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EUOLogy: Dumbledore's Homosexuality
I'm adding a note here in August of 2011, four or five years after writing and posting this essay. It draws attention now and then, and so I thought it was time for an update.
I will leave the entire essay, unchanged, below as I don't feel it is usually appropriate to go through and purge things like this. It has been linked around, and forcing all of those links point to a blank wall is hardly the right thing to do.
However, I have not spent the years static on this issue. I've done a lot of thinking, partially because of the well-reasoned responses I've gotten. And so, I want to leave three notes here at the beginning.
1) Please keep in mind that this essay was not intended to be an argument for or against homosexuality, or gay marriage. It was directed at members of my own community (I wasn't nearly as well-known outside of that community when I posted this as I am now) whom I felt were being overly critical. In doing so, I had to define some of my feelings and positions, for those who did read the essay and were not part of that community.
2) Looking back on it now, I find that—in speaking from a position of privilege—I speak of some things in a way that is likely offensive. These sorts of tones are very hard to avoid when speaking about a minority class from the perspective of one in the majority. I'm not certain I could write it now in a way that cut out that tone entirely, but I could probably do far better. If I casually offend, I apologize. Over the years, I've grown more and more aware of how the tone and biases of one like myself (white, male, straight) can itself be part of the problem.
3) I have changed my stance on gay marriage somewhat. After a great deal of soul searching, thought, and discussion, I now believe that the best way to approach this is to push for ALL state unions to be civil unions. I believe we should establish what the state grants a union—whether it be straight or gay—and apply those rights universally to all.
Marriage, I believe, should become an entirely religious term. Marriages should be performed by churches. In short, I believe that we should "Render unto Caesar that which is Ceasar's, and Render unto God that which is God's."
This would mean a great overhaul of civil code, but I find it the only solution my conscience will allow me to advocate. I cannot be deaf to the pleas of gay couples who want important things, such as hospital visitation rights, shared insurance, and custody rights.
At the same time, I accept and sustain the leaders of the LDS church. I believe that a prophet of God has said that widespread legislation to approve gay marriage will bring pain and suffering to all involved. I trust those whom I have accepted as my spiritual leaders. I feel that what they have said is God's will.
I believe that moving to a government civil-union-only system would appease both sides. Religiously, I have heard no opposition to the idea of gay couples gaining the rights they demand—the argument is over the term 'marriage.' There is worry (some would say unfounded, but the worry is there) that legalizing gay marriage would lead to anti-discrimination suits against the church for not being willing to marry same-sex couples. We believe that marriage itself is something holy, something God must seal. Letting the rights be sorted out by the government and the religious aspect be sorted out by the churches seems the best way to truly separate church and state on this issue.
And now, the original essay (which has a different focus.) As I said above, it is unchanged from how I originally wrote it. Thanks for reading, and hopefully we can continue to work together on this issue and both sides can abandon vitriol and actually TALK to one another. (And, please note, my position on this issue could change in many directions as the years pass. So maybe we'll get another update in five years.)
—Brandon Sanderson
August 29th, 2011
I'm not on the cutting edge of the blogosphere. Like many of us, I read about Rowling's statements when they were said earlier this week. However, I usually like to think about things for a time before I write an essay about them. With this issue, I was tempted to simply let it go, since others have covered it quite well, and I worried about offending people.
However, I think I'm in an interesting position to speak about this particular event. I might be able to add something to conversation, and so I decided to go ahead and put my thoughts to page. I warn you that this is rather long, and does deal with religious topics, so if that isn't your cup of tea, feel free to pass on this one!
I am a practicing member of the LDS (aka Mormon) church. I am up front about this, and feel that it does influence my work and perspective on writing.
I'm also an artist and, like many in the arts, find myself somewhat more liberal than others in my society. The trick is, my 'liberal' is still what most of you outside of Utah would consider 'conservative.' (As our friend Einstein would say, it all has to do with one's relative point of reference.)
I find myself more socialist than most living around me, and find myself FAR more liberal when it comes to free speech and exchange of ideas. However, I also accept my church's stance against gay marriage.
I try my very best to be understanding of all viewpoints, but at the same time it's a very important part of my core philosophy on life that there is immutable TRUTH in the universe. I haven't honestly worked out all of my own opinions on this issue. I'm still thinking, exploring, and talking to people on both sides. However, if asked to do so, I would vote against legislation that would give an official stamp of approval to gay marriage. The simple reason is this: I honestly and sincerely believe that in voting against such legislation, I would act in the best interests of those who are gay.
(I realize that this probably sounds ridiculous to gay people reading this. You likely don't want me acting in your best interests against you expressed will, and I can understand that. However, please try to understand me. My conscience will not allow me to do something—even at your request—that I feel will bring you a great deal of pain and suffering at a later date.)
I don't resent or even oppose the bringing forth of such things for a vote. I understand why others might vote in a different way than I would. I do not resent those who wish for changes in this area. But I must hold true to what I believe. This wouldn't stop me from voting for a president who supported gay marriage, as I've voted for presidents who take money from the tobacco lobby. Politics, and presidents, are far more complicated than one issue. However, if the issue itself is presented to me for a vote, I must remain true to things I believe and hold sacred. I feel that doing otherwise would be a betrayal of myself and the things I uphold.
(Again, please don't write me to argue for either side on gay marriage. I'm still studying, reading, listening, and making up my mind. This is my stance at this point, and I would prefer not to argue.)
Anyway, all of that up above is just to give you a point of reference. That is who I am and what I believe. That said, when I read the article where Rowling 'outed' Dumbledore, my first thought was "Hey, that's cool."
Why? Several reasons. First off, as an author, I like to know about characters and understand their motivations. Learning something additional about Dumbledore is interesting to me, as it expands my understanding of the story and him as a character. I thought it was a nice little tidbit, then moved on.
Of course, I did presage—as many of us probably did—the media storm that would follow. I wasn't ready, however, for how bitter a lot of my friends and my family would act toward Rowling and her books. Mostly, this essay I'm writing is for them: the people on the conservative right who were bothered by Dumbledore's outing, and now feel that the books are somehow 'ruined.'
(I know those of you to the left are probably rolling your eyes at all of us on the right. This essay probably won't make you any more hopeful of our 'coming around.' I hope those of you who advocate gay rights will be bemused at our curmudgeonly ways, instead of ranting and yelling at us. One of the things that interests me most about this debate is that those who cry for open mindedness often seem to be as hateful and unwilling to look from someone else's perspective as the people on the far right. Rationally work to enlighten us through thoughtful nudging. Don't call us idiots and homophobes. It really doesn't help.)
Rambling text, check. Off topic tangents, check. Wild attempts to placate both sides in a self-effacing way, check. Likelihood of this all blowing up in my face anyway, check. Always nice to know that I'm consistent with these essays, if nothing else. Anyway, for those who care to read on, here are the reasons why Rowling's announcement isn't something you conservatives should feel bitter about, as explained to you in four points by a half-liberal, half-Christian-nut-job fantasy novelist.
Point One: Rowling wisely chose not to include talk of Dumbledore's homosexuality in the text of the seventh novel. I think she is to be commended for this. Not because it's a big deal that Dumbledore is gay, but because I think it would have BECOME a big deal to a lot of people if she'd mentioned it in text, thereby turning the seventh book into a debate over gay rights. Dumbledore's sexuality would have overshadowed everything else that happened.
The sexuality of any of the adult characters had no place in these books. Teenage hormones are appropriately dealt with, but in a lighthearted way. To talk about Dumbledore's sexuality in the books would, I think, have been counter to the tone of the novels.
