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LAS VEGAS WEEKLY: Nightlife producer Genevieve Cleary brings Broadway instincts to Vegas' hottest clubs
Wednesday, March 27 , 2013
You may not have heard of producer-choreographer Geneviève Cleary, but it's almost impossible to ignore the mark she's left on the Las Vegas club scene.
"I feel like I'm a secret weapon of the industry," the Montreal-born nightlife maven jokes of her behind-the-scenes status.
That's not too far from the truth. As CEO and creator of Belluscious, a live entertainment production company, Cleary has become the industry's go-to girl for spectacular shows that blur the line between party and performance. In 2009, she helped launch Paul Oakenfold's Perfecto residency at the Palms and has continued to transform traditional DJ sets into all-out entertainment experiences with a blend of vignettes, choreography and over-the-top costumes.
Cleary has given Marquee its signature coyness and sass as the club's artistic and performance director, and she will hold the same position at Hakkasan when it opens this spring. This month, Cleary has her hands full with two new residencies launching at XS: Redfoo's Le Freak and Dirty South's City of Dreams, which debuts March 29.
What is your creative process for coming up with each show's concept?
There's always different ways. Sometimes DJs do have ideas they present to us, whether it's a theme or branding. In those cases I'll put the concepts on storyboards and try to research as much as possible about how we can present them, respect their vibe and their music and create something that's unique to their style. Meanwhile, some have zero ideas, so that's really about researching and seeing what's out there and figuring out how to help them be original by exploring performance and costumes. It's a lot of time behind the computer drafting.
In the case of Dirty South, did he have a show concept or was it all up to you?
Dirty South brought us on board in New York City for his tour for his album City of Dreams, and he wanted the tour to reflect that concept. So basically the whole theme of Native American meets dream catchers … I adored that theme because it was the first time I've worked on something like that. There are so many DJs that go to the idea of being futuristic or robots and outer space, because that's so attached to the EDM world. The music of the future was supposed to be electro music. I love when DJs break that down and bring it somewhere else.
What's the biggest challenge of building these shows?
Fitting into a budget, and then meeting a deadline. That's probably the problem that most creators have. You have an idea and you're in love with it and you want to see your idea brought on stage, but the reality is that there's still a time frame to create those costumes and those vignettes, which is often really, really short. So we have to restrict to make sure we deliver. I always wish I had a solid year of preparation with 10 times the budget I'm allowed. It's a hard compromise to bring shows that could basically be produced in a theater inside nightclubs.
As the industry's sort of go-to innovator, how do you manage to stay one step ahead of the trends?
The truth is, it's almost ironic, but I'm from a theatrical background. I'm a Broadway girl, so I'm really not deep into that whole EDM culture when it isn't about creating for it, so I stay very objective. I think that's perhaps where my style is different. I embrace and adore the EDM industry, but I love it just as much as I love pure jazz music. I don't go out to those kind of nightclubs either, so perhaps my brain doesn't get into that vibe. Instead, I go see musicals. … I adore when shows are funny and ironic, when there's a kind of winking and interaction with the crowd, and costumes help with that a lot.
Is there a trend in nightclub entertainment that you're sick of?
I'm personally not a fan of going to a nightclub and feeling that nothing is in sync, that there's just strobe everywhere and it's overwhelming and there's smoke and this and that. I'm a big fan of when things are organic, and I think sometimes people try to push it too much. Like if you have a very small club, it's not necessary to bring LED screens in there, because it might not belong there. You might want to play with a different element that brings your venue up a level, like lighting. I do feel like there's a lot of cut-and-paste elements sometimes. I'm excited to see more nightclubs develop unified concepts, instead of overlapping one over the other.
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During a recent webinar on scope-of-practice issues, AAFP President-elect Reid Blackwelder, M.D., of Kingsport, Tenn., and the executive director of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) agreed that team-based, coordinated care services are the most effective means of achieving improvements in patient care, enhancing access and controlling costs. But Blackwelder also noted that "each member of the (health care) team has unique but not interchangeable skills."
"The discussion should not be about turf, but about how we ensure that members of the care team work can work together with clearly defined and distinct roles to improve patient outcomes," said Blackwelder during the July 17 webinar, which was conducted by the Alliance for Health Reform and sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
"Surveys show that patients overwhelmingly want coordinated team approaches to their health care needs, with a physician leader," said Blackwelder. Although NPs are critical members of the health care team, they "cannot provide the same level of comprehensive care provided by primary care physicians."
However, AACN Executive Director Geraldine "Polly" Bednash, R.N., Ph.D., challenged Blackwelder's assertion that physicians need to be at the heart of the health care team, saying, "I think leaders and teams can change from time to time; it depends on what the demands for care are."
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- A recent webinar on state legislation surrounding scope-of-practice issues underscored the differences in education and training levels between family physicians and nurse practitioners (NPs).
- AAFP President-elect Reid Blackwelder, M.D., of Kingsport, Tenn., described NPs as critical members of the health care team, but he noted their skills are not interchangeable with those of primary care physicians.
- Blackwelder called for building collaborative teams, led by physicians, to increase health care access and improve quality.
The idea that one individual has the training and capability to lead does not take into account "the disparity of demand with what is happening with the individual," said Bednash. "If you have to constantly (ask) someone else to get permission, you decrease access. You put barriers in the way of care being delivered by the individual. There is lost time and productivity there."
Blackwelder focused on the educational and training differences between NPs and family physicians, noting "The (educational) process (for NPs) varies from school to school and state to state depending on the state-required NP coursework, and training can range from 3,500 to 6,600 hours."
"The amount and intensity of the clinical training also varies dramatically," said Blackwelder. "In some institutions, parts of training can primarily occur online rather than face-to-face in the clinical area."
By comparison, family physicians complete 11 years and 21,000 hours of standardized education and training, including passing examinations overseen by one certification body, he added. The medical school degree "clearly and consistently states the breadth and depth of training, regardless of state or school."
Kavita Patel, M.D., M.S., managing director for clinical transformation and delivery at the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution and a third participant on the panel, said the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) creates a central role for the primary care physician.
"We are going to see physicians -- whether it is called leading or being the quarterback -- in these roles," said Patel.
She sought to put the scope-of-practice issue into perspective by providing an update on state legislative efforts to give NPs and other health care professionals broader practice and prescribing authority. In 2012, there were 827 bills to redefine provider scope of practice in 29 states, and more than 150 of these proposals were enacted, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, said Patel.
"The important point in this discussion is that states that have allowed nurse practitioners to practice without physician collaboration continue to struggle with the same problems as before," Blackwelder pointed out. "There are still primary care shortages, high costs and fragmented care that persist."
