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Warren County sheriff has gotten through grants new video cameras for the cars, tasers, and patrol rifles.
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No written source, alas, but I have heard the following, if I remember it correctly, from Rabbi Yisrael Reisman (of Torah Vodaas and Agudath Israel of Madison, both in Brooklyn). Debts cannot be paid from funds of maaser. If one pledges to pay an amount to tz'daka, it's a debt, and he may not pay it from maaser. However, if one pledges to pay an amount to tz'daka and has in mind when he pledges that he's pledging not to pay from his own pocket but from maaser funds, then he may do so, as [I think the reasoning went] he has not pledged any amount from his own pocket, so has no personal debt. [Despite the lack of personal debt, he must pay pledged amount, I suspect.] As always, for a practical ruling, CYLOR.


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Might his frustration be a bit lessened if, say, Jonathan Lucroy were batting behind him until Ramirez returns? I know mine would, and I suspect the same for others. To have Rickie Weeks even in the lineup is questionable. To have him hitting in the cleanup spot it ridiculous.Hide replies
Yeah, instead of the 4 homers in the last 7 games, who knows how many he might have?
I have no idea why the manager is so bullheaded about batting Weeks behind Braun. Hey Ron, it's not working. Weeks should be sitting on the bench.Hide replies
For crips sake Gallardo and Estrada both have ONE less RBI then the guy batting in the 4 hole... I don't think Weeks should be on the bench (though a day or two off sure wouldn't hurt) but batting him in the 4 hole is just INSANE.
Brewers 8-2 with Weeks hitting 4th.
Weeks on the bench?!? And who plays 2B?
EA, stop using facts and asking sensible questions.
That is the obvious question - the backup infielders are doing 1st and 3rd by committee. We just have to ride this stretch out. Winning sure helps!
It's amazing to me that less than three weeks into the season, the Brewers are in the middle of their longest winning streak in two years, and it seems like at least half of the fans are focused on Rickie Weeks's slump. What's that about? Do people just wake up angry and need to find a place to put it? Get a life, people.
The anger should be directed towards Ron for putting Rickie in the cleanup spot, where he obviously doesn't belong right now.
The Brewers just don't want to admit that they should have gotten rid of him long ago.(Weeks)
Last week it was "Fire Melvin". Now with a 7 game win streak, it's "Fire Weeks". Next week, who knows? Maybe Yuni bashing again?
Like Rosanne Rosannadanna once said, "It's always something."Hide replies
Yuni is always in the wings as the next whipping boy. The next time Axford gives up a run, he'll be back in the running. Gomez could resurface at any time. Until then Rickie will have to balance out the 7 game winning streak.
weeks will ALWAYS be one of the main targets. when a player cant run hit field or bunt and is owed $33 million what do you expect?
Wasn't he an all-star in '11?
He is not owed $33 million, he will be gone after 2014 as they won't exercise the 2015 option.
It would be nice if Weeks could get into a more weird style of slump than just the normal sucking sound of slump.Hide replies
Todd Rosiak wrote and I quote;
"Opposing pitchers have even less of a reason to give him anything good to hit". (regarding Weeks)
All I've got to say is Todd, C'mon Man, don't start berating the opposing pitcher's for this no hit wonder the BREWERS continue to employ as a
2ndbase man.
Every year there's been some sort of excuse as to why Ricky ain't being
Rickie, and the truth is... this is Rickie, it's all he's ever been, and it's all he's ever going to be.
But my issue with this dude is, if they could berate JJ Hardy when he went through some mini slumps, and be angry enough to get rid of him,
then why in the hell is this guy still clinging....... to a Milwaukee Brewers uniform ?
This streak the Brewers are going through is great, after such a heinous beginning, but let's not get carried away, Rickie Weeks has absolutely contributed zero to this streak with his bat, and if you go back to before the streak... he was on that same plain today as he was then, and honestly, it's so good that they are on a streak, as it's really kinda saved his hide a bit, because without this winning streak, he'd be complete toast in this town.
This streak hides his lack of accomplishments or achievements, and...
so many others have come & gone because they weren't producing.
OK, I give up, you guys are right. Stats don't lie. With anybody but Weeks batting 4th the team is 1-6 and scores about 3.5 runs a game. With Weeks batting 4th , the Brewers are 8-2 and are scoring 4 runs a game.
It's almost like who's in the 4 spot isn't all that important in wins and losses, at least in the short term. Of course talking about a player is a lot more important than winning 7 in a row. Oh, and one more thing, 4 of Braun's 5 home runs have come with Ricky batting 4th. None of this is to suggest that Weeks is who I would bat 4th. It's just to suggest that it's not stopping the Brewers from winning.
But, carry on.Hide replies
Correction...The Brewers are scoring 4.6 runs a game with Weeks at cleanup.
I wonder if Dale Sveum is answering the question "Face Braun with two on and two out or face Weeks with bases loaded and two out?".
Ever heard the phrase "correlation does not equal causation"? Weeks looks lost at the plate right now. The team needs someone that can make teams pay for pitching around Braun and Weeks is not that player.
Homer how much of the run production is attributed to Weeks? Lets see he is four for his last 48. So I would say not much. His stats don't lie either.
I haven't read one post saying anything but that Rickie is struggling right now. Badly struggling. I'm not saying that Weeks is the reason for the streak. What I am saying is that during a stretch that the team is playing its best baseball of the year, many of you are obsessed by who is batting 4th.
Personally, I'd bat him lower in the order. But the most important fact of all is [or should be] that the Brewers are winning. Ramirez will be back in a week or so and reclaim his cleanup spot.
It just seems as if some of you "real" fans care more about bashing a player than enjoying the team. When the team wins its 7th in a row and your first comment is "Rickie Weeks sucks", I just find that strange.
You won't be able to convince managers or old school baseball guys, but stats show it does not really matter who bats before or after Braun, his batting average, OBP, slugging will end up about the same. Now if you put a whole bunch of low OBP guys before Braun his RBI total will decrease and if you have a bunch a bad hitters after Braun his run total will decrease but his overall performance will stay about the same.