Instead, Rowling waited until afterward. This news comes as an insight into the character after-the-fact, released in a way that will allow us to understand Dumbledore better without dominating the story. Those of you on the right who are ranting and raving—or even just feeling bitter—should, in my opinion, commend her, rather than giving her back-handed compliments. (Such as "Well, I still like the books, even if this does kind of ruin them." Or "Why'd she have to go and do that to what could have been a perfect story.")
Some of you think that she did this just for publicity. You think she made it up recently, after finishing the book, and is simply trying to get 'in' with a certain crowd. I wonder why you would say things like this. You love the woman's books, you waited eagerly for the next one to come out, you commended her writing and her narrative. Now you refuse to take her statements at face value? You assume she's lying just because she says something you don't agree with?
I suggest giving people the benefit of the doubt. She implies that she had this in mind for the character for some time. I respect her as an author; I will trust her word.
Point Two: DEPICTION is NOT ENDORSEMENT.
Conservatives and artists have gone the rounds about this one since the days of classical Greece. (And probably before.) The fact of the matter is that gay people exist. They're a part of the world, and regardless of what you think of their sexual orientation, they are no more likely to be "good" or "bad" than any of the rest of us. Putting a gay person into a story isn't an attempt to say "Look, you should all be gay." It isn't even, necessarily, an attempt to say "Being gay is all right." It's simply being true to life.
(Note that I think that Rowling does, indeed, think that there is no moral issue with homosexuality. However, the depiction of Dumbledore in the books in no way implies an attempt on her part to 'subvert' your children or endorse homosexuality. If I were to depict an LDS person in a book, it would not be an attempt to convert people to my church; it would simply be an attempt at representing the world around me.)
Point Three: This should be an opportunity to show some good old-fashioned Christian understanding (something I always think is in short supply). Can't we prove that we can accept people (even fictional ones) with whom we disagree while at the same time taking a stand against the things they do?
What would you have writers do? Never put gay people into books? Ignoring the existence of something you don't approve of is NEVER a good way of dealing with it.
"But, I don't want to read books with gay people in them," you might say. What are you going to do? Not shop at supermarkets where gay people work? Avoid streets they might drive down? What are you going to do when a family member tells you that they're gay? If we ignore the existence of homosexuality and same sex attraction, it will slap us in the face. Worse, we risk becoming the prejudiced bigots the other side already thinks that we are.
We can accept that some people think differently than we do without endorsing their actions. Why is it so easy for LDS people to read (and write) books about others who drink recreationally without repercussions, yet at the same time get so bitter at the mere off-handed mention that someone in some story we liked might have been gay?
This is an opportunity, not a tragedy. It can lead you to explaining your opinions and, perhaps, making a good impression on people. You can't do that if you're speaking bitterly about how much this ruins the books—that just sounds spiteful.
Look at it this way, my morally conservative friends. If your children hear you speaking with bitterness about discovering that Dumbledore is gay, how are they going to respond if they start feeling same sex attraction themselves? They'll assume you're going to react to them with the same bitterness. They will suppress and hide their feelings. (And yes, that's a bad thing.) Would you not rather have them know that you're understanding enough that they can come to you with what they are feeling, so that you can lovingly—and encouragingly—explain to them the LDS perspective on dealing with these emotions?
You may think that if you shelter your children, teach them right, and are spiritual enough, you'll never have to deal with one of them thinking they might be gay. I can point you at a couple of families who did just that, and it didn't work. I have neither the time or will to get into the "nature vs. nurture" debate with you on this one. It doesn't matter. Whether it's learned or innate, homosexuality is something that families who are just as spiritual, loving, and careful as yours have to deal with. Explain and love. Don't ignore.
(Another note to those who might be reading this who are, themselves, gay. No, I don't believe that homosexuality can—in many cases, at least—be treated and 'cured.' I do believe, however, that impulses of attraction between people of the same gender are something that can and should be resisted, in the same way that my impulses of attraction toward women who are not my wife can and should be resisted. You probably believe differently. I'm okay with that. End note.)
Anyway, back to the parent with the child. You speak of the Harry Potter books as being ruined, at least in part, for you. How is that going to make your children think? If they feel same sex attraction, will they worry that they're ruining your life? Even worse, what if they think that the existence of gay people in the real world ruins life for the rest of us? Is this REALLY what you want to be teaching your children?
Better to have a beloved fictional character present you with an opportunity to talk to your children about these things than to have them get hit in the face with it when one of their siblings or friends declares they are gay.
(Besides, in another side note, LDS people might want to notice that Dumbledore might have been gay, but in the material we've been presented, he never acts on any of those feelings save for one event long ago. Might that not suggest to you that in recent years, he has been resisting the impulse? Would that not make him noble? Why grow indignant about a NON-PRACTICING gay man? Seems like shooting yourselves in the foot to me.)
Point Four: Straw Men serve nobody.
I think that some people are so miffed because they looked up to Dumbledore. If it had been a less respected character, it wouldn't be such a big deal to discover they were gay.
Well, look at it this way. If I were going to put a gay person into one of my books—and I do intend to do so at some point—I would make absolutely certain to make them strong, competent, and worthy of respect. Why? Because I worry about my internal bias, and feel that the only way to be respectful—and, in a way, loving—of those who disagree with me is to present their case as BEST I can.
If you believe in truth that transcends all of us, as I think many of you do, then that truth should be able to stand on its own against the strongest of arguments its opponents can make. Nothing annoys me more than a 'straw man' depiction of a character. This is where an author creates a character who disagrees with him, and then has that character make flawed (sometimes idiotic) arguments that don't accurately represent the beliefs of the other side. Often, these characters exist in a book simply so they can learn the error of their ways. (I'm looking at you, Dan Brown.)
If you believe strongly your point is correct, then it should be able to stand against good, intelligent, and capable arguments made by people on the other side who are honorable and reasonable. For sake of argument, I will use Captain Planet. This was a cartoon show during the 90's in which all of the villains were evil people who wanted to pollute and destroy the earth. Captain Planet fought them.
Each of the show's villains were presented as despicable, disgusting, slovenly, and malicious. The show's good intentions—that of teaching reverence for the environment—was, in my opinion, sabotaged completely by creating inane, exaggerated villains. Sure, Captain Planet can beat the slugeman who pollutes for the sheer fun of it. It's an easy battle; everyone can see that sludgeman is an idiot. By working so hard to fight him, Captain Plant comes off—in my opinion—like a weak, ridiculous fool.
When writing, I always say that the strength of the antagonist determines the strength of the protagonist. If you're going to disprove an argument, you'd better make that argument as solid as you can—otherwise I'm going to assume that you're INTENTIONALLY leaving things out because you know your own argument is inferior. Captain Planet has to fight these ridiculous villains because he doesn't have good enough arguments to debate intelligent, good-intentioned people who happen to believe differently from himself.
How does this relate to Dumbledore? I'm not trying to present him as an antagonist or a villain. All I'm saying is that if you believe in the truth of your message, then you shouldn't care if someone decent, respected, and intelligent is depicted as believing differently from yourself. Decent, respected, and intelligent people can be wrong—and you can still respect them. It's okay. That doesn't threaten our points, since we (theoretically) believe that they are eternal and stronger than any argument we could make.
It's not a threat to us to have someone we love turn out to be gay, and if Rowling were going to choose to make a character gay, I'd have pointed right at Dumbledore. Picking a villain would have been a bad choice; picking one of the children would have made it too much a central theme of the books. Don't look and hope for straw men. Look for people who believe differently than yourself, but who are the best of the best—men like Dumbledore. Because talking, exchanging ideas, and learning from them will only make your arguments stronger.