The bottom line, according to Blackwelder, is that allowing independent NP practice has not resolved the primary care needs of the United States. In the meantime, results from recent PCMH pilot projects and the Medicare Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations are demonstrating improved patient outcomes, better population health and decreased costs due to team-based care.
"It is time to move beyond policies that further fragment health care, and (to) move toward building collaborative teams that will increase access and improve quality of care," he said. "Health care teams that include a variety of health professionals and are developed to meet the needs of individual communities will help us do that."
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Promotion! Promotion! Promotion!
Business analysts claim that more than 95 percent of all professionals do not adequately define what it is they will do for their customers. For that reason, most promotions - what you do, what you say and how you deliver the message - do not reach customers effectively.
Your promotions will make or break a great sales campaign, a major program, a special event, a tournament, an open house, a pro shop sale, or whatever is happening or about to happen in your facility. In addition, your promotions may play a key role in increasing your retention rate because promotions become familiar images that remind people to buy or buy again.
Don't be part of the 95 percent of the professionals who are not connecting to customers. Here are several promotional tools to get your members to stop, look, listen and respond!
1. Stop! Your fliers and bulletin boards should only take two seconds to create an initial interest in a program or event. In that amount of time, your customer should be able to decide if he needs or wants to get more information.
How do you make an impact in two seconds? For starters, every flier or board should have a title or subject in big, bold, printed letters that draw immediate attention. Color coding according to subjects or events can also be a useful tool. Say, for example, that you always use blue fliers to announce group exercise programs; the moment you post a blue flier, members will know that it will list class types, schedules and instructors.
2. Look! Now that you've got your members' attention, what should you tell them? The facts! And only the facts! Professional promotions should not be too wordy, too detailed or too clever. That will only result in confusion. Remember, you are merely trying to create the initial interest. In contrast to bold print, leave enough white space between messages. Vary the letter size to separate ideas, and include clip art (only if appropriate to the promotion), borders or pictures (preferably of your members) whenever possible.
The power of pictures as a promotional tool is huge. People identify themselves in pictures, visualize themselves doing an activity and remember images longer than words. Always include pictures of people, places and activities in your newsletters, advertisements, promotions and campaigns.
3. Listen! Verbal communication is probably the most effective promotional tool of all, but just as in your visual promotions, your customers must decide within two seconds if they want to listen to what you have to say.
Your body language is 55 percent of your message. When speaking to someone in person aren't you far more interested in what they are saying when they are smiling? Body language (hand gestures, nodding, etc.) will not only emphasize the message to the recipient, but also create energy and sincerity in the speaker's tone of voice. Standing tall and looking attentive, interested and enthusiastic will be the only way to get immediate attention, have your customer listen to what you have to say, and, most importantly, hear the message you want him to remember.
Thirty-eight percent of your message will be heard and remembered by your voice inflection. Energy behind the voice, various tones or emphasis - such as "good MORNING!" rather than "good morning," "THANK you" instead of "thank you" - give the receiver a visual picture of someone who is smiling and friendly. Therefore, how you verbalize your message is as important over the telephone or P.A. system as it is in person. In nearly all of the clubs I call, the receptionists talk too fast, mumble and sound like robots, making me uninterested. I always tell my front-desk trainees that people can hear your smile over the phone.
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|*June 10 -16
|The Sin Against the
Holy Spirit
Read for This Week's Study:
|Matt. 12:22-31, Mark 3:22-30, 10:45, Luke 18:10-14, John 3:14-16, 1 Cor. 15:3, 1 Tim. 1:15, Heb. 2:9.
Memory Text:
| "Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the
sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: but he
that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is
in danger of eternal damnation"
3: 28, 29).
Of all the hard sayings in the Bible, this memory text has to be among the most difficult. Considering who Jesus was and what He did in order to be able to forgive our sins, the idea of a sin that even the Cross doesn't make provision for should cause us to tremble. Murder, incest, pride, adultery, theft, idolatry, even words spoken against Christ (Matt. 12:21-32) can be forgiven (Eph. 1:7); yet, in the words of Christ Himself, "he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness" (Mark 3:29). That's incredible!
Thus, the logical question is "What is this so-called 'unpardonable sin' " (a phrase that, by the way, never appears in Scripture)? The whole idea of a sin that can't be forgiven seems so contrary to all we know about the God who went through so much precisely in order to forgive us all our sins. That's why this is a topic so worthy of studyfor we all need to be aware of the one thing that, more than anything else, leaves us, as Jesus said, "in danger of eternal damnation" (vs. 29).
*Study this week's lesson to prepare for Sabbath, June 17.
|June 11
To Save Sinners
According to 1 Timothy 1:15, what was the purpose of Christ's coming to this earth?
Volumes could be written about the reasons for the incredible story of Jesus
Christ, the God who veiled His divinity in humanity and died in our stead
the death that we, as sinners, deserve. Among those reasons for the life
and death of Jesus are:
1. He came in order to reveal to us just what God was like (John 14:9).
2. He came in order to be a Servant of God and show what servant-hood was about (Matt. 20:25-28, Phil. 2:5-7).
3. He came to leave us an example of how to live (John 2:6, 1 Pet. 2:21).
4. He came in order to be a faithful and merciful High Priest in our behalf (Heb. 2:17, 18).
All these things, however important, would be meaningless to us without what's undoubtedly the most crucial aspect of Christ's earthly mission.
Read Mark 10:45, John 3:14-16, 1 Cor. 15:3, Heb. 2:9, and 1 John 3:8. What reasons do these texts together give for the life and death of Jesus?
Of all the reasons Jesus came and died, the most importantat least from our perspectiveis that He died to save us from the legal penalty of sin, which is death, eternal death. And the great news is that through His work He is able to do just that for anyone who accepts Him. Salvation comes to all who believe, the Jew first and then the Gentile (Rom. 2:9). Those who believe are then spared the "eternal damnation" Jesus warned about in numerous places, including Mark 3:29, in which He talked about the one sin that could lead to this damnation. Thus, if through belief in Him we are spared this "eternal damnation," and if the "unpardonable sin" leads to this damnation, what most likely is this "unpardonable sin" really about?
|June 12
"All Manner of Sin and Blasphemy"
Read Matthew 12:22-31 and summarize the context in which Jesus said what He did. Notice, too, to whom He was speaking. How does that help us understand what He was saying in regard to the "unpardonable sin"? See also Mark 3:22-30.