Good point Paul.
Braun struck out looking at ball four. That strike call stunk but the umps make plenty of them (lousy calls). They should be used to hitters reactions to crappy calls. Didn't look like Braun said anything?Hide replies
It was a terrible call, but if you throw your bat 15" in the air, you're going to gone every time. Braun knows it. Frustration.
I thought he threw his bat more than 15 inches.
He tossed his bat way up high, quite close to home plate. It was equivalent to hurling his helmet. It'll get him ejected everytime.
It was either last year or the year before....Braun got thrown out at 1st - a very close play. Braun threw his helmet in disgust, and the ump tossed him immediately afterwards. You don't throw stuff....
the ball was outside and too low. he made his point.
Braun was starting his walk towards 1st base, and it was a late call which Braun didn't agree with. I guess he figured it was too late in the game to argue, so he flipped the bat.
Yes, the bat was 15 FEET, not 15".
From the glass-half-full committee, the season is 10% in the books and the Brewers are over .500 and a game or so out of first despite:
- not having two core hitters (Ramirez and Hart) available.
- getting basically no offense from 3rd base or second base.
- having a closer meltdown.
Hopefully the next 10%:
- starters go deeper into games to save the bullpen.
- Rickie hits his weight.
- Aramis comes back and avoids his early season slump.Hide replies
Seattle: The Crew is getting production from Yuni at 3rd base. I didn't understand the Yuni bashers in 2011 and I still don't.
It is incredible that anyone still defends Weeks. To have him batting fourth behind one of the games great hitters is insane. Of course, having him bat makes no sense. Braun leads the league in intentional walks, and will set a record, if Weeks stays at four.Hide replies
Braun has been intentionally walked 4 times this year. The record is 120 by Barry Bonds in 2004. Nice try, professor.
I don't find it incredible that people can still defend Weeks, but then again I don't think its incredible that people can defend Josh Hamilton, Matt Kemp, Asdrubal Cabrera, Jason Heyward, Elvis Andrus, Josh Reddick, etc.
You are placing Weeks in their category? WOW.
You know what? Every player including Braun, go through slumps. Pujols struggled to get over .200 through the first month or two of last season. Josh Hamelton is struggling horribly this season. If Our MVP candidate starts the season not hitting too well with a .280(very good by most batters standards) batting average and his struggles are 4 hommers that drive in 9 runs that cause us to win 7 in a row, then I'd say there isn't a player I'd rather have on our team then him. What team doesn't dream of having your superstar slumbs slump equal to .280 with 5 homers and 16 rbi's with a .400obp? You know what the Houston Astros call .280 wint 5 homers and 16 rbi's? amazing start! He won't keep striking out. He won't stay in the .200's long. If you add the batting averages of our 4 and 5 hitters trying to cover braun, they barely out do Braun. little over a month from now that gets replaced with two 30 homer 100 rbi guys including Ramirez who will be back in a week. What Braun needs to do probably is start taking everything. Walk and hope Rickie starts to hit. Braun in his slump still is on base 13 out of 32 with the walks. Thats a .406 on base percentage. Nothing to be nervous about.
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Scala Specs gets my vote! :-)
Specs is a behavior-driven-development testing framework written in Scala. It can be used to write tests for Java and Scala. It was inspired by RSpec - a testing framework very popular in the Ruby world.
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Impressive, isn't it? :-)
I suggest to use TestNG as core unit test framework for Java project, because TestNG is more advance in parameterize testing, dependency testing and suite testing (Grouping concept). TestNG is meant for high-level testing and complex integration test. Its flexibility is especially useful with large test suites. In addition, TestNG also cover the entire core JUnit4 functionality. It's just no reason for me to use JUnit anymore.
I can recommend scalacheck (easily confused with scalatest).
You write Specifications, and the framework builds the testcases randomly for you, and when violating a check it will try to simplify the test, to find the simplest way to fail.
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A whole new world of testing frameworks for Java exists via JRuby. For example: Test::Unit, RSpec, Shoulda, ZenTest, RSpec Mocks, Mocha and Cucumber.
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Choose the one the rest of your team uses.
If your team does not use one, or you do not have a team, use the one your IDE supports out of the box in the default configuration.
If you still have not decided, then start with JUnit 4 which is the de-facto standard.
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A couple of weeks ago, I attended Brooklyn Beta, a new two-day intimate web conference put on by Cameron Koczon of Fictive Kin and Chris Shiflett of Analog. I had the honor of being invited to present on some of our thinking and process behind #NewTwitter, the redesign of twitter.com.
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The conference had only 150 people but all the speakers and attendees were incredibly bright and talented, working on a lot of great projects. By comparison, Twitter seemed like a large company which is amusing as we're a mere 300 people working on one of the largest services worldwide. I've never once felt like I worked in a large company while here and in talking to the others, I understood why. Much of our approach and practices are identical to three-person startups and agencies and, if anything, our execution time is at least as fast if not faster.
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Shelley Bernstein (@shell7) is the Chief of Technology at the Brooklyn Museum. She talked about all the ways they use social media to increase exposure and create a better experience. Her talk was a highlight for me and I hope she can come visit Twitter HQ sometime to share her experiences. Shelley talked about how they allow photography, and the Flickr photos gave more exposure to the museum but also gave them more understanding of how people interacted with the exhibits, even in negative ways. She emphasized how personal voices from the authors added much more backstory to exhibits and photographs. But to keep the voices and the attention on Brooklyn Museum, they use ConnectTweet to have multiple people contribute to one account.
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Elliot Jay Stocks (@elliotjaystocks ) talked about his process and struggles with his solo creation, a print magazine called 8 Faces. Like the founders of the conference, he wanted to make a special thing that's unlike a regular magazine. Some of the key lessons he learned included how many unseen things take a lot of time. Examples include: getting ad placements, chasing people for their advertisement assets, getting payments, and dealing with after-sales support. Although he'd completed his interviews in February in March, the magazine wasn't printed until August because it was his own solo project that happened over evenings and weekends.
