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The remarketing, reuse and recycling of Fujitsu products has taken place at the company's facility in Paderborn, Germany since 1988. At Paderborn, approximately 20 percent of Fujitsu-branded equipment is reused and less than three percent is disposed of. The processes of this facility far exceed the requirements set out in the WEEE directive (WEEE: Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment).
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MIDDLEBURY — Middlebury residents on Tuesday voted to return incumbent selectboard members Victor Nuovo and Susan Shashok to office, and also added Gary Baker to the fold.
Nuovo (613 tallies) and Shashok (520) were the top vote getters in a five-way race for two three-year seats. Finishing out of the running were former Selectman Don Keeler (461 votes), Eric Murray (272) and Brian Bauer (239).
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The Catholic Standard, newspaper of the Washington Archdiocese, provided in-depth coverage of the Nov. 20 consistory where Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl's and 23 other prelates received their red hats.
The online edition includes stories on the ceremony itself as well as reflections by the new cardinal and reaction of Washington pilgrims in Rome. The print edition of the paper also includes background pieces on the new cardinal, a Pittsburgh native.
Two days before the consistory, Cardinal Wuerl spoke with the Standard's editor Mark Zimmermann about his upbringing and his father's example, saying: "My father was probably the most influential person in my life. He was a man of enormous integrity, a very kind but firm man."
His father, Francis, worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad as a weighmaster in a marshaling yard.
One memory Cardinal Wuerl cherishes is of a Saturday morning when he was about to run out the door and play ball with his friends and he saw his father, just home from working the night shift, kneeling beside his bed and praying. "I've never forgotten that scene. … That image will come into my mind as I go into my room to say my prayers," he said.
The Standard also focused on Cardinal Wuerl's reputation as a teaching bishop, pointing out that he is nationally known for his catechetical and teaching ministry. He co-wrote the best-selling catechism "The Teaching of Christ," which has been translated into 13 languages, including Chinese.
At the cardinal's boyhood parish, St. Mary of the Mount in Pittsburgh, a stained-glass window depicts the young Jesus teaching in the temple. Below the window is the inscription, "With gratitude, the Wuerl family."
This fall, Cardinal Wuerl issued a pastoral letter on the new evangelization that he described as "retelling the story" and helping people to "hear all over again … the good news."
The cardinal told the Catholic Standard that he sees the church's new evangelization effort as "the defining pastoral initiative" in his ministry and that as cardinal he looks forward to "having a wider platform, a bigger pulpit, to proclaim the importance" of this work.


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- 1 Lack of internet connection using static ip address without netcfg or NetworkManager
- 2 initrd usage
- 3 Display manager fails to load with fast SSD
- 4 Confusion in new Installation section
- 5 Hibernation with Systemd
- 6 Removing rc.local
- 7 Add information on permissions needed by systemd?
- 8 Replacing ConsoleKit with systemd-logind -> networkmanager
Lack of internet connection using static ip address without netcfg or NetworkManager
See [A pure systemd installation] it instructs to remove the initscripts package. When doing so take care not to use the -s option of pacman with -R as it removes the iproute2 package also unless you have another package with iproute2 as a dependency.
pacman -R initscripts pacman -Rn initscripts
Not safe when iproute2 will also be removed:
pacman -Rs initscripts pacman -Rns initscripts
-- imatechguy (talk) 00:28, 11 Oct 2012 (UTC)
initrd usage
If you are using an initrd without the
udev hook, mounting of additional LVM partitions will fail during boot. Add
udev to your mkinitcpio hooks and rebuild the initrd.
-- Ronnyyy (talk) 19:50, 6 June 2012 (UTC)
Display manager fails to load with fast SSD
I was having a problem with my display manager (LXDM) not loading on my laptop, which has a Sandisk Extreme SSD. Xorg.log would show errors like "No screens found."
I eventually figured out that the problem was that my computer was booting so fast that KMS didn't have enough time to kick in before X was started. I solved by adding the KMS driver (i915 in my case) to the initramfs.
Just a tip for SSD users, not sure if it should be added to the page or not.
--Steev (talk) 16:59, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
- This is a general problem that needs to be solved in the display manager. GDM already implements the bits for the CanGraphical flag.
- -- Falconindy (talk) 21:34, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Confusion in new Installation section
See [mixed systemd/initscripts] which teaches that to run a mixed systemd/initscripts setup, one should install systemd-sysvcompat but doing this will remove initscripts.
% sudo pacman -S systemd-sysvcompat resolving dependencies... looking for inter-conflicts... :: systemd-sysvcompat and sysvinit are in conflict. Remove sysvinit? [y/N] y :: systemd-sysvcompat and initscripts are in conflict. Remove initscripts? [y/N] n error: unresolvable package conflicts detected error: failed to prepare transaction (conflicting dependencies) :: systemd-sysvcompat and initscripts are in conflict
Graysky (talk) 09:28, 3 October 2012 (UTC)
Hibernation with Systemd
The hibernation section should be considered a hack since Systemd does not directly handle the backend that handles power management. Systemd uses the Upower interface to handle such requests
Removing rc.local
It isn't clear how to get rid of rc.local. It would be useful to include this statement from the forum discussion in moving from a mixed system to a pure system:
Go through
/etc/rc.local and
/etc/rc.local.shutdown and turn them into service files (or, if you intend to keep them as they are, copy
/usr/lib/systemd/system/rc-local{,.shutdown}.service to
-- Myshkin (talk) 00:21, 13 Oct 2012
Add information on permissions needed by systemd?
There is no indication as to what any of the permissions for the files that need to be created for systemd should be. My guess is that root:root 644 is correct, but it would be nice if the settings were explicitly mentioned in the wiki.
Replacing ConsoleKit with systemd-logind -> networkmanager
As of networkmanager 0.9.6.0-2 in (extra) we do no more have to recompile it with systemd support from abs, is this right? So the note should be upgraded. Am i missing anything?
- 0.9.6.0-2 in extra was compiled on 2012-09-19 and the change to systemd was on 2012-09-29, so as far as I can see, it still needs to be recompiled. https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/packages.git/commit/trunk?h=packages/networkmanager&id=c34580e6e35b9e87f7dc27f360507143d4fd9106
- 65kid (talk) 20:00, 15 October 2012 (UTC)
Damn, you're right. I did not see that pkgrel=3 while we are still using -2. Sorry, it means i'm still using my recompiled package, while i thought i was using the extra one.


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Shaquille O'Neal had — and to a lesser extent still has — an impressive set of basketball skills. There may never have been in the history of the sport the combination of strength and quickness of foot that Shaq showed in his prime.
And that's why Shaq wants his son to play like ... Blake Griffin, the Clippers top pick from this draft.
"My (10 year old) son is starting to play now, and I don't like to let him watch players that are really, really fancy. Of course, I'll let him watch Kobe, LeBron, T-Mac (Tracy McGrady). But I show him Blake Griffin and I say, 'Shareef, this is the dude you should watch and pattern your game after.' Because my son, when he's older, I think he's going to have the same body type -- 6-10, muscular, freakish athletically."
The real reason Shaq likes the newest Clipper — Griffin hit just 59% of his free throws last season, a lower percentage than Shaq (59.5% for Phoenix). Shareef, might we suggest you watch Pau Gasol — he has a diverse game and hit 78% of his free throws. Just don't tell Dad.


