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The Mix: Songs For Oktoberfest
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Germany's Oktoberfest — that annual celebration of all things lager — kicked off on Sept. 22 in Munich, the festival's birthplace. In honor of the 200-year tradition, NPR Music and opbmusic.org in Portland (America's microbrew capital) team up to present a limited-time music channel devoted entirely to songs about beer.
You'll hear a bunch of old English pub songs, some classic country tunes, a six-pack or so of metal (selected by NPR Music's resident viking, Lars Gotrich) and a hodgepodge of other styles.
So if you're of legal age, raise a glass, say "Prost!" and enjoy these songs of Oktoberfest.
Please share with us your favorite beer songs in the comments, and we'll add them to this mix.
Songs In This Mix:
- AC/DC, "Have A Drink On Me"
- Across the Aisle, "Beer Song"
- The Adicts, "Who Spilt My Beer"
- Against Me!, "Pints of Guinness Make You Strong"
- Alan Jackson, "Pop A Top"
- Alestorm, "Wenches & Mead"
- Asylum Street Spankers, "Beer"
- Bad Manners, "Lager Delirium"
- Beck, "Beercan"
- Beer Corpse, "Blood Brew"
- Billy Childish & The Singing Loins, "One More Bottle To Drink"
- Billy Currington, "Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer"
- Billy Currington, "People Are Crazy"
- Black Flag, "Thirsty And Miserable"
- Black Flag, "Six Pack"
- Bowling For Soup, "Hooray For Beer"
- British Sea Power, "Blackout"
- Brooks & Dunn, "Beer Thirty"
- Captain Beefheart, "Long Neck Bottles"
- Chumbawamba, "Tubthumping"
- The Copper Family, "Good Ale (Bob & Ron)"
- Dierks Bentley, "Domestic, Light And Cold"
- The Doors, "Roadhouse Blues"
- Dubliners, "A Pub With No Beer"
- Fear, "More Beer"
- The Fiery Furnaces, "Restorative Beer"
- George Jones, "Beer Run"
- Hank Thompson, "A Six Pack To Go"
- Hank Williams, "There's A Tear In My Beer"
- The Herbaliser, "Tea & Beer" (feat. Jean Grae)
- Indigo Girls, "Cold Beer And Remote Control"
- James Kochalka Superstar, "Keg Party"
- James Kochalka Superstar, "Beer Dog"
- Jerry Lee Lewis, "What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)"
- Jim Ford, "Happy Songs Sell Records, Sad Songs Sell Beer"
- Jimmy Buffett, "Why Don't We Get Drunk"
- Jimmy Witherspoon, "Drinkin' Beer (Have A Ball)"
- John Michael Montgomery, "Beer And Bones"
- Johnny Cash, "I Hardly Ever Sing Beer Drinking Songs"
- Johnny Russell, "Red Necks, White Socks, And Blue Ribbon Beer"
- Kenny Chesney, "Beer In Mexico"
- Kenny Chesney, "Keg In The Closet"
- Kimya Dawson, "The Beer"
- The Kinks, "Sunny Afternoon"
- Kip Moore, "Beer Money"
- Koko Taylor, "Beer Bottle Boogie"
- Korpiklaani, "Let's Drink"
- Lambchop, "The Man Who Loved Beer"
- The Lucksmiths, "Beer Nut"
- Mel McDaniel, "Big Ole Brew"
- MF Doom, "One Beer"
- Municipal Waste, "Beer Pressure"
- Neal McCoy, "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On"
- NOFX, "Beer Bong"
- People Under The Stairs, "Beer"
- Phil Vassar, "Six-Pack Summer"
- Physics, "I Heart Beer"
- The Pogues, "House Of The Gods"
- Psychostick, "Beer!!!"
- The Queers, "I Only Drink Bud"
- Reel Big Fish, "Beer"
- The Replacements, "Beer For Breakfast"
- Reverend Horton Heat, "Beer: 30"
- Rodney Carrington, "Just One Beer"
- Smiley Maxedon, "Give Me A Red Hot Mama And An Ice Cold Beer"
- Sublime, "40 Oz. To Freedom"
- Superchrist, "Beer Metal"
- Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, "Bottled In Cork"
- Toby Keith, "Beer For My Horses"
- Tom T. Hall, "I Like Beer"
- Tom Waits, "Warm Beer And Cold Women"
- Trace Adkins, "Rough And Ready"
- Traffic, "John Barleycorn (Must Die)"
- Two Nice Girls, "I Spent My Last $10 (On Birth Control and Beer)"
- Viking Skull, "Shot Down"
- The Warren Brothers, "Sell A Lot Of Beer"
- The Wave Pictures, "Beer In The Breakers"
- Waylon Jennings, "Drinkin' And Dreamin'"
- Waylon Jennings, "Hittin' The Bottle Again"
- Willie Nelson, "Bubbles In My Beer"
- Yvonne Chaka Chaka, "Umqombothi"
- ZZ Top, "Beer Drinkers And Hell Raisers"
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With his most recent book, new faculty member Richard R.W. Brooks examines the sordid history and lasting impact of racially restrictive covenants
When new Columbia Law School faculty member Richard R.W. Brooks dedicated his latest book to his mother, paying tribute to her as "a pioneer and game-changer," he had in mind the modest, white, Cape Cod–style house she bought in 1981 on a suburban street in East Norwalk, Conn.
Trudy Travers had emigrated from a small Jamaican town, leaving her two sons with their grandmother while she attempted to establish a place for them in the United States. By working several jobs, she had finally saved enough to become a homeowner and was able to leave the grittier part of Norwalk for a leafy, pleasant, and, as it happens, nearly all-white neighborhood. "It was strictly middle class, but for us it felt like a huge leap," says Brooks, who was 7 when he followed his mother to the U.S., and was just finishing the ninth grade when they moved into their new home.
Though his mother tried to shield him from their neighbors' hostility, Brooks felt it anyway. "They left intimidating phone messages and notes on the front door," he recalls. Others complained to the zoning board because a family friend had moved into a spare bedroom and helped pay the mortgage. Some neighbors even called the health department. "It continued like that for years," Brooks says. "My mom was somewhat of a block-buster."
The experience—growing up in Connecticut with brown skin and "a funny accent"—left him "curious about the way people interact around differences," he says. That curiosity led, among other things, to his latest book, Saving the Neighborhood: Racially Restrictive Covenants, Law, and Social Norms, which Brooks co-authored with Carol M. Rose. The work teems with in-depth research, as the authors trace the rise of racially restrictive covenants—deed restrictions that governed to whom an owner or developer might sell his or her property—and how these clauses served to legitimize segregated neighborhoods. They argue that, to this day, such covenants have a lingering impact on housing patterns and race relations.
Beyond his work on the history of American housing discrimination, Brooks brought along several other scholarly projects investigating differences when he joined the Columbia Law School faculty this summer—including explorations of race and class in many aspects of American life. He specializes in applied game theory, contract theory, and empirical analysis of law.
"Rick is one of our nation's preeminent legal academics," said David M. Schizer, Dean and the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law; Harvey R. Miller Professor of Law and Economics, in announcing Brooks' appointment as the Law School's Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law, "and we are delighted to welcome him at Columbia." The fourth faculty member recruited from Yale Law School in the past five years, Brooks, who is 47, holds degrees in economics from Cornell and the University of California, Berkeley (where he earned his Ph.D.), and he graduated from the University of Chicago Law School.
Brooks' latest book, Saving the Neighborhood, is briskly written, with a cast of characters that includes jurists and activists, NAACP litigators and racially steering realtors, idealists, hustlers, the developer of Levittown, and playwright Lorraine Hansberry's father. It analyzes how racially restrictive covenants emerged as a lawful way to prohibit African-Americans (as well as Jewish people and other minorities) from moving into white neighborhoods after the Supreme Court outlawed racial zoning in the 1917 case of Buchanan v. Warley.