One aspect he discussed, which was echoed by both Cameron Moll and myself, was the concept of focusing on experience first. He called himself an "accidental businessman" because money wasn't the focus but he still succeeded. He didn't focus on marketing but wrote a few blog posts and tweeted about the project as he would any project he was working on. This was enough to garner sufficient attention and, though he didn't do a press release, the magazine was featured in the Independent and, at its peak, was selling 2.94 copies a second.
Cameron Moll (@cameronmoll), founder of Authentic Jobs, talked in detail of how he took a side hobby and turned it into his full-time project. The job board first started with a few people trying to hire him for full-time positions. When he declined, they'd naturally ask if he knew anyone he could refer. Soon, he was posting these openings in a sidebar on his blog. This process quickly grew into a full job board, as it became clear that companies were willing to offer money for the quality of candidates he could refer.
Like Elliot, Cameron didn't ask for money first and didn't focus on money. Instead, he focused on creating something that could connect job posters to job seekers and even guaranteed money back to companies (very few want their money back because they care much more about getting a good candidate than being reimbursed). In its 5th year now, Cameron is expanding the job board and offered a lot of heartfelt advice on balancing such an endeavor with giving back, and giving time to family.
Marco Arment (@marcoarment) is the former CTO of Tumblr and the creator of the popular mobile/web application, Instapaper. Continuing on the theme, Marco shared how he started the project as something he was building for himself and did so on train rides during his commute. He was frank and honest about his initial attempts which, in his words, "sucked". Continuing on, after his first attempt, he created the current version of Instapaper. His first revision of 2.0 was built in a single weeknight as a challenge to himself to see if he could. Although ugly and missing some basic "paperwork" functions, it served its purpose as a way to read links later.
As a project that was built while still at Tumblr, Marco had much advice to offer for those thinking of working on side projects. He suggested not hiding the project from your employer, getting approval, and also getting very explicit clarifications around ownership. While side projects are incredibly rewarding, he also emphasized that "day jobs are great and you get paid more than you think". But his best piece of advice is applicable to any job:
"Spend time, don't waste time."
Closing out the day was Fred Wilson (@fredwilson) from Union Square Ventures (investor in both Tumblr and Twitter). His talk was concise and informative, detailing the 10 Golden Principles in successful web applications:
- Speed
- Instant Utility
- Software is Media
- Make it Personal (Voice)
- Less is More
- Make it Programmable (through APIs)
- RESTful (everything should have its own URL)
- Discoverability
- Clean
- Playful
He then spent some time in Q&A discussing the traits he looks for in entrepreneurs. Amongst them, he sought people who had tenacity, salesmanship, and a passion/fervor for their product. He finds that founders who are good product people with a team of an engineer and a frontend engineer and design hybrid make an incredible team, though the mix may vary. In keeping with the theme, he also mentioned that he tends to avoid founders who are "business people" or, more specifically, those who are chasing the money.
The Demos
Interwoven between some of the talks were early stage demos from small groups and companies. The demos included Goodsie, a site that makes it easy to sell merchandise online. With it, you can create a store in five minutes. Where's It Up? is an expansion of the initial idea of Down For Everyone Or Just Me, adding location granularity to the information. Moontoast is a "social commerce platform" that allows you to embed your store elsewhere, and consolidate various communities.
Svpply is a product that's been in private beta for awhile and is like a delicious for products/shopping. Gimme Bar, a scrapbooking tool to easily collect media and content around the web, had many conference participants saying, "gimme my gimme bar!" and Mapalong offered a more personal, open and visual approach to annotating trips, events or even your life.
My Talk
As a major site redesign, the overwhelmingly positive reception of #NewTwitter far exceeded our expectations. This level of success requires a lot of vision, teamwork, talent, passion, and a fair bit of luck. My talk described the process we went through as well as some of the thinking that went behind our decisions. Rather than recap the entire presentation here, I'll save that story for another time and place.
What Others Are Saying
Finally, some of the other speakers have also written great summaries or linked to their talks:
- Simon Collison: Brilliant Brooklyn Beta
- Fred Wilson: Brooklyn Beta
- David Kaneda: Sencha Touch Workshop
Congratulations once again to Cameron and Chris and other organizers on a great conference!


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Philips CitiScape Uptown Headphones (MusicSeal, 40mm Driver, Anti-Tangle Cable, Built-In Mic & Vol.) for $59.99 + free shipping
Just don't wear these "Uptown" headphones while listening to Billy Joel's classic "Uptown Girl" or you might inadvertently tear a hole in the space/time continuum.
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Awesome deal!! I love these , great sound and the cable is really anti tangle
Few notes on these headphones.
Pros - Good clear sound. Great noise blocking. Good isolation. Super comfortable.
Cons - The cord. The cord. The cord. This is the only downfall of these great headphones. The volume control is temperamental for a lot of users. It can result in one speaker being louder than another. It can cause static sounds to play in the headphones.
A trick for this is to either tape or glue the volume control on the cord at the "Max" setting. This way, you can guarantee that you will not move it by mistake causing the issues listed above.
I believe this is the reason for the drop in price. So many people returning them for speaker faults, when the whole time it is the cheap cord. Wish they just made this without the volume control all together.
@bloodypenguin: I haven't had any problems with my set.
@jseureau: I have not either. Just a lot of reports of those issues on Head-fi. Still a great overall headphone for the price. (I actually got mine for $40 from J&R a few weeks ago brand new).
I just wanted to post the cord issue, just to give people a heads up if they get them and encounter any of those problems.
Just a warning,I don't know anything about these headpones but Ben's is bottom of the barrel as far as shipping. I ordered twice from them and they will email you a couple of days after you order, that your item has shipped. When you use the tracking number it will tell you that a label has been created but no information is available yet. Maybe 10 days later the tracking number will now tell you the item was picked up that day by UPS and delivery will be 10 more days in the future. This may be a good deal on headphones and I guess if you don't need it the near future go for it but keep in mind their shipping is very sad.
