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But the title promises seven lessons, not six. The final chapter is not called a lesson and is not about physics: "Closing - Ourselves." Nor is it brief, being twice as long as any of the true lessons in physics. In it, Rovelli has his say on philosophical topics such as our individual free will and indeed freedom in the context of today's understanding of the physical world, and on various currently relevant topics. For example:
You don't need to read further to get what Rovelli is going to say. But he does find a relevant and eloquent ending for his little book:Carlo Rovelli wrote:I believe that our species will not last long. It does not seem to be made of the stuff that has allowed the turtle, for example, to continue to exist more or less unchanged for hundreds of millions of years, for hundreds of times longer, that is, than we have even been in existence We belong to a short-lived genus of species. All of our cousins are already extinct. What's more, we do damage...
This little book can be read in one sitting, and not a long sitting at that. You can sample some more on the book's own web site:Carlo Rovelli wrote:Our knowledge of the world continues to grow. There are frontiers where we are learning, and our desire for knowledge burns. They are in the most minute reaches of the fabric of space, at the origins of the cosmos, in the nature of time, in the phenomenon of black holes, and in the workings of our own thought processes. Here, on the edge of what we know, in contact with the ocean of the unknown, shines the mystery and the beauty of the world. And it's breathtaking.
If your library has the book, or can be persuaded to get it, set aside an hour or two and learn more about the universe.


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What is the relation between science and culture in defining our response to the world. How does it shape our choices for the human future?
Astrophysicist Adam Frank is a leading expert on the final stages of evolution for stars like the sun, and his computational research group at the University of Rochester has developed advanced supercomputer tools for studying how stars form and how they die. A self-described "evangelist of science," he is also committed to showing others the beauty and power of science, and exploring the proper context of science in culture.


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The Raiders' official schedule for 2013 won't be announced until April.
That's when Oakland will know the order, dates and times of its games.
Already, though, the Raiders know this much:
Next season's schedule will be among the easiest in the NFL, which is good news for a team that slumped to 4-12 last season and faces an offseason of roster shuffling and rebuilding.
Based on teams' records from the 2012 season, the Raiders have been ranked as having the fourth-easiest schedule in the league for 2013 with an opponents' combined winning percentage of just .469 (120-136-0).
Of course, part of that is the result of living in the AFC West, where the Raiders, Chargers and Chiefs all had disappointing seasons and every team must play its division mate twice. The division-champion Denver Broncos, for instance, have the easiest schedule, with their opponents a combined 110-146-0 (.430) in 2012.
Aside from AFC West foes, the Raiders' home schedule will have these five home opponents: Tennessee Titans (6-10), Jacksonville Jaguars (2-14), Philadelphia Eagles (4-12), Pittsburgh Steelers (8-8) and Washington Redskins (10-6), the only team in the group to go to the postseason.
The Jaguars will be making their second straight trip to Oakland, and represented one of the Raiders' four wins in 2012, a 26-23 overtime decision in October.
Oakland's non-division road games are tougher, with two playoff teams, the Indianapolis Colts (11-5) and Houston Texans (12-4). Other games are against the New York Giants (9-7), Dallas Cowboys (8-8) and New York Jets (6-10).
Going into this past season under new head coach Dennis Allen, the Raiders were deemed to have the 18th-most difficult schedule, with opponents' combined records of 127-129 (.496).
The Carolina Panthers go into 2013 with the toughest schedule. The Panthers will face teams that went a combined 138-116-2 (.543) in 2012.


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Apparently everyone else is negative and she is a ray of sunshine
Rachel is terrible in come backs.
Rachel is being Rachel <333
Quote from: Prama on April 11, 2012, 02:06:47 AMRachel is being Rachel <333 Brendon: What are you doing?Rachel: I'm doing measure.
kungfuwoman,You are entitled to your opinion, but give me a break! Rachel (partner to Brendon) is a whiny brat who is into manipulation.This is based solely on what I have seen in Amazing Race 20, as I have no interest in what she did on BigBrother.
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[Update: It's official: J.J. Abrams will direct Star Wars 7!]
Ever since Disney first announced that not only would Star Wars be coming back, but would do so in the form of a full-blown sequel in Star Wars Episode VII, speculation ran rampant over what story the film would tell. And more importantly, who would be trusted to tell it.
It seems that speculation can end, as it is now being reported that J.J. Abrams will direct Star Wars: Episode 7, coming to theaters in 2015.
The report comes courtesy of TheWrap, after a source close to production is claiming that not only has producer Kathleen Kennedy been pursuing Abrams for the director's chair for some time (not hard to understand, given his runaway success rebooting Star Trek) but that despite misgivings, Abrams has finally agreed.
The news will come as particular surprise to those who've been following the ongoing shortlist of Episode VII directors; J.J. Abrams was quick to shoot down rumors of his involvement from the very beginning. At the time, he cited the massive pressure and responsibility as his main reason for wanting to pass on the job, desiring to remain simply a fan.
Apparently things have changed, although exactly what this means for the ongoing franchise development and Abrams' relationship with Paramount is unclear. It's still too early to assume that Disney is looking for Abrams to oversee the next generation of Star Wars fiction, perhaps contemplating a deal similar to that signed with Joss Whedon on the Marvel side of things. But if the studio has so doggedly pursued Abrams despite his apprehension (as he continues to make Star Trek a mass-market franchise) then this isn't likely a one-time gig.
Given the myriad of names (some more risky than others) that have been thrown around as possible directorial candidates, it's hard for even skeptics to argue that Abrams isn't a bit of a relief. Guillermo Del Toro, Ben Affleck, and even David Fincher were all mentioned in the conversation - but for each one of their strengths, the question remained: would that work in a Star Wars universe?
Since Abrams has previously said that his creative team's approach to the Star Trek reboot was partly built around 'bringing a bit more Star Wars to Star Trek,' that question seems to have been answered. If the strengths of Star Trek can be brought back to the series that partly inspired it (lens flares or no) then it's hard to be concerned that Episode 7 won't be an enjoyable, competent sci-fi action film. That may seem like setting a low standard, but the past decade of Star Wars projects hasn't exactly raised the bar.
What this means for the rumored Star Warsspin-off films remains to be seen, since we're not even sure what role George Lucas will have as the brand is expanded upon by Disney. Or perhaps more importantly: what does all this mean for what we perceived to be a Star Trek series that had a successful road laid out in front of it? At this point, it's anyone's guess.
We'll keep you updated as the report is either confirmed or denied, but for now it seem Star Wars fans can breathe easy, and attempt to digest the knowledge that both Star Wars and Star Trek are now being controlled by a single director.