Anyway, that's what I think. It's late, and I should sleep. Once again, this probably has lots of typos in it. It has been revised since being written, and will continue to be revised as I read through it and decide what to tweak.


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Sunava Dutta here, a program manager focused on improving AJAX in the browser! Now that Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 is out, I want to write about some of the latest rounds of enhancements we've made. As many of you may recall, back in March we discussed a set of developer experiences in AJAX across scenarios such as client-side cross-domain data access, local storage, and navigation state management among many others. The good news is our team has been working since Beta 1 to tweak and update our implementations based on feedback from developers (thanks for your contributions!) and ongoing updates to the W3C standards drafts on which most of these implementations are based or have been submitted for consideration. Not content with doing just that, we also added a few new features for developers. More on that later…
The AJAX updates we've chosen for Beta 2 focus on maintaining cross-browser compatibility and the feature sets that developers have thought would be the most useful. Without further ado, here they are.
This is an object built from the ground up to make client-side cross-domain calls secure and easy. To reduce the chances of inadvertent cross domain access, this object requires an explicit acknowledgement for allowing cross domain calls from the client script and the server. Additionally, it reduces the need for sites having to resort to the dangerous practice of merge scripting from third parties directly into the mashup page. This practice is dangerous because it provides third parties full access to the DOM. All this comes with the added benefit of improved client-side performance and lower server maintenance costs thanks to the absence of a need for server farms for proxying.
During the Beta 1 timeframe there were many security based concerns raised for cross domain access of third party data using cross site XMLHttpRequest and the Access Control framework. Since Beta 1, we had the chance to work with other browsers and attendees at a W3C face-to-face meeting to improve the server-side experience and security of the W3C's Access Control framework. As a result, we've updated XDR to be explicitly compliant with syntax and directives in the sections of Access Control for requesting simple public third-party data anonymously on the client! (Section 5.1.3 in the Access Control Process Model)
The updates to XDR from Beta 1 allow IE8 to request data from the domain's server by sending an Origin header with the serialized value of the origin of the requestor. IE8 Beta 2 will only return the response if the server responds with Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *, instead of allowing the XDomainRequestAllowed: 1 header as we did in Beta 1. Other changes include support for relative paths in the open method, and restricting access to only HTTP and HTTPS destinations.
Cross-document Messaging (XDM)
Cross-document messaging is another powerful cross-domain feature that I've blogged about in the past. Rather than make a backend request to a remote Web service, this allows sites hosting third-party IFrame-based "gadgets" or components to communicate directly with the parent, without unsafely violating the same site origin policy. This has advantages including improved performance and reliability, as developers don't have to resort to workarounds that behave differently between browsers and have unwanted side-effects. This technique also removes the need for embedding third-party script in your page, lessening the chance of potential information disclosure vulnerabilities like the disclosure of your sensitive data (such as information in your social network profile) to third parties without your consent.
Beta 2 updates here include moving the onmessage handler from the document object to the window object to better align with the updated HTML 5.0 draft.
window.attachEvent("onmessage", HandleMessage);
We also replaced e.URI with e.origin, which is serialized form of "scheme" + "host" + "non-default port". This is far safer as the URI can carry potentially sensitive information from the origin site that is not needed by the recipient for the decision to grant or not grant access.
if (e.origin == 'http://www.contoso.com')
// process message text
Finally, the HTML 5.0 draft also mandates that the targetOrigin parameter for the postMessage method now be made a required parameter, as opposed to an optional one. This will make it difficult for developers to make errors by requiring an explicit acknowledgement of the target destination of the message by specifying the origin <URL> or wildcard <*>.
frameOther.postMessage("This is a message", "http://example.com");
DOM Storage
Today, web pages use the document.cookie property to store data on the local machine. Cookies are limited in capability by the fact that sites can only store 50 key/value pairs per domain. Furthermore, the cookie programming model is cumbersome and requires parsing the entire cookie string for data. While cookies are useful for marking transitions and changes on the client to the server as they are sent with the request headers in chunks of up to 4KB, IE8 brings better alternatives for scenarios involving persisting data on the client and distinctly maintaining sessions in different tabs. The W3C's HTML 5 DOM Storage objects provide a much simpler global and session storage model for key/value pair string data. Sites can store data for the life of a tab or until the site or user clears the data.
Updates for Beta 2 include changing the name of the persistent globalStorage attribute to localStorage and the removal of the need to specify the domain when writing to the localStorage
// Store a key-value pair.
Finally, we also included improved support of the updated onstorage HTML 5.0 event returned when the storage is changed. We now return the URI when the local storage is changed, so that handlers for pages can know who carried out the latest transaction in the storage space in addition to providing the source to the window of the origin. Furthering the good news, the HTML 5.0 Working Group has incorporated the clear method, which we shipped in Beta 1, into the draft. This essentially allows for script to clear all items accessible in its storage space without having to iterate though the keys.
Connectivity Event
The navigator.onLine property and online/offline events now work on Windows XP as well as Windows Vista. The work to enable this was not trivial, as connection awareness in Windows XP is not quite as advanced as Windows Vista. That said, this will be extremely beneficial for developers, who we believe shouldn't have to worry about OS differences. The value of connectivity events is particularly appealing when used in conjunction with the localstorage, where data can be cached in case of network loss!
Introducing the XDomainRequest object in IE8 hasn't diverted our attentions from constantly tweaking and improving XMLHttpRequest, which will continue to be our flagship object for same-domain communications. Post-Beta 1 energies here have focused on a few bug fixes around reliability and working with the Web Apps Working Group to clarify and improve the draft specification, our compliance with it, and W3C public test cases. A timeout method introduced here in Beta 1 for the convenience of developers is currently being evaluated for adoption in the XMLHttpRequest spec.
// Sets timeout after open to two seconds.
xhr.timeout = 2000;
ToStaticHTML, to JSON, and fromJSON
What do you do with the strings returned from third parties using XDomainRequest or Cross-document Messaging? In today's world of increasing script injection and Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks, having the option of passing these through a safe parser comes as a welcome relief. As detailed in Eric Lawrence's post on Comprehensive Protection for IE8 Security, toStaticHTML provides a powerful way of sanitizing your strings by purging potentially executable content.
window.toStaticHTML("This is some HTML with embedded script following... !");
//will return:
This is some HTML with embedded script following... !
In addition, IE8 Beta 2's JSON.stringify and JSON.parse methods provide improved performance as opposed to non-native Javascript serializers and deserializers. Our implementation is based on the ECMAScript 3.1 proposal for native JSON-handling which uses Douglas Crockford's json2.js API. In addition to the performance benefits of going native, the JSON parser provides a safe alternative to the eval() method, which has been a common and dangerous way to revive JSON objects, and could allow arbitrary script functions to execute.
Other Features
AJAX Navigations has undergone minimal changes since Beta 1. We've got some new code samples and overview documentation on this for Beta 2 on MSDN. Improved connection parallelism per host has also undergone a few tweaks and will command its own post soon.
We've worked in standards to make the AJAX experience for developers better. Beta 2 implements the changes mentioned above. Moving forward, we will continue to partner with members in the W3C on a variety of topics including advancing draft specifications. Strong developer adoption of these features is a priority and we're focusing on help sites transition to integrating these features. For code samples for the AJAX feature set, please refer to our IE8 AJAX Beta 2 Hands on Labs. In case you've wondered who the 'we' in the AJAX core development team is, below is a photo (unedited, red eyes included) that puts a few faces to the names that pop up occasionally on blogs and mailing lists! Enjoy!
