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BOISE, Idaho, December 22, 2003 ? Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) today announced that the company made Qwest high-speed Internet service available to 44 new Idaho neighborhoods and communities during 2003. As a result, more than 43,000 additional homes and businesses in Idaho now qualify for Qwest DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) service.
?Qwest is committed to increasing DSL availability so more customers can receive this in-demand service,? said Jim Schmit, Qwest president for Idaho. ?The DSL deployments we?ve made this year are a direct response to the strong customer demand we are seeing for the service and ensure that more customers are able to receive a complete solution that includes local, long-distance, wireless, video and DSL service.?
To bring the benefits of broadband to even more new customers, the company has competitively priced its Qwest DSL starting at only $15 per month (plus the fees associated with the Internet Service Provider each customer selects). For example, if a customer purchases Qwest Choice DSL with MSN Premium, the price will be $31.99 per month for up to 256 Kilobits per second.
According to the Yankee Group, U.S. broadband access is expected to increase 165 percent by 2005 to 35.5 million households and Qwest expects to play a key role in expanding Qwest DSL availability to more customers. In fact, Qwest has invested in excess of $100 million for DSL expansion efforts in 2003. This commitment will extend into additional DSL investments in 2004. Once this DSL expansion effort is complete, an additional 900,000 homes and businesses region-wide will qualify for Qwest DSL service.
Customers who purchase the Qwest Choice residential local package or DIRECTV programming service valued at $39.99 per month (or higher) through Qwest will receive Qwest Choice DSL with MSN Premium for:
Idaho is a key example of Qwest?s DSL expansion commitment. In 2003, Qwest has newly deployed or expanded DSL coverage to the following Idaho communities: Blackfoot, Boise, Caldwell, Eagle, Emmett, Hailey, Jerome, Ketchum, Kuna, Meridian, Mountain Home, Nampa, Pocatello, Rexburg and Twin Falls.
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According to Jupiter Research, online holiday shopping has increased more than 20 percent each year over the last several years, and Jupiter predicts it will increase by another 20 percent this year to $16.8 million. With Qwest DSL, customers can conduct their online holiday shopping quickly and easily, without the delays that often occur with dial-up. Other benefits of DSL include the ability to:
For questions about qualification, packages or pricing, or to order Qwest DSL, please call 1-800-244-1111 (residential customers) or 1-800-603-6000 (small-business customers). Customers also can visit
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Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) is a leading provider of voice, video and data services to more than 25 million customers. The company?s 47,000 employees are committed to the ?Spirit of Service? and providing world-class services that exceed customers? expectations for quality, value and reliability. For more information, please visit the Qwest Web site at www.qwest.com.
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Dow Global Technologies, a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Co., has announced the invention and development of a new brominated Polymeric Flame Retardant (Polymeric FR) material for use in foam insulation. The company intends to license the technology to other manufacturers.
The Polymeric FR is for use in both extruded polystyrene (XPS) and expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam insulation applications. Dow has already licensed the technology to Great Lakes Solutions, a business unit of Chemtura Corp., for use in its foam insulation products. Dow is also engaged in advanced licensing discussions with several other interested companies and expects to finalize these agreements by the end of the year.
The development of Dow's Polymeric FR technology comes against the backdrop of an ongoing search for a substitute for hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), which is facing some regulatory restrictions in Europe, according to the company.

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Zeugswetter Andreas OSB SD wrote: >>> The closest analogy to what I'm thinking is the perl CPAN >>> >> or ruby gems. >> > > I think this is more a developer thing. I don't think an ISP would want > all that automagic (and certainly does not do that for joe user). > I think you are missing an essential part of the vision. This is not just targetted at developers. Binary distro authors typically include a huge number of CPAN modules as well as core Perl, and ISPs typically install them. We want to have something CPAN-like so we can get the same effect. At any rate, that's a bit blue sky right now. I haven't seen any disagreement with our kissing "contrib" goodbye as a name, so let's work on that. Unfortunately, that's going to involve a bit of pain, including in the buildfarm, whose client relies on the name. I'll go to work on fixing that, and we can get a new version out so when we make the switch the buildfarm doesn't go dark. cheers andrew
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When my son entered his new middle school my wife and I were faced with a very an ethical situation common to parents today: do we bow down to the evil forces of society, technology and popular culture and get him a cell phone? Or do we hold firm to old fashioned values and take the moral high ground by showing the world that we're not about to give in to the pressures of modern life.
