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A federal judge in New Orleans on Tuesday accepted a plea agreement between the US government and BP that calls for the oil giant to admit responsibility for 11 dead oil workers and to pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for its role in the massive 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The company admitted 11 counts of felony manslaughter for the alleged negligence of its officials on the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig.
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Judge Vance told the relatives in court that she had read their "gut-wrenching" submissions and considered their statements before making her decision. She added that she agreed that BP should have issued a personal apology to the families, according to the Associated Press.
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Federal prosecutors and lawyers for BP submitted a 59-page memorandum to Judge Vance urging her to accept the deal.
The company agreed to plead guilty to the 14 federal charges in November. But the agreement was contingent on the judge accepting the agreement and the proposed punishment.
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In pleading guilty, the company acknowledged that BP managers on the oil rig were negligent in failing to properly oversee safety tests to determine oil well pressure. "That negligence was a proximate cause of the deaths of the men," the joint memo says in part.
Two BP supervisors are facing trial on manslaughter charges for their actions on the offshore oil rig prior to the disaster.
Earlier this month, Transocean Deepwater, Inc., which ran the drilling rig, agreed to plead guilty to violating the Clean Water Act. The company agreed to pay $1.4 billion in criminal and civil fines.
The BP plea agreement calls for the company to pay nearly $2.4 billion to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation to fund environmental restoration projects.
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 8:18 am
Post subject: 2nd Board -Litre and style recommendation?
Greetings All
So I learned on a Big Old Olympic mistral 240 litre, then bought a 150ltr Mistral. Which I love, (but in hindsight maybe I should have gone for a 130ltr.) I sail on L.I. Sound where the wind is usually Light.(7.5 and 8.5 most used sails) However I do want a smaller board for the occasional 20+ Days. I went to Cabarete Easter Weekend and sailed alot of boards, and Liked JPs best, Starboards 2nd...Had a hard time on some small F2s. But I must say, I feel like Ill be too frustrated if I go below 100ltr. The first day I struggled on a 125ltr, went back to 130, ended up fairly happy on a 115. (although it was still squirrelly) I weigh 170, can waterstart consistently, quasi planing jibes. For High Winds here it will be Choppy, some Swells. Not real waves Usually Gusty, So what volume and type board should go for? Should I break the 100 litre barrier and struggle? or stay in low 100s? -freeride, freestyle, or super X style? I did really like the XCite Ride...Any Thoughts. Thanks in advance - Pete
btw- Cabarete is watersports paradise
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 12:25 pm
Post subject: RE: 2nd Board -Litre and style recommendation?
I think only you can answer that question. Obviously when the wind really picks up, your present board is too big. Do what I did, get a used board that is uncomfortably small and learn how to use it. Its really practice that makes you good with small boards (on water, not reading someones answer on the internet). When you are comfortable with that size and use it more often, youll probably buy a newer one (and/or get a smaller used board). 100L is still relatively floaty for 170lbs, it sounds like technique and confidence is more of an issue here.
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:02 pm
Post subject: RE: 2nd Board -Litre and style recommendation?
I dont think we can answer that question for you. Besides, I think you answered your own question on size. You are the one sailing it, you need to be comfortable. And for only a couple of days over 20 mph, you may not want to go below 100 liters. Given time, you will be comfortable with a small board. Some things you might want to consider is what sail range you currently have. If you go too small a board, will you have to get new boom, mast and sails? How much are you willing to spend on those occasional 20+ days? If you have the cash, go for it.
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Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:45 pm
Post subject: RE: 2nd Board -Litre and style recommendation?
I weight the same as you. I have two boards now F2 Xantos 145 liter and F2 Axxis 98 liter. When I transitioned from 145 liter to 98 liter, I also struggled . Although I could waterstart with 145 liter easily, I found difficult to waterstart with 98 liter. The board kept flipping when trying to stand up on the board. But it was really practice...persistence and TOW that finally I could overcome this. And it really did not take that long to get used to the smaller board. So based on my experience, I think you can also manage the 98 liter board. But also note that I live in SF bay area that has plenty wind for the 98 liter board so TOW with 98 liter is not an issue for me. I think used board is a better value than buying new especially for your situation.
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 2:33 pm
Post subject: RE: 2nd Board -Litre and style recommendation?
Before you learnt how to up haul a 200L board and to tack it or jibe it you struggled a lot.
Before you got in the straps the first few times you catapulted a lot.
Before getting your first water start, you almost dislocated you shoulder from trying hard.
Why when it came to do the same struggling all over again on smaller board youre asking if you should go for it?
From my point of view, if you stick to your big board and forget about the 20+ youll miss half of your life. Windsurfing is based initially on high wind thats where all the fun and the feel of danger.
If youre afraid of sruggling to get the 100L going i dont see any meaning of you to learn windsurfing period.
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 4:29 pm
Post subject: RE: 2nd Board -Litre and style recommendation?
Please reread his post. Half his days are not 20+ mph. Only a few days are 20+ mph. His average sail size is 7.5 to 8.5. He cant conjure up more wind, so yes, a 100 liter board may be too little.
If he lived in the bay area, Maui or the Gorge, your post might make sence, but not based on his description of the conditions he sails in. And, just because he doesnt live in a high wind venue, you cant tell him to give up windsurfing.
Here is my advice to you. Stop, think, then speak.
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:39 pm
Post subject: RE: 2nd Board -Litre and style recommendation?
I agree with coachg.
The issue here is how many 20+ days a year you can be out on the water. In the NE, there are probably 15-20 days a year in that range, mostly in the spring and fall. Two in seven of them fall on a weekend. So that means youre likely to be riding it a maximum of 6 or 7 times a year on LI sound. Take it somewhere with a more reliable wind generating thermal, and up the number a little. Moreover, youre going to get to ride it a couple of times in the spring, start to get the hang of it, and then have to wait 3 months for your next experience. The smaller you go, the fewer the number of uses a year. I have 4 boards, the smallest of which I typically get to ride 2-4 times a year outside of trips to Hatteras.
So in your situation, Id recommend getting the smallest board that is barely a floater. Somewhere in the 105-110L range. A board this size will carry your 7.5 and comfortably go down to 5.0. Pick something friendly in chop (i.e., kinda soft rails and some bottom V), with an outline that jibes easily - almost on autopilot. No point in making this hard on yourself.
The board I like for this is the Starboard Carve. If you really like the JP, go with what you know. Above all, listen to coachg, and pay no attention to the posts telling you to go small or go home. Get what works for you in your local conditions.
