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Religious music flap brings hate mail
Kathleen Williams, superintendent of the Wausau School District in Wisconsin, was subjected to a spate of threatening, mostly anonymous, phone calls and emails after the district limited the amount of religious music that holiday programs could have.
Some were full of invective and obscenities, Williams told the Daily Herald. One person called her at home and said she had a lot of trees in her yard and "wouldn't I [Williams] look good hanging from one."
Williams added, "The classic irony to me, is that all this ugly email, hoping I'm hurt, all is in the name of Christ."
A motion at the Nov. 11 school board meeting to require Williams to write a letter of apology to the community failed 7-2.
She said the intent of the music review procedure was not to quash Christmas but to ensure all students felt comfortable in participating in music programs, whether they are Christian or not.
FFRF Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott sent a letter Oct. 10 to explain to the board why religious music in public schools is problematic. FFRF also sent an action alert urging area members to tell the board that the music curriculum shouldn't make religion its primary focus.
Mass. taxes paying for church rehabs
Ten residents of Oak Bluffs, Mass., suing to block the town from using taxpayer money to restore stained glass windows at Trinity Methodist Church, were thwarted by Superior Court Associate Justice Richard Moses.
Moses ruled against the motion for a preliminary injunction, saying "there has been an insufficient showing of a likelihood of success on the merits." Notice of the decision was mailed Nov. 25, reported the [Martha's] Vineyard Gazette.
Oak Bluffs voters approved the $32,000 outlay at the April 2013 town meeting. The funds will come from the Community Preservation Act,
The town opposed the injunction, claiming the practice is common statewide: "The Massachusetts Historical Commission has funded at least 12 rehabilitation and restoration projects of historic churches since 2002."
Religious 'Friends' back discrimination
Oregon gay marriage opponents announced Nov. 21 they've filed a proposed ballot measure to let businesses refuse to provide services at gay ceremonies that violate owners' religious beliefs.
"We are deeply concerned that even Oregon elected officials are becoming hostile toward religious freedom," Teresa Harke of Friends of Religious Freedom told The Oregonian. Harke is also communications director for the Oregon Family Council, a group opposing the proposed initiative to legalize same-sex marriage.
Jeana Frazzini, executive director of Basic Rights Oregon, said in a statement that "while we are all entitled to our religious beliefs, those beliefs don't entitle any of us to discriminate against others, or disobey laws that are already in place to ensure that everyone is treated equally."
Rachel Cryer and Laurel Bowman of Portland filed a complaint with the labor commissioner in August against Sweet Cakes by Melissa. Bakery owners Aaron and Melissa Klein have said they don't want to provide services for same-sex weddings because of their religious beliefs.
In November, Hawaii and Illinois became the 15th and 16th states to legalize same-sex marriages. Twenty-nine states still have constitutional amendments banning them, and ballot challenges for 2014 and 2016 are being readied in Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Nevada and Ohio.
UCoR sues Pittsburgh for ad rejection
The United Coalition of Reason filed a lawsuit Nov. 26 against the Port Authority of Allegheny County, Pa., for initially accepting and then refusing to run $5,700 worth of bus ads in the Pittsburgh area that would have said, "Don't believe in God? You are not alone." The ads were scheduled to run from Dec. 12, 2011, to Jan. 11, 2012.
"We tried to support the Port Authority by buying ads," said Nicole Currivan of Pittsburgh CoR. "I take the bus to work every day in my personal effort to support them. But we also want to be treated with the same fairness, dignity and respect as other groups. We just want the Port Authority to run our ads. We want nonbelievers to know they're not alone."
Judge won't block church graduations
U.S. District Judge Ross Anderson Jr. denied a motion Dec. 3 for a preliminary injunction to block Greenville County schools in South Carolina from holding events in places of worship and allowing student-led prayer. Anderson said the American Humanist Association's allegations made "a mountain out of a mole hill."
According to the Greenville News, the judge also told an AHA attorney that "with all due respect and apologies," he'd never heard of the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit founded in 1941.
The suit was filed Sept. 4 on behalf of John and Jane Doe and their minor child after Mountain View Elementary in Taylors held graduation in the chapel of North Greenville University, a Christian school. Two student speakers were asked to write a prayer for the ceremony, according to the suit.
Will Satanists get Capitol monument?
The New York-based Satanic Temple has asked state officials in Oklahoma to be allowed to submit designs for a monument to honor "the historic/literary Satan" to be placed near the Ten Commandments display at the Oklahoma City Capitol, The Associated Press reported Dec. 8.
Temple spokesman Lucien Greaves said one design involves a pentagram and another would be an interactive display for children. He estimated the cost at about $20,000.
A privately funded, $10,000 Ten Commandments marker was placed at the Capitol in 2012. The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma is suing to get it removed.
Brady Henderson, ACLU-Oklahoma legal director, said the best solution would be to ban all religious displays. "But if the Ten Commandments, with its overtly Christian message, is allowed to stay at the Capitol, the Satanic Temple's proposed monument cannot be rejected because of its different religious viewpoint."
Cake OK for dog marriage, not gays
Judge Robert Spencer of the Colorado Office of Administrative Courts ruled Dec. 6 that Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood unlawfully discriminated against David Mullins and Charlie Craig by refusing to sell them a wedding cake.
Masterpiece owner Jack Phillips allegedly told the couple that selling them a cake would be against his religious beliefs.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado said the decision noted evidence that Phillips was willing to take a cake order for the "marriage" of two dogs but not for the commitment ceremony of two women, and that he would not make a cake for a same-sex couple's wedding celebration "just as he would not be willing to make a pedophile cake."
Sara Neel, ACLU staff attorney, said, "Masterpiece Cakeshop has willfully and repeatedly considered itself above the law when it comes to discriminating against customers, and the state has rightly determined otherwise,"
Religious assemblies stopped in Miss.
The American Humanist Association and the Rankin County [Miss.] School District have settled a lawsuit filed in April over allegations that high school students were forced to attend a religious assembly. In a court filing Nov. 22 in U.S. District Court in Jackson, the school district agreed to comply with its Religion in Public Schools Policy adopted in July.
The suit was brought on behalf of a 16-year-old Northwest Rankin junior. A video provided to The Associated Press purportedly of the assembly showed a student talking about the role Jesus has played in his life. The suit described assembly presenters as representatives of Pinelake Church, the largest Southern Baptist church in Mississippi. The church denied taking part in the assembly.
FFRF sponsors 'non-sacramental' Sacramento billboard blitz
What do nonbelievers do during the month of December in Sacramento, Calif.? They "come out of the closet" very publicly.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation and its new Sacramento chapter unveiled the largest freethought billboard campaign ever launched in one area: 55 affirmative billboards placed throughout California's capital city and suburbs. The personalized billboards each feature the smiling face and unapologetically forthright view of an area nonbeliever.
The motto of the campaign is "Many faces make Enlightenment work." More than 55 participants are actually involved, since some of the messages feature couples, friends or families.
Newlywed Judy Saint, chapter director, is featured with her wife, Kathy Johnson, saying: "Reason. Equality. Doing Good. — All without gods." (See their billboard on opposite page.) They're one of six featured couples.
Making the world better is a common theme. Other themes are believing in and trusting oneself and humanity (rather than a god), embracing healthy skepticism, promoting science and living, loving, being moral and doing good without god. As Sacramento teacher Liz Shoemaker, put it, "I believe in people, not gods."
Other messages are simply plain-spoken: "Reasonable faith is a contradiction in terms," says aerospace engineer Bryson Sullivan.
