lose a self-corrective mechanism, but the "correction" is a superficial correction. The correction works if you assume that the underlying economy functions well and that there are no microeconomic distortions. So often this is not the case.
OK, the economist will respond, but didn't the "straightjacket" of the Eurozone help trigger our current crisis? Yes and no. The crisis was due to a miscalculation of risk: markets lent money to Greece and to Germany for the same price because they assumed they were the same. Were they right to do so? Yes and no. Technically, national debts are national debts. But in truth some of these debts turned out to be European debts. Richer Eurozone members have stepped in to help. At this heart, this was a market failure with markets not pricing sovereign risk correctly. It was aided by the existence of the Eurozone in two ways: bond yield convergence led people to think that Eurozone debt was the same; and the absence of exchange rate risk led markets to be less diligent when lending money (usually emerging markets face both exchange rate risk as well as solvency risk – in Europe, one of the two risks was absent which meant lower premiums).
Therefore, this crisis was only incidentally caused by the Eurozone. In a properly functioning market, Greece and others would have found it progressively more expensive to raise debt and would have been forced into corrective action earlier. That they were able to postpone this reckoning for so long is the true failure here. It is also a failure that the market is unlikely to repeat – not because markets are "wise" but because the underlying assumption (all Eurozone debt is the same) has been shattered beyond repair.
Now replay the years since 2000 without the Eurozone. First, profligate countries would have faced debt trouble sooner and might have been forced to change course. Second, countries such as Spain could have resorted to tighter monetary policy to burst a housing bubble – but it also possible that Spain would have failed in that task the way the United States did. And third, countries such as Greece and Spain would have seen the value of their currencies decline, more likely accompanied with higher inflation but not necessarily structural reform. In this scenario, the only definite positive is that fiscal correction could have come sooner. But the freedom to print money and adjust exchange rates – it questionable how much these would have helped versus the current path which puts greater onus on microeconomic reforms.
In truth, there is nothing sacred about the euro, or, for that matter, any currency. Currencies are what you make of them: you can have good monetary policy and you can have bad monetary policy regardless of who is conducting it. That is why policymakers, including the IMF, now judge fixed exchange rates on a case by case basis. Does Greece need the euro to have monetary stability? Of course not just as Switzerland doesn't need the euro. But in practice, the only time when Greece had monetary stability has been when it was either in the Eurozone or trying to get into it. The only result of independent monetary policy was more inflation and a progressively devalued drachma. So much for independence.
For a big country such as Germany, the euro is not necessary to achieve stability, which is why Britain can live without the euro with no problem. For bigger countries it's often a wash, while for smaller countries it often provides the monetary stability that they have been unable to achieve on their own. But this is, after all, a political project so one needs to weigh the occasional economic problems (which, as I have argued, are exaggerated) versus the political benefits. What are the political benefits?
The Politics of the Euro
To answer that, we need to ask a bigger question: what is the point of the European Union? Simply put, the EU has three interlinked and mutually reinforcing goals: peace, prosperity and power. To achieve these goals, it develops institutions and interaction among its member states. So what does a common currency do for these goals? Here, we need to distinguish between two questions: was it a good idea to set up the euro? What happens to Europe if the common currency fails?
Let's start with the second question because it is easier. If the euro fails, the European project will have suffered a massive setback. Two decades of European integration will be almost undone, and the acrimony that will accompany this failure will take very long to contain and heal. Finger-pointing – "who destroyed the euro?" – will dominate European politics for years if not decades. Distrust towards Germany, France, and the European bureaucracy more broadly will delay if not invalidate other parts of the European agenda. European politics will require a serious leadership effort to recover, and even then, a backlash against the migration of sovereignty to Brussels might undo a number of initiatives.