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ERCOT expects another tight summer
Conservation needed on hottest days
March 1, 2013, Austin, TX -- The amount of electricity available to serve consumer demand will be tight again this summer, according to information released today by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which operates the power grid and manages the electric market for most of the state.
"Current estimates indicate that we likely will see very tight conditions on the hottest days," said Kent Saathoff, vice president of Grid Operations and System Planning for ERCOT. "There is a significant chance that ERCOT will need to issue Energy Emergency Alerts and appeal to consumers to reduce their energy use on some of those days."
ERCOT issued two reports today: the final Seasonal Assessment of Resource Adequacy for spring and a preliminary assessment for summer. Sufficient resources will be available to meet anticipated spring demand, as long as extreme weather well beyond expected conditions does not occur during the early part of the season when power plants are undergoing maintenance to prepare for summer.
The preliminary summer assessment anticipates a peak demand of 67,998 megawatts (MW), based on a weather outlook similar to that of 2010 and a slower-growth economic outlook. ERCOT anticipates 73,708 MW of generation capacity before accounting for power plant outages, which typically total about 2,600 MW during an operating day. One MW can serve about 200 homes during peak demand periods. This assessment counts wind power at 8.7 percent of its installed capacity, and ERCOT stakeholders are currently evaluating whether to recommend increasing that capacity value based on performance in recent years.
"Although we expect to have more resources available for summer demands than we projected at this time in 2012, we also expect higher demand this year," Saathoff said.
"Current trends call for a summer that is hotter and drier than normal," said Chris Coleman, ERCOT meteorologist. "Although we don't anticipate prolonged heat waves like those in 2011, we expect conditions in many areas to be similar to 2012."
Power demands in the ERCOT region are highest in summer, primarily due to air conditioning use in homes and businesses. The ERCOT region's all-time record peak occurred on Aug. 3, 2011, when consumer demand hit 68,305 MW. Although the summer of 2012 was much milder than the record-breaking conditions that marked the previous year, ERCOT still experienced new monthly peaks in June, July and September.
The final assessment for summer 2013 will be released in May. ERCOT will continue to assess conditions to determine if additional actions should be taken to help protect system reliability this summer. Those actions could include bringing "mothballed" units, resources that are not currently operating but could be brought back to operational status, back on-line for the peak season.
The ERCOT Board of Directors in February 2012 approved a protocol revision that authorized ERCOT to contract for these resources if the additional capacity would likely be needed to prevent an emergency situation. That same month, the board also approved changes to help ensure steps taken to protect reliability, including deployment of operating reserves, did not result in prices that did not reflect the scarcity conditions. Because generation companies in the ERCOT market are paid only for the energy they provide to the market, prices during scarcity conditions are designed to provide necessary revenues during fewer operating hours. If generators cannot recover their costs, they are unlikely to invest in new resources.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) in 2012 increased the system-wide offer cap, the highest price at which power can be offered into the market, to $4,500 per megawatt-hour (MWh) in August 2012, with annual incremental increases scheduled up to $9,000 in summer 2015. The cap will go up to $5,000 per MWh this summer. ERCOT also has set the cap as the price for units that are called upon in scarcity conditions.
Balancing supply and demand
ERCOT has taken other steps in the past year to address ongoing resource adequacy concerns as electric demand grows faster than generation is being built to serve those electric needs. These efforts focus primarily on encouraging consumers to use less electricity during the periods of highest demand.
A pilot began in 2012 to encourage more consumers to provide Emergency Response Service by reducing their electric use within 30 minutes after receiving direction from ERCOT. That pilot, which pays eligible participants for this service, has been extended through summer 2013. For the first time, residential consumers are now able to participate, through aggregators, in the grid operator's paid demand response efforts.
Other steps ERCOT has taken to support reliability focus on increasing consumer awareness of system conditions. Last summer, ERCOT launched the ERCOT Energy Saver mobile app that provides current load information and offers push notifications to consumers when conservation is needed. ERCOT also began posting non-binding real-time prices for the next hour on its website to increase awareness for consumers who may want to reduce their energy use when wholesale prices are expected to rise.
Efforts to encourage investment in new generation continue both at ERCOT and the PUC.
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After Todd Akin last year and Trent Franks last week, abortion is the last topic many national Republicans want the political conversation to focus on.
Yet social conservatives in town this weekend for the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference said the GOP would be making a grave mistake to ignore the hot-button culture-war issue. To the contrary, they believe it's key to the party's fortunes in the 2014 midterms and beyond.
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In the wake of abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell's murder convictions, they are prodding GOP leaders to play offense at the national and state level.
( Also on POLITICO: House adds rape exception to abortion ban)
"This is a time for the pro-life movement like we have not had in decades," said former Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R-Colo.), who works for the Susan B. Anthony List, which focuses on electing anti-abortion women to Congress. "We must seize the moment."
The Republican National Committee's 100-page so-called autopsy report in March, packed with recommendations for how the party can recover after its 2012 losses, did not make reference to abortion. "When it comes to social issues," it stated, "the party must in fact and deed be inclusive and welcoming. If we are not, we will limit our ability to attract young people and others, including many women, who agree with us on some but not all issues."
Still, some GOP politicians are responding to the call of social conservatives to take a more aggressive stand on abortion — even as Democrats sound the alarm about a Republican "war on women" and after Mitt Romney lost by double digits among female voters.
This week, the House will debate a bill that would ban most abortions after 20 weeks even though the measure could never clear the Senate or receive the support of President Barack Obama.
( Also on POLITICO: Paul Ryan explains GOP's 2012 loss)
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a likely presidential candidate, is poised to sign a law requiring women to undergo an ultrasound before being allowed to go through with an abortion. Ohio's Republican Legislature passed a budget aimed at making abortions more difficult.
And the Virginia GOP last month nominated E.W. Jackson, who has compared Planned Parenthood to the Klu Klux Klan, for lieutenant governor.
With the economy improving and turnout lower in midterm elections, evangelicals in town for the three-day faith conference warned that the party must give them reasons to mobilize in 2014.
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"If they want to just run on economic issues, you're not going to get the church people," said Bob West of Tallahassee, Fla., wearing a yellow tie with the words "Choose Life" on it. "That's the bottom line."
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Franks, the Arizona Republican congressman who said at a committee hearing that the incidence of late-term abortions resulting from rape is "very low," rallied Thursday night at the Capitol with activists in town for the conference. He emailed a fundraising solicitation that said he will never back off being "100 percent unapologetically pro-life."
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Does Creation have a beginning and an end?
Yes, God Created Creation.
No, Creation is Infinite.
Yes, Individual's can live in harmony with Creation from knowledge, without a belief in a Creator.
No, Individual's can not live in harmony with Creation from knowledge, without a belief in a Creator.
Just thought I would ask.
If it's not created, how can it be a creation?
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[quote author="PatriotsRU.S."]Does Creation have a beginning and an end?
Yes, God Created Creation.
No, Creation is Infinite.
Your question (or poll) is logically incoherent because it uses the noun "Creation," which you have not defined for purposes of your poll/question. Based on your subsequent post, it appears you mean to refer to the biblical story of creation. But used as a noun, and in its current context, it sounds like what you really mean is either "the Universe" (as in "Does the Universe have a beginning?"—or perhaps the more abstract "Existence", as in "Does all that constitutes Existence have a beginning." I recommend that you use more precise terminology (or at least offer a definition for the reader) in formulating your questions .
