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The best everyday care choices for the person diagnosed with a dementing illness, and for loved ones giving care, depend on an understanding of values and care preferences. Examples of everyday care choices include when to stop driving, how to manage money, whether to purchase or use support services, when to accept care from family members and, at a more personal level, when to bathe and what activities to do.
Some families need professional help to identify and communicate their personal values about daily care. Health and social service practitioners can be of great help, both to the person with dementia (i.e., care receiver) and the family caregiver, by working with them together.
A diagnosis of a dementing illness brings in its wake a complex decision- making process. Few individuals make decisions entirely on their own. Usually family members are part of the picture and their interests are at stake, too. Under the stress of providing care, family caregivers may not see that discussing the care receiver's wishes is a priority. Effective advance planning can lessen emotional and financial strain over time. That planning relies on communication and understanding of the cognitively impaired person's values and preferences for care.
Some practitioners believe that persons with cognitive impairment cannot make informed decisions and lack the ability to make valid statements of wishes, values and preferences. Research shows the contrary:
Research also shows that caregivers gain more satisfaction if everyday care matches the care receiver's values and preferences. Both the one who is ill and the one who provides care seek what is in the other's best interests. Family caregivers—especially adult children—sometimes do not know as much as they would like about the care receiver's wishes for daily and nursing home care. This uncertainty adds strain to an already stressful situation.
The practitioner's challenge is to hear and respect both voices: take into account the views and preferences of the person with cognitive impairment and the needs and situation of the family caregiver. By listening to both the care receiver and caregiver, the practitioner usually can reduce dissonance, provide helpful strategies and skills, and increase family members' feelings of confidence and ability to cope.
Structured discussions between the family caregiver and care receiver, facilitated by a trained clinician with experience in conducting family meetings, may bridge the communication gap, lead to a better understanding of the care receiver's preferences and help resolve conflicts between the two. To assist families in making the best choices for everyday care:
1. Focus expressly on values and care preferences as part of the assessment process to facilitate mutual understanding of what care receivers and caregivers need and prefer.
2. Start talking as soon as possible about preferences for everyday care and for handling daily activities, such as finances and living arrangements?before problems arise, a crisis occurs or the person with cognitive impairment becomes unable to express wishes.
3. Support the active participation of the person with cognitive impairment in developing the care plan. Whenever possible, involve family members in the assessment process and in developing the care plan.
4. Recognize the strengths of the person with cognitive impairment and encourage him or her to express his or her own values and preferences, rather than rely solely on information from the proxy or surrogate, who typically is the family caregiver.
5. Keep in mind that persons with memory loss and other cognitive impairments can often make decisions about their care or state specific preferences for everyday activities even though they are unable to answer seemingly simple questions about themselves (e.g., number of children, birthdate).
6. Recognize the family caregiver's need for information, emotional support and practical help. Time constraints, sadness over loss and the stress of new and difficult tasks can be a great burden to the family member involved in care. The caregiver must provide hands-on care and supervision, try to determine what the care receiver wants and then balance these new roles and situations with other work and family responsibilities.
7. Enter into the discussion among family members with an open mind. Take into account the wishes and preferences of the person with cognitive impairment and the needs and situation of the family caregiver.
8. Encourage all family members to recognize one another's rights to make their own life choices even if there may be disagreement about these choices. If health or safety is at immediate risk, assist the family to reach agreement.
Questions that may help family members talk about values and preferences include:
To encourage expressing daily care wishes of a more personal nature, consider asking:
Although initial resistance is not unusual, assessment of values and care preferences and discussions about decision making are rewarding as well as challenging to undertake. Communication of values about everyday care enhances the family's decision-making skills, promotes maximum autonomy of the person with cognitive impairment, improves caregiver well being and betters the whole family's quality of life.
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More or less I am asking for a defense of the propitiatory view of atonement in which God changes from being angry to being happy with us rather than sinners being the ones who need to change. Perhaps I misunderstand this model.
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You misunderstand the model. But it's a common misunderstanding. One that comes up often enough that there's a standard answer from Apologetics. Here is is in my words:
The statement that God doesn't change means that His nature doesn't change. His Nature includes many attributes that never change: Goodness, holiness, He is Just, Righteous, and executes Judgement. None of these change.
His attitude toward us can and does change. This is not only consistent with the idea that His nature never changes, it is necessary if His nature of righteousness never changes. If God is righteous, He must punish sin. Therefore, if we are in sin, He must punish us. If He is forgiving, then His attitude toward us must be able to change from wrath to forgiveness.
I am a parent. I love my children. I will always try to do what's best for them, which means I will praise them when they deserve praise, I will punish them when they deserve punishment, I will comfort them when they are hurting, and I will burn with anger if anyone hurts them.
The fact that I can be angry with them when they are naughty and please with them when they are good does not mean that I change. I remain the same. Who I am does not change, my nature does not change. Neither does the fact that God can be angry with us, and then forgive us means that He changes.
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Does anyone know of any battles where war elephants played either a major or decisive part in the victory of whoever had them? As far as I know, they were mostly used for the fear factor and were generally a liability rather than a benefit.
There is some evidence that among the reasons for Alexander's army not wanting to march (and their subsequent widthdrawl) post their victory against King Porus was strong battalion of elephants (6000 as per one Plutarch's records) which Nandas could deploy. See Plutarch for example.
Elephants were also an important factor in military conquests of the Mauryan empire against local and foreign rulers. See here for example.
Both of the following accounts are from Polybius.