We bought him a cell phone.
Not just because he was begging for it. Not just because all his friends had cell phones and he would be an outcast, scarred for life, without one. It was for safety. Or so we rationalized. With a cell phone, we were able to keep in contact with him wherever he was. And he could call us whenever he needed us. Actually, he would never call us. It's always a text message. No kid today actually talks to his or her parents on the phone.
You know what's next, right? Within two weeks my son, of course, lost his phone. What else would you expect? It's a sign of irresponsibility. And immaturity. Of the parents. For a kid, it's completely natural to lose stuff. Did we buy the special cell phone "insurance" plan that would've allowed us to replace it for only fifty bucks? No, we refused. Did the fact that we spend more than three hundred dollars a month in cell phone usage play any part in the decision of our wireless provider when we begged for a replacement? Nope. They have a monopoly. They control us. In fact the company (and you know who you are) forced us to pay full price for the new phone. It was another expensive reminder of our poor parenting skills.
It was a new school for my son, but the same old school tactics from our wireless company.
Flash forward a few months. My wife, an avid reader, lost her beloved Kindle. For that we also had no special insurance. She called Amazon to report the loss. And Amazon replaced her Kindle...for free. That's old school too.
It's just a different kind of old school. A better kind. And Amazon gets its. They get that for most technology companies it's the service, stupid! With Amazon's new Kindle Fire I am learning just how irrelevant technology has become. Unless it's used as a tool for selling more services.
The Kindle Fire has thrown a bucket of water on the tablet craze. With its launch, Amazon has taken a cool, hip, new device, and turned it into a Gillette razor. And I'm learning. I'm learning that I should be doing the same in my company. I should be more old school. Amazon old school.
At $199, many experts believe that Amazon is selling its Kindle at a loss. Why would they do that?
Because the Kindle Fire isn't just a tablet. It's a highly customized device for buying Amazon's products. Most of the iPad lovers I know are using their tablets to watch movies and TV shows, read books and magazines and surf aimlessly through the web where they can buy unnecessary stuff and read useless blogs like this one.


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Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) has been downgraded to Sell in a statement by Zacks Investment Research earlier today.
- Updated: October 2, 2016
Zacks Investment Research has downgraded Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) to Sell in a statement released on 09/28/2016.
On 9/27/2016, Vetr Inc. released a statement on Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) upped the target price from $0.00 to $123.13 that suggested an upside of 0.05%.
Yesterday Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) traded 0.73% higher at $119.22. The company's 50-day moving average is $119.23 and its 200-day moving average is $116.66. The last stock price is up 1.26% from the 200-day moving average, compared to the Standard & Poor's 500 Index which has decreased -0.01% over the same time period. 7,941,065 shares of JNJ traded hands, up from an average trading volume of 6,259,060
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Johnson & Johnson has 52 week low of $92.58 and a 52 week high of $126.07 with a PE ratio of 22.01 and has a market capitalization of $0.
In addition to Zacks Investment Research reporting its stock price target, a total of 18 brokerages have issued a ratings update on the company. The average stock price target is $117.44 with 0 brokerages rating the stock a strong buy, 0 brokerages rating the stock a buy, 0 brokerages rating the stock a hold, 0 brokerages rating the stock a underperform, and finally 0 brokerages rating the stock a sell.
Brief Synopsis On Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ)
Johnson & Johnson is a holding company, which is engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field. The Company's segments include Consumer, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices. The Consumer segment includes a range of products used in the baby care, oral care, skin care, over-the-counter pharmaceutical, women's health and wound care markets. The Pharmaceutical segment is focused on over five therapeutic areas, including immunology, infectious diseases, neuroscience, oncology, and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. The Medical Devices segment includes a range of products used in the orthopedic, surgery, cardiovascular, diabetes care and vision care fields. Its research facilities are located in the United States, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
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O'Brien Talks About Taking The BlameThe Texans head coach has done it often this season, and explained why he does it so much
Texans WR Jaelen Strong Arrested In ArizonaHouston Texans wide receiver Jaelen Strong was arrested in Scottsdale, AZ on Sunday for marijuana possession according to ABC 15 in Phoenix. Strong, who played at Arizona State University, was arrested while riding in a black Maserati in the Phoenix suburb.