And as to the "substantive" question regarding biblical creation, which appears to be your focus, atheists like myself don't subscribe to this concept, so the question has no logical meaning. It would be like asking:
Did the Great Ball of Cheese Popcorn have a beginning:
A) Yes, the GBoCP created itself
B) No, the GBoCP is infinite
C) Yes, individuals can live in harmony with the GBoCP from knowledge, without believing in the GBoCP
D) No, individuals cannot live in harmony with the GBoCP from knowledge without belief in the GBoCP
More precise use of terms would substitute "Universe" or perhaps "Existence" in place of your term "Creation"—and would at least turn the questions into something that make sense.
In either case, I wonder if you'll get many responses. Out of curiosity, are you aware that this forum is largely inhabited by atheists? Except for the few theists (largely evangelical Christians) who can be found gad-flying about on this forum, I expect you'll find most atheists to react as I have—more or less mystified by the imprecison of word-choice in your question.
Even if you substitute "Universe" for "Creation" in your poll, you've now entered the realm of physics, astronomy, astrophysics, etc., and I believe that while most of Existence can be accounted for (up to fractions of a second after the beginning of the Big Bang), the question of what preceded it has yet to be explained. I'll comfortably bet my everlasting soul that the answer isn't God. But the bottom line is that the answer isn't known. And in terms of "knowing" a thing (such that "knowledge" can be described as referring to a fact), Christians don't "know" either in the most meaningful sense of that word. "Knowing" a thing and "believing" a thing based on faith are two entirely different animals.
Is committing atrocities in Harmony with Creation?
Creation is Love, Truth, Choice, Knowledge, etc…...........
Does your belief allow you to violate Creation?
A simple question.
A complex answer.
[quote author="PatriotsRU.S."]Is committing atrocities in Harmony with Creation?
Creation is Love, Truth, Choice, Knowledge, etc…...........
Does your belief allow you to violate Creation?
I once created a wooden chair. It was not Love, Truth, Choice or Knowledge. The Creation was a Wooden Chair.
The earth is not a Creation and your questions are Meaningless.
I have to agree with KFD. Your definition of "Creation" is not one that I've ever seen used to define that word. Love, Truth, Choice, Knowledge—each of those is a distinct word, representing a distinct concept, and bearing a distinct definition. I'd like to thing I have a pretty broad vocabulary, and even so, I cannot think of a word in the English language that can be said to at once encompass all of those concepts. Certainly not the term "Creation".
But attempting to drill down into the individual concepts that compose your peculiar definition, I will try to answer the question, "is committing atrocities in Harmony with [fill in the blank]"?
I will first assume that you mean the term "atrocities" in the usual sense—as in, mass-murder, genocide, and that sort of thing. (Though in light of your peculiar definition of "Creation", I can't be confident you mean it this way at all). I'm also not 100% sure whether you're using the term "Harmony" in the common manner—or whether you mean something more mystical. For purposes of my answer, I will interpret "harmony" to mean the same thing as "compatible".
I also see no need to continue with the odd habit of capitalizing these terms. Unless they mean something different to you than the common dictionary definition, this strange capitalization practice adds no meaning to these words, and serves only to confuse me as to whether we're discussing the same concept or not. Unless you want your reader to be confused, you may want to drop the capitalization except when necessary.
1. Is committing atrocities in harmony (or compatible) with love?
Well, love is a pretty abstract concept and emotion, but presumably you mean this to refer to "having a warm heart" of "being a kind person" or perhaps you mean it in the sense of "loving one's fellow man." Assuming you intend one of these meanings, I would say that committing atrocities (as I've defined that term) is not compatible with loving one's fellow man, or having a warm heart. That said—and I do not mean here to defend the practice—I suspect that history is littered with examples of men (or groups of men) who committed atrocities, yet at the same time were capable of, and did in fact love somebody on some level. This is speculation, but it seems to me that men who wish to do bad things typically find a reason to do them. And the mere fact that they wish to do bad things to one person or a whole race of them, does not necessarily lead to the conclusion that none of these thousands (or millions) of men have NEVER felt the emotion of love toward one person, or affection toward a group of people. Hitler was a pretty bad guy by our standards, but even he appeared to be fond of his own people, as well as his girlfriend. I can't tell you whether this meets your definition of love. But I can tell you that if you're really trying to ask whether a person can be a good and moral person and also commit atrocities, you've asked the question in a way that obscured your meaning. It is immoral to commit atrocities (as I've defined the term). But it's highly likely that people have committed atrocities and also loved some person or group of people. So as a broad principle, I think it more accurate to say that "committing atrocities is incompatible with being a good human (or a moral human)"—and your use of the term "love" here seems to me a rather clumsy way to get at that conclusion.
2. Is committing atrocities in harmony (compatible) with truth?
Why wouldn't it be? I fail to see how one relates to the other. The truth of a given thing is not dependent on anything else around it, and certainly not on existence or nonexistence of atrocities. One could make this question worse only by changing it to ask "is the truth of an atrocity in harmony with truth?" Do you see how the question is nonsensical? If what you really meant was something like "freedom of people to disseminate the truth" or something like that, then I suppose the answer would depend on the circumstances including which people we're talking about (the persecutors or the persecuted).
3. Is committing atrocities in harmony (compatible) with choice?
It probably is for whoever is being atrocitized. But like #2, this doesn't make much sense as a question.
4. Is committing atrocities in harmony (compatible) with knowledge?
I'm not sure how much this differs from #2 either since knowledge presumably pertains to accurate knowledge—and accurate knowledge is truth.
It sounds to me like you don't know what your question is. I recommend giving it some more thought and restating it once you understand it yourself.
By the way—are you MPL? Your questions are without substance, and appear to be the product of very little contemplation. Just asking.
yes, I comprehend the concept of creating a wooden chair.
Can you comprehend the concept of creating the beginning and the end of intergers? It does not matter how complex your educational level preceives the question. The end results are the same. Its that simple.
I am willing to concede that committing gluttony is not in harmony with The Great Ball of Cheese Popcorn.
Of that much I am certain.
If the ball were large beyond counting (in terms of the number of kernels of popcorn contained within), it would indeed be an atrocity.
The supply of integers (note spelling) is ample for counting the number of pieces into which one may split a hair. Or the number of angels dancing around inside a pinhead.
[quote author="Spence"]So as a broad principle, I think it more accurate to say that "committing atrocities is incompatible with being a good human (or a moral human)"—and your use of the term "love" here seems to me a rather clumsy way to get at that conclusion.
Certainly a necessary condition (but probably not sufficient, in many people's Book) to be a good (or moral) human being would be the absence of atrocities committed in one's past. Sorry about the caps there, Spencer, but I think it useful in that context.
This is really funny. I am so used to Michael Patrick Leahy putting on some kind of a front of rationality that PatriotsRU.S. caused a shock to my system. It's even funnier because I'm pretty sure I used to talk like that.
Ah those were the days.
I think Patriots is probably not MPL. He or she may have something to do with Rodents of Unusual Size (RUS's) (see The Princess Bride for details.)
[quote author="PatriotsRU.S."]Does Creation have a beginning and an end?
