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Posted on 01/02/2006 3:58:35 PM PST by don asmussen
--- Beyond Belief: A Book About Elaine Pagels ---
by Elaine Pagels
Reviewer:benjamin m. guyer (gainesville, fl. USA)
In this book, Elaine Pagels once again attempts to debunk traditional Christianity by selectively using Gnostic texts - in this case the Gospel of Thomas (hereafter, "GThom")- as her ammunition.
Rather than presenting a new, scholarly engagement of the Gospel of John and the Gospel of Thomas, Pagels scatters heavy doses of her own personal beliefs between her rehashing of previously developed theses. Simply put, she has nothing new to say on a scholarly level, but plenty to say autobiographically.
Dr. Pagels seems to be someone who is thoroughly disenchanted with Christianity, particularly of the evangelical persuasion. In this book proposes that if GThom had been included in the canon of the New Testament, then Christianity would have been "nicer": it would have allowed for more individuality, promoted women more, and been less "oppressive".
Such an argument reads like an exercise in creative writing; it is, indeed, imaginative. However, such an argument is nothing more than speculation - how could such an argument be proven? It can't be. But, this semi-scholarly work by Pagels doesn't rely on the concreteness of its thought or the use of its sources.
In fact, it is downright bizarre that GThom and Gnosticism are used as sources for her own personal vendetta against Christianity when GThom says that women cannot enter the kingdom of Heaven unless they make themselves male. Having heard her speak on this particular saying several months ago at the University of Florida, it is clear to me that her selective use of Gnostic texts to support a de-centered, feminist Christianity cannot really stand on its own when left to face its Gnostic sources.
If you are interested in learning about Dr. Pagels' personal life, personal gripes, tragedies, and spiritual path, this is a great book to start out with. However, if you are looking to really learn about the Gospel of Thomas, look elsewhere. Reading Richard Valantasis' translation of the Gospel of Thomas would be a good place to start.
Presents an Interesting Point of View in a Scholarly Manner
Reviewer:Timothy Kearney (Roslindale, MA United States)
There has been quite a deal of interest in the person of Mary Magdalene in the past year due in no small part to Dan Brown's THE DA VINCI CODE.
Chances are if you see Karen's King's THE GOSPEL OF MARY MAGDALA: JESUS AND THE FIRST WOMAN APOSTLE in any bookstore, it will be grouped with other books about Mary Magdalene as a way of promoting Brown's book.
King's book is not meant to be fiction and readers looking for support of the information in Brown's nook will be somewhat disappointed. People with an interest in early Christianity and Biblical scholarship will not be disappointed, however.
King's book is a scholarly presentation of an early Christian document called "The Gospel of Mary." The portrait presented in this gospel is rather different from that of the Bible.
In the Gospel of John, the only follower who truly understands Jesus is "the Beloved Disciple" and in The Gospel of Mary, only Mary truly understands "the Savior" and the other disciples are fumbling around a bit. While this may be accurate, Peter and the apostles' foibles are well documented by the four evangelists, the Gospel of Mary is a post-resurrection account.
If we look at writings such as "The Acts of the Apostles" we see the Christian community as one where harmony with occasional misunderstandings is the order of the day. An alternate view is presented in "The Gospel of Mary." In this writing we see the befuddlement of some of the male apostles. As anyone should expect in a study of any ancient text, King provides context for understanding "The Gospel of Mary," looks at it as an individual piece, and compares and contrasts it to traditional Christianity.
She also includes a thorough bibliography, a tool much appreciated by people involved in research, and a glossary of sorts that will assist people who are not familiar with early Christian writings (or those of us who have not studied them in recent years). It is probably not necessary to state that King does not hold the point of viewe that Mary of Magdala was a reformed prostitute, a point of view that was correctly debunked years ago.
When I purchased this book, I was not looking for a new approach to Christianity, nor was I looking for hidden or lost documents of Christianity that will shed light on the errors of mainline Christianity for the past 1500 years. I am a Catholic with a keen interest in biblical studies looking for something that will give me a new perspective on scripture.
I have found in the actual "Gospel of Mary" spiritual snippets that are interesting, and King's scholarship gives me a slightly different perspective of early Christianity.
The book is interesting, but has not radically reshaped my understanding of Christianity, but I have always looked at the history of Christianity from a realistic and human point of view.
I also realize that some people interested in this book may be aware that "The Gospel of Mary" would have been considered heretical by Christian leaders in its day. Of course we need to remember that some of Origen's writings were deemed heretical at one time. Meister Eckhart was likewise called a heretic. Even Thomas Aquinas, who many consider the ultimate in orthodoxy, was considered questionable in his day.
Looking at "The Gospel of Mary" in a new way is appropriate and something King does rather well. With this in mind, I am not certain that the "Gospel of Mary" is necessarily a document that was suppressed without a good reason. First of all, it is not really a gospel. The canonical gospels and even The Gospel of Thomas are not post-Pentecost settings. The latest event in the canonical gospels is the Ascension. This is not the case of "The Gospel of Mary which seems to be post Ascension. "The Acts of Mary" rather than "The Gospel of Mary" may be a more accurate title of the work, since it resembles other early Christian writings in the "acts" genre.
Also, in an age when many people are feeling excluded in mainline Christianity, an ancient writing that proposes a different way of looking at Christianity is intriguing, but those who originally adhered to this work would have been exclusive, so to speak, seeing others as not understanding.
So this work that some are embracing because it is inclusive from our point of view, are actually embracing a work that in its day would have been exclusive. While the individual approach expressed by "The Gospel of Mary" is somewhat what we believe the interior life, which is so important in Christianity is all about, there is also a communal dimension which the canonical gospels stress, but is not really found in the fragments used in the translation of "The Gospel of Mary."
Amazon.com: Reviews for The Gospel of Mary of Magdala: Jesus and the First Woman Apostle: Books
Any comments on this book & its reviews?
?Will it be banned by the Supreme Courts....?
?....are they 'Absolute'.....myth?
?....is 'Jesus' a sacred secret name?
Can you tell me? -- Really I don't have a clue, and I'm just posting this stuff to try to find out..
Is this all connected to Dan Brown's DA VINCI CODE thing?
Da Vinci plot may get new twist to placate Catholics
Thanks for the link. -- Do you know if any of those early writings refer to siblings of Jesus? -- Could he have had a brother, killed in Rome by Nero?
The "brothers" of Jesus were James, Joses, Judas, and Simon.
None of which are on record as traveling to Rome.
Eventually James assumed leadership of the Christian community in Jerusalem.
As friction between Jews and Christians increased, the Christian tolerant procurator, Festus, died ~62CE.
Before Nero could send a new procurator, the priest Annas (the younger) had James thrown from the temple walls and his body stoned.
Thanks again for the info..
