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Jang Keun Suk asked SNSD's Yoona to come back.
In the 15th episode of KBS 2TV's drama series Love Rain that aired on May 14, Jun (played by Jang Keun Suk) asked Hana (played by SNSD's Yoona) if she wanted to come back to him.
Jun stared at Hana and said, "We only had to think about ourselves. If you're okay with me, I won't care about anything. Don't you want to come back to me?"
However, Hana said, "I'm sorry" and gave Jun a hug in tears.
The viewers responded: "I feel so sad for them," "They're together now but not really," "They must be heartbroken."
In the episode, Jun told his father Seo In Ha (played by Jung Jin Young) about his relationship with Hana, and In Ha said to Hana that he was sorry to interrupt them too late.
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Last Saturday night around ten o'clock I got out of my comfortable lift chair to do my last walking routine with my walker and get into my power chair in preparation for bed. For the past several years, I have always leaned forward while walking but just as I was within a few feet of the power chair, this time I decided to straighten upright and unfortunately lost my balance and began falling backward. Realizing that I could not correct the backward movement, I decided to just relax and fall in a sitting position where I rolled backward and bumped my head lightly on the hardwood floor.
Cheryl came running from another room and found me on the floor. Wanting to know if I was all right, I told her the best I could that I was okay but now the task was in helping me up off the floor. I knew that was impossible so we finally called 911 for assistance. They came and helped me up while checking for any injuries and offered to take me to Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Fontana if necessary.
I told them that we would go to Kaiser to make sure no bones were broken or that there were no internal injuries. My son Hardy, who had just arrived to help, noticed a slight bruise on my head so we wanted to get it checked out.
Once at Kaiser, the emergency room doctor decided they should do a CAT scan of my head and x-rays of my pelvic area to be sure nothing was wrong (after all I am 69-years young). After the first scan, he wanted to take another one a few hours later and have a neurological surgeon read the scan for certainty. In the meantime, I laid in bed, talked with the nurse, and waited for the results while hooked up to monitoring equipment.
I could not help but think of my first few years of employment at Kaiser Fontana when there were few employees of color. Now, here I was being cared for by an Asian doctor, Latino nurse and a White female administering the CAT scan. This in my estimation was what the Equal Opportunity Employment laws and Affirmative Action Programs at Kaiser helped to produce.
Around 5 a.m., the doctor came back into the room and said everything was all right and the CAT scan indicated I still had a brain and everything was just fine.
That is when the thought occurred to me and I told Cheryl my mama had always told me I had a hard head when I was growing up. Now there was empirical medical evidence to say 'mama was right'.
As a boy I was always doing things that they told me not to do such as leaving the yard and playing with cousins down the street without permission. I would get punished every time and turn around and do it again just as soon as the pain went away. Now one lesson I've learned from this incident is I am not going to try standing tall while walking but will forever lean forward. That sounds like a political statement from one of the presidential candidates.
Now the one I have to listen to is my wife, Cheryl when it comes to not trying to do something different without assistance. My mother also told us, "A hard head will make a soft bottom". Mom was always right. I am doing just fine and in closing will refer you to read Rev. Larry Campbell "Moment in the Word" this week to be able to understand the role of humor in times like these.
The Political Conventions Are Over, What Are You Going To Do
When I was issued my discharge papers from the emergency room early Sunday morning, I also thought of this political season. I had been in the emergency room for seven hours, which is the most expensive area of medical care and where most people arrive from accidents or medial emergency.
It hit me when the discharge staff told Cheryl that will cost you five dollars for the visit. I had two Cat Scans, pelvic X-ray, lab work, doctor visits, nursing care and housekeeping services and it costs us five dollars.
Many seniors do not go to the hospital to be checked out when they fall because they have no medical insurance and Romney wants to repeal "The Affordable Health Care Act" which gives them coverage. Maybe I should say Romney wants to repeal parts of it now that the public is in favor of "Obama Care" and the benefits it provide many Americans.
Now I don't know what the actual cost of my visit last Saturday night was, or the political persuasion of the people who cared for me, but $5 for the visit and the peace of mind it brought to my family is invaluable.
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Fellers, don't tell anybody, but I use a string to line up stuff when working by myself which is about 99% of the time. I've even seen other fellers do it too! (dumb Texans) Now, if I were to move to the west coast I'd have to hire some helpers since owning a string is a violation of policy out that way. Maybe I could even hire some of those out of work movie actors or something to come sight my posts for me. At least I know now that the way I've done it for 40+ years doesn't work. I hate it when that happens. ROFL
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A 3-4" wide piece of leather strip, 18" long, is also great for "wrap arounds"
Of course, one can always use Mathey-Dearman, or a Picle1-II short-saddle machine
In the case of roll cages, tubing notchers work best.
Fuzzy, octagons aren't legal in Texas? You guys don't have any STOP signs?
Just having some fun................."Bonne journe'e mes amis"
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The stop sign? I believe I have seen a few somewhere....... thinking it was along the Red River and they were facing north.LOL
We tried them along the Rio Grande, but don't guess those folks can read either.
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A little sensitive here....LOL
The keyword here is "professional".
Professional fence men don't have time to use strings. It's that simple.
Most of your fence companys out west face fierce competition. Thirty years ago I figured a hundred feet per hour labor for setting chainlink fence. A two man crew was expected to layout, dig, and set, six to eight hundred feet of fence in a day.
That's all set to height and line by eye because there was no way you could use a string and get that much done. We allowed a little for fence that was short, harder to set, and fence that was tall, again, harder to set.
Post holes were six or eight inch in diameter and on ten foot centers and two feet deep. All the concrete was mixed in the wheelbarrow using sand, gravel, portland cement mixed five or six to one.
There are two ways of sighting in fencelines. The most common is called "plumb man". Plumb man is where the foreman sets the end posts on a line. The helper goes to the second post and holds it plumb. The foreman sights down from one end post towards the other. When the post is inline and plumb the foreman runs to the wheel barrow and mixes enough concrete to hold the post. The concrete is mixed stiff, not dry, stiff, some of you will know the difference.
The foreman then runs (runs) back to sight it in again for line and this time he also sets it for height. When he has that then the plumb man moves back to the first post and the foreman sights it in back to the corner post. When that post is done they move down the line doing the third post and so on.
Where this takes skill and practice is if the fence has a top rail or not. Top rail fence has line posts three and a half to four inches lower than the corners and gate posts. It's a little tricky getting that second post inline and guestimating the height. Once the second post is set for height then the top rail height is easy.