@jmbunkin: I've had nearly identical experiences with Ben's Outlet. They also don't have a number to call, and are slow to respond to emails. Well over a week from ordering the tracking number they gave me didn't work so I emailed them. 2 days later I got a reply and magically the shipping label was created. After about 10 days of seeing no movement with UPS I emailed them again. 2 days later a got a reply with some lame excuse about being extremely backed up. The next day I started to see movement. The entire time felt the only reason they made any progress with my shipment was because I had emailed them.
All in all I will never be ordering from them again due to their very poor shipping practices.
Ben's Outlet/1SaleADay/Shadora all are owned by the same company and have the same major fault, shipping.
Despite this, I still regularly shop from all three due to the incredible savings. Even though I have to wait about 2 weeks for my product, I've found they're very worth it.
Now, these headphones I've been curious about, but am holding onto my headphone money for something at least twice this in price. I don't need any volume control doo-dads anyway. I've heard the sound quality is pretty good for the price, though, but there is the cord flaw that was mentioned above.


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The Molltal glacier has reported 10cm (four inches) of fresh snow over the weekend as is currently reporting conditions as "very good." Full Article
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Boston Catholic schools will not "discriminate against or exclude any categories of students''
That is the word out from the Archdiocese, following up on a story that we discussed here and here last year, when the child of a lesbian couple was rejected from a parochial school. Via the Boston Globe, there is apparently no guarantee, however, that the child or another boy or girl in a similar situation would not be excluded:
[T]he policy, which was distributed to pastors, parishes, and school administrators by e-mail, said school parents must accept and understand that the teachings of the Catholic Church are an essential and required part of the curriculum.The new guidelines were developed by a panel of clergy and lay school administrators at the direction of Cardinal Sean P. OMalley in response to a widely publicized incident last year in which St. Paul School in Hingham rescinded the admissions offer to the 8-year-old boy. The archdiocese helped place the boy in a different Catholic school.The Hingham episode drew sharp criticism from prominent funders of Catholic education in Boston. The Catholic Schools Foundation, which gives millions in scholarships to low-income students, said it would not subsidize tuition at any school with a discriminatory admissions policy. Michael B. Reardon, executive director of the foundation, said yesterday his organization is pleased with the new policys clear message of inclusiveness.From the perspective of the foundation, the key part of this is that it does not exclude any group of students, and it promotes what is essential to Catholic education, which is inclusivity, he said.Because the new policy said admissions decisions should be based in part on the best interest of the child, it remains uncertain whether the Hingham episode would have occurred had the new policy been in place. The specifics of that case remain unclear because the pastor involved, the Rev. James F. Rafferty, has declined interviews.The situation at St. Pauls in Hingham may have taken a different route, but it might have come to the same conclusion, said the Rev. Richard M. Erikson, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Boston. Father Rafferty still today has the authority to make these decisions as the pastor. But the expectations of the diocese and the guidance the diocese gives in those judgment calls is clearer today than it was then.He added that the archdiocese stands ready to work hand-in-hand with the pastors and principals when there are judgment calls.Rafferty was among those who participated in the drafting of the new policy. In a statement through the archdiocese yesterday, he said: I welcome the fact that we now have a clear policy to guide us in the important work of Catholic education.
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I applaud these guidelines.I will admit that this statement: From the perspective of the foundation, the key part of this is that it does not exclude any group of students, and it promotes what is essential to Catholic education, which is inclusivity, - caused by eyebrows to elevate a bit. Foundations are entitled to their opinions (of course), and this opinion, expressed as it is by a foundation, surprises nobody, but ... 'inclusivity' as being essential to Catholic education, or even Catholicism, would make for an interesting discussion.
I guess it might be said they have pledged not to engage in "unjust discrimination," but they reserve the right to engage in "just discrimination." The new policy, which was formulated because of complaints about a specific incident, does not rule out a future similar incident. It sounds a lot like PR to please the Catholic Schools Foundation with its millions of scholarship dollars.
Ambiguity as clarity???????
David N - I agree with your analysis. I think it raises a number of interesting questions:* Who gets to determine the criteria for admission to a Catholic school in the Boston Archdiocese? The bishop? The local pastor? A foundation?* What are those criteria? You point to "unjust discrimination" vs. "just discrimination". The foundation points to "inclusivity". The archdiocese states that it will not "discriminate against or exclude any categories of students". Are those criteria reconcilable?* What does it mean to say that a Catholic school is inclusive? Does that mean that it doesn't discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation? What about religious affiliation? What about ability to pay tuition? What about children with disabilities or other special needs?* Ultimately, of course, the pressing question is, Who is admitted? And who is denied admittance?
It appears that the Foundation supports the poor. The 'poor' schools are being closed all over the country. The Foundation is taking the 'preferential option for the poor' seriously. i.e. Money where the mouth is... Maybe more Foundation and less silent pastor is the ticket. all over the country too!
JIm Pauweis asks "what does it mean to say that a Catholic school is inclusive?"The Boston Globe quotes the policy from a Boston area school:Some schools already have such policies in place. St. Johns Preparatory School in Danvers, which has 1,250 boys in grades 9 to 12, selects students based on entrance exams, grades, and teacher recommendations. The school has a policy that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national/ethnic origin, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation, social class, or economic status.About 20 percent of students at St. Johns are not Catholic, about the same proportion as in archdiocesan schools generally. Principal Edward P. Hardiman said the question of whether to admit the children of gay parents hasnt been an issue for us at all, but he praised the new policy yesterday.
What does it mean to say that a Catholic school is inclusive? Does that mean that it doesnt discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation? What about religious affiliation? What about ability to pay tuition? What about children with disabilities or other special needs?I HOPE that it means this:"For through faith you are all children of God in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendant, heirs according to the promise. "Gal 3:26-29However, we are dealing with prudential Catholicism that, when it wants, will declare up to be down, in to be out, and black to be white, so I dont expect too much.Blessed are those from whom you expect nothing: you shall not be disappointed.