Must-See Sites Along Route 66A look at five must-see sites along one of America's most famous highways -- Route 66
5 Valentine's Day Weekend Getaway IdeasEnjoy a romantic weekend getaway for two, or for the whole family at any of these wonderful destination cities. With lots of activities, romantic spots and other hidden fun, you'll be planning another trip out there as soon as possible.
Three More States Join Texas-Led Immigration Lawsuit Against ObamaThe addition of Arizona, Florida and Ohio brings to 20 the number of states fighting the president's immigration order in a federal district court in Brownsville.
College Football Spotlight: The Playoff Begins NowThe College Football Playoff will determine college football's first national champion in the new playoff model in January, but the real playoff begins this weekend.
College Football Spotlight: A Time To Be Thankful For RivalriesWith Thanksgiving upon us, we should all take some time to think about what we are thankful for. There is plenty of drama to pay attention to this weekend, and that is something every college football fan can be thankful for.
Top Spas For Couples In The U.S.Here's a sampling of some of the best spas for couples in America.
Report: Border Deaths Drop To 15-Year LowBorder Patrol says more immigrants turned themselves in to authorities in Texas and fewer took their chances with the dangerous trek across the Arizona desert.
Guide To Vacationing In ArizonaUse this travel guide to Arizona to help you sort out the best of what to see, where to eat and where to stay.
Do The Texans Need To Pay JJ?The star corner back for the Cardinals and former LSU standout joined us on SportsRadio 610 to talk about his contract and what that might mean for JJ Watt.
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I need to re route a BT cable running across my plot. Openreach are asking for £600 just to come and look at it and provide a quote. I have seen posts on Internet where people have been charged much less.
Any suggestions please?
on 25-10-2012 11h43
the pole is property of openreach so only they can move it. if you have seen other figures then why don't you use that information and see if you can get openreach to reduce the cost.
on 25-10-2012 12h31
I have now discovered that the cable can be secured to the walls of the new building for £138.00 with no survey required. The phone numbers for Openreach are deeply buried within the site and very difficult to find. The surveyor who contacted me did not ask any questions to give an assessment of my enquiry and just insisted that I would need a survey for a non refundable cost of £600. Not very helpful.
on 25-10-2012 14h18
If you want to contact openreach to move any external equipment, please follow this link HERE//
on 25-10-2012 14h32
A useful link that one is, I have added it to my customer services menu
Forumhelp (Private website) Lots of additional information and help.
You will need to be connected to your home BT Broadband connection to view it, or any links to it that I post on this forum.


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Sunanda Pushkar's death: Police gather CCTV footage
Union Minister Shashi Tharoor's wife, Sunanda Pushkar, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her room at the Leela Palace Hotel in Delhi
CCTV footage at the hotel where union Minister Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead has been gathered by the police, an official said Saturday.
Police have also questioned the hotel staff.
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Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Minister of State for Human Resource Shashi Tharoor, was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her room at The Leela Palace hotel in south Delhi Friday.
Her death came barely 24 hours after the two declared they were "happily married" following public airing of tweets that hinted at an extra-marital relationship and alleged involvement of a Pakistani woman.
"The records of telephonic calls made by Sunanda Pushkar, both from her cell phone and the land line phone of room number 345 (where she and Shashi Tharoor had checked in a day before) have been collected," a police official told IANS.
Experts from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) have also picked up evidence from the room.
According to police, between 8-8.30 p.m., Shashi Tharoor entered his hotel room. He found that the main hall of the suite was open but her bedroom was locked from inside.
Tharoor, who had attended the All India Congress Committee (AICC) session earlier in the day, took the help of a "swipe card" to open the room, said police.


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For some reason, the music in the game won't play at all. The music is in its folder, but it's just not working. The sound works fine, and the volume is set at max all the time. But music just won't play, and I'm not sure why. I tried patching the game, which didn't work, and I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but that didn't work either. I suspect the problem is external from the game, but I can't for the life of me figure it out.