Grade adds another degree of difficulty. By the time a man gets enough time on the job to be a foreman he knows how to see grade variation. He knows not to shoot to the peak in a line but a couple of posts each side of it.
The upside of the plumb man method is you can run two or three man crews. The third man can relieve the foreman mixing concrete and keep the wheelbarrows and water buckets ready. A two man crew works the heck out of the foreman because he's the one mixing the concrete. He does gets breaks between wheelbarrows, usually we would run two. When both wheelbarrows are empty, we figured six posts to a wheelbarrow, the foreman does some touching up and maybe gets the water buckets refilled while the helper is refilling the wheelbarrows and getting them set out down the line. But the two man plumb man crew usually can be identified by the lean and mean foreman, there ain't no other when you run like he has to do all day.
I learned plumb man from my dad. When I started running a crew I was exposed to the back sight method by a foreman we hired that kicked my butt production wise. It was sad how bad he beat me no matter how hard I worked.
Back sighting is where the foreman does all the sighting in looking back down the line and having the helpers mix the concrete. A good back sighting foreman will kill two good helpers in a day if he isn't careful.
It is the only way to set fence if you're working by yourself.
The way it works is the ends and the second post is set just like with the plumb man method. Then the forem grabs the first post and sights back across and over the second post towards the far end. He instantly yells "mud" when the plumbed post is in line. He pulls it to height and runs to the third post and grabs it. He has the plumb in one hand against the post. He's watching the bubble in the plumb as the same time he's watching the post in his hand hide the next post in line. When it disappears he once again yells out "mud". The cement has to be stiff and well mixed or they have to wait until it does. Formen don't allow helpers to give them bad mix or make them wait. Once the third post is set then the foreman is off to the fourth and so on. Every third post or so he will run back a couple of posts and make sure he's not drifting out of line by sighting back towards the end post he's working towards.
I'm only five eight so tall fences give me pause. I won't carry a bucket for standing on so I put on a sight mark on the post. I use the sight marks to shoot height as I'm going. I can set a seven foot high fence with the same accuracy and speed as I can a five footer once the sight marks are in place.
That foreman that inspired me to learn to back sight, well, we were a pair to draw to you competive types know what I mean. One day we set a twenty six hundred foot line of six foot chainlnk, set to height and in line. We had four survey pins and he started at one end and I started at the other. We literally met at the middle and when we stepped back you couldn't see where that point was. I'm sure the four helps we had remember that day as clearly as we do, just not for the same reasons.
I brought those skills to my pipe fence building here in Texas. In California no one heard of welding pipe fence at that time. I built alot of ranches in California with schedule forty pipe and V Mesh but we did them all with fence fittings.
I use almost exclusively galvanized pipe. If you've ever cut galvanized pipe with a torch in the field you know why I set my post for height and line by eye. It takes me no longer to set a fence line with one helper than it does a good Texas crew using string lines and two or three helpers with one caveat. That is we use the same amount of concrete per post. But where it pays off is when it comes time to weld her up. All I have to do is layout the toprail and get welding. I never weld a joint between posts. I set my posts on nominal eight foot centers. My schedule forty two inch (2 3/8 o.d.) pipe comes in twenty four foot lengths. I carry a portaband and usually end up with two to six inch stubs off of a length of pipe as I cut the joints to be welded over a post.
I had a client ask me awhile back how many sacks of sacrete I used in a post hole. I had to smile. I don't use sacrete ever if I can help it. If I'm not using mixed concrete then I use Maximizer.
"Well" I told the client, "let's see, an eighty pound bag of sacrete mixes out to six tenths of a cubic foot. My holes are three and a half cubic feet. I guess about five to six".
End of that conversation.
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That's a great explanation Harv. I've seen what you do and I'm envious..... not sensitive. I guess I'll have to keep my string handy since I'm neither a professional fencer nor do I have a crew.Jim
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I'm thinkin' we need to get the fine folks at the discovery channel to do a show on this topic..We could go to Alaska set up for corner posts and have four teams with their own special skills and tools each do a side..
Heck we might even find some gold in them thar' post holes ..but hey they already have a show on that..Steve
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Two Mechanicsville teenagers have been charged with theft and multiple property destruction offenses in court papers alleging they damaged mailboxes and a truck, and stole a U.S. flag and flagpole at a home near Golden Beach.
John Edward Dunlak and Frank Anthony Holl III, both 18, also took an electric spotlight and three lawn ornaments on Oct. 20 from Kenneth A. Fulks' residence, where a chain-link fence was damaged, according to a charges application filed last Saturday by St. Mary's sheriff's deputy J.E. Davis.
Fulks' flagpole was taken to the residence of James Raley Faunce, where charging papers allege that the two teenage suspects destroyed Faunce's mailbox.
In addition, charging papers allege that Dunlak and Holl smashed the windshield to Justin Blake Behr's 1986 Ford Ranger, and destroyed a mailbox belonging to Kenneth Dale Gass.
Holl's wallet was found in Faunce's yard, the deputy wrote in charging papers, adding that when the two suspects were questioned, they "provided alibis for their whereabouts during the thefts and property destruction which proved to be false."


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Bats have gotten a particularly bad rap thanks to old-time monster movies, but did you know that bats are an important part of our ecosystem? It's true! And the primary benefit for us is that on average, a single bat can capture 500 to 1,000 mosquitos an hour!
In order to encourage bats onto your property, they'll need a place to say. You can easily build your own bat house that can hold from one dozen to more than 100 bats depending on your needs, available space and carpentry skills.
Before building your bat house, consider the space available. To create favorable conditions, the internal bat house temperature should be between 27 and 38 degrees Celsius and have at least six hours of direct daily sun. Bat houses should be mounted on buildings or poles as these provide the best protection against predators. Also, be sure to mount them at least 12 feet above the ground, though 15 to 20 feet is preferred. Don't place a bat house in a location lit by bright lights. Ideally, houses should have a water source close by. Open-bottom houses greatly reduce problems with birds, mice, squirrels or parasites entering the house.