Christ's strong words didn't appear in a vacuum. Instead, they were expressed in response to a statement by certain Pharisees who, after witnessing a healing performed by Jesus, said He "cast out devils" (Matt. 12:24) by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils. This attitude was taken in the face of undeniable evidence given them of His divine power: the holiness of His life, which they could but recognize and which they later tacitly admitted (John 8:46); His supernatural healing of the sick (Matt. 8:14-17, Mark 1:29-34, etc.); His casting out of devils (Matt. 9:32, 33); and His raising of the dead (Luke 7:11-17).
However, by refusing to admit Christ's divinity, and by actively opposing Him, these men had placed themselves in such a position that they were forced to explain His works on some other grounds than divine and, hence, assigned to Satan the work of God. They thereby closed their minds to the evidence of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit impresses truth upon the mind and heart (John 14:17, 16:13) and convicts of sin (John 16:8). But although God is long-suffering and merciful and not willing that any should perish (2 Pet. 3:9), His Spirit will not labor with the obdurate heart indefinitely (Gen. 6:3). If truth is persistently resisted and refused, the Spirit's promptings cease to be heard, and the soul is left in terrible darkness.
This is possibly the condition to which Paul referred when he described certain consciences as being "seared with a hot iron" (1 Tim. 4:2). For a person guilty of the sin against the Holy Ghost, probation has closed, and there is for him or her "no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment" (Heb. 10:26, 27).
|From what you've read so far this week, what's your understanding of the sin against the Holy Spirit?
|June 13
The Unpardonable Sin
Sin is fatal to our existence, but God delights to forgive us our sins. We need not perish, although "all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Rom. 3:23). Jesus died to earn the right to forgive repentant sinners.
But there is one sin that is unpardonable and inevitably results in eternal death. When someone refuses to respond to the goodness of God, which is designed to lead unto repentance (Rom. 2:4), this continued refusal to accept God's overtures of grace will finally result in the commission of the unpardonable sin.
Read again Matthew 12:31 and Mark 3:29, in their respective contexts. How does this context reveal what's being expressed in the above paragraph?
The unpardonable sin, or the sin against the Holy Spirit, is persistent rejection of light, the persistent rejection of what Christ has done for us. This rejection inevitably blinds the spiritual eyes and hardens the rejecter's heart to the wooings of the Spirit, as the example of those leaders in Israel. Finally, there is utter darkness in the soul, and the person is eternally lost because he or she has ruined his or her soul's perceptivity to the promptings of the Spirit.
Placing one's self beyond the power of the Holy Spirit is "unpardonable" because we cannot even repent without the aid of the Spirit of God. God can't do anything for us unless He forces us, which He won't do. We have, through our own choices, cut ourselves off from salvation.
Read again Matthew 12:32 and Mark 3:29; notice how Jesus ties the unpardonable sin with the idea of speaking. Why, considering the above definition, would He do that?
In biblical thought, words are deemed as actions. Words are part of the reality they depict. God spoke, and the world came into existence (Genesis 1); Jesus Himself was the "Word . . . made flesh" (John 1:14). In the Hebrew, the most common term for "word" (dabar) also means "thing," "history," "prophecy," and that's because words are linked to the reality they refer to. Thus, it seems that Jesus equates speaking against the Holy Spirit as a persistent rejection of the truth the Spirit seeks to bring us. Actions and words are inseparably linked.
|Think about the last time someone hurt you with words. That should show you that, indeed, words are "real" things. Make a covenant with God right now to guard carefully your tongue.
|June 14
Convictions of the Spirit
"When he [the Spirit] comes, he will convince the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment: of sin, because they do not believe in me" (John 16:8, 9, RSV).
In order to qualify as a candidate for salvation, a person must recognize that he or she is a sinner. No person asks for help of the Savior unless sensing a need. One of our greatest needs is a personal conviction of sin. We cannot bring this conviction about ourselves; it is the Spirit's prerogative and work to convict us of sin. His very first work is to make the sinner aware of his or her sinfulness and, hence, his or her lost condition. The Spirit is not merely the Comforter. He is alsoand firstthe Convictor of sin. He becomes the Comforter to those who have made peace with God by admitting and confessing their sins.
What dramatic illustration demonstrates the Spirit's power to convince of sin? Luke 19:8, 9.
How did Jesus illustrate the availability of salvation for a contrite sinner, while at the same time pointing out the hopelessness of a person who thinks he or she is righteous? Luke 18:10-14.
"We must have a knowledge of ourselves, a knowledge that will result in contrition, before we can find pardon and peace. The Pharisee felt no conviction of sin. The Holy Spirit could not work with him. His soul was encased in a self-righteous armor which the arrows of God, barbed and true-aimed by angel hands, failed to penetrate. It is only he who knows himself to be a sinner that Christ can save." Ellen G. White, Christ's Object Lessons, p. 158.
When a person receives a vision of the righteousness and holiness of God, as did the prophet Isaiah (Isa. 6:5, 6), the Holy Spirit will convince that person that he or she is sinful and nothing but judgment and utter destruction will await him or her unless Jesus intervenes. Thus, it's the convicting power of the Holy Spirit that's so important in leading us to Christ. Imagine, then, the hopeless state of people who have, through their own hardness, made themselves immune to the promptings of the Holy Spirit.
|In what ways can guilt be good, a tool used by God? At the same time, at what point does guilt become bad, a tool used by the devil? How can we know the difference?
|June 15
Repentance and the Unpardonable Sin
At times, there have been church members who have lived in fear that they have committed the unpardonable sin. In a sense, it's not hard to understand why. We are sinners; if not moment by moment under the control of the Holy Spirit, we are capable of just about anything. And for a person who has known the Lord, who has gotten a glimpse of God's holiness, his or her own sense of sin can appear horribly damning and condemning. The guilt can be overwhelming. Most Christians, at some point in their walk with the Lord, have had moments of fear, moments of believing their case is hopeless, that they cannot make it, that they, in fact, may have committed the unpardonable sin.
If, however, the "unpardonable sin" is constant rejection of the Holy Spirit, why is someone who fears he or she has committed that sin, someone who clearly has not committed it? See also Ps. 51:1-4, Luke 5:8, 18:13.
Of course, we must remember that sin cannot be trifled with. Each sin hardens us; every time we fall, we do so only because we have pushed away conviction. The more we do that, the easier it is to do it again and again and again. And though we can always repent and find forgiveness, the more we sin, the more we harden our hearts to the very Person who leads us to repentance, the Holy Spirit.
Thus, how crucial that we, each day, claim the power of God to cleanse us, to regenerate us, to remake us in the image of the Savior. (See 1 Cor 10:13, Gal. 5:16, Titus 3:5.)