The school has a policy that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national/ethnic origin, religion, physical ability, sexual orientation, social class, or economic status.Why would a Catholic school not discriminate on the basis of religion? I thought the approach in general was to accept all Catholic students, and if there was any space left over, to accept non-Catholics. That, I think, is one of the few cases of "just discrimination" I can think of. Perhaps it means that when they accept non-Catholic students, they don't discriminate on the basis of religion?
David Nickol write: "I thought the approach in general was to accept all Catholic students, and if there was any space left over, to accept non-Catholics."Sort of. The full text of the statement and policy is on the archdiocesan website at:http://www.bostoncatholic.org/Utility/News-And-Press/Content.aspx?id=192... says:"Students are considered academically qualified if they meet a schools written academic criteria for admission. Academically qualified Catholic students may be given priority for admission to Catholic Schools."
...and if you do read the full text, and understand as I do the way private educaitonal facilities work (including Catholic ones, which, like their secular counterparts, prefer and discirminate by their nature), you will get it that this is about allowing each of the local schools to set its own standards. What it's really saying is, We know that they would not engage in any discrimination that we would not approve of.This is not a criticism on my part, merely a revelation shared.
Georgina, thanks.FWIW - my sense is that very few schools in the Boston Archdiocese would do what happened in Hingham, and this statement by the Archdiocese is a helpful signal to them that they won't be called on the carpet for being generous in their admissions criteria.
Probably the most important line for pastors and principals is"Pastors and principals should consult the Catholic Schools Office with any questions pertaining to admissions or the policy."Which I translate as "We don't want to learn from an article in the Globe that you've rejected a child because of its parents. If you're thinking of doing that, talk to us first."I expect that some pretty intensive counseling would follow. Catholic Schools Office: http://www.abcso.org/mission.html
Jim, and John: Not my sense, although I think the statement was cleverly worded to imply that to the public. I think the bottom line is closer to what John said that the diocese wants to be communicated with first, but I think there's no indication necessarily that they will not support the local school(s). They just don't want, ever, another PR fiasco. They want everyone to be On Message in Unison next time. But the implication to the public is that the diocese will be permissive; yet I don't think that's what's truly going on here. (Again, part of this is my experience in public & private education, and how the higher-ups operate.)
I think Georgina understands it correctly.The last revelation caused a big stir that IMO any beauracracy, never mind the Boston Archdioces, would like to avoid.
What are the details of "the policy"? Without the details, how exactly does one determine if the policy is consistent with Catholic Education?
Nancy asks: "What are the details of the policy?"There is a link to the complete text of the policy in one of my earlier posts. From the archdiocesan newspaper"The new Archdiocesan Catholic Schools Admission Policy says that schools "do not discriminate against or exclude any categories of students." The policy does not define what is considered a category."Our schools welcome, and they don't discriminate against any categories of students," said Secretary for Education Mary Grassa O'Neill. "It covers all categories of students." Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia Father Richard Erikson said, "Catholic education is a treasure of the Church and we want to share that as broadly as we can.""We will not exclude any category of child from our schools and we expect pastors will be in conformity with the decision," he added."http://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=12840


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"Jules Verne: From the Earth to the Moon" is a multimedia celebration of aspiration based on Verne's true-life encounter with the journalist and feminist.
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"Around the World," a streamlined concert reading of Orson Welles and Cole Porter's musical adaptation of the Jules Verne tale, is at the Mint Theater.
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During the campaign leading up to the 2012 presidential election, I heard many frustrated conservatives ask, "Where are the tea party groups?"
Now we have the answer. They were being targeted, scrutinized, harassed and intimidated by the Internal Revenue Service. They were dealing with personal and corporate audits.
While we now know where the tea party members were, we will never know if a more active participation by them would have had an effect on the election results. In the 2010 mid-term election, they were credited with a significant impact. It was after the 2010 election that the targeting and increased scrutiny by the IRS began. Coincidence?
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Fantastic ride on Friday. The day was clear and cool but not cold. After, I was feeling damn near invincible. Since that time I've learned some sad news about of friend of mine that reminds not to take for granted the things that we love.
At nine, I spent several weeks in the hospital and several months isolated from my school friends, forbidden by the doctors to do any thing that ran the risk of being bumped or jostled. And at nine, just about everything you want to do involves the potential for bumping and jostling. I survived – in part thanks to Super Mario Brothers 3 – and managed to return to my previous life of running and jumping without too much trouble. Now, I sometimes forget those months. I forget that when we are well our bodies can be our tools – even surprise us with a seemingly limitless ability to strengthen and improve – and when we are not well our bodies can be more like anchors – holding us back.
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The Poets' Place @ Central Library
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Organised by Birmingham Libraries and Apples & Snakes, Poets' Place is an informal gathering of poets that meets twice a month. The Poets' Place is an opportunity to meet like‐minded people, give and solicit feedback on your poetry, or just sit back and write for a couple of hours without interruption. You can use the Poets' Place to make new friends, discover new poets, share and have your work critiqued, make useful connections, set a writing schedule...
Whether you are a published poet, a slam champion, or someone who is just wondering whether poetry might be worth a try, stop by. There is no need to sign up or book a place: just show up with your poems or a blank notebook. There will be someone there to make you feel welcome and advise you on how to make the most of your time there. The Poets' Place can be whatever you as a poet decide to make of it.
Occasionally, Poets' Place will host performances, workshops, film showings and other events.
The Poets' Place is at Birmingham Central Library an is located on the Lower Ground Floor (access via the Internet Centre).
For more information contact Bohdan Piasecki, West Midlands Coordinator, Apples & Snakes (firstname.lastname@example.com) or Nikki Bi, Birmingham Reader Development Support Officer (firstname.lastname@example.com)
The Poets' Place will be open on Saturday afternoons (2pm ‐ 4pm) starting January 2012.