Covenants forbidding sales or rentals to African-Americans became extremely common in great swathes of Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, and other cities during the first half of the 20th century. Following decades of extensive use, the provisions reached the point of being an established element in American real estate transactions, before the Supreme Court, in Shelley v. Kraemer, ruled them unenforceable in 1948. But if such covenants held legal sway for a limited period, Brooks and Rose argue that they continued to have influence because they reflected and solidified social norms. "They were creating a custom of discrimination, normalizing discrimination," he says. "They guided behavior."
And while the book deals mostly with practices and legal mechanisms of the past, housing discrimination persists, Brooks notes. In June, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) released the results of a study that dispatched white and minority "testers" to visit thousands of real estate agents and other housing providers requesting information on available places to live. Though the most overt form of discrimination, known as "door-slamming," had receded since HUD first began these periodic surveys in 1977, the study found that African-Americans are still shown fewer available homes and rental units than whites—who also receive more favorable financial terms.
Brooks is quick to point out that the influence and lasting impact of racially restrictive covenants would never have been possible without the consistent backing of allies and supporters—individuals and entities that Brooks and Rose refer to as "norm entrepreneurs"—who conspired to discourage integration. These included developers, real estate brokers, and the New Deal's Federal Housing Administration (FHA), which warned about "inharmonious racial groups" in its underwriting manual. "The FHA thought its mission was to increase home ownership and neighborhood property values, and integrated neighborhoods was not a strategy to accomplish that," Brooks says. "It rationalized its clearly discriminatory policy."
Arrayed against these forces were those the authors dubbed "norm breakers," a category that included NAACP lawyers, the African-American press, and integrationists such as Carl Hansberry, a black Chicago businessman. Hansberry managed to buy a house in a covenanted neighborhood through a straw buyer—a cooperative white intermediary who posed as the new owner, then sold it to him—and took his case all the way to the Supreme Court. (His daughter, Lorraine, dramatized these issues in her now-classic play, A Raisin in the Sun.)
In a less obvious way, "blockbusters," real estate brokers who fanned racial fears for personal gain, also played a role in undermining covenants. While Brooks describes some as "undoubtedly sleazy"—moving truly undesirable residents into white neighborhoods to induce homeowners to sell at bargain prices so the brokers could resell at a profit, for instance—he points out that some were looking to help dismantle segregation. "They felt they were on the side of justice," he says.
In fact, as Brooks continued his research, he says he became more conscious of the complexities at play in the history of housing discrimination. "By the end, it was so much more complicated than bad guys and good guys," Brooks says. "Everybody became more nuanced."
The process of researching and writing Saving the Neighborhood involved not only sifting through online legal archives, but filing Freedom of Information Act requests at the National Archives and visiting several cities where legal battles over covenants were waged. "For some of this, you actually have to go to city hall to look at the tract books and the ordinances," he adds. The work required him to function as a historian, an anthropologist, and a game theorist, as well as a legal scholar.
Brooks' scholarship has led him to examine a broad range of other legal, economic, and social justice issues throughout his career, from the lack of credit institutions in low-income neighborhoods to minorities' perceptions of the legal system. He was among several professors who filed an amicus brief in the Fisher v. University of Texas affirmative action case that the Supreme Court in June sent back to an appeals court for a more rigorous inquiry into the university's rationales for using race as a factor in admissions determinations. The decision permits affirmative action in higher education to continue for the present, but calls for tougher review standards that could undermine its future.
The brief argued against the "mismatch" hypothesis, which posits that permitting race as a consideration in admissions decisions can ultimately harm minority students, an idea, Brooks argues, that is not empirically demonstrated. "I actually think some mismatch is good," he adds. "When surrounded by people with stronger incoming credentials, that can drive you to learn more, can improve your own game and ambition."
At Columbia Law School—where he will be teaching contracts, corporate law, fiduciary law and economics, and game theoretic analyses of law—Brooks will continue to explore differences and their impact. He has also begun writing his next book, which concerns how formal titles and forms of address—from the Constitutional prohibition against granting any American a "title of nobility" to the post–Civil War practice in Southern courts of referring to black attorneys as "Lawyer So-and-So," not "Mr."—play a role in social interaction.
Also on Brooks' agenda is a decade-long study of race and class on Martha's Vineyard, which has been home to both whites and blacks since the 17th century, along with an ever-decreasing number of native Wampanoags. For this project Brooks undertakes an empirical multi-method approach, such as measuring the distances that groups of beachgoers choose to keep between them, and how race and gender influence their comfort zones. He has also calculated the distances between graves in local cemeteries and studied the way religious practices relate to their geographic orientation.
"It's a project about how groups form and how groups persist," Brooks says. "Once these racial entities exist, you observe these patterns in ordinary, everyday activities. And even after death, segregation can continue by law."


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I think everyone is familiar with Goedel's incompleteness theorems. In particular they imply that PA (Peano arithmetic) can not prove its own consistency. Now my question is what is the largest subsystem of PA that "can" prove its own consistency? You definitely can't have the induction axiom but is that enough?
See refs at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-verifying_theories
As proved by Pudlák, Gödel's theorem holds in the strong form that no consistent r.e. extension of Robinson's arithmetic $Q$ can prove its own consistency. (Moreover, as shown by Paris and Wilkie, the consistency of $Q$ is not provable even in $I\Delta_0+\exp$.)
First, it's not clear whether you are talking about first-order PA or second-order PA. It seems, because you are mentioning induction as an axiom rather than a schema, that you are talking about second-order PA, but I will answer for a special form of first-order Peano Arithmetic, denoted PA1. The answer for PA2 is similar.
Secondly, it is incorrect to ask what is "the" largest. The answer to your question is: there exists sub-systems of PA which prove their own consistency but there is no largest such sub-system.
Let PA have the language with a constant 0, a one-place predicate N, and a 2-place predicate Sx,y. Usually the axioms of PA1 include axioms for addition and multiplication. I will present a system which has axioms for sequences rather than addition and multiplication; addition and multiplication can then be defined using the notion of sequences. The axioms of PA1 are:
(2) (n)(m)(Nn & Sn,m => Nm)
(3) (n)(Nn => (there exists m) Sn,m)
(4) (n)(m)(m')(Nn & Sn,m & Sn,m' => m = m')
(5) (n)(m)(n')(Nn & Nn' & Sn,m & Sn',m => n = n')
(6) (n)(Nn => not Sn,0)
(7) Induction schema, phi[0\n] & (n)(m)(Nn & Sn,m & phi => phi[m\n]) => (n)(Nn => phi)
(8) For every natural number x, there exists a sequence <(0,x)>
(9) For every sequence f, if Nn & Sn,m & <(m,x)> belongs to f, then <(n,y)> belongs to f for some y
(10) For every sequence f, if Nn & Nm & Ny & Sn,m & <(n,x)> belongs to f, there there exists a sequence g exactly like f except that it may differ at the mth place where <(m,y)> belongs to g
Apologies for the imprecision of (8), (9), and (10), but it's the quickest way for me to write them down here.
Call fpa the system made up of axioms (4) through (10). Then fpa proves its own consistency. It also proves the consistency of fpa + (1) (call this X). So a fortiori X proves its own consistency. fpa also proves the consistency of fpa + (N0 => (2) & (3)), so this latter (call it Y) also proves its own consistency. But any system stronger than both X and Y contains PA1, which can't prove its own consistency. Hence there is no strongest sub-system of PA1 which proves its own consistency.
Please see http://www.andrewboucher.com/papers/fpa.pdf for details.
This answers to this question may be of use - Can any formal system prove its own consistency?
In short, it states that $PA$ is too strong to prove its own consistency, Presburger arithmetic (see Neel Krishnaswami's answer in the link) is too weak (although it is consistent). Other sub-systems like $I\Sigma_1$ can't prove their own consistency. $PA^-$ (PA without induction) I'm not sure about, but I wouldn't expect it to prove its own consistency.
But Paseman's comment is probably most accurate!