Some turn religious testimonials on their head, such as 20-year-old Reace Niles' message of "I'm an atheist, and I've never been happier," and Sacramento student Noel Navarro, who has a message for Oprah Winfrey: "I'm not a believer, and life is still awesome!"
Quilters and friends Karla Sprandel and Susan Myers, Sacramento secular humanists, show off their quilts and their philosophy: "No gods, no devils, no worries." Other playful messages include Rancho Cordova homemaker Maggie Johns' quip: "I don't believe in Odin, either."
While most participants self-identify as atheists, some prefer the description of agnostic, humanist or secular humanist. There's even one "Pastafarian," Sacramento tech support worker Elizabeth Porter, a devotee of the whimsical Flying Spaghetti Monster.
The 55 billboards became national news in late November, even before they went up. Nearly all reporters turned to religious leaders for comment. Sacramento Catholic Bishop Jaime Soto of the Cathredral of the Blessed Sacrament told Fox affiliate KTXL that the billboards were "propaganda." One local imam called the affirmative messages an "attack" on his faith.
"We're proud of our Sacramento chapter and its comfident membership," said FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor. "We had to lease more boards from a second outdoor company just to keep up with the demand."
Sacramento is the sixth city to which FFRF has taken its "out of the closet" public relations campaign. Previous cities include Madison, Wis. (where FFRF is based), Tulsa, Raleigh, Columbus, Phoenix and Spokane. A similar campaign also went up last year in Portland, Ore., featuring local freethinkers saying "I'm secular and I vote" and "This is what an atheist looks like."
The campaign's objective is to reveal to communities the diversity of nonbelievers within their ranks. "Many people have met, do business with and are friends with atheists — but don't realize it," Gaylor added.
It's also a chance for freethinkers to openly express themselves. In December, Gaylor noted, the views of non-Christians, especially nonbelievers, are often suppressed. "Those of us who are free from religion, who work to keep dogma out of government, science, medicine and education, have a lot to offer society."
FFRF, with nearly 20,000 members, has about 3,000 in California.
FFRF sends "awed thanks" to professional photographer Matt Martin, who volunteered his services, and is pictured on a board with his wife, Kimberley, who is also an atheist. Their message: "Integrity and compassion require no gods."
FFRF also warmly thanks Judy Saint for superb coordination and energy, and all participants for making freethought history!
FFRF Legal Victories
Be on the lookout for Lookadoo lookalikes
Critical thinking won a solid victory recently when faith-based speaker Justin Lookadoo was publicly berated for a presentation described as sexist that was given at Richardson High School in Richardson, Texas.
Students used social media to express their disapproval, adopting the hashtag #lookadouche when making statements about the misogynistic views portrayed in Lookadoo's presentation. Subsequent to Lookadoo's performance at Richardson, FFRF had sent open records requests to George West Independent School District and Canadian Independent School District, where Lookadoo was scheduled to perform on Nov. 19 and Dec. 11, respectively.
Both districts responded with information that Lookadoo's performances had been canceled. Whether the districts will be refunded the money they paid (over $3,000 in the case of George West) remains to be seen. Until shortly after the Richardson fiasco, Lookadoo's website also advertised performances early next year at Eagle Mountain Independent School District, Saginaw, Texas; Tonawanda Middle and High Schools, Tonawanda, N.Y.; various schools in Scottsboro, Ala.; and a student council conference at Lufkin High School in Lufkin, Texas.
"The chilling reality is that Lookadoo's strategy of masquerading as an expert in order to disseminate his religious ideology to public school students is not unique," noted Sam Grover, FFRF constitutional consultant. FFRF has received complaints about many "Lookadoo lookalikes" (no, Guy Fieri, we don't mean you).
A number of religious groups go into schools under the guise of offering sex education, anti-drug and other secular programming. Once in the schools, these noncredentialed performers routinely insert a religious message into their talks or exploit the opportunity to speak before a captive audience to invite all students to a proselytizing evening program, usually held at a church.
FFRF has written letters about public school performances by the Christian ministry group You Can Run But You Cannot Hide (and the band Junkyard Prophet), Team Xtreme (part of Youth With A Mission), Team Impact (which also performed at Richardson ISD), The Power Team, Go Tell Ministries (with BMX biker Rick Gage), Christian hip hop musician Kryst Lyke, B-SHOC, Sons of Thunder, magician/motivational speaker Jason Alvarez (sponsored by Faith Assembly), and Youth Alive-7 Project (with Brian Pruitt Motivational), to name a few.
"It's important that school districts remember their constitutional obligation to remain neutral toward religion and to properly research any performer before inviting them to speak before a captive student audience," advised Grover.
Too often it falls to students to report violations and to be vocal in expressing their disagreement with messages being conveyed.
"FFRF has a homework assignment for school administrators: Perform due diligence when bringing speakers to public schools. A little homework can go a long way toward preventing Lookadoo-like disasters," added FFRF Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott.
FFRF ends school's 'daily devotions'
Until October, Hokes Bluff High School in Etowah County, Ala., started mornings with student-led recitations of bible passages over the intercom, a practice approved by school administration. A concerned student reported the practice to FFRF, and Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel sent a letter Sept. 24 to Superintendent Alan Cosby.
"Nothing in the law prevents students, teachers or school employees from freely exercising their religion on their own time and in their own way," wrote Seidel. "But a public school itself must not broadcast a decidedly religious message to a captive student audience, thereby isolating and excluding those students who are non-Christian or nonreligious." FFRF has not received a reply directly from the district regarding the illegal readings, but the complainant informed us, "As of now they have not been doing 'daily devotions.' "
No more 'blessings' at school meetings
FFRF successfully ended prayers during annual in-service meetings for transportation employees at the Berkeley County School District in South Carolina.
The complainant informed FFRF Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott that formal prayer had become a part of the mandatory event in the current and preceding years. Elliott addressed the unconstitutionality of the practice in an Oct. 24 letter to Superintendent Rodney Thompson: "The prayer at district in-service meetings appears to a reasonable observer to be an endorsement of religion, particularly Christianity. This is exactly the type of government endorsement that is prohibited by our Constitution's Establishment Clause, and could also be perceived as workplace harassment."
An attorney representing the district responded Nov. 19: "While there was no blessing or prayer offered as part of a program or included as a formal part of the in-service, an employee did offer a blessing for the food before the employees ate the meal. There was certainly no intent to offend any employees. Further, in order to avoid any misunderstandings in the future, the district will not offer a blessing before the meal."
Chain stops discount for church bulletins
Luna's Friendswood, a Mexican restaurant with six different locations in Texas, has stopped offering a 10% discount to dine-in customers who presented a current church bulletin on Sundays.
FFRF Staff Attorney Liz Cavell and constitutional consultant Sam Grover sent a letter Oct. 10 to the owner, explaining that under the federal Civil Rights Act, places of public accommodation are not allowed to discriminate on grounds such as race, color, religion or national origin.
"Your restaurants' restrictive promotional practices favor religious customers, and deny both customers who do not attend church as well as nonbelievers the right to 'full and equal' enjoyment of Luna's Friendswood," FFRF's letter said.
On Nov. 8, Luna's responded, stating, "As of Nov. 4, this 'discount' has been eliminated."
Ohio school strikes prayer after letter
FFRF advised the administration of Western Brown High School in Mount Orab, Ohio, to stop including prayers at school events after a concerned parent informed Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel that prayer was part of the National Honor Society induction ceremony earlier this year.