At the Battle of Tunis, Xanthippus used his elephants to charge the Roman line. While some of the Romans avoided the elephants to charge the Carthaginian right and the formation held due to its depth, those at the front were trampled. The Romans were later flanked by cavalry and the elephants also accounted for the bulk of the casualties from then on.
During the period before the Second Punic War when Carthage was consolidating power in Spain, Hannibal defeated a combined force of the Carpetani and other neighbouring tribes in a battle in which the majority of the killing was done by elephants. However, the Carpetani had to cross a river to attack the Carthaginians, so it's quite possible that the battle could have ended the same way without the elephants.
Overall, I tend to concur with your estimate that the elephants usually proved to be more of a liability than an asset. However, they did have some successes. Two examples are: the Battle of Ipsus which was decided by a judicious deployment of an elephant reserve and the "Elephant Battle" in which Antiochus I routed the Galatians - I couldn't find a full-length description of it now on the web, but it's mentioned here.
An archaeology book somewhat unexpectedly has a very nice overview on elephant warfare in antiquity.
War elephants were constantly used in south Asia for over 2000 years. the last use was by Thai and Vietnamese forces in the late 1800s. Use of elephants for logistics continued into the 20th century.
Some rulers had thousands of war elephants.
Either elephants made important contributions to victory for thousands of years or every southern Asian ruler was a fool for thousands of years.
According to Legend I think it is in Josephus Simon the last survivor of the five sons of Mattathias of the Maccabees falls in battle by thrusting a spear into the belly of war elephant on which he thought the king was riding, the elephant fell on him crushing him death.


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I want to create a list of ranks for the employees in my company. We are an open source integrator that works usually with existing solutions and also building custom solutions.
We don't want to name our employees as normal senior consultant, trainee and we would like give them ranks as forums do to the users.
Does anyone have any suggestion for this?


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This is a general discussion/question for server-based applications in general.
How do you identify whether the instance your code is running on, is Production, or Dev/Test/UAT/etc? Do you have a naming convention for the server (e.g. all Production servers are named xxx-PROD)? Do you have a special file or record in a database that says "This is Prod" that is not released using the normal version control process? Do you have a parameter setting somewhere that someone manually updates to "Prod" or "Non-Prod"?
Specifically, how do you overcome the following issues that I've seen:
If you use a special file or database record or parameter setting, and an administrator is tasked with making a copy of Production for some testing work, e.g. to refresh UAT, how do they ensure that the copy doesn't end up with that special file/database record/parameter setting? How does the copy know that it's not Production? e.g. the process relies on the administrator knowing (a) that they need to make a change, and (b) how to make that change.
If it's based on a naming convention for the server name, I guess it's down to QA of proposed names for all servers. You'd need an approval process to go through before any server could be named.
How do you go about testing the Prod/Non-Prod specific parts of the system to ensure they work correctly in both scenarios?
Are there any standard practices or design patterns I'm not aware of that have solved this problem?
Personally, I'd much rather have all systems internally identical - less variability for testing to account for - and to coccoon all non-Prod environments (in a VM?) in such a way that they can safely act like Production (e.g. sending emails, connecting to other servers) without causing any real damage (i.e. emails get silently ignored or dropped in a special mailbox, so that users and customers don't end up getting emails from a dev server).


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Gold U. Takes It on the Chin
Hit Is $300 Million at Endowment for Texas Schools, Which Invests in the Metal
Gold's slump has saddled the second-largest U.S. college endowment with more than $300 million in paper losses. But the swoon hasn't shaken the faith of Bruce Zimmerman, who since 2007 has been chief executive of University of Texas Investment Management Co.
"We always prefer that our assets go up, rather than down, but we're not day traders," said Mr. Zimmerman, whose company invests $29.5 billion for the benefit of the University of Texas and Texas A&M systems. "Gold is a hedge, and it still fills that role."
Lately, investors have been dumping gold anew, citing limp inflation, a raging stock market and a reduced need for a safe-harbor investment. Gold prices fell Tuesday, their eighth decline in the past nine sessions.
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Few investors have suffered from the recent tumble like Utimco, which ranks behind only Harvard Management Co. in terms of assets in the university-endowment world. The organization holds about $1.1 billion of gold-related investments, down from about $1.4 billion before gold began heading south last October.
But Utimco is holding tight to its stash of the metal and even is thinking about buying a bit more. The fund won't consider exiting from gold until central banks such as the U.S. Federal Reserve tighten the money supply, according to Mr. Zimmerman. He says monetary tightening at some point is necessary to reduce the likelihood of a burst of inflation, an economywide rise in price levels.
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Utimco's stance is a sign some big investors still see value in gold, despite its drubbing, and that some of these fans won't easily be shaken in their faith in the metal. These investors may look prescient if Fed policies such as near-zero interest rates and $85 billion a month in bond purchases feed a bout of unhealthy inflation or destabilize markets.
At the same time, gold bulls may have to withstand more hand wringing if the economy continues to improve and stocks keep soaring.
On Tuesday, gold lost $6.50, or 0.5%, to $1,377.80 an ounce. That is off 23% from its high of $1,794.10 an ounce in early October of last year and down 18% this year.
Starting in September 2009, Utimco began "laddering" into its position, slowly buying about $950 million of gold futures in a bid to hedge against a fall in the value of the U.S. dollar, euro and Japanese yen. Later, it moved all of its holdings to gold bullion. Before the futures purchases, Utimco had no gold investments.
For most of the past few years, the move seemed a big winner, as gold raced higher.
Since Texas began investing in gold when prices were lower, and spent a year shifting into the metal, the university is still sitting on gains of about $150 million, or about 17%.