Have you ever felt your case was hopeless, that you were going to be lost even after you had made a decision to follow Christ? What brought those feelings? What caused them finally to leave? What did you learn from that experience that you could use to help someone who feels his or her case is hopeless?
|June 16
Further Study:
|Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets,
pp. 621, 622; The Desire of
Ages, pp. 321-324,
565-568; The Acts of the
Apostles, pp. 75, 76; Christ's
Object Lessons, "Two Worshipers," pp.
"He who rejects the work of the Holy Spirit is placing himself where repentance and faith cannot come to him."Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 322.
"Every impure thought defiles the soul, impairs the moral sense, and tends to obliterate the impressions of the Holy Spirit."Ellen G. White, The Desire of Ages, p. 302.
"But if a man, by repeated refusals of God's guidance, has lost the ability to recognize goodness when he sees it, if he has got his moral values inverted until evil to him is good and good to him is evil, then, even when he is confronted by Jesus, he is conscious of no sin he cannot repent and therefore he can never be forgiven. That is the sin against the Holy Spirit."William Barclay, The Gospel of Mark (Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1976), p. 81.
Discussion Questions:
| As a class, imagine if you had to deal with someone
who was convinced he or she had committed the unpardonable sin. What have
you learned from this week's study you could use to, help that person find
hope and forgiveness?
As a class, go through the Bible and see what examples you can find of those who, apparently, had committed the unpardonable sin. Make a list of these people and discuss their specific cases.
Read over the above quote from Barclay. What's the process he is describing? Why is this a danger for everyone, even pro fessed Christians?
As a class, pray together that each one will be more surrendered to the workings of the Holy Spirit
|I N S I D E Story
|The Shining Church, Part 2
Mar Dela Fuente
When Datu (chief) Lagunday invited the student missionary teachers from Mountain View College to start a school in his village, he predicted that one day the village would be a shining light in the mountains of southern Philippines. The school closed briefly when Datu Lagunday died, but soon reopened. The villagers learned God's plan of salvation and accepted Jesus as their Savior. They built a simple church on the hill above the village.
Rainy season turned the dirt path that led to the church into a slippery mass, making it difficult to reach the church. Villagers decided to meet in the church on Sabbath and in the village hall during the week. Some wanted to move the church to the center of the village for easier access.
One evening when a woman returned from midweek service, her husband asked, "Where did you hold your prayer meeting?"
"In the assembly hall," she replied.
"Yes, I thought so. That's where the sound of singing came from. But the church was lit up, as it is when you worship there."
The wife looked in the direction of the church, but it was dark.
"It is dark now," he said, "but when you were worshiping, bright light shone from the church."
The next day a man who lives on a hill opposite the church visited the village. "You had such beautiful music last night during your worship," he said. "And the light from your church shone very brightly!"
On Friday evening the church members gathered for vespers in the village assembly hall. The man's wife, remembering what her husband had said, looked outside toward the hill where the church stood. She saw it was brilliantly lit.
"Look!" she cried, interrupting the song service. "The church is shining!" The worshipers gathered to look at their church on the hill. They stood in awe, some with tears in their eyes, as they realized that their faithful chief's prediction had come true. The church had become a shining light in the mountains. "A host of angels must have come to worship with us," whispered one worshiper.
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Ask a physicist: Michio Kaku grades Elon Musk's Hyperloop
Elon Musk, the billionaire innovator behind Tesla Motors, SpaceX and PayPal, revealed his alpha design for the buzzworthy Hyperloop on Monday, a proposed high-speed alternative that would carry passenger pods on airflow from Los Angeles to San Francisco in just over 30 minutes.
It seemed like a blue-sky proposal: great in theory – especially with California's high-speed rail project hitting roadblock after roadblock before even breaking ground – but perhaps impossible in practice.
Still, Musk had plenty of believers rooting for the lauded "fifth mode" of transportation.
Dr. Michio Kaku, a futurist and physics professor at City College of New York, counted himself among them. "Normally I would think this idea is borderline crackpot, but this guy has a track record," Kaku said. "You have to take him seriously. The guy is a doer."
In Musk's design, capsules carrying 28 passengers each would create air cushions to hover within a central tube along the I-5 and I-508 freeways. An electric fan on the front end of the capsule would transfer air to the back of the vessel, moving it swiftly forward at speeds anywhere between 300 and 760 mph. "It uses a series of novel tricks to reduce friction, increase speed and control costs," Kaku summarized.
In the 57-page explanation of the Hyperloop design, Musk compared the underlying concepts to those involved in an air hockey table, except in this case, "it is the pod that is producing the air cushion, rather than the tube, as it is important to make the tube as low-cost and simple as possible."
Kaku said the Hyperloop looked good on paper. "The overall design does not obviously violate any basic principles (of physics). It might work," he said. "However, the key is to create small-scale models, place them in vacuum chambers, and see if the idea works and is economical… Things which work well on the drawing board at low velocities are notorious for failing at extremely high velocities."
That kind of testing might be a ways off. Though he's said he might consider building a prototype, Musk considers the Hyperloop design "open-source," welcoming feedback from other engineers or transit experts. He doesn't have plans to tuck into large-scale construction anytime soon. For now, his latest idea will likely stay a theoretical pipe dream.
"Hyperloop is like a cross between Flash Gordon and Henry Ford," Kaku said. "But Henry Ford was able to take an idea – the Model T – and bring it successfully into the marketplace. It remains to be seen if the Hyperloop will follow."
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Statement from the Bishops of Cuba
A Call to Reconciliation and Peace
The Bishops of Cuba
March 12, 1996
The Catholic Church in Cuba recently celebrated its Second National Ecclesial Encuentro, with very positive and promising results.
The passing of time, since our First Encuentro took place ten years ago, has allowed us to corroborate the value of the sign and richness of content of that meeting. The assembly's final document is still thoroughly valid, both in its pastoral focus as well as in regard to the relationship between faith and culture and the Church's presence and action in the midst of the Cuban nation, of which it is a part.
The dialogue, called for in that First Ecclesial Encuentro, continues to be the aspiration of the Church in Cuba both in its relationship with the State and also, in the relationship of all Cubans among themselves, whether they are non-Christians or believers in God or whether they are within or outside the country.
This Second Encuentro assumed as valid all which had been expressed in the Encuentro of 1986 in regard to this dialogue. This call for a mature, respectful, and responsible interrelationship is implicit within the very same priorities selected by the assembly; above all, in the one that proposes "a project of human solidarity which reconciles every person with all the rest in the core of our people," and which is based on "a project of proclamation of the message and person of Christ that reconciles men with God."