An inconsistent sub-system could, but I don't think that's what you're after... ;)
Presburger Arithmetic http://www.cs.albany.edu/~dew/m/jsl1.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presburger_arithmetic


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I think it is kinda strange but I just noticed that I have this odd habit of feeling tired, sleepy and dizzy when I encounter a (programming) problem that I can't solve after a while of trying. It generally shows up when I'm dealing with svn, reading someone else's code or resolving regression issues (old bug reappearing again).
To my understanding, this has nothing to do with being exhausted or tired because I just felt brilliant like 30 minutes ago and now, after 30 minutes of wrestling with a problem that I can't (apparently) solve, I suddenly feel an urge to go to sleep. And I really can go to sleep when I feel like that. If I shift my focus to something else or just leave it, then after like 10 minutes or so I feel normal again and am ready to continue.
I finally managed to talk about it to a colleague who sits just next to me and he sometimes feels the same way in some extreme cases of constant failures and he also finds it strange and new but there is another person who sits a little farther but he isn't feeling anything like this when he encounters difficulty
EDIT : After much thought I realized the fear of failure is at the root of the problem. I'm used to be the know-it-all person (I'm the project manager, knowledge patron and mentor of my team) and I either know the answer immediately or I start to think, if the problem is potent enough, the whole project is gonna fail!!


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Let $k$ be an algebraic number field. I understand that given a finite set of non-complex places $S\subset V(k)$ of even cardinality, there exists a unique quaternion algebra $Q$ over $k$ such that $Q$ ramifies at all $v\in S$ (i.e. $Q \otimes_k k_v$ is a division algebra) and $Q$ splits at all the other places. Is there a way to get an explicit description of $Q$ of the form $Q(a,b|k)$ for some parameters $a,b, \in k^{\times}$?
The reason for my question is to find an explicit example of a division quaternion algebra over the field $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[4]{2})$ that splits at all the archimedean places and is moreover of the form $Q_0 \otimes_{\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{2})} \mathbb{Q}(\sqrt[4]{2})$ for a quaternion algebra $Q_0$ defined over $\mathbb{Q}(\sqrt{2})$.
Any hint on the general question or on the specific example is greatly appreciated. Thank you!


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Is it safe to use rainwater as an ingredient versus tap water - or even cooking things in it like pasta? Would there be any differences in measurements or cooking times - the thought being that there are no chemicals in it versus Tap Water?
Keep in mind that tap water is tested to ensure it's safe for human consumption. Rainwater has no such requirement.
While rainwater seems to be a happy-fuzzy natural resource, I'd like to stress that this could be a serious safety issue. Yes, it seems unlikely, but you need an authority who knows their water.
I suggest seeking out a professional opinion on how to properly filter rainwater. Possibly from the people who handle your municipal water supply.
You really need to filter it first. If you wouldn't drink it, don't cook with it (also good advice re: wine). There seem to be sources on the internet regarding how to make rainwater drinkable, so I would start there. (example: http://www.rain-barrel.net/drinking-rainwater.html)
If you're already drinking your rainwater, and haven't died yet, it's probably safe to cook with.
If you're planning on using it as an ingredient in baking, or any dish where the pH is critical, you may want to actually test the pH of the water you're putting in and try to balance the recipe accordingly (substitute some baking soda for baking powder, for example).
As long as you don't live in an area with bad acid rain, and you are catching it in a sanitary container without running it through gross gutters etc, it would be fine.
Rainwater, straight out of the sky, is generally safe, with some caveats depending on the location. For example, in a polluted area, it's probably not a good idea.
The 2 biggest issues are primarily how it's collected and how it's stored. Collection and storage are where rainwater can easily become contaminated by either chemical pollutants or biological pathogens. So, if you want to replace your tap water with rainwater, it'll take an investment in sanitary collection and storage devices/methods.
BTW. On desert hiking trips I have used rainwater collected from a tarp dripping into a pan and then filtered through a bandanna to remove dust. I had no worries since the terrestrial sources were questionable.
I would happily drink rain water in any amount, in most situations. But how that rainwater is collected and stored is a big deal. For example:
As long as there hasn't been a recent chemical, biological, or nuclear attack you should be fine. Acid rain shouldn't be much of a problem since it's only slightly more acidic than regular rainfall (which is already acidic).
It is safe to use water from streams, rivers, and lakes in the US (not including those affected by nuclear power plants) if you boil the water to a rolling boil and keep it there for 3 minutes first. This kills bacteria which commonly live in bodies of water.
Rain water is unlikely to have giardia living in it, unlike streams, but sources indicate that it may contain some bacteria depending on the collection method. Therefore keeping your rain water at a rolling boil at a minimum for safety purposes.
Note that at least one scientist from Argonne National Labs also recommends filtering, but several others on the same site indicate that rain water should be perfectly safe.
Does this question mean we will shortly see rainwater cooked meals infiltrating the trendiest restaurants?


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Besides getting them to stay together, what other reason would there be for adding breadcrumbs to meatballs. Do they impart any particular flavor or texture?
In meatballs or meat loaf or even burgers, breadcrumbs are sometimes added with egg.
The bread, if unseasoned, doesn't change the flavor much except to dilute it.
The texture is definitely different. It is smoother and spongier. The breadcrumbs also soak up liquid so the product doesn't lose as much and stays moister.
Purists often decry the use of breadcrumbs in things like burger patties. For myself- I will add breadcrumbs when I am in the mood for the breadier texture- often when I will be adding extra liquid flavorings like Worcestershire or liquid smoke and want to strengthen the structure a bit.
The motivation is mostly textural. The major motivation for using bread crumbs is if they are soaked in milk, making what is called a "panade". Since meatballs and meatloaf are often cooked to well-done, they tend to be tough and dense. The panade does act as a binding agent, but, more importantly, the milk activates the starch in the bread to form a gel. This gel acts much like a fat, lubricating the meat's protein fibers and discouraging them from forming a tough matrix. Enzymes in the milk can also help tenderize tough cuts of meat, however, that would likely take longer than the average meatball recipe allows. Finally, if the meatballs are fried, breadcrumbs can help crisp the outside of the balls (especially if the balls are rolled in breadcrumbs on the outside).
Meat stretcher. The crumbs from sliced bread, leftover porridge, broken bits of crackers or chips can be put to use to stretch the recipe yield.
Bread crumbs do not help meatloaf hold together. It was started back in the depression when they wanted meat to stretch out, they would add the crumbs. The thing that hold meatloaf together is the eggs.
Bread with milk or water will suffice. Bread is the important additive as it has rising agents and this mixed with ground meat serves to lighten the texture and slows the hardening of mincemeat once cooked. It's not used to extend the meat yield.


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I am using ubuntu 12.10, and when I try to connect to my Facebook account through Empathy, it gets disconnected and says this account is already connected to the server.
I had the same problem. Here is what I did and it worked perfectly so maybe it would work for you. I just deleted the account and added it again. The Ubuntu did the rest automatically for me (asked for email / login and password). Now it is working properly.
Try manually conecting to Facebook chat, as it's really a jabber server. Set up a new XMPP/Jabber account. Use this settings:
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Hope it helps you! For more information, check Facebook's chat page.
Other people have also been having this issue on other chat clients, such as pidgin and trillian. I think facebook may have changed something, although some people seem to have it back up.


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Ellis Island Casino and Microbrewery at 4178 Koval Lane is both as close (less than ½ a mile from Bally's) and as far (it's small, low brow, full of locals and attached to a Super 8) from the strip as you can be. They are known for their Italian style pizza joint (Metro), bbq, low limit gambling and the off-menu steak special in the cafe.
If you're in the know (and now you will be,) you can get a soup or salad with rolls and butter, a steak, a vegetable and a starch, and a microbrewed beer for $7.99. That's right. For $8.82 including tax, you can have a two course steak dinner with sides and a beer. Originally just an off menu special that you had to request, this special now requires a pair of coupons. To get yours you'll need a (free) Ellis Island Players Club card. Play a minimum of $5 through the card and then bring to a kiosk to claim your coupons. See the Player's Club for full details.