Future meeting dates are: 28 Jan, 11 Feb, 25 Feb, 10 March, 24 March, 7 April, 21 April, 19 May, 2 June, 16 June, 30 June, 14 July, 28 July, 11 Aug, 25 Aug, 8 Sept, 22 Sept, 6 Oct, 27 Oct, 10 Nov, 17 Nov, 24 Nov and 15 Dec 2012 (all 2pm ‐ 4pm).
Due to a clash of other workshops, we have had to change some of the dates for the Poets' Place sessions.
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Sat 10 Nov session was previously scheduled on Sat 3 Nov
Sat 24 Nov session was previously scheduled on Sat 1 Dec
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My husband really liked this. Surprisingly, my kids (10, 7 & 7) did too (though some of the kids took a little longer to buy in). It was fairly quick to make. That most of the ingredients are from the shelf is great from a last minute dinner perspective.
Skillet Gnocchi with Chard & White Beans
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In this one-skillet supper, we toss dark leafy greens, diced tomatoes and white beans with gnocchi and top it all with gooey mozzarella. Serve with a mixed green salad with vinaigrette.
419 Reviews for Skillet Gnocchi with Chard & White Beans
I cooked this because I thought it sounded great, expecting gracious, but negative comments from my family. However my high school kids loved it! (Understand, they don't eat anything that is green.) I thought it was great also, but was shocked that they did & asked for seconds. Since originally cooking it, I lost the recipe, so glad to find it again!
I don't know why this has a low rating! It's so yummie! Cooking the gnocchi in the skillet gives it a light crunch, which is a great contrast to the other softer ingredients. I really enjoyed the mixture of texture and tastes in every bite. This is a new addition to our regular meal rotation! It's easy, it tastes good, and has options to add variations (adding other fresh veggies!)
Changes... I added two tablespoons of water when I first put the gnocchi in the skillet. The shelf gnocchi seemed too dry so the water helped them plump up. Stirred them and then let them sit in the skillet in a single layer to brown.
I would 1/2 the beans myself. I'm not a huge fan of too many white beans.
I used an entire bunch of chard.
I did make more veg than gnocchi so the extra went into the fridge for lunch today. I threw in a handful or two of spinach for added greens. Today atested better - all the flavors blended really well. Next time I will make them the night before.
I'm not sure why this has a low rating... this dish is great! Each bite has different texture and flavor, which keeps it interesting as you eat. It's quick and easy to prepare and well balanced. This is a must have in our meal rotation!
I really enjoyed this recipe. It's easy to make, looks beautiful with all of the colors from the chard, tomato, beans, etc., and turned out very well. I'll definitely be making it again. I used shelf-stable whole wheat with sweet potato gnocchi. It was a little watery at first, but after it sat a bit was not watery really at all. I'm not sure why so many people gave this bad reviews.


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The technique of cascade impaction is used to measure the aerodynamic particle size distribution (APSD) of all orally inhaled products (OIPs). The resulting data are broadly indicative of likely deposition behavior in the respiratory tract and support development of a target drug-delivery efficiency. Cascade impaction is widely acknowledged as being unable to completely replicate the complex aerodynamics and deposition behaviors taking place in the throat and lungs. The lungs operate under high humidity conditions, and within them volumetric flow rate decelerates with each bifurcation, establishing complex velocity profiles across the lung structure. The resulting mechanisms of particle deposition, which include sedimentation and diffusion as well as impaction, are difficult to comprehensively simulate. Improving the relationship between in vitro test data and in vivo behavior, however, is becoming increasingly important for a number of reasons, including the successful implementation of quality by design (QbD), the need to reduce the costs of OIP development, and the desire to achieve in vitro bioequivalence for generic products.
Steps to modify cascade impaction to secure better in vitro-in vivo relationships (IVIVRs) range from the use of new testing equipment, such as the Alberta Idealized Throat (AIT) and state-of-the-art breathing simulators, to the adoption of more efficient information-gathering techniques, including Abbreviated Impactor Measurement (AIM).
Multistage cascade impactionMultistage impactors consist of a series of stages each made up of a nozzle plate, with a specific nozzle arrangement, and a collection surface. Sample-laden air is drawn into the impactor, at a constant volumetric flow rate, and passes sequentially through the stages. Because nozzle size and total nozzle area decrease with stage number, the particles are progressively accelerated. At each stage, particles with sufficient inertia break free of the prevailing air flow and impact on the collection surface, thus producing a series of mass fractions that can be analyzed to determine how the active is distributed with respect to size.
It is possible to draw a loose connection between the different elements of this setup and the real-life scenario that it aims to reflect. The induction port represents the mouth and throat, and the cascade impactor sizes those particles most likely to deposit in the lungs. The flow controller/flow meter ensures application of a stable and suitably representative flow rate during testing.


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Meanwhile I'm waiting for Design for Hackers do you know any good design resources, as many I love designs by 37signals and I'd like to start making my websites look like that.
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(I'm assuming you mean something like user interface design, not e.g. OOP design.)
A must read is Donald Norman's Design of Everyday Things
If you want a very good overview of how the human visual system works and how this can be used for design, I'd recommend Colin Ware's Visual Thinking for Design
Both books are very general. They apply to any kind of user interface (mobil, web, client...). I'd also say that both are timeless. They're not about the current vogue in UI design, but about the general percetual and logical properties any good UI must have.
Do not confuse usability design with aesthetic design.
While they can meld at points they differ greatly. Your aesthetics can generate visual euphoria while your usability makes using the product (web site, web application, desktop application, coffee machine, automobile, etc..) a difficult and cumbersome task.
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I'm looking for a free tool that will move a single partition from one drive to another. I have found tools like HDClone and Clonezilla but both want to clone the entire hard drive, not just one partition. Is there such a tool that doesn't cost money?
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You could try GParted.
It has a nice GUI and you can cut and paste partitions from one drive to another.
The easiest way to use it probably to boot from the GParted Live CD.
You can definitely clone single partitions with CloneZilla. I've done it before and I'll need to do it again fairly soon. What you do is that when it comes to the selection of what to clone, you select that you want to clone a certain partition and not a whole drive. Problem sorted..