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The Kuznetsk Basin in southwestern Siberia, Russia, is one of the largest coal mining areas in the world, covering an area of around 27,000 square miles. It lies in the Kuznetsk Depression between Tomsk and Novokuznetsk in the basin of the Tom River. From the south it borders the Abakan Range, from the west Salair Ridge, and Kuznetsky Alatau from the north. It possesses some of the most extensive coal deposits anywhere in the world; coal-bearing seams extend over an area of 10,309 square miles and reach to a depth of 5,905 feet. Overall coal deposits are estimated at 725 billion tonnes. The region's other industries, such as machine construction, chemicals and metallurgy, are based on coal mining. During the Soviet era, the Kuznetsk Basin was second only to Ukraine's Donets Basin in terms of regional coal production. Iron smelting began there as early as 1697 and coal was discovered in 1721, although it was not systematically mined until 1851. The late 19th century industrialisation of Russia prompted a rapid growth in the area's industries, which was further boosted by the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Under Joseph Stalin's First Five-Year Plan, the Ural-Kuznetsk industrial combine was formed in the early 1930s. It became a centre for the production of iron and steel, zinc, aluminium, machinery and chemicals, with raw materials and finished products being shipped to and from sites in the Kuzbas and Urals.
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We are located in the unincorporated community of Gold Hill, just west of Boulder, Colorado.
We respond to around 25 calls (via 911) per year. Our department has 23 rostered volunteers. We have one station which house a total of four emergency response vehicles: two engines, one water tenders, and one brush truck.
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Today is the beginning of early voting here in North Carolina. If you are a North Carolina resident and have questions about voting, head over to the State Board of Elections website. With that in mind, this week's The Weekly Altweekly has several papers committed to endorsements of candidates. In addition, there's a major festival or two going around. Yet, there's still a lot of good local government and placemaking coverage. Let's get started:
This week's Rhino Times details the Republican field, along with the Simkins PAC endorsements (Simkins is the main African-American PAC in Guilford County) in several Triad-area races, but also highlights a community walk through a troubled, but determined neighborhood, why the county wants people to wait until the deadline to pay their taxes, provides more details on the Guilford/Alamance line redrawing, and why the city of Greensboro is looking for areas to annex, as well as raising fees on false emergency alarms and garbage collection. In addition, in an election that won't happen until November, Bill Bencini, current chair of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners, will run for mayor.
Triad City Beat,in addition to profiling the District 58 House Race and analyzing the NC Senate District 28 race, has a cover story on what's next for Downtown Greensboro, Inc and a profile on an ex-Black Panther, turned preacher community advocate in High Point.
Yes Weekly! has a detailed list and explanation of all the changes in voting that are going into effect this year, as well as an attempt to track the money behind a 6th District congressional race mailer, and the role of big money in state elections. In addition, why City of Greensboro employees may not be retiring and some details on several downtown Greensboro business deals.
The Mountain Xpress is dedicated to this week's Moogfest in Asheville, but also has a note on the recent decisions by the Asheville City Council.
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2007- 08: Started 22 of the 25 games he played • Led the Cardinals in scoring (12.6 ppg) and rebounding (7.2 rpg) • Named Landmark Conference Rookie of the Year Succeeded on a team-leading .556 of his FGs Ranked second on club with .753 FT% • Scored in double figures 16 times, including 10 straight at year's end • Had four double-doubles • Posted career highs in points (32) and rebounds (18) in season-finale at GOU. Made 14 of 19 shots and 4 of 5 from the line. Also tied career best in assists with 3. Named Landmark Player of the Week for his performance • Totaled 22 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists at MMA. Was 10 of 10 from FT line Scored 20 points vs. MOR Produced 18 points and 12 boards vs. Salve Regina in CUA Classic semifinals. Made 8 of 9 from field. Named to All-Tournament team • Scored 15 points and secured 12 rebounds vs. Piedmont. Made 7 of 9 FGs and collected a personal-best 4 steals • Scored 18 points on 6 of 6 shooting, including his only trey, and made 5 of 6 FTs vs. Maine-Presque Isle • Had 17 points and 7 boards in collegiate debut vs. Delaware Valley. Made 6 of 10 shots, including a 3, and 4 of 4 FTs • Scored 16 points and had 7 rebounds at SUS • Recorded 15 points and 9 rebounds vs. SUS • Tallied 15 points and 8 caroms at JUN • Had 12 points, 9 boards and 3 assists vs. DRW. High School: Played two years of varsity for one of the nation's top high school basketball programs • Played both forward positions and started as a senior • Averaged 12 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists his last year. Named second-team All-Parochial Division and All-Essex County • Pirates (31-1, 18-0 Iron Hills Conference) won 2006-07 Non-Public A State Championship. Only loss was in semifinals of season-ending Tournament of Champions • Scored 19 points in state title game vs. Christian Brothers Academy • Team ranked No. 5 in state in MaxPreps final poll • Pirates (28-3, 17-1) won state championship his junior year before losing in Tournament of Champion's first round • Played with Brandon Costner (N.C. State), Gary Wallace (Robert Morris), Jordan Costner (St. Peter's) and Ashton Gibbs, who will be a freshman at Pittsburgh next season • Coached by Bob Farrell • Played AAU ball for Garden State Sharpshooters and Jersey Titans. Personal: Son of Robert and Stefani Banzhaf.