What about setting up the euro? Did the euro help Europe achieve peace, prosperity or power? Europe aims at peace both directly (by aligning defense policies through bodies such as NATO) and indirectly (by creating institutional structures that offer alternative dispute resolution approaches than war). If peace were the only goal, Europe could have stopped integrating a long time ago. Integration and conflict can come in tandem: integration gone bad, or integration without proper political cohesion and consensus, can produce discord and conflict. One is often reminded that the path to integration in the United States came with a very bloody civil war. Many (failed) states have found that integration can create tension and generate centrifugal forces that tear a polity apart. The euro will help peace if it succeeds and undermine peace if it fails. Not much else we can say about that.
What about prosperity? It is impossible to test the counter-factual: how will economies have performed in the 2000s without the Eurozone? But I have sketched some thoughts above. The peripheral economies would have gotten into a fiscal crisis sooner, and because they would have done so at lower debt levels, they would likely have faced milder crises.
Otherwise, many peripheral countries could have ended up where they were before the Eurozone: a land of devaluation and inflation. Naturally, a country here and there could have changed like Ireland did. But is it not clear that such an outcome would be more likely in the Eurozone than outside of it. Insofar as life outside the Eurozone would have been crisis prone, perhaps reform could have come earlier. But small crises don't produce reforms – long and long-lived ones do.
In all likelihood, smaller countries benefited from the monetary stability of the Eurozone and that aided their prosperity, even though it allowed them to live beyond their means for longer than would have been possible had there been no Eurozone. The euro served as the economic equivalent of the acquis communautaire – an anchor for smaller and institutionally weaker states to cling on. For the bigger economies, it is not clear that the Eurozone allowed Germany to accomplish something that it could not have done so by itself with the Deutsche Mark. It is hard to see how Germany is more or less prosperous as a result.
What about power? Here we, again, have to separate two ideas. First is whether the European Union as a whole is more powerful; and second, whether individual states are more powerful. The emergence, if only briefly, of the euro as global reserve currency offered Europe as a whole some of the "exorbitant privilege" conferred to the United States by the dollar. But it is really hard to isolate "currency" as a source of power. Assume two identical European economies - one has a single currency, the other has 17. Which one is stronger? Perhaps it is the one with a single currency, but only because it seems to have a greater ability to unify and leverage its power. Either way, this is almost impossible to judge. When it comes to intra-EU power, the biggest change has been to place the management of money as a pre-eminent goal of the European Union and, as a result, enhance Germany's role due to its reputation for sound macroeconomics. Did Germany need the Eurozone to become Europe's pre-eminent state? Probably not. But it did help solidify its position.
The most obvious political consequence of the euro is that it furthered European integration. There is a sense in Europe (a) that integration has to move forward or else and (b) that more integration and more unity are inherently good. I happen to disagree with both of these propositions. The imperative for "more integration or else" is a self-inflicted one: institutions should be judged by how well they perform the functions they are meant to perform, not whether they have ever expanding writs. And unity is an over-appreciated virtue. Discord and tension can be revitalizing, provided they remain in check – a little competition never hurt anyone.


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It is no secret that I think of NoSQL as a kind of cool set of technologies applicable to a fairly narrow niche market. My view is that relational databases are still (and will be for the long term) the bread and butter of data management. NoSQL provides a useful set of tools for cases which have very different data requirements. There are edge cases where many NoSQL techniques make sense in a relational environment though.
Data in an ERP application can be conceptualized as sets of sections of tables, each of which has various write vs read load balances. Some sections may be updated only rarely, others may prevent updates and deletes, but allow inserts and selects, and receive data constantly. Data may migrate from one area to another over time, such as when the books are closed.
LedgerSMB tends to currently use a variety of models for different sections of the application. Settings and menu attributes (what a menu item does) are modelled using key-value modelling because that best semantically fits the sort of data being stored. The menu structure is modelled hierarchical, as (in 1.4) are projects, departments, and account classifications. Hierarchical modelling is done currently through a simple self-join.
Virtually all of the rest of the data is modelled using simple relations with no self-joins. I don't see that changing. However, for the sections that either do self-joins or key-value modelling, I am always interested in seeing how these can be optimized, and so when I read a blog post on NoSQL data modelling, it occurred to me that as time goes on some of the models discussed there may eventually become more applicable to relational systems. And so I will go over my thoughts as to how these may be helpful or not.