The cafe is like a nicer version of Denny's, with formica tables and paper placemats. The waitstaff is curt but efficient, and the food, especially the steak, is far better than expected. They give you a ten ounce cut of sirloin, at least an inch thick in the center, and cooked exactly to your order. My steak was lean and tender, with none of the gristle and fat that you need to cut away from the other steak specials in Las Vegas. I would have a hard time getting the meat alone at my local butcher shop for less than I paid for this whole meal.
The salad was average, mostly iceburg lettuce with a cherry tomato and a bunch of croutons. The rolls and butter were cold, but tasted okay. With my steak came green beans cooked with chunks of garlic – very good, and a good portion of steak fries. For my beer I chose their dark lager, which was brown and tasty and fresh. If you've ever had a Yuengling Black and Tan, then you've got the idea.
I have tried every steak special I can find in Vegas and this one tops them all. Ellis Island is practically giving away a fantastic steak dinner, just to get you in the door. This is one of the reasons I love Vegas. Don't miss it!
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Wednesday night, Governor Steve Beshear hammered home the need for pension reform in Kentucky.
It's arguably the biggest issue facing Kentuckians, and one of the biggest reasons why, is the fact the state didn't fund the plan adequately.
"Every year that we did not put in the money we should have to meet the promise has snowballed into this huge unfunded pension system. In fact, it's less than half funded, meaning that at this point there is not enough money to pay the promise that has been made," said financial expert, Jeanne Fisher.
While the Governor called for reform he said he won't sacrifice certain things.
"I can tell you exactly why we haven't funded the arc since I became Governor, because we had insufficient revenues, and it would have required us to gut our most fundamental priorities, K-12 education, public safety, and job creation. As we work to make our public pension system whole again, I will not allow our school children to be collateral damage," said Beshear.
Gov. Beshear has made education a staple of his administration, and Wednesday he called on the legislature to support the graduation bill that would raise the dropout age in Kentucky from 16 to 18.
"In Kentucky alone, 6,000 students drop out every year. They are more likely to be unemployed, to earn significantly less money if they do find work, and to find themselves on welfare or in prison," said Beshear.
"We know that over the next three to five years that less than ten percent of the jobs in the state will be filled by individuals who have less than a high school education. We know the importance of a student remaining in school, and receiving their high school diploma," said Bowling Green Superintendent Joe Tinius.
Other things the Governor wants to do is tweak the pill mill bill that combats prescription drug abuse, and boost revenue through tax reform.
A bill regarding pension reform made it out of committee today. It would create a hybrid 401K plan for new state employees. It will now go to the full senate for discussion and a vote.


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- M.S., Stanford University, 1981
- Ph.D., Stanford University, 1985
Research Interests
- Rigid and flexible multibody dynamics
- Pulse-width control
- Intelligent systems
- Mechanical design
- Parametrically excited vibration
- Snowboard technology
- Computational methods in mechanics
- Engineering management education
- Bipedal robots
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- Leadership in Management and Technology
- System Dynamics
- Advanced Dynamics
- Robotics
Selected Honors and Awards:
- Bipedal robot research ranked 57th in "100 Discoveries that are Changing the World," Discover Magazine, January/February 2010 (with S.B. Shooter and the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition).
- "UGV Mobility & Coordination in Joint Urban/Littoral Environments," U.S. Department of Defense through the Office of Naval Research, 2009-10 (with S.B. Shooter and the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition; award number N00014-09-1-0913).
- "Unmanned Ground Vehicle Mobility in Urban Terrain," U.S. Department of Defense through the Office of Naval Research, 2008-9 (with S.B. Shooter and the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition; award number N00014-08-1-0953).
- Guest Professor Fellowship, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland, 2007.
- Research Opportunity Award for "Dynamic Movement in Bipedal Locomotion," National Science Foundation, 2007-08. (with K.J. Waldron)
- "Collaborative Research: Adaptive Pulse Width Control of Structurally Flexible Systems," National Science Foundation, 2004-07. (with M.C. Berg; award number CMMI-0409055)
- "Outstanding Achievement in Mechanical Engineering Practice" Tufts University Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2004.
- "Outstanding Paper Award" presented by the Engineering Management Division of the American Society for Engineering Education at the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2003. (with E.M. Barrella)
- "Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching," Bucknell University, 2003.
- "Outstanding Paper Award" presented by the Engineering Management Division of the American Society for Engineering Education at the ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, 2002. (with K.W. Jablokow)
- "Star Performers Award for Innovation" presented by the Small Business Development Center of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for "Snowboard Research and Development Project," 2000. (with S.B. Shooter)
- "Development of Pepper Harvesting Technology," Ben Franklin Technology Center and Pik Rite Vegetable Harvesting Equipment, Inc., 1997-98. (with S.B. Shooter)
- "Best Paper in the Area of Education" presented by the Computers in Engineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers at the ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference and Exposition, 1991. (with J.W. Baish and J.H. Moffitt)
- "Development of an Integrated Computer and Experimentation Approach to Engineering Education" Westinghouse Foundation and International Business Machines Corporation, 1990. (with J.W. Baish)
Selected Publications
Remy, C.D., Buffinton, K.W., and Siegwart, R.Y., 2010, "Stability Analysis of Passive Dynamic Walking of Quadrupeds," International Journal of Robotics Research. (in press).
Buffinton, K.W., Hoffman, K.L., and Berg, M.C., 2010 "Minimizing Residual Vibration in Short-Maneuver Pulse-Width Control," Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control. (in press).
Barrella, E.M. and Buffinton, K.W., 2009, "Corporate Assessment of Strategic Issues in Technology Management," Engineering Management Journal, Vol. 21, pp. 27-33.
Buffinton, K.W., Hoffman, K.L., and Berg, M.S., 2008, " Theoretical Basis for Short Manuever Optimal Pulse-Width Control," Proceedings of the 2008 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference.
Bonaventura, C.S., Jablokow, K.W., and Buffinton, K.W., 2007, "A Modular Algorithm for the Dynamics of Multiple Flexible Robots," International Journal of Robotics and Automation, Vol. 22, pp. 222-234.
Buffinton, K.W., Hoffman, K.L., Hekman, K.A., and Berg, M.C., 2007 "Optimal Pulse- Width Control of Flexible Dynamic Systems," Proceedings of the 13th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications, pp. 7-14.
Buffinton, K.W., Perkins, A.D., Beal, C.E., and Berg, M.C., 2005, "Evaluation of Pulse-Width Controllers for Multi-Link, Revolute-Jointed Robotic Arms," Proceedings of the 11th IASTED International Conference on Robotics and Applications, pp. 131-139.
Buffinton, K.W., 2005, "Kane's Method in Robotics" in Robotics and Automation Handbook, Kurfess, T.R., ed., CRC Press, pp. 6-1 to 6-31.
Hays, J.E., Karapetian, M.J., Keenan, C.A., Buffinton, K.W., and Zappe, C.J., 2004, "A Dynamic Simulation of the Smallpox Threat," Proceedings of the Complex Systems, Intelligence and Modern Technology Applications 2004 International Conference, pp. 721-730.
Rathbun, D.B., Berg, M.C., and Buffinton, K.W., 2004, "Piecewise-Linear-Gain Pulse Width Control for Precise Positioning of Structurally Flexible Systems Subject to Stiction and Coulomb Friction," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 126, pp. 139-143.
Buffinton, K.W., Shooter, S.B., Thorpe, I.J., and Krywicki, J.J., 2003, "Laboratory, Computational, and Field Studies of Snowboard Dynamics," Sports Engineering, Vol. 6, pp. 129-137.
Buffinton, K.W., Jablokow, K.W., and Martin, K.A., 2002, "Project Team Dynamics and Cognitive Style, Engineering Management Journal, Vol. 14, pp. 25-33.