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Dr. Tyson,
First of all, I'm a big fan of your work. I enjoy watching, listening to, and considering everything I have found where you are speaking. So I begin with a "thank you" and appreciation.
Along with that, I am not a scientist and will not attempt to speak as though I am one. I am, however, a trained and experienced biblical scholar, and I'm writing to ask you a favor. It would be helpful if you would show more nuance and awareness when you speak out of your field of expertise about biblical texts. Frankly, when you speak about the Bible, you don't sound any different than many conservative Christians who speak about science. I.e., you sound just as ignorant.
In a previous post (as well as another), I evaluated some features of a popular fundamentalist approach to "The Bible and Science" by many Christians today. My concern was not so much science, but how Christians of all stripes approach, understand, interpret, and present the Bible. Here, I want to sharpen that concern and speak directly to you, Dr. Tyson, a leading scientist who continually makes comments about the Bible as though you have some right to do so. Certainly, I would like a reply, although I will not hold my breath that you will do so. Even so, I will still ask a couple of questions as though as though you might.
Context: Moyers and Tyson
First, for others reading this open letter, I need to provide some context, so I will slip into 3rd person here: In January (2014), Bill Moyers interviewed the well-spoken and entertaining astrophysicist, author, and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. This popular speaker reprised the Nova series, Cosmos (of Carl Sagan fame), and has appeared on many platforms speaking for the advancement of science in education.
As an advocate of intelligent and responsible handling of the Bible, I want to go on record, first of all, that the interview with Bill Moyers was engaging and worthy of discussion. I would urge every Christian everywhere who is interested in this topic to watch this interview in its entirety, maybe multiple times. You might or might not agree, but that is not the point. I personally consider this a much better approach than the two previous approaches I evaluated above in the third paragraph. What follows is actually three interviews combined into one, and is 71 minutes long. Here it is in its entirety:
My Questions
Now, Dr. Tyson, having encouraged this with enthusiasm, I'm about to ask you a few questions. However, I want to state clearly that I long ago (in my late teens) disavowed any association with the "young earth creationist" positions (so, I am not at all defending that position), nor am I defending any other so-called "biblical-scientific explanation" of Genesis chapters 1-2. (I've already stated elsewhere that Genesis is not talking about that and also that Genesis 1 and 2 present two different stories of creation, which means that not even the original authors/compilers of Genesis were concerned about presenting "the one right scientific view of beginnings"). Furthermore, I did not arrive at my positions about Genesis because of any scientific arguments against fundamentalist views of it. I arrived where I am because of literary and historical understandings of how ancient texts of all kinds work.
So, I am not challenging your science. I am asking you, though, why you don't take the same care in how you characterize ancient biblical texts? Not as a "believer"; that is not the point. But simply as someone who understands and respects the value of reading ancient literature contextually in light of the genres and historical realities they attempt to address.
So now, to my questions. And to do this, I will highlight only one portion of your comments from the video above (not at all implying that they should be taken out of the context of the larger speech). Here's a short clip from the above presentation:
Here are my questions.
First, do you think it is just possible that you are doing the very thing with the Bible that you are asking Christians not to do with science? You later say (after this clip), that the science classroom should deal with scientific issues. That if just fine. But in this clip, you are giving opinions about the nature, purpose, early understanding, and proper interpretation of a biblical story, as though you are a qualified interpreter of these ancient texts. On the one hand, you forbid others to speak in your classroom, but now you are quite willing to speak in theirs. I find this hypocritical.