In his Oct. 3 letter to Superintendent Peggy McKinney, Seidel noted that prayer at any event endorsed by the school, regardless of whether it takes place before or after school, is illegal. "Federal courts consistently strike down school-sponsored prayer in public schools because it constitutes a government endorsement of religion, which violates the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and interferes with the personal conscience of students."
There were also allegations that the administration had discriminated against the Secular Student Alliance by delaying approval of an SSA chapter for more than six months and complaints that the Christian club received preferential treatment.
"As you are no doubt aware, the Equal Access Act requires schools to treat all noncurricular clubs equally," warned Seidel.
While the administration denied any wrongdoing, legal counsel informed FFRF on Oct. 22 that the school has dropped prayers from the ceremony "in the interest of not having misleading programs or confusion in the future."
The school claimed the delay in SSA approval was due to a "coincidental change" in administration and logistical inconvenience.
Just say 'Aloha' to football prayers
Prayers are dropped from pregame routine in Oregon high school (October 29, 2013)
The Aloha [Ore.] High School football team will no longer include prayers in its pregame routine, thanks to a concerned student who reported the practice to FFRF Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel.
Seidel sent a letter of complaint Oct. 25 to Superintendent Jeff Rose. "As a general matter, it is illegal for a public school to organize, sponsor, or lead religious messages at school athletic events," noted Seidel.
The principal informed FFRF on Oct. 29 that the team has eliminated prayers and any faith-based rituals before games. The school is part of the Beaverton School District.
Thanks to intern Yuna Choi for help compiling victories.
FFRF calls for boycott of Religious Right Hobby Lobby
The Freedom From Religion Foundation calls on proponents of separation of state and church to boycott (and "girlcott") Hobby Lobby, a national retail craft store chain. Hobby Lobby characterizes itself as a Christian company, with 561 stores, 21,000 employees and revenues of more than $2.28 billion a year.
Hobby Lobby's website notes it's committed to "Honoring the Lord in all we do by operating the company in a manner consistent with biblical principles."
FFRF is calling the consumer boycott in response to Hobby Lobby's religiously motivated role in challenging the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate. The Supreme Court on Nov. 26 accepted a case involving Hobby Lobby, which opposes some forms of contraception based on the religious views of its founder David Green, a preacher's son.
"The foundation of our business has been, and will continue to be strong values, and honoring the Lord in a manner consistent with biblical principles," a statement on the Hobby Lobby website reads, adding that it closes on Sundays.
The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals agreed with Hobby Lobby that corporations have the same religious rights as individuals. Other, more reasonable courts such as the 3rd Circuit, have held that "for-profit, secular corporations cannot engage in religious exercise" and that a business owner's religious rights do not allow that owner to impose his religion on his business's employees. That decision, Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius (3rd Cir., July 26, 2013), will also be reviewed by the Supreme Court
"Corporations don't have a right of conscience, women do," says Annie Laurie Gaylor, FFRF co-president. "As Margaret Sanger pointed out long ago, 'No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.' "
Hobby Lobby's founder objects to Plan B (the "morning-after" pill) and ella (the "week-after" pill), and two types of intrauterine devices. "These abortion-causing drugs go against our faith," Green told NPR.
"What next?" wonders Gaylor. "Jehovah's Witnesses employers claiming insurance coverage of blood transfusions violates their company's religious rights? Scientologists refusing mandates for mental health coverage? Employers do not have the right to impose personal religious views upon employees by denying workers basic health care benefits."
Major medical groups submitted a brief on behalf of the government in the Hobby Lobby case, noting that the morning-after pill is not an abortion and cannot stop pregnancy after fertilization takes place, but instead prevents ovulation.
More than 70 lawsuits have been filed in federal court, at least a third by Roman Catholic dioceses, challenging birth control coverage benefits. FFRF spoke out strongly last year against the interference of U.S. Catholic bishops against the contraceptive mandate, running a full-page ad in The New York Times and several other newspapers, advising, "It's time to quit the Catholic Church."
On Nov. 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled 2-1 in favor of the Catholic owners of two Ohio produce companies who oppose the contraceptive mandate. Some of its delivery trucks bear signs saying, "It's not a choice, it's a child." In the majority opinion, Judge Janice Rogers Brown, a George W. Bush appointee, said the company would be forced to be "complicit in a grave moral wrong."
FFRF ran two dozen full-page newspaper ads this year countering Hobby Lobby's annual disinformation campaign, in which it places hundreds of ads on July 4 claiming that America is a Christian nation. FFRF was censored by only one newspaper during that ad campaign, the Daily Oklahoman, which shares hometown "pride" with Hobby Lobby.
FFRF also fact-checked Hobby Lobby's 2013 full-page ad. To view the interactive exposé researched by attorney Andrew Seidel and designed by Harvard Law School intern Charles Roslof, scroll to the Sept. 3, 2013, press release at:
"We ask other secular and feminist organizations to join us in speaking out against religious control of women's bodies," said FFRF Co-President Dan Barker. "Hobby Lobby needs to find a different hobby than imposing 'biblical values' on women employees.
"Exercise your freedom — and shop somewhere else!"
Article (2): Islam is the state religion, and Arabic is its official language, and the principles of Islamic Sharia are the main source of legislation.
Section of proposed new Egyptian Constitution
Religion Clause, 12-8-13
So if there is enough evidence to warrant belief in the Quran or the works of L. Ron Hubbard or that Moses parted the Red Sea, we ought to believe those things. There isn't sufficient evidence, and that's why people invoke faith. You would not need to invoke faith if you have sufficient evidence.
Peter Boghossian, philosophy instructor and author of "A Manual for Creating Atheists"
Religion News Service, 11-19-13
God don't make no junk.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, speaking to the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition in Des Moines
Des Moines Register, 11-10-13
Every day is a day that we're full of life. We're with our families, we see sunrises, sunsets. We eat, we breathe, we have art. It's a total, total celebration of every single day. Calling someone who loves every day of their life "angry" seems a little bit odd.
Author Penn Jillette, rebutting a Chicago radio host who asked if Every Day Is An Atheist Holiday was an "angry" title
chicagoist.com, 11-9-13
In his book Profiles in Courage, John F. Kennedy talked about how important it is for public officials to educate public opinion rather than pander to public opinion that has not been informed by the facts. In this situation, the school board chose to pander to a boisterous crowd instead of educate them concerning the requirements of the U.S. Constitution. And now they have to pay a price — albeit with taxpayers' dollars — for their foolish, cowardly, and illegal decision. (Taxpayers pay the district's insurance premiums, which likely will go up at least in part because of the stupidity that the district has displayed in this matter.) The ACLU and the Freedom From Religion Foundation should be commended for upholding the law and the rights of religious minorities in this case. All blame should go to the school board and those who egged them on in their unlawful, intolerant, and hopeless course.
Online comment by J.C. Sommer on the successful suit to remove a Jesus portrait in a school in Jackson, Ohio
Columbus Dispatch, 11-30-13
First her pastor convinced her to quit her job to do full-time ministry at the church. Now the pastor is pressuring my wife to sow a financial seed into the ministry, which would mean tapping heavily into our savings.
Comment by "Sick of These Preachers" to "Ask Tamara: Pastor is Ruining My Marriage!"
Lee Bailey's Electronic Urban Report, 11-4-13
It depends on your luck. You can be an atheist and tell people and nothing can happen to you. Or you can be fired from work, your life can be destroyed, acts of violence can be taken against you. It depends where you are, the circle of people around you. For me, the people at work don't know. The people at school didn't know. You have to keep your opinions to yourself. It's a stressful situation.