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X Factor Season 2 Live Recap: Episode 17 – Top 12 Performances! (VIDEO)
The X Factor season 2 live performances continue tonight as the top 12 take the stage for 'divas' week. After last week's shocking revelation of the voting rank for all of the contestants, all the singers know exactly where they stand this week going into tonight's live performances. Once again, The X Factor 2012 judges Britney Spears, Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato and L. A. Reid will have no say in who goes home this week. That choice will be entirely up to the voters. Ready to watch how your favorites did tonight on The X Factor season 2? Join us right now for our live The X Factor USA season 2 recap!Read More..>>


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Can EA Sports' 'Madden NFL 13' Cover Athlete Avoid The Madden NFL Cover Jinx?
By Barry Janoff
March 7, 2012: Tim Tebow, Michael Vick, Cam Newton, Drew Brees, Aaron Rodgers, Rob Gronkowski and Victor Cruz and Jason Pierre-Paul of the Super Bowl XLVI champion New York Giants are among 64 players part of fan voting to determine the athlete who will appear on the cover of EA Sports' Madden NFL 13 videogame.
This marks the third year of fan voting and the second year in which EA Sports is conducting the vote in association with ESPN. Last year, nearly 13 million votes were cast through ESPNSportsNation.com and ESPN mobile, according to EA Sports.
As with last year, the winner will be unveiled on SportsNation with Michelle Beadle and Colin Cowherd.
Running back Peyton Hillis of the Cleveland Browns won the spot on the cover of Madden NFL 12 in a final vote over Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick. New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees was voted onto the cover of Madden NFL 11.
Due to its popularity, the field of eligible players was expanded to include a play-in round, which features two players from the same NFL team vying to advance to the official 32-player, seeded tournament. (See full list below.)
The expanded field also means that more players are vying to become part of an urban legend: the Madden NFL cover curse. Among the players who have succumbed to the curse are:
• Michael Vick, who was on the cover of Madden NFL 04 but then missed much of the season with a broken leg and subsequently went to prison due to his participation in a dog-fighting ring.
• Donovan McNabb, cover athlete for Madden NFL 06, who suffered a torn ACL during the season.
• Madden NFL 07 cover athlete Shaun Alexander, who missed six games that season due to a foot injury.
• Troy Polamalu, co-cover athlete on Madden NFL 10, who suffered through several injuries that year that caused him to miss about half the season.
Most recently, Hillis missed six games last season due to injuries and ailments and saw his production drop from 1,177 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns in 2010 to 587 yards rushing and three touchdowns.
Voting for Madden NFL 13 runs now through March 21 at the SportsNation Facebook page and can be tracked via EA Sports' Madden NFL Twitter page. For the cover vote from March 21-April 25, all voting must be cast at ESPN.com/MaddenVote.
Every Wednesday between March 21 and April 25, SportsNation (on ESPN2) will update Madden NFL 13 cover vote standings.
"As for whether or not we'll see a repeat of 2012 winner Peyton Hillis' run for the cover, who surprised many by winning the vote as a 10th seed," EA Sports wrote on its Madden NFL blog, "there are plenty of players who could fly under the radar – at least at the start of the campaign – and still come out on top."


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US Dollar Index Is Turning Higher at Key Support and Should Not Break 82
The Aussie dollar is breaking support levels cited last week, and the euro should roll over.
The US Dollar Index has turned higher right where it should, and if the bull trend is to resume, then the DX should not break back below 82. I continue to like the risk reward of the DX at these levels, and now that we have some headline risk out of the way, the market should be able to resume moving higher. I would also keep a very close eye on the US bond market, as it looks like rates could be turning higher here. I think the DX could easily rally into the high 80s so the risk reward is very nice here.
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The euro has failed right where it should on the recent rally, and now that the ECB rate decision is out of the way, I think we could see the euro roll over back below the 1.30 level. There is still a pretty clear head-and-shoulders top forming in this market, and with the downside target at 1.20, you can see why I love the risk reward of euro short positions here above 1.30. I have a hard time seeing the euro trade above 1.32 so you basically have the setup of a 10 to 1 reward to risk trade. Take that any day!
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The Australian dollar short has also been working pretty well lately, and it has broken major support after the RBA decision to lower rates to historic levels. I have been watching this 1.02-1.06 range which has now broken to the downside, and that would project a target to 0.98. I would let this winner run, and add to Australian dollar short positions on any rally back above the 1.02 level. Good luck out there!
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Harold Kushner's 'The Book of Job': when things go from bad to worse
Harold Kushner's new book "The Book of Job" uses the biblical story as a departure point for examining how we respond to random tragedy.
Special to The Seattle Times
'The Book of Job: When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person'
by Harold S. Kushner
Nextbook/Schocken, 202 pp., $24
Harold S. Kushner is a rare bird: a popular religious writer set apart by his humility and lack of proselytizing. This rabbi's long list of best-selling books, including his 1981 hit "When Bad Things Happen to Good People," share the gifts of scholarly foundations, challenges to conventional theology, and a style that enlightens and inspires the decidedly un-Biblical among his readers.
Kushner's latest book is "The Book of Job: When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person," and it too is supported by thoughtful scholarship and his skill at using modern concepts without leaking treacle. Yet, I suspect that this book will have less appeal to much of the lay public than his earlier ones. The latter two-thirds of the book is sometimes donnish, with more gleaning and less anecdotage than is usual for this author.
The early pages demonstrate Kushner's engaging teaching style as he explains that there are actually two very distinct parts to the Book of Job. In Chapters 1, 2 and 42 is the "Fable of Job, a very old, simple folk tale of faith maintained and rewarded."
Then comes the Poem of Job, "a much later, more complicated work comprising the large middle section," writes Kushner. The poem is a rich yet confusing outpouring, "forty chapters of sublime and profound protest" in which Job is no longer a character, but a speaker.
It is the fable, not the poem, that appears in various guises in literature and film. In a Hollywood pitch meeting, it would go like this: A rich, happy man (his name is pronounced "Jobe," with a long "o" sound) stands fast when his benefactor (God) dispatches the repo man to take all his stuff away.
Job stays loyal until he hits a bad patch when things get much, much worse (imagine the worst-ever case of shingles) and he erupts into some righteous anger. He calms down, and eventually gets his riches back ... fade to black.
The rage, the "why me?" and similarly anguished searching — Is God vengeful? Indifferent? Nonexistent? — have been Kushner's starting points in much of his prolific work. It was the death of his young son that drove him to write about such questions in the first place; this is a man who knows what it is to shake his fist at the heavens.
In the last chapter of the book, Kushner does a wonderful job summing up what he takes away from the Job story (it is actually something of a spoiler to paraphrase it, so buy the book) and handily condenses thinking from some of the great Jewish thinkers, beginning with Moses Maimonides in the 12th century.
In closing, Kushner quotes from a speech he made to a New Orleans congregation on the first anniversary of Katrina. "You want to know why something like this could happen to you. I can give you the answer in six words, God is moral, Nature is not." Later in his speech, he asked, "Where was God when your city was struck? His was the still, small voice moving some residents to go out in their rowboats and rescue you from your rooftops ... "
Perhaps some will read this book as the Biblical Job's story has been approached — the reader is arrested by the beginning, skims the middle and is comforted by the ending. There are worse things.