But stocks have been even stronger over that period, suggesting the university would have done much better in equities. The Standard & Poor's 500-stock index is up about 60% since Texas began making its gold investments.
Utimco's returns slightly trailed its benchmark, by 0.09%, over its fiscal year ending Aug. 31, 2012. But the returns have topped its benchmark by an average of 2.2% a year over the past three and five years, the organization says. Mr. Zimmerman has helmed Utimco since 2007.
The recent paper losses on gold are unlikely to have a big impact on the universities. Gold investments amount to about 4% of the management company's portfolio—about the same allocation as venture capital, private real estate and government bonds each represent.
Mr. Zimmerman and Utimco aren't gold bugs who shun other markets. Recently, he shifted some of the organization's gold bullion into an equivalent bet on gold using futures, a move that freed up cash that was plowed into stocks. The endowment has about 30% of its holdings in public equities.
But few other public universities are believed to have placed as much in gold. The Commonfund, which invests for various nonprofit organizations, says just 15% of the 708 endowments it polled last year held any commodities.
"Gold doesn't produce any income or have a yield, and you have to pay to store it, so people are still suspicious of it," said John Griswold, executive director of Commonfund Institute. "It's a fairly tiny group" of endowments that have significant allocations to gold, he said.
In Mr. Zimmerman's view, gold is an investment that likely will benefit if inflation ever picks up, or if financial markets turn unhealthy as investors chase stocks and risky bonds, something generally called "asset inflation," as seen in the U.S. housing bubble.
Such a scenario can hurt the overall economy when it unwinds—an outcome that also might benefit gold. Utimco has taken other steps to protect against a possible rebound in inflation, such as buying real estate and natural resources.
"The basic reason we put on the hedge still exists. You could see interest rates and yields way up, and that would be bad for stocks," Mr. Zimmerman says. "Right now, everyone's dancing, but there really isn't an elegant exit to easy money."
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I am annoyed everyday. Unknown people are adding me to their circles. How to allow only the people in my 'Extended Circles' to add me to their circles?
You can't stop people from adding you. If you don't post public you have nothing to worry about, they will never see a thing. If you post public even people who have not added you to their circle will see the post if they visit your profile. Even people who have not joined Google+ will see it. Public really means anyone. So either way you have nothing to worry about people adding you to their circles. It makes no difference at all.
just go to the option of HAVE YOU IN CIRCLES and just select action button in wright side and in action click select all and again press action button click block.Everyone will be blocked even some oof your frns might be blocked then click action buttton and in that click view blocked then you'll get blocked list if it contains your frns u can unblock them and add them in your circles.
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Dear Editor, Since the major topic this week at our local diner has been VIOLENCE in the world, I figure it's a good time to address something that has bothered me for along tim....
No of course not. Nor is it required for football players to play with concussive injuries that debilitate them later in life. It is also unnessary for baseball players to use steroids but they do it anyway. Why? The almighty dollar via ticket sales and jerseys, and endorsed sporting goods, etc. etc.
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Well said Mr. Lucas. No it's not just you.
It's our society that. Take the use of alcohol for instance. You try to tell your kids not to consume the stuff because it will eventually consume you. But the alcohol producers tell our kids, It's OK just "Drink Responsibly".
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Its not just you!....We have an irresponsible government that hates the term "personal responsibility" so they try to blame inanimate objects(like guns) for the violent behavior of people....the violence you describe in sports pales in comparison to that on certain CD's and video games....of course, government cant try to cancel your second amendment rights by laying the blame where it really belongs!
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OSSE is replacing the manual data collection of Student Referral Forms for McKinney-Vento students who are without a permanent residence.
QuickBase will be used for data entry by the LEA, and OSSE will collect the data that is input into QuickBase. The QuickBase process will be coordinated with the Enrollment Audit process, so that the LEA can claim funding for affected students.
Hands-on training will take place in the OSSE Computer Lab on Wednesday, September 12, from 11 am-12 pm. Lunch is not provided, but there are many nearby places for lunch.


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Ha Ha Rudolph does exist!!
this is awesome!
Perfect settings used, picture taken very well....
trop triste et trop beau.Je n'avais jamais vu non plus autant de rennes ensemble !
Good shot in difficult weather it seems. Interesting.
Thank you very much! I try to make my site in English (put language switch). In the meantime, you can use Google translator - at least the approximate meaning of the text. Good luck!
This is absolutely fantastic !! One of the best (if not the best) Winter shot I have seen this year..... Love it !!
I think this would be the picture of the month. It's so artsy!
Thank you Alexander Stepaneko for sharing these photos and for nat geo for not only highlighting it in this section but evolving the your shot feature with LONG LENS! Amazing photographs of alexander that sum up a world of emotions but also radiate resiliance and real character and hope woven in. i wish i could read russian to have a bit more background when linking into the website .
I think a picture such as this can only be appreciated in black and white. The sheer magnitude of the frozen landscape and vast number of reindeer is amazing.
Oh my.
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I don't think that I have ever seen so many reindeer in one photo before. Very nice capture. I do love black and white though.
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I love this photo!
Beautiful composition.
They look cold - just about the kind of weather we're expecting!
What a wonderful photo, would love to see the reindeer in person....
Beautiful composition .
Awesome photo.
This is a leader. Great picture.
I like the movement inside black-wight
Perfect! It's so beautiful... :D
"Way ahead of the rest" What a great black and white photograph,that really takes one 'into'it. As always a big thanks to the man behind the shot. Theres a lot to be said for not having color in scenes like this one bringing impact to to the eye. So thank you a lot. j.e.s.
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You are right! I remember this very well photographed today.