Just thought I would ask.
That's cool. I voted "undecided". I'm going to wait and see.
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ST. PAUL (AP) — Minnesota health officials confirm two more flu-related deaths this season.
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This is how I know he's home.
He has come back.
For us.
I run down the driveway, and meet him halfway to the house.
I jump in his arms and he picks me up.
As I wrap my legs around his waist and kiss his neck,
I breathe in his smell and run my hands up the back of his freshly cut hair.
I'm home.
Adaline comes running up behind me.
"Mawwwm what are you doing, Mawmm? Oh Daddy. My Daddy is home!! My Daddy came to my house to see me, aww I love you Daddy! Mawmm can Daddy hold me? Get down!"
My feet touch the ground, but I feel like I'm flying still.
He bends and picks up our girl.
I see the man who owns every piece of my soul hold the life we made together...
Equal parts me. Equal parts him...
In his strong callous covered hands.
He pulls me in.
Holding both of his girls.
All three of us are crying and kissing.
I am HOME...
And then I wake up.
Wet from tears and sweat.
Heart racing.
It has been one whole year since he held his girls in his arms.
One whole year since he kissed us good bye with out a second thought.
And I am still shattered.
Living inside of my dreams and fantasies because reality hurts too much.
The reality is, my husband lives with another woman.
And I am for all intents and purposes a single mother.
Who still walks every day with her husbands name tattooed on her like a scarlet letter.
A reminder every day of what she never really had.
A reminder of every memory she holds in her soul.
Life is g r e a t.
I have a beautiful, smart, healthy three year old daughter.
Her curls are getting longer and longer,
It seems every day her eyes get brighter,
and her lashes get longer like her Daddy's.
She walks with a bounce just like he does.
She sings and dances just like he used to.
It has been One whole year, and 17 days since she was in his arms..
and somehow she still has so much of him in her.
I am so lucky I get to see the good parts, my favorite parts of him, in her.
I have more friends, yah know the real kind..the kind that are family, than I have ever had.
I have crossfit which fills me with passion and strength I never knew I had.
I am moving in a positive direction every day.
More into the woman I was supposed to be.
Less of the woman I became when I was with him.
And if you were to run into me at the market while we were shopping for produce...
And you were to ask me "how are you doing?"
I would tell you "I'm great. Happy. Really happy."
And I would mean it.
I would really mean it.
I am happy.
BUT when I let it, there's a hole.
And it hurts me.
And I miss him.
Everynight as I sit cross legged on the floor reading to Adaline, I sniff her little head and she laughs.
She smells so much like him, it's the strangest thing ever.
I never want to forget that smell.
That is the smell of home.
I just want to wrap my legs around his waist, and breate in his smell.
We could do it.
We could all be home.


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Faith is a virtue
Definition of faith and virtue[edit]
A virtue, as defined by the Random House Dictionary, is a particular moral excellence, or a good or admirable quality or property.
The meaning of faith, from the same dictionary, can be defined as a trust or belief in something that is not proven. Out of all the definitions of "faith" that exist, the only definition that atheists tend to object to is:
- Accepting a claim as true without sufficient evidence
Often, theists will conflate these multiple definitions interchangeably, sometimes, mid-conversation. It's important to maintain focus on the above definition, as the pertinent one. The problem with the concept of "virtue", as defined, is that it's very subjective. Depending on the definitions, an argument could be made either way as to the virtue of faith.
Theistic Argument for the Virtue of Faith[edit]
Using faith in the terms of a belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence.
A virtue is a character trait valued as being good. Faith may not fall under the four western cardinal virtues of prudence, temperance, fortitude, and justice, but is still seen as good to Christians based on the following passages:
"Without faith, it is impossible to please God" (Hebrews 11:6 )
"Jesus said to him, 'Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.'" (John 20:29)
"Now abide, faith, hope, love, these three, but the greatest of these is Love." (1 Corinthians 13:13 )
"For we are living a life of faith, and not one of sight." (2 Corinthians 5:7 )
Aquinas believed that (living) faith is a virtue:
- "The will can not strive after God in perfect love unless the intellect have true faith toward him.[1]"
- "It is by human virtue that human acts are rendered good; hence, any habit that is always the principle of a good act, may be called a human virtue. Such a habit is living faith. For since to believe is an act of the intellect assenting to the truth at the command of the will, two things are required that this act may be perfect: one of which is that the intellect should infallibly tend to its object, which is the true; while the other is that the will should be infallibly directed to the last end, on account of which it assents to the true: and both of these are to be found in the act of living faith. For it belongs to the very essence of faith that the intellect should ever tend to the true, since nothing false can be the object of faith, as proved above (1, 3): while the effect of charity, which is the form of faith, is that the soul ever has its will directed to a good end. Therefore living faith is a virtue.[2]"
- "The faith of which we are speaking is based on the Divine Truth, which is infallible, and consequently its object cannot be anything false; so that faith of this kind can be a virtue.[2]"
Non-Theistic Argument against the Virtue of Faith[edit]
Faith can lead to wrong doing, sometimes faith based humility lead Roman Catholics to be respectful to their priests and to avoid questions about what paedophile priests were doing to their children. Other times faith leads to arrogance as in, "We're superior because of our faith" whichever faith that is and even to, "We have the right to punish those who don't share our faith." Again many faiths take that attitude.
Virtue is established by what results in real, true beliefs. For instance, there's no virtue in believing something if there's no good reason to. It's nearly impossible to make rational and accurate decisions if the beliefs one holds are in error. Exercising skepticism, while discarding faith, can drastically increase how well tuned into reality one is. Accepting things on faith effectively halts investigation, retards progress in learning about how the universe works, and leads people to take actions that an otherwise rational person wouldn't. The Salem Witch Trials, for instance, occurred because a group of people simply accepted accusations of witchcraft as true, instead of skeptically and critically examining the accusations to ensure they actually were true.
Faith has nothing to do with being a good person, being charitable, or being intellectual. The argument for the virtue of faith commits the errors originally pointed out, in that the meaning of faith and virtue are twisted and spun to have multiple loaded meanings, instead of the clearly defined scope of meanings already defined.
To say that faith is a virtue is like saying that error, fallacy, and inhibited critical thinking is a virtue.


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Aberdeen has realigned its investment division following the acquisition of Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (Swip).
As part of the restructure, Swip chief executive Dean Buckley, real estate director Lynda Shillaw, fixed income director Mark Connolly, and global equity director Will Low have all left the business.
Within Aberdeen, the Solutions team will be separated from Alternatives and led by Archie Struthers, who was managing director of investment solutions at Swip.
Aberdeen's Alternatives offering will be headed by Andrew McCaffery, who has responsibility for all alternatives globally,including hedge funds, private equity, infrastructure and property multi-manager. The joint venture Aberdeen SVG will remain separate.
Meanwhile, Sean Phayre, ex-director of quantitative investments at Swip, will lead a new Quantitative Investments unit, focusing predominantly on market cap passive equity portfolios.
McCaffery, Struthers and Phayre will be members of Aberdeen's Group Management Board (GMB).
Aberdeen's active equities, fixed income and property arms continue to be led by Hugh Young, Brad Crombie and Pertti Vanhanen respectively, while Mandy Pike, Aberdeen's global head of dealing, has also joined the GMB.