You could try Macrium Reflect. It doesn't appear to be able to move partitions, but you could create an image of the partition and then restore it to the new drive.
Acronis True Image has a free 15 day trial and enables you to do it.
If you're using linux, dd would be the tool for you....just be careful with the -if= and -of= flags.
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Speaking of "Green," Does anyone have a ground source (geothermal/geoexchange) heat pump?
The hybrid car question got me wondering ... How many of you are secretly green? That is, how many of you have a geothermal heat pump system heating and cooling your home and providing you with hot water? (I say secretly, because there isn't a big "HYBRID" sign on your house if you install a geothermal system like there is on a hybrid car.) Installing a ground source heat pump is like taking two cars off the road. If you're going to spend $20,000 to reduce your carbon footprint, you couldn't possibly do more for the environment and your pocketbook at the same time than installing a geothermal system.
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I have natural gas, which is pretty green anyway and my furnace is new. What I really want is the hybrid electric/heat pumpy thingy water heater, but I can't afford it. I saw one installed on Ask This Old House, and I really really want the house fairy to deliver one. I would just settle for a new gas water heater though, I hate my electric one.
Oh I would also volunteer to have solar panels put on my roof.
@hobbit: You and me both! Up until just before I started researching it, my state had a great rebate program for solar. Alas, I missed the boat, and there is almost no money available to me, and the cost... woah. Working for the local electric company, it also seems a bit hypocritical :-/
A few years ago I did a website for a waterfront FSBO; they had a geothermal system. I had absolutely no idea what it was, so I looked it up and did a little research. My first thought when I understood what a geothermal system was, "This just makes so much sense!"
Because of what I'd learned, when our air source heat pump began failing two years ago, we opted to install a geothermal system. It cost us $20,000. A replacement high efficiency air source would have cost us $8000.
Cost breakdown:
System life expectancy
Air source - 10 years: $16,000
Ground source - 20 years: $20,000
Air source: $0
Ground source: $6000 ($3000 state & $3000 federal)
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$20000 - $1200 savings x 20 years - $6000 rebates = $10,000 credit
These are my actual numbers, not some government propaganda.
my house is really small, and I live in the south east. I really need to find a more efficient A/C unit. Those cost savings are impressive though. I was just looking at how much I have paid to the city - which is my electric, water and garbage for the past 3 years and it is barely 5,000 for the three years. My monthly bill is 117.00 basically the summer kills me with the A/C.
@hobbit: I save 50% in the summer. Avg kwh/day usage pre-geothermal was 66. Post-geothermal is 33 kwh/day. Much of the savings comes from the system pulling the heat out of the house and dumping it into the hot water tank. Free hot water all summer long.
The geothermal system is literally a win-win. Great for the environment and great on our pocketbook.
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@hobbit: Totally understand the initial cost concerns. We're on a tight budget to pay for it over 5 years. You'd have an especially difficult time justifying the expense when the cost vs return is so much smaller because your house is smaller. (Our house is about 2000 sq ft.)
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@hobbit: My daughter's house is about the same size. Her electric bill is about the same as yours, too.
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@hobbit: Figured that. Daughter's electric bill + utilities is similar to yours.


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Dean Baker on education and inequality:
The patterns in the data show that inequality is not a question of the more-educated gaining at the expense of the less-educated due to inevitable technological trends. Rather, it has been a story in which a small group of especially well-situated workers — for example, those in finance, doctors, and top-level corporate executives — have been able to gain at the expense of almost everyone else. This pattern of inequality will be little affected by improving the educational outcomes for the bottom quarter or even bottom half of income distribution.
Relative to other countries, tax rates in the U.S. are relatively low, even when you throw in local and state taxes and add them to federal levies. Overall, according to the Tax Policy Center and Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which supplied the graph above, taxes in the U.S. are among the lowest in the developed world. The average for countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, an organization of rich countries, is higher. And in countries like Sweden, Norway, and the Netherlands...the average is much higher. In those nations, taxes account for more than half of total national income.
That level may sound scary but, as many of us have written before, you could make a good case that the people of Scandinavia and Northern Europe know what they are doing. They are far more secure, thanks not only to national health insurance but also to generous provision of child care and unemployment benefits. And despite the high tax burden, their economies have historically been strong—in part, because the combination of investment and a secure safety net makes people more comfortable with a dynamic, ever-changing economy. The wonks used to call this economic model "flexicurity."
If someone breaks his promise to drive you to the airport, causing you to miss your flight, then even if the flight crashes with no survivors your friend is not excused: he shouldn't have broken his promise. The retrospective effects of later outcomes have to do not with justification but with affirmation or regret, which are independent of justification or its absence.
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This is why the rich from other countries come here and buy 59,000,000 dollar condominiums in Mahhattan. This factor has driven up coop and condo prices since the 60's. It is the principal cause of the exorbitant prices in Manhattan (and now also Brooklyn) real estate. In San Francisco the Middle Class is so incensed they will not let Google and other silicone Dives, use Public bus stops for their jitneys.
But there are signs that the pressure will rise on this gilded and indifferent class. It is not just DiBlasio. This is a serious crisis. The more people pay attention the quicker solutions will be sought.
Very serious.
Mr. Boudway - some questions about Baker's findings. Don't dispute what he surfaces here but not sure that the conclusion he reaches is accurate.
When you look at the US income disparaties - the richest 5% are not necessarily the occupations he singles out here. His categories are too narrow and too limited. If you analyze total US wealth and who holds it, the reasons go well beyond certain occupations. His analysis says nothing about inherited wealth; wealth that has become concentrated in the hands of a few and a few very wealthy families; wealth that flows from investments (many of the super rich have never even worked - they inherit family investments).
So, when he applies this in a broadbrush manuever to education of the population - would suggest that he leaves out much. Education may not necessarily make you rich but it can lead to participation in the middle to upper middle class - safe and secure relatively. He also is narrowly defining what education does - education is more than occupation; more than income, etc. Many studies through the years have shown that education is what leads to a civil society; to an increasing and active middle class, etc.