The notion of dialogue is then reassumed by the Second National Ecclesial Encuentro with a special connotation of the term reconciliation. This word means more than just a calling together to dialogue, since those who respond to this call must overcome not only prejudices or mere estrangements, but wounds—some of them very deep—which have marked our national history in diverse ways and also the personal and family life of many of our brothers and sisters.
As Cuban bishops we are well acquainted with the inspiring power of the Christian faith to accept and walk the rugged path of reconciliation, but we also see how, among some Christians, there is a rejection—many times an explicit rejection in full contradiction of the very Gospel and of the best Christian tradition—of any reconciliatory proposal for our peoples. We find this rejection—sometimes a radical one—not so strange to believe when it comes from those who do not profess our faith. Nonetheless, we find among some of the latter, genuine attitudes and even gestures, which tend to promote reconciliation. This is truly inspiring to us and our efforts.
When the Church in Cuba proposes, within its prophetic mission, to assist in the promotion of the Cuban as a person, within his/her own milieu, calling for a reconciliation, then it is making a decisive option at this time of our history and in order to build the immediate and long-term future of our country.
We are aware of the singularity of our posture by the very fact that we are supported by one of the most difficult demands of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, "You have heard that they were told, 'You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for your persecutors" (Mt 5:43-44). However, we are persuaded to believe that these are the feelings of the Church in Cuba, of the priests, deacons, religious men and women, Catholic laity, and of large portions of our population just as it has been expressed in the Second National Ecclesial Encuentro and as stipulated by the Episcopal Commission on Justice and Peace.
Therefore, as a Church, we want to fix our eyes on two painful events that have weighed on each and every one of the participants of the Second Encuentro: the non-authorization of the meeting proposed by the different political thought groups integrated in the Cuban Council, and the subsequent detention and/or imprisonment of many of them and the shooting down of two small planes from the United States. This last action is even more deplorable because it caused the death of four of the airplanes' occupants.
We do not pretend to make a juridical or political analysis of this sad incident, but from a Christian and human sense, we believe that, even if the repeated aerial incursions were imprudent and could have exacerbated some moods, the response was excessive and violent and had crushing effects on those who believe in moderation as a viable solution to the crisis and, in the case of our Church in Cuba, in reconciliation among all Cubans, including those living abroad.
The sorrow over what has happened along with the thwarted Cuban Council meeting and its participants does not originate from any political consideration, but from our preoccupation as pastors of the Church. We do not cease to propose agreement and dialogue as the path to reconciliation for our peoples. The common good of the nation is achieved with the participation of all. The contribution of diverse ideas and initiatives constitute a richness and an acknowledged right of all citizens.
In this painful journey towards a genuine reconciliation, which the Catholic Church wishes and promotes among all Cubans, these two incidents constitute a new and difficult obstacle to overcome. Intolerant postures is what seem to emerge triumphant during situations such as these, be it in Cuba, or in the United States of America, including Cubans who live in this country or in other places. Words such as provocation, total blockade, forceful responses, and all the old vocabulary of the "cold war," return to common usage.
For this reason, in these very tense moments, we, the Bishops of Cuba, through Cardinal Jaime Ortega, President of our Conference, make a call for moderation and prudence. During a remembrance ceremony on the high seas, in memory of those pilots who tragically disappeared, all of those involved used their good judgment. Could it be that we could achieve equanimity only when we are confronted with a catastrophe or are afflicted by great pain? There are many things we could have achieved before, avoiding much suffering, if only good sense had taken precedence?
But, if as a consequence of this very painful incident, confrontation and the logic of increasing violence triumphs, and the already U.S. approved Helms Burton law increases the wall around Cuba with other measures that directly or indirectly affect our peoples, this would mean taking away any probability of finding peaceful means for the reconciliation of all Cubans. In this way, the forces of peace will be defeated. For this reason, and for the risk of increasing the suffering of the Cuban peoples, the bishops of Cuba reiterate our rejection of the reappearance of any economic measures against our country. We also call those who have the highest of responsibilities within the Government of Cuba and within the United States not to abandon alternative measures to rigidity or violence and, in this sense, we also address our Cuban brothers and sisters who live abroad.
For this we know that, if we do not coincide exactly in our respective policies, we could be misunderstood by those who have the power of decision or influence. The Church cannot align herself with government policies or streams of opinion when it is a matter of living according to the truth and in complete fidelity to the mission that Jesus Christ has entrusted her: to be the leaven of unity and peace in the world. If we consider the suffering of our people, and we take into account the Christian solidarity of the Catholic Church in Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States, and especially, our total communion with Pope John Paul II, whose teachings have always enlightened us, we are certain that we are not alone when we speak about the Gospel message of love.
We ask the community of the Latin American nations, Canada and the countries of the European Union to contribute with their efforts so that deliberation and equilibrium could open a path for a relationship based on justice, respect and peace. There also should be a common action that avoids new tragedies, calls to prudence and makes possible just paths of reconciliation for all Cuban people. Favoring the path of reconciliation, with the active participation of all those involved and interested, both within and outside of our country, seems to us to be the only possible chance for the future of the Cuban nation.
We pray to God, through the intercession of the Virgen María de la Caridad, that she disposes the hearts of all those who hear our call so that it taken in its right sense, as a plea for harmony and peace for the Cuban people.


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Monday, July 09, 2007
Atypical Antipsychotics Down Under
Furious Seasons has a roundup of the latest regarding atypicals in Australia. How about a substantial number of deaths related to their use? Add in a substantial number of patients complaining of other side effects and, for good measure, how about Lilly facing legal action over Zyprexa? Crikey.
Posted by CL Psych at 7/09/2007 02:46:00 PM
4 comments:
- Kass said...
I miss you!
Just letting you know that someone out in the blogosphere cares. :) Looking forward to your next update.
- Tuesday, July 17, 2007 2:36:00 PM
- CL Psych said...
Thanks Marissa! I miss blogging too. Too much going on these days, but I hope to return before long.
- Wednesday, July 18, 2007 6:32:00 AM
- Ruth said...
I'll second Marissa's comment, but lay off the cultural stereotyping, will ya, mate? :)
Nobody I know drinks that shit and you don't often see it on tap in pubs any more, at least not in the larger cities.
- Friday, July 20, 2007 10:02:00 AM
- CL Psych said...
Fair enough. God knows I'd be quite upset if you thought all of us Yankees drank Coors!