For example, when you say that not until science came along did Christians start reinterpreting the Bible as not being literal on the creation: that is simply not correct. I've commented at length on this before, so I won't repeat it here. Figurative and metaphorical interpretations of various parts of biblical literature are a part of the very fabric of that literature from its inception. There exist all kinds of figurative and theological applications of earlier biblical material even within the Bible. Even of the creation. Using your criteria, if you want to speak about biblical texts, don't you think you should do so with all proper regard for the contextual study of those texts, just as you are asking for the sake of the study of science? I think this is a fair request.
Second, do you think perhaps you end up forcing a shallow and literalistic reading of the Bible as a straw man? Whether you intend to or not, you are basically saying: "Anybody reading this ancient story would say __X__." I've heard biblical literalists say that kind of nonsense all my life, and it always irritates me. So now, you're doing the same thing. Also, when you talk about the stars falling in Revelation you sound a great deal like biblical literalists (which atheistic scientists often do, since they are generally fighting a particular group or particular approach). Rather than understanding the theological nature of apocalyptic literature, you have just adopted the approach of the literalists. Actually, apocalyptic literature at its heart is less an attempt to describe the reality of nature than a use of the observable world to find meaning and hope in hopeless situations. You almost speak as if those poor dumb people writing the original material way back then had no deeper theological sensitivities or purpose than a spewing out of a shallow and mere literal view of the world. The fact is, such texts were not written as scientific statements, and not even all of those readers took them literally (e.g., Philo and Origen from my previous articles).
Is it possible that, just saying it the way you do shows that you don't understand these texts and that you are unqualified to tell me how I would or should read them? If it works that way for science, why not for biblical literature?
What about showing sensitivity and responsibility in handling ancient texts contextually according to their genre and nature—I'm sure you agree with this in principle. Biblical literalists are horribly guilty of this offense against their own literature; why must you fall into to the same trap? It does not serve anyone, let alone the discussion, if both sides of the debate are irresponsible with the "texts" to which they are referring.
I enjoy listening to you as a scientist, but as an interpreter of the Bible, you remind me of the ones you are fighting; and I have no more interest in listening to you about the Bible that I do to Ken Ham (of the Creation Museum in Ohio) or any other fundamentalist "creation scientist" about either the Bible or science. You both end up sounding the same.
Staying Religious
But finally, you make one comment at about the 45.55 mark:
If you're going to stay religious at the end of the conversation, God has to be more to you than just where science has yet to tread.
Frankly, I want to say, with my teenage kids, "Well, duh!" I've also heard a couple other of your speeches where you develop this "God of the gaps" stuff, and I just have to say that I have never believed that kind of nonsense my entire life, that "God is only God of things I can't explain otherwise?" Anybody who believes in God as an all powerful force believes in the God of everything, whether you think you can explain it or not. This idea that God is somehow the God of the gaps, or the God of the ever-receding pocket at the edges of scientific ignorance is just silly. As an illustration: when I was growing up, just because I began to uncover the mysteries of how my dad operated, and I came to see him not as a worker of magic or with superhuman strength (which I saw as a child), but as one who loved me, this did not mean that my dad did not really exist or that the principles I was discovering were not reflective of his very character. It just means that I understood more.
Certainly, I agree that if God is more than the edges of scientific ignorance, then he must truly be more. In fact, God just might even be more than (and including) the sum total of scientific knowledge, despite its growing pockets of ignorance about God. But when you or any other scientist starts claiming that "anything that we understand cannot be God," that is beyond your ability to say. God just might be more than what scientists are able to test, and more than some are willing to acknowledge. In that case, one wonders whether such scientists have anything at all to say about God, or why they are even trying to.
I actually do know why: because you want a more responsible, rational, and intelligent conversation to take place for the benefit of the human race. Well I, for one, agree. So why don't we encourage the elevation of the entire conversation: responsible science, responsible handling of ancient texts, and a refusal to lump all scientists or all Christians together.
I very much liked the Moyers interview. I enjoy hearing qualified scientists speak on their field of expertise, just like I enjoy hearing qualified biblical scholars in theirs. I just wish it would result in a more responsible handling of biblical texts from both groups.