Sunava Dutta
Program Manager
From top left: Sharath Udupa (Developer), Gideon Cohn (Test), Zhenbin Xu (AJAX Senior Developer, Alex Kuang (Test) and Karen Anderson (Test)
From bottom left: Sunava Dutta (Program Manager) and Ahmed Kamel (Developer)Missing from this photo are Françoise Louw (Test), Adrian Bateman (Program Manager) and Gaurav Seth (Developer)
edit: Modified this sentence to reflect "stringify" and "parse": In addition, IE8 Beta 2's JSON.stringify and JSON.parse methods provide improved performance as opposed to non-native Javascript serializers and deserializers.

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Synopsis of the Books of the Bible, by John Nelson Darby, [1857-62], at sacred-texts.com
The following commentary covers Chapters 10 and 11.
In chapter 10 we return to the East [See Note #1]. Chapters 10, 11 and 12 form but one prophecy; only chapter 11 closes the history of the Gentiles, and chapter 12, as we remarked at the beginning, is occupied with the condition of the remnant during the last period of the Gentile power, and with their deliverance (concluding thus the revelation of God's mind with respect to the remnant who are preserved in the midst of the Gentiles). Daniel, ever intent on the welfare of his people, made supplication (Dan 10:2-3; Dan 10:12) to God, with a renewed and a persevering desire to understand His dealings. After three weeks of fasting and prayer an angel is sent to him, revealing the opposition of the enemies of God's glory to the accomplishment of His purposes of favour to His people, and to the communication of these purposes for their encouragement. But if faith is exercised, God is faithful; and the perseverance of Daniel puts him morally in a condition to appreciate the communications of God, being a proof of his fitness to receive them. The angel informs him that the vision has reference to the Jews, and that it belongs to the latter days (Dan 10:14). The strength which is given him enables him to receive the communication. The kings of Persia, under whose reign he received the vision, are enumerated; and the attack on Greece by one amongst them is announced. This gives rise to an attack on Persia by Greece; and the Greek empire is established; but it is afterwards divided into four parts. Two of these four monarchies shall be more powerful than the others. They are also territorially in relation with the Jews. It is on the territory of the latter that their wars are carried on. The history of the kings of these two monarchies, thus in conflict on the territory of Israel, is given with considerable detail under the names of king of the north and king of the south. I do not enter into these details.
The history is carried on until the intervention of the Romans, the ships from the coast of Chittim [See Note #2], and the attack upon the Jews, and the temple, and the holy covenant. The king of the north allies himself with the apostate Jews; he pollutes the sanctuary, and sets up an idol; he takes away the daily sacrifice; he leads the wicked into apostasy (this is the force of the expression in Dan 10:32). But they who know God shall be strong, and shall act with energy. They who understand, being taught of God, shall instruct the many. Thus far is the succession of the first kings, and the history of the Maccabees, and of Antiochus Epiphanes. The result, on to the end, is then given in general terms-the last part of the preceding history being a type of what shall happen in the last days. The people again fall for a time under the hands of their enemies. They shall be helped a little: some shall cleave to them with flatteries. A few even of those who understand, who might have been expected to be preserved providentially by God, will also fall by violence, to try the faith of all, and purge them, until the time of the end. For this state of things is to continue until the period appointed by God. It is the condition of the Jews, especially in those days, that is, of the Seleucidae and Lagida, kings of north and south, and in general, until the last days.
Some observations on the details may here be of use to the reader. In Dan 9:27; Dan 11:33; Dan 12:3, the word translated "many" has the article in Hebrew, and signifies the mass of the people, which makes the force of these Verses much more simple. The reader will also remark, in contrast with the masses (Dan 11:33), "the Maschilim," a word found in the titles of many of the Psalms. They that understand, they that are taught of God, shall instruct the many: there will be the activity of love for the truth in these times of trial. In Dan 12:3, we have again those that understand associated with those that instruct the many in righteousness. Compare Dan 11:33. They become victims, in Dan 11:35, to violence. This last Verse reaches, as we have seen, to the end of this people's history, while under the dominion of the Gentiles. But more positive details are given with respect to the end. The king [See Note #3] is introduced-the wicked one who will exercise power in Judea at the end of the age; and will prosper until the indignation comes to an end-a period of which we have already spoken. It is a king who acts in the land of Judea; one of an impious character, and who follows his own unbridled will, exalting himself above all, forsaking the religion of his fathers, regarding neither Christ nor any God, blaspheming the God of heaven, and establishing idolatry; but in a way of his own; "he shall cause them to rule over the many, and shall divide the land for a reward." It is rather difficult to say who these are that he will cause to rule-I apprehend his followers; but the general character of this self-willed, impious, and idolatrous king who magnifies himself above all, is sufficiently plain. We find, as the chapter goes on, that the king of the south pushes at him, and the king of the north comes against him like a whirlwind, overflows and passes over and enters into the land of delight, Judea. But Edom, Moab, and Ammon escape his power, being reserved (Isa 11:14) to be subdued by Israel itself. But he stretches out his hand over the countries and pillages them. Egypt does not escape, and they who dwell in Africa are at his feet. But, disturbed by tidings from the east and north, he sets up his tabernacles between Jerusalem [See Note #4] and the sea, and comes to his end, with none to help him. The end of the king is not given here. It is the end of the king of the north, the subject here being the nations and the land of Israel, and that which shall happen to the people of Daniel in the last days. In the land there will be the wicked and impious king, who shall be attacked by the king of the south. The king of the north then pillages all the countries round, with the exception of three, and he perishes in the land of Israel.
Note #1
It may be remarked that in both cases the revelation given to Daniel, as to his people, is in reply to his exercises of heart in intercession or fasting; the revelations in chapters 7, 8 as to the western or eastern destroying powers are not. They are given when God pleases. These were in the time of Belshazzar; the two former, after Babylon was taken The Jews were then really in a new position till Christ was rejected, and then the great forsaking came, when time does not count till they are in their own land, and God begins to deal with them again. Then, after the display of their unbelief in receiving the power of evil and in idolatry the last grand tribulation comes, and then judgment in the Person of the Lord from heaven.
Note #2
The intervention of these in favour of the young king of Egypt, whom Antiochus Epiphanes had conquered, led to his going back and raging against the Jews, profaning the temple, and forbidding Jewish worship.
Note #3
Compare Isa 30:33 (reading "for the king also") and Isa 57:9. He has the tide of "the king" in the eyes of the Jews-a title which of right belongs only to Jesus, the true Messiah and King of Israel.
Note #4
This is the regular meaning of the Hebrew.


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Members Of Congress Ask Eric Holder To Try Again In His Explanation Of The Prosecution Of Aaron Swartz
from the this-time,-with-some-reality-involved deptTomorrow is the anniversary of the unfortunate passing of Aaron Swartz. Senators John Cornyn and Al Franken, along with Rep. Darryl Issa, have now sent Attorney General Eric Holder yet another request for an explanation concerning the investigation and prosecution of Swartz. This follows on a similar request from last year, but these elected officials note both that the DOJ's response was inadequate, and that it was also contradicted by the eventual report on the prosecution that came out of MIT.