Those studies might be passe. Seems only nanies and waiters have a secure future.
Apart from techs, that is.
Thomas Nagel does a clear examination of Jay Wallace's analysis of how human beings have serious regrets about their lives yet almost inevitably affirm them as having positive value. I think the review would be of interest mainly to philosophers except that the distinctions Wallace and Nagel make and the examples they give could be very useful in teaching us to analyze moral issues, and, therefore, be of practical interest when examining one's conscience.
Consider Wallace's analysis of the difference between "affirmation" and "regret". Wallace offers an example of a girl who decides to have a child at 14, and ultimately both she and the child are glad she did -- they both affirm her decision. But does the mother have a moral right to affirm her decision as a *moral* good? Is she guilty of anything? The questions Wallace raises are not purely hypothetical ones. He also offers the example of certain deaf people who refuse cochlear implants for their deaf children on the grounds that hearing would deprive the children of living good lives without their sense of hearing. (There are actually deaf people who think this way.) Nagel asks : should the courts require such parents to permit such operations?
We might also ask: Can *retro-active* affirmation absolve one of sin? The great painter Gauguin deserted his family to go to Tahiti for the sake of his admittedly great art. Nagel maintains that Gauguin did not eliminate his responsibilities to his family because the art seen in retrospect was great. Does a road taken many years ago absolve one of a sin done by choosing a different road? (Nagel doesn't use the word "sin".) Or can such a "long-ago" sin be a continuing one, one which is not simply a discrete event in the distant past ? Space and time, space and time . . .
Nagel doesn't get into the question of absolution, but that question also hovers over the article: just what is absolution? What is forgiveness? How does it/they affect regret or self-affirmation?
I agree that Nagel's review is very interesting. I feel that kind of vexing ambivalence very much whenever I examine my past - how can I regret bad decisions that I made, when they led me to where I am now? - but I had never seen it addressed so explicitly anywhere.
As Ann says this is very practical. It comes up all the time.
It also seems connected to Romans 6:1: "What shall we do, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?"
Should we regret Adam's sin, even though without it Christ's coming would not have been necessary?
"Should we regret Adam's sin, even though without it Christ's coming would not have been necessary?"
Claire --
"O felix culpa!" replied St Augustine who saw the good that came from evil. The fundamental issue seems to me to be one aspect of the ancient problem of evil, the fact that sometimes evil seems to be a condition of good.
As to Romans 6:1: "What shall we do, then?", surely we aren't called upon to sin. But neither does it make sense to respond with the inanity of Alfred J. Prufrock's "Shall I eat a peach?"
What makes a life worthy of being affirmed?
Yep. Motives and the moment matter. It is not possible to accurately identify much less judge the good/evil of an event without them.
On the Baker quote: How does Baker define education? If it involves primarily memorization and regugitaion he is likely correct. If it involves critical thinking as the only reliable basis for genuine compassion he's not.
On Cohn's quote: American's population is identified by its diversity. There's a difference.
On Nagel's quote: Geezzz, wish I could convince myself I were clever enough to argue with Nagel on that point.


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GENESEO, N.Y. -- Judith J. Albers has been appointed to SUNY Geneseo's first endowed professorship in the college's 142-year history, the Charles L. "Bud" VanArsdale Endowed Chair for Entrepreneurship.
Albers, an authority on entrepreneurial training with specific expertise in commercialization of university-based research, has joined Geneseo's School of Business faculty.
"The appointment of Judith Albers to the college's first endowed chair couldn't come at a better time," said Christopher C. Dahl, SUNY Geneseo president. "New York state is mobilizing its colleges and universities as never before to help stimulate the state's economy, and entrepreneurship will be a key element in the recovery. Judy's experience as an entrepreneur herself, combined with her solid academic background, will make this professorship highly visible and beneficial to New York and will accentuate the distinguished level of scholarship our students enjoy. We are enormously grateful to Bud VanArsdale for making this possible."
The Geneseo chair was established with a historic $2.5 million gift – the largest in college history -- by VanArsdale, former president of the Bank of Castile, who later served as director of SUNY Geneseo's Small Business Development Center.
Albers, a resident of Victor, N.Y., received her academic training in chemistry, earning a doctorate from Brandeis University and her bachelor's degree from Duke University. She also has done post-doctoral work at Princeton University.
Albers is co-founder and managing partner of Neworks LLC, a training company best known as the managing umbrella organization for the Pre-Seed Workshop, which she co-founded and co-facilitates. The Pre-Seed workshop is a two-and-half-day "build-a-company" event that rallies community talent and resources to investigate and transform technologies with commercial potential into pre-seed-stage companies.
Previously, Albers served as chief operating officer of Excell Partners, a state-supported fund providing pre-seed and seed-stage financing to high-tech start-up companies in the Upstate New York region.
"I'm very grateful to Bud VanArsdale for his generous endowment of this chair and to President Dahl, Provost Long, and my new colleagues at Geneseo for their vote of confidence," said Albers. "Entrepreneurship plays a critical role as the driving force of our new economy, and I welcome the opportunity to instill a spirit of entrepreneurship on campus. SUNY Geneseo is a gem among New York's liberal arts colleges, and I am absolutely delighted and honored to be joining the Geneseo family as the VanArsdale Chair."
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If you don't, better watch gameplays, play the game or read something about it before you read thread.
Story of game's rather known (or not) - terrorists has stolen 4 nukes from storage in russia and they wan't to sell it.
John Mullins and his partner, who works for organisation of mercenaries, they have to stop those bad guys and not let weapon to be sold.
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With a new school year approaching the need for our state to do more is weighing heavy on my mind. We need to do more. We need more opportunity for our young children. Children need to be ready to walk in the door of kindergarten eager, healthy and ready learn. Star Power gave me the opportunity to talk directly to our lawmakers about what I think children in this age group need. More than 8 in 10 Michigan residents say early childhood development programs are an absolute necessity for their communities, according to a 2009 poll.
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