--- Was James really Jesus' brother? ---
The point of departure for considering this question is Mark 6:3 (cf. Matthew 13:55-56), where James is actually named as Jesus' brother, along with four other men; at least two unnamed and unenumerated sisters are also mentioned. Until recently, Roman Catholic opinion has been dominated by the position of St. Jerome (in his controversial work, Against Helvidius), who argued that although "brothers" and "sisters" are the terms used in Greek, the reference is actually to cousins.
Dispute has focused on the issue of whether that view can be sustained linguistically, and on the whole the finding has been negative. Before Jerome, Helvidius himself had maintained during the fourth century that the brothers and sisters were just what their name impliessiblings of Jesus: although he had been born of a virgin, their father was Joseph and their mother was Mary.
That view clearly played havoc with the emerging doctrine of Mary's virginity after Jesus' birth, and that issue occupied the center of attention. In a recent work which received the Imprimatur, John P. Meier has endorsed the Helvidian theory, to some extent on the basis of support from second century Fathers.10 During that century, a group referred to as the Ebionites even denied Jesus' virgin birth in the technical sense; his "brothers" and "sisters" were implicitly that in the full sense of those words (see Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.26.1-2).
Richard Bauckham has given new currency to the view of Jesus' relationship to James developed by Epiphanius during the fourth century (Panarion 1.29.3-4; 2.66.19; 3.78.7, 9, 13), and supported by the second-century Protoevanglium of James 9.2 and perhaps the Gospel of Peter (according to Origen's Commentary on Matthew 10:17):11 Mary was Jesus' mother, not James', since Joseph had a wife prior to his marriage to Mary.
Joseph's relatively advanced age is traditionally held to account for his early departure from the narrative scene of the Gospels, and that reasonable inference lends support to this theory, while James' emphasis on the Davidic identity of the Church (see Acts 15:16) is easily accommodated on this view. James' seniority relative to Jesus might be reflected in the parable of the prodigal (Luke 15:11-32).
The story of those with Jesus seizing him in the midst of exorcism (Mark 3:21; cf. 3:31-35) reflects the kind of almost parental concern an older brother might feel for a younger brother.
Another, more pragmatic
consideration provides support for Epiphanius' theory, although in a modified form. As mentioned, Joseph disappears from the scene of the Gospels from when Jesus was about twelve years old. His death at that time has been the traditional surmise, and such a chronology has implications for understanding Jesus' relationships with his siblings. On the Helvidian view, Mary must have given birth to at least seven children in twelve years (Jesus, his brothers, and two or more sisters).
Assuming that not every child she gave birth to survived infancy, more than seven labors would be required during that period, all this within a culture that confined women after childbirth and prohibited intercourse with a woman with a flow of blood, and despite the acknowledged prophylactic effect of lactation and Joseph's age.
Although the consideration of a likely rate of fertility provides some support to the Epiphanian theory, in its unadulterated form it strains credulity in its own way. A widower with at least six children already in tow is not perhaps the best candidate for marriage with a young bride. A modified form of the theory (a hybrid with Helvidius' suggestion) would make James and Joses the products of Joseph's previous marriage, and Jesus, Simon and Judah the sons of Joseph with Mary.
The latter three sons have names notably associated with a zealous regard for the honor of Israel, and may reflect the taste of a common mother. Absent their names, or even a count of how many were involved, no such assignment of marriages can be attempted for Jesus' sisters.
On the Helvidian view, James was Jesus' younger and full brother, in a family quickly produced whose siblings were close in age. On the Epiphanian view, James was older, and Jesus' half brother, it seems to me that, suitably modified, Epiphanius provides the more plausible finding.
Bruce Chilton on Jesus' brother James
Are there any historical facts to back up James as the brother of Jesus?
I'd reply, but I shouldn't be FReeping from work. :)
I just called your boss, and he said its OK to post, -- as long as its for religious purposes..
I routinely pray he doesn't find out.
The Earthly Father: What if Mary wasn't a virgin?
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Lady Mustangs sweep
Lady Mustang Courtney Jones (#10) goes up for a hit as she faces a Brookland defender during Hoxie's senior night on Oct. 14. The Lady Bearcats spoiled Hoxie's last home game as they took home the win, 25-15, 25-13, 25-14.
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The Hoxie Lady Mustangs swept Ridgefield Christian in senior high volleyball, 25-11, 25-14, 25-7 Thursday at Jonesboro.
Kelsey Lewis had 11 kills and a block. Chasity Becker was 26-of-29 from the line, with six aces, seven kills and 10 assists. Courtney Jones had four kills, four digs and two blocks. Shayla Coats was 11-of-11 from the line, with four aces and had three digs. Erika Manis was 8-of-8 from the line, with four aces and a dig. Brianna Liscomb had two kills and a dig. Kassie Teel had three kills and a dig, and Amanda Whaley had five kills, nine assists and a dig.
Hoxie edged Ridgefield Christian in the junior high match 25-22, 26-24.
Maddison Woodard was 6-of-7 from the service line, with two aces and had two kills. Emily Freer was 6-of-6 from the line, with an ace and had three digs and a kill. Sarah Manis was 7-of-7 from the service line and had eight assists. Courtney Sears was 7-of-8 from the line, with two aces. Alyssa Coggins had two aces and seven kills, and Hali Pratt had two kills.
October 14 was Senior Night at Hoxie, when the Lady Mustangs hosted the Brookland Lady Bearcats. Four seniors who had played volleyball since the seventh grade were honored. The honorees were Whitney Bennett, Kelsey Dobbs, Erin Strong and Elizabeth Whaley.
Brookland won the senior high match 25-15, 25-13, 25-14.
Jones had three digs, six kills and five blocks. Erika Manis and Dobbs each had six digs, and Lewis had three kills.
The Hoxie junior high team won the first game against Brookland, 25-23, but dropped the next two 25-16, 25-17.
Sarah Manis was 11-of-11 from the service line, with two digs and 10 assists. Freer had six digs and a kill. Coggins had five digs and nine kills, and Sears had six digs and a kill.
The senior Lady Mustangs lost at Harrisburg 20-25, 15-25, 17-25 on Oct. 13.
Becker had 10 assists and three kills. Devine Wilson had two kills and six assists. Karina Mashburn had three digs. Jones had six digs and four kills. Coats had nine digs. Erika Manis had three digs, and Lewis had seven kills.
The Hoxie junior high team earned a win over the junior Lady Hornets 25-20, 25-21.
Coggins had three digs and seven kills. Pratt had three digs, three kills and four assists. Freer had two digs, and Sears had four. Sarah Manis had five assists.
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International Association of Ports and Harbors convenes in LA
The biennial conference will bring together nearly 500 attendees, including executives and officials representing more than 200 ports and businesses throughout the global port and maritime industry.