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An aside for hunters
As I've said, one of my favorite alt classes is a hunter. I'm tired of cringing more often than relaxing when a new hunter joins.
If you are a hunter, I am completely confident that you can pound out the dps. But…
Can you chain-trap a mob, trapping it in consecutive traps, placed so they don't decide to bang on me instead? Or is it one trap and only when reminded?
Do you use your pet? Is it on passive, off growl, and used to help with pulls, dps and/or crowd control? Or does it sit by your side – or worse, remain unsummoned – the entire instance?
Do your pulls gently deposit the mobs into the loving arms of the tank, or does everyone have to scramble to overcome the wild hairball you've initiated with BOOM/FD?
If you're the latter more often than the former, there's help. My favorite source of help is the Big Red Kitty, but there are other places. Go, learn, and start making huntards the exceptions instead of the rule.
BRK has moved, which is why I'm taking the opportunity to advertise his site. Seriously, he's got a lot of good stuff for the hunter, and a few things useful to the rest of us. Go visit.


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Mexico swears in President Enrique Pena Nieto amid violent protests
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Enrique Pena Nieto took the oath of office as Mexico's new president on Saturday, promising a list of specific reforms that are part old-party populist handouts to the poor and new assaults on the entrenched systems and sacred cows that have hampered the country's development.
Pena Nieto, marking the return of the institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, promised everything from a new integrated program to prevent crime to ending the patronage and buying of teacher positions that rule the public education system and opening up broadband Internet service now dominated by just a few telecommunication monopolies.
"It's time to move Mexico and to achieve a national transformation," Pena Nieto said. "This is the moment for Mexico."
The return of the PRI after a 12-year hiatus started with violent confrontations in the streets and protest speeches from opposition parties inside the congress, where Pena Nieto took the oath of office. Protesters continued vandalizing downtown businesses, smashing plate glass windows and setting office furniture ablaze outside.
Protesters clashed with tear gas-wielding police, calling the inauguration of Pena Nieto an "imposition" of a party that ruled with a near-iron fist for 71 years using a mix of populist handouts, graft and rigged elections. At least two people were injured, one gravely, police said, and a police officer who was bleeding from the face was taken for medical treatment
Leftist congress members inside the chamber gave protest speeches and hung banners, including a giant one reading, "Imposition consummated. Mexico mourns."
One word sums up Dec. 1: The restoration. The return to the past," said Congressman Ricardo Monreal of the Citizens Movement party.
But PRI leaders denied that.
"This is a time of expectation, a time of hope," said PRI Senator Omar Fayat. "What we did well in the previous government we will preserve and strengthen. What we didn't, we will rebuild and reorient."
Pena Nieto had taken over at midnight in a symbolic ceremony after campaigning as the new face of the PRI, repentant and reconstructed after being voted out of the presidency in 2000.
Before his public swearing in later in the morning, hundreds banged on the tall steel security barriers around Congress, threw rocks, bottle rockets and firecrackers at police and yelled "Mexico without PRI!" Police responded by spraying tear gas from a truck and used fire extinguishers on flames from Molotov cocktails. One group of protesters rammed and dented the barrier with a large garbage-style truck before being driven off by police water cannons.
"We're against the oppression, the imposition of a person," said Alejandro, 25, a student and protester who didn't want to give his last name for fear of reprisals. "He gave groceries, money and a lot more so people would vote for him," the student said, referring to allegations that the PRI gave voters gifts to encourage them to cast their ballots for Pena Nieto.
Another banner inside the chamber read: "You're giving up a seat bathed in blood," referring to outgoing President Felipe Calderon's attack on organized crime and the deaths of 60,000 people during that six-year offensive by some counts.
Despite the protests, the swearing-in atmosphere at Congress was far less chaotic than six years ago, when a Calderon security unit literally had to muscle him past blockades and protesters to get him into Congress so he could take the oath of office after a razor-thin, disputed victory over a leftist candidate.
Calderon had worked hard for a smooth transition after that experience.
But vandalism and rock throwing continued throughout the day near the city center where Pena Nieto gave his inaugural speech.
Later in the afternoon, the new president planned a luncheon for invited guests, including U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Prince Felipe of Spain and the presidents from Colombia, Peru, Honduras and Nicaragua, among other Latin American countries.
Lines of riot police closed down streets around the Palacio de Bellas Artes, the Fine Arts Palace. Police arrested a few protesters who were throwing rocks or pieces of wood at them. An AP reporter saw one of the windows of the Sears departmental store was smashed and the building marred with large splashes of white paint.
Protesters trailed the new president from the Congress to the National Palace, shouting, "Murderers, murderers!" and trying to break the barriers set up in the Zocalo, Mexico City's giant central plaza where the palace is located.
"The president is like Salinas, 'I don't see you, I don't hear you,' " said Aurelio Medina, 64, referring to PRI President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
Down the street at the Alameda Park, other protesters hung thousands of handkerchiefs with the names of drug-war victims.
"It's a very important day for us to take stock of the damage. They have first and last names," said Regina Mendez, a member of the group Embroidering for Peace.
Pena Nieto has promised to govern democratically with transparency. But his first moves even before the inauguration showed a solid link to the past. In announcing his Cabinet on Friday, he turned to the old guard as well as new technocrats to run his administration.
He also pledged to make economic growth and job creation the centerpiece of his administration, with campaign manager and long-time confidant Luis Videgaray the point person. Videgaray, a 44-year-old economist with a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will lead the treasury department.
Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, a 48-year-old former state governor who is known as a political operator and deal maker, has been named secretary of the interior, a post that will play a key role in security matters.
Pena Nieto has also promised to push for reforms that could bring major new private investment into Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, the crucial but struggling state-owned oil industry. Such changes that have been blocked for decades by nationalist suspicion of foreign meddling in the oil business.
Associated Press writers Adriana Gomez Licon, Michael Weissenstein and Carlos Rodriguez contributed to this report.


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Pebeo Arti' Stick Window Color
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Colonel Paul Paolozzi
U.S. Army Colonel Paul Paolozzi is currently the Army's Senior Fellow to the Brookings Institution. He was commissioned an Engineer and served in the 15th Engineer Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, including service in Operation DESERT STORM. He then commanded a company in the 6th Engineer Battalion, 6th Infantry Division, in Alaska and subsequently served as a tactical officer, U.S. Corps of Cadets (USCC), and staff officer at the U.S. Military Academy. Colonel Paolozzi was selected to be a Joint Staff intern with service in J5, Joint Staff, and as the executive officer of the Army Initiatives Group. Colonel Paolozzi joined the 11th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, as the Battalion S3 in Kosovo and subsequently served as the Engineer Brigade S3. He departed Kuwait in December 2002 to become the aide-de-camp to the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army and later a congressional fellow before taking battalion command of the 864th Engineer Battalion in 2005. Colonel Paolozzi commanded the 864th during the unit's first combat deployment to Afghanistan and then returned to Fort Lewis, WA. In 2008, Colonel Paolozzi served as the military assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs). In 2009 he took command of the 18th Engineer Brigade, Schwetzingen, Germany and deployed the Brigade to Afghanistan for the unit's second rotation. Colonel Paolozzi graduated from Utica College of Syracuse University and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS. He holds master's degrees from Long Island University and the National Defense University.