I saw your picture within the hour you posted it. What a magical moment this must have been for you back in '96. thanks for sharing this!
It feels like a painting, I love it.
wonderful image, Alexander ...really love it
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Awesome and beautiful! Reindeer.........could almost be the North Pole!
Thank you very much for your kind words!
I love this photo; Its natural contrast of grey scale and the faith and anticipation captured in the herd'eyes and folowing.
Amazing picture
I imagine you were leading them with hay on the sledge. Beautiful photo. Yesterday was 24 degrees below zero and my poor horses looked this miserable even though they had blankets on.
Rudolf is leading the herd
Very nice
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If you have time I'd really appreciate it if you could fill it out. I'm really interested on getting some insights on Jameson whisky by actual whisky lovers, as part of my course looking into its role in helping Ireland during the financial crisis.
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WINTERSVILLE - St. Clairsville's Dan Monteroso had his usual impressive performance in Tuesday's Buckeye 8 showdown with Indian Creek, scoring 40 points, collecting 10 rebounds and blocking four shots.
Two key fourth-quarter hoops by Riley Carlton, however, allowed the Red Devils, Ohio's sixth-ranked Division II club, to break open the tight contest and earn a hard-fought 66-55 victory before a standing-room- only crowd.
A free throw make by Frank Kamarec gave the hosts a 51-50 lead early in the final frame. Carlton drove the lane for a deuce then buried a triple on the next St. Clairsville possession to launch a Red Devil scoring burst. Monteroso followed with a pair off one of his patented spin moves and Adam Jeffries went coast to coast after a steal to put Kim Clifford's charges ahead to stay at 59-51.
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UP?STRONG — Indian Creek's Frankie Kamarec goes up for two over St. Clairsville's Dan Monteroso during Tuesday's 66-55 loss to the Red Devils.
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Monteroso would score his team's last seven points as the Red Devils improved to 9-1 and stayed unbeaten in league play. Joe Dunlevy's Redskins fell to 9-4 and suffered their initial Buckeye 8 setback.
Going into the game, Dunlevy noted he wanted his Redskins to "go after" St. Clairsville on the offensive end. His charges did just that in the opening frame, canning seven of their 14 shots to seize an 18-11 lead.
Kamarec had eight of the 18 and Matt Furda six. They each scored after rebounding their own misses. Creek went ahead thanks to a 6-0 run, powered by a Kamarec triple and Furda's put back.
St. Clairsville scored six straight in the second (Monteroso getting four) to tie the contest at 23. Creek finished the half with five consecutive points (Kamarec scoring and hard-working Shane Winland converting the first of his three "and ones") and led 28-23 at the intermission.
Winland and Alex Young gave the Redskins their biggest lead of the evening (32-23) early in the third. St. C's Jerrid Marhefka and Creek's Jonathan Haught exchanged deuces before the Red Devils caught fire.
Carlton tickled the twine from behind the arc to launch the 15-0 run. A Marhefka basket gave Clifford's crew its first lead since the opening period at 35-34. Monteroso reeled off four straight and the Belmont Countians went up 40-34. Winland pulled the hosts close with his conventional three point play and Kamarec hit this third triple of the evening to knot the score at 44 heading into the final stanza.
"Huge," that's how Clifford described Carlton's second half hoops.
"When Riley hit those two buckets that really helped us spread the floor. Now, they had to come out and chase a little more and they created cracks for Dan to penetrate."
Monteroso scored 26 of his 40 in the second half, converting on 11 of his 15 shooting tries.
"The difference was the third quarter," Dunlevy stressed. "They kind of amped it up defensively and we got away from what we were doing. We played hard against a really good team and I'm proud of our effort. We have to keep getting better. We still have a lot of games left."
Clifford noted "we did turn it up a little bit" in the second half.
"We're a veteran team and we challenged them at the half to guard their own guy a little harder," he said. "We got some steals that got us going and, of course, then Dan took over on offense. That was a pretty impressive performance he had in the second half."
The Devils, the OVAC Class 4A leaders, were a blazing 17-of-30 from the floor during the final two periods.
"We settled in a little with our shooting," Clifford explained. "There was a lot of bumping and grinding early. We got a little more comfortable in the second half with our shot selection and our shooting."
In attempting to explain his team's slow start, Clifford pointed out "the bottom line is to get more points than the other guys."
"Coaches try to evaluate their teams all the time," he continued. "Maybe we'll try something different. We played really strong in the second half. If we have to start off slow and play like we did tonight in the second half, we'll continue to do that."
Carlton finished with 10 points for the Red Devils, who will host Martins Ferry Friday. St. Clairsville had 23 rebounds and committed eight turnovers.
Winland paced Creek in scoring with 17. Kamarec added 16 and Young 14 (he also collared seven of his team's 26 rebounds). The Redskins were guilty of 17 ball-handling miscues.
"Shane did a great job for us," Dunlevy said. "They all did a great job. Frankie carried us early, Alex carried us for a while and then Shane carried us. It was a tough, emotional game. We just didn't execute in the third quarter - that's the game."