Ayman Emam, 28, Cairo, who started the Egyptian Atheists Community on Facebook, on how atheists are threated
Al Jazeera, 11-18-13
During the service, attendees stomped their feet, clapped their hands and cheered as Jones and Evans led the group through rousing renditions of "Lean on Me," "Here Comes the Sun" and other hits that took the place of gospel songs. Congregants dissolved into laughter at a get-to-know-you game that involved clapping and slapping the hands of the person next to them and applauded as members of the audience spoke about community service projects they had started in L.A.
News story on the Sunday Assembly, which envisions "a godless congregation in every town, city and village that wants one"
Associated Press, 11-11-13
You're a good Catholic fellow as I am. That's not the way Catholic people — that's not the way anybody with morals — should do anything.
Statement at sentencing by Florida Judge Russell Healey which resulted in the appeals court ordering the defendant to be resentenced by a different judge
Florida Times-Union, 11-7-13
We were disappointed to learn that former President George W. Bush has decided to move ahead with his plan to speak at a fundraising event for an evangelical proselytizing group whose stated goal is to convert Jews to Christianity.
Abraham Foxman, Anti-Defamation League national director, on Bush's speech to the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute in Dallas
Politico, 11-11-13
The bible does not specifically speak about sequester cuts, or any other fiscal proposal or funding law enacted by the U.S. Specific directions for tax policy are never spelled out in scripture.
Rob Schwarzwalder, Family Research Council vice president, "God and the IRS: What the bible can teach us about tax policy"
Washington Post, 11-11-13
God is still there. The Filipino soul is stronger than any typhoon.
Fr. Lito Capeding, pastor of Shrine of the Holy Cross, Daphne, Ala., on Typhoon Haiyan
Mobile Press-Register, 11-12-13
All politicians now have the moral obligation to work for the repeal of this sinful and objectionable legislation. We must pray for deliverance from this evil which has penetrated our state and our church.
Thomas Paprocki, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield, Ill., announcing he'll offer "prayers of supplication and exorcism" Nov. 20, the day when Gov. Pat Quinn was scheduled to sign a same-sex marriage bill into law
State Journal-Register, 11-14-13
Paprocki might consider directing that exorcism toward his own heart. He might be surprised at what demons fly out.
Columnist Neil Steinberg, noting that 47% of Catholics attended Mass once a week in 1974 compared to 24% now
Chicago Sun-Times, 11-17-13
If I won the lottery and could afford to live in Manhattan, no one would care, but here, I can have an effect. Not to create more atheists, but to simply create a place that the secular can call home. I would never say that I am the answer for DeRidder [La.], but for this community I know I am the question.
Jerry DeWitt, former evangelical pastor who stayed in DeRidder to "minister" to atheists and the secular community
The Daily Beast, 11-17-13
I looked up the verse Jeff put on the bag [Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"] and had to laugh. How can someone so smart be so gullible? The idea of trusting or believing that someone has control over your future is the definition of insanity. I will continue to trust people I've actually met to help chart my course.
Virginia businessman Brian McMahon, an atheist, canceling his sponsorship of aspiring pro golfer Jeff Cochran
theblaze.com, 11-25-13
One sign that caught the attention of the local newspaper was the message I put up after Michael Jackson died last year. It read: THE KING OF POP IS DEAD. THE KING OF KINGS STILL LIVES.
Darrel Brandon, pastor at Clay City [Ill.] Christian Church, "How I devise my church sign messages"
If you want to do something about the climate, you want to do something about the weather, there is only one thing that we can do to affect climate or affect weather and that is to pray to Yahweh.
Bryan Fischer, American Family Association
"Focal Point With Bryan Fischer," 9-13-13
[Los Angeles Cardinal Roger] Mahony and his aides insisted on secrecy even when lives were at risk. In one case, the archdiocese was informed that a man dying of AIDS had been having sex with a parish priest, who in turn was abusing high school students. At the time, the average life expectancy after an AIDS diagnosis was 18 months. Yet church officials did nothing to alert the priest or the students.
Newspaper story on cover-ups of sex abuse by clergy
Los Angeles Times, 12-1-13
I want to wish everyone a really, really merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, all the holidays —all you infidel atheists out there, I want to wish you the very best also. I don't know what you celebrate during the holiday season, I myself celebrate the birth of Christ, but it's your choice, and I respect your choice. If you want to celebrate nothing, and just get together with friends, that's good, too. All the best.
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I'm sure that right-wing advocacy groups raise of a lot of money this time of year by hyping a fake war on Christmas. But the truth is that the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution already protects schoolchildren's religious freedom — whether they are Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu or none of the above — and nothing that the Texas Legislature passes is going to improve on what the Founders gave us.
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state-church watchdog based in Madison, Wis., has scored another victory for secularism on public college campuses.
Late last year, FFRF persuaded the University of Wisconsin-Madison to remove Gideon bibles from the Lowell Center, its campus inn. Now it has likewise persuaded the Memorial Union at Iowa State University-Ames to remove bibles from its hotel rooms.
Richard S. Reynolds, director of the union, responded Feb. 13 by email: "The concern you raised about the availability of Bibles in the guest rooms of the Memorial Union has been taken under advisement and, effective March 1, 2014, the Bibles will be removed from the Hotel rooms."
FFRF received a complaint about the religious propaganda on state property from one of its Iowa members.
"It is a fundamental principle of Establishment Clause jurisprudence that a government entity cannot in any way promote, advance, or otherwise endorse religion," wrote Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott in FFRF's Jan. 29 letter to Reynolds. "If a state-run university has a policy of providing a Christian religious text to guests, that policy facilitates illegal endorsement of Christianity over other religions and over nonreligion. Permitting members of outside religious groups the privilege of placing their religious literature in public university guest rooms also constitutes state endorsement and advancement of religion.
"Individuals, not the state, must determine what religious texts are worth reading."
"We're delighted to see reason and the Constitution prevailing. We can all sleep easier knowing secularism is being honored at our public universities," said FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor.
"Many nonbelievers greatly object to its primitive and dangerous instructions to beat children, kill homosexuals, atheists and infidels," Gaylor added, "and that it sanctions the subjugation of women, who are scapegoated for bringing sin and death into the world.
"Imagine the uproar if someone found a Quran or Richard Dawkins' 'The God Delusion' in their state-supported hotel room. Government can't take sides on the religious debate."
FFRF, which has more than 20,000 members, represents nearly 150 Iowa members.
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FFRF: Ritual circumcision poses dangers
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, concerned about dangers to public health posed by ritual circumcision, has contacted New York state, local and national officials about the religious practice.
According to reports by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, ultra-orthodox Jewish parents are exposing newborns to herpes simplex virus infections by allowing adult men called mohels to place their mouths on boys' penises to draw blood away from the circumcision wound. At least two infants have died from the infection, two others have suffered brain damage, and other victims must deal with a chronic, lifelong infection that can cause painful lesions.
The "bris" or "brit milah" is traditionally done on the eighth day of life and is followed by a celebratory meal. Oral suction of the wound, "metzitzah b'peh," is limited to primarily Hasidic communities.
FFRF is a state-church watchdog based in Madison, Wis., with about 20,000 members nationwide and more than 1,100 in New York state. Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel wrote a letter Feb. 12 to several officials, including Mayor Bill de Blasio, District Attorney Cyrus Vance, heads of the state and city health departments and U.S. Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer.