Aberdeen chief executive Martin Gilbert (pictured) said: ''The creation and enlargement of these units further emphasises the breadth of Aberdeen's investment capabilities. Alternatives, investment solutions and quant equity can all play important roles in delivering a diversified range of returns to clients.
'These units together with Aberdeen's strengths in active equities and fixed income mean we are well placed to continue to meet the needs of our investor base around the world.'
He added: 'Dean, Lynda, Mark and Will all made significant contributions to the Swip business and helped ensure it was in the best possible shape as the acquisition completed. I would like to thank them for their professionalism throughout this process and wish them all the very best for the future.'


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The days of Boulder-area residents pining for a Trader Joe's appear to be over.
The Monrovia, Calif., specialty grocer that has gained a cult-like following for its cheap wine and unique and natural foods, plans to open stores in Colorado this year -- and sources say one of those is expected to be in Boulder. It will "most likely" be at the Twenty Ninth Street mall, according to one source close to the situation.
Trader Joe's filed documents Monday registering the business name with the Colorado Secretary of State. According to state records, Trader Joe's expects to begin "transacting business or conducting activities" in Colorado by April 1.
Trader Joe's spokeswoman Alison Mochizuki declined to comment about the filing.
"We don't have anything to confirm," Mochizuki said.
JT Fulton, Twenty Ninth Street's property manager, also declined to comment.
Trader Joe's also appears to have Denver in its sights. The Denver Business Journal, citing unnamed sources, reported Wednesday evening that the grocer has signed contracts to lease at least three locations in metro Denver.
Trader Joe's has long sat atop Boulder residents' wish lists.
In 2004, when the city took public comments on plans to redevelop Crossroads Mall -- plans that eventually led to the development of Twenty Ninth Street -- many residents said they wanted a Trader Joe's and Swedish furniture retailer IKEA, which opened its first Colorado location last year in Centennial.
"(Trader Joe's) was one of the top retailers that has been requested," said Liz Hanson, the city's economic vitality coordinator.
Facebook pages such as "Coloradoans for Trader Joe's" and "Bring Trader Joe's to Boulder" have been created in recent years, and an online petition called "Bring Trader Joe's To Denver" has 4,244 signatures.
Trader Joe's would fit nicely in the natural foods-focused hub of Boulder, said Sean Maher, a longtime local businessman and executive director of Downtown Boulder Inc.
The city is home to a variety of natural grocery stores including three Whole Foods stores, a top-performing Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage location, Alfalfa's Market, Sunflower Farmers Market and Sprouts Farmers Market. Additionally, chains such as Safeway and King Soopers have overhauled their Boulder stores to add expanded natural and organic sections.
"Our demographics are a perfect fit for Trader Joe's -- just look at the concentration we have," he said. "There doesn't seem to be any limit for Boulder's appetite."
In past years, whenever rumors have swirled about a Trader Joe's opening in Boulder, the grocer's Mochizuki told the Camera that neither Colorado nor Boulder was in Trader Joe's "two-year plan."
Trader Joe's carries inexpensive wines such as the popular "Two Buck Chuck" in some of its 365 stores. It also operates stores where no beer or wine is sold.
The most popular theory -- and one cited by Crossroads Mall owner Macerich in 2004 -- for Trader Joe's absence from Colorado has been the state's liquor laws, which allow chain stores and grocery retailers to sell beer less than 3.2 percent alcohol by weight but limit grocers to just one full-strength liquor license for the whole chain.
Some chains and groceries have sold full-strength beer and alcohol by applying for a retail liquor store license -- which has limitations including no food sales, separate hours and a separate entrance -- or applying for a liquor-licensed drugstore designation.
When the new Alfalfa's Market opened its first store in western Boulder last year, it became the first grocery store in the city to sell full-strength alcohol. Also last year, Whole Foods Market acquired Ace Wine & Spirits -- the liquor store that neighbored Whole Foods' Pearl Street store -- to move its one liquor-licensed location to Boulder.
Mark Retzloff, founder of Alfalfa's Market, said he's heard the "distant drums beating" about Trader Joe's for months and that he is not too concerned about the potential effect of another competitor.
"Frankly, Boulder is probably the most competitive market for food retailing in the United States," he said. "For the size of this town, it really becomes about the neighborhood-type of stores.
"There's a lot of other stores closer to (Twenty Ninth Street). We're finding that over the last year, the vast majority of our customers are from our neighborhood, probably Folsom (Street) to the west."
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Freshman Kristen McMaster (Brooklyn, NY/Fontbonne) paced the Lady Bears with dominating performances taking first in all three individual freestyle events she swam, 500-yard (7:37.03), 100-yard (1:09.63), and 50-yard freestyle (28.88). McMaster would have also anchored the 200-yard freestyle relay team to another first place finish, but the relay was disqualified due to an early exchange.
Freshman Alison Nunziata (Brooklyn, NY/Bishop Kearney) took first place in one of the most exciting and closest races of the night. In the 50-yard butterfly, after trailing most of the final leg, Nunziata edged Kelly Kate by thirteen-hundredths of a second with a "Phelps-like" touch at the wall. Nunziata also anchored the 200-yard medley relay to a win that set the tone for the remainder of the night and took second in the other two events she swam.
First place finishes were also turned in by Brianne Reilly (Queens, NY/Frank Sinatra) in the 50-yard backstroke (39.70), Elizabeth Fiorella (Brooklyn, NY/Bishop Kearney) in the 50-yard breaststroke (43.78) and Jessica Lintner (Queens, NY/Frank Sinatra) in the 100-yard backstroke (1:53.96). Overall, the Lady Bears took first in eight of the 14 events, and went 1-2 in two events.
Competing as a club team this season, St. Joseph's has fared well against well-established swimming programs that have their own pools on campus and the opportunity to practice regularly. The Lady Bears practice at the pool of nearby Brooklyn Technical High School. Due to limited availability, the team practices twice a week usually late in the evening.
Head coach Leonard DiVirgilio said after the meet, "I am extremely proud of what our young group of women have been able to accomplish in such a short period of time. Compared to our first meet, our women have shown tremendous improvement, thanks to their dedication and hard work."
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Senator-elect Elizabeth Warren, one of the fiercest critics of big banks, is likely to be named to the Senate Banking Committee when she joins Congress next month, according to two Senate aides.
The appointment has not been formally announced by Senate leaders and will not be final until an official vote on assignments by the members. The pending appointment was described to the Globe by aides who requested anonymity because Senate Majority Leader Reid has not made a formal announcement.
Warren's office had no immediate comment.
There had been speculation over the appointment since Warren's election last month, including several media reports that lobbyists were working to keep the Massachusetts Democrat off the committee. The Huffington Post first reported Warren's appointment this morning.
Warren, a Harvard Law School professor and consumer advocate, has been vocal in her beliefs that big banks – which are backed by the US government – should be regulated in the amount of risk they are allowed to take.
She has testified before Congress, researched financial issues from her perch at Harvard University, and campaigned on behalf of the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul bill.
Her tough talk against Wall Street helped build her national profile, creating a campaign fund-raising base that allowed her to spend $40 million in the election, more than any other congressional candidate this year.
Warren also helped create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as part of the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory act. She wanted to lead the agency, but Senate Republicans threatened to block her appointment. That led her to seek her own Senate seat.