Djerassi, S. and Buffinton, K.W., 1998, "New Method for Constraints Violation Suppression," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 21, pp. 493-499.
Buffinton, K.W. and Chang, V.W., 1996, "An Integrated Approach to Teaching Mechanism Analysis Using Working Model," Proceedings of the 16th ASME Computers in Engineering Conference, paper 96-DETC/CIE-1431.
Buffinton, K.W., 1992, "Dynamics of Elastic Manipulators with Prismatic Joints," ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, Vol. 114, pp. 41-49.
Dresner, T.L. and Buffinton, K.W., 1991, "Definition of Pressure and Transmission Angles Applicable to Multi-Input Mechanisms," ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 113, pp. 495-499.
Buffinton, K.W., 1990, "Parametric Excitation of Beams Moving Over Supports," Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 1, pp. 359-377.
Buffinton, K.W. and Kane, T.R., 1985, "Dynamics of a Beam Moving Over Supports," International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 21, pp. 617-643.
Wampler, C.W., Buffinton, K.W., and Jia, S.H., 1985, "Formulation of Equations of Motion for Systems Subject to Constraints," ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 52, pp. 465-470.


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I'm trying to go through the CRU leaked programs and do some basic program analysis. I'm encountering some difficulty due to the fact I don't know Fortran. I'd like to post a question on StackOverflow offering the link and keeping track of interesting things people find (Community Wiki of course). For various reasons this seems likely to be closed. Would this be an acceptable question to ♦Management, and if so, how could I make it less likely to be closed?
What is meta?
- Any Stack Exchange user can ask a question
- The community provides support, votes on ideas, and reports bugs
- Your voice helps shape the way Stack Exchange operates
If your question is about Fortran, there will be no problem. If its about climatic research, this obviously is not the place - unless maybe questions about algorithms and such.
So make it programming oriented, and you do not even have to c-wikify it.
But where do you see likelihood for closing?
without an example, it's hard to say.
the best way to know is: post one and find out; make it c-wiki
I'll answer both Ralph's last question ("But where do you see likelihood for closing?") and the OP's in one.
The main two reasons this might be closed is:
As far as Management, Joel is flying an Obama banner on JoS web site, but he generally strikes me as a guy with integrity, so here's to hoping. No clue whatsovere about Atwood's views.


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From Brooklyn to Beverly Hills, these beauty stores have something for everyone.
What you see: Wrought-iron doors, antique glass flacons, and rows of hand-milled soaps and candles wrapped in distinctive paper.
What you smell: Pomegranate, lavender, and citrus.
Typical shopper: A beauty editor who came to buy a gift—and decided to treat herself.
Best-seller: Santa Maria Novella Pot Pourri ($35). A secret recipe, this seventeenth-century blend of dried herbs and flowers has a warm, invigorating smell.
Our favorite find: Eau d'Italie Eau de Toilette in Jardin du Poete. With its Italian pedigree and zesty orange, basil, and cypress notes, it's a bit of Positano in a bottle ($140).
Stocking stuffer: Lafco New York House & Home Bath Soap in Rosemary Eucalyptus, with a bracing scent and a sleek gift box ($17).
What you see: A Baroque and botanical den of gilded mirrors, crystal chandeliers, climbing foliage and flowers, and stuffed peacocks.
What you smell: A mossy, herbaceous blend of essential oils and fresh flowers.
Typical shopper: Artsy bohemians, celebrities, and artsy-bohemian celebrities, like frequent customer Liv Tyler.
Best-seller: By Kilian Straight to Heaven Eau de Parfum, a musky fragrance with sultry notes of rum and nutmeg ($235).
Our favorite find: Aedes de Venustas Candle. With its full-bodied vetiver, this candle is as potent as the signature scent ($85).
Must-have: Gift wrapping! For $19.50, you can get your purchase tucked in a black-and-gold box topped with fresh flowers.
What you see: Concrete floors, white walls, and glass shelves—plus hand-painted Dutch wooden shoes on every conceivable surface.
What you smell: Musky Carrière Frères candles.
Typical shopper: The globe-trotter who buys souvenirs before her trips.
Best-seller: Rodin Olio Lusso face oil ($150), a hydrating blend of 11 essential oils.
Our favorite find: Royal Apothic Perfectly Perfect Hand Cr�me in City of Angels ($20) has a nongreasy texture and comes in a box that's prettier than any wrapping paper.
Stocking stuffer: A $2 sample packet of the Komenuka Bijin Cleansing Powder, a rice-based exfoliating face scrub, which typically comes in a set of 30.
What you see: All the spoils of a 1930s Parisian living room (red bookshelves, a fireplace, vintage furniture borrowed from Malle's own collection). A tall, refrigerated glass cabinet keeps things sharp and modern.
What you smell: Amazingly, nothing. Customers test fragrance inside ventilated "scent columns" that resemble futuristic phone booths.
Typical shopper: A Francophile with more perfume bottles on her vanity than shoes in her closet.
Best-seller: Malle's 15-piece fragrance sampler ($285).
Our favorite find: The spray-gun air freshener is like Febreze—if Febreze had a fine French fragrance. Russian Nights smells like nutmeg, cinnamon, and iris ($145).
Must-have: Malle's Carnal Flower Hair Mist ($160), an irresistible mix of tuberose, coconut, and musk.
Duross & Langel
What you see: Bright pyramids of hand-milled soaps and jars brimming with colorful bath bombs.
What you smell: Prepare for olfactory overload. There's a fruity, floral, spicy smell from all the potions mixed on site.
Typical shopper: Health-conscious Rittenhouse Square moms and well-groomed guys who know a pomade from a styling cream.
Best-seller: Jewel-toned blocks of handmade soap in made-to-order chunks ($24.95/lb).
Our favorite find: Naked Shampoo and Conditioner, a scent-, dye-, and sulfate-free combo for damaged hair and sensitive scalp ($26 for both).
Stocking stuffer: For him, Yards Philadelphia Pale Ale Soap, a sleek amber bar spiked with hops, citrus, coriander, and clove, topped with a layer of shea butter ($7.50).
Nectar Skin Bar
What you see: A town house with a beauty boutique on the first floor, stairs leading up to a spa, and an outdoor garden.
What you smell: A soapy, powder-scented mist from Aquiesse.
Typical shopper: Anyone who has ever been photographed for Capitol File.
Best-seller: GlamGlow ($69), a tingly, exfoliating mud mask.
Our favorite find: A Moyna studded clutch that doubles as a makeup bag ($102).
Stocking stuffer: Butter London nail polish in La Moss ($14), a deep currant shade that's more naughty than nice.
Woo Skincare + Cosmetics
What you see: White cabinets filled with skin-care products and cosmetics arranged by brand (such as Yves Saint Laurent Beaut�, Trish McEvoy, and Bobbi Brown).
What you smell: An Antica Farmacista diffuser exuding citrus and sandalwood.
Typical shopper: Anyone who loves the rush of trying on a new lipstick—or ten.
Best-seller: SkinCeuticals C E Ferulic Combination Antioxidant Treatment, an antioxidant powerhouse ($145).
Our favorite find: With its range of hues, Smashbox Image Factory Photo Op Eye Shadow Palette in Icon ($39) is perfect for creating smoky eyes.
Stocking stuffers: Emi-Jay Hair Ties ($12 each). We love that they're pretty enough to wear on your wrist.
Gee Beauty
What you see: White walls and pristinely organized white shelves; there's also an area for makeup lessons and facials.
What you smell: Pomegranate and lavender.
Typical shopper: A model, fresh from the Standard hotel.
Best-seller: Tata Harper Refreshing Cleanser ($75) and Rejuvenating Serum ($150) "fly off the shelves," says one store manager.
Our favorite find: Workshop Co Op makeup bags ($45 to $60) look good and do good—proceeds go to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
Stocking stuffer: Malin + Goetz Vitamin B5 Hand Treatment ($20) for rough skin.