Gary D. Collier


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The main entrance of the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco was destroyed by an arson attack on Wednesday night. The attacker, who left a minivan parked in front of the building, threw two buckets of gasoline at the front gate before setting it on fire. (Editor's note: No one was hurt in the fire and the consulate was open for business on Thursday with an increased police presence. FBI officials said the fire is not being investigated as an act of terrorism.)


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In Let Loose the Dogs, Murdoch's life and work overlap tragically. His sister, who long ago fled to a convent to escape their abusive father, is on her deathbed. Meanwhile, Harry Murdoch, the father whom Murdoch long ago shut out of his life, has been charged with murder and calls on his estranged son to prove his innocence. But, knowing his father, what is Murdoch to believe?
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"No. 4 in the Murdoch Series, Toronto 1895."
In the fourth book in this series, Detective Murdoch's family insinuate themselves into his life. His sister, who joined a convent years ago and whom he hasn't seen for 20 years, is dying and asks for him to come. Then, at about the same time, he is called to the jail to meet his father, whom he hasn't seen in 22 years and who he hoped might be dead. His father, always with an abusive temper who destroyed his own family, has been convicted of murdering another man because he thought this man cheated on him in a dog betting ring, (which dog could kill the most rats.) He insists to Murdoch that,no matter how bad he was as a father and husband, he did not commit the murder. Murdoch is ready to believe his father a liar, given the past, but as he investigates, he begins to think that someone else may have killed the victim. This is a very good book in which we also see more of Murdoch with his new romantic interest.
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Somebody said yesterday that I am given to exaggeration. I prefer to think that I give exaggeration to the world.
Puppy: What does that mean?
Me: It means it means that when I said that dinner was the best meal I've ever eaten, it was really only the second best.
Puppy: So when you say I'm the best puppy in the world, I'm only second best?
Me: Of course you're the best—I never exaggerate about you.
Some are born to exaggerate; some have exaggeration blogged upon them.
As I started thinking about exaggeration, I realized that there were zillions of words crashing around in brain, making it hard to even begin to consider concentrating.
Puppy: What does that mean?
Me: That I have a lot of words fighting for priority order in my brain
Puppy: Don't you usually?
Me: Are you interested in being fed today?
Puppy: Napping. Saying nothing
That sounds like an excellent idea. I believe I shall take a 17 hour nap.


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text: Despite the title, this session by UK trumpeter Steve Waterman doesn't actually concentrate on the New Orleans funerals-and-marches music proto-jazz legend Buddy Bolden might have played, but it does include the famous West End Blues (one of Louis Armstrong's most astonishing performances) and Bix Beiderbecke's In a Mist. All the tunes are by trumpeters, including Waterman himself, with Dizzy Gillespie's crackling Bebop opening the show, and Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Chet Baker, Kenny Wheeler and Tom Harrell among the composers. On Lee Morgan's mid-tempo Latin theme Ceora, Waterman's balanced solo is sensitively propelled by bassist Alec Dankworth. On Clark Terry's Haig and Haig, the leader's repertoire of early-jazz growls and note-shakes are joined by impish resolutions in the manner of Wynton Marsalis. All Blues bustles unceremoniously over the original's brooding mood, and Thad Jones's A Child Is Born (wrongly credited in the notes as God Bless the Child) is played with a strangely shimmering, Salvation Army purity. Unencumbered by the licks-playing that occasionally hampers the set, Waterman and the fine vibraphonist Anthony Kerr seem entranced on Harrell's Sail Away, the album's most devoted and transported performance.


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A Tropical Christmas
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The title of this album is a bit misleading. At least it was to me. I had assumed the songs would be carols born and bred in the Caribbean, but the songs here are of English/European origin that have been latinized by flamenco and Latin guitar. Nevertheless, A Tropical Christmas is a wonderful instrumental album.
Andre Thibault has taken such well-known traditional songs as "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," "O Come All Ye Faithful," "Deck the Halls," "Jingle Bells" and "We Three Kings," and kicked them up a cultural notch.
Some songs seem especially suited to flamenco guitar. Listening to "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" reminded me of an old Elizabethan lute. Strangely, other songs, like "Greensleeves," were unrecognizable on first listening.