Representative Barney Frank, a Newton Democrat retiring next month after co-authoring Dodd-Frank, has been a key ally of Warren's. Last month, he said in an interview that keeping Warren off the Banking Committee "would be nuts.''
"She's so obviously well-qualified,'' he said.
The financial industry, especially in Massachusetts, has been trying to improve its relationship with Warren now that she has been elected.


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In support of activists protesting NSA's collection of data of U.S. residents, major Web services such as Reddit, 4chan, and Mozilla plan to post messages on their sites on the Fourth of July urging Americans to join their fight against unreasonable collection of such data.
The National Security Agency must get warrants from a secret court before requiring technology companies to release vast amounts of phone and Internet activity records. But the Internet Defense League wants Congress to amend laws governing government surveillance, bringing those proceedings into the public view so that warrant requests can be contested. The coalition has called on Congress to create a special committee that would investigate the extent of domestic spying and recommend how the surveillance can be limited.
The July 4 campaign is being called "Restore the Fourth." That refers to the 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires probable cause to undertake a search. Several websites will feature messages that ask visitors to join an email list, contact members of Congress and donate to "Restore the Fourth." Some of the proceeds would be used to fund ads on TV and newspapers.
"The movement to Restore the Fourth is more about principle than the direct impact of spying on the average citizen," the group says on its website. "It is about maintaining the Fourth Amendment, which America's forefathers carefully wrote for the express purpose of limiting the government's ability to violate the deserved privacy of its law-abiding constituents."
The coalition launched Restore the Fourth in the wake of leaks by Edward Snowden about PRISM and other once-secret government operations.
The NSA program is the biggest target of these online activists since they successfully defeated an anti-piracy bill in January 2012. Google and Wikipedia joined in that fight, saying some provisions in the bill amounted to online censorship. It's unclear if the activists can win this battle without the help of those industry leaders. So far, Restore the Fourth and affiliated groups have raised a few thousand dollars and logged half a million petition signers.
In a survey released Wednesday, the Pew Research Center said 6% of American adults who use the Web have visited Reddit. That jumps to 15% among males 18 to 29 years old.
Protests will be held offline too. In Los Angeles, a few hundred people are expected to gather at Pershing Square at 1 p.m. Thursday. The flagship rally in Washington could draw thousands of people.
Restore the Fourth says it's not affiliated with movements such as the Tea Party, Occupy or Anonymous.
Douglas MacArthur, a spokesman for the group, said on Reddit that not having such political ties could help the movement spread to a wider public. He added that the group hopes to create "a long-term infrastructure to take part in legal action, political lobbying, and the like. But first we need to promote the issue itself."


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The make-or-break road trip to start the second half is breaking them. Who knows? Matter it will shatter them by the time they return home.
The Mets have Carlos Beltran and Jose Reyes back, but that hasn't helped their stagnant offense, which is hitting .203 during the Mets last ten games. The Mets have gone 2-8 in that span, including 1-5 since the break.
They've scored just 18 runs in those ten games and 12 in the last six. Two wins is about right.


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HANG TIME NEW JERSEY — When Jason Kidd was hired as the Brooklyn Nets' new coach in June, he used part of his introductory news conference to recruit Lawrence Frank as his lead assistant. And Frank was eventually given a six-year contract worth $6 million to be the experienced coach to help the rookie learn the ropes.
Now, just 17 games into the pair's first season in Brooklyn, Frank is off the bench. Kidd announced before the Nets' game against the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday that Frank has been "reassigned" and will no longer sit on the bench for games or take part in practices.
It's the latest twist in what has been an awful start to the Nets' season. And only time will tell if it has an effect — positive or negative — on the team long-term.
If you watched the Nets' episode of Real Training Camp in October, you saw and heard Frank running much of the practice. Nets point guard Shaun Livingston told reporters Tuesday that Frank "was obviously a voice, so that's the hardest part."
Was he too much of a voice? Kidd said the change was about "different philosophies." YahooSports.com's Adrian Wojnarowski reports that this all stems from a conflict at an early-season meeting.
Hours after a blowout loss to the Orlando Magic – Kidd's first game on the bench following a two-game suspension to start the season – the entire coaching staff witnessed Kidd lose his temper with Frank and escalate a strangely uneasy and brief coaching partnership together.
There had been conversations about moving forward together in recent weeks, league sources said, but the decision to let go of Frank was Kidd's choice.
Frank was said to be this Nets team's defensive coordinator. And through Monday, Brooklyn ranked 29th in defensive efficiency. But that was just one of the Nets' issues. They also ranked in the bottom 10 offensively and they've already missed a combined 42 games from their top eight players.
"This is the decision that I had to make," Kidd said.
When Kidd was hired, it was acknowledged that he would need time to adjust to a much different role than the one he had as a Hall of Fame point guard. So, even though the Nets have been a disaster thus far, it's a little early for serious criticism. You can't expect him to be Gregg Popovich (or even Mike Budenholzer) just 17 games into his career.
But Kidd's inability to coexist with someone who is recognized as a bright basketball mind and a tireless worker will be added to his file. Interestingly, the situation is a little reminiscent of what went down in 2005, when Frank was the Nets' head coach. The team had hired assistant Gordon Chiesa away from the Jazz, but before the regular season even got started, Chiesa resigned. And it was later reported that he had wanted more responsibility under Frank.
Sometimes, relationships just don't work out. But these Nets aren't the '05-06 Nets, and Kidd and Frank both arrived with much higher profiles than Gordon Chiesa.
These Nets have a $102 million payroll, an $87 million luxury tax bill and, now, a guy they're paying $6 million not to be an assistant coach. So there should certainly be some scrutiny for the man in charge of bringing out the best in one of the league's most talented rosters. So far, it ain't happening.
And after Tuesday, the burden for turning things around is on Kidd's shoulders more than ever.


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Welcome to the AAAS Project 2061 Science Assessment Website
The assessment items on this website are the result of more than a decade of research and development by Project 2061, a long-term science education reform initiative of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Here you will find free access to more than 600 items. The items:
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- Test for common misconceptions as well as correct ideas.
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IRVINE — During the final media timeout at UC Irvine home men's basketball games, cheer squad members hand out small candy bars to commemorate "crunch time." And, in what has become a rarity this season, the Anteaters managed to avoid a sour taste by prevailing down the stretch.
After Big West Conference co-leader Hawaii took a 57-56 advantage in a seesaw struggle at UCI on Wednesday, the hosts, who were 0-6 in games decided by six or fewer points coming in, scored 11 of the next 12 points to help secure a 68-64 victory.
The win snaps a two-game conference losing streak and lifts UCI (8-9, 2-2 in conference) to 5-1 at home this season.
Hawaii (9-6, 3-1), which was off to its best conference start in 11 seasons, lost its inaugural road game in the Big West. The Rainbow Warriors also lost for the second time in two tries on the Mainland this season.
Two free throws by senior Daman Starring with 52 seconds left capped the aforementioned 11-1 run to give the Anteaters a 67-58 cushion.
They almost needed that advantage as Hawaii scored five points in five seconds to pull within 67-63, with 29 seconds left.
But UCI, which won its last conference home game over UC Davis by scoring all 11 points of overtime, managed to hold on for the win.