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SSI books and monographs by Colonel Paul Paolozzi
Closing the Candor Chasm: The Missing Element of Army Professionalism
September 19, 2013
Authored by Colonel Paul Paolozzi.
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If transparency and forthright communication are valued within the Army, why is candor nearly absent in doctrine and supporting literature? Stewards of the Profession build trust through authentic communication—educated, trained, and modeled in application. Candor cannot be muted, creating a chasm between what is espoused and communicated.


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Palin: Begich making me 'cheery'
Sarah Palin is thanking her possible Senate race opponent for cheering her up Thursday morning, saying Democratic Sen. Mark Begich's attacks on her the day before hearten her that he is beatable in the 2014 election.
In a duo of Facebook posts Thursday morning, Palin slammed Begich's voting record and accused him of playing "the ol' Washington political game" to distract Alaskans from his positions.
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"Margaret Thatcher used to say, 'I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.' So, thank you, Mark Begich, for making me and others exceptionally cheery today!" Palin posted on Facebook under the title, "Really, Mark? Really?"
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Also posting an image illustrating Begich's voting record, Palin said the Alaska Democrat votes with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) 89 percent of the time and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) 91 percent of the time.
"Mark, after looking at your voting record I can see why you are looking for a distraction," Palin wrote, saying Alaskans deserved change in 2014. "In the meantime, we suppose we'll see much more playing of the ol' Washington political game using those inside D.C. reporters each time you have to distract from yet another bad vote for Alaska in the U.S. Senate. It cheers us up and gives us good opportunity to remind Alaskans just how loyal to the Obama agenda you have been."
On Wednesday, Begich said Palin "quit on Alaska" and questioned whether she was still a resident of the state. Palin said on Tuesday she is considering challenging Begich in 2014.
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Begich responded on Twitter late Thursday morning, reiterating the quitter jab and taking the step of personally signing his tweet.
I'd be happy to compare my record of fighting for #Alaska w/ @SarahPalinUSA, but it doesn't seem fair since she never finished the job. -MB— MarkBegich (@MarkBegich) July 11, 2013


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by Karen O'Brien
From The Cat Fanciers' Almanac, June 1996
Accidents happen. So do miracles. None have been so special or unique to the feline world as Mother
Nature's gift in 1981, the American Curl. Still considered one of the newest breeds in the cat fancy, the American Curl
continues to gain in popularity and numbers as evidenced by the most recent statistics published by CFA. For the calendar
year 1995, 223 American Curls were registered with CFA, an increase of 23% over the 1994 totals, which resulted in the
Curls being ranked 25th out of 37 recognized breeds - quite an accomplishment for a breed that had such austere beginnings
just 15 years ago.
In June 1981, the breed which is true to its name and its place in modern American culture was discovered
in the suburban California community of Lakewood on the doorstep of some unsuspecting residents, Joe and Grace Ruga
(Curlniques Cattery). Grace, in the throes of being seven months pregnant with their first child, remembers that she was
"trying hard not to do anything" on the day that the first American Curls graced the Rugas' path. Joe returned from work
that evening and spotted two six-month-old kittens outside his home. He approached Grace inside and remarked, "Did you see
those kittens outside?" When Grace replied that she hadn't, Joe continued, "Well, they look skinny; don't feed 'em!"
According to Grace, Joe went into the other room to change clothes, and Grace "promptly got the kitties something to eat,"
noting that they had "ears that curled back from their heads in a funny way." The kittens appeared to be sisters; one was
black with long hair and the other was black and white with semi-long hair, both of their coat textures being fine and silky.
The kittens were christened Shulamith and Panda, respectively, and they needed no further invitation than a decent meal.
Although Shulamith was very protective of her sister, Panda disappeared approximately two weeks later,
apparently due to fright, leaving Shulamith to become the foundation cat of the American Curl breed. Shulamith promptly
ruled the home of the Rugas, making a place in their hearts and a place for herself in history. Joe Ruga quickly forgot
his dietary recommendations, and, working side by side with Grace, has been an eloquent leader and spokesman for the American
Curl breed ever since. Interestingly, "Shu" became Joe's companion, and according to Grace, "The sun rose and set on each
of them, as far as the other was concerned."
Prior to finding Shulamith, the Rugas described themselves as "casual pet owners," but in December 1981,
after the birth of Shulamith's first litter, their outlook changed as they realized that Shulamith's unique ears could well
indicate an entirely new breed of cat. They immediately began diligent research and test breedings which eventually led to
the official recognition of the American Curl in varying registries. Shulamith did her part as well, contributing several
litters of kittens whose charm and intelligence would win the affection of friends, relatives, breeders and fans the world
As a result of an article she authored on Scottish Folds for a local publication, Jean Grimm, a CFA judge
and breeder of Scottish Folds, was contacted to assist this unusual breed in its infancy and determine if this strange cat
was indeed unique to the cat fancy. After examining Shulamith and many of her progeny, Jean determined that the cat fancy
had never seen anything like these cats before. She was hesitant in the beginning and warned the Rugas and those involved
that the road to obtaining recognition by the cat associations was long and hard. But Shulamith's fans were believers, and,
with Jean's knowledge and support, they forged a path to the first presentation of American Curls to the public at a CFA
show in Palm Springs, California on October 23, 1983. After a close study of Shulamith and a review of various breed
standards and renderings from The Book of the Cat, the first breed standard for the American Curl was drafted. The
Abyssinian, Egyptian Mau and Ocicat breed standards were used as structure references, but that is not to say that the
American Curl should resemble any of these breeds. The Curls originated as a domestic cat with an unusual mutation. To
preserve their particular identity, the Curl standard was structured around the characteristics of Shulamith, the
foundation cat of the breed. This description of the ideal Curl varied just enough to distinguish it from all other breeds,
thereby dictating that the only allowable outcrosses for American Curls would be non-pedigreed domestic cats closely matching
the breed standard. This would ensure a large genetic pool and optimum health in the breed while also maintaining the
individual and unique appearance of the American Curl.
Two noted geneticists, Solveig Pflueger and Roy Robinson, were contacted to study this unusual mutation.
They each determined that the peculiar curled ear was a genetic trait and was inherited in every case, causing it to be
labeled a dominant gene, with no deformities attached to it. Referred to as a spontaneous mutation, the gene that causes the
ear to curl appeared to be following a single dominant pattern.