As PostgreSQL gets native JSON support, some parts may in fact be moved to that.
Key-Value and Schemaless Modelling
Key-value modelling is generally something to be avoided in relational design. There are, however, times when key-value pairs are in fact what one is modelling, and hence this is a good way forward. The best example in LedgerSMB is the settings table (called "defaults"). Here the data is semantically keys and values and hence there is no other clean way to model the data.
There are some other cases where data can be modelled well using key-value modelling, but where this is not quite so semantically clear cut. Consider the LedgerSMB menu, for example:
CREATE TABLE menu_node (
id serial NOT NULL,
label character varying NOT NULL,
parent integer,
"position" integer NOT NULL
CREATE TABLE menu_attribute (
node_id integer NOT NULL references menu_node(id),
attribute character varying NOT NULL,
value character varying NOT NULL,
id serial NOT NULL,
primary key(node_id, attribute)
The second table effectively models the keys and values submitted back to the application when link on the menu is clicked. While this works ok with KVM, it is not really clean. Ideally any common attributes would be moved to menu_node and free-form ones would be added to this table.
But here's a case where JSON would be cleaner, per node. The data here is not getting updated frequently (unlike defaults). Indeed it is typically written once unless a fix needs to be made. The fixes would be cleaner if it was all in one field. So here, a NoSQL model would work very well, albeit incorporated into a relational database.
Hierarchical Modelling
Since LedgerSMB 1.3, we have started to do hierarchical modelling in the database. See the above menu_node table as an example. 1.4 adds hierarchical business reporting units (for projects and departments) as well.
Currently these are entirely handled through simple self-joins and no clustered indexes are added. When the menu is generated in 1.3, we use connectby() in tablefunc (we support PostgreSQL 8.3 and above), but for trunk (will be 1.4) we have gone to WITH RECURSIVE which has shown a significant speed improvement (2-70 times depending on various factors).
Initially when I read the article, I thought maybe some of the ideas might be applicable to my work with LedgerSMB, but as I think about it I am not sure. It may be that PostgreSQL's approach may perform well enough not to ever have to move to something else. WITH RECURSIVE performs very well, and so the major options for improving performance (namely clustered indexes) may be sufficient.
Outside of clustering on indexes, I am hard-pressed to think of ways to optimize hierarchical lookups in ways that would significantly beat other forms of hierarchical storage. Perhaps someone could explain what the benefits are to storing child node id's etc in the table. I sure don't see it.
In additional to standard relational operations on a well-normalized database, there are also cases where analytics need to be run relatively quickly and in semi-flexible manners, over increasingly large datasets, and they must perform well.
Unfortunately in an ERP application, there is rarely a hard distinction between analytic and transactional workloads. Bank account reconciliation may enter data, but the workload depends on getting good data regarding reconciled transactions from the past, and that means aggregating potentially large datasets, and those datasets could increase in size over time.
The first forays into this area for LedgerSMB in fact were aimed to solve mixed transactional/reporting workflows. Our current approach uses "checkpoints" which effectively close the books on all previous dates. When one closes the books the checkpoints are created, and from that point forward, no transactions can be entered for previous dates.
This allows us eventually to tie a number of other information on to checkpoints. Various reporting views could be materialized on closing (asynchronously even), and thus provide better performance for all kinds of reports on these static data sets.
These areas have not really been fully explored in LedgerSMB yet. However for some upcoming features (such as graphs in reports), I think it will be necessary to offer this sort of thing. Referential integrity constraints can tie a set of reports to a specific checkpoint so that the reports cannot get out of sync when books are re-opened (which happens on rare occasion).


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Premiering: The Rochester Plays
The Rochester Plays debuts at the University of Rochester
The University of Rochester's International Theatre Program opens its spring season with the world premiere of local playwright Spencer Christiano's love story about trust, questionable parenting, and unforgivable neighbors in The Rochester Plays. Part I of the two-part series opens on Thursday, Feb. 14.