"To put the seriousness of this infection in perspective, the reported cases show that a newborn infected with HSV by a mohel is seven times more likely to die than a climber attempting to summit Everest or a U.S. soldier fighting in World War I," Seidel wrote.
"Currently, the only regulation to protect children from this outrageous practice is informed parental consent. This must change. The government should stop placing adults' desire to impose their religion above the health, safety, and lives of defenseless infants," he said.
FFRF called on Vance to prosecute those responsible. "No person's religious rights would be hindered by prohibiting this criminal act. Without regulation, the helpless infants' rights are trampled in the name of a religion they cannot begin to grasp. Adults do not have a religious right to expose their children to disease and death."
Seidel noted that current state law bans knowingly transmitting an infectious venereal disease, endangering the welfare of the child and reckless endangerment. "The exceptions carved out for religion could be amended or these laws could actually be enforced."


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So today I went to buy someone a gift certificate at newegg.com, which for some ungodly reason will only let you use VISA credit cards to purchase said gift certifcates (and not MasterCard -- is there some kind of predjudice against credit card issuers I'm not aware of?).
That's ok, I have a Citibank MasterCard and a Chase Visa credit card (i'm not altogether unfamiliar with the concept of debt).
So I place my order and it is rejected. I go online to check my Chase account to see what's up.
My card account is gone.
Ok so I call up Chase, whose automated system wants me to type in my account number. I do so and it complains and tells me i must have typed it in wrong. After smashing my palm on the keypad for a few seconds i am transferred to an operator.
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I surprise the operator by explaining that I'd kind of like to know what has gone wrong.
I spent the next 40 minutes being transfered to different supervisors, who all made me recite the same litany of stats about my card, my ss#, the name of my first dog, my mothers maiden name and her favorite color.
No one could find that my account ever existed in the first place. Basically I had been erased and disapeared from the history books as if i was a political prisoner.
The best guess anyone could come up with is that maybe i didn't use the card enough and kept paying off my balance every month, and so they canceled the account and *purged* it's existence from their records. In the end they just gave up and so did I. I'll just try to drop my memory of this card into the memory hole and hope it never comes back.
You might think the lesson from this story is that credit card companies are greedy evil vultures. But that is not the lesson. If you don't know that already then you need more remedial education.
The lesson from this story to programmers is this:
You do *not* purge user data. Ever. There is no scenario where drive space is so valuable that you need to purge user accounts.
If you want to disable, deactivate, terminate, cancel, whatever, an item or account in your database, you need to build in support for doing this into your software system. You need to plan ahead always that items are going to be marked as disabled and should not be treated as valid or in use, but still be able to retain them in your database.
You will need to be able to look up things that were once active and are no longer active. Whether it's a user inquiry or a situation where you need to undo your action, or where you need to recover old information for historical record keeping -- never delete accounts with information in them.
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Calling it a plan "that has been tweaked a bit," legislative leaders say they think they're closer to a budget agreement with Gov. Jerry Brown, though there's no sign that Brown is willing to go along - especially on the issue of changes to the state's welfare assistance program.
Assembly Speaker John Perez and Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg say both houses will vote on a newly revised plan Friday, just hours before the midnight June 15 deadline by which legislators will lose their salaries if they fail to take action.
Democrats say their proposal -- which presents alternatives to the governor's plan worth about $1 billion -- is frugal but fair.
"It is our obligation to make sure that while we cut," said Steinberg, "that we don't cut just to make a point."
The legislative plan restores $1.2 billion in gubernatorial cuts, offset by about $900 million in new solutions. It also relies on leaving a smaller budget reserve ($544 million) than called for by Brown ($1 billion).
This is the second alternative budget floated by legislative Democrats this week, with Monday's proposal effectively rejected by the governor in his Tuesday afternoon written statement.
In this iteration, the budget would include diverting $250 million in local property taxes from county governments to schools. It also would rework some details under the state's overall school funding guarantee, Proposition 98.
But there continues to be disagreement over cuts to social services, most notably the welfare-to-work program, CalWorks. Democrats have restored about half of Brown's CalWorks cut, and have rejected his insistence on quickreinstatementof work requirement rules that were suspended in 2010.
The governor specifically highlighted welfare assistance in his Tuesday written statement, perhaps a hint that it could be the biggest of the sticking points.
"We need additional structural reforms to cut spending on an ongoing basis," wrote Brown, "including welfare reform that's built on President Clinton's framework and focused on getting people back to work."
Policy goals notwithstanding, welfare assistance has also been a potent political issue through the years. Clinton's own 1996 effort came just months before winning a second term in office.
In California's 2010 race for governor, GOP nominee Meg Whitman championed changes that would shorten the time families could receive assistance. And observers note that welfare 'reform' continues to resonate with swing voters -- the same kind of voters Brown needs to ratify his November tax increase initiative, a key element to the budget he'll sign by month's end.
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By Chef Laura FrankelHomemade date honey is easy and fast to make. Sometimes I keep it neutral without spices, but I like the added OOMPH of flavor that cinnamon brings to it.
20 Medjool dates, pitted1 cup very hot waterPinch of cinnamon (optional)
Combine the dates, hot water and cinnamon, if using, and steep for 1 hour.Puree the mixture in a blender or food processor until very creamy and thick.Store the date honey, covered in the refrigerator for 1 month.
Recipe: Kosher, parve, side dish, Rosh Hashanah
Laura Frankel is the Executive Chef at Wolfgang Puck Kosher Catering at the Spertus Institute for Jewish studies in Chicago. She is the author of Jewish Cooking for All Seasons (Wiley) and Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes (Wiley), and the former chef and founder of Shallots restaurant. Chef Laura writes for The Jerusalem Post and Bitayavon and Joy of Kosher magazines and is an avid blogger and a passionate farmer's market supporter, giving demos and teaching classes all over the country featuring market produce.
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Launch Vehicle: Titan IIIE-Centaur (TC-6 / Titan no. 23E-6 / Centaur D-1T)
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, USA, Launch Complex 41
NASA Center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Spacecraft Mass: 2,080 kg (822 kg Mission Module)
Spacecraft Instruments: 1) imaging system; 2) ultraviolet spectrometer; 3) infrared spectrometer; 4) planetary radio astronomy experiment; 5) photopolarimeter; 6) magnetometers; 7) plasma particles experiment; 8) low-energy charged-particles experiment; 9) plasma waves experiment and 10) cosmic-ray telescope
Spacecraft Dimensions: Decahedral bus, 47 cm in height and 1.78 m across from flat to flat
Spacecraft Power: 3 plutonium oxide radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs)
Maximum Power: 470 W of 30-volt DC power at launch, dropping to about 285 W at the beginning of 2008.
Antenna Diameter: 3.66 m
X-Band Data Rate: 115.2 kbits/sec at Jupiter, less at more distant locations (first spacecraft to use X-band as the primary telemetry link frequency)
Total Cost: $875 million for Voyager 1 and 2 through the end of the Neptune phase of the Voyager 2 mission. An additional $30 million was allocated for the first 2 years of the Voyager Interstellar Mission.
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An alignment of the outer planets that occurs only once in 176 years prompted NASA to plan a grand tour of the outer planets, consisting of dual launches to Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto in 1976-77 and dual launches to Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune in 1979. The original scheme was canceled for budgetary reasons, but it was replaced by Voyager 1 and 2, which accomplished similar goals at significantly lower cost.