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Susan Eagles has completed a four year diploma program with the School of Phytotherapy (Herbal Medicine) in England. This course includes an understanding of anatomy, physiology, dermatology, gynecology, the effects of disease and plant medicines on the body's systems and 500 hours of practice in herbal medicine clinics with internationally respected medicinal herbalists. Previous education includes a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Education. Susan's interest in herbal medicine began in youth with a love of nature, eating foods in the wild and growing herbs for medicinal and culinary use. She is particularly interested in using local "weeds" for medicine, respecting both the plant wisdom for choosing its required surroundings and the Native American ability to heal using the plants around them. She is committed to increasing awareness of the impact of environmental factors on health. She is co-author with Pat Crocker of The Juicing Bible, on juicing vegetables, fruits and herbs for better health. Susan practices holistic medicine by assessing the patient's family history, lifestyle, emotional and physical conditions and believes that a patient's return to health begins with an understanding of what is happening to their body and why. Susan practiced Herbal Medicine in the Lindsay-Bobcaygeon area in Ontario for five years. Susan is currently traveling to expand her knowledge of herbs and other forms of natural healing.
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Sunday, October 20, 2002Columbia, S.C. (October 19, 2002) - East Tennessee State junior Diego Iglesias (Mar del Plata, Argentina) fell to Georgia Tech's Roger Anderson Sunday in the A-1 singles championship at the 2002 South Carolina Fall Invitational. Anderson, who finished last season ranked 30th in the country by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) and is the Yellow Jackets' No.1 singles player, defeated Iglesias 6-1, 6-4. Iglesias earned the bid to the championship match by defeating Evan Austin of Kentucky 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, in the semi-finals. "Diego had a great tournament and picked up four quality wins," said ETSU head coach Dave Mullins. "I'm very proud of everybody's effort. This tournament gave us an opportunity to compete against some good teams." ETSU senior Francisco Diaz (Weston, Fla.) won his B-2 consolation finals match over Sean Voorhies of Lander University 6-2, 6-4. Diaz and sophomore teammate Moises Serrano(Bucaramanga, Colombia) fell to Rehman Esmail and Will Shaw of North Carolina State 8-6 in the B-1 doubles finals. Rounding out the Buccaneers' Sunday matches was sophomore Federico Ochoa (Manizales, Colombia), who dropped his semi-final match to Georgia Tech's Marko Rajevac in the B-3 singles bracket 7-5, 6-0. Mullins said his team must now prepare for this upcoming weekend's ITA Region II Qualifier in Chapel Hill, N.C., where the Bucs will be playing for the chance to compete at the Nov. 7-10 ITA Omni Hotel Indoor Championships in Dallas, Texas. ETSU Results - Day Three - 2002 South Carolina Fall Invitational A-1 Singles - Semifinals Diego Iglesias d. Evan Austin (Kentucky), 2-6; 6-4; 6-3 A-1 Singles - Finals Roger Anderson (Ga. Tech) d. Diego Iglesias, 6-1; 6-4 B-2 Singles Consolations Francisco Diaz d. Sean Voorhies (Lander University), 6-2; 6-4 B-3 Singles - Semifinals Marko Rajevac (Ga. Tech) d. Federico Ochoa, 7-5; 6-0 B-1 Doubles - Semifinals Rehman Esmail/Will Shaw (NC State) d. Diaz/Serrano, 8-6
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Today's blog follows Dr. Falk's previous post about Albert Mohler's recent critique of the BioLogos Foundation. Dr. Mohler's speech is available here, and a transcript is also available.
Dear Dr. Mohler:
I watched your presentation on the importance of Young Earth Creationism with great interest and some questions occurred to me. My most general question would have to be whether this really matters as much as you say. It seems to me that you are making a theological mountain out of an exegetical molehill, but I suspect we should just agree to disagree about that. So let me frame some specific questions and perhaps you can help me appreciate where you are coming from.
Here are the questions I have for you, which are expanded in the links:
1.You say that General Revelation cannot trump Special Revelation. Of course, the word "trump" is metaphorical here, and "special" and "general" are loaded terms, but I am taking you to mean that we should not let information from outside the Bible change our minds about what is inside the Bible. The example in your talk would suggest that information from geological records, radioactive dating, cosmic expansion and so on—all of which suggests that the universe is billions of years old—should not persuade us to set aside the natural reading of Genesis which suggests that the earth is young. Is this a fair statement of your position?
2. You say that Darwin left on his expedition on the Beagle to "prove the theory of evolution." You say he had his theory of evolution before he went on the Beagle and that he was seeking evidence to support it as he traveled about the globe. I would be interested in knowing where you got this idea. Darwin kept copious notes, a diary, and wrote many letters in the course of his long public life. From this vast set of insights into his thinking biographers have been able to unfold his thinking at every turn, and we have a clear picture of how, when, and in response to what, he developed the theory of evolution. What we know with certainty is that he was a Christian who believed in Creation when he boarded the beagle. He even wrote "I did not doubt the literal truth of anything in the Bible" to describe his view when he boarded the Beagle. Far from having a theory of evolution, he was a devotee of William Paley and the design argument. Yet you say exactly the opposite. Can you give some sources for your unusual historical claim?
3. You speak of the apparent age of the universe as a logical necessity and I fully agree with you, up to a point. Certainly, if we were to wander into the Garden of Eden two weeks after the creation was completed, we would see two adults who looked at least 18 years old. But there are many other indicators of age that don't lend themselves to this sort of explanation. Why would God create radioactive elements in the proportions to suggest the earth is 5 billion years old? Why would God create stars with half of their nuclear fuel already used up? Why would God pepper the heavens with debris that looks exactly like it came from stars that exploded billions of years ago? Why would God create continents that look exactly like they were joined millions of year ago?
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Whenever I teach, as I'm doing this summer in a short class on action photography at The Image Flow in Mill Valley, I find two things to be the most challenging: Explaining to others what I do instinctively in a way they understand and not knowing what the students don't know.
The first forces me to think in granular terms about what I do with the camera — and why. For example, one student asked me why I usually use ISO 400 as my base setting when most digital cameras have ISO settings lower than that. Well, I answered, somewhat lamely, it's because I grew up on Tri-X, Kodak's legendary black-and-white film. It had an ASA of 400 and my earliest lessons about light and manual exposure were learned using that number as a base — and those lessons still work today. In other words, it's a habit, albeit one that serves me well.
The second challenge is more difficult. What each student knows about photography in general and the intricacies of their own camera in particular varies widely.
Most, not surprisingly, came to photography in the digital age and with cameras so advanced and so automatic that they skipped the need to studdy the basics of photography, so they have a poor understanding of the connections between light and exposure, between shutter speed and aperture, and between focal length and depth of field.
They all have inexpensive lenses that in a short twist of the barrel leap rom wide-angle to telephoto, so they've never had to master the physical art of moving through a scene with prime lenses in order to change the point of view or to get closer to or farther from a subject.