Space 519
What you see: Assouline art books, vintage furniture, jewelry, and handmade Chinese lacquer boxes. Tucked in back is an apothecary full of luxury organic beauty products.
What you smell: Jasmine and neroli.
Typical shopper: An art adviser with a Mulberry Bayswater bag in one hand and a BluePrint Cleanse bottle in the other.
Best-seller: Rodin Olio Lusso Perfume ($220), a grown-up floral scent.
Our favorite find: RMS Beauty Oil ($75), an organic, antioxidant- and vitamin-rich oil for nourishing and hydrating skin.
Stocking stuffer: Aesop Rosehip Seed lip cream with botanical extracts ($13).
Lori Karbal
What you see: Tidiness. Every piece of inventory is arranged just so.
What you smell: A delicate blend of patchouli, vanilla, and bergamot.
Typical shopper: Platinum-card-toting mothers and their discriminating teens.
Best-seller: Skin An Apothecary Soy Body Whip, a fluffy moisturizer that infuses skin with coconut oil and soy ($29).
Our favorite find: Coté Bastide potpourri in Ambre, crystallized acacia resin tucked inside a vermilion box ($62).
Stocking stuffer: Slim sonic electronic toothbrush ($15). It comes in a mascara-like tube that fits easily into a purse or clutch.


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Bethesda announces BattleCry, a multiplayer action game set in alternate history WWIWritten by: / / No Comments
Bethesda Softworks and developer Battlecry Studios have today announced BattleCry, a new free-to-play team-based multiplayer action game for the PC that looks to be set in an alternate version of Earth's own World War 1.
BattleCry doesn't seem to be set on Earth, however, or any recognisable era on our timeline, but instead takes place in its own unique universe following a "cataclysmic world war at the dawn of the 20th century," at a time when gun powder has been banned and the 'Pansophic Revolution' has given the world great new technologies as a result of a "golden age of industrial manufacturing and design."
This short period of piece, however, has let old tensions fester, and as technology advanced "the world faced the scourge of war once more."
"Fueled by technological Pansophic advancements, the face of warfare has changed," Bethesda writes. "All disagreements are settled head-on by elite teams of chosen warriors from all over the world, with each member specializing in either high-tech ranged gadgetry or sophisticated melee weapons. Trained and bred for battle, they meet each other in sanctioned WarZones to face off for their share of glory."
BattleCry – Screenshots
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BattleCry the game, however, puts you into a 32-player online battle as you take on the role of an elite warrior either on the side of the powerful Royal Marines, or the courageous Cossacks, with classes including:
– The Enforcer, who wields a massive sword and transformative shield to inflict and absorb damage
– The Tech Archer, who unleashes a maelstrom of arrows from afar
– The Duelist, using blinding speed and stealth abilities to pick off unsuspecting enemies in isolation
Of course the usual rank and ability unlocks are included in the game, allowing you to build your own character as you get used to what Bethesda calls "dynamic movement," letting you grapple, evade and mantle over obstacles. An 'Adrenaline' system is also featured, which lets you use special powers for short periods of time, or you can choose to build up your Adrenaline to unleash an 'Ultimate Ability.'
"In BattleCry, your skill, timing, and teamwork create a diverse gameplay experience," Bethesda claims.
You can watch the gripping announcement trailer for BattleCry below to get an idea of the visual aesthetic and stylised designs you can expect to see in the game next year:
BattleCry Announcement Trailer
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If you've ever wondered what your life might be like in the upscale, amenity-rich Norton Commons neighborhood, this fall you'll have the opportunity to find out. The Norton Commons Charity Homes Celebration, beginning this Saturday, Sept. 29, will offer the public a chance to step inside the beautifully-planned community and view 13 spectacular new homes, built specifically for the event. Created by 11 of the Louisville area's top builders, the showcased homes will feature some of the latest advances in building technologies, architectural design and interior decorating trends. But it's not just the fantastic show homes and accessories that make this tour worth the trip.
Visitors can take in the various updated public spaces in the neighborhood, in between checking out the top-notch homes. "These houses actually overlook one of the newest amenities to Norton Commons, which is the pool. It's a zero-entry saltwater pool, and people can walk around and look at that area, and actually sit down and grab a bottled water if they want, and then they can tour the homes," explained Angela Hepner, Norton Commons Marketing Director. "And the YMCA that will be completed in early 2013 will be conducting tours the first weekend also, so there's a lot of neighborhood stuff that will be incorporated into the
home show."
And while all the furnishings inside the homes will be on sale during show hours, the event will include variety that's not limited to interior decor. "There will be trolleys that will take people from the parking lot to the show site, but then will also go on a little tour of the neighborhood," Hepner shared. "And then we also have another section of the neighborhood that is still under construction, we're going to kind of highlight those on the trolley tour so that people can see those houses, too – just some smaller homes in the area, so people can see that we offer something for everybody." A few of this year's show homes are still on the market, and other available homes in the neighborhood will be pointed out for prospective homeowners during the trolley tour.
Since the neighborhood will offer myriad building structures, public spaces and decor styles in order to appeal to every visitor, it makes sense that each person attending can choose – out of thirteen different charitable organizations – who will benefit from the proceeds generated by his or her ticket. "Each of the builders who has a home in the tour was invited to involve a charity of their choice," revealed Guthrie Zaring, who is on the Board of Directors for the non-profit group Historic Homes Foundation, one of this year's benefiting charities. "David Ramage with the Ramage Company was the builder that chose us … and we'll have a representative in David's home just to let the public know more about the Historic Homes Foundation and what we do, and what our mission is."
But if you can't decide which charity you'd most like to see benefit from this year's tour, there's no need to worry – you can choose to help them all! Sixty percent of the ticket price can either be donated to one organization, or else evenly split amongst all 13. In addition to the Historic Homes Foundation, the 2012 Homes Celebration benefiting charities will be Down Syndrome of Louisville; American Diabetes Association; Make A Wish Foundation – Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana Chapter; Friends School; Indian Summer Camp For Kids With Cancer; Saint Mary Academy; Eyes That See; Spina Bifida Association of Kentucky; Visually Impaired Preschool Services; James Graham Brown Cancer Center; Epilepsy Foundation Kentuckiana; and the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network.
So if you're in the market for a house, in search of new furnishings, looking for decorating inspiration or simply curious about the neighborhood, the Norton Commons Charity Homes Celebration promises to deliver an ideal afternoon or weekend outing. And the opportunity to make a difference for a charitable organization – or several – is certainly the icing on the cake. "We're very proud of it because so many charities are going to benefit from it," exclaimed Hepner. "We're just excited and ready to go, and ready to have people come out!"
The Norton Commons 2012 Charity Homes Celebration will be held Sept. 29 through Oct. 14, Wednesdays and Fridays from 4 to 8 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 6 p.m., beginning at 9420 Norton Commons Boulevard, Prospect, Ky. Tickets are two-day passes that cost $16 per person and can be purchased at www.nortoncommons.com or at the Norton Commons gate on days of the tour. For more information visit www.nortoncommons.com.


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The Easiest Cut Is the Deepest
A close friend's son recently began a prison sentence. When he entered the "correctional institution," he told the authorities he was a Presbyterian. The following Sunday he asked to be allowed to attend church services. He was told there were no services for Presbyterians because there was no Presbyterian chaplain for that large regional facility. So he asked to be allowed to attend any Christian service. This request was also denied. After he told his parents about this during a visit, they asked his lawyer to look into it. She was finally able to talk with someone in charge, and now my friend's son is attending Mass: the prison still has a Catholic chaplain—at least for now.
A few days after I heard about the problems my friend's son was having, the priest at my parish mentioned in his homily that New York State was considering cutting all funding for prison chaplains. This astonished me. I started to wonder if my friend's story was part of a larger trend.