- Monday, July 23, 2007 9:17:00 PM
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Montana puts limits on national Trout Unlimited
One of the great things about living in Montana is state law allowing public access to any stream, no matter whose monster home lies alongside it. But just a few weeks ago, I received an e-mail from Montana Trout Unlimited saying the national group wanted to back away from involvement in any dispute — and there are many — over stream access with property owners. The national group noted "donor dissatisfaction" as a major reason for the move. Or in other words: Stop making the deep pockets angry.
Stream access became a hot-button issue in Montana more than two decades ago, when a grassroots coalition that included many Trout Unlimited members initiated a court challenge against two landowners who blocked access with fences and bully tactics. The coalition won in 1984, with the state Supreme Court basing its decision on the Montana Constitution and the Public Trust Doctrine. In its ruling, the court said, "All water capable of recreational use could be so used regardless of streambed ownership." A 1985 law codified stream access as a public right to use state waters within the ordinary high-water mark. Since 1985, however, a steady trickle of landowners has challenged that law.
It's not surprising that, in a state that reveres fishing wherever a river runs through, the proposed hands-off policy from national Trout Unlimited brought an explosive response. E-mail comments from local members included such sentiments as "public access is the 'holy grail' here in Montana," and "if TU pushes this proposal, I'm cutting up my membership card." Several national board members of Trout Unlimited also opposed the proposed gag order, and more than one person suggested that the policy reflected the national group's wealthy donors, some of whom want to privatize waterways and bar the hoi polloi from their streamsides.
The donor-influence argument might just hold water. James Cox Kennedy of Atlanta, Ga., an owner of the Cox chain of newspapers and other media, owns the 3,200-acre Trailsend Ranch in Montana's Madison County, which is crossed by the Ruby River. Kennedy's efforts to block public access to the river began in 2003, when he began stringing electric fences and erecting other impassable barriers at two county bridges on public roads that run through his ranch.
Barely a week after national Trout Unlimited floated its hands-off resolution, Kennedy filed suit against Madison County and the Public Lands-Water Access Association Inc. Kennedy claimed the county failed to stop the public from accessing the river at the bridges, thus violating his property rights. The timing aroused suspicion that Trout Unlimited's proposed resolution was meant to appeal to Kennedy, who might then be inclined to contribute some of his considerable wealth to the organization. Several conservationists have made this charge, but none are willing to be quoted by name. What is on the record is a letter Kennedy wrote in 2005 to the University of Montana to explain why his Cox Foundation would not donate money for a new journalism building.
Kennedy wrote, "As you may know, many Montana residents are making it known that they are not happy with non-resident landowners in their state. In addition, stream and river access issues are also being raised. Until these issues are resolved, and our presence in the state is more appreciated, we have decided not to make any further contributions in Montana."
In Montana, the controversy over national Trout Unlimited's resolution, which was meant to apply to every chapter and every state council, quickly focused on what Montana Trout Unlimited would do. That state organization, I am happy to say, opposed the resolution, arguing that "stream access is critically important to the ongoing effectiveness of TU." It also expressed a thanks-but-no-thanks response to a suggestion that stream-access activism could be funded through unaffiliated groups. Calling this a recipe for disaster, Montana Trout Unlimited argued that it would be both false and foolish for its members to work behind the scenes.
What turned into a grassroots revolt has apparently left the national board of Trout Unlimited reeling, because it recently rescinded its proposed resolution on what it called an "inherently divisive" issue. As Bob Teufel, acting chair of national Trout Unlimited, told a reporter, "I got 182 e-mails from our friends in Montana. … None of them included an offer to go fishing."
The author teaches at a small engineering and science college in Butte, Montana.


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Ryan O'Neal says the prognosis is positive for his recovery from recently diagnosed Stage 2 prostate cancer.
The 70-year-old actor said in a statement released through his publicist on Monday that he was "shocked and stunned by the news" but feels fortunate the disease was caught early. He says he's expected to make a full recovery.
A memoir about his romance with actress Farrah Fawcett, "Both of Us: My Life With Farrah," will be published on May 1. Fawcett died in 2009 after a public battle with cancer.
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Australis Ultima Sector
|Battle for Hyperborea
|Battle for Kenuc
Baatle for Kenuc system started on Kenuc Alpha, with several skirmish around a manufactorium, that process a crystals. Several Legions have stop at various times to collect cargo from several sites from Kenuc system.
|Legions United
Prelude to War
Welcome to the Pride Worlds! Along the dark passage core-ward, lies a stellar cluster that's been clearly visible from earth for eons. As mankind ventured out to conquer the stars, their history was typical. They were not so close as to merit man's immediate colonization, but they were close enough that prospectors broke ground early during the age of expansion. And from there, a well-known, war-torn cycle repeated; indigenous species were exterminated, ..→
|The Aminira Campaign
The Aminira system, known by the 255th Expeditionary Fleet as the fifteenth world to be brought to compliance, was a cluster dotted by four major planetary bodies. Amiri, a non-compliant hive world, Hakkario, an arid inhospitable death world, Hap-Tarkis, a gas giant surrounded by two habitable moons Eplis and Corris and finally Jellar, a small ice planet on the fringe of the system.
The systems significance had risen to prominence after long range orbital scans identified the signals of a ..→
|The Fate of Chrondor
For the people of Chrondor, the civil war that was tearing the Imperium apart seemed a distant thing. Demand for the goods produced from the system had surged, and for many of the systems rulers this was seen as a good thing. Stories of the conflict had filtered through to the general population, but most people believed the tales to be wildly exaggerated, something that had grown in its retelling into something much worse than the actual events must have been.
The reality of the nature of ..→
|The Liberation of Fuschal
Prelude to War
When compared to the scale of the civil war, or even to the chaos rolling back and forth across the Kaerimon Sub-Sector, the battle to reclaim the Fuschal System from the grasp of the traitors would barely count as a footnote, but that makes it no less important to the survivors and the victims of the campaign.
Fuschal and the other planets had been enslaved to the Warmaster's banner precisely because they were vulnerable - each city-ship, atoll, or mining station cut off ..→
Completed Campaign Reports
|Agif Prime: A Galaxy in Flames
|Alentos System Pacification
Alentos System Pacification
768th Expeditionary Fleet
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|Ashes of Pyre
Excerpt from The Horus Heresy: Famous Campaigns and notable battles
by Reginald Archibald III, Official Remembrancer.
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|Baylonian Insurrection
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|Breaking of Centrumeh Gate
Prelude to War
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|Savage Campaign
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The Emperors dreams and hope are in ruin, his trust proved false, and his brightest son fallen to darkness. These are bitter times as nightmares are made flesh and the Empire is thorn asunder as brother fights brother.