Because of these gaps, each time I attempt to explain something more advanced, such as capturing the fleetness of a runner with a pan or freezing the motion of boy on bike in a half-pipe, it opens the door to a more basic discussion about the principles behind the technique and where to find the buttons and dials on a particular brand of camera in order to get the technical stuff right.
For this reason, I learn along with my students. I learn about my own habits (good and bad), I learn how different types of cameras work (even their Nikons don't function as mine does) and, most importantly, I learn I need patience in order to succeed — and that's a lesson that applies to photography as well as teaching.
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Excerpt: No matter what Barack Obama does, he cannot escape the shadow of his former political opponent.
Hillary Clinton, back from her global travels visiting places and peoples hardly heard of on this continent, is stealing the spotlight without even touching the stage.
President Obama visits the Middle East, makes history as he speaks war to Syria and Iran, and peace to Israelis and Palestinians, and the talk back home circles The Big Question: Will Hillary run?
The former first lady, the former senator and now the former secretary of state is everywhere — and nowhere to be seen. Sent away by this president upon his unlikely victory in 2008 against the Clinton machine and the inevitable first woman president, Hillary is back.
Few people — and far fewer women — have attracted so much attention as Hillary Clinton. She carries the unique burden of being something to everyone: Loved, despised, admired, feared, a role model, a terrifying omen, politician, mother, wife, nemesis, scold, muse. She is a conundrum of one.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (March 8, 2011) - The awards continue to pile up for ETSU senior Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.), as the National Association of Basketball Coaches announced Wednesday that the 6-foot-6 guard has been named to the NABC Division I All-District team.
Smith, who was voted the Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year earlier this month, was selected by the district's coaches to the NABC District 3 first team. He is joined on the first team by Lipscomb's Adnan Hodzic, Charleston Southern's Jamarco Warren, and the Coastal Carolina duo of Desmond Holloway and Chad Gray.
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Men do a terrible job in ruling our world. So it is about time we allow women to rule instead and see if they can do a better job.
Men have ruled our world for all of recorded history, which has been a story of continuous wars, genocide, injustice, oppression and poverty. History demonstrates time and time again, that men do a terrible job in ruling our world.
We can find the reasons why in the instincts of male animals. Every spring, animals like stags, bulls and rams will fight each other for dominance and access to females. Men likewise have similar instincts but they fight with far more deadly weapons like spears, swords, rifles, machine guns, aircraft, bombs and rockets. In the 20th century men came close to committing global suicide through nuclear warfare in the cold war between the USSR and NATO.
Men have also failed to create a fair and equal society. Again, this is because of the masculine competitive instinct. An alpha stag has no intention of sharing any of his harem with any other stag. We see exactly the same attitude in any society ruled by men, with a big gap between rich and poor.
So would Women do a better job? As we see with all female animals, they have a powerful maternal instinct. Without this powerful instinct to nurture their young most mammals and birds on this planet, would go extinct. Likewise, women are natural carers and most will devote their lives caring for children, as well as the sick, disabled, elderly and animals. If we had true matriarchal governments they would want to nurture and care for the people they rule.
It is true that nowadays, most female politicians like Margaret Thatcher show little compassion for others. But when women join patriarchal political parties they have to act and behave like men to gain respect and promotion. So in this system only the most ruthless and aggressive women obtain any position of power. This is why we need to have true matriarchal political parties made up only of women. So women can be themselves and act and behave like nurturing and caring women. And so nurture the countries they rule.
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Apr 13 2013: Women are not able to go out and conquer the world by force, like men have done. The only way women can get into power is through democratic means. So it means they have to be voted into power through the will of the people.
greg dahlen
Apr 12 2013: I would say we will see more women in political office as time goes by, and we will also see more influence of women on political parties that are a mix of both sexes. I believe an all-women's party is a bad idea as both sexes have their strengths and a party should draw on both sexes' strengths.
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Apr 12 2013: I agree Greg.......we are seeing more women in political office, and I do not agree that an all-woman political party is a good idea. We already seperate the sexes in many ways.... it's time to come together, and, as you insightfully say....draw on the strengths of both men and women. If we are a world of men and women, then it seems reasonable and beneficial that both men and women share the responsibilities:>)
Apr 13 2013: Sharing is what women do, but if we look at our history, we don't find men doing this. Men in any position of power do not share power or wealth with anyone else. In our patriarchal world there is a big gap between the rich and poor, the powerful and powerless and that is the result of male rule. When men and women come together, in a political party, the men will try to grab power for themselves and women have to either be as ruthless and devious as men or lose out. So we end up with only very ruthless and aggressive women in politics. If we want caring and sharing people ruling our world, the only way to do it, is through matriarchal political parties.
Apr 13 2013: William,
I believe sharing is considered a learned behavior, encouraged (or not) with social reinforcement. Girls/women are generally taught and encouraged to share, while boys/men are encouraged and taught to be more aggressive and assertive.
There's a good book (in my perception) by Pat Heim, Ph.D, called "Hardball for Women"...winning at the game of business. I heard her speak at a conference years ago, and I really like her perspective, which is delivered with humor. She makes a very good point that from the very beginning of a child's life in the hospital, they are wrapped in a blue blanket or a pink blanket, and from that day on, are treated and taught differently!
Women CAN learn to be more aggressive and assertive, and we/they ARE learning that, with the increased number of women in politics and business.
Men CAN also learn to share, and these behaviors and practices probably are more effective in the opposite sexes if the encouragement is started at a younger age. For a long time, for example, girls were discouraged from pursueing math and science. Now, we are starting to encourage that in young girls.....there's hope:>)
I truly believe that since we are a group of men AND women sharing this earth, it would be good for all of us to compromise, adjust, and learn more ways to balance leadership roles....all together:>)
Adir Zagury
Apr 12 2013: I disagree.
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I'm also furious, any men who talks that way about women get "crucified" for being sexist and chauvinist.
Women have the same rights as men, and more. The laws against women discrimination are vast, extended and strict. Women are the majority of the population, and if they want to lead all tey need to do is convince the majority of people, that they'll do a better job.
Apr 13 2013: The laws against female discrimination are very very recent in our history and only apply to Westernised countries, and a lot of them are not properly enforced. Men have been oppressing women for thousands of years, and this has affected the way they think. Most women seem to have what Malcolm X called "a slave mentality", because of this oppression. This is why only a minority of women are willing to challenge the patriarchal society we live in.
Jim Ryan
Apr 12 2013: It's not who rules, but what's behind each rule. Men, women, that doesn't matter. What matters is the aim of each rule and what are the threats to each rule. Women can order war just like the cowardly men that do such, while they stay out of harms way. Intent is the magic or mischief in all language. If the president of each nation had to fight hand to hand combat, leading the way, only insane rulers would go to war.