The two spacecraft were designed to explore Jupiter and Saturn in more detail than the two Pioneers (Pioneers 10 and 11) that preceded them. Each was equipped with slow-scan color TV to take live television images from the planets, and each also carried an extensive suite of instruments to record magnetic, atmospheric, lunar, and other data about the planets. The original design of the spacecraft was based on that of the older Mariners. Power was provided by three plutonium oxide radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) mounted at the end of a boom.
Voyager 1 was launched after Voyager 2, but because of a faster route, it exited the asteroid belt earlier than its twin. It began its Jovian imaging mission in April 1978 at a range of 265 million km from the planet; images sent back by January the following year indicated that Jupiter's atmosphere was more turbulent than during the Pioneer flybys in 1973 and 1974.
On 10 February 1979, the spacecraft crossed into the Jovian moon system, and in early March, it had already discovered a thin (less than 30 km thick) ring circling Jupiter. Flying past Amalthea, Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto (in that order) on 5 March, Voyager 1 returned spectacular photos of their terrain, opening up completely new worlds for planetary scientists to study. The most interesting find was on Io, where images showed a bizarre yellow, orange and brown world with at least eight active volcanoes spewing material into space, making it one of the most (if not the most) geologically active planetary bodies in the solar system. The spacecraft also discovered two new moons, Thebe and Metis. Voyager 1's closest encounter with Jupiter was at 12:05 UT on 5 March 1979 at a range of 280,000 km.
Following the Jupiter encounter, Voyager 1 completed a single course correction on 9 April 1979 in preparation for its rendezvous with Saturn. A second correction on 10 October 1979 ensured that the spacecraft would not hit Saturn's moon Titan. Its flyby of the Saturn system in November 1979 was as spectacular as its previous encounter. Voyager 1 found three new moons: Prometheus and Pandora, the shepherding moons that keep the F ring well-defined, and Atlas which similarly shepherds the A ring. It also discovered a new ring (the G ring) and revealed the intricate structure of the ring system, consisting of thousands of bands.
During its flyby, the spacecraft photographed Saturn's moons Titan, Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, and Rhea. Based on data, all the moons appeared to be largely composed of water ice. Perhaps the most interesting target was Titan, which Voyager 1 passed at 05:41 UT on 12 November at a range of 4,000 km. Images showed a thick atmosphere that completely hid the surface. The spacecraft found that the moon's atmosphere was composed of 90 percent nitrogen. Pressure and temperature at the surface was 1.6 atmospheres and -180 degrees Celsius (-292 degrees Fahrenheit), respectively.
Voyager 1's closest approach to Saturn was at 23:45 UT on 12 November 1980 at a range of 124,000 km. The spacecraft found that about 7 percent of the volume of Saturn's upper atmosphere is helium (compared with 11 percent of Jupiter's atmosphere), while almost all the rest is hydrogen. Since Saturn's internal helium abundance was expected to be the same as Jupiter's and the sun's, the lower abundance of helium in the upper atmosphere may imply that the heavier helium is slowly sinking through Saturn's hydrogen. That might explain the excess heat that Saturn radiates over energy it receives from the sun.
Following the encounter with Saturn, Voyager 1 was on course to escape the solar system at a speed of about 523.6 million km (325.4 million miles or 3.5 AU) per year in the general direction of the sun's motion relative to nearby stars. The spacecraft's trajectory, which had been designed to send it closely past Titan and behind Saturn's rings, bent the spacecraft's path inexorably northward, 35 degrees out of the ecliptic plane, the plane in which the planets orbit the sun. Thus, Voyager 1 could not be sent to Uranus or Neptune.


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Particulate matter (PM) has been linked to a range of serious respiratory and cardiovascular health problems. The key effects associated with exposure to ambient particulate matter include: premature mortality, aggravation of respiratory and cardiovascular disease (as indicated by increased hospital admissions and emergency room visits, school absences, work loss days, and restricted activity days), aggravated asthma, acute respiratory symptoms, chronic bronchitis, decreased lung function, and increased risk of myocardial infarction. Recent epidemiologic studies estimate that exposures to PM may result in tens of thousands of excess deaths per year, and many more cases of illness among the US population.
NCER's extramural PM research is designed to assist in solving many uncertainties about the impacts of PM exposure on mortality and illness. NCER has been conducting PM research indirectly through our Air Quality and Air Pollution Chemistry and Physics solicitations since 1995 and directly with solicitations dedicated to PM topics since 1998. In 1999 NCER funded 5 PM Centers through a competitive solicitation. These efforts were designed to support the priorities identified by the National Research Council and assist the Office of Air in the review and revision of the PM National Ambient Air Quality Standard. In 2005, the EPA funded 5 new PM Centers to further improve our understanding of how particulate matter or PM affects human health and the types and sources of PM most responsible for these effects. The new centers were established at Johns Hopkins University, Harvard University, the University of Rochester, the University of California at Davis, and the University of California at Los Angeles to study high-priority issues related to the effects of airborne particles on human health. These centers are focussing on human susceptibility, mechanisms of health effects, exposure-response relationships, and the cross-cutting issue of linking health effects with particulate matter sources and components.
ORD laboratories and EPA's Office of Air and Radiation are also conducting PM research that addresses the NRC PM research priorities and supports the establishment of air quality standards and the implementation of strategies to reduce PM-related health risks. The extramural and intramural PM research programs are guided by the Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter . The ORD laboratories' research program includes: health effects and exposure assessment research, risk assessment activities to periodically review and update the PM Air Quality Criteria Document; and, risk management research support the implementation of air quality standards by state and local governments.
NCER's goals are to support a peer reviewed research program that provides high quality scientific information across the range of PM health research priority topics identified by the National Research Council, and supports the review and revision of the PM National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). NCER's research also addresses the NAAQS implementation needs identified in ORD's PM research strategy.
NCER's PM Research is being performed under:
- GPRA Goal 1- Clean Air
- Objective 1- Attain NAAQS for Tropospheric Ozone and Particulate Matter
- Sub-objective 005: Particulate matter health risk model
- Provide new information on the atmospheric concentrations, human exposure, health effects and mechanisms of toxicity of particulate matter, and facilitate PM NAAQS review through Air Quality Criteria Document development and consultation. Provide data on health effects and exposure to PM and provide methods for assessing the exposure and toxicity of PM in healthy and potentially susceptible populations to strengthen the scientific basis for reassessment of the NAAQS for PM. (NRC Topics 5, 8 and 9)
What is PM?
PM represents a broad class of chemically and physically diverse substances. Particles can be described by size, formation mechanism, origin, chemical composition, atmospheric behavior and method of measurement. The concentration of particles in the air varies across space and time, and is related to the source of the particles and the transformations that occur in the atmosphere.
PM can be principally characterized as discrete particles spanning several orders of magnitude in size, with inhalable particles falling into the following general size fractions:
- PM10 (generally defined as all particles equal to and less than 10 microns in aerodynamic diameter; particles larger than this are not generally deposited in the lung);
- PM2.5, also known as fine fraction particles (generally defined as those particles with an aerodynamic diameter of 2.5 microns or less)
- PM10-2.5, also known as coarse fraction particles (generally defined as those particles with an aerodynamic diameter greater than 2.5 microns, but equal to or less than a nominal 10 microns); and
- Ultrafine particles generally defined as those less than 0.1 microns.