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|The Lincon Heresy
In the wake of Horus' treachery on Istvaan III and the galaxy plunged into civil war, confusion and panic spreads along the whole Beneheventian Sub-Sector. With the ragtag survivors of the drop site massacre and shattered Imperial forces desperately trying to reach supply depots, shipyards, forge worlds and safe heavens to regroup and rearm the Lincon System has become a major focal point in the Sub-Sector. With the only Ship Yard capable of building and repairing capital ships in the sector, ..→
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The Warmasters great betrayal is announced to the galaxy with the bloody brutal shattering of the loyalist legions at Istvaan IV. The unthinkable has become reality, brother fights brother, the Imperium of man folds upon itself in conflict. Elements of the once vast loyalist forces withdraw in hast to systems beyond the Warmasters reach. They seek to repair, they seek to re-arm, but most of all, they seek vengeance.
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Prelude to War
The Golloch Cluster is a nebulous region of space containing thousands of stars, and hundreds of habitable worlds. Including over fifty primary level Imperial worlds of post industrial advancement. It was conquered during a twenty year campaign which drove out Orks and several other now extinct or extirpated xenos races. Almost simultaneously with the news of Horus' betrayal at Istvaan a large group of worlds swore to the Warmaster and a huge war erupted in the cluster. ..→


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In Plano, a group of women of all ages called What Knots! meets every few weeks to work on a variety of knitting and crochet projects. The group is currently making items such as blankets, hats, wraps and even wine cozies.
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"After working all day, you've got other pressures, other stress, and it's an escape," Miller said.
In Dallas, Archana Ganaraj has discovered her own crafty way of overcoming stress. A surgeon by day, Ganaraj likes to sew in her downtime.
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We don't want to overstate — and it probably won't happen, anyway — but if Vikings sex boat gods Daunte Culpepper and Bryant McKinnie get their way, we might be in for the real trial of the century.
Two of the four players indicted in the whole Lake Minnetonka double-dong fiasco pleaded not guilty yesterday to misdemeanor charges and have "demanded a jury trial." To repeat the initial charges for each player, Culpepper is accused of "getting a 'lap dance' from an unidentified, naked female," and McKinnie, getting his money's worth, "picked up a naked woman, placed her on the bar in the lounge and commenced to perform oral sex on her ... at a different time during the evening, [witnesses] saw Mr. McKinnie along with three other unidentified males received oral sex from four women while the men were seated in deck chairs on the boat." Yeah, beat that rap. Why deny it? Hell, pay the freaking fine, take the pats on the back from teammates and go on your way.
Moe Williams, the third Viking indicted, is in court today. Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy.
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- CJ 220: Introduction to Homeland Security (4)
- CJ 320: Developing Homeland Security Practices (4)
- CJ 420: Implementing Homeland Security Strategies (4)
- CJ 425: Program Evaluation/Participation (4)
- CJ 421: Policy Analysis in Criminal Justice (4)
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► 100-200 Level
CJ 212D History/Development of American Law Enforcement (4 credits) Course surveys the historical development of American law enforcement, focusing on the social, political and organizational dynamics that helped to shape this critical institution. The course covers the four major models of American policing: colonial, political, reform, professional and service models. Course provides a historical foundation for other courses in the law enforcement major.
CJ 213D Introduction to Criminal Justice (4 credits) A multidisciplinary approach to administration, procedures, and policies of agencies of government charged with the enforcement of law, the adjudication of criminal behavior and the correction/punishment of criminal and deviant behavior. Includes an overview of criminal justice models and explanations of adult and juvenile crime and responses of the adult and juvenile justice systems within respective social, political and economic contexts.
CJ 219D Ethics and Leadership in Criminal Justice (4 credits) Major ethical theories relevant to criminal justice and social service institutions are examined. Emphasis is placed on ethical practices and dilemmas that affect practitioners as they endeavor to provide public services.
CJ 220 Introduction to Homeland Security (4 credits) First in a series of three (CJ 220, CJ 320, and CJ 420). Introduces students to the strategies and skills necessary to help local government and their communities become more effective in creating safe, vigilant, prepared and resilient communities for homeland security (i.e. natural and manmade disasters, crime and social deviance, acts of terrorism, and community enhancement). The course bridges the core strategies and philosophies of community policing and homeland security.
CJ 241 Introduction to Community Crime Prevention (4 credits) Opportunity to explore the history, philosophy, theory and application of community crime prevention programs. Students will examine research and programs in law enforcement, the courts, corrections, higher education and community-based organizations.
CJ 244W Comparative Criminal Justice (4 credits) Criminal justice systems from around the world are compared and contrasted.
CJ 252 American Courts (4 credits) In depth examination and analysis of the American court system. Students will be exposed to the new emerging "problem solving courts" and the school of legal thought referred to as Therapeutic Jurisprudence. Course is multidisciplinary and appropriate for all students who wish to have a better understanding of the American court system and emerging trends in the administration of justice.
► 300 Level
CJ 310 Legal Research and Writing (4 credits) An intensive writing course that focuses on legal research and writing. Students will learn to conduct legal research, write legal briefs, reports and memoranda utilizing the rules of citation, grammar and style.
CJ 320 Developing Homeland Security Practices (4 credits) Second in a series of three courses (CJ 220, CJ 320, and CJ 420). Course teaches students the skills needed to develop collaborative community action plans for homeland security (i.e. natural and manmade disasters, crime and social deviance, acts of terrorism, and community enhancement). Prerequisite: CJ 220
CJ 322 Forensic Anthropology (4 credits)
Introduces students to forensic anthropology, an applied subdiscipline of bioanthropology. Students will examine the role of the forensic anthropologist and the history of the discipline. Students will also become familiar with the goals, techniques, and broader applications of forensic anthropology.
CJ 327W Research Methods in Criminal Justice (4 credits) Opportunity to learn, understand and apply social research methods to issues germane to the discipline of criminal justice. Emphasis on the relationships of theory to research, measurement, research design, hypothesis testing, sampling and implications of research for social polity. Prerequisite: CJ 213.
CJ 331D Police and Community: Policy Perspective (4 credits) Broad review of contemporary American crime control policies and their relationship to community needs and citizen expectations. Emphasis on the influences that politics (i.e. minority groups, advocacy groups, etc.), culture, economics and bureaucracy have on policy development. Prerequisite: CJ 213 or consent of instructor
CJ 351 Police Organization and Administration (4 credits) Organizational and management principles; the administrative process in law enforcement agencies; the relationship of theoretical administrative concepts to the practical police environment. Prerequisite: CJ 213 or consent of instructor
CJ 352 Criminal Law (4 credits) Examines the sources and application of substantive criminal law. Students will learn to locate, interpret and apply municipal ordinances, state statutes, common federal law, and how to find and research statutes. This course is appropriate for anyone interested in law or who may be planning a law-related career.