We regret that the information your Department has provided to date has not been satisfactory -- among other things, it painted a picture of prosecutors unwilling or unable to weigh what charges to pursue against a defendant, something which you have instructed federal prosecutors is "among [their] most fundamental duties."In other words, despite the claims from Holder that the charges against Aaron were not based on Swartz exercising his right to free speech, Stephen Heymann has since admitted that, in fact, Swartz's friends speaking out on his behalf were what made him decide to try to throw the book at Swartz. The letter points out further claims from Holder that appear to be contradicted by the MIT report and note:
The account also is inconsistent with findings in the report prepared by MIT about the prosecution of Mr. Swartz, dated July 26, 2013 ("MIT Report"). A letter provided by the Department in May states that "the charging and sentencing decisions made by Department. lawyers were properly based on the law and the facts of the case . . . and not on inappropriate considerations, such as Mr. Swartz's exercise of his legal rights as a citizen." The MIT Report indicates that Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephen Heymann considered other factors in advance of the return of the superseding indictment. He told MIT that "the straw that broke the camel's back" was an internet webpage soliciting signatures on Mr. Swartz's behalf by Demand Progress, an activist group founded by Mr. Swartz.
Inconsistencies such as these require serious responses to the original letter, and indeed raise more questions about the prosecution of Mr. Swartz. One year ago, we sought the basis for the U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz's determination that her office's conduct was "appropriate." We have received no such information, not even the sentencing memoranda that surely were prepared in a case such as this.Given how Holder and the DOJ have responded to these issues in the past, I wouldn't expect any real response to be forthcoming any time soon.
In March, you testified that Mr. Swartz's case was "a good use of prosecutorial discretion." We respectfully disagree. We hope your response to this letter is fulsome, which would help re-build confidence about the willingness of the Department to examine itself where prosecutorial conduct is concerned.
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There ain't no good guys, and there ain't no bad guys. There's just the revolutionaries and the security forces, and they just disagree with bullets in this first developer diary for Bethesda's Brink.
Developer Splash Damage lives up to its name with the waterlogged world of Brink, detailing the two sides of the civil war threatening to tear the last bastion of humanity apart. You've got the revolutionaries, struggling to make sure they have enough of the Ark's dwindling supplies to survive, and the security forces, who believe that maintaining order is the only way to overcome the terrible situation they're all in.
It's not about good guys versus bad guys. It's a clash of two ideologies, each believing they're in the right. I love the way Lead Writer Edward Stern puts it, explaining the game isn't about evil terrorists versus the military or heroic revolutionaries against oppressive forces.
"It's not how the world is. No one thinks they're wrong. No one says, 'Yep, I'm evil; I oppress. That's pretty much all I do.'"
Well, no one in Brink at least. I say that every morning over cereal.


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All parents want their children to grow up to be good people and responsible citizens. Just as children must be taught to tie their shoes, read and write, and solve math problems, so too must they be guided to develop qualities of character that are valued by their families and the communities in which they live.
The benefits of encouraging children's positive character development are enormous. Research has shown that children who grow up with strong, positive values are happier and perform better in school. They also are better able to balance their personal wants and needs against those of others and make positive contributions to society.
The No Child Left Behind Act, the national effort to improve education, recognizes that building character and learning values are important components of a child's complete education. This brochure is based on the larger Helping Your Child series of publications for parents and families, which is designed to provide parents with the latest research and practical information to help them support their children and ensure their children's success in school and in life.
The qualities of character discussed in this brochure are recognized universally by people of many religions and cultures. Information presented here can be used by parents from various backgrounds and with different beliefs.
Research indicates that children take values seriously only when they see that the adults they respect act in accordance with those values. Although parents must be the ones to determine which values they want their children to develop, they need the help of the community, particularly the schools, in reinforcing those values.
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Let your child see you practice patience when doing a new or difficult task or when facing life's everyday frustrations, such as heavy traffic.
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Mo Farah insisted he had no choice but to pull out of the Commonwealth Games through illness, as more of the star quality due to be on show in Glasgow disappeared.
The morning after the Games opened with a spectacular ceremony at Celtic Park, the double Olympic and world champion dealt organisers a major blow by announcing the "tough decision" to withdraw.
The 31-year-old, who was due to go for gold over 5,000 and 10,000 metres, has made progress in his recovery from the illness which forced him out of his last two races, but said his body was not ready to race.
Instead, the Londoner, who pulled out of the Sainsbury's Glasgow Grand Prix at Hampden Park and last Sunday's Anniversary Games after being admitted to hospital in the United States with abdominal pains, has opted to focus on getting back to full fitness in time for next month's European Championships in Zurich.
Farah, who had been training hard at his altitude base in the Pyrenees, said: "The sickness I had two weeks ago was a big setback for me.
"Training is getting better here in Font Romeu, but I need another few weeks to get back to the level I was at in 2012 and 2013.
"I really wanted to add the Commonwealth titles to my Olympic and World Championships, but the event is coming a few weeks too soon for me as my body is telling me it's not ready to race yet. Best wishes to my fellow athletes in Glasgow."
The 5,000m final takes place on the first evening of the athletics programme on Sunday.
Farah was set to be one of the biggest names in Glasgow, but without him the England team features just one member of the golden trio who won Olympic titles on Super Saturday at London 2012 - long jumper Greg Rutherford. And he has himself withdrawn from his last two competitions for fitness reasons after struggling with a knee problem.
On top of that, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, new mother Jessica Ennis-Hill's heir apparent in the heptathlon, was forced out of the Games by a foot injury just three days ago.
With the injured Yohan Blake also absent, Usain Bolt and David Rudisha will be the only two global stars of track and field on show at Hampden Park - and Bolt is only competing in the 4x100m relay.
Glasgow 2014 chief executive David Grevemberg said: "There's no question we're disappointed that Mo Farah announced he would be withdrawing. We're very disappointed for Mo. We knew how much he wanted to be here.
"I'm sure there will be some disappointed people, but there are plenty of great athletes who are here and will be competing."
Farah, who is in the Great Britain team for the 5,000m and 10,000m at the Europeans, which get under way on August 12, has raced only once on the track this year - over 5,000m at the Portland Track Festival in June.
His previous race had been a chastening marathon debut in London in April when he came home in eighth place.
Farah, who initially refused to commit to competing in Glasgow as he focused on preparing for, and then recovering from, the marathon, sounded optimistic last week when he said on Twitter that the Commonwealths were his "next stop".
But, with the Kenyans set to provide a stern challenge, even without all of their top names, fitness issues have forced a change of heart.
Steve Cram, a three-time Commonwealth champion, told BBC Sport: "It's hugely disappointing for Mo and the event. We knew he had been struggling. He's just run out of time to be in shape and I was really hoping he would have run the 10,000m at least.
"Running the marathon earlier in the year has upset his normal pattern and had an impact on his summer.
"He knows how hard the 5,000m and 10,000m are going to be here, so he didn't want to put himself at the risk of not winning.
"It's not like the Europeans, where the competition is not particularly strong. He would not have wanted to come here and not be at his best, but he'll be a big miss."
Team England chef de mission Jan Paterson added: "It is a real blow for any athlete to miss out on a major championships through injury, but to have fought so hard to regain full fitness and to have to take such a difficult decision at this stage is particularly hard. We wish Mo all the very best and hope to see him back to his peak very soon."
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If the current pricing of medical care really reflects conditions in the current market, and there's no reason to think it doesn't, then there's no way to lower the cost of care without, realistically, making fewer services, fewer drugs, fewer devices available, as long as current market conditions persist. And that means, of course, interfering with our choices, since it's hard to choose an option that's not on the table. With fewer services available, options have been reduced, and, assuming the real value to patients of some available procedures that would be less prevalent as a result of cost-control measures, the quality of services would be reduced. So Goal 1 doesn't look too achievable as long as Goal 2 and Goal 3 are also being pursued.