The first Curl-to-Curl breeding occurred in January 1984 with the resulting kittens born in March. Playit
By Ear, a black and white male kitten from this litter, became the first known homozygous American Curl, which meant that
all of his offspring would have curled ears, regardless of his pairings with curled or straight ear females. Needless to say,
homozygous American Curls are very desirable in breeding programs for their predictable progeny. Since that time, countless
Curl-to-Curl breedings, including pairings with homozygous American Curls, have been conducted with no genetic abnormalities
These breedings have resulted in a healthy cat, remarkably free of the genetic defects that afflict other
breeds. Due in part to the huge domestic gene pool behind the American Curls, breeders who work with other breeds in addition
to the Curls have reported that Curl litters are generally very hardy and are less susceptible to the usual kitten diseases
and shot reactions seen in their other breeds.
American Curls were first accepted for CFA registration in 1986 and achieved Provisional status in 1991.
Shulamith was a key contributor to the precedent that was set in CFA in 1993 when the Curls were advanced to the Championship
Class. Shulamith, a longhair cat, delivered the first shorthair Curl in her third litter and later offspring followed suit,
producing both longhair and shorthair Curls, which resulted in the American Curl being the first breed to be admitted to the
CFA Championship Class as one breed with two coat lengths. Due to their diverse domestic ancestry, American Curls are
available in both longhair and shorthair varieties and come in any color or coat pattern, including pointeds, which were
initially noted in Shulamith's first litter. Both coat lengths are presented in the Longhair Division at CFA cat shows.
In their short history, American Curls have truly become an internationally appreciated breed, having
strong and loyal followings in Europe and Japan, as well as North America. Sightings of feral cats possessing similar ear
characteristics to today's American Curl have been reported in numerous U.S. locales, as well as in Australia.
When Curls are born, their ears are straight and the kittens resemble the Flying Nun; but within two
to seven days after birth, their ears begin to curl back. For the first six weeks or so, the ears will be tightly curled.
Then the kitten's ears will gradually curl and uncurl in varying degrees until they are set permanently when the kitten is
four months old. At this point, breeders determine the kitten's quality - pet, breeder or show. Along with the kitten's
overall conformation to the breed standard, degree of curl to the ear is a key factor in determining quality as follows:
first degree (pet), second degree (breeder), and third degree (show), which emulates the graceful curve of a full crescent
(as shown in figure 1 below). Note that the curve should be smooth and graceful without abrupt changes of direction. The
desired angle of the curl when viewed from the rear is shown in figure 2, which also depicts the imaginary lines that follow
the curve of the ear through the rounded tips and point to the center of the base of the skull. Ear furnishings fanning
outward from the ear accentuate and further enhance the curled ear.
An interesting point to note about the degree of curl to the ear is that it is virtually impossible to
predict what degree of curl will result on the kittens based on the parents' degree of curl. Along with other breeders,
Patricia Speciale Krook (Mihit Cattery) reports that "a male or female does not have to have a third degree ear to produce
it, and two third degree parents can easily produce a first degree ear!" This is obviously Mother Nature's way of keeping
tabs on us! When breeding Curl to Curl, the resulting kittens will usually all have curled ears. However, a Curl bred to a
straight ear domestic cat or a straight ear American Curl will produce at least 50% curled ear kittens and usually more due
to the dominant nature of the curl gene. Straight ear American Curls from such litters are very valuable in a planned
breeding program and also make outstanding pets.
Unlike normal feline ears, which are soft and supple, the cartilage contained in the ears of the American
Curl is firm, similar to the human ear. This firm cartilage should be present from the base of the ear to at least 1/3 of
height and most commonly, may go up to 2/3 of height, with the remaining 1/3 tip of the ear being flexible.
A common question in the minds of breeders and judges alike surrounds the size of the American Curl's
ears: What is the desired ear height? The current breed standard calls for "moderately large ears that are wide and open
at the base," which is consistent with the ear type of most early American Curls. From the very beginning, the ideal
American Curl has been described as a well balanced cat, which indicates that the ideal ear height is one that is balanced
and in proportion to the overall size of the cat's head and body while maintaining a graceful, smooth arc. Due to the
Curl's unique features, aesthetics play an important role in determining the ideal structure. The biggest challenge for
breeders to date has been the achievement of this totally balanced American Curl.
As in other breeds, regional variances in type exist in today's American Curls. Specifically, variations
in ear type are most common, with head shape and body length following at a close second. These differences occur partly
due to the use of non-pedigreed domestic cats in the Curl breeding programs, but mainly due to the geographical distance
between breeders and misrepresentations in various publications as to the proper allowable outcrosses for American Curls.
For example, some recent publications have been reported to state that American Curls may be bred to any pedigreed or
purebred cat, which is in exact contradiction to the American Curl's sole allowable outcross - non-pedigreed domestic cats.
With a modified wedge head that is moderately longer than wide and a semi-foreign rectangular body type, it is clear that
an American Curl should in no way resemble the American Shorthair who has a rounded head and semi-cobby body or an Oriental
breed which has a wedge-shaped head and long, tubular body. On a similar note, it has been reported that breeders have
been contemplating the idea of introducing the Turkish Angora into the Curl breeding program. A quick review of the Turkish
Angora breed standard dissuades any further thoughts on this issue as Turkish Angoras contain numerous features that are in
direct opposition to American Curl features such as head shape, boning and musculature.
As the American Curl progresses towards the closing of its stud books in the year 2010, when outcrosses
will be disallowed and Curl-to-Curl breedings will be required, consistency in type will most likely improve. Due to the
efforts of some current breeders, though, this desired consistency may arrive sooner, as these breeders have begun intricate
programs with each other to share their cats across regional boundaries in order to interweave bloodlines, maintain a large
gene pool and preserve consistency in type.
Nancy Kiester (Patriot Cattery), one of the earliest Curl breeders, describes the American Curl Prime
Directive in the following way: "To seek out new and interesting ways of making things happen." A truer statement has never
been professed. Joe and Grace Ruga (Curlniques Cattery), founders of this extraordinary breed, add that "American Curls are
not just 'decorator' cats; they are 'designer' cats - signed masterpieces of a humor-loving Creator." American Curls have a
reputation for never growing up and retain their playful, inquisitive personalities well into adulthood. At one cattery, the
ages of the Curls range from eight months to over eight years. However, when certain cat toys are produced, the entire feline
population appears to be roughly six months old, as they all play and cavort to the point of exhaustion.
A popular illustration describing the personality differences between the American Curl and the Scottish
Fold is the following: a Scottish Fold will sit on the couch and wait while you make dinner - the American Curl will help you
make it! Anyone who has lived with American Curls for any length of time knows that this illustration is strongly rooted in
Deb Karasik (Beleriand Cattery) found that American Curls can not only adapt to any situation, but often
change lives in the process. Deb was contacted by a woman with an unusual situation; she had a ten year old autistic son by
the name of Christopher who did not respond to any external stimuli - except for pictures of cats! Christopher's mother
thought that a kitten might be very therapeutic for Christopher and set up a meeting with Deb Karasik at a cat show so that
Christopher could see Deb's American Curls for himself.