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Apr 12 2013: Agree Jim.....INTENT is important in all of life experiences....in my humble perception:>)
Apr 12 2013: Good to know Colleen, have a beautiful evening.
Apr 13 2013: Thank you it was....hope your day/evening is good as well:>)
Jim Ryan
Apr 13 2013: Yes Colleen, thanks.
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Lawren Jones
Apr 12 2013: Sexism, pure and simple.
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Apr 18 2013: I agree that women through history have been subjected to patriarchal propaganda to make them feel powerless. The point is that men do this to each other all the time. You can see this clearly in sport where sportsmen competing against each other will try to undermine each other's confidence by trading insults with each other. So when men also insult and put down women, they are simply playing power games with them. In these power games any 'weakness' of the opponent is exploited, so if a women has a concerned about being too fat, the man will then tell her exactly what she doesn't want to hear, to undermine her confidence in herself.
In spite of what some feminist say, men and women are very different to each other. So they when women enter the competitive world of patriarchal politics or business they end up having to act differently to their natural behaviour. Because the natural caring and nurturing instincts of women are exploited by men and are condemned by men as a 'weakness'. And in the dog eat dog patriarchal world, perhaps it is. But if women have their own matriarchal political party, and they show to the voters that they are far more caring and loving people than any patriarchal political party then that 'weakness' then becomes a strength. Because most voters will prefer to be ruled by caring people, instead of ruthless, uncaring macho men.
So it is about women taking pride in their nurturing and maternal nature and saying to the world, ;we are better people because of this. And then point out that the world is ruled by uncaring and exploitive men and this is why the world is ruled so badly. And so women can make a strong case to the people, why they would be better rulers of the world than men.Apr 15 2013: I agree Lucas that there is no reason why women couldn't rule the world and it would be a lot better organized. Not sure about this idea of women ruling the world already. Women have influence but it is men who still have the power and that is why the world is so badly ruled. We do need true matriarchal governments if we are to fix many of the world's problems, as it is clear that men are incapable of doing this.Apr 15 2013: There is no real reason why or why not women couldn't rule the world. In cavemen years who knows, maybe the women ruled over the men to fetch the food for the family and just to be able to survive. Even today women, in a way, already rule the world because without women keeping the men in place of picking up children from a sport or from school, Encouraging the man to find a job. Many countries around the world may be better or more organized if women were to rule over men.Apr 15 2013: Thanks for this debate. I was looking forward to something like this.
1. "The pen is mightier than the sword"
2. It is not only men who partake in competition but also women. It is is in our bloods to be greedy and selfish, and so having a women leader would not necessarily make things better. Why do women do up their hair, face and body? To stand out from the other women? Is this not competition?
And who said that competition isn't healthy. To quote the great Adam Smith, "In competition, individual ambition serves the common good". Look at the technology sector. Due to the vast amount of competition, companies such as Apple and Samsung have to keep on innovating in order to stay alive. This provides us with goods which we would never have seen if it were not for competition.
3. When you say a "matriarchal government" who will care and nurture do you basically mean more government? "One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results" (Milton Friedman). It will be difficult to look after all the citizens. By helping some people, other will be at a loss (a bit like a zero sum game). Why not just have fewer rules and regulations allowing people to live their lives without having the government breathing down their neck?
Apr 15 2013: I agree women are competitive, but I don't think they are so competitive they want to start a war or conquer other countries. In the whole of history we do not have a great Amazon army of women trying to conquer the world, like the armies of Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Napoleon Bonaparte or Adolf Hitler. Men have been so competitive that in the Cold war between the NATO and USSR male leaders come close to committing global suicide through nuclear war.
Also throughout history we see in most countries a big gap between rich and poor. In is commonplace to see in patriarchal countries a extremely wealthy ruling elite, while the common people are living in poverty or even starving to death. Yes, competition is great but when taken to the extreme like what male rulers tend to do, it can be extremely destructive.
Yes, we need competition but it has to be moderated and not taken to any extreme. Men have shown throughout history that they cannot do this as we still have wars and societies where we have a big gap between rich and poor. Women are more moderate in their behaviour. They are far less likely to bomb cities and forget there are actual people living in them. Or impose economic policies that condemn people to poverty.
We must remember that these deregulation ideas like you got with President Regan, come directly from Social Darwinism, which is what Hitler advocated. The policies of the "survival of the fittest" justify war and poverty as it is claimed that those who die in poverty and war are 'unfit' and so deserve to die. Individual women like Margaret Thatcher or Ayn Rand might agree with this. But the vast majority of women would find it impossible, and know that people who suffer in wars or poverty are real people like themselves.
So any Matriarchal government will be far less extreme than many patriarchal governments.Apr 14 2013: I just think the the main reason for this is patriarchal propaganda that claims that women are 'weak' because they are more caring and loving people than men. I think many women buy into this and try to be 'strong' by learning to be aggressive and ruthless. Although individual women can do this, like Margaret Thatcher, most women are not able to do it. When women try to act and behave like men they will always be at a disadvantage as aggression and ruthlessness is more natural for men, than for women.
Women throw away a big advantage by denying their true nature. Men do a terrible job in ruling our world because of their aggression and violence. So it would make sense if women were to clearly state. "We can do a far better job in ruling the world than you bunch of idiots." Then they can point out they are far more caring and loving people than men. And because of this, they would be far, far better rulers of our world. We need to be clear about this. Men are doing a terrible job in ruling our world and women need to be encouraged to take over. At present the voting public only have the choice of different patriarchal political parties and have to choose between which one will do least damage. But if the public had the choice of voting for a matriarchal political party of caring and nurturing women, then they would have a real choice of a better life for us all.Apr 14 2013: Yes, women do have an influence, I am sure without the influence of women men would have destroyed themselves long ago in violent wars with each other. The point is that we know men are very violent and aggressive so it is not a good idea to have clowns like this rule our world. We need to be ruled by more sensible people who are more loving and caring of others and the only way we can do this is to allow women to rule our world.Apr 13 2013: Humanity is like a body; whatever has been done or is being done by men, women do have influence and hence a major contribution.
Whoever has been intoxicated or has taken a pill will understand this. A small bottle of gin/whiskey, or a small pill, doesnt seem like much; but the impact does the talking.
Only a foolish man would underestimate the power and influence of a woman. Men would be good leaders if they are influenced by a good mother or a good wife.
PS: thumbs up to Ridley Scott and the production team of the TV show 'The Good Wife'Apr 13 2013: It is certainly true in the case of Maggie Thatcher.