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The Port of Los Angeles is gearing up to host the largest-ever global gathering of port authorities, convening in downtown Los Angeles next week for the International Association of Ports and Harbors' (IAPH) 28th World Ports Conference.
The biennial conference will bring together nearly 500 attendees, including executives and officials representing more than 200 ports and businesses throughout the global port and maritime industry.
"Los Angeles will be the stage for ports worldwide to convene, share best practices, advance our industry agenda and learn about the latest trends and issues facing our industry," said Port of Los Angeles Executive Director and 2011-2013 IAPH President, Geraldine Knatz, Ph.D. "I'm especially pleased that this is the first IAPH conference for almost half of our registered delegates and the conference program reflects the breadth and depth of IAPH as the voice of the global ports community."
The week-long event will be a homecoming of sorts for Tokyo-headquartered IAPH, as Los Angeles in 1955 hosted the original meeting of 34 ports from 14 countries that led to the creation of IAPH. Today the organization has nearly 200 member ports from 90 countries. IAPH member ports handle more than 60 percent of the world's sea-borne trade and nearly 80 percent of the world's containerized cargo.
Among the influential delegates are 88 port directors or board presidents from Asia, Europe, Africa, the Mideast, Australia and the Americas. The delegates will be attending sessions and discussing policy positions on issues that range from combatting maritime piracy and strengthening passenger safety protocols, to setting safety regulations for how ports handle liquefied natural gas (LNG) as both a cargo and a fuel for vessels.
Emanating from the Port Economic & Finance Committee established in 2012, one 90-minute session moderated by Goldman Sachs Investment Banking Chairman Kathleen Brown will feature ports from around the world discussing the latest trends in topics that include development of financing sources, port property valuation, alternative project financing, risk management/assessment and bottom-line investment assessment criteria.
Speakers include Richard Phillips, the captain of the hijacked Maersk Alabama containership who was taken hostage by Somali pirates in 2009, and Capt. Don Walsh, a renowned Arctic explorer and oceanographer. Click here for the complete agenda.
The 28th World Ports Conference starts Monday with committee meetings, officially opens and runs Tuesday through Thursday, and concludes Friday with a tour of the Port of Los Angeles, the nation's busiest container terminal. All other sessions will be located at the JW Marriott at LA LIVE in downtown Los Angeles. Hundreds of foreign delegates have arrived early and plan to stay after the conference to visit the Los Angeles region.
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Canned Beer Week 2: Ashland Amber
Last year I reviewed two beers from Ashland, Oregon's Caldera Brewing for Canned Beer Week: their Pale Ale and their IPA. I liked both very much—both excellent examples of just how good beer can be from a can—and as Caldera had since released a third canned beer, Ashland Amber, it was a no-brainer to review it this second time around.
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Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied with a sticky, thick presence on the tongue, finishes bitter-ish.
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Tony Kushner has some fightin' words for the congressman who accused him and Steven Spielberg of fudging certain facts in their Oscar-nominated Lincoln.
In an open letter published in Friday's Wall Street Journal, the acclaimed playwright fired back at Connecticut Rep. Joe Courtney, defending his artistic right as the film's screenwriter to change certain details about how President Abraham Lincoln was able to push through the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, saying it was necessary for drama's sake.
Courtney had pointed out that the film erred by portraying legislators from his state as having voted against the 1865 Amendment when in actuality all four members of the Connecticut delegation supported it. He also called on the filmmakers to correct the discrepancies before it's released to DVD, but Kushner wasn't having it.
"We changed two of the delegation's votes, and we made up new names for the men casting those votes, so as not to ascribe any actions to actual persons who didn't perform them," wrote Kushner. "These alterations were made to clarify to the audience the historical reality that the Thirteenth Amendment passed by a very narrow margin that wasn't determined until the end of the vote. The closeness of that vote and the means by which it came about was the story we wanted to tell. In making changes to the voting sequence, we adhered to the time-honored and completely legitimate standards for the creation of historical drama, which is what Lincoln is."
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of Angels in America added cheekily, "I hope nobody is shocked to learn that I also made up dialogue and imagined encounters and invented characters."
Kushner went on to express pride in the movie's faithfulness to the historical record in spite of such inventions, noting the praise Lincoln's received from many Lincoln scholars. He also took issue with Courtney's suggestion that Connecticut backed abolition wholesale, citing a Civil War historian who noted that the state was indeed split on the issue.
But according to the Munich scribe, the point was to engage the audience and draw them into the subject. He then suggested that the congressman's intentions were less about correcting the historical record than scoring a little publicity for himself among his constituents.
"I'm sorry if anyone in Connecticut felt insulted by these 15 seconds of the movie, although issuing a Congressional press release startlingly headlined 'Before the Oscars…' seems a rather flamboyant way to make that known," concluded Kushner. "I'm deeply heartened that the vast majority of moviegoers seem to have understood that this is a dramatic film and not an attack on their home state."
For the full text of the letter, click here.
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May 22, 2013 at 12:22 a.m.
Koch Industries Inc., owner of Invista, donated $1 million to support relief efforts in Oklahoma following the tornadoes that devastated the cities of Moore and Shawnee and affected other areas of the state this week.
Half of that amount will go to the OK Strong Disaster Relief Fund established by Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin in coordination with the United Way of Central Oklahoma, according to an Invista news release. The other half will go to the American Red Cross and The Salvation Army to help affected families with their most urgent needs, including housing, transportation, clothing and more.
Georgia-Pacific, another Koch company, also donated six truckloads of products from its Muskogee, Okla.; Fort Smith, Ark.; and Naheola, Ala., facilities, including bath tissue, paper towels, cups, plates and napkins.
"Koch has deep roots in Oklahoma, and we want the communities of Moore, Shawnee and others throughout the state to know we stand with them and pray for them as they begin the difficult process of rebuilding their lives," Dave Robertson, Koch Industries' president and chief operating officer, said in the release.
Several Koch companies have a presence in Oklahoma, including Georgia-Pacific, Koch Nitrogen Co. and John Zink Hamworthy Combustion, with a combined total of nearly 2,000 employees.
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Posted by NCWayne on July 23, 2012 at 21:51:23 from (188.8.131.52):
In Reply to: hitachi 120-3 hydraulic problem, need shop manual posted by wilko on July 23, 2012 at 21:30:54:
Like Problem? said, tell us your problem. I've worked on the Hitachi's a little bit, and for that one they are basically the same as a similar sized Deere, which I have also done a bit of work on. Right now I've got a manual for an EX100-1 on the truck, that belongs to a customer. Even though it's a different machine, often the basic operation and parameters are the same between models of similar sizes.