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Indian Creek 18 10 16 11 - 55
ST. CLAIRSVILLE (9-1): Marhefka 3 1-2 7; Jeffries 2 1-2 5; Giffin 0 0-0 0; Monteroso 17 4-7 40; Burghy 0 0-0 0; Carlton 4 0-0 10; Campbell 1 1-2 4. TOTALS: 27 7-12 66. 3-pointers: Monteroso (2), Carlton (2), Campbell; Rebounds 23 (Monteroso 10); Turnovers 8
INDIAN CREEK (9-3): Kamarec 6 1-2 16; Furda 3 0-1 6; Roar 0 0-0 0; Young 5 4-4 14; Haught 1 0-0 2; Durbin 0 0-0 0; Sullivan 0 0-0 0; Winland 7 3-6 17. TOTALS: 22 8-13 55. 3-pointers: Kamarec (3); Rebounds 26 (Young 7); Turnovers 17


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Born on 10 May 1957 as 'John Simon Richie'. Initially the Sex Pistols most loyal fan, he was asked by their cunt of a manager Malcolm to join after they kicked out their old bassist, Glen. Dubbed Sid Vicious by Johnny Rotten after he was bitten by Johnny's 'vicious' hamster named Sidney. Gained reputation for being violent and abusive, but on inside was actually a fucking legend. Quiet and shy, he met Nancy, a heroin addict/prostitute who fucked him up and who I blame for his demise. MAd punkrocker.
I Loved the Sex Pistols. I think, along with a few of John's other friends, that I was their biggest fan.
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The second bass player of the Sex Pistols. Born Simon John Beverly, When his father left, his mother renamed him John Simon Ritchie. He could actually only play one riff on bass, that he learn from a Ramones record while he was doped up on speed. On stage he mutalated himself and told the croud that they were fucking queers. The first band he was in was The Flowers Of Romance, who never played music, but just hung out and got high. The second band he was in was the original Siouxie & The Banshees. He was the drummer. After they ousted him, Malcolm Mclaren, the bitch manager of the Sex Pistols, asked him to join as the bassist. He did not get his stage name from Johnny R's 'vicious' hamster Sydney. His name came from the Pink Floyd member Syd Barret, and from 'Vicious' a song by The Velvet Underground.
Sid Vicious is fucking great. Fuck you if you think otherwise you little dicks!
by Freak Face May 05, 2005
Crazy motherfucker what played bass for one the best punk bands ever, the sex pistols, sid did not know how to play bass and was notorious for being violent on stage, anywhere from self-mutalating himself or calling the audience a "bunch of fucking queers"
in conclution SID VICIOUS is the definition of punk rock and is a fucking god
in conclution SID VICIOUS is the definition of punk rock and is a fucking god
sid vicious is the only person i have heard of to get sooo stoned that he murders his own girlfriend.
by sam October 26, 2004
Sid Vicious was the second bassist for the largely popular punk band, the Sex Pistols. He was voilent, crazy and bored. During shows, Sid would carve words into his chest or vomit on the crowd. Sid soon met Nancy and she introduced him to herione which he quickly became addicted to. Sid was later accused of killing Nancy and he eventually overdosed on herione. Sid is a punk legend and is often seen as a mascot for punk. He often gains most credit for the Sex Pistols although he wasn't the greatest bassist and he didn't write all of the songs. But, Sid showed that you didn't exactly need to be the greatest at your instrument to be in a punk band, but to have the right spirit and attitude. Many people blame Nancy for Sid's troubles and death because she introduced him to the highly addictive drug, but without Sid's death would the punk scene be the same? If Sid didn't become addicted to herione, would punk in GENERAL be the same?
Sid Vicious died on February 2nd, 1979. He was 21 years and 9 months old.
Sid Vicious died on February 2nd, 1979. He was 21 years and 9 months old.
Although Sid Vicious' life was short he will not be forgotten. His legend lives on.
by Lola Pie Punk January 01, 2006
Deceased musician whose birth name was some combination of John, Simon, Beverly, and Ritchie, depending on whose side of the story you're hearing. His stage name was not derived from Syd Barrett, it came from friend John Lydon's hamster Sidney who apparently bit Lydon's father on the finger and earned the nickname "Vicious."
Sid played in the first incarnation of Siouxsie and the Banshees, before joining the Pistols, meeting druggie Nancy Spungen, and basically wasting away until he died. Moral: Heroin is not good.
Sid played in the first incarnation of Siouxsie and the Banshees, before joining the Pistols, meeting druggie Nancy Spungen, and basically wasting away until he died. Moral: Heroin is not good.
Sid Vicious is dead.
by Lady Pain August 05, 2005
1: a very-bad big-man wrestler who broke his leg on a wCw pay-per view in January 2001
2: one of punk rock's pioneers with the Sex Pistols. Infameous for the Sid & Nancy tradic love story which ended with both being dead.
2: one of punk rock's pioneers with the Sex Pistols. Infameous for the Sid & Nancy tradic love story which ended with both being dead.
Sid Vicious the wrestler, sucks ass!!!!
Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols f*ckin' rules!!!!
Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols f*ckin' rules!!!!
by Mike March 30, 2005
Legendary bass 'player' with the Sex Pistols. Couldnt play bass (slight drawback) Had a notorious violent streak. Blinded a girl (another punk band members girlfriend I believe) when he threw a glass at the the Damned as they were playing.
Also played drums for Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Also played drums for Siouxsie and the Banshees.
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How old is the Old Testament and, like the New Testament, are there multiple versions (i.e. - according to Matthew, Mark, Luke & John)?
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Really the best way to get your head around this is to read it through, then ask more questions about what it all means.
The Old Testament (or Old Covenant) dates was written over a period of at least 1,000 years, beginning possibly around 1500 B.C. Genesis may be the compilation of writings dating back much further, and that could increase the age to the time of Abraham (2000 B.C.), or even Noah (2500 B.C.) or even Adam (4,000 B.C.).
The last Old Testament writings occurred close to 500 B.C. (This is excluding aprocryphal or inter-testamental works).