Apparently it is. In 2011 North Carolina's legislature voted to eliminate all funding for chaplains serving correctional institutions. According to Gary Friedman of the American Correctional Chaplains Organization, North Carolina later restored 33 percent of the funding, but it was still a drastic cut. Similar proposals are pending in other state legislatures. Some are cutting funding immediately; others are simply not replacing chaplains when they die or retire. One state's commissioner of corrections recently told a statewide chaplains' conference: "I am mandated to secure, educate, and medicate—religion is not an essential part of that mandate." Friedman reports that New York State has seen its corps of prison chaplains reduced by nearly 50 percent over the past two years because of a hiring freeze. He pointed out that the hiring freezes have also cut into the remaining chaplains' support staff—their administrative assistants and volunteer coordinators—which has left the chaplains themselves with more paperwork to do and less time for religious services and counseling.
Four years since the start of the Great Recession, most states are still scrambling to balance their budgets in the face of declining revenue. All across the country, states have laid off teachers and firefighters and scaled back programs for the poor. These are painful cuts that can threaten the political careers of legislators and governors. Cutting prison budgets, by contrast, is unlikely to provoke a public outcry. Access to a prison chaplain is widely considered a privilege granted to the undeserving rather than a right. Many people seem to feel that society isn't obliged to accommodate the religious commitments of lawbreakers.
This attitude is unworthy of a civilized nation with strong Christian roots. "Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you are also in the body," Paul writes in his Letter to the Hebrews. Compassion for prisoners is the one part of the gospel mandate to which many Christians don't even pay lip service, and it is a part of the gospel of special relevance in the United States, which has the highest incarceration rate in the world. A disproportionate number of the nation's prisoners are black, and most of them come from the lower economic strata. In other words, the system is rife with inequities. Are we to add to these one more by failing to provide prisoners with chaplaincy services?
Ironically, an increase in religious diversity among prisoners may be contributing to the marginalization of chaplaincy programs. A recently retired priest explained the situation to me: "When I first entered the chaplaincy some fifty years ago, there were basically three religions represented: Protestant—usually main line—Catholic, and Jewish. Because of demographic and cultural changes, the chaplaincy corps must now cover the needs of Muslims, Native Americans (who have a renewed interest in their religious traditions), Rastafarians, followers of neo-pagan Odinism, and an ever-growing list of older and new religions. The logistics of trying to provide for the spiritual needs of an increasingly diverse prison population was difficult before the recent budget and staff shortages. Now it's a nightmare." Most chaplains do what they can for prisoners who belong to religions that don't have their own chaplains. The retired chaplain told me about a rabbi he knew who was particularly helpful in covering for other religious services—even an occasional Muslim prayer service. There is no overtime pay for most chaplains, so the extra work they do is purely voluntary. The real problem, though, isn't what they're paid but how little time they have—not even enough to take care of their own flock, let alone those outside it.
Catholic chaplains are squeezed not only by staff and funding cuts at prisons but also by the needs and priorities of their bishops. As the recently retired chaplain told me, "Catholic bishops…have particularly difficult choices to make. Do they assign one or more priests full-time as prison chaplains in their dioceses, or do they staff a parish or two, also desperately in need of sacramental ministers? Most of the time the needs of the parish take priority. They try to fill any gaps in the ministry to prisoners with specially trained deacons, nuns, other religious, or lay people, with a priest assigned to say Masses and provide the other sacraments on a limited schedule."
Correctional institutions are tasked with correcting inmates—with preparing them to reenter society as good citizens. Prison chaplains have long helped with this important work by offering the resources of a religious community to people with few other communities to support them. If Christian voters and politicians allow prison chaplaincies to disappear, it will hurt not only prisoners and the neighborhoods to which they return, but also the rest of our society, which will have chosen to neglect the spiritual well-being of a group Christ specifically commanded us to take care of.
Related: Worth Taking a Chance, by Joseph Sorrentino
Cruel and Unusual, by Robert DeFina and Lance Hannon
About the Author
Wayne Sheridan is a freelance journalist, poet, and communications consultant to nonprofits. He lives with his wife, Sandra Dutton, on a farm in the Hudson Valley, north of New York City.
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The states aren't the only entities that are pulling back on prison chaplaincies. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle recently announced that it was eliminating chaplaincy funding at the Pierce County Jail and Remann Hall (juveniles) as of July 1. As a hospice Chaplain, I visit and support people from across the spiritual and religious spectrum. Fortunately for me, my organization understands and supports spiritual care and its difference from purely sectarian work. It appears that the Archdiocese of Seattle does not. If that truly is the case, it is telling that Archdiocesan managers apparently don't believe there are enough Roman Catholics in jail to justify the expense.
These are the least of these and as a Christian I cannot support the practice of these cuts. Cut free health insurance for the president and all those who in Washington get such. I am sure we would have a little money to hire these chaplins.
Sobering. Thanks for the article.
Without knowing the history and the numbers, it's impossible to put this much into a proper context, but it is no doubt part of the wider secularizing trend in American society. Organized religion is on the defensive nearly everywhere.
I wonder whether states - and the federal government - would be amenable to volunteer chaplains. Would they offer them office space and credentials, or has religion become so unimportant to governments that any official religious presence is considered too costly?
David Smith, thank you; it is both a sobering and sad situation. Although my instincts tell me "the wider secularizing trend in American Society" is exacerbating the situation, none of the chaplains I interviewed said it was a prime cause.
More volunteers may help to fill part of the gap, but they cannot make up for the shortages, let alone disappearance of professional chaplains. In New York State prisons, where I now live, volunteers do not have the same staus as professional chaplains. They do not have keys to most areas of the prison. They must be accompanied by guards wherever they go; whereas, with certain limits, chaplains have broader access. Also, it is hard to recruit, train and maintain volunteers. Because many prisons are in rural areas, far from major metropolitan centers, from which originate a large portion of the inmate population, it is sometimes near impossible to serve Catholic, Jewish and Islamic inmates with volunteers, as these religions usually do not have a large enough presence in rural areas to represent a large enough volunteer pool. This is not always the case with Evangelicals and certain mainline Protestant denominations. Volunteers may supplement the work of professional chaplains; but, it is almost impossible for the shortages to be made up by volunteers.
Wayne, your comments are on point. I do not know any prison chaplains but I do know 2 hospital chaplains. A chaplain is of great importance in both venues. Further, from my point of view as a Lutheran I may prefer a Lutheran chaplain but if not available then any denomination would do as well as a Jewish chaplain. Your article made me think, which is a good thing.
Steve Imhoff
Chaplains of different denominations and religions do try to cover for each other. For some specifically religious services, an inmate of the same denomination or an volunteer, if qualifed and available, may conduct the services while the "covering" chaplain makes the arrangements and may oversee. This may vary a bit from State to State, and perhaps prison to prison. However, with the number of chaplains severely reduced in more and more States, there often may be no chaplain of any denomination availabe for any service or for counseling when needed.
I wish our "correctional" facilities were truly there to help correct and help inmates enter society better equipped to be productive members of their families, communities, etc. It seems that, overall, the prison system has abandoned that effort due to the costs associated with providing the requisite services and a growing societal perspective that prisons exist primarily, if not solely to exact punishment. In so many ways our society is becoming pretty graceless when it comes to dealing with those who transgress the law and norms of our culture. Since most people in prison are "getting what they deserve," and even when they get out will forever be tagged by their crime, our society has little tolerance for the idea that they could possibly benefit from religious instruction, worship, etc.
Unfortunately, the U. S. Supreme Court has not been sympathetic to the absolute right of prisoners to their First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion. They have seen prisoners as a special class of people, whose rights can be truncated in the interest of safety, convenience, and cost (in terms of time, money, space, etc.) While many states have sought to remedy this situation by passing some version of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, to restore the rights of prisoners to religious counsel, the constraints of budgets, along with the increasing religious diversity of the prison population, has made insuring those rights nearly impossible for states.