"The Rochester Plays challenges us to confront some of our most deeply held fears and to examine the ties that bind friends to lovers and parents to children," said Nigel Maister, artistic director of Rochester's International Theatre. The work contains mature themes and situations and is not intended for children.
Set on a snowy inner-city street during a time of blizzard, a young single mother embarks on a friendship and relationship with two men; an ex-con trying to find his way in the world, and a reclusive welfare recipient looking to overcome his addictions. When a suspected sex-offender moves into the neighborhood, tensions, prejudices, and pasts come to the surface and the characters struggle with justice, truth, and forgiveness with sometimes violent results.
Performed in repertory over two evenings (Part I is titled Attraction and Part II, Escape), audiences can see both parts on alternate evenings or experience both parts in one day on Saturday, Feb. 23 or Sunday, Feb. 24.
Writer Spencer Christiano is a playwright-in-residence and new play facilitator at the MuCCC theater in Rochester. A graduate of SUNY College at Brockport's theater program, he has directed and facilitated the production of more than 60 new plays and performance art events over the past three years. He is the author of Midnight on the Front Lawn of Good and Evil: A hypothesis, a work based on the 2011 arrest of Emily Good, a local woman who was put in handcuffs while recording a police traffic stop from her front yard; Mystery of the Golden Buddha, a children's play for adults; and To My Friends: The Life and Death of George Eastman, a supernatural play set on the afternoon of the death of the founder of Kodak.
The play is directed by Maister, who has extensive credits at the University and beyond. He also is the staging director for the acclaimed new music ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, with whom he co-developed and directed the production of 1969, to be performed in Kodak Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 19.
The production's scenic and costume design is by Alexis Distler, a Barrymore award-winning designer. Her work has been seen at the Wilma Theater, Juilliard, Bard College, and exhibited at the 2011 Prague Quadrennial. Costume design is by Tilly Grimes, whose work has been seen extensively in this country and in London and Paris. She is also the co-artistic director of the theatre company SavageCharm.
Lighting design is by Allen Hahn, whose extensive credits include work for New York City Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Glimmerglass, and the Spoleto USA Festival. He has designed world premiere operas at Juilliard and at the Royal Danish Opera, and worked with the acclaimed experimental theatre company, The Builders Association.
Sound design and music is by Obadiah Eaves, a graduate of Rochester's School of the Arts and an International Theatre Program Master Artist. He has worked extensively for on- and off-Broadway productions, and his credits include collaborations with Woody Allen, Ethan Coen, Eric Bogosian, and David Mamet. Fight direction is by J. David Brimmer, whose work with actors and writers/directors includes Paul Rudd, Patrick Stewart, and Sam Shepard.
Part I of The Rochester Plays opens on Thursday, Feb. 14, and Part II debuts at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, in Todd Theatre on the University of Rochester's River Campus. Tickets are $7 for UR students; $10 for UR alumni, faculty, and staff, and for seniors (55 and over); and $13 for the general public. Tickets may be purchased up to an hour before each performance at the box office. They also are available online, along with a complete production schedule, at rochester.edu/theatre or by calling 585.275.4088.
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'One of the most historically significant urban spaces in Sydney and Australia'.
That's how another of Nicholas Delaney's building projects has been described by New South Wales's Office of Environment and Heritage.
It's Macquarie Place.
Just over a fortnight after Nicholas and his men finished the construction of Mrs Macquarie's Drive in the Government Domain on 13 June 1816, he was hard at work again for the Governor.
As Lachlan Macquarie records in his diary:
Monday 1. July !
This Day Nicholas Delaney's Gang of Labourers commenced clearing and levelling that Piece of Ground in the Town of Sydney, adjoining the Government Domain called "Macquarie Place," preparatory to its being enclosed by a Dwarf Stone Wall and Paling in the form of a Triangle!
Macquarie Place is probably best known now for its obelisk, designed by the convict architect Francis Greenway, who was so important to the Governor's plans for Sydney. It was erected in 1818.
Greenway eventually fell out of favour with Macquarie, but his buildings stand as a memorial to two singular-minded men – and to the labourers who carried out their vision.