► 400 Level
CJ 420 Implementing Homeland Security Strategies (4 credits) Third in a series of three courses (CJ 220, CJ 320, and CJ 420). Course teaches students how to successfully implement collaborative strategies and community action plans related to homeland security (i.e. planning for or responding to all hazardous events) from an executive or leadership perspective. Prerequisite: CJ 320
CJ 422 Community Collaboration and Development (4 credits) Course offers opportunity to learn the logistics, mechanics, and theoretical foundations behind community collaboration development – a systems approach that links community members and organizations with various institutions designated with the responsibility to assist communities. Course is multidisciplinary appropriate for anthropology, criminal justice, education, geography, history, and sociology students who will work or live in communities. Co-requisite: must be taken in conjunction with CJ 425
CJ 423W/523 Management of Law Enforcement Organizations (4 credits) Managerial concepts, administrative principles and supervisory practices for the middle command officer. Law enforcement leadership, policy formulation and application of sound management practices. Prerequisite: CJ 213 or consent of instructor
CJ 424/524 Law Enforcement Planning (4 credits) Planning techniques, development of criminal justice planning, identification of problem areas, causative factors, solutions and alternative strategies, using resources to effect change. Prerequisite: CJ 213 or consent of instructor
CJ 427 Crime Analysis (4 credits) Course covers the quantitative and qualitative study of crime and crime trends in relation to factors of sociological, demographic and spatial nature. Students gain valuable experience in utilizing public data and attitudinal surveys for the purpose of analyzing, interpreting, and presenting crime reports in a professional manner.
CJ 435C/535 Gender, Crime, and Justice (4 credits) Course examines the differences in the commission of offenses and victimization by gender and addresses gender specific difference in criminality, societal reactions and criminal justice responses by gender. Course also addresses the relationships of gender, race, social class, crime and social control.
CJ 436/536 Minorities, Crime, Social Policy, and Social Control (4 credits)
The involvement of minorities, especially African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans, in crime and the criminal justice system. Special attention is devoted to the role of racism in theories of crime and in American law and to the treatment of minorities by various factions of the criminal justice system.
CJ 440C/540 Community Crime Prevention Studies (4 credits) Multidisciplinary approach to theoretical foundations of issues related to crimes committed in the community and theoretical orientations of various community crime prevention strategies and the implications associated with social policies. Prerequisite: CJ 213 or consent of instructor
CJ 450D/550 Criminology (4 credits) A description and analysis of types of crimes, types of criminals and the major theories of crime causation. An examination of past and present incidence rates of crimes; the socioeconomic, cultural and psychological variables related to criminal behavior; and a review of possible solutions to the crime problem. Prerequisite: CJ 213 or consent of instructor
CJ 451D/551 Youth, Crime, and Society (4 credits) Offers a review of the nature, distribution and explanations of youth crime, with particular attention given to the historical context of youth crime and the topic of youth gangs. Gender, race, political and official responses to youth crime will be emphasized. Prerequisite: CJ 213 or consent of instructor
CJ 452/552 Criminal Procedure (4 credits)
The concepts of due process and application of the Bill of Rights in criminal law are examined in the light of U.S. Supreme Court decisions. State and federal procedural law is reviewed as well as relevant new legislation. Prerequisites: CJ 213 and CJ 252 or consent of instructor
CJ 453/553 Corrections (4 credits) Considers the evolution of punishment, corrections theories, survey of prison development and administration; education, labor and rehabilitation processes; social groups in the prison community. Prerequisite: CJ 213 or consent of instructor
CJ 454D/554 Parole and Probation (4 credits) History of parole and probation; review of contemporary parole and probation theories, practices, processes and research; the future of parole and probation. Prerequisite: CJ 213 or consent of instructor
CJ 455D/555 Correctional Casework and Counseling (4 credits) History, development and contemporary practices, theories, and techniques of juvenile and adult correctional casework, counseling and treatment. Prerequisite: CJ 213 or consent of instructor
CJ 456/556 Contemporary Issues in Criminal Justice (4 credits) A study of contemporary issues in criminal justice. Prerequisite: consent of instructor
CJ 463/563 Topics on Juvenile Issues (4 credits) This course focuses on contemporary juvenile issues (such as child abuse) and other current issues and trends that involve the juvenile, family, school, social agencies and the court. Prerequisite: upper-division standing
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Notre Dame has already crossed the pond to play a college football game in Ireland. Penn State and UCF will officially announce shortly, perhaps as early as this weekend, that they will do the same.
The Pac-12, though, has its eyes set on traversing a much vaster body of water on the other side of the world.
Speaking to the imitable Bryan Fischer of the Pac-12 Network, conference commissioner Larry Scott laid out his plans for the future "globalization" the league. Select sports have already traveled or will travel to China in the future, with Scott noting that, given the conference's positioning on the West Coast, "it's only natural for us to look West with so many of our schools already doing it."
Based on the sports tremendous popularity in the country, basketball will serve as a linchpin for the Pac-12 as it looks to penetrate that vast, collegiately untapped market. While football is a different animal entirely than hoops — primarily larger traveling parties equaling much greater travel costs — taking a game overseas into China is something the conference has studied and will continue to study.
In fact, it seems more a matter of when and not if.
"I think we will have football [in China] at some stage," Scott told Fischer. "I think it's more of a longer-term thing. I've done due diligence on it during my trips… It's very expensive to bring teams over there and I just don't know if it's practically very viable right now. The NFL has been over there for years trying to develop fans and end up doing a lot of grassroots activity. It's just hard when it's not an endemic sport and that's the beauty of basketball and the Olympic sports."
Whether or not a college football game in China happens in five years or a couple of decades, it appears the conference in general and the commissioner specifically will leave no stone unturned in its quest to expand the league's brand to a potential audience of billions.
Oh, and as an aside: Scott noted in his interview with Fischer that the acronym for the Chinese equivalent of the NCAA is the "FUSC." Now pardon me while I go take care of the irony dripping off of my computer screen…


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"The Second Amendment is just as anachronistic as the Third," said Maher, "People have this love of guns. That is what's so sick. That's what's so different in America." He also said that being a "proud gun owner" was "stupid."
"I'm not proud of it because it's not an accomplishment," he said.
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