So, what's the problem? Hopefully me or somebody else on here might be able to help out even without a manual because they are all but impossible to find except through the dealership. I looked for nearly 6 months for one for my customers EX100, right after he got it, but I finally gave up after finding nothing and he got one from the Dealership. Believe it or not it wasn't that expensive, especially compared to the factory manuals for many of the other brands.
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Emirates throttles up for more flights
EMIRATES Airline is increasing efforts for more flights to Australia. Its president Tim Clark and other executives will meet federal Transport Minister Warren Truss later this month to push for more flights.
Emirates wants the extra flights after reaching its cap of 49 a week, established at the last round of aviation talks in 2004.
"We're turning away cargo, exports and passengers at the moment; we are so full and busy," an Emirates spokesman said.
The carrier wants 112 flights a week out of Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane over the next 10 years to cater for expected increased trade with the Middle East and more tourists.
A spokeswoman for Mr Truss said: "Any air services negotiations will be undertaken with a view to the broad national interest."
The spokeswoman said Emirates had an advantage in the international market over Qantas, which has opposed the expansion of carriers such as Emirates and Singapore Airlines in Australia. Government figures show that domestic airlines have lost a quarter of their international travel share to the overseas carriers.
Qantas does not believe the UAE Government can reciprocate any flight increases. Qantas can only make a set number of flights a week into Britain, a key market where Emirates has a bigger share.
"The issue is about reciprocity and the Dubai Government can't offer reciprocity because they can't allocate flights into the UK for us," Qantas' chief financial officer Peter Gregg said.
"They can offer us flights to Dubai but they're useless. If you can't go out of Dubai, what's the benefit?"
Qantas fears Emirates would soak up traffic to Australia from Britain if granted extra flights.
An Emirates spokesman said the carrier wanted to "grow the pie" of the Australian aviation market by linking Australia with its many global destinations.
It also wanted increased capacity for exports to the Middle East.
The UAE is Australia's second-biggest trading partner in the Middle East and is experiencing an investment boom because of high oil prices.
Emirates transports a range of products to Dubai, including strawberries, fresh flowers and crayfish.
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Monday, October 25, 2010
Fire and Ice
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I've tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
by Robert Frost
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I love the glow of the flame.ReplyDelete
Beautiful pairing of poem to photo.ReplyDelete
To me it sounds a bit like choosing heaven or hell - I'm an atheist, and try to work positive for the world and people on earth. The only judge is me, and looking in the mirror day after day my hope is, an older face gives more and more wisdom :)ReplyDelete
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By: Aman Reaka
Welcome to my yearly Pre-season college baseball top 99 (draft eligible) players. (PART 1) This list is not meant to be a prediction of draft position, although in some sense it wont be too far off. My list is more about who I think will have more success at the next level. This is not a science. It is purely my opinion after watching video, talking to scouts and scouting some of the players personally. This is the pre-season list which in all honesty shouldn't really even be attempted. A chunk of these players won't even be in the story by years end and many others will need to be included. This list is purely a vehicle to make you aware of what the college landscape and the MLB draft might look like. I will do this all over again after the college season is over. Questions and comments can be commented on below and you can also find me on Twitter @bkmhoxx.
50. James McCann Arkansas – C
51. Matt Jensen Cal Poly – INF/2B/RHP
52. Riccio Torrez Arizona St. – INF/3B/1B
53. Burch Smith Oklahoma – RHP
54. Tyler Anderson Oregon – LHP
55. Carson Smith Texas St. – RHP
56. Nick Maronde Florida – LHP
57. Pratt Maynard NC St. – C
58. Kyle Winkler TCU – RHP
59. Matt Skole Georgia Tech – OF/3B
60. Navery Moore Vanderbilt – LHP
61. Sam Stafford Texas – LHP
62. Jett Bandy Arizona – C/OF
63. B.A. Vollmuth Southern Miss. – SS
64. Tyler Pill Fullerton – RHP/OF
65. Sean Gilmartin Florida St. – LHP
66. Taylor Dugas Alabama – OF
67. Dusty Robinson Fresno St. – OF
68. Daniel Bowman Coastal Carolina – OF
69. Aaron Westlake Vanderbilt – 1B
70. Nick Ramirez Fullerton – 1B/RHP
71. Cecil Tanner Georgia – RHP
72. Martin Viramontes Loyola Marymount – RHP
73. Kyle Simon Arizona – RHP
74. Bobby Crocker Cal Poly – OF


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The Utah State Energy Program is administering over $2.3 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) rebate funds for the Cash for Appliances Utah Program. Qualified products include clothes washers, room air conditioners, gas furnaces, gas storage water heaters and gas tankless water heaters.
The program aims to replace over 19,000 inefficient appliances with energy-efficient models and save customers over $469,000 in energy costs. The projected CO2 savings from this program is the equivalent of taking 657 cars off the road or planting over 88,000 trees.
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- June 10, 2012 at 9:10 pm
Is there a rebate for replacing current gas hot water heater with a tankless gas hot water heater.
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Hey I have a washer and dryer I'd like to turn in, what do I need to do to make it happen? Thanks
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I just bought a new high efficiency washer, how can I summit for a rebate
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I thank Senator Blunt. I did not get to hear all of Senator Inhofe's comments, but as an Oklahoman I think we couldn't have a finer company or a finer corporate citizen than the Green family, in terms of their chains of stores around the country and what they have done. The reason they are successful is because they actually care, nurture, and support every one of their employees.
They work on principles that they truly believe in, and it has really been the key to their success. They are never open on the sabbath. They believe in paying somebody a livable wage. They are big in the community. As a matter of fact, they are one of the largest contributors to organizations that are funded in the charitable realm. They go down deep to actually help people. They come with pure motives.
The Senator from Missouri mentioned what Thomas Jefferson said in 1809:
No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of civil authority.
I want you to listen to that for a minute. Jefferson, one of the authors of the rules of the Senate, one of the key Framers of the very Constitution that we live under, recognized that it is most important to protect this conscience of the Green family to do what they think, according to their faith, is the right thing to do.
My colleague referenced the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Why was that necessary? Because we saw civil government starting to impede into an arena that Thomas Jefferson warned about. That is why it was passed, that is why it was signed, and that is why it is the law of the land. This is going to be a seminal case, and it has nothing to do with birth control. Hobby Lobby pays for birth control. It always has and always will. It has to do with can we allow the civil government to impede to such a level, as my colleague from Missouri said, that the government can now tell you what your values are, what you have to think, and how you have to act, on the basis of what the government says your values are.
As an obstetrician who has delivered more than 4,000 children, as somebody who has cared for every complication of pregnancy, as somebody who believes in the value of newly created human life, all the Greens are saying is: We really shouldn't have to pay our money to abort a baby when we find it unconscionable to take innocent human life. It doesn't mean that people that work for them cannot get an abortion. It just says they don't want to violate their own conscience by supplying it.