Junior Chris McNealy had 15 points off the bench to pace the winners, who received 13 points from sophomore Will Davis, 12 points from Starring and 10 from freshman Alex Young. McNealy also added six rebounds and five assists in 29 minutes.
Senior Adam Folker had a team-best 12 rebounds for UCI, which lost the battle on the glass, 46-35.
UCI shot 52.2% from the field in the second half (12 for 23), including four of seven from three-point range (57.1%) to overcome a 31-28 halftime deficit in a game that featured 11 ties and 21 lead changes.
UCI made nine of 25 three-point attempts, while Hawaii connected on seven of 20.
UCI made 12 of 17 foul shots in the final 20 minutes, while Hawaii was 15 of 19 from the line for the game. UCI shot just two free throws in the opening half, making one.
Davis made six of eight field-goal attempts.
Wilder was three for 11 from the field, but chipped in five assists, four steals and four rebounds to help UCI claim a pivotal win.
Senior Derick Flowers (five points) and freshman Conor Clifford (five rebounds) also contributed off the bench for UCI, which won the bench scoring battle, 21-15.
UCI also had all six of the game's fast-break points and collected 21 points off turnovers, to the Rainbow Warriors' nine.
Hawaii used an 11-0 run late in the first half to claim a 31-23 lead, before UCI netted the final five points of the half to pull within three at halftime.
UCI made just 11 of 36 field-goal attempts in the opening half (30.6%), while Hawaii was only marginally better, sinking 10 of 30 attempts (33.3%).
It was UCI's fourth straight win over Hawaii.
UCI plays host to Cal State Northridge on Saturday at 4 p.m. for its homecoming.
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UC Irvine 68, Hawaii 64
Haw – Standhardinger 12, Fotu 4, Joaquim 15, Spearman 12, Tavita 6, Jawato 9, Rozitis 6.
3-pt. goals – Jawato 3, Tavita 2, Stanhardinger 1, Spearman 1.
Fouled out – None.
UCI – Davis 13, Folker 5, Starring 12, Wilder 7, Young 10, McNealy 15, Flowers 5, Clifford 1.
3-pt. goals – McNealy 3, Starring 2, Young 2, Wilder 1, Flowers 1.
Fouled out – None.
Halftime – Hawaii, 31-28.
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Russell Slade's Cardiff tenure ends with a draw against Birmingham
Russell Slade's tenure as Cardiff manager ended with a 1-1 draw against Birmingham in the SkyBet Championship.
Slade, who will move into a new head of football role over the summer, saw his side fall behind to David Cotterill's low drive in the 11th minute, but Anthony Pilkington's close-range finish ensured a share of the spoils at Cardiff City Stadium.
While Slade has not always been a popular figure among the home support, there can be no denying the important work he has done to help stabilise a club so often caught up in off-the-field controversy in recent years.
He leaves a solid base for the next manager to build on, with the club's transfer embargo now lifted, and like opposite number Gary Rowett he will be left ruing a late-season stumble that ultimately ended any lingering play-off aspirations.
The Bluebirds started brightly through Craig Noone, the winger surged forward to tee up Tom Lawrence, with Adam Legzdins getting down to make the save.
Noone soon threatened again as he jinked into the box but found the Birmingham keeper level to his strike, and Cotterill showed him how it should be done moments later.
Clayton Donaldson twisted and turned on the edge of the box and when his deep cross came through to Cotterill the Wales international took a touch and despatched the ball into the bottom corner.
The lead nearly doubled seven minutes later. Matt Connolly's poor pass fell to Diego Fabbrini and the in-form Italian drove forward and unleased a curling drive which beat David Marshall but not the base of the post.
Not that Cardiff were short of chances at the other end, Legzdins had to be sharp to save at Pilkington's feet following a lovely exchange of passes with Lex Immers before a defensive howler allowed the former Norwich man to level.
Scott Malone's cross appeared to pose little danger but Jonathan Grounds found himself caught in two minds as he tried to deal with the ball facing his own goal, and Pilkington nipped in to score his ninth goal of the season from close range.
The first half rather meandered to a conclusion after an entertaining opening, but Cardiff began the second half with renewed vigour, and Legzdins was soon in action to parry a Noone strike to safety from another clever Immers pass.
The Cardiff winger was soon making another telling contribution, but this time at the other end.
Ben Turner, making his first Cardiff appearance in a year after a series of ankle problems, brought down Donaldson right on the edge of his own box and heaved a sigh of relief as he received a yellow card despite being the last man.
Cotterill took the resulting free-kick and had beaten Marshall, only for Noone to get back to cover the far post and head off the line.
The visitors had one last chance to win it late on as a defensive lapse allowed substitute James Vaughan in, but the striker was denied by the post.
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Bushwick Open Studios returns! The 9th installment of Arts in Bushwick's annual weekend featuring open studios, exhibitions and performance. At press time there were over 500 online registered events. We worked over the very user friendly Arts in Bushwick website and compiled Norte Maar's 2015 list of not to miss events, studios, artist curated exhibitions, alternative spaces and performances… or at least those that we don't wanna miss!!!! Here are our 2015 must sees!!
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Two important institutions, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) and the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research, have written guidelines for teaching the Holocaust. These organizations have conducted extensive pedagogical research into creating these guidelines. As such, Holocaust Museum Houston also recommends the guidelines listed below.
The USHMM has outlined 10 guidelines for teaching the Holocaust.
The Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research has outlined 28 guidelines for teaching the Holocaust. How to Teach about the Holocaust in SchoolsThere can be no single "correct" way of teaching any subject, no ideal methodology that is appropriate for all teachers and students. What is offered here are guidelines and advice that might prove useful to school teachers in constructing their own schemes of work, taking into account the learning needs of individual students. These guidelines draw on current best practice from a number of institutions with expertise in teaching the Holocaust to address some of the concerns teachers have about how to approach this very difficult subject and to present possible ways forward. Holocaust education stands upon advances in research and has changed significantly over the last three decades; this document seeks to reflect a continuing process of pedagogical development and improvement and, as such, is not intended as the final word on this subject.


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No Pumpkin? No Worries!
Pam offers three mouth-watering alternatives for holiday dessert
Thanks to various weather conditions across the country, it's entirely possible that pumpkin will be hard to find this holiday season. With that in mind, I decided to share three non-pumpkin pie desserts for the fall and winter holidays, all of which can use refrigerated pie dough, making them delicious AND doable.
First up is sweet potato pie. Sweet potato is a dead ringer and a wonderful stand-in for pumpkin. Cooking the sweet potatoes in the microwave takes only 10 minutes, compared with the usual one hour in the oven. And pureeing the sweet potato filling in a blender before pouring it into the pie shell guarantees a light silky texture. The use of bold spices and evaporated and condensed milks — both sweetener and dairy in one — result in a highly flavorful, substantial pie filling.
If pumpkin is plentiful in your area, you can easily turn this sweet potato pie into that other traditional dessert. Just substitute a 15-ounce can of pumpkin for the two sweet potatoes. So, sweet potato or pumpkin, this is your go-to pie recipe.