Inscribed at the base of the obelisk is its purpose:
To record that all the
Public Roads
Leading to the Interior
of the Colony
are Measured from it.
And here are the measurements:
Principal Roads.
Distance from Sydney
to Bathurst } 157 Miles
From Sydney to Windsor 35 1/2 D
to Paramatta 15 1/2 "
to Liverpool 20 "
to Macquarie Tower
at the South Head } 7 "
To the North Head
of Botany Bay } 14 "
So all roads from Sydney began from where Nicholas made his mark on the city.
Nearly 200 years later, this green space in the centre of Sydney still remains, a little smaller and now dwarfed by buildings.
But nothing should overshadow its significance in Australia's history. As the Office of Environment and Heritage says:
"Although the original importance of Macquarie Place as the main town square of Sydney, the geographic and symbolic centre of the Colony, the setting to First Government House and the landmark qualities of Obelisk are now less apparent than in Colonial times due to the level of surrounding changes, the park and its monuments remain one of the few tangible links to this first Colonial town centre and thereby part of the earliest history of European settlement in Australia."


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Arlene Bornstein
Arlene Bornstein, 75, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key and Newton Center, Mass., died Sunday, Aug. 23. She was born May 7, 1934.
Mrs. Bornstein is survived by her husband, Kenneth; daughters Susan Freed and Nancy Yaguda; sister, Linda Rosenbaum; and four grandchildren.
A service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, at Palms-Robarts Funeral Home, 170 Honore Ave., Sarasota. Burial will follow at Palms-Robarts Memorial Park. Memorial contributions can be made to the Wellness Community of Southwest Florida, 3900 Clark Road, Suite P3, Sarasota, Fla., 34233.
Jerry Hasson
Jerry Hasson, 82, of Sarasota and formerly of Longboat Key and Bloomsburg, Pa., died Friday, Aug. 21.
Born April 27, 1927, in Harlem, N.Y., Mr. Hasson was raised in Bloomsburg and graduated from Berwick High School, in Berwick, Pa., and Traphagen School of Fashion, in New York City.
After graduation, Mr. Hasson served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II in Germany and Switzerland.
He returned to Berwick and became a designer and manager for Milco Industries before moving to Bloomsburg and becoming vice president and co-owner of the company.
Mr. Hasson was a longtime member and past president of the Berwick Rotary Club and an active member in the Jaycees, the American Legion and the Elks. He served as president of the Frosty Valley Country Club, in Danville, Pa. He was a member of Beth Israel Congregation, in Bloomsburg.
Mr. Hasson retired in 1990 and moved with his wife, Doris, to Longboat Key and, later, Sarasota. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends, golfing, dancing and big band music.
Mr. Hasson is survived by his wife of 56 years, Doris; daughters, Jaynee Hasson, of Sarasota, Shelley Hunt, of Greensboro, N.C., and Nancee Weirman, of Bloomsburg; son, Robert, of Sarasota; brother, Herbert, of Naples; sister, Edith Hackbarth, of New Jersey; and four granddaughters.
Private services will be held in Sarasota. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to a donor's favorite charity in memory of Mr. Hasson.
Suresh Kumar Verma
Suresh Kumar Verma, 85, of Longboat Key, died Aug. 19.
Born Feb. 19, 1924, in Nagpur, India, Mr. Verma came to the United States in 1945 to study electrical engineering. He married his wife, Diana, in 1948, and went on to build a consulting engineering firm based in Joliet, Ill.
Mr. Verma enjoyed poker and is remembered by his family for his wit and knowledge of world affairs.
Mr. Verma is survived by his children, Raj Bhushan Verma, of Palatine, Ill.; Kiran Kimbell, of East Greenwich, R.I.; Tara Warren, of Monee, Ill.; and Rani Quirk, of Marietta, Ga.; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Friends and family gathered on Longboat Key to celebrate Mr. Verma's life. Memorial contributions can be made to the American Diabetes Association, www.diabetes.org.


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