The other issue that ought to be evident to everybody is that plan B is over the counter. It is not even part of your health care. You can go buy it. As a matter of fact, there is not even an age limit on it now. A 12-year-old can go buy it over the counter. So it is not about limiting abortion; it is about the conscience of a very successful company. The reason they are successful is they follow the teachings of their faith. Now we have government in a position where they are going to tell them what their faith is.
Let me reiterate what Jefferson said:
No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of civil authority.
These are deeply felt and held beliefs based on their faith.
The other side of this is we see their deeply held beliefs and how they have rescued universities, how they have come to the aid of food pantries, how they have actually been active in the community. Everywhere they are involved they are out following the same deeply held beliefs of helping the poor and indigent, giving people an opportunity through a college education that they never would have had, giving people a day of rest.
Their stores are not open late. Their employees get to go home. They could sell more products if they were open later. They could sell more product if they were open on Sunday. They choose not to because they think the principles under which they operate their business based on their faith have created an environment which allows everybody who works for them to succeed. If you go through their businesses, if you go through their warehouses, and if you go to their stores, what you see is a smile on almost everybody's face. Why? Because people enjoy working there, because they are treated as human beings. They are lifted up. They are given opportunity. They are given the very things that we all want for our neighbors and for ourselves.
My hope is that the Constitution will be looked at as the Supreme Court considers this case and that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act will be looked at as the Supreme Court considers this case.
The Affordable Care Act is not affordable; it is unaffordable. For Americans it has a $2 trillion cost over the next 10 years. It is a disaster in terms of how it has been implemented. It is going to be a disaster in terms of quality care and delayed care because of the increased deductibles that almost everybody is facing. We shouldn't let it be a disaster in terms of destroying businesses.
We ought to embrace this family and their business for what they have done. They have taken advantage of the American enterprise system in a way that has built tremendous success, that has benefited not just the Green family but hundreds of thousands of people through their generosity, and their capability to empower people to get ahead.
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|Response to Opposition
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|Letter 06-22-2004
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Docket No. 03-031-I
In re: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont
Findings, Conclusions and Order
l. The Commissioner of the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration ("the Department") issues the following Findings, Conclusions and Order on pending motions after fully considering all of the record in this docketed matter, including the pleadings and other records filed by the Company, and the pleadings and other records filed by the Insurance Division of the Department ("the Division"). In making these determinations, the Commissioner relies on the undisputed facts alleged by the parties. Any disputed issues of fact, and any contested matters of law that rely upon disputed issues of fact will need to be resolved, if necessary, after notice and an opportunity to be heard in an administrative hearing conducted pursuant to the Vermont Administrative Procedure Act and the Department's Regulation I-82-1.
2. On May 20, 2003 Commissioner John P. Crowley ("Commissioner") of the Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration ("Department") issued an Order Adopting the Report of Examination ("Examination Order"). The Examination Order related to a market conduct examination of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Vermont ("the Company") for calendar years 2000 and 2001 concerning the Company's failure to make timely payment of claims to subscribers and health care providers as required by 8 V.S.A.§ 9418. (Examination Order ¶ 3) The market conduct examination was conducted pursuant to Title 8, Vermont Statutes Annotated, Chapter 101, Subchapter 7.
3. The Examination Order specifically provided that:
a. The Company shall pay interest on past due penalties imposed as a result of the Company's untimely payment of claims no later than October 1, 2003. (Examination Order ¶ 25)
b. The Company shall start making interest payments contemporaneously with the payment of claims no later than October I, 2003, or reach an alternative compliance agreement with the Department. (Examination Order ¶ 27)
c. The Company shall provide quarterly compliance reports to the Department beginning on October 1, 2003. (Examination Order ¶ 28)
d. A penalty of $10,000 was imposed. (Examination Order ¶ 30) The penalty was characterized as "minimal", due to the improvements made by the Company in its claims processing, and the unique role of the Company in Vermont's health insurance market. (Examination Order ¶ 19)
4. The Examination Order became a final decision of the Department when the Company declined its opportunity to appeal the Examination Order within 30 days of its issuance. (Company's Motion for Stay Pending Appeal ¶ 3)
5. On November 13, 2003 the Commissioner issued an Order Amending Order Adopting Report of Examination ("Amending Order"). The Amending Order found, inter alia, that the Company failed to comply with the Examination Order, in that:
a. The Company failed to pay interest on past due penalty payments by October 1, 2003, as required by Paragraph 25 of the Examination Order. (Amending Order ¶ 1)
b. The Company did not start making interest penalty payments contemporaneously with the payment of claims by October 1, 2003, nor in the alternative did the Company reach an agreement with the Department by October 1, 2003 as to when it would begin to comply with the Company's contemporaneous payment obligation, as required by Paragraph 27 of the Examination Order. (Amending Order ¶ 4)
c. The Company did not provide claims monitoring reports in the format prescribed by the Department, the first of which was to be filed by October 1, 2003, as required by Paragraph 28 of the Examination Order. (Amending Order ¶ 3)
6. The Amending Order proposed to amend the Examination Order as follows:
a. Paragraph 28 of the Examination Order was deleted. Instead, the Department determined that it would conduct a follow-up market conduct examination within 12 to 24 months of the Amending Order. (Amending Order ¶ 5)
b. A new Paragraph 3 I was added, requiring the Company inter alia to provide the Department with a Compliance Plan within 60 days of the date of the Amending Order. (Amending Order ¶ 6)
c. A new Paragraph 32 was added, reaffirming the Company's obligation under Paragraph 25 of the Examination Order to pay interest on past due penalties, and requiring the Company inter alia to explain why interest on penalty payments were not made, and to provide the Department with a detailed list of all payments made pursuant to Paragraph 25 of the Examination Order. (Amending Order ¶ 7)
d. The Company was ordered to pay an additional $20,000 administrative penalty. (Amending Order ¶ 8)
7. The Amending Order provided the Company with an opportunity to contest the findings, conclusions and other terms of the Amending Order, and to contest the proposed fine, in an administrative hearing held in accordance with the Vermont Administrative Procedure Act and the Department's Regulation I-82-l. (Amending Order, final paragraph)
8. The Company did not appeal the Amending Order, but instead on December I, 2003, the Company filed with the Commissioner a Motion to Modify the Commissioner's Order Amending an Order Adopting the Report of Examination ("Motion to Modify"), a Motion for Stay Pending Appeal, and a Motion to Extend Time for Appeal of Order.
9. On December 11, 2003 the Division filed its Opposition to Motion for Stay Pending Appeal and Motion to Extend Time for Appeal of Order, and Opposition to Motion to Modify the Amending Order ("Opposition").