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:40 pm
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Sorry!! Hit the wrong Icon button!! Thats a thumbs up for coachgs advice.
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:56 pm
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Actually I lean towards Shitans point of view, with a different twist.
Even though PSS74 only sees a few high wind days, those are far and away the best days IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT and learn how to use it. Also Coach, try the new 2005 100 liter boards. They are quite wide and plane up really early so they can be used in quite light wind, once you have the skills and confidence. Even in lighter wind they are more fun than a big wide board.
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:03 pm
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My problem with Shitans advice is not that he told PSS74 to get a small board-I told him to get the smaller board if he could afford it- but that he tells PSS74 that he should quit windsurfing unless he gets a smaller board. We are supposed to be encouraging people to sail, not telling them to bug off because they are a little unsure about smaller gear.
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RED Kazimir
Kazimir Watch measures 37mm (1.46″) in diameter and has an 18mm wide black silicone band. The watch measures 9 1/2″ from end to end with 6 ½″ to the closest hole and 8 1/2″ inches from the farthest hole.See the Working Model
RED Kazimir
Design: Denis Guidone (2015) 2016
Red Suprematism Kazimir, the invention of Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was one of the earliest and most radical developments in abstract art. Its name derived from Malevich's belief that Suprematist art would be superior to all the art of the past. It would lead to the "supremacy of pure feeling or perception in the pictorial arts." The movement was heavily influenced by avant-garde poets, and an emerging movement in literary criticism. Malevich derived his interest in flouting the rules of language, in defying reason. He believed that there were only delicate links between words or signs and the objects they denote, and from this he saw the possibilities for a totally abstract art. And just as the poets and literary critics were interested in deconstructing the language of literature, Malevich came to be intrigued by the search for art's barest essentials. It was a radical and experimental project that at times came close to a strange mysticism. Although the Communist authorities later attacked the movement, its influence was pervasive in Russia in the early 1920s. The movement was pivotal in shaping Constructivism, and continues to inspire abstract art to this day.
In his homage to the art movement, designer Denis Guidone's Red Kazimir watch frames bold shapes and colors which continue shift composition with each passing second. The hour is the gray hand, the minute is the black hand and the red second hand disc rotates around the watch every 60 seconds.
Red Kazimir is made of black IPB stainless steel with a black silicone band, and utilizes a high quality Japanese movement. It is considered the perfect unisex-size case measuring 37mm. Right in between our largest 40mm and smallest 33mm unisex sizes. The watch measures 9.5" from end to end; to 6.5″ at the closest hole and 8.5″ inches from the farthest hole.
Also, available is YELLOW and BLUE Kazimir with a gray hour and black minute hands and a black silicone band with an accented yellow loop and now BLUE Kazimir with gray and black minute hands and a black silicone band with an accepted blue loop.
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About Denis Guidone
Denis Guidone, as student of architecture, design and visual communication studied urban planning and architecture in Milan, Italy and Oporto, Portugal. His project process was born under the concept of subtraction, an ideology that follows the unification of opposites through a constant approach on the edge of architecture and visual communication, and at the same time mediated by an expressive intensity that addresses work on the basis of subtraction. Fascinated by the passing of time, Guidone carries out this intense didactic work for several universities and design schools, in Italy and abroad. His many awards and honorable mentions include: Ida international design award in Los Angeles, IDOT Best Italian Design Product, and The Bruno Munari international award.
February 2018 Denis Guidone has been appointed Ambassador of Italian Design and Culture from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Farnesina and "la Triennale di Milano".Show products
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As we count down to December 20th and the State Championship games for Class 1A, I've decided to launch in conjunction a topic called "25 Days of Champions" highlighting one previous state championship team every day from now until the title games in Arlington.
The obvious choice for the first installment is the first ever state championship team…the 1972 O'Brien Bulldogs.
O'Brien fielded solid teams in 1970 and '71, going undefeated in the regular season both years, yet lost in Bi-District each time. Before 1972 the furthest a team could advance in the six-man playoffs were two rounds, as the playoffs ended in what was then called the Regional Championship round.
O'Brien head coach C. H. Underwood's main offensive attack was the Veer offense, a timing-based offense with the threat of a triple option on every play. That, combined with their excellent onside kicking, made it difficult for opponents to game-plan for the Bulldogs.
Remember, this was a time when game film (on 16 or 8mm) was almost non-existent for study by opposing coaches.
The Bulldogs rolled through the regular season and entered the playoffs with a 9-0 record, having only played two full games; a 56-25 win over McCaulley and a 48-12 win over Trent. In the playoffs, they knocked off Ira in the first round (quarter-finals), 76-30. In the Semi-Final game they faced a very tough Marathon team that had won 51 of their last 52 games. The Bulldogs defeated them via the mercy rule in the third quarter by a final score of 78-28.
The first ever six-man state championship game was played in Coleman on Friday December 8th, with a kickoff time of 7:30 pm. An estimated 2,000 fans were in attendance for the inaugural title match. O'Brien faced off with Jarrell which was a much larger team top to bottom than O'Brien was.
To quote Coach Underwood, when asked about the drastic and obvious size difference, "they were so big and we were so small, it made us look like an advertisement for world hunger."
However, Jarrell could not match the Bulldogs speed and had no answer for their Veer offensive attack. O'Brien quarterback Danny Del Hierro rushed for 403 yards and six touchdowns, while running back Louis Conn added two more scores, including the final touchdown, as coach Underwood and the Bulldogs claimed the first ever six-man state championship, 60-14, with 3:48 left in the third quarter.
For more information on the Veer offense you can pick up the book "Six-Man Football", authored by Mr. Underwood himself. The book was first published in 1974 and has been updated and reprinted with great historical info and coaching philosophies. (Editor's Note: I was looking for this book online for someone last week and the cheapest I saw was over $100. If any knows of a secret stash, please post here)
You can find film of the 1972 State game on YouTube
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaPqgC8Njvw&index=54&list=LLkqyrzsyiHH--jODWaklpjA&t=11s
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Sf-JlgpwA
-Six-Man football had 61 schools listed in 8 districts in 1972. Eight-Man football had 30 schools listed in 4 districts in 1972.
-Onside kicks only had to travel 10 yards before the kicking team could attempt to recover it instead of the 15 yards now. The rule change was brought about in part because a few teams like O'Brien, Cherokee and Marathon (who copied O'Brien's style by-and-large) were so good at it the association implemented the rule change.