Fine and coarse particles are distinct in terms of the emission sources, formation processes, chemical composition, atmospheric residence times, transport distances and other parameters. Fine particles are directly emitted from combustion sources and are also formed secondarily from gaseous precursors such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, or organic compounds. Fine particles are generally composed of sulfate, nitrate, chloride and ammonium compounds, organic and elemental carbon, and metals. Combustion of coal, oil, diesel, gasoline, and wood, as well as high temperature process sources such as smelters and steel mills, produce emissions that contribute to fine particle formation. Fine particles can remain in the atmosphere for days to weeks and travel through the atmosphere hundreds to thousands of kilometers, while most coarse particles typically deposit to the earth within minutes to hours and within tens of kilometers from the emission source. Some scientists have postulated that ultrafine particles, by virtue of their small size and large surface area to mass ratio may be especially toxic. There are studies which suggest that these particles may leave the lung and travel through the blood to other organs, including the heart. Coarse particles are typically mechanically generated by crushing or grinding and are often dominated by resuspended dusts and crustal material from paved or unpaved roads or from construction, farming, and mining activities.
Congressional Directives
In fiscal year 1998 Congress urged EPA to establish as many as five university-based research centers focused on PM research. Congress also asked EPA to arrange for an independent study by the National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council (NRC), to develop priorities for a comprehensive PM research plan, develop a near and long-term PM research program, and to monitor research progress over the next five years. On March 31, 1998, the NRC released its first report entitled Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter: 1. Immediate Priorities and Long-Range Research Portfolio. Based on recommendations from this NRC report and earlier strategic assessments, ORD is developing and implementing an integrated research program for PM which includes in-house studies, interagency research, and RFAs through which scientists may compete for grant awards.
See Research Priorities for Airborne Particulate Matter for more details about the NRCs recommendations.
NRC Priorities
PM Research Priorities identified by the National Research Council:
- Outdoor Measures vs. Actual Human Exposures: What are the relationships between concentrations of PM and gaseous copollutants measured at stationary outdoor air monitoring sites and what are the contributions of these concentrations to actual personal exposures?
- Exposures of Susceptible Subpopulations to Toxic PM components: What are the exposures to the most biologically important constituents of PM that cause responses in potentially susceptible subpopulations and the general population?
- Characterization of Emission Sources: What are the size-distribution, chemical-composition, and mass-emission rates of PM emitted from primary-particle sources in the U.S, and what are the emissions of the reactive gases that lead to secondary particle formation through atmospheric chemical reactions?
- Air Quality Modeling and Testing: What are the linkages between emission sources and ambient concentrations of the biologically important components of PM?
- Assessment of Hazardous PM Components: What is the role of biological, chemical, and physical characteristics of PM in eliciting adverse health effects?
- Dosimetry-Deposition of PM in the Respiratory Tract: What are the deposition patterns and fate of particles in the respiratory tract of individuals belonging to presumed susceptible subpopulations?
- Combined Effects of PM and Gaseous Copollutants: How can the effects of PM be disentangled from the effects of other pollutants? How can the effect of long-term exposures to PM and other pollutants be better understood?
- Susceptible Subpopulations: What subpopulations are at increased risk of adverse health outcomes from PM?
- Mechanism of Injury: What are the underlying mechanisms that can explain the epidemiological findings of mortality and morbidity associated with exposure to PM?
- Analysis and Measurement: To what extent does the choice of statistical models in the analysis of data from epidemiologic studies influence estimates of health risks from PM? Can existing methods be improved? What is the effect of measurement error and misclassification on the estimates of the association between air pollution and health?


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If you can dream it, you can do it. -Walt Disney
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I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. -Howard Zinn
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Comparing Seven Plot Structures
Story is essential to the animation narrative. Here's some tips about how to approach it that artists may find helpful. They're from http://www.Screenplay.com.
Plot Paradigms
The Syd Field Paradigm.
Field's Paradigm is a four-act structure masquerading as a three-act structure. It starts with a setup and inciting incident, has regular turning points in the plot called "plot points" and "pinches" in the middles, and ends with a climax and resolution. Though not apparent in the illustration, the Paradigm describes both the external journey involving the attempt to achieve the story goal and the internal journey of the Main Character.
Robert McKee's Central Plot and The Quest
McKee's Central Plot is a modified three-act structure. It begins with an inciting incident, proceeds with progressive complications, and ends with a crisis, climax, and resolution. What is not shown is McKee's system of using beats to build scenes, scenes to build sequences, and sequences to build acts. His third act is slightly shorter than the last act in the four-act structure examples. The McKee second act picks up the extra time and is slightly longer than the combined middle acts of a four-act structure.
The Quest describes the flow of conflict in a story. The + and — represent the positive and negative tug-of-war of conflict in the backstory before the inciting incident. The "spine" represents the "through-line" / timeline in the story. The conscious and unconscious desires describe the drive behind the external and internal journeys. The inner, personal, and extra-personal conflicts represent the types of pressure put to bear on the protagonist/main character as the story progresses. The conscious and unconscious objects of desire represent the journeys' goals.
The Linda Seger Paradigm.
Seger's Story Spine (or 'A Story') is a straightforward three-act structure. It has a setup, which starts with an image, establishes the story catalyst (inciting incident), and raises the central question (goal). It has two major turning points in the plot that separate Act One from Act Two and Act Two from Act Three, and ends with a climax and resolution. Seger's three-act structure allows for subplots which can accommodate a relationship "B Story" and more.
John Truby's Twenty-Two Building Blocks
A combination of Joseph Campbell's mythic structure and original work, Truby's Twenty-Two Building Blocks plot structure loosely conforms to a three-act structure. Truby is a proponent of the idea that Plot is what Character does, and Character is defined by actions. As such, his plotline is a combination of a Hero's actions motivated by his internal Need and an external Desire (goal). The actions of various Opponents and Allies counterpoint the Hero's efforts. The plot has an inciting incident, ends with a new equilibrium, and has several revelations and reversals along the way.
Christopher Vogler's Hero's Journey
Like Syd Field's Paradigm, Vogler's Hero's Journey is a four-act structure camouflaged as a three-act structure. That's where the similarity ends. Based on Joseph Campbell's work on mythic story structure, Vogler has relabeled the plot points to describe the external journey of the Hero, and the internal journey of the main character (The Character Arc). Vogler's setup and inciting event take the form of Ordinary World and Call to Adventure. Like Field and other paradigms to come, major events function as turning points for the acts, such as Crossing the Threshold into the Special World, Ordeal, and The Road Back to the Ordinary World. Crisis and climax show up as Resurrection and Final Attempt. Return with the Elixir and Mastery approximate the story's resolution.
Michael Hauge's Six Stage Plot Structure
Despite its name, Hauge's Six Stage Plot Structure has its roots in a four-act structure as you can tell by the illustration. It starts with a setup followed by an inciting incident called Turning Point #1: Opportunity. It has regular turning points in the plot to indicate act breaks (Turning Points #2, #3, & #4), and ends with a climax (Turning Point #5) and resolution (Aftermath). As shown, Hauge's paradigm describes the Outer Journey as the attempt to achieve the story goal. The Inner Journey describes how the Hero (Main Character) goes from living fully within his Identity (a mask that hides his inner trauma and desires) to a life free of the Identity and fulfilling his Destiny.
Dramatica's "Act Structure"
Dramatica clearly uses a four-act structure. It starts with a setup of plot points and story dynamics and an inciting incident. It has regular turning points in the plot to indicate act breaks driven by the Story Driver, and ends with a crisis, climax, and resolution of plot points and story dynamics. It also explores four throughlines; two more than the other story paradigms. The Overall Story throughline is the rough equivalent of the outer journey found in other paradigms. The Main Character throughline is the counterpart to the inner journey. Dramatica counterpoints the Main Character throughline with the Impact Character throughline. Exploring the relationship between the Main and Impact Characters is done in the MC/IC Relationship throughline.