10. On December 29, 2003 the Company filed its Response to the Division's filings.
11. On June 7, 2004 the Commissioner issued a Show Cause Order notifying the Company of the Commissioner's proposed decision on the Company's motions, and providing to the Company an opportunity to be heard before issuing his decision. The Company waived its opportunity to be heard orally before the Commissioner, and instead on June 22, 2004 filed a written response to the Show Cause Order.
Conclusions of Law:
12. The Company's Motions request the Department to:
a. Stay execution of its obligation to pay the $20,000 administrative penalty.
b. Extend the time for the Company to appeal the Amending Order by the amount of time the Department requires to consider and decide on the Company's Motion to Modify.
c. Modify the Amending Order by deleting Paragraph 8, which imposes a $20,000 penalty on the Company.
13. The Division does not object to the Company's request to stay execution of the $20,000 administrative penalty pending appeal, and does not object to an extension of time for the Company to file its appeal after the Commissioner rules on the Motion to Modify. The Division requests that the extension of time to appeal should be limited to 10 days. Pursuant to the terms of the Amending Order the Company had 30 days from the date of the Amending Order (November 13, 2003) to appeal the decision. The Company's Motions were filed on December 1, 2003. Thirteen (13) days following the issuance of this Order is a reasonable extension of time within which to permit the Company to appeal those portions of the Amending Order, specifically the $20,000 penalty, which are contested by the Company.1
14. The Company in essence suggests two reason why its Motion to Modify should be granted, and the $20,000 administrative penalty should be withdrawn: First, the facts do not demonstrate contumacious or otherwise unlawful conduct during the time period between the Examination Order and the Amending Order on the part of the Company such that a new penalty is warranted; and Second, the law does not permit the imposing of an administrative penalty without notice and an opportunity to he heard.
15. Concerning the factual matters alleged by the Company in support of its Motion to Modify, the Company states that during the period of time before the Amending Order issued, the Company was working with the Department to provide evidence that it had "adequately addressed" the issues of timely payment of claims, the Company was working together with the Department to resolve technical issues and to complete its payments, and the Company is in full compliance with the Examination Order's requirements with respect to interest payments. (Motion to Modify ¶ ¶ 7-8)2
16. The Division in its Opposition observes that the Company does not appear to dispute that it violated Paragraph 25 of the Examination Order relating to the payment of interest on past due penalties by October 1, 2003, and that the Company does not appear to dispute that it is in violation of Paragraph 28 of the Examination Order relating to compliance reports. The Division disputes the Company's assertions that it is in full compliance with Paragraph 27 of the Examination Order relating to the contemporaneous payment of interest with the payment of penalties incurred as a result of untimely payment of claims.
17. The Commissioner has no authority to resolve these disputed factual matters without a formal administrative hearing, at which time the parties will have the opportunity to demonstrate whether or not the Company is or is not in compliance with the Examination Order, whether or not the facts warrant the imposing of an administrative penalty, whether any aggravating or mitigating circumstances should be considered, and any other relevant matter.
18. The Company's second argument in support of its Motion to Modify asserts that the Commissioner has no legal authority to impose an administrative penalty without notice and an opportunity to be heard. The Commissioner agrees with the Company's statement of the law, but the Commissioner concludes that the process provided in this matter is in full compliance with the due process rights of the Company. The Amending Order did not impose a penalty without the due process procedures required by the Department's Regulation 1-82-1, the Vermont Administrative Procedure Act, and the Vermont and federal constitutions, because the Company has always had a thorough opportunity to contest the findings and the proposed terms of the Amending Order as they relate to the proposed $20,000 penalty if it files a timely appeal. Furthermore, the Company has been provided with notice and an opportunity to be heard before the Commissioner's decision on the Company's motions.
19. The Company has not appealed, requested modification, or otherwise contested any provision of the Amending Order other than Paragraph 8 of the Amending Order. Consequently, the Commissioner concludes that Paragraph's 5, 6, and 7 of the Amending Order must take effect in accordance with their terms upon issuance of this Order. If the Company intends to appeal Paragraph's 5, 6, and 7 of the Amending Order, it must request permission from the Commissioner to appeal these provisions of the Amending Order, and if permission is granted the Company must file a notice of appeal as to these provisions within 13 days of the issuance of this Order.
Wherefore, it is hereby Ordered that:
A. The Company's Motion for Stay Pending Appeal is granted as follows: the Company is not obligated to pay the $20,000 administrative penalty until 23 days following the issuance of this order if the Company does not make a timely administrative appeal of the Amending Order, or until 10 days following a final decision at the conclusion of the administrative appeal if the Company makes a timely appeal of the Amending Order.
B. Paragraphs 5, 6, and 7 of the Amending Order shall take effect in accordance with their terms upon issuance of this Order, except that the Company shall have an additional 15 days to propose to the Department its Compliance Plan in accordance with Paragraph 6 of the Amending Order, if such Compliance Plan has not already been proposed, and the Company shall have an additional 10 days to provide the written explanation of noncompliance and verifiable list of payments in accordance with Paragraph 7 of the Amending Order, if such documents have not already been provided.
C. The Company's Motion to Extend Time for Appeal is granted as follows: the Company shall have 13 days from the issuance of this Order to appeal the administrative penalty imposed by the Amending Order.
D. The Company's Motion to Modify is denied. If a timely appeal of the Amending Order is filed, the administrative hearing procedures established in Department Regulation I-82-1 shall apply.
1 The Company's request for a stay of execution of the penalty is addressed in Paragraph 17, below, and by Paragraph A of this Order.
2 The Company also complains that the Department violated the Vermont Rules of Professional Conduct No. 4.2 by hand-delivery of the Amending Order to officials at the Company, instead of communicating directly with the Company's attorneys. The Commissioner observes from the pleadings filed by the Company and the Division that before the issuance of the Amending Order, communications between the two parties took place frequently between non-lawyer representatives of each party, apparently without objection by either party. In any event, the Company does not appear to be making an argument that a violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct, if a violation occurred, warrants modifying the Amending Order, or invalidates the administrative penalty. If the Company intends to make such an argument, the Commissioner concludes that it is without legal merit.


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Plenty of people enjoy Win8 on a day-to-day basis, on a desktop, even if at first they scratched their head about the location of the shutdown/restart options. These people aren't all paid money by Microsoft ; acknowledge that, and we can have a discussion.
I'm sure that's true. That said, I wonder how many of those people who enjoy Windows 8 are office workers. It's as if Microsoft decided that they're going to solely focus on the consumer market and businesses are a "lost cause" because they've had a hard enough time convincing those folks to migrate away from XP, let alone Windows 7.
So here's this shiney new thing designed for consuming content on tables and phones, but you desktop people who create content? You're a shrinking profit center for us and we're not going to spend any significant effort on you -- we're just going to phone it in and give you a "desktop app" to work in. Don't like it? Then use an older version of the operating system and/or eat your vegetables and shut up about it already.