The matter gets further complicated when state and federal governments start making determinations about the legitimacy of one religion over another--which puts them in clear danger of violation the establishment clause of the first amendment. This causes many of them to throw up their hands and decide to avoid the problem by not providing chaplains to anyone.
We need a more intense and enlightened dialogue about our prison systems in this country, one that should take place both within churches, as well as in the larger interfaith communities.
I think the cutting of funds for prison chaplains is the easiest cut, but not just because inmates are forgotten people, but because it is often easier to say 'no' than it is to deal with the issues surrounding those funds and services.
Thanks for reminding us of a place where the church needs to be more engaged, both in providing ministry, as well as in advocating for it.
I am a prison chaplain. For me, the most important aspect of professional prison chaplaincy is the ability to confront abuse and defend the marginalized on the inside of a very complicated prison system. A volunteer does not have the protection of employment that a professional has and is limited in defending the dignity and rights of the human person within the structural system.
There are also very different ways of doing prison chaplaincy among denominations, and therefore, oftentimes very subtle oppression of religious groups by chaplains who may not respect the dignity of individual conscience. That is why a "generic" chaplains is never really "generic" at all. He or she comes with his or her own religious perspective and some religious perspectives do not support the sacred conscience as our tradition does.


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Utah County Highpoints > Mine Camp Peak (UT) > Climber's Log
Mine Camp Peak (UT) Climber's Log
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|I saw Nevada
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2016
|I loved the views of the red rocks to the east and the Tushars to the south and Wheeler to the west. Stunning views! The road was in great shape from Richfield and this was just what the doctor ordered for a leg stretcher heading to St. George the back way.
|Posted Jul 15, 2016 10:40 pm
|Chicka Cherry Cola
Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2015
|Found a Shasta Cherry Cola can from the 50s. Made my day.
|Posted Oct 15, 2015 12:27 pm
|Lazy Sunday Drive
Date Climbed: Oct 11, 2015
|Just let it happen. The road was good enough for passenger vehicles from the Richfield side when we went.
The leaves were wonderful and the red rocks were cool too.
|Posted Oct 13, 2015 10:34 am
|County High Point
Date Climbed: Aug 10, 2014
|Hiked this along with Delano Peak the same day. The hardest part about this mountain is the drive to get there.
|Posted Aug 8, 2015 6:17 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2015
|We spent two days driving around doing little peaks in the area. On the first day we did 9412, 9220, 9500, Rock Springs, 8730, Hans Ridge, South Ridge, and White Pine. On the second day we did Mine Camp, Sand Rock Ridge, Sunset, Leavitts, and 8744 which was the hardest of the lot. A lot of the first day was spent sitting in the car waiting for it to stop raining (20% chance of isolated thunderstorms).
|Posted Jul 12, 2015 6:16 pm
|Mine Camp and White Pine
Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2014
|We approached Mine Camp from Richfield and parked in the pullout by the cattle guard. From there it is a short walk up to the summit. After words I backtracked and drove up to just shy of the summit of White Pine Peak. From there we drove the road to Fillmore. This was Ut CoHP # 5 in the last three days.
|Posted Jun 30, 2014 7:01 pm
|River after River Crossing
Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2014
|Saw two snakes. Managed to cross the rivers without falling in :-)Warm up for Charleston Peak on June 7, 2014. IVD
|Posted Jun 13, 2014 7:58 pm
|Gorgeous fall colors!
Date Climbed: Oct 4, 2011
|Drove up from Aurora along Willow Creek Road. Followed the road along the top of the Pavant. Parked under White Pine Peak, and summited surrounded by golden aspen leaves. Gorgeous day.
|Posted Aug 10, 2012 7:01 pm
|5th of 8 in a day Co. HP
Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2011
|This one took forever to drive up to from Fillmore and even longer to drive down to Richfield. The driving took ten times longer than any of the climbing. Also tagged White Pine and Sunset Peaks on the way.
|Posted Sep 6, 2011 6:34 pm
|Start of 3 Peak Day
Date Climbed: Jul 10, 2010
|Camped at cattle guard. Hit the peak at sunrise. Nice views to north and south, saw some rain out in the valley. Off to White Pine and Fish Lake.
|Posted Jul 5, 2011 1:32 pm
|Easy Hike
Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2010
|Drove the road up from Richfield. I feel like I cheated on this county highpoint, but time was of the essence. The road from Richfield was in good shape, however, high clearance is needed to avoid some large rocks and ruts
|Posted Aug 12, 2010 8:59 pm
|Rushed but in time
Date Climbed: Sep 17, 2008
|Thunder near but not overhead so we went for it. Another COHP for the kids. Drove up ATV road but out other way to do White Pine Peak, Sunset Peak, Hans Ridge, Peak 9500, Willow Creek Peak, Jacks Peak, Pioneer Peak, Peak 9934, Peak 10,042 and Coffee Peak. After a day and a half doing this, the kids got tired of peakbagging and wanted McDonalds. Map and pics at http://www.willhiteweb.com/utah_climbing/pahvant_range/mine_camp_peak_227.htm
|Posted Oct 1, 2009 10:53 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2009
|Camped at the cattle guard. Woke up early and were at the peak just after first light. Drove over to Delano and hiked it after.
|Posted Sep 5, 2009 5:10 pm
|With my dad
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2009
|Climbed up with my dad.
|Posted Aug 23, 2009 4:41 pm
|Mine Camp Peak
Date Climbed: Aug 19, 2009
|A long drive for a short hike but the views are great both east and west.
|Posted Aug 22, 2009 3:14 pm
|With My Son
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2009
|Camped from where the cover picture was taken, hiked at a pretty good pace to the summmit with my 9 year old son in tow.
He has four county highpoints done now.
|Posted Aug 18, 2009 9:28 pm
|Weekend of Prominence
Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2008
|Counting down the prominence peaks. Grabbed this one the same day as Monroe and then Sunday did Fish Lake Hightop.
|Posted Dec 8, 2008 5:35 pm
|From Richfield
Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008
|We used the SP directions which were great. We found them to be off by a tenth or two here and there, but nothing that provided any confusion. We had to ask permission to park by the cattle guard since a band of bow hunters had "squatted" the land. We received some really odd looks and there was some serious head-shaking going on as we pulled in, put on our boots, hiked Mine Camp and returned within 30 minutes.
|Posted Aug 31, 2008 10:45 pm
|Long drive, short hike
Date Climbed: Aug 2, 2008
|We drove up from Richfield, using the directions and mileposts from the SP site. The road was a good road up from Richfield, not really any problem spots. For some reason, the mileposts were a bit too short (maybe a problem with my odometer), it was a full 18.0 miles (rather than 17.5) from the I-70 underpass on 300 North in Richfield to the cattle guard where the hike begins. There was some kind of ATV rendezvous going on up on top, we must have seen over 100 ATVs, and we had to pull over to let a lot of them pass, making the going kinda slow. From the cattle guard at mile 18, it's a relatively easy stroll down a saddle and back up through an aspen grove to the open area on top. Walk time from cattle guard to summit is about 20 minutes, give or take. There are 2 cairns up there, right next to each other on the summit, and a trail register that doesn't get much use, as the only people who seem to visit this peak are county highpointers. We decided to drive down the Fillmore side rather than return the way we came, and that road is much much worse. It is steep and extremely rocky, with a lot of loose and pointy rocks, and the going was very very slow, no more than 5-10 mph most of the way down. It is doable in a good 4WD vehicle with some guts and high clearance; if you don't have a vehicle like this don't attempt the Fillmore road.
|Posted Aug 3, 2008 3:34 pm
|Early morning hike under a harvest moon
Date Climbed: Oct 26, 2007
|Drove up from the Fillmore side and drove down the Richfield side all before the sun rose. There were some good-sized patches of snow that already had tracks running through them. I hiked to the summit from the cattleguard on the road (down and up - took me 20 minutes one way) under the light of a very bright moon more than an hour before sunrise. This is my 12th Utah County highpoint. Thanks for the good info, Dean!
|Posted Oct 27, 2007 1:00 am