Are there multiple versions? No. I would say, though, that some retelling of stories does occur in 1 & 2 Chronicles of events that are recorded in 1 & 2 Samuel and 1 & 2 Kings. Deuteronomy is a summary of the exodus of the Israelites throughout Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers. Psalm 78 retells a brief history of the Jewish people as well. These "retellings" are all complementary and not contradictory.
Regarding Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, it's necessary to mention that these are not four contradictory version, but four complementary accounts.
We need to ask the question of what it would be like if they were all identical. In that case, there would be only one account and not four, so four identical accounts is of no value. Four accounts that tell contradictory accounts of the life of Jesus (i.e. one says He was stoned, another says He was beaten to death, a third says He was crucified, and the fourth says He never died) would render at least three of the accounts false. However, four complementary accounts give corroboratory evidence to the events recorded therein.
Again if four eyewitnesses in a court of law say precisely the same thing and remember everything each other does, we would conclude they got together to get their story straight. If their stories recount contradictory facts, then they are lying. Yet, if they include different details from each other, but all of their stories fit together, then this is strong evidence that the story is true.
So, the Old Testament is like this in its retelling, and the New Testament is like that as well.
First of all we must understand that there are no answer concerning the dating of OT texts that everybody agrees upon.
Second, there is a difference between the time of the events and the time of writing down those events in their final form. Before the invention of the printing press societies relied more on oral traditions, which science has proven can convey messages verbatim across several generations with equal precision as hand-written manuscripts.
Third, the texts in themselves are quite silent about their authors. It is never even stated that Moses wrote the complete texts of the Pentateuch, even if that tradition is strong.
I seriously doubt that Henok or Noah spoke biblical Hebrew or that even Abraham did. Thus the exact words that speak about the occurrences in Genesis did probably not take shape until after the invention of the oldest form of the Hebrew alphabet.
Weighing all things together my estimation is that the earliest parts of the Bible probably were put down during the time of Moses, but most of it were written after the exile, probably by Esra and a few learned friends of his.
However, there is not a single piece of my faith that is shaken if evidence would appear that alters my tentative dating of the texts.
As for versions, some events are told twice or even more times. The creation is described twice in the first 2 chapters of Genesis and then there are some texts describing creation in the Psalms. Deuteronomy = "the second (deuter) law (nomia)" retells the events in the desert. Chronicles retells some of the events from Kings. And yet a few events are depicted again in the Prophets.
However, the Christ event is unique and of far greater importance than anything told in the OT. It is thus only natural that we get a description from more angles.


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OpenBSD's man page afterboot(8) suggests: "You might wish to tighten up security more by editing /etc/fbtab as when installing X."
How might one do this? What lines when added to
Let's assume the X11 is /dev/ttyC5 as suggested by Salil.
Example 1: Web server and desktop environment on the same machine
Let's also assume that you are running a web server on with sensitive data (owner is user 'www') in it and your desktop user has permission to work (read, write, execute) in that directory.
But for everything you intend to do on the desktop like mailing, listening to music, messaging or browsing has nothing to do with these files. Now GUIs want to make everything simpler, faster and overall more comfortable, so a misclick in Nautilus, Konqueror or some other file manager can accidentally delete a file, a misclick might even send data as an email attachment over the internet, you could accidentally share a file over the network etc. - all these dangers are one click away in graphical desktop environment whereas on the command line you would issue a command name with the fitting arguments for the same effect.
You could now use /etc/fbtab to let
Example 2: Sensitive data for a local project only
Let's assume that you are working on a project with colleagues, who all have permission to log into your X11 desktop with their accounts. But they are supposed to only have access to the directory with your project in it via X11, because they are not very experienced with the command line and might unintentionally do something wrong, so you have the permissions very restrictive for that directory.
This entry changes it to rwx rwx r-x for X11:
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Concerns were raised this week over a recently unveiled Xbox One promotion programme lead by Microsoft and media outlet Machinima in which video content producers were paid a higher advertising rate than normal for mentioning Xbox One, either positively or neutrally, in their videos.
Of course, this kind of promotion tactic can lead to video producers praising a given product without question while completely ignoring negative aspects that consumers might find unappealing, falsely influencing the opinions of viewers in the process.
Microsoft and Machinima have responded to these concerns in a statement, posted in full on The Verge, which describes the marketing partnership as "typical:"
"The Xbox team does not review any specific content or provide feedback on content," the statement read, and while neither partner sought to make the promotion itself secret, "confidentiality relates to the agreements themselves, not the existence of the promotion."
Microsoft has since issued another statement saying that the company has halted the marketing partnership and will work to clearly label videos included in the promotion as a paid-for advert:
"We have asked Machinima to not post any additional Xbox One content as part of this media buy," wrote a Microsoft spokesperson, "and we have asked them to add disclaimers to the videos that were part of this program indicating they were part of paid advertising."
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hey im tyron im new, i really like ballet but unfortunitly couldn't really take it through out my younger years due to certain factors, i have also quite an intrest in photography and love ballet photogrophy as its never a dull thing theres always something really awesome going on,
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Phase 1A of the Southern California company's pipeline safety enhancement program consists of pressure testing 360 miles of existing pipelines; replacing 246 miles of the 3,750 mile pipeline system; and upgrading or replacing 173 mainline valves. The contract value was not disclosed.
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WASHINGTON — Monday's inaugural may be President Barack Obama's big day, but Martin Luther King Jr. will loom large over the festivities.
A quirk in the calendar pushed Obama's public swearing-in onto the national holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader, and inaugural planners have taken pains to acknowledge that fact. Going into his second term, Obama seems to have put King at the front of his mind, too.