Of course, we could insist that Goal 1 be achieved no matter what, perhaps along with Goal 3. But then it's hard to see how Goal 2 could be achieved. Or we could dramatically reduce choice, and perhaps, just perhaps, that might enable us to offer an ample supply of, well, some kind of care judged by someone to be of high quality, while controlling costs. Would the quality be adequate? Without choice, it would be hard to tell, and it would be hard to require quality: markets can prompt increases in quality, but we wouldn't have anything like an unrestrained market.
So it might seem, at first glance, as if there were a real problem achieving all three goals. But there's not, if you vary one assumption that isn't being made explicit in most of the discussions being conducted on-line, on TV, and in the print media by Beltway insiders. That's the assumption that we need to keep a whole range of monopolistic cartels intact, cartels established by the state at least in part precisely to keep costs up.
A natural approach for anarchists to take is to challenge this assumption, while suggesting that, if it's not endorsed, the three explicitly stated goals can all be achieved at the same time. One way to think about this is as a contribution to the ongoing debate about the meaning of "socialism." The Tuckerite claim (I'm not precisely a Tuckerite, but I like to think of myself as a fellow traveler) is, I take it, that "socialism" is best understood as naming a series of goals which can be achieved using the political means—rooted in the use of force—or the economic means—rooted in voluntary exchange and gift. For the Tuckerite, the economic means turns out to achieve the desired set of goals more efficiently than the political means—and so without the aggression that's definitionally part of the use of the political means. But what is achieved is still socialism. The Tuckerite socialist can achieve what the state socialist purports to want, but without many of the human and financial costs created by a state-based approach.
And there's more: what about the rules that provide tax incentives for employers to purchase health insurance for employees, thus taking responsibility out of the hands of employees with incentives to seek good individual deals? And what about state rules that make it harder, or impossible, for people to seek insurance from out-of-state carriers? Or ones that limit who can be an insurer (hint: not a physician who wants to offer her patients care on a flat-fee-per-year basis)? These constraints create or promote monopolistic or quasi-monopolistic positions for many players in the health-insurance industry.
The FDA approval process is also, of course, a state monopoly that drives up costs and lengthens the time-to-market of many products. It's also one of the factors that helps to make health care unaffordable for many people.
State subsidies to agriculture also contribute to health-care costs by encouraging the purchase of lots of low-nutrition foods. Purchasing these items simultaneously redirects resources that could be used to buy foods that made positive contributions to people's health away from the purchase of such foods and encourages the purchase of items that may actually decrease health and thus boost health care costs.
Finally: it's not a monopoly, precisely, but it is a dubious legal privilege that also drives up costs. A punitive damage award can turn an individual person into scapegoats, someone to be "taught a lesson" on behalf of the entire class of victims of conduct like his or her own. Punitive damage awards drive up costs unnecessarily while forcing health-care professionals and hospitals to focus on defensive medicine.
The first step would be to lower taxes. The long-term goal must be to eliminate all the tribute people pay to the state at all levels, but legislators might start by dramatically increasing the standard deduction while , at the federal level, increasing the Earned Income Tax Credit.
It's worth asking, too, about the impact of multiple monopolies on the circumstances of poor people. The state does lots of things that make and keep people poor.
Some kinds of jobs require business licenses, or other kinds of permissions from local actors to start up. Maybe the licenses require costly and dispensable equipment or unnecessary certification, or maybe they just involve prohibitive up-front costs. (Think about how much it costs to obtain a New York taxicab medallion.) Sometimes, they preclude people using the low-cost facilities that are their own homes for business purposes, imposing the heavy burden of working elsewhere. And sometimes—as when Tulare, California, officials recently shut down a little girl's lemonade stand because it didn't have a license—licensing requirements are just exercises in petty tyranny. Whatever their form or their motivation, the burdens created by licensing requirements fall hardest on poor people.
Those same requirements impact where poor people can find housing: housing that doesn't meet someone else's standards of middle-class acceptability is denied to poor people who could pay for it, but might be able to pay for anything else. And the burden on the poor is only increased when certain kinds of jobs are denied to people at all—like selling medications that the government wants sold only by government approved pharmacists in government-approved pharmacies.
Tariffs also hurt poor people by significantly increasing the costs they need to pay for imported goods (including, often enough, food that would be less expensive than domestic alternatives absent import duties). Often touted as propping up poor workers' incomes, they serve primarily to boost the profits of poorly performing domestic producers at the expense of both domestic consumers (especially poor ones) and foreign producers.
In a perfect or near-perfect market, it might make little difference whether or not everyone was unionized. But in today's un-freed market, state-guaranteed privilege, rather than competitive excellence, is responsible for some corporate profits. In this kind of market, unionization can help to improve workers' economic positions. State limitations on union activity can tend to reduce unions' influence, and so to reduce the incomes of workers who might make more were they free to engage in more radical bargaining tactics.
- Stop offering protection to patents and copyrights.
- Eliminate hospital accrediting and professional licensing rules, leaving a variety of flexible, competing market-based certification systems to do the job.
- Limit malpractice awards to actual damages plus the costs of recovery (including reasonable legal fees).
- Repeal regulations that prevent the sale of insurance across state lines and that prevent the operation of what amount to insurance schemes by health professionals.
- Alter the tax code to de-link employment and insurance. (This change would have the potential to boost net taxes, of course, if it weren't made in tandem with the tax cuts for which I've argued.)
- Replace the FDA approval process with alternative, voluntary private certification systems. (Obviously, doing this would include eliminating all attempts to use the force of law to limit the commercial accessibility of remedies desired by health-care conumsers.)
- Eliminate agricultural subsidies.
- Eliminate licensing, zoning, and related restrictions that help to keep people from starting small, low-capital businesses.
- Eliminate rules that prevent poor people from entering businesses regarded as off-limits (like selling non-approved pharmaceuticals—which could be certified by voluntary, non-state certification services).
- Eliminate rules that force poor people to choose between the kind of housing middle-class planners and neighborhood busybodies prefer—and no housing at all.
- Eliminate import duties.
- Slash the tax burden at the state and federal level as much as possible—sharply increasing the standard income tax deduction and the Earned Income Tax Credit—and make corresponding reductions in spending.
- Eliminate state limitations on collective bargaining, including compulsory arbitration requirements, prohibitions on secondary boycotts, back-to-work orders, and "all state Right-to-Work Laws which prohibit employers from making voluntary contracts with unions."
Putting it on the table could also provide an opportunity to link a variety of other pro-freedom legal changes with (radical) health-care reform. And it would force proponents of statist options to ask more clearly whether they value the goals they say they want to achieve more than they value the opportunity to give more power to technocrats.
While a Tuckerite socialist plan would, indeed, provide a way of achieving state-socialist goals via the economic rather than the political means, such a plan would be anything but a continuation of the status quo. Indeed, it would be a dramatic attack on the status quo, one that redistributed wealth from privileged monopolists to ordinary people, and dramatically increased the likelihood of access to inexpensive, high-quality medical care for all Americans.


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By CHRIS WHITAKER
The Americus Times-Recorder
AMERICUS — Georgia Southwestern is probably glad Josh Hurst is a senior.
He sunk two free throws to beat GSW in Americus last year, and he scored a career-high 21 points to go with 12 rebounds — his third career double-double — to lead Georgia College to an 85-83 triple-overtime win on Wednesday.
Hurst scored the Bobcats' final 13 points — which consisted of the second and third overtimes — and made four 3-pointers as GCSU pulled to within two games of the West-leading Hurricanes.