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If you were to glance at the National League standings this Labor Day weekend, your first thought might have been "why am I a Mets fan?' But if you looked closely, and have still been following the team, the answer is quite apparent. The Mets, a team that most saw as the worst in league, is sitting in third place in one of baseball's toughest divisions.
The Mets are also very close to finishing the 2010 campaign at or better than .500. Big deal, you may say, but consider this – of the 16 teams in the National League, as of Labor Day only six are at .500 or better! Strange as it may sound if the Mets finish at .500 or better they would have finished in the top half of the division. Then, come 2012, anything goes.
3 Up:
1) Santana, Davis, Wright, Young, Reyes, Murphy: Not even scratching the surface of Mets who missed significant time due to injury. You have to think, at least half these guys will be healthy and have a major impact on the 2012 Mets (oh yes, Reyes will be back). On the pitching side alone, a rotation featuring Santana & Young should guarantee the Mets at least six additional wins. David Wright for 150 games and Davis for 150 games should give the Mets six more wins. It puts the Mets on target for 93 wins!
2) Never Say Die Mets: Under Terry Collins, the 2011 Mets have become the Never Say Die Mets. This is no longer a team that you see mail it in every night, the way they did under both Willie & Jerry. This is a team that honestly believes they have a chance to win each and every night. 2011 was a chance for the Mets to mesh and grow as a team, in 2012 the expectations will be much higher, and so long as Terry can have these guys believing in themselves, the Mets will be fine.
3) Give Sandy A Chance: GM Sandy Alderson had a mess to clean up in 2011. The offseason should prove to be very interesting as Sandy adds pieces to the team. Tops on the list needs to be a closer. If Sandy can add a few more small pieces, in 2012 the post season is possible.
3 Down:
1) A Very Tough NL East: In the introduction I mentioned the Mets are playing in one baseball's toughest divisions. Over the the few years the Phillies have been great. The Braves are a perennial powerhouse. But in 2012, expect Washington to be better, as there young pitchers mature, and expect Florida to be in the mix, after they re-brand themselves as the Miami Marlins. Unlike the AL East, the National League could have five legitimate contenders next season.
2) The Ownership Mess: I've given up following this saga of the Wilpons and Bernie Madoff. I have a real tough time getting my brain around the dollars they are fighting over. For now, I'm going to assume the Wilpons aren't going anywhere, and the Mets will succeed in spite of them.
3) Disgruntled Fans: Met fans, we need to stay the course. I know if you're reading this entry, you haven't jumped ship. Tell your friends, family and anyone else who will listen, good things are on the horizon at Citi Field!


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This is not what I wanted to hear.
I don't mean Mark McGwire's admission that he used PEDs itself.I did in fact want to hear that, no matter how belated, because the discussion needs to move on from side-by-side pictures of Barry Bonds's head in 1990 and 2000 — move on, specifically, to how we can put the statistics of the steroid era properly into context.The denial and the denials have gone on long enough.It happened.Players took performance-enhancing drugs.I don't like it any better than the next fan, but it's time to stop clutching our pearls and start running realistic numbers that will help us understand the performances we saw, enhanced or not.
The confession itself, then, the fact that it was made at last, I welcome, because air-quoting the word "allegedly" and shoehorning it into every conversation about McGwire had become absurd.
But I did not want to hear excuses about McGwire's injuries.I did not want to hear a recitative of the many McGwire home runs dating back to Legion ball, of which people still speak in awed tones.I did not want to hear about his maturation as an educated hitter.I did not want to hear an unprovable assertion that McGwire wanted to come clean five years ago, but let his attorneys talk him out of it.
"I took steroids.I had my reasons for doing so, but these reasons are not excuses, and in retrospect, they do not seem worthwhile.If I had it to do again, I'd make different choices.I apologize to [insert laundry list here], and I take full responsibility for my actions, including the decision not to tell the truth until now."
That is what I wanted to hear.
Watching Hot Stove last night, watching McGwire face Costas, I felt for the guy, because make no mistake — he's getting punished.He had to call his dad and tell him that he'd cheated and then lied about it.He had to call his kid and tell him that; he had to call the Maris family and tell them that; he had to sit, some more, with knowing that it was true. I get the impression that the prospect of this gauntlet is a large part of why McGwire dissembled for so long, that he would have to relinquish the rights to his family's pride; it's an appropriate consequence, but a grown man gritting his teeth and telling his father that he fucked up big-time is a painful spectacle.I have compassion for McGwire.
But I feel equal or greater amounts of impatience.I don't mind the idea of McGwire in the Hall of Fame, if his statistics support it, because whatever I think about it now, that home-run race in '98…have you ever seen footage of Secretariat in the '73 Belmont?You don't get quite the full effect on YouTube, but as Secretariat starts to open up that legendary lead on Sham, and as the camera struggles to keep any other horse even in the frame with Secretariat, and as the announcer is counting off the lead, stunned, "Twelve lengths — thirteen, fourteen lengths," you feel overcome by the achievement.It's just a thrill to see, to witness it, and that's how I remember that home-run race, hearing #62 on the car radio as I drove down the Major Deegan and honking and laughing out loud, and everyone else on the road honking too, happy for ourselves that we got to see it happen in our lifetime.You could argue that that memory is besmirched now; it has a shadow across it for me too, but I had wandered away from baseball somewhat in college, and then the strike happened, and that summer, the McGwire-Sosa chase, reminded me — and a lot of other people — why it is that we care about the sport at all.Josh Hamilton in the Home Run Derby, same feeling.Sometimes it's just fun, and sometimes it's downright dull, but now and then, it's a privilege.
I'd also note that steroids 1) were not banned when McGwire took them, if anyone still cares to split that hair, and 2) will not — cannot — make a Mark McGwire out of a Mark Belanger.The guy could already hit, and I think his contention that he learned plate discipline and mechanics over the course of his career is not incorrect, strictly speaking.
But it's not for McGwire himself, right now, to point those things out, and that he doesn't appear to understand that is annoying.It's not for him to sit there and tell Bob Costas, who was not born yesterday, that he thinks he derived no statistical advantage from his use of PEDs.It's not for him to insult Ken Griffey Jr. by overusing the unclever term "MASH unit" to whine about his injuries.Griffey got hurt a lot too, and if I recall rightly, 15-20 years ago, we talked about him as the best hope to break Maris's record.Hard to pull off when you only play 120 games a year because you broke your leg again and you stuck to Tylenol.Athletes get hurt; don't act like that forgives anything.Don't tell me a grown-up can't instruct his attorneys, who work for him, that he's giving a statement and hoping for the best instead of Fifth-Amendmenting the problem to the satisfaction of no one.And don't tell me about your goddamn Little League home runs.You want to leave things "in the past," start with shit you did at age 8, because the other thing 8-year-olds do is a lot of "but he started it" this and "it was like that when I found it" that.