Apr 13 2013: Margaret Thatcher's name always come up in these conversations. She is one of the reasons I advocate a all female political party. The only way a woman can become leader of a patriarchal party is to act and behave like a man. Which is what Margaret Thatcher ended up doing. The only way we can have caring and nurturing women in positions of power, is through a matriarchal political party with no men in it.
Apr 13 2013: I would agree with you but then both us would be wrong.
Apr 13 2013: The only way we can find out for sure, is to have a genuine matriarchal government in power and then we can judge whether women are better rulers than men. I don't think we have a lot to lose by trying this.Apr 13 2013: Ok lets all chip in to get O a sex change operation and see how it goes, I don't think it could get worse?Apr 13 2013: I would agree except for the terrible job women do in choosing whom to have children with. If women could stop breeeding with total jerks then I think women would have a fairly perfect resume.Apr 13 2013: Colleen, In the nurture V nature debate is is hard to know what is what. The truth of the matter is that the sexes are effected by both. It is not all nature and it is not all nurture. Also we are all different so we can have very feminine men and very masculine men. We can only look at men's and women's behaviour as a whole. Men have ruled our world for the whole of recorded history because they are far more aggressive, competitive and violent than women. Yes individual women can be as aggressive and violent as men but most women are not.
The problem is that men make terrible rulers of our world, Men's aggression, competitiveness and violence makes them more likely to be rulers but makes them very bad rulers when they get into any position of power. The irony is that the fact that women are less competitive and violent than men, would make them better and more caring rulers. So they is why I am advocating a matriarchal political party where they can be voted into power and we can have a government of caring and nurturing people in power.
Apr 13 2013: William,
I do not perceive nurture V nature......I perceive nurture AND nature. I agree with you that we are all influenced by BOTH, and we are all different in many respects. We CAN, in my perception, look at PEOPLE, who have many of the same qualities. Some of these qualities, characteristics and behaviors are encouraged for boys/men, and some are encouraged for girls/women. When we perceive ourselves and others as people, we may be able to let go of some of that which seperates us.
It feels like you have already made up your mind on this topic, so there is not much else to say, except good luck with your quest:>)Apr 13 2013: Hi William!
I was wondering. How about trying it together? Men and Women? How about deconstructing the male/female stereotypes and dividing the responsibility equally?
I would have been happy to agree to your comparison of human beings with other animals. While there is biological similarities, no animal has societies, culture, values, morality, ethics, progress.
Apr 13 2013: When you say de-constructing gender stereotypes you are assuming that their is no difference between men and women. I personally don't believe this. Men and women are very different, both physically and mentally. The main reason for this is that women give birth to children and men don't. Human beings are animals, like all female animals women have a powerful maternal instinct. This is why most women want to give birth to children and care for them until they are adults. And also it is this powerful maternal instinct that would make women far better rulers of our world, than men. If we seriously want to solve problems like war and poverty, we need women ruling our world. Men have shown throughout history they are incapable of solving these problems so why do we continue to elect them into power?Apr 13 2013: Here is some research that may be pertinent on this question: http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/03/a_study_in_leadership_women_do.html and http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2008/08/25/men-or-women-whos-the-better-leader/Apr 13 2013: Thank you ZX Style, Yes, why can't we try matriarchy?Apr 13 2013: In five thousand years of patriarchal rule men have totally failed to create an equal society. They tried to do this in the French revolution and later on through communism and socialism and they still couldn't achieve it. It is men's competitive instincts that get in the way of creating any sort of equality. Because competitive people are basically selfish people who only want power and wealth for themselves. If we want a truly equal society then people have to elect matriarchal governments. It is only a completely female government who can bring about a equal society.Apr 13 2013: I agree to some extent but I think not much will change as these womwn will have the pressure to act powerfull and be like how men have for centuries defined the qualities a leader should have. What should change is that equality should first be established and with that new ways of thinking, new definitions of what makes a great leader will emerge. AND by equality I mean for both women and men. Women should see men as their equal and not expect them to pay on a date or basically the little things they won't admitt to. Same thing with men they shouldn't look down on women because of their periods etc. and well all the other little things. Equality is key here! But personaly I think women would do a better job as long as they aren't influenced by *men* ideas they would do great.
Apr 13 2013: Men have a really bad record as far as equality is concerned. Men have failed to create an equal society even when they set out to do this with communism. So what gives you the idea they can suddenly do it now? If we have an government of the same number of men and women. The men would compete strongly against the women for power. As the result only very ruthless and competitive women will get anywhere in this system. It will still remain a patriarchal government with some women within it. Women need to be able to form their own matriarchal political parties, if we are to benefit from the caring and nurturing aspect of women in government.
Apr 14 2013: I don't think it may be possible now as more women may be educated but its still mostly in the ways of thinking of males. But I think that if more women were more independent in a way that the influence of men won't affect them so much and in that way have new ideas on most things and hey even possibly find the meaning of life! But firstly women need to gain more confidence and follow their own ideas and not those implied by men.
Apr 14 2013: I would agree with you that women need a lot more confidence in themselves. And I can understand you being suspicious of any idea coming from a man. But many men are as fed up with the patriarchal society we live in, as what women are. Many men do not like playing the macho role that patriarchy forces onto them. So if women did form their own matriarchal political parties, they would receive a lot of support from many men.Apr 14 2013: William,
"Many men do not like playing the macho role that patriarchy forces onto them"?
How is it forced? Don't men have choices?Apr 13 2013: I would agree wth some of the other respondents that it has already been done with no greater results. If that's true, then gender-defined leadership would not be the cure of society's ills. In my opinion, we must evolve our thinking and means of assessment across the whole of humanity for true harmonious living for us all.
Apr 13 2013: Evolving our thinking could take another few thousand or more years. Whereas Matriarchal governments are possible within this century. It is strange how people will clutch at any solution, except matriarchy.
Apr 13 2013: Wow. Ok. Maybe I wasnt clear. 'Matriarchy' is not new. There have been ruling queens, tribal preistesses, heads of state, and other great leadership roles heald by women throughout history. I merely stated that your 'idea' has been done before and we have their results. They were mostly decimated and it didnt seem to catch on and societies keep accepting mostly male leadership. Why is that? Is it because men have just overpowered female leaders and have taken controll? Or have the societies 'backed' male leadership more often? And why is that? I think we would find that it's not the gender of the leadership that results in our progress - that the solution lies elsewhere - and therefore 'forced' matriarchal leadership would have no effect on our rate of progress. And I disagree whole-heartedley that it would take 'a thousand years' to evolve our thinking. I've seen more progress in our regard for our fellow humans in my lifetime than in all of recorded history.