-The Abilene Reporter News reported the attendance cited.
-The stats used were supplied by Coach Underwood.


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These streams are all the same thing — silicone oil — and they are engaged in a beautiful, yet baffling, display of fluid dynamics. Perhaps if the liquids were like oil and water, this photo would make sense, but these streams are both five-hundred-micrometer-wide streams of silicon oil. Clearly each stream has some internal cohesion, and the same chemical properties. They should be clinging together perfectly, but they aren't.
The reason they stay solidly separate because they're not actually touching. The molecules are separated by a tiny stream of air; the air lubricates their movement, so as they rush past each other, more air rushes in to keep the separation going. As long as they don't actually touch, they don't blend, and we see a group of separate structures rather than a merging liquid.
Image: Navish Wadhwa and Sunghwan Jung; Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
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The saga of Mike Leach, the mad genius football coach continues today in a Texas courtroom, at a hearing of his plea to be reinstated for Saturday's bowl game. This is the latest in a bizarre sequence of events, reminiscent of an 19th century duel.
Most readers know the precipitating events. A player, Adam James was diagnosed with a mild concussion, and in subsequent practices was isolated from the team and treated with, at a bare minimum, a big pinch of disrespect. James' father, ESPN commentator and former SMU star Craig James, complained to the university about the treatment, and subsequently made noise in the media that the issue was the coach failing to act in the interest of his players' safety given Adam's treatment after his concussion.
Here's my somewhat speculative take on the saga. The escalating event occurred when school president Guy Bailey attempted to deal with the issue by getting Leach to sign a letter of apology to James. Leach refused, forcing Bailey to execute his threat, suspending Leach from the bowl game. This is not the outcome Bailey wanted. As a school president, Bailey is a politician, and when he turned into a mediator between a well known TV analyst and his coach, he acted like one. Fairly typical, but in this case it was a big mistake.
Leach turned Bailey's move into a blunder by refusing to cooperate. Why? I think there's another game being played out in the background. Subsequent reports indicate that the coaches (not just Leach) had issues with Adam James, referring to him in one case as "unusually lazy and entitled." Unwelcome interventions from his father had apparently taken place before. So what's going on? James is a redshirt sophomore who doesn't get many touches, apparently a pain in the buttocks and perhaps corrosive to team chemistry (He may even have a "fat little girlfriend" a phrase comment from Leach that is somehow being used to imply he's unfit to coach!)
I think Leach & co. were trying to run him off. The concussion gave Leach the impetus to send Adam James to the proverbial woodshed. But instead of planning to transfer to another school (which will surely be forced by these events anyway), his dad decided to create a stir. Apart from the impetus and the response, the concussion has little to do with the story. This is a story about control of the program in the face of unwelcome intervention by parents and blundering administrators. The president should have anticipated that Leach would not go the apology route when control of the program is on the line.
A similar scenario played out at Clemson in January of 1990. Clemson's most successful football coach, Danny Ford, and the university president got into a tangle over building a dorm for athletes. The president had political capital tied up in an effort to ban these facilities (something that would ultimately take effect), and the coach had raised a few million bucks to build one. Neither would budge, and the feud escalated until first, Coach Ford was fired, and
two four years later, the president. As is happening today in Lubbock, the fans in town were lined up on one side only, in favor of the most successful coach in school history, camping out in front of the President's house.
I've always thought this episode revealed a big flaw in the leadership ability of Clemson's president. Good presidents (and they are rare) can get past the politics and look at the end result. Danny Ford had raised the money for a new building, and the president should have let him build it. Once all-athlete dorms were banned, the president would have captured most of that dorm as the athletes were spread across campus. In turning the issue into an all-or-nothing fight, Coach Ford and the president destroyed a potential asset for the university, and lost their jobs on account of it. The football program stunk for most of the next decade as well. All of the above are in the cards for the duelists in Lubbock.
Update: Leach was fired, minutes before the hearing was to start! Ok, so you are firing a guy for not apologizing, and then for filing a restraining order?!! Omg, this is nuts. Texas Tech is out-Clemsoning Clemson!


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Chinkong And Karina's Single High Up Gets Europopped
Europopped is a Europop blog by an American appreciator of all things Eurozone. The blog recently featured Chinkong and Karina's new single High Up! Check out the review and the D'Lebedev Moscow remix, below.
Everyone wants to get high acros the Atlantic lately. Or at least "high up," as Russia's Chin Kong (seriously that's his rather memorable name) and Karina Koks might say. The pair just debuted their video for "High Up" and it's looking pretty good this morning. As far as I can tell this is new-ish DJ/producer Chin Kong's international coming out party as a solo name of note. I wrote about him last year when he appeared alongside DJ Smash – But now he's raising his profile with a tune (in English) with Karina Koks, another talent from Russia I've touched on, most notably via her association with DJ M.E.G. Together, Chin and Karina have crafted a catchy tune.


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will be able to download a content pack that delivers 10 extraordinary Ferrari cars including the 430 Scuderia and the ultra-rare FXX and F50 GT. Now, Need for Speed SHIFT players will feel the rush of being in the driver's seat, realizing the true driver's experience of being behind the wheel of a Ferrari car.
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In addition to 10 new cars, the Ferrari Racing Series will also extend SHIFT's career mode with 46 new Ferrari specific challenges designed for the Ferrari cars to participate in including hot laps, eliminators, endurance races and a world tour. Completing the perfect Ferrari package are an additional 125 gamerpoints as a reward for undertaking various exciting challenges. All Ferrari cars can also be taken online where players can prove who has the skills to master these high-performance Italian racing machines.
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Skip to comments.Nancy Pelosi: Jobless benefits biggest stimulus for economy evah !
Posted on 07/03/2010 7:49:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Honestly, the big takeaway is not the laughable notion from Nancy Pelosi that jobless benefits provide the biggest possible stimulus to the economy that Congress can create, although that's both ridiculous and provably incorrect. We've been extending stimulus benefits for almost two years; has the economy been stimulated by it, and has it led to an explosion of new jobs? Not according to today's unemployment report, or really any of the previous reports from the past two years. The Right Scoop's clip actually shows what it does stimulate — straw men:
Let's count the straw men:
Maybe we should just start calling it the Straw-Man Stimulus, because that's the only production it seems to incentivize.
That's great news for you Nancy because you'll need a jobless benefit come November.
they have given themselves the best benefits in history of mankind for when they lose.