"Just disappointed to play that stretch on the road (going 5-2 with one home win) and come home and not defend our home floor," said coach Mike Leeder. "We didn't really attack their zone real well all night. In overtime, the guys got tired and settled for jump shots at the end.
"(Hurst) is a guy we recruited and didn't get. He's developed into a fine player for Georgia College. He had a great game, and he made some big shots."
GSW (17-6, 10-4 PBC) trailed by as many as 10 in the second half at 53-43 with Trayce Macon sparked a 16-4 run in which he scored 11 of his game-high 25 points; he also grabbed 11 boards.
Macon fouled out with 3:56 remaining in the final overtime.
"We played with a sense of urgency we hadn't showed the entire game," said Leeder. "The guys realized we were down 10 and started guarding a little better and playing harder.
That's how we used to play at the beginning of games. I told them after the game that Georgia College looked like we did a month ago. They were tougher, quicker, and they believe in what they're doing. We've got to get back to that."
Hurst's basket with 23 seconds left tied the game at 63 before GSW's Phillip Brown was stripped going up for a dunk in the final seconds of regulation.
The teams were tied at 72 and 80 after the first two overtimes, and GSW was 1 of 6 from the floor in the final five minutes. The Hurricanes, which lead the conference in 3-pointers made per game, were 11 of 32 for the game and 1 of 4 in the third overtime. Colin Slotter was 2-for-11.
"That's too many threes," said Leeder. "That's not the way we wanted to play. Their zone is very difficult to simulate in practice. I know we lead the league in 3-pointers made, but that most of those are when we go inside back out or penetrating the lanes for a pitch out. Maybe half of them were really good shots. The other half we were settling, and we did a poor job attacking the zone."
Slotter finished with 15 points and seven assists, Brown had 14 points and 16 rebounds, and Evan Mobley chipped in 14 points.
Ryan Aquino had 16 for the Bobcats (14-8, 8-6) while Jared Holmes and Reece Wiedeman had 13, respectively.
The Bobcats held edges in points off turnovers (21-14) and second-chance points (17-7).
Leeder said something has to give on the defensive end. Ranked 22nd entering this week, GSW may fall out of the top 25 after being ranked five straight-weeks, reaching as high as 16th.
"We've got to go back to guarding and find a way to remember what got us nationally ranked for five weeks," he said. "We weren't outscoring people. We were defending, rebounding and causing turnovers. Collectively, we've got away from that. That happens to good teams in basketball — you hit an icy patch. We've hit ours now — I think the last three games — we've got to get back establishing what made us successful early on.
"I think a little bit of complacency has set in. The way we ask guys to guard is difficult, and it's not an easy thing to do. We've cut corners the last few games. You can't turn on and off defense when you need to, and that hasn't happened."
With three games remaining, one win will clinch at least a share of the West Division title and a home game for the conference tournament. Two wins will clinch the top seed.
GSW travels to North Georgia and finishes out with home games against Columbus State and Clayton State.
"If you told me back on Oct. 15, the first day of practice, we'd have a two-game lead with three games to go, I'd say let's tip from right there," said Leeder.


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This lovely little purse was carved by the famous ivory carvers of Dieppe France. The frame is silver plated metal. It's lined in blue kid leather. Every bit of it is original. A little central interior purse has a separate catch.
The amazing carving is a variety of lush flowers. I can make out roses, pansies, daisies and forget me nots. The ivory is intact but has a small burn mark on the front and back. The push button catch on top latches closed and opens well, as does the interior latch. It measures 3" wide by 2 1/2" high and has a gorgeous patina and nice ivory grain.


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8684.0 - Gambling Industries, Australia, 2000-01
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Net takings from gambling reaches $13.8 billion
Total net takings from gambling increased by a quarter over the past three years to reach $13.8 billion in 2000-01, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
These total net takings were received by 6,012 businesses which provided gambling facilities in Australia. Almost two-thirds (63%) of the total net takings from gambling came from poker/gaming machines, which were mainly located in hospitality clubs ($4,238 million), pubs, taverns and bars ($3,280 million) and casinos ($1,021 million). These takings have increased by 39% since 1997-98.
Other major sources of net takings during 2000-01 included off-course TAB takings of $1,692 million, casino gaming tables of $1,464 million and lotteries, lotto style games and football pools of $1,342 million. Of the total net takings, 5% ($635 million) was received from overseas bettors.
New South Wales ($5,712 million) and Victoria ($4,216 million) accounted for almost three-quarters (72%) of the total net takings from gambling.
Based on the Australian estimated resident adult population at the end of June 2001, the $13,839 million net takings from gambling represented an expenditure of $944 per head of adult population for 2000-01. New South Wales ($1,154 per adult) and Victoria ($1,144 per adult) had the highest expenditure per head, (22% and 21% above the Australian average respectively), while South Australia ($636 per adult) and Western Australia ($427 per adult) had the lowest.
During 2000-01 the gambling taxes and levies paid to Governments totalled $4,397 million or 32% of the net takings from gambling. The largest source of gambling taxes and levies was poker/gaming machines (in premises other than casinos), which accounted for 55% of total gambling taxes and levies.
At the end of June 2001, there were 185,512 poker/gaming machines in operation, with the large majority of these located in hospitality clubs (60%) and pubs, taverns and bars (30%). During 2000-01 the average net takings per poker machine were $47,200 with the average being $37,800 in hospitality clubs and $58,900 in pubs, taverns and bars.
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Paris In My Time, Mark Steinmetz's long-awaited new monograph, presents work culled from several extended trips that the artist made to Paris over a twenty-five year period. Paris was where his mother was born and raised, giving Steinmetz a special connection to, and familiarity with, the city. In the streets, parks, and along the Seine, Steinmetz plays with the conventions of the Paris photographic tradition, from Atget to Kertész. The work is classical, but with a modern feel that both updates the tradition and follows the path Steinmetz has set with his other books. Beautifully printed on uncoated Japanese stock with exclusive Daido black ink, Paris In My TIme was printed in a first edition of 1,000 casebound copies.
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Citing poverty, high unemployment and broken education systems, Donald Trump on Friday continued to court African-American voters with the simple question: "What do you have to lose?"
"Look at how much African-American communities have suffered under Democratic control. To those hurting, I say: What do you have to lose by trying something new like Trump?" he read from a teleprompter at a rally in the overwhelmingly white town of Diamondale, Michigan.
The Republican presidential nominee said he would be a better candidate for African American issues compared to Hillary Clinton, and that, if elected, he would win "over" 95 percent of black voters in a potential reelection campaign in 2020.
Most surveys now show Trump polling in the low single digits among African-American voters compared to Clinton. Mitt Romney earned the support of about six percent of black voters in 2012.


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New nonprofit organization NEEDS YOUR TALENT!! My Hope for Children is a new organization in Hollywood and needs a logo that will help set the tone and image of our organization. The logo will be used on a variety of mediums, the website, business cards, letterhead, apparel, etc. In addition, the logo will be used in co-promotion with other brands. See if you have what it takes to be the designer of our new logo!
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My Hope for Children is a new nonprofit foundation based in Hollywood which is committed to transforming the lives of poor disadvantaged children from ages 0-18 years by providing medical assistance and promoting wellness through fundraising and working with like-minded organizations who share a similar vision. It's our hope to become the voice for children who are unable to receive adequate healthcare and become a leader in the distribution of grants to other organizations who recognize and support our mission.