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This may be old news but Claudio Aprile is opening up 2 more versions of Origin in Liberty Village and Bayview Village (where Sierra used to be)! :D BURGER PRIEST AND ORIGIN IN NORTH YORK 2012 is going to be a good year!
Every neighbourhood wants good restaurants to choose from. Origin will do well in those locations. My concern is that rapid expansion can come with risk. Colborne Lane seemed to suffer when Claudio was focusing on Origin and lately feedback has been that Origin suffered from the loss of Chef Gonzalez. I would much rather see more Origins than O&B Grills, or any chain or that matter. For me, it is a much more interesting concept, but what matters in a restaurant is not concept but execution. I hope his restaurants don't suffer through what must be a difficult expansion.
re: dubchild
Totally agree, dubchild! Claudio was at his best in Senses and early part of Colborne Lane. Really great, inventive and tasty tasting menu! Then things are no longer the same!! Sigh!!
re: Charles Yu
If I remember right the 14 course tasting menu was $100 at senses.
re: dubchild
If I look, I might even have a photo of the menu from my meal there when Aprile was still cooking there... So long ago!
re: jlunar
Hello dubchild and jlunar,
Sorry to pre-empt you folks. But here are photos of the 14 course tasting menu I had at Senses when Aprile was still manning the kitchen in person! Those were the days!!
Glad he wasn't experimenting with those colorful but awful tasting beets those days!
re: Charles Yu
Oh god, the BEET course! I've done the tasting menu twice at Colborne Lane, and the second time, I specifically asked for NO beet course. The first time, there was some horrid beet styrofoam thing. Ugh. Every other course was lovely, but that course was a huge fail.
No. More. Beets.
re: TorontoJo
Great foodies think alike!!! Welcome to the club!!! LOL
re: TorontoJo
Ha ha! Was just at Colborne Lane last week and the tasting menu had 3 courses involving beets - one of which was dessert. Way overkill! I love beets but that was way way too much.
re: Cat123
This was the 'beet' dish I had at Colborne Lane. Looked colourful and artistic but really quite unappealing in taste!!
BTW, the friend I was with happened to be 'coloured blind'!!! Ha!
re: Charles Yu
ha, can someone tell me what was so bad about it? im so curious!
re: hungryabbey
The semi-hard texture of the beets tasted all the same and have a mild raw and 'rancid' smell and taste!
re: hungryabbey
Oh, where to start. My beet course had beet prepared 3 or 4 ways. One was a beet "sponge" in the shape of a dome. It had the texture of memory foam crossed with styrofoam. Then there was a "beet ribbon" that was sort of a beet fruit rollup. There were also some simple roasted beets, I think, though I can't recall. The best part was a goat cheese fritter. To be fair, I'm not a fan of beets. But I tried every component of the plate and can honestly say that none of the preparations were appealing from a textural perspective.
re: TorontoJo
wow thats too bad. I didnt know one could screw up beets so much.
re: jlunar
I'm hoping it is successful but remain skeptical... The more good restos try to duplicate themselves the worst all locations seem to get, in my opinion.


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Peer leaders call on their experience and training to provide guidance to fellow students and members of the community. Members of the student government cultivate the kinds decision making and cooperation skills required to be sought after future leaders. Student leaders organize community outreach projects, plan fundraisers and events, recruit team members and supervise a wide range of programs. Whether it's assuming a primary role in a club or heading a service initiative, there are many opportunities at NYU for students who want to become leaders.


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Belmont Stakes: Kentucky Derby And Preakness Winners Set For A Rematch
This Saturday's Belmont Stakes in New York lacks a Triple Crown attempt but it does include the next best thing: a rematch between the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winners.
How I'd Bet $100 On The Preakness Stakes
Since 2000, seven post-time favorites have won the Preakness. There is no doubt that this year's post-time favorite will be Kentucky Derby winner Orb.
Preakness Stakes: Orb Pursues Part Two Of The Triple Crown
It's hard to surmise a scenario where we aren't talking about yet another pending attempt to end racing's long wait for the twelfth Triple Crown winner after this year's Preakness.
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As a staff person supporting advisory boards comprised of people from the community who meet, discuss and recommend to the Board of Commissioners, your role is to ensure that policies and laws are followed by the members of the advisory board. It is also your duty to bring the board's attention to issues of importance, assist the chair with agenda development, provide background information to prepare the board for decisions, and encourage and support the people who serve as members. For more information on staff responsibilities for the management of meetings, review the following areas:
Ground Rules
Every group should establish ground rules on how meetings will run, how members will interact and what kind of behavior is acceptable. Because each group member is an individual, each has a different way of accomplishing tasks. At times these different ways can cause friction between members and slow down the process of the group as a whole. Each member is expected to respect these rules, which usually prevents misunderstandings and disagreements. Three to five ground rules are sufficient for most groups. Some of the more important ground rules include:• Attendance: groups should place a high priority on meetings, talk about what would be legitimate reasons for missing a meeting, and establish a procedure for informing the group leader of a member's absence from a scheduled meeting.• Promptness: meetings should start and end on time.• Meeting place and time: specify a regular meeting time and place, and establish a procedure for notifying members of meetings.• Participation: everyone's viewpoint is valuable. Every team member can make a unique contribution; therefore, emphasize the importance of both speaking freely and listening attentively.• Basic conversational courtesies: listen attentively and respectfully to others, do not interrupt, one conversation at a time, and so forth.• Interruptions: decide when interruptions will be tolerated and when they will not.• Other norms or ground rules that can be decided ahead of time by the group such as acceptable language, humor, jargon, etc.
Work Plan
One of the best ways to ensure an advisory board is effective is through the use of a work plan. The plan specifies goals for the board, strategies to meet the goals and timelines for completion of the goals. The goals of the board should be closely aligned with goals of the department. A work plan should specify the operational goals of the board for the year. A well-developed work plan can be used by each board member and relevant staff members as a reference for completing his or her portion of the organization's strategic plan.
Agenda Development
Staff must work closely with the board chair or executive committee to ensure an agenda is developed for each meeting. The agenda should further the work of the board while supporting the mission and directives. Staff to the board must know where the board wants to go (work plan/goals) and what they need to reach that destination. The agenda provides a forum in which to address issues and accumulate information to assist the board with its work. A balanced agenda should include both action items and discussion items to keep members involved.
Advisory board members deserve recognition for the work that they do for the county. Staff can use several methods of providing recognition to these members. Some examples include:
Citing a member's exemplary work in front of peers
Writing a letter or note of thanks complimenting the member on some aspect of his or her work or participation
Taking a few extra minutes before or after a meeting to inquire about the members family/life/work
Nominating the member or the board for awards for the work that has been accomplished, extraordinary teamwork, or any other reason staff chooses
Periodically, ask how the member feels he or she is doing on the board
Many other ideas are available from the county's volunteer coordinator
Research and Background for Members
Staff should provide background information and statistics for issues or topics that the board addresses. The background information that members need to be able to understand and discuss issues must be provided in advance of the meeting where the discussion will take place.
Public Meetings Law
Staff is responsible for making sure that all aspects of Oregon's Public Meetings Law are met by the advisory board. In addition to adequate public notice and minutes, staff must ensure that advisory board members understand the definition of a public body and the responsibilities of a public official. Advisory board members are only able to deliberate toward a decision when in a public meeting. More information on Public Meetings Law can be found at this link.


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