Apr 13 2013: A female head of a patriarchal government is not a matriarchy. A matriarchy is a government where all of it or most of it are women. As for 'force' men throughout history have forced their way into government through conquest, violent revolution and political murder but this is not an option for matriarchy. The only way we can have a matriarchal government is through democracy, where they are elected into power. And the only way they can say in power is to prove to the people, they are better leaders than any patriarchal political party.Apr 13 2013: Interesting, and thnx for continuing the conversation. I would agree with your observation of the effectiveness of democracy. Why then do you think we still have patriarchal rule with so many talented women throughout herstory (pun intended) in democratic societies?Apr 13 2013: Well we have tried everything, monarchy, dictatorship, communism, socialism, fascism and even democracy. And all have failed to solve problem like conflict, war and poverty. So why can't we try matriarchy? What have we got to lose?Apr 13 2013: and if women fail too, chimpanzees.
Apr 13 2013: Yep. I am waiting.
Apr 13 2013: I'd vote for you Pabitra because you're so cute:>)
Unfortunately, that is about as much information some folks have about a leader when they go into the voting booth!!!
Apr 14 2013: :) Wish I could meet you all and tell you about my Tree Party!!Apr 13 2013: Yes, women do have some influence in trying to tame men, but in politics and business it is men who make nearly all the decisions. Influence is not the same as direct power. We need more and more women in positions of power, if we are to solve problems like war and poverty. Because as the whole of history proves, men are incapable of solving these problems.Apr 13 2013: Think about those movies in anthropology. Think about I Claudius by Graves. Who rules the World? Are you really sure? Objectively, who had a greater role in your develpment? Mom or Dad. I remember reading about when the Tsar Joseph Stalin was asked "what do you do?" by his mother. Objectively, one can argue that Mankind is a matriarchy. Look this varies by degrees and situations. I don't know about other countries, but go to a political convention. I believe that this is oversimple. Whether we are talking about cattle or Octavian and Actavia, we have male and female alphas, etc. in nature. Reread the end of Genesis. Think about Lea and Rachael. Think about tghe rivalries between the brothers. Earlier in that book Rebecca decided who would get her husband's blessing.Apr 13 2013: People are saying that a all female political party is a bad idea but not really saying why. We have accepted all male political parties for hundreds of years so what is wrong with now accepting all female political parties? Women are very different to men and a all female party will allow women to be who they really are and not follow the masculine pattern in politics.Apr 13 2013: Historically, the world has largely been ruled by brown-haired, brown-eyed people. Perhaps it's time to allow only blue-eyed, blond haired people to rule.
Historically, the world has been ruled by white people...
Historically, the world has been ruled by older people...Apr 12 2013: The evidence I present of women being better rulers than men, is that men are far more violent than women. More than 99% of all violence committed in our world is done by men. It is men who fight in wars, commit genocide and commit far more violent crime, than women. So it means that while men continue to rule our world we will always have conflict and wars. If we want to live in a world without wars and violence then we need women to rule it. This is very important today when we have nuclear weapons. North Korea is showing us what a mad male rulers can do, if he has nuclear warheads and powerful rockets. With the spread of nuclear weapons they will get in the hands of more despotic male dictators. So the people need to know, that they would be better off if they were ruled by women.
Apr 12 2013: Question from the SAT:
There is an island with two tribes, each tribe had people of two kinds - those who crack the egg from the flat end, and those who crack the egg from the pointy end. from the begining of time only those who cracke the egg from the flat end ruled their tribe. From time to time there was war between the two tribes. what do you infer on the diffrence between those who cracke the egg from the pointy side and those who crack it from the flat side?Apr 12 2013: What psychological evidence can you provide to defend your position, rather than mere hearsay of political ideology (which at this point in time have openly imbedded corrupt systems into the infrastructure of government)?
I do not mean this in any offensive way, I actually agree, but am wondering if you have any cognitive proof which would assert women as being a better leader than men. I have read case-studies where women are better language teachers, but not leaders or politicians. So, please, any data, share.
- All the best with your campaign
Apr 12 2013: HI NICHOLAS....nice to see you:>)
I don't have any evidence for anything, except, in my quick search, I discovered that there have been more female rulers than I was aware of.....cool huh?
http://www.womeninworldhistory.com/rulers.htmlApr 12 2013: To play devil's advocate Ann Coulter says that the decline in America started with women's suffrage.
Apr 12 2013: Lol, oh yea, that's gonna go over good.
Apr 12 2013: Obviously I do not agree with Anne's opinion, she is one of those nasty fox news heathens.
Apr 12 2013: I do agree Pat.Apr 12 2013: Devil's advocate Pat? Decline in America started with women's suffrage? LOL:>)
Did you ever hear of the Industrial Revolution? Women's suffrage was shaping up and gaining steam at the same time:>)Apr 12 2013: The problem is with having a political party with both sexes is that men are generally far more aggressive and competitive than women. So women either have to learn to be as aggressive as men, or lose out in the top jobs within the party. So we end up with a political party not much different to what we have in recent times. The only way we can have caring and nurturing women in positions of power, is to have a all female political party.


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President Clinton's second nomination to the Supreme Court is a man of difficult descriptions. Contradictory in many ways, Stephen Gerald Breyer defied simple classification, as a man and as a judge. The first son of a middle-class San Francisco Jewish family, Breyer eventually married into a well-established family of the British aristocracy. Though he possessed enormous wealth, he nonetheless lived a relatively simple life, riding the bus to work and mowing his own lawn. His peculiarities did not end with his personal life, but extended to his bench practice as well. As an appeals court judge, Breyer upheld parental notification for teenage abortions and rejected federal guidelines that prevented health officials at public clinics from advising abortion. A strong proponent of cutting government regulation, Breyer often justified his position, not as beneficial for business, but as being in the interest of the people. This sentimentalism could be viewed cynically. But in Breyer's case, however, these sentiments are genuine and reflect a pragmatic view with many mismatched results.