Upon arrival, the ten year old boy pulled a chair up close to the cage, put his face up to the bars and
smiled. Under normal circumstances this would not be unusual, but Christopher had not smiled in over a year! Deb took one
of the male kittens, named Bob, and handed him to Christopher. The kitten cuddled up and started purring immediately.
The bonding between the boy and the kitten was instantaneous. Deb hears from the family from time to time,
and has learned that Christopher and Bob became inseparable companions from that day forward. Deb attributes the uniquely
affectionate and loving personalities of American Curls as a key reason that this special relationship was able to form.
Recently, a new Curl owner learned first hand of the American Curl's creative, playful and social nature.
American Curls are known for greeting both human and feline companions with light head bumps, but some are more diligent
about this practice than others. One night while the owner was asleep, he felt a light tapping on his forehead and opened
his eyes to see the eyes of Zachary, a three year old male, at very close proximity. Zachary had decided that a few head
bumps were in order, even at that late hour. He then curled up by the owner and went to sleep, satisfied that he had greeted
this human appropriately.
Due to their unique appearance and personality, American Curls have been featured frequently in regional,
national and international media. Deb Karasik appeared on the television show "Pet Department" on the FX Network in
February 1995, educating viewers worldwide about the fascinating and endearing qualities of American Curls. One of her
cats was also featured on the front cover of a French publication, Pas si Bete, France's magazine of companion animals.
Several of SouthernCurl Cattery's American Curls were recently filmed for Walt Disney's "That Darn Cat II," scheduled for
release in the Fall of 1996. American Curls were also mentioned recently with other "mutant" breeds in a rather unlikely
publication: The Wall Street Journal. Caroline Scott (Procurl Harem Cattery), breeder/owner of CFA's 1995 best of breed
longhair American Curl, GC Procurlharem Sandy Hooks, recently had an article written in TimeOut/New York about her feline
aerobics programs and her upcoming participation at a cat show. To continue the upward momentum of the Curl's popularity,
key public relations efforts such as these will "cat"apult the Curls to superstar status while also educating cat fanciers
worldwide about this exciting breed!
To go along with an unusual breed, what better way to enhance the uniqueness than with special names?
Paula Van Derven (Suncurl Cattery) is one of the many breeders who enjoy utilizing the word "curl" in their cats' names.
Some of Paula's entertaining examples are: Curl Me Up Scottie, Helen Curly Brown, Curlton Heston, Lucy McCurlicudy, Minnie
Curl, Alexis Curlby, Doc Curladay, Eddie Van Curlen, and Annie Oakcurl to name a few. Other breeders have coined such names
as: Ear Jordan, Winchester Curlthedral, Pepsi Curla, Axcurl Rose, Lauren Bacurll, Lt. Commandcurl Data, Apocurlypse Meow,
Christofurr Curlumbus, Curlamity Jane, and more.
Thanks to the efforts of dedicated breeders and fanciers who have been working tirelessly since 1981, American Curls are
bringing their infectious personality, intelligence and beauty into the limelight of the cat fancy. More people are getting
involved with this exciting breed every day, in countries around the globe. Whether your interest is in showing, breeding or
simply sharing your life with a companion that can make you realize just how enjoyable, intelligent and intuitive cats can
really be, get to know an American Curl. You'll be glad you did.
Contributors: Joe and Grace Ruga, Paula Van Derven, Mary Anne Dutton, Deb Karasik, Nancy Kiester, Patricia Speciale Krook,
Caroline Scott, Susan Smith.
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Signs of the changes percolating in the retirement market were everywhere on Wednesday at Dimensional Fund Advisors' first-ever conference focused on the defined contribution space, from the jokes DFA's David Booth told at the expense of the existing king of the retirement market, Fidelity, to the news of the investment product DFA is rolling out to serve as a combination default option and lesson in responsibility for employees who are the least engaged in their retirement planning.
Nearly 200 advisors, plan sponsors, consultants and recordkeepers attended the one-day conference, held in the rarefied atmosphere of Chicago University's Booth School of Business—named after DFA cofounder, chairman and CEO Booth, who had made a $300 million donation to the school.
The gathering, which also included a keynote speech by former U.S. Senator and New York Knicks star Bill Bradley, kicked off with a short speech by Booth, DFA's cofounder (with Rex Sinquefeld), about the history of the fund company. Austin, Texas-based Dimensional, which had $232 billion under management as of June 30, is known for its ties to academia, its passive investment approach and its cult-like following among advisors. The company has been working on penetrating the retirement plan market for the past couple of years. It has $17 billion in retirement assets, up from $11.2 billion on Dec. 31st of last year.
Booth's speech helped introduce a new DFA product it hopes will catch on with advisors and plan sponsors: Managed DC. It was rolled out overseas about four years ago and is used by three large plans, each with thousands of participants. "So we have three clients," Booth said, then paused for the punch line. "So we don't have as many clients as Fidelity, but about as many happy clients."
Managed DC puts employees into a set of DFA funds that are designed to produce an income stream in retirement while minimizing downside risk. It also gives employees updates that tell them if they are on track to be able to produce the income stream they will need in retirement and gives them options to increase their contributions or opt for more risk if they aren't on track.
Robert Merton, distinguished professor of finance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who designed the product, emphasized the shift in mindset from accumulating wealth to producing income, which he said needs to occur. "Jane Austen had it right," he said.
As readers of Austen's early 19th century fiction, such as Pride and Prejudice, will know, the characters (usually the overbearing mothers) referred to a man's value in England's early 19th century on an annuitized basis. "So Mr. Darcy didn't have 100,000 pounds; he had 5,000 a year," Merton said, referring to his annual income rather than the much larger sum he had inherited.
A Counter to Target Date Funds?
Managed DC can be seen as a counter to target date funds, which proved hugely popular but stumbled during the financial crisis. Like target date funds, Managed DC differs from old-fashioned defined benefit plans and annuities in one important way: the income is not guaranteed.
Advisors at the conference—most if not all already clients of DFA—said they saw promise in the new product, and that they're excited in general at DFA's push into the retirement market.
"I'm impressed at the human capital in the room," said Erich Reinhardt, vice president of advisor relations for Loring Ward, a San Jose, Calif.,-based all-DFA RIA with $700 million in AUM. It offers retirement services to smaller advisors and has gathered about $80 million through 70 advisors placing business with it.
Attendance at the conference was unexpectedly strong: 190 attendees versus the 125 DFA had first expected. Many advisors have been seeking to add 401(k) business in part to provide a stable income stream that they didn't have during the financial crisis, but also because reforms in Washington, D.C., provide increased opportunities to fee-only and fee-based advisors.
One key to DFA's growth so far is that it is working with a number of large advisors like Loring Ward, who act as TAMPs, offering a suite of retirement plan services (like recordkeeping, investment advice and DFA funds) to smaller advisors. About 50% of the growth comes from plans, and about 50% from advisors, said Tim Kohn, DFA's VP and head of defined contribution sales. The distribution strategy could be seen at work at the conference: Reinhardt said Loring Ward might add Managed DC to its platform.