The president has referenced King in speeches, and the weekend of inaugural festivities opened Saturday with a National Day of Service in King's honor. Obama and his family also helped spruce up an elementary school in southeast Washington. The Obamas have performed community service work on the King holiday in each of the past four years.
Obama spoke at the 2011 dedication of a monument to King on the National Mall and is likely to include King in his inaugural address.
The president has said King is one of two people he admires "more than anybody in American history." President Abraham Lincoln is the other. In a nod to that admiration, Obama will take his ceremonial oath of office Monday using Bibles owned by both men. Lincoln's Bible, which Obama also used in 2009, will rest on top of King's, which is larger.
"The movements they represent are the only reason that it's possible for me to be inaugurated," Obama said in a video released by inaugural planners.
Obama is perhaps the most high-profile product of King's quest for civil rights and racial equality in the U.S. He credits King for his own political victories, particularly the 2008 election win that lifted him over the highest hurdle for minorities in American politics.
Even with that, there are distinctions in their styles. While King was a staunch advocate for the poor and downtrodden, Obama has been faulted by critics who say he's been reluctant to push issues of concern to black people and take steps to reduce high rates of black unemployment. Where King opposed wars in general and was an unwavering advocate of nonviolence, Obama has shown himself to be willing to target and kill leaders of terrorist groups overseas.
Fredrick Harris, director of Columbia University's Center on African-American Politics and Society, argues that Obama's reluctance to bring black issues to the forefront undermines the work of King and other civil rights leaders whose efforts made his presidency possible.
"Dr. King died in 1968 fighting for low-wage garbage workers in Memphis, Tenn. He was starting a national poor people's movement to address the issues of poverty," Harris said. "With the president, a Democratic president for that matter, who has spoken less on race or the poor or poverty than any Democratic president in a generation, it is problematic when we think of that aspect of King's legacy."
On at least one foreign policy issue, the Middle East, Obama and King seem to be in accord. Lewis V. Baldwin, a religious studies professor at Vanderbilt University, writes in a new book that Obama's approach to Israeli security and empowering the Palestinians dovetails with King's thoughts on the matter.
On the jacket of Baldwin's book, "In a Single Garment of Destiny," Obama explained his take on King's idealism.
"When met with hardship, when confronting disappointment, Dr. King refused to accept what he called the 'isness' of today. He kept pushing for the 'oughtness' of tomorrow," Obama wrote.
Obama recognizes his role in U.S., and even world, history and how he has benefited from the work of King and other civil rights advocates. During his presidency, he has paid regular tribute to King, who was assassinated in April 1968 in Memphis, Tenn., when Obama was just 6 years old. American's first black president will deliver his second inaugural address looking out across the National Mall toward the Lincoln Memorial, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech nearly 50 years ago.
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The lock side is great, however, shoes does not stay on the platform side. Your leg always slip out from the pedals during pedaling. Any solution to improve it?
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Some people have modded the pedals to add set-screws which provide better grip. Typically this involves drilling a hole, tapping it for threads, and adding a set screw of the desired length.
For example, here's an a530 with 2x set screws added:
I would pay a visit to your local skateboard shop and get some 'skateboard grip tape'.
This should be inexpensive and it can be applied in such a way that your pedals are not permanently damaged. The glue on the stuff is pretty good and it is pretty much totally designed for keeping feet in place.
Your pedals might look a bit naff with bits of tape wrapped around them, a further consideration is that you could go away from the normal black and get hi-viz tape.
I wired a piece of rubber tubing around the front and back beams on mine and it helped a lot. I like the skateboard tape idea and will try it. These pedals are beautifully finished but the edges of all the lugs are rounded over and then hardcoat anodized resulting in a really slippery pedal; your feet tend to slide sideways and go off the outside edge periodically. Wearing SPD MTB shoes on the flat side is the worst, especially when the cleat reaches the outside edge. Running shoes are definitely better. None of this has anything to do with technique; I have old style metal and rubber pedals that you slide off of if you hit a large bump, otherwise you're fine, but these are slippery enough that you can nail your ankle pretty easily. There are a bunch of pedals like the mentioned Shimano M 324 that I think should be better, mostly at the expense of increaded wieght.
I'm not sure there is a good answer to this question. It probably depends most on what type of shoes you wear. Have you tried using trainers/sneakers with a rubber sole? I wouldn't want to try and modify the pedals as you may risk damaging them.
If you want a really good reliable pedal connection on the platform side, I reckon the Shimano M324 pedals are more likely to suit.
Perhaps you need to change your pedalling style when you're riding without clips: push (only) down onto the pedal, instead of spinning.
That's why you have clips.
This seems an easy solution pretty easy to take on and off:


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Let $F$ be the free group on (say) two generators, $a$ and $b$. Let $A$ and $B$ be (freely reduced) elements of $F$. Let $W(X, Y)$ denote a word on the words $X, Y$.
-Is it ever true that the equation $W(a, b) = W(A, B)$, has finitely many non-conjugate solutions (by conjugate solution I mean there exists a word $V$ such that $V^{-1}AV = A^{\prime}$ and $V^{-1}BV=B^{\prime}$)?
For example, take $W(a, b) = a^{-1}b^nab^m$. We therefore want to find $A$, $B$ such that $a^{-1}b^nab^m = A^{-1}B^nAB^m$. We can take $A=b^ia$ and $B=b$ for all $i$, and so this equation has infinitely many (non-conjugate) solutions.