Like Steve Carlton once said, "Never complain, never explain," and McGwire should have taken a page from the book of a guy who rehabbed by running in a vat of rice.I understand McGwire's position — he's embarrassed and sad, but also a little resentful that he stands to lose his entire legacy, which is also unfair in its way. But he should have confessed, apologized, left his chin open to shots for two weeks, and then said something like, "I regret, among other things, that my use of these substances makes it unclear what my numbers mean.I look forward to working with sabermetricians to find out how we put the numbers in perspective."Yeah, he'll get some blame he doesn't deserve, but he took credit he didn't deserve for some time — and the only way to make that right is to act like an adult and stop lying and spinning.A lot of people take as much issue with McGwire's refusal to tell the truth as they do with the drug use itself, and it adds up to his having no faith in us: either that we wouldn't know he was dissembling for years on end, or that we wouldn't be able put that in perspective with his successes once we found out the truth.Rogers Hornsby was a disgusting pig, but it's still awesome that he hit .424.
"I just wish I was never in that era," as though the era is at fault.I mean, shades of "that woman," no?Not what I wanted to hear; not what's going to help.The discussion is doors-deep in the same mudhole as two days ago, and the only new information we have is that McGwire really really needs to start using sunscreen on his neck.(What is that Candice Bergen nonsense?Did anyone else notice that?)
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PFC CSKA Moskva's Kirill Nababkin is backing defensive colleague Sergei Ignashevich to continue his new-found scoring habit when the Army Men visit FC Porto in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 on Thursday.
The familiar names of Vágner Love, Seydou Doumbia and Tomáš Necid have been conspicuously absent from the scoresheet since the Russian winter break, with only Necid of that trio having registered in six matches. Instead, Ignashevich has come to the fore with four of CSKA's five goals, including both in Sunday's 2-0 Premier-Liga season opening victory over FC Amkar Perm. That double equalled his tally from 28 top-flight outings last term.
Nababkin now hopes the Russia centre-back can strike again at the Estádio do Dragão, where CSKA will attempt to overturn a 1-0 first-leg deficit. "I can only be happy for Sergei, who has been scoring for fun," he told UEFA.com. "I believe he can score again in Portugal, although I want our strikers to get goals too. We are ready to put up a fight. The win against Amkar has given us confidence."
Ignashevich's penalty-box prowess is, unsurprisingly, the talk of the dressing room. "The lads are really happy for me," Ignashevich wrote on his website. "Our [Spanish] physio Paulino Granero now calls me Pichichi, and I have had a funny conversation with my son.
"After the Amkar game he called me to ask who scored. I told him I got a couple but he would not believe me and kept asking until I said that Vágner Love scored both goals. It was only then that he settled down."
CSKA face arguably their most difficult test of this UEFA Europa League campaign against the Portuguese Liga leaders and one of the competition favourites. Nonetheless, belief levels are intact among Leonid Slutski's squad.
"It was a painful defeat in Moscow," right-back Nababkin said of last week's first engagement in which CSKA squandered a host of openings before Fredy Guarín's solitary 70th-minute strike for Porto. "Our finishing let us down. We had a number of chances before and after half-time but wasted them and then conceded ourselves. We should never have lost."
Midfielders Keisuke Honda and Mark González – who has not played since Matchday 5 – are fit, although Doumbia is a doubt having sustained an injury last Thursday. Defenders Chidi Odiah, Viktor Vasin and winger Aleksandrs Cauņa did not travel to Portugal. Slutski's options were reduced further when his key defensive midfield player, Pavel Mamaev, tore a hamstring during training on the eve of the match. The 22-year-old Russian international is expected to miss up to four weeks.
Caution, meanwhile, is the watchword for Porto, whose coach André Villas-Boas is treating the Dragão encounter as if it were the first leg. "We need to tread carefully because if CSKA score first we are back to square one," said Villas-Boas, who is without suspended defender Alvaro Pereira. "We expect an attacking CSKA team as they have come here to win. They have to score."
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Why are Pickles Good for You
Pickling is a method utilized to preserve food stuffs. The food items are placed in diverse liquids such as oil or vinegar to help preservation. Since ancient times, folks have devised various ways to preserve and pickle foods thence that during famines or long winters food is not a problem.
The earliest example of preserving food dates back to the period when the construction of the wonderful Wall of China was going on. The workers thrived on sauerkraut which is a form of fermented cabbage. Pickling of food not only preserves food though besides changes the flavor as well as the taste of the food that is being pickled.
The pickle making process began since the year 2030 BC. The pickles were prepared from cucumbers whose seeds were brought by the people from Northern India to the Tigris valley. From then different experiments were tried to preserve cucumbers. The most recent one that using brine was furthermore invented as well as became unusually famous. Earlier America was renowned for pickles.
It is furthermore believed that sour pickles help in balancing the acid and alkaline content of the human body which destroys the bacteria in the digestive tract. Pickles played a incredibly crucial role in folk medicine.
Pickles are a type of food that is eaten every around the world as well as is exceedingly famous. Pickling is an easy process as well as is besides renowned as corning or brining.
In various parts of the world the same pickle is prepared in various ways. In America as well as United Kingdom pickle is produced utilising cucumbers in vinegar solution. On the other hand in India and other South Asian countries pickle is made utilising fruits such as raw mango, lime etc. in oil as well as salt mixture.
Pickling cucumber is furthermore a common practice in America. The other ingredients are vinegar and spices such as cloves, garlic, mustard or ginger. The brine solution helps preserve food utilising the anaerobic fermentation which results in pickle. A sour taste in developed as a result. Fermentation causes lenghthier life of the pickle.
In India pickles are made as a side dish. numerous fruits as well as vegetables such as limes, raw mango, pumpkins, rose petals, cauliflower, radish, onion etc. Some pickles are besides made utilizing fish as the major ingredient. In India, it is well known as "achar". Oil is utilised for preserving the food and a sort of spices such as cloves, cumin seeds, turmeric, asafetida, salt etc.
The different types of pickles that are eaten whole around the world are as follows:
Gherkin is a pickle produced of cucumber and vinegar. A kosher dill pickle is produced under the supervision of a rabbi which ensures that the non kosher food and utensils do not come in contact with the kosher ones.
A substantial amount of garlic is employed in making these pickles. Polish as well as Swedish style pickles are produced from cucumbers as well as are famous in Europe. Indian pickles consist mainly of pickles produced of lime as well as raw mango.
Other fruits as well as vegetables are furthermore employed. Bread and butter pickles are the sweet pickles and are served with sandwiches or burgers. Pickles are so a world famous recipe as well as are liked by people.