She knows she can say whatever, no matter how stupid. They will reelect her unto death.
Well, you know, Nan, if we take that argument at face value, then we could get an even better stimulus for the economy if the federal government wasn't raking off the administrative portion of those jobless benefits from the money it took from all of us.
Here's a chance to achieve the ultimate, all time great, stimulus by using a method called "letting the workers keep the money they earn". I promise, if you propose it, I'll even let you take credit for it.
You are so wrong.
A video of her murdering someone in cold blood would merely slightly increase her poll numbers.
How did this mentally retarded woman become Speaker of the House? And they laugh at Gov Palin.
What causes long-term unemployment are welfare payments and unemployment insurance!
Remember that crap she came out with a few months back when she said that artists who wanted to change from their 'real jobs' to their fantasy jobs can see thair way free now to really be big-time useless idiots. Nanny Pelosi will pay for your unemployment and healthcare!
We are being destroyed from within by our own gov't.
How is it possible that the entirety of America can be held hostage to the likes of Princess Pelosi of SF, and Pignose Waxman of LA???
I don't believe that the Founders could ever imagine how much power could be held by one state.
Then there's the issue of the Framers setting up the Senate as the body that represented state's rights. The 17th amendment trashed that check and balance by allowing direct voting for six year terms those Senators who would bring home as much pork as possible, only so they could get reelected.
Repeal the 17th amendment, and restore the Senate as a body elected by state legislators, whom could give any Senator the hook if they voted against their states wishes.
My problem is not so much with this evil/bizarre tyrant.
My main difficulty is with the media, which will never, ever confront Pelosi on this preposterous assertion.
The Demo controlled Congress has made unemployment benefits the new welfare program.
Nancy Pelosi channels Barbara Boxer with an unshakable belief in the Keynesian equivalent of cold fusion or spinning straw into gold.
That buzzing in her head must be getting louder as she ages.
............ so what you're saying Nancy is ,,,,, all the folks currently on unemployment are acounted for as jobs created by the stimulus pkg. So the more people who get laid off the more successful the stimulus is working ,,,, OK now I get it ,,,,, BRILLIANT !!!
That's what I'm afraid of. That old regenerative feedback loop, louder and louder, "The end justifies the means.....THE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS...."
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alter beyond (all) recognition
To change so much or so dramatically as to now be completely unfamiliar or unrecognizable. She had shown me some early drafts, but her final copy was really altered beyond all recognition.
See also: alter, beyond, recognition
change, alter, etc. beyond/out of (all) recogˈnitionchange, etc. such a lot that people do not recognize you, it, etc: I went back to Birmingham after 20 years and it had changed beyond all recognition. ♢ She had changed beyond all recognition since I last saw her.
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Cyclist searching for Baymeadows hit-and-run driver | News
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Michelle Mullinix is an avid cyclist, and believes a good student of road safety.
"I felt I was doing everything right," she said.
Mullinix is now the victim of a hit-and-run accident while riding her bicycle.
"I had bruised ribs, a concussion, bruising, abrasions," said Mullinix.
June 26, during morning rush hour, Mullinix was riding her bicycle on Baymeadows Road near I-295, going about 20 mph.
"I had the green light," she said.
She had green but that did not stop the next chain of events.
Mullinix was going through the intersection when she was hit by a pick-up truck.
"I said oh my God he's not going to stop," said Mullinix.
Video from roadway cameras captured the moment as the service truck plowed in Mullinix knocking her off of her bicycle.
"I was out for a few minutes," she said.
Mullinix said she believes the first person that came to her aid was the driver, who apologized.
"He seemed sincere," she said, "He said I'm sorry I didn't see you."
Mullinix said the driver then got in his truck and drove off before law enforcement arrived at the scene of the accident.
"He broke the law and people need to be aware," she said. "I could been killed."
FHP is now investigating and needs help identifying the vehicle.
Ted Mullinix said they know it is a service truck that struck his wife but they have yet to identify the vehicle or its owner.
"We just can't see the markings on the truck," he said. "It is a white truck some kind of utility truck like a plumbing truck, electrical truck."
They're hoping someone saw the accident and remembers something about the vehicle and contact the FHP.
"The officers that saw the video said you are so lucky a few seconds more you would have been dead or crippled," said Mullinix," I'm very fortunate."
Charles Fetzer, Lakeshore Bicycles, is an advocate of cycling safety.
"About half the accidents are the bicyclist fault and the other fault are the fault of the driver," said Fetzer.
Fetzer along with the Florida Bicycle Association, First Coast Chapter conducts safety classes.
"Awareness is definitely what we need to bring more attention to the issue," he said. "And to get drivers to pay more attention, being more careful and respectful of their neighbors."
Florida Bicycle Association has a set of rules for cyclists, these are a few of them:
- Look for "Share the Road" signs. It means the cyclist has the right of "first come, first served" and the full use of lane.
- Motorists wishing to pass, must yield and wait until it is safe to do so.
- The law requires at least three feet of space when you pass.
- Adult bicyclists do not belong on the sidewalk.
- Many conflicts and crashes are caused by impatient drivers. If you're a motorists and encounter a bicycle driver, take a moment to observe the roadway so it is safe for you and the cyclist.
UPDATE Florida Highway Patrol Investigating: Anyone has information on the above listed case, please contact the Florida Highway Dispatch Center at 904-359-6572 or First Coast Crime Stoppers at 1-866-845-TIPS (8477).


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In my Father's house are many mansions.
—John 14:2
Christmastime again is here, and so be Santa, and so be Jesus.
Some years ago, in contemplating Santa and Jesus, the two began to get confused in my mind. Santa Claus, for reasons that have never really been explained, devotes each year to overseeing minute laborers who fashion gifts which he annually delivers, in a single night, to all deserving children the world over. Jesus Christ, for reasons that have been variously explained, roamed for a short time across a relatively minute plot of land, uttering gnomic wisdoms, then was seized and subjected to excruciating suffering, so that all, deserving and undeserving alike, might be gifted with salvation.
When a sprout, I was taught that while Santa's labors never end—a yearly, year-long grind—Jesus' was a one-shot gig. Wander around Palestine, ascend the cross, into the tomb, three days later out again, brief appearances before various friends and lovers, then up to heaven for a well-deserved eternal rest.