Aspire, a St. Petersburg, Fla.-based recordkeeper, is adding Managed DC to its platform, which serves 125,000 participants in 4,500 plans with $4 billion in assets, in November, said Pete Kirtland, president. "It's not a silver bullet," he said. "But it's going to improve participant behavior and improve the likelihood of retirement success."
Dollar Bill and the State of Retirement
Former Sen. Bradley added the 30,000-foot view to the conference. He noted that Washington, D.C., will have to grapple with the retirement system, including Social Security, and predicted it would happen "in the first year of the new president's term." That would be beneficial, he argued. "America has to have a system to allow the majority of Americans to have a successful retirement."
He suggested that the retirement age should be raised and that some income tax proceeds should be devoted to Social Security. He also said that state and municipal retirement pension plans should be swept into the Social Security system—and argued that the political pressures are building to force change.
"Right now, you have a steel worker, maybe from the south side of Chicago here… He lost his job, he lost his health care, he got 30 cents on the dollar for his pension. You also have state and municipal workers, teachers with very rich pensions.
"So you're saying to the steel worker that in order to pay this lucrative defined benefit plan, we're going to raise your taxes?
That's not a winning political strategy."


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LONDON (AP) - 'Cats' is back - and now one of the felines raps.
Andrew Lloyd Webber announced Monday that his hit musical will return to London's West End in December in a revamped production with a hip-hop flavor.
Based on T.S. Eliot's whimsical 'Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats,' the musical opened in London in 1981, running for 21 years there and 18 years on Broadway.
Lloyd Webber said Monday he had tweaked parts of the show, which has been performed in more than 30 countries.
Lloyd Webber said he was making the character of Rum Tum Tugger a rapping street cat because 'I've come to the conclusion that ... maybe Eliot was the inventor of rap.'
'The thing about the Eliot verse is that you can tell he's American. Nobody other than Eliot would have written 'The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat,'' the composer said.
The new production reunites the original creative team of director Trevor Nunn, choreographer Gillian Lynne and designer John Napier.
It runs at London's Palladium for 12 weeks beginning Dec. 6.


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I own an internet marketing business which focus now on affiliate marketing.Now days I build an online store which sell ladders online.
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"He Governed the Church With the Austerity of Fasting"
St. Eusebius of Vercelli, the first bishop of northern Italy of whom we have sure knowledge. Born in Sardinia at the beginning of the fourth century, at a young age he transferred to Rome with his family. Later he was instituted as a lector: In this way he came to form part of the clergy of Urbe, during the time that the Church was suffering the difficult test of the Arian heresy.
The great esteem that many had for Eusebius explains his election, in 345, as the bishop of Vercelli. The new bishop immediately began an intense program of evangelization in a territory that was still to a large extent pagan, especially in the rural areas.
Inspired by St. Athanasius — who had written "The Life of St. Anthony," founder of Eastern monasticism — founded in Vercelli a community of priests, similar to a monastic community. This monastery gave to the clergy of northern Italy a significant character of apostolic sanctity, and inspired important bishops such as Limenio and Honoratus, successors of Eusebius in Vercelli, Gaudentius in Novara, Exuperantius in Tortona, Eustasius in Aosta, Eulogius in Ivrea, Maximus in Turin, all venerated by the Church as saints.
Solidly formed in the faith of the Council of Nicaea, Eusebius defended with all his strength the full divinity of Jesus Christ, defined by the Nicene Creed as "of the same nature" as the Father. With this objective he allied himself with the great fathers of the fourth century, above all St. Athanasius, the herald of the Nicene orthodoxy, against the pro-Arian politics of the emperor.
For the emperor the simpler Arian faith was more useful politically as an ideology of the empire. For him the truth didn't count, only the political opportunity: He wanted to use religion as a tie to unite the empire. But these great fathers resisted, defending the truth over and against political domination. For this reason, Eusebius was condemned to exile, as were other bishops of the East and the West: such as Athanasius, Hilary of Poitiers, and Osius of Cordoba. At Scythopolis in Palestine, where he was confined from 355 to 360, Eusebius wrote a wonderful page of his life. Here too he founded a monastery with a small group of disciples, and from there maintained correspondence with this faithful in Piedmont, which is demonstrated best by the second of the three letters of Eusebius that have been recognized as authentic.
After 360 he was exiled to Cappadocia and in Thebaid, where he suffered severe physical maltreatment. In 361, Emperor Constantius II died, and was succeeded by Emperor Julian, known as the Apostate, who was not interested in Christianity as the religion of empire, but rather wanted to restore paganism. He ended the exile of bishops and in this way permitted Eusebius to take back his see.
In 362 Eusebius was invited by Athanasius to participate in the Council of Alexandria, which decided to pardon Arian bishops provided they reverted to the lay state. Eusebius was able to exercise his episcopal ministry for another decade, until he died, establishing with his city an exemplary relationship, which inspired the pastoral service of other bishops of northern Italy, whom we shall talk about in future catecheses, such as St. Ambrose of Milan and St. Maximus of Turin.
The relationship between the bishop of Vercelli and his city is made clear above all by two epistolary testimonies. The first is found in the letter we already cited, which Eusebius wrote from exile in Scythopolis "to my most delightful brethren and to my beloved priests, as well as to the holy peoples of Vercelli, Novara, Ivrea and Tortona, keeping firm in the faith" ("Ep. secunda," CCL 9, p. 104).
These greetings, which show the emotion of the good shepherd when speaking to his flock, is confirmed to a large extent at the end of the letter, in the warm greetings of the father to each and every one of his sons in Vercelli, with expressions overflowing with affection and love.
One must underline above all the explicit relationship that unites the bishop to the "sanctae plebes" [holy people] not only of Vercelli — the first, and for many more years, the only diocese of the Piedmont region — but also of Novara, Ivrea and Tortona, that is to say, those Christian communities within his diocese that had reached a certain consistency and autonomy.
Another interesting element can be found in the farewell of the letter: Eusebius asks his sons and daughters to greet "even those who are outside the Church, and who have deigned to love us:" (etiam hos, qui foris sunt et nos dignantur diligere.) This is an evident sign that the bishop's relationship with his city was not limited to the Christian population, but also extended to those outside the Church who recognized in a certain sense his spiritual authority, and loved this exemplary man.
The second testimony of the singular relationship the bishop had with his city appears in the letter that St. Ambrose of Milan wrote to the Christians of Vercelli around 394, more than 20 years after Eusebius' death ("Ep. extra collectionem 14": Maur. 63).
The Church of Vercelli was going through a difficult time: It was divided and without a bishop. With frankness, Ambrose declared that he couldn't recognize in them "the descendants of the holy fathers, who elected Eusebius as soon as they saw him, without even having known him beforehand, passing over even their own fellow citizens." In the same letter, the bishop of Milan clearly bore witness to his esteem for Eusebius: "A great man," he wrote decisively, who "deserved to be elected by the whole Church."