Fried Apple Hand Pies remind me of my grandmother, who used fry them up nearly every time we'd visit. It was her way of showing love. My version is simpler. While she made her crust from scratch — with lard from the pigs she raised — I make mine with pie dough from the grocery store's refrigerated section. She cut her dough circles with a well-worn paring knife. I use cookie cutters. She drained her pies on brown paper sacks; I set mine on wire racks. If I'm not mistaken, her filling was straight-ahead apple while I spice mine up with ones she'd never heard of. And while I've got state-of-the-art thermometers for testing oil temperature; she had her ways. Would she approve of all of my shortcuts and gadgets? While she was an old-fashioned country cook, she was a forward-thinking woman. If she were alive today I think she'd give me her blessing.
Last, there's a Chocolate-Pecan Galette, a super easy alternative to another holiday classic. It's chocolate, cheesecake and pecan pie all rolled into one. The cream cheese offers a light sweet tang to this rich, intense pie. It also creates a naturally dry layer, which allows the pie bottom to bake up crisp and golden. No more soggy-bottomed pie! And no pie plate needed either. Just spread the cream cheese layer over the rolled out refrigerated pie dough, top with the chocolate pecan filling, fold the dough over and bake.
So — canned pumpkin, or no, you've got some really tempting options to end your holiday meals.
Sweet Potato Pie
Makes 1 9-inch deep-dish pie
You can also make this pie with canned pumpkin substituting 1 can (15 ounces) pure pumpkin for the 2 cups of cooked sweet potatoes
1 pre-baked 9-inch pie shell
2 sweet potatoes (about 12 ounces each), pricked with a fork
1 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 can (14 ounces) canned condensed milk
1 cup evaporated milk
2 eggs plus 2 yolks
Whether you're using homemade or boxed refrigerated dough, have pre-baked pie shell ready. Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 300 degrees. Microwave sweet potatoes on high power until fork-tender, 9 to 10 minutes. When potatoes are cool enough to handle, peel them and mash flesh with a fork.
Along with ginger, cinnamon, allspice and salt, add mashed sweet potatoes to a large saucepan and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until potato starts to stick to pan bottom, about 5 minutes. Add condensed and evaporated milks; cook until sputtery. Whir eggs and yolks in a blender. With blender running, add a cup or so of the hot pumpkin mixture, a large spoonful at a time, to temper eggs. Add remaining pumpkin mixture; continue to puree to form a silky texture filling.
Pour warm filling into warm pie shell. Bake until a thin-bladed knife inserted into the center of the filling comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack until warm or room temperature. Serve.
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Fried Apple Hand Pies
Makes 16 pies
If you don't have the right size cookie cutter, there are plenty of tops around the house that are the about the same size. The tops to my deli containers, mayonnaise jar and cocoa were all about right.
2 9-inch pie rounds from a 15-ounce box refrigerated piecrust
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons brandy (optional)
3/4 cup granulated sugar, divided
Pinch salt
1 1/4 pounds crisp apples, such as Granny Smith, peeled, cored and cut into small dice
1 tablespoon butter
3 cups vegetable or canola oil
One of the following: 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon, 8 teaspoons curry powder, 4 teaspoons ground cardamom, 2 tablespoons Chinese five-spice powder
Working one round at a time, unroll pie dough on a lightly floured surface and roll to 14 inches in diameter. Using a round 4 1/4-inch cookie cutter cut dough into 8 circles. Repeat with remaining round of dough. Refrigerate until ready to use. (Can be double-wrapped in plastic and refrigerated for a couple of days.)
Whisk cornstarch, vanilla and optional brandy in 1/3 cup of water; set aside. Mix 1/4 cup of sugar and the salt; toss with apples. Heat butter in a medium (10-inch) skillet over medium-high heat until pale nutty brown. Add apple mixture; cover and cook until soft and juices release, about 7 minutes. Uncover and continue to cook until juices thicken to light syrup consistency, 1 to 2 minutes longer. Stir in cornstarch mixture; continue to cook until it thickens, less than a minute. Transfer apples to a rimmed baking sheet; refrigerate or set aside until room temperature. (Can be refrigerated in an enclosed container up for a couple of days.)
When ready to serve, mix remaining 1/2 cup of sugar with one of the spice options of your choice. Working eight at a time, spoon a heaping tablespoon of the filling onto the lower center of each dough circle. Working one at time, brush around the edge of the lower half with water. Fold upper half of dough over filling to make a turnover, pressing on edges to seal. Repeat with those remaining, to make 16 turnovers.
Heat oil to 375 degrees in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Working in three batches, drop five or six pies into the hot oil. Fry until crisp and golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes turning as needed. Transfer to a wire rack, sprinkling each turnover with spiced sugar. For a more aromatic pie, lightly sprinkle each with additional spice.
Chocolate-Pecan Galette
Makes 1 galette, serving 8
1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch, divided
3 egg yolks, plus 1 egg white
1/2 cup sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
6 tablespoons light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch salt
4 ounces semi- or bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 refrigerated pie crust from 14.1-ounce box
Adjust oven rack to lowest position and heat oven to 400 degrees.
Mix cream cheese, confectioner' sugar, two tablespoons of the cornstarch and one of the egg yolks in medium bowl; set aside.
Meanwhile heat remaining tablespoon of cornstarch and 1/3 cup of water in a medium saucepan over low heat, whisking frequently, until pasty thick.
While cornstarch heats, warm brown sugar and corn syrup in a small saucepan over medium heat until sugar has almost dissolved. Whisk remaining two yolks, vanilla and salt in a medium bowl. Slowly whisk warm sugar mixture into yolks and then egg-sugar mixture into cornstarch mixture. Whisk in chocolate, and then pecans. Cool slightly to thicken
Meanwhile, unfurl pie dough on a lightly floured surface and roll to about 13 inches in diameter. Slide onto a cookie sheet or pizza pan and spread evenly with cream cheese mixture, leaving a two-inch border. Pour tepid chocolate mixture over cream cheese mixture. Fold pastry border over the chocolate. Brush dough perimeter with egg white and sprinkle with a little sugar.
Bake galette until golden brown and bubbly, 25 to 30 minutes. Loosen with a metal spatula and slide onto a wire rack to cool slightly. Serve warm.
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Corinne A. Coen received her BA in American culture from the University of Michigan, an MBA from the University of Chicago with specializations in marketing and finance, and a PhD from the University of Michigan in organizational behavior. Her research focuses on the dynamics of teamwork, including issues of cooperation, competition, and resilience. In addition, she investigates basic questions surrounding best practices for forming teams given members' past experience and current interdependence.
Employing computational simulations, Coen explores how people's behaviors affect each other. Since teamwork depends on a careful balance of reciprocal transactions, she describes personal responses leading to emergent group outcomes and helps identify leverage points that move groups into vicious or virtuous circles of change.
Coen's interest in successful teamwork grew out of her experiences in corporate settings, both as a senior manager and as a consultant implementing change processes with senior members of major corporations. She continues to assist managers of firms in their quest to improve the quality of their interactions for the benefit of the company and its individual members.
Meanwhile, Coen's research has been published in leading academic journals including Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organizational Science, Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, and Simulation in Practice and Theory. She has twice been recognized in the Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management.
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Shamisen & Shikaribetsu
A few shots I took this summer. The first few pictures are of the beautiful and secluded road up to Tomuraushi Onsen. The shamisen players had played at my friend, Kumikos cafe in Shimizu. The shots after that are of the farewell party TIEC hosted for ALTS leaving this year. Kind of a random collection, but is a bit of a summary of some of the things that happened earlier this summer.Read More
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