Stephen Gerald Breyer was born on August 15, 1938 in San Francisco, California. Only one generation from poverty, Breyer's middle-class family lived frugally. Breyer's father, Irving Breyer, worked as a lawyer and legal counsel for the San Francisco Board of Education. His mother, Anne, spent most of her time as a volunteer for the San Francisco Democratic Party and for the League of Women Voters. Although Breyer's parents sent him and his brother to religious school, the family did not observe their Jewish faith strictly. Instead, his parents pushed Breyer towards academic success. Anne Breyer also encouraged young Stephen to be well-rounded and avoid becoming overly bookish. She insisted that Breyer play sports even though he demonstrated little athletic ability. At a camp one summer, Breyer won the nickname Blister King for his tender feet. Still, Stephen Breyer persevered and achieved modest success. At age 12, he attained Eagle Scout and became known as the "troop brain."
Breyer and his brother attended academically prestigious Lowell High School, a magnet academy of the San Francisco public school system. In high school, Breyer participated actively in the debate team and competed against other notables such as future California governor Jerry Brown. School came easily for Breyer and he completed high school with only one B. By the time of his graduation, he accumulated many debating, math, and science awards and his class elected him as the "most likely to succeed." Both Harvard and Stanford accepted Breyer, and though Breyer preferred the former, he bowed to his parent's wishes and chose the latter. His mother had hoped to steer Breyer away from a narrow academic focus. At Stanford, Breyer achieved his mother's wishes more than she would have liked perhaps, when he was arrested for underage drinking. After Stanford, Breyer won a Marshall Scholarship to attend Oxford. There he picked up an interest in economics, which influenced his perspective as a judge. Breyer studied law at Harvard where he distinguished himself as an editor of the law review.
Justice Arthur Goldberg selected Breyer as his clerk for the 1964-65 term of the Supreme Court. Breyer helped Goldberg draft an opinion in the landmark right-to-privacy case, Griswold v. Connecticut. Although Goldberg's opinion argued for a right to privacy rooted in the Ninth Amendment, little evidence tied this belief to Breyer. After Breyer completed his clerkship at the Supreme Court, he worked in the Justice Department's anti-trust division for several years. During this time, in 1967, Breyer met his future wife, Joanna Hare, the daughter of England's Lord John Blakenham. At the time, Hare worked as an assistant in the Washington office of London's Sunday Times. Breyer married Joanna in England in an Anglican ceremony, carefully edited to remove references to Christ. His marriage greatly increased his personal wealth and Breyer soon left the Justice Department and returned to Harvard to teach regulatory law. His wife became a psychologist at Boston's Dana Farber Clinic. The Breyers enjoyed a comfortable life among the Cambridge intellectual elite and raised two daughters, Chloe and Nell, and a son, Michael. Breyer worked for a few months as an aide to Archibald Cox in the Watergate prosecutions. In 1974, Breyer accepted Massachusetts Senator Kennedy's invitation to work as legal counsel to the Judiciary Committee. In his time there, Breyer established a reputation for competence and fairness among the senators which may partially explain his smooth confirmation to the High Court years later.
During his tenure as counsel for the Judiciary Committee, Breyer worked hard to end governmental regulation of the airline industry. Breyer's complicated economic solution and efforts resulted in airline deregulation. Breyer's position and dedication already won him enough Republican supporters so that he received a seat on the federal appeals court with Ronald Reagan as president. Years later, Breyer once again influenced policy when he joined the U.S. Sentencing Commission in 1985. Sentencing guidelines became one of this century's biggest and most controversial debates in criminal justice. Breyer's work served as the basis for praise and criticism years later during his nomination. His supporters pointed to his hard work and told stories of the intensely focused Breyer forgetting to change shirts. Another story claimed that Breyer, so concentrated on his work, failed to notice that his co-workers had planted goldfish in his water cooler. His detractors, on the other hand, emphasized Breyer's technocratic tendencies and his apparent lack of focus for the common people. Among his opponents, most accused him of siding too often with the big businesses over the people in his history as a judge. Others criticized his sentencing scheme, which they alleged to have racially disparate impacts.
Still, Breyer's nomination proceeded relatively unopposed. President Clinton considered Breyer originally in his first nomination, but found Breyer dry and unfriendly, so he opted for Ruth Bader Ginsburg instead. In the second time around, Clinton picked Breyer. Breyer's supporters convinced the president that he had misjudged Breyer and urged Clinton to give him another chance. Breyer's appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which he once served, went off without a hitch. Only Senator Howard Metzenbaum pushed him on his pro-business stand, although Metzenbaum had gone on record for Breyer's nomination. Breyer's substantial investments posed potential conflict-of- interest problems, but the issue quickly defused. Breyer followed the path of his contemporary judges in refusing to answer questions relating to specific issues, arguing that he did not wish to bias future cases. Thus with powerful supporters in Senators Hatch and Kennedy and little opposition, Breyer became the 108th Supreme Court Justice in 1994.
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It seems there is no ceiling for Lindsey Horan as she continues to soar to new heights. Horan has been named by US Soccer coaches and staff as well as popular vote throughout the United States as US Soccer's Young Female Athlete of the Year. Lindsey is the first professional player to win the U.S. Soccer Young Female Athlete of the Year award. Horan is the first American female to forego college soccer and sign a professional contact in Europe where she has found success with Paris Saint-Germain in the French Feminine Division 1. The 19-year-old is the youngest female American professional player in the world and has scored 22 times in 27 games for the club.
Rush Soccer's President, Tim Schulz, remarked, "I'm proud of Lindsey. She's earned it. But I believe the acknowledgement by US Soccer will only serve as another source of motivation for her to continue down the long path towards her incredibly lofty goals." Colorado Rush Technical Director, Erik Bushey, added, "I am sure with all her followers that Lindsey gained enormous support in the voting process, but I am proud that US Soccer feels the same way we do. Linds took a chance by heading to France at the age of 18 and many people questioned her decision. Lindsey is motivated by her goals, not popular opinion. I look forward to seeing what's next for her." The ever humble Horan when asked how she felt after the votes were counted said, "I know the Rush Nation had a great deal to do with my winning of this award. I am grateful for their support. I hope I can continue to represent Rush in a positive light."
Indeed Lindsey does just that. She represents a positive light, not just for Rush but for soccer in general. Rush is proud of Lindsey and wishes her a bright future. She has made this happen through hard work, unparalleled drive determination and commitment, and she will continue to blaze a new trail most assuredly.
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ST. MARYS – An outpouring of love, gratitude and respect for the Benedictine Sisters of Elk County was evident on Sunday during a special community celebration honoring those who have served at St. Joseph Monastery in St. Marys, the oldest Benedictine monastery in the U.S. which is slated to close after 162 years of service.
A large crowd gathered at Queen of the World Church for a vespers service, program and social. The guests of honor included the remaining 17 sisters serving at the monastery, their family and friends along with sisters visiting from surrounding monasteries.