I no longer believe that. I believe that, as is set forth here, "Jesus Christ suffers from now until the end. On the cross. He goes on suffering. Until the death of the last human being." That is the mystic meaning of his tale: he suffers with all beings suffering in the exile of existence. And we are called upon to do the same—to grow to empathy, so that thy neighbor truly is thyself, and suffering everywhere, for everyone, may be eased. With this meaning there is no need for the resurrection. All of us are him, doing the same work; our work, his work, never ends.
For those who are wedded to the resurrection, the advances in science and philosophy in my lifetime, in the understanding of the multiple dimensions and multiple worlds about us, too mean that his work never ends. For the planets, it is now known, are innumerable, and so are the dimensional variations of this one. And if salvation is indeed his calling, he will forever be busy as twelve bastards, for there are those who will need saving, inhabiting every one.
I have always really liked the "[i]n my Father's house are many mansions" line. Particularly with our contemporary understanding of the word "mansion"—a grand and opulent residence—it even has a quantum physics feel to it: how the hell are all these "mansions" supposed to fit into a modest ol' "house"? Well, the same way somebody can simultaneously be a wave and a particle, or remain whole while also splitting to pass through two tiny subatomic "doors," or be both dead and alive, a la Schrodinger's Cat.
Mormons told me, many years ago, that that there "mansions" line was one of several in the "approved" bible that signaled that Jesus, after emerging from the tomb and saying goodbye to Mary and the fellows, indeed traveled to North America, where, it is said, he communed with the Indians of the plains—riding around on buffalo, chewing jerky, bringing them the Good Word. We know from illustrations in the Book of Mormon itself that Jesus also traveled to South America: in the drawing above, that is clearly a Mayan temple set before those green hills, as in the foreground Jesus appears before the "nephites."
Meanwhile, there are people like Alain Danielou, author of Shiva and Dionysus, who believe that during his pre-preacher "missing years" Jesus, as it is said, journeyed "to the East"—in Danielou's estimation, all the way to India, where he absorbed ancient pre-Brahman beliefs and practices stretching back to 6500 B.C.E. We know from the Da Vinci Code folks that Jesus, Mary, and their sprout, after that awkwardness in Palestine, traveled through Europe and settled in France. There is a strain of Irish monk who believes Jesus passed through the Emerald Isle. Polynesian peoples speak of a god named Lono, who in many respects resembles Jesus. So rather than a homebody confined to Palestine, we are looking at a Jesus who embarked on something like a world tour.
The word that the King James renders as "mansions" is in the original Greek mone, which could be more precisely translated as "abode" or "dwelling place." That his "Father's house" contains many "abodes" or "dwelling places" could certainly indicate that Jesus was envisioning a weary slog through a multiplicity of other hovels and holes where various assorted knuckledraggers and mouthbreathers would bollix up his message and then drive huge nails into his body.
Some people, in seeking to bring more conventional "sense" to the passage, stretch the translation a bit and seek to render mone as "rooms" . . . which brings us nicely to Clifford D. Simak, one of the first science-fiction writers to play with dimensions, in his novel City, and who describes the way they are set up as a series of rooms, in a house without end. Sometimes one can hear, in a muffled sort of way, what's going on in the next room, but that's about it. In the course of City, however, dogs, robots, and mutant humans manage to make the trans-dimensional leap: to this motley crew I would add cats, for their unnerving habit of fixedly staring at things that "aren't there."
That Jesus knew he would need to suffer and die limitless times in limitless "rooms," or dimensions, brings new meaning to the phrase "Jesus wept."
At least Jesus could take comfort in knowing that in the vast majority of those rooms Saul of Tarsus would not run his grubby paws all over his message. For each dimension varies at least ever so slightly from the next, and I choose to believe that, just as our solar system is flung out at the far arm of our galaxy, so too must Saul, so noxious and repellent a creature, be a far-flung aberration occupying but a minute corner of the overall trans-dimensional Jesus meme.
In our particular "room," Saul is a sort of seamy carnival barker, a fast-talking con man who rudely transmuted a Jewish mystic into a pagan sun king. In The Last Temptation of Christ, director Martin Scorsese perfectly cast the weaselish Harry Dean Stanton as Saul. In the scene rendered below, Jesus, having been tempted down off the cross by Satan (appearing in the guise of a young curly-tressed blond girl, passing as an angel), and rewarded with the life of a happy, contented, normal man—the "last temptation"—years later comes upon Saul working the street, delivering his invented Christos spiel. Jesus, rightly, is appalled. Saul, in the film, as he must have on earth, reasons that the Jesus he has invented, is far superior to the real thing.
As I've observed here before, when I was a lad it was Common Wisdom that there existed no planets outside our own solar system, and that there was no life anywhere but on this bright blue ball we call home.
These days, "astronomers have [] detected so many exosolar planets that it's reasonable to assume there are more of them than stars in our galaxy." And with the seeming ubiquity of water on nearby orbs, and the probability that Mars harbors some form of life, even those would-be conquistadors who just months ago were burning to saddle up the ships and ride out into space to pillage and rapine, are beginning to reflect that it might be wiser to tread gently out there.
So. "[M]ore [planets] than stars in our galaxy" . . . and presumably some form of life on every one. This, again, brings new meaning to the phrase "Jesus wept." For if Jesus' father made this world, he surely made all those other worlds, too. And as nothing in the Big Guy's makeup or history indicates that he would have done a better job of it anywhere else, this means Jesus will be needed to clean up the mess on every one of those worlds—worlds without end, amen. Truly: his is a job that will never, ever end.
The notion of Jesus as weary galactic traveler first entered this brain when it was 11, courtesy of those happily heretical wormholers of the original Star Trek.
In "Bread and Circuses," Kirk & Co. beam down to a planet where a Roman Empire is grafted onto a 20th Century. Our Boys are summarily heaved into a gladiator pit, where the combatant-slaves gibber ceaselessly about "the way of the sun," which involves "a bond of brotherhood and a commitment to peace." Kirk & Co. regard these as pleasant enough fellows, but are bemused as to why they are so solarly-fixated.
After surmounting various perils, the boys arrive safely back on the bridge, where they muse amongst themselves on the gladiators, and their peculiar affection for their light-bringing orb. Lieutenant Uhuru, who has been monitoring the radio chit-chat down below, sets them straight. "It's not the sun up in the sky," she says. "It's the son of God."
Kirk, forever self-absorbed, says: "Wouldn't it be something to watch, to be a part of? To see it happen, all over again?" Never does he seem to consider what it would be like to be Jesus, to personally go through it, "all over again." For the nails can't get any easier, no matter how many times they're driven home.