Ambrose's admiration for Eusebius was based above all on the fact that Eusebius governed his diocese with the witness of his own life: "He governed the Church with the austerity of fasting." In fact, Ambrose himself was fascinated, as he himself admitted, by the monastic ideal of contemplating God, which Eusebius had pursued in the footsteps of the prophet Elijah.
To begin with, Ambrose noted, the bishop of Vercelli gathered his own priests into "vita communis" [community life] and educated them "in the observance of monastic rules, even though they lived in the middle of the city." The bishop and his priests had to share the problems of their fellow citizens, and they did this credibly by cultivating at the same time a different citizenship, that of heaven (cf. Hebrews 13:14). Thus they truly constructed a genuine citizenship in true solidarity with the citizens of Vercelli.
In this way Eusebius, while he took up the cause of the "sancta plebs" of Vercelli, lived in the midst of the city like a monk, opening his city to God. This trait did not take anything away from his exemplary pastoral dynamism.
Among other things, it seems that he set up parish churches in Vercelli to establish ecclesial services that were organized and stable, and that he promoted Marian shrines for the conversion of pagan rural populations. On the contrary, this "monastic character" gave a particular dimension to the relationship of the bishop with his city. Like the apostles, for whom Jesus prayed at the Last Supper, the pastors and the faithful of the Church "are in the world" (John 17:11), but not "of the world."
Therefore, the pastors, Eusebius reminds us, should exhort the faithful not to consider the cities of the world as their permanent dwelling, but rather to seek the future city, the definitive Jerusalem in heaven. This "eschatological dimension" allows the pastors and the faithful to protect the hierarchy of just values, without giving into the trend of the moment, or to the unjust demands of political power. The authentic hierarchy of values, Eusebius' whole life seems to tell us, does not come from the emperors of yesterday or today, but from Jesus Christ, the perfect man, equal to the Father in divinity, but at the same time a man like us.
Referring to this scale of values, Eusebius does not tire of "recommending without reservations" to his faithful to guard, "with every resource, the faith, to maintain harmony, to be assiduous in prayer" ("Ep. secunda," cit.).
Dear brothers and sisters, I too recommend to you with all my heart these perennial values, and I bless and greet you with the same words St. Eusebius used to conclude his second letter: "I address you all, my brothers and holy sisters, sons and daughters, the faithful of both sexes and every age, so that … you may bring our greetings even to those who are outside the Church, but who deign to love us" (ibid.).


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Fernandez to have limits loosened in 2014
MIAMI -- As Jose Fernandez prepares for his sophomore season, the 21-year-old makes it clear he is ready to graduate to another innings level.
Half-jokingly, Fernandez proclaimed: "There won't be any innings limits, because I will get pretty upset."
MIAMI -- As Jose Fernandez prepares for his sophomore season, the 21-year-old makes it clear he is ready to graduate to another innings level.
Half-jokingly, Fernandez proclaimed: "There won't be any innings limits, because I will get pretty upset."
Still, Fernandez understands the Marlins have a plan to gradually increase his innings. That range hasn't been firmly set, but it appears 200 innings is certainly possible.
A Tampa resident, Fernandez plans on getting together with pitching coach Chuck Hernandez, who also lives in the area, to discuss when to start up his offseason throwing schedule.
Named the National League Rookie of the Year Award winner on Monday, Fernandez clearly is ready to have the restrictions from 2013 removed. Before throwing a pitch this past season, Miami imposed a range of 150-170 innings for the hard-throwing right-hander. Fernandez slightly exceeded the total, finishing with 172 2/3 innings.
Even though the team shut him down after his Sept. 11 start against the Braves, Fernandez showed enough to be a convincing NL Rookie of the Year Award winner. He received 26 of 30 first-place votes cast by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Fernandez also is a finalist for the NL Cy Young Award, which will be announced Wednesday.
Although Fernandez finished first in the NL Rookie of the Year Award voting, he ranked 39th in the league in total innings. It's not unreasonable to bump Fernandez up another 30 innings next year, getting him around 200.
Marlins president of baseball operations Michael Hill said the team hasn't set an exact number.
"We haven't dug into what it's going to be," Hill said. "But you'll still be talking about a 21-year-old, who is a big part of our future. We're going to keep that in mind as we put it in place."
So there will be some parameters for Fernandez, just as there are for pretty much every young pitcher who hasn't fully established himself.
Because of his age, Fernandez is pretty much in uncharted waters when it comes to formulating an innings progression. Since 1969, when the mound was raised to its current height -- 10 inches above home plate -- just 17 times has a pitcher who opened the season at age 20 or younger thrown at least 162 innings.
Fernandez turned 21 on July 31.
In 2012, when he was at the Class A level, Fernandez threw 134 innings in the regular season.
As for next year, Hill noted the team's young ace will not have as many limitations.
"It won't be as stringent as it was in his first season," Hill said. "But we're not going to have him go out and throw 300 innings."
Fernandez enjoyed one of the best rookie seasons by a pitcher since Dwight Gooden dominated at age 19 in 1984.
Fernandez was the Marlins' top young pitcher in 2013, but next year, that distinction may go to prospect Andrew Heaney. The left-hander was the ninth overall pick in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft. On Tuesday, Heaney was named Pitcher of the Week in the Arizona Fall League.
For the week, Heaney was 1-0 with a 1.80 ERA in 10 innings. Through the first five weeks of the Fall League, he is 2-0 with a 1.82 ERA in six starts with 21 strikeouts in 24 2/3 innings.
Heaney projects to open the season at Double-A Jacksonville, but he could be a candidate to be called up sometime next year. In Arizona, Heaney was throwing 91-94 mph, and he has an effective slider and changeup.
"He has three-plus pitches, and a feel of pitches and good velocity," Hill said. "He has an 'out-pitch' with his breaking ball."
• In other Miami news, the Spring Training schedule has not officially be announced, but the Marlins are finalizing plans to play the Yankees twice in Panama.
The exhibition games are tentatively set for March 15-16 in Panama City, near the home of recently retired Yankees great Mariano Rivera.
• Also, the Marlins remain committed at the General Managers Meetings to address their biggest area of need: offense.
"This is your first opportunity to get to see your counterparts," Hill said. "You're assessing needs and sharing thoughts and seeing if there are fits. You take all that info, download it, and see if there are fits or deals to be made."
In potential trades, the Marlins feel like they have some attractive pitching prospects who could be used to bring in players to upgrade the offense.
Joe Frisaro is a reporter for MLB.com. He writes a blog, called The Fish Pond. Follow him on Twitter @JoeFrisaro.


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There's a huge range of ways to carry things by bike, whether you need to carry a spare tube for a sunny Sunday ride or full camping gear for an expedition.
Panniers, hanging from a rack at the back of the bike, are the classic cycling luggage, but many people like a rucksack for the office run and there's a whole new genre of frame-mounted bags for fast, light 'bikepacking' rides.
Road.cc articles on bags and panniers
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