This album is definitely for a bilingual, multicultural setting. Those in the English tradition will recognize their beloved carols, and those who belong to the Latin American or Spanish culture will love the home sounds of their native guitar styles.
Other musicians on the soundtrack include Celso Machado on sourdo, shaker, maracas, kanjira, tambourine and percussion; T-Bo on guitar, frame drum, maracas, shaker and tambourine; Qiu Xia He on Chinese flute; J Pepe Danza on udu, shaker, guiro, castanets, bells, clave, zarb, tea cups, birimbao and cajon; and Sid Perez on keyboard and bells.
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A Kansas woman has won a $13 million judgement against a for-profit college after she alleged that she was fraudulently enticed to enroll into one of its nursing programs.
Jennifer Kerr, a single mother, went to Vatterott College after seeing television ads to find out how she could get off state assistance and earn more money.
"When she went to the local campus and told the admissions representative that her dream was to be a nurse, Kerr contended in a lawsuit, the representative told her that although the school did not offer a nursing degree, it did offer a medical assistant's degree. That degree, she allegedly was told, would help her earn $15 to $17 an hour and, with the transfer of her credits, put her on the "fast track" to becoming a nurse," wrote the Kansas City Star.
She received $27,000 in loans and began the 60-week program four years ago.
"Kerr said she was flabbergasted to learn that she wasn't even enrolled in the medical assistant's program. Instead, she was enrolled in the preliminary medical office assistant's program. She said she was told that if she wanted to continue on and get the medical assistant's degree, it would take a total of 90 weeks and cost her some $10,000 more."
So she sued. A jury agreed with her and ordered the Missouri-based Vatterott Educational Centers Inc., to pay $27,676 in compensatory damages and $13 million in punitive damages. The college is expected to appeal.
Kerr's experience is similar to what thousands of other for-profit college students have found: false promises of great jobs for attending the schools. Studies have shown that some for profit colleges encourage students to lie on their loan applications, that almost have of their income is spent on marketing and that many student who attend these colleges default on their loans.
"In 2010, an undercover investigation of 15 for-profit colleges (not including Vatterott) conducted by the U.S. Government Accountability Office revealed, among other findings, that "four colleges encouraged fraudulent practices and that all 15 made deceptive or otherwise questionable statements to GAO's undercover applicants."
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These events are proposed and organized by SIGGRAPH attendees, not the conference organizers (who simply approve them and provide rooms). They range from large, elaborate presentations to small meetings. The list of Birds of a Feather (BoF) events (with dates, times, and locations) is available here.
The OpenGL BoF is one of the largest and longest-running. Each year, it is the premier event to hear about the latest developments in OpenGL. This year it is joined (actually, preceded, by one day) by the OpenCL BoF, which discusses this new API for GPU-based general computations.
Although most render farms are used for film production, many game developers also have render farms which they use for lighting and visibility precomputations. For this reason, some game developers may wish to attend the Renderfarming, Job Queueing, and Distributed Rendering Performance event.
The Computer Graphics for Simulation BoF and the Dynamic Simulation Birds of a Feather also seem relevant for game developers, although they are not specifically concerned with rendering.
The Interactive Ray Tracing BoF has already been mentioned by Eric, and is of interest to many readers of this blog.
One of the uses of real-time graphics with which I have very little familiarity is visualization of molecules, which has its own BoF event (the Molecular Graphics BoF).
Besides BoFs for people interested in specific graphics topics or products, there are also BoF events for particular groups within the graphics community, such as the Women in Animation BoF and SIGGIG: Gays in Graphics. One of the most interesting of these is the Computer Graphics Pioneers Reception, which is intended for people who have been contributing to computer graphics for at least 20 years (if you fit this description and are interested in being a registered Computer Graphics Pioneer, the membership details are here).
Other BoFs are intended for people from particular regions or who went to certain schools, like the Taipei ACM SIGGRAPH Reunion, the ACCAD/OSU Alumni Gathering, the Tokyo ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter Party, the UNC SIGGRAPH Alumni Reception, Reuniao dos Brasileiros – Brazilian BoF, Purdue University Reunion, RIT Alumni Reception, and Reunion de los Mexicanos – Mexican BoF.
Finally, many regular SIGGRAPH attendees like to go to the Sake Barrel Opening Party BoF. I haven't attended one yet, but perhaps I will this year.
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