Finally, there is this song, which, for me, has sounded Jesus since the first time I heard it, some four decades ago. Seems to me that's him singing it, every time he reaches the can't-you-pass-the-cup, Garden-of-Gethsemene portion of his story. Every. Single. Time.


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In a previous post, I talked about the promise of the Think Long Committee, formed by billionaire to Nicolas Berggruen, to tackle systemic reform of California's system of governance. Here we discuss the perils.
Berggruen has framed the problem correctly -- California needs big, structural reform -- but it's far from clear that his committee is up to the challenge of reform, at least as it's currently constituted. The group consists entirely of insiders, prominent California business executives and political figures.
In a detailed and thoughtful analysis, former legislative aide David Kersten and his firm identify a number of problems with the membership of the commission, including:
1. It does not include members with significant background and expertise in constitutional and structural reform.
2. It's operating behind closed doors, with no clear way to gather input from the public.
3. By choosing exclusively big names who benefit from the status quo, it's unlikely to produce reforms that challenge the political status quo. Writes Kersten: "The history of constitutional reform in California and other states proves that meaningful constitutional reform challenges the status quo and is inevitably opposed by the political status quo."
4. For a committee devoted to thinking long, the process they have is relatively short, with just four or five meetings over eight months to construct a package of reforms by mid-2011. Writes Kersten: "This is simply not enough time to put together a comprehensive package."
More worrying is something that Kersten doesn't pick up on: the method by which the Think Long Committee wants to reform. A package of a handful of ballot initiatives.
Put simply, that's the poison, not the cure. California has only governed itself by piecemeal reforms, one after one, via ballot initiatives. These measures, while well-intended, are by definition narrow, isolated measures that create all sorts of unintended consequences. The sum of all these ballot measures has been to create a system unintended and unworkable -- the system that the Think Long Committee was formed to fix. Doing more ballot initiatives will simply make the system worse--it won't fix the system.
What the state needs -- and has never had -- is a comprehensive integrated reform. That requires a broad constitutional revision -- either by the legislature, the commission, or a constitutional convention -- that creates a coherent, integrated system. The Think Long Committee should think again -- and embrace that kind of approach. If it does (and makes its process more open and inclusive of experts), it could provide a way to fix California's broken system.


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Tanaka's poise apparent leading up to debut
TORONTO -- Masahiro Tanaka sat in a folding chair in front of his assigned locker in the visiting clubhouse at Rogers Centre on Friday afternoon, adjusting his uniform while wearing a placid expression across his face.
If the 25-year-old right-hander was feeling any jitters in the hours leading up to his globally televised Major League debut, it certainly didn't show. The Yankees have been encouraged by Tanaka's cool demeanor, which they take as a sign that he is ready for this challenge.
Asked what has impressed him most about Tanaka, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said that it has been "the way he's adapted to what we've asked him to do, whether it's been his schedule or his side work; getting used to the American baseball culture over here."
Tanaka signed a seven-year, $155 million contract with the Yankees in January, but he has been a star in Japan since his high school days. A bright spotlight is nothing new for Tanaka, who has showed no signs of being rattled.
"I'll watch it, but I don't think it'll be a problem at all," said Brian McCann, who is catching Tanaka's debut. "He's pitched some big things over in Japan -- basically since he's been 16, 17 years old. I expect [this] to be no different."
Girardi said that the biggest adjustment that Tanaka will be challenged to handle is bouncing back to pitch every five days, instead of every seven days in Japan. The Yankees will watch Tanaka for signs of fatigue during the season, and Girardi said that he is allowing his starters to get up to around 100 pitches in their first starts.
Tanaka could later extend to 110-115 pitches, but certainly will stay well under the 160 pitches he fired in the penultimate game of last year's Japan Series for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Girardi said that he believes having veteran Japanese right-hander Hiroki Kuroda on the staff has eased Tanaka's assimilation into the Yanks' clubhouse.
"Part of me feels that having Kuroda helps, because he's someone who went through that transition, and it has worked well for him," Girardi said. "Sometimes when you see that with someone that maybe you looked up to or followed when you were younger, you're saying, 'If it worked for him, it can work for me.'"


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Sitting in his pew at St. Louis Catholic Church in Miami one recent Sunday, Sen. Marco Rubio heard the same homily as other parishioners who were urged by church leaders nationwide to contact Congress about the use of contraceptives.
Uniquely positioned to act, the Florida Republican senator last week filed legislation that would repeal the part of the federal health care law that requires some religious institutions to offer contraceptives and family planning services without a co-payment in their health insurance coverage.
"I'm glad that somebody is listening when they read those letters," joked Archbishop Thomas Wenski, who heads the Archdiocese of Miami and who sent out copies in English and Spanish for his priests to read on Sunday.
Rubio, a Catholic, has always opposed abortion, including during his days in the Florida Legislature. In recent weeks, though, he has emerged as one of the leading national warriors in the politically explosive cultural war over what sort of health care women have access to.
His leadership on the issue is set against the backdrop this week of a national debate: the Susan G. Komen For the Cure breast cancer charity's decision to end — then restore following an outcry — grants for breast cancer detection to Planned Parenthood.
Last week alone, Rubio keynoted the annual banquet of the Susan B. Anthony List, a political organization that helps anti-abortion office-seekers get elected, and he introduced the bill that would exempt religious institutions from complying with the contraception requirement. He has previously said he would vote to defund Planned Parenthood, which receives federal money to provide health care for poor women and men. The organization provides abortion services, which have long been opposed by conservative groups.
At this point, Rubio has garnered 20 Republican co-sponsors in the Senate for the Religous Freedom Restoration Act. A version of the bill in the Republican-dominated House stands a better chance of passage than in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
Rubio defended his legislation Friday in an op-ed in the New York Post.
"From a practical standpoint, this will force Catholic organizations to make an unacceptable choice: Ignore a major tenet of their faith, or not provide any insurance to their employees and be punished with a federal fine for violating ObamaCare's mandate on employers," Rubio wrote. "As Americans, we should all be appalled by an activist government so overbearing and so obsessed with forcing mandates on the American people that it forces such a choice on religious institutions."
The Obama administration defends its policy, noting that it gave religious institutions an extra year to comply with the rule, which requires most policies issued after August to offer contraceptives. Individual churches that only serve a narrow population with similar beliefs can also seek exemptions, the White House notes.