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The logo should have an emphasis on the word 'hope' as it will be the center of our marketing campaign. The logo should be clean and professional – but not stuffy - and capture a youthful feeling. It should be marketable, as it will be used in conjunction with other brands and products. Picture it as something you can see on an already existing brand. Ask yourself if you can see yourself wearing this logo or purchasing a product with this logo on it.
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Five Reasons Why American Giant is the New Levi Strauss
This explosive growth, which has allowed a niche start up company who sold sweatshirts off their website to grow to the point where they are taking on giants like the Gap and American Apparel within 4 years, has left the fast fashion industry scratching its head.
So what is this crazy, upside down new business model that American Giant has leveraged to such meteoric success? It's actually a story that dates back to the dawn of casual wear in America, and the father of another iconic American basic, Levi Strauss, and his classic Levis 501 jeans.
This Is the Greatest Hoodie Ever Made
But there is really no comparison between American Giant's hoodie and the competition. It looks better and feels substantially more durable—Winthrop says it will last a lifetime. When you wear this hoodie, you'll wonder why all other clothes aren't made this well. And when you hear about how American Giant produced it, it's hard not to conclude that one day, they all may be.
(Bayard) Winthrop had figured out a way to do what most people in the apparel industry consider impossible: He's making clothes entirely in the United States, and he's doing so at costs that aren't prohibitive
Made in USA: Bringing manufacturing jobs back to the homeland
Six years ago, the apparel manufacturer Eagle Sportswear, in rural Middlesex, North Carolina, was ready to close, until Bayard Winthrop helped buy the knitwear plant. "We've spent, nationally, much of the last 40 years moving manufacturing overseas to chase cheap labor and lower environment standards and lower regulations," Winthrop said. In 1980 almost 80% of clothing bought in the U.S. was made in America. Today, it's around 3%. Winthrop says while globalization and trade deals made goods cheaper, they also brought decades of lay-offs and plant closures.
How the Internet Is Bankrolling the World's Best Hoodies
But the internet hasn't just served up a conventional marketing bump for American Giant. As (Bayard) Winthrop explains, the internet makes possible the kind of business he wants American Giant to be. If he's right, it's also the kind of business that could reboot U.S. manufacturing.
"When you pull the money out of the supply chain and the distribution chain and put it into the product, you actually end up with a better product that can please the customer at a comparable price," (Randy) Komisar says. "The jobs that we're reassembling in the United States are better paying jobs making stuff and being able to do that with a quality and satisfaction that garners respect."
This Hoodie Is So Insanely Popular
So what's so great about this hoodie, anyway?
For starters, it appears to weigh more than two pounds. The fabric, which is 100% cotton, feels about three times thicker than most sweatshirts. And ribbed paneling along the shoulders and sides help create a tailored look, eliminating the boxy silhouette of most hoodies.
"This sweatshirt is seriously worth the wait, and awesome for the price, too. I'm considering ordering more to stock up for the rest of my life, but I'm not sure this one is ever going to wear out," one reviewer wrote.
Bringing flannel's manufacture back to America could be deeply symbolic.
Bringing [flannel's] manufacture back to America, Mr. Winthrop thought, could be deeply symbolic. Both of the capability of U.S. manufacturing and of the need for big fashion brands to invest here again. It was a quixotic artisanal project, perhaps, but one with potentially high business stakes.
"Forty years ago, we were able to make great shirts here, great jeans here, sold at a price that made sense to mainstream consumers," Mr. Winthrop said at the outset of his project. "We've lost that capability in 40 years? We can't make a flannel shirt in America? I'm not going to accept that answer."


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NEW YORK (AP) — No matter how well Michael Pineda or anyone else in pinstripes pitches, the New York Yankees aren't going anywhere if they don't start hitting.
Scott Feldman shut down the slumping Yankees again, and Robbie Grossman snapped a seventh-inning tie with a two-run single that sent the Houston Astros to a 5-2 victory Wednesday night.
"We've got to score more than two runs. It's hard to win when you only score two runs," manager Joe Girardi said. "Our pitching has been pretty good, but that's a pretty tall task."
Dexter Fowler had an RBI double, Jose Altuve added a run-scoring single, and the Astros (54-73) did more damage to New York's postseason chances with their fourth victory in five meetings this year.
Houston, which has finished with the worst record in the majors each of the past three seasons, won a series at Yankee Stadium for the first time in four tries.
The fourth-place Astros will go for a three-game sweep Thursday afternoon.
Stephen Drew hit his first homer for New York, and Jacoby Ellsbury drove in a run with a bunt single. But the Yankees (63-61) lost for the seventh time in nine games and dropped five games out of a playoff spot.
They are 2 for 17 with runners in scoring position during the series and have totaled 20 runs in their last nine games, never scoring more than four in that stretch.
"It's frustrating to score two, three runs a night. It's definitely frustrating," catcher Brian McCann said.
Ellsbury flied out against Jose Veras with two on to end it. New York stranded 10 in all.
Feldman (7-9) matched a career high by throwing 121 pitches, working out of trouble to last 6 2-3 innings. He gave up two runs and eight hits, striking out a season-best seven.
The right-hander tossed 6 2-3 shutout innings to beat the Yankees on opening day. He entered with a 2.30 ERA during four straight quality starts against New York.
"He's a veteran guy and he's been around the game for a long time. He knows how to pitch," Fowler said.
Making his second start since a long injury layoff, Pineda took a 2-1 lead into the seventh. He threw 89 pitches and was pulled after a leadoff walk to Jason Castro.
"I'm feeling good today. I'm very excited," Pineda said.
Looking to rest his best relievers following a heavy workload the past few days, Girardi turned to David Huff (2-1) and Esmil Rogers. They failed miserably, ruining the manager's bobblehead night.
Houston smacked five straight one-out singles, four off Rogers, in a span of 10 pitches. No. 9 batter Jake Marisnick tied it with a single to left, Grossman put the Astros up 4-2, and Altuve added an RBI single as the boos increased for Rogers.
"When the other guys are used a lot, guys have to step up," Girardi said. "It just didn't happen tonight."
Kevin Chapman struck out Ellsbury with runners at second and third to end the bottom half. Veras worked the ninth for his first save since Sept. 2, 2013, with Detroit.
Seemingly resigned to trying small ball, the Yankees went 4 for 5 on stolen base attempts in the first five innings. But one pitch after Chase Headley was caught at second in the fourth, Drew hit his fifth home run of the season. The other four came with Boston before a July 31 trade.
Astros: Regular closer Chad Qualls was unavailable because of a stiff back. He is day to day.
Yankees: Slumping DH-RF Carlos Beltran sat out because of pain in his troublesome right elbow and was examined by a doctor. He had his third cortisone shot and is day to day. "Hopefully, this is the last one," said Beltran, who hopes to return to the lineup on Friday. "At the end of the year I have to address it and get the surgery to get it over with, but right now I'm just trying to finish the season." ... RHP David Phelps (elbow inflammation) played catch and will try to get ready to come off the disabled list as a reliever, Girardi said.
LHP Dallas Keuchel (10-8, 3.11 ERA) makes his first career start against the Yankees in the series finale. RHP Brandon McCarthy is 4-2 with a 2.30 ERA in seven outings for New York since he was acquired from Arizona in early July. The Yankees have been shut out in his past two games. It will be the 26th start of the season for McCarthy, setting a career high. Carter has two homers in three at-bats against the right-hander, who lost 5-1 to Houston on June 11 with the Diamondbacks.
Fowler is 9 for 20 (.450) with six extra-base hits against the Yankees this year.
Yankees LF Brett Gardner tumbled head over heels over a low retaining wall to make a courageous catch in the ninth.
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