The administration also takes pains to note that 28 states already require insurers to provide contraceptives. The requirements in North Carolina, New York and California are identical to the federal requirements, said White House spokesman Jay Carney. Colorado, Georgia and Wisconsin have no exemptions at all for for churches or other houses of worship, the White House said.
"We want to make sure that women have access to good health care, no matter where they work, and that all women who want access to contraceptives are able to get them without paying a co-pay every time they go to the pharmacy," Carney said. "It merely requires that insurance companies provide coverage for contraceptives to patients who want them, which is the recommendation of the non-partisan Institute of Medicine."
That won't work for the Archdiocese of Miami, which has 100 parishes, 40 schools, several nursing homes and 6,000 employees, who are not all Catholic.
"We're being told by the U.S. government that unless we only serve a very narrow group of people that are strictly Catholic, we have to comply with something that we feel is evil," Wenski said.
"What do I have to do then, violate my conscious or get out of the insurance business?" he said, noting that it's not a legal option for such a large employer to drop insurance, either. "It is a definitely overreach by the administration."
Rubio calls his legislation "a common sense bill that simply says the government can't force religious organizations to abandon the fundamental tenets of their faith because the government says so." It doesn't "forbid women from pursuing birth control and other affected products." he said.
"If an employee wants birth control, that worker could simply pay for it themselves or just choose to work elsewhere," he said. "What it does forbid is having government force religious entities to provide them."
Rubio said earlier this week that he would never impose his own views on other Catholics, but that he and his wife, who have four children, practice the official church policy, which bans contraception. "I can tell you that none of my children were planned," he told a reporter from Politico.
He told the young anti-abortion activists at the Susan B. Anthony dinner that even though some in politics have urged him away from social issues, he won't turn his back on his anti-abortion views.
"I've had people tell me, 'We love your tax policy, your fiscal policy. Just don't do the social stuff. It turns people off,'" he said. "We are called to different tasks, whatever that may be. If we stand for these things, if we honor God in these things, he'll honor us, he'll bless us."
Another high-profile Florida politician, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, had a far different take on the latest salvo in the so-called cultural war. As a breast cancer survivor, she supported both Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Planned Parenthood.
"This week, Americans made it clear that they support women having access to vital breast health services, including breast cancer prevention and awareness," Wasserman Schultz said. "This outcome is proof of the power of collective voices coming together to effect change and save women's lives."


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Jan. 9, 2013 — The channel protein Pannexin1 keeps nerve cells flexible and thus the brain receptive for new knowledge. Together with colleagues from Canada and the U.S., researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum led by the junior professor Dr. Nora Prochnow from the Department of Molecular Brain Research describe these results in PLoS ONE.
In the study, mice comprising no Pannexin1 in memory-related brain structures displayed symptoms similar to autism. Their nerve cells lacked synaptic plasticity, i.e. the ability to form new synaptic contacts or give up old contacts based on the level of usage.
Pannexins are abundant in the central nervous system of vertebrates
Pannexins traverse the cell membrane of vertebrate animals and form large pored channels. They are permeable for certain signalling molecules, such as the energy storage molecule ATP (adenosine triphosphate). The best known representative is Pannexin1, which occurs in abundance in the brain and spinal cord and among others in the hippocampus — a brain structure that is critical for long-term memory. Malfunctions of the pannexins play a role in the development of epilepsy and strokes.
No more scope in long-term potentiation
The research team studied mice in which the gene for Pannexin1 was lacking. Using cell recordings carried out on isolated brain sections, they analysed the long-term potentiation in the hippocampus. Long-term potentiation usually occurs when new memory content is built — the contacts between nerve cells are strengthened; they communicate more effectively with each other. In mice without Pannexin1, the long-term potentiation occurred earlier and was more prolonged than in mice with Pannexin1. "It looks at first glance like a gain in long-term memory," says Nora Prochnow. "But precise analysis shows that there was no more scope for upward development." Due to the lack of Pannexin1, the cell communication in general was increased to such an extent that a further increase through the learning of new knowledge was no longer possible. The synaptic plasticity was thus extremely restricted. "The plasticity is essential for learning processes in the brain," Nora Prochnow explains. "It helps you to organise, keep or even to forget contents in a positive sense, to gain room for new inputs."
Autistic-like behaviour without Pannexin1
The absence of Pannexin1 also had an impact on behaviour: when solving simple problems, the animals were quickly overwhelmed in terms of content. Their spatial orientation was limited, their attention impaired and an increased probability for seizure generation occurred. "The behavioural patterns are reminiscent of autism. We should therefore consider the Pannexin1 channel more closely with regard to the treatment of such diseases," says the neurobiologist from Bochum.
Theory: feedback regulation gets out of hand without Pannexin1
According to the scientists' theory, nerve cells lack a feedback mechanism without Pannexin1. Normally the channel protein releases ATP, which binds to specific receptors and thus reduces the release of the neurotransmitter glutamate. Without Pannexin1 more glutamate is released, which leads to increased long-term potentiation. This causes the cell to lose its dynamic equilibrium, which is needed for an efficient learning process.
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- Nora Prochnow, Amr Abdulazim, Stefan Kurtenbach, Verena Wildförster, Galina Dvoriantchikova, Julian Hanske, Elisabeth Petrasch-Parwez, Valery I. Shestopalov, Rolf Dermietzel, Denise Manahan-Vaughan, Georg Zoidl. Pannexin1 Stabilizes Synaptic Plasticity and Is Needed for Learning. PLoS ONE, 2012; 7 (12): e51767 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051767


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Two Commerce City residents died in a semi crash early Thursday morning after hitting a cow on I-76 in Sedgwick County near the Logan County line, according to a report just released from Colorado State Patrol.
At 12:20 a.m. a Fed-Ex truck pulling double trailers was traveling westbound when it struck the cow, which had been hit by another vehicle several minutes before. It then continued off the right side of the road, rolling over.
Both the driver, 69-year-old Gary Dent, and a passenger, 74-year-old Janice F. Dent, were pronounced dead on scene by 2 a.m. Janice Dent had been riding in the sleeper berth of the truck during the accident.
Howard McCormick, Sedgwick County coroner, said their autopsies were ongoing.
Authorities have notified next of kin, but they couldn't verify the relationship between the passenger and driver.


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Hi. This is so odd that I just happened across this topic becuase I have been considering going back to school and have been trying to look around for accreditation on them (Novus) and I went on the ABA site and it does not seem to be there anywhere on their list of schools. Are there any accredited online JD programs anyone? I have been ill so online is key for me right now. Thanks.
Novus is legit just like ALU and other online distance schools this is how foreigners get their Degree to practice medicine in the US it seems a lot of you really need to go back and study the law on state and federal. First I have enroll in novus base on others I have known who have use this alternative method. Schools like Novus and others get a bad name b/c of of Major schools dont want the competition but change is coming many our getting their degree online. Once I finished Novus I will be attending Georgetown for 1 year then I will be elgible for the state bar. Some out jealous b/c they spent a fortune on law school and did not seek and another route. What made me persue a law degree was real estate and my personal experience with the justice system. i beat a high power attorney in my brothers case which they chose not to show up and the judge ask my brother who help him is a very talentive lawyer but it was me little old me. Many others are seeking their degrees online. www.lawschoolbible.com is another great source. Why should any one respond to you guys when you are so negative. and not supportive just b/c you are going to be an attorney or what ever you persue will not make you rich. I want to be one so I can help others learn by helping others you will be bless in return. When the King of the Mountain see competition their react scared because they obtain everything by pertending to be someone and when change come they dont now how to adapt they slowly burn out and try to bring others down with them.I will keep you all updated on my progress save my email [email protected]
Quote from: James1968 on January 31, 2007, 02:47:23 PMYes this is true but I would still like to hear from people who went to the school or took the courses. I checked them out on the Better Business web site and they look clean. If this is a scam we should try and get as much information out on it as possible to prevent anyone from being burned. Dear Discussion Members:Novus isn't a "sham" school. Many DL (distance learning) schools do not have a campus - University of Phoenix for example (until recently) the Open and Distance Learning University in the UK and so on. Here's the thing...distance education has notoriously been considered sub-standard - yes and no. Having taken many, many course online, I can tell you all that the level of interaction, course development and delivery methods should be a primarly consideration for those of you who have never taken a distance course.Of paramount importance when chosing anyinstitution - traditional or DL - is that you must make sure that it is accredited. There are two types of accreditation, Regional and National. Accreditation allows you to take the credits you earn at one instituion and transfer them to another. For example, if you recieve a lesser degree from a non-accredited institution, then attempt to use that degree to obtain a higher degree (sometimes a necessary requirement) your credits will not be acknowledged. The U.S. Board of Higher Education can help you find and/or confirm whoch schools have accreditation. Generally, Regional accreditation is the one most accepted. Although Novus' information states that having accreditation does not necessarily guarantee transfer of credits - NOT having accreditation most assuredly guarantees a 99% chance another school will not allow the transfer.Faculty interaction, student support services (including online tutoring) and accessible course design are worth their weight in gold - trust me on this. I recently graduated from the Masters in Distance Education program at University of Maryland University College. I have also been a distance education program coordinator and advisor for a Criminal Justice and Criminology program..and, as I stated, a long time distance learner. I know the difference between a well designed program and one that is not. Although Novus is a wonderful financial "deal", you must research their qualifications, take into account what you might need in the future ("I want to teach when I grow up"), how it is you learn, time considerations and committments. Novus is, essentially, a map to help you get where you want to go - a law degree - sort of like a blue print. If you aren't an architect you may find yourself having a heck of a time building that house. Of course, this doesn't mean that you cannot get what you want from Novus, it means that you must chose what is right for you. This is what will guarantee your success.My e-mail is not blocked. If you have questions about a program, please feel free to contact me...I'm always happy to help. We're in the same boat!Jeannie
Yes this is true but I would still like to hear from people who went to the school or took the courses. I checked them out on the Better Business web site and they look clean. If this is a scam we should try and get as much information out on it as possible to prevent anyone from being burned.


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…dedicated to Hermann Bloch
1 November 1886– 30 May 1951
""I shall not die of a cold. I shall die of having lived."
"The 'Once', the 'Ever'"
The once, the ever, standing in the atrium must burn;
The nexus of the meeting of the feeble lamps are lit as Virgil sits alone,
The flint stone at the confluence of the rivers; a tone
Once heard, a trace no more than words. Ever then discerns
A wisdom in the lengthening of days on end;
A reconciliation of the first sun's now within
The pale of the last night's then and all its many-eyed kin;
The End, scintilla of a notion's distant toast:
"To Cæsar!" Distractions in the movement defer to mortality, defend
The pattern as it is, the peoples' choice, a proud
Morbidity based in universal song on this, a night of leaving, joy
On this, a day of meeting. Stars and verses, voids,
A universe of empty consummation never executed while clouds
Obscure the moon, as ever toils below;
Perspicuous, yes! the once and only suns express,
So dark a night as never and one more day of less.
Block's Death of Virgil had to be the most ambitious reading of any single novel I have ever read with James' The Ambassadors right up there with it, but a close second. The stimulus of both novels, however, is incomparable in value and I can suggest that anyone who values the language should read both of them at least once before death simply because they exist; as Everest has been for the mountain climbers, so both novels have been to anyone who reads and loves the language.
Block's "Virgil" is not fun to read, but it represents an incomparable challenge and once conquered, a kind of badge of honour having braved the greatest storms of both prose and poetry that could be imagined short of blowing out the circuits of both.
With the James novel, it was said that it was his favourite, but apparently almost impenetrable to some readers of his time. To one "Lady 'whomever'" who complained of this, he advised sticking with it and that once having arrived at a certain point in the narration, the specific gravity or gravitas of that novel would hit and the worth of the whole vindicated. And so it was; I had to read that novel page by page, reading each several times to get anything near clarity in what was being said or where the action of that novel was going. Then, one late afternoon, while cooling off from a very hot shower in preparation for going out for the evening, I decided to sit on my bed, pick up that novel and continue plugging away at it. Suddenly, there it was! A catharsis of unimaginable majesty that hit so hard that I almost cancelled my evening out in order to continue reading to the end. Great works are like that.
For me, there is no "fun" involved in reading, but the rewards are everlasting, something that is rare in the reading of secular prose. Block's work is a combination of poetry and prose in a mixture I never thought possible until reading "Virgil," and I cannot imagine now, an equal to this. My sonnet alludes to but one of the thoughts that seem to dance throughout that work in spite of laborious, endless poetry, all of which may be beautiful, but only in small doses like genuine truffles; like chocolate, there are some things in this world that are "legal" but close to lethal in effects, and Block's "Virgil" comes quite close to that.