In fact, $a\mapsto b^ia$, $b \mapsto b$ defines an automorphism of $F$ (as free groups are Hopfian). Further, different $i$'s give different coset representatives of Out(F), and so a related question would be,
-Does there exist a word $W \in F$ such that there are only finitely many outer automorphisms $\phi$ such that $W\phi = W$?
I cannot seem to get anywhere with this. The only examples I can find are, essentially, trivial. For example, $W(a, b) = a$. However, this doesn't quite work, as then $b$ can be whatever we want (essentially, exclude this because its boring).
Any help/ideas of papers to look at would be greatly appreciated.


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I repeatedly heard that K(F_1) is the sphere spectrum. Does anyone know about the proof and what that means?
I understand that this is because GLn(F1) is supposed to be Sigman, the symmetric group on n letters. Thus K(F1) = K(finite sets) which is the sphere spectrum by the Barratt-Priddy-Quillen-Segal theorem.
But I have no idea why GLn(F1) should be Sigman...
Yes, taking GL _n(F _1) to be Sigma _n one can make sense both of the Q- and the +-construction and both yield the same answer as shown by Deitmar in http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0605429.
GL _n(F _1)=Sigma _n is suggested by several observations. One is that counting formulas for subspaces of n- dimensional vector spaces over F _q turn into counting formulas for subsets of n-element sets, if one sets q=1. So one could say that an n-dimensional vector space over F_1 is an n-element set and GL _n(F _1)=Aut(F _1^n)=Sigma _n. See Cohn's very nicely written http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0407093 for this.
One gets another hint by looking at the Tits building for GL _n(F _q) (that is a simplicial complex where the group acts). There is a natural limit for q going to one 1 - what then remains is the so-called chamber of the building and the symmetry group of that is Sigma _n.
Further hints that one should just drop addition (in comparison to the usual notion of module) come from arithmetic geometry, but that is maybe less convincing and a longer story...
Here is another heuristic, related to what Randal-Williams said above. The sphere spectrum is the unit object in nice categories of spectra. That is, ring spectra are algebras over the sphere spectrum. Now, to every scheme X you can associate a K-theory ring spectrum K(X), and this is contravariant. So, in the usual theory there is a morphism K(Z)->K(X) for all schemes X. So, finding F_1 also means finding something (its K-theory spectrum) that maps to the (homotopy) limit of all K-theory spectra. That this should be the unit object of the category of spectra doesn't seem very surprising.


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Felix Culpa
Yesteday was the annual Lenten gathering of the priests of Rome with their bishop. As he does so often Pope Francis departed from his prepared text. He shared this story of a grace-filled theft he had committed:
At Buenos Aires – I am speaking not of myself, but of another priest – there was a famous confessor: he was a Sacramentine father. Almost all the clergy went to confession to him. When, one of the two times that he came to Argentina, John Paul II asked for a confessor in the Nunciature, he went to him. He was elderly, very elderly … He was Provincial of his Order, professor … but always a confessor, always. And he always had the queue there, in the church of the Most Holy Sacrament.
At that time, I was Vicar General and I lived in the Curia and, every morning, early, I turned the fax on to see if there was anything. And on Easter morning I read a fax of the Superior of the community: "Yesterday, half an hour before the Easter Vigil, Father Aristi died, -- he was 94 – or 96? – years old. The funeral will be on such a day …." And on Easter morning I had to go to lunch with the priests of the Retirement Home – I did so usually at Easter -- -- and then -- I said to myself – after lunch I'll go to the church. It was a large church, very large, with a most beautiful crypt. I went down to the crypt and there was the coffin, only two elderly women were there praying, but no flowers. I thought: but this man, who has forgiven the sins of the entire clergy of Buenos Aires, also mine, does not have even one flower …
I went out and went to a florist shop – because there are flower shops at intersections, on the streets, in places where there are people – and I bought flowers, roses. And I went back and began to arrange the coffin well, with flowers …. And I saw the Rosary he had in hand … and immediately there came to my mind -- that thief that we all have inside ourselves, no? --, and while I fixed the flowers I took hold of the cross of the Rosary, and with some force I detached it. And in that moment I looked at him and I said: "Give me half of your mercy." I felt something strong which gave me the courage to do this and to make this prayer! And then, I put that cross here, in my pocket.
The Pope's shirts don't have pockets, but I always carry here a small cloth case and since that day up to today, that cross is with me. And when I have an evil thought against someone, my hand always comes here, always. And I feel the grace! I feel that it does me good. How much good the example of a merciful priest does, of a priest who comes close to the wounds of people.
His full remarks are here (I have slightly modified the translation above for the sake of clarity).
About the Author
Rev. Robert P. Imbelli, a priest of the Archdiocese of New York, is Associate Professor of Theology Emeritus at Boston College.
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Utterly wonderful story. Thank you.
"Grace-filed theft" is worth the post. Grazie!
PS: I have wondered what reactions to this story would be -- I mean, stealing off dead bodies, basically. Yet completely Catholic.
Quite a homily. Out of the goodness of the heart the mouth speaks
I appreciate Pope Francis sharing this but have a complex reaction. If someone else did this, it would not be seen as reverent and endearing. I understand well the impulse, but it seems to me ambiguous at best. No judgment on a young priest's impulsive admiration and I'm not getting moralistic, but I don't think of it as admirable... even in seeking the deceased's wisdom and charity. How about keeping a fe rose petals? not the same, but a reminder of the fragrance of forgiveness moved across his hands?
Quite a homily. Out of the goodness of the heart the mouth speaks
I like.
I like to imagine that the whole scenario was like the opening ofYoung Frankenstein where Cornelius Waldman has to wrestle Frankenstein's will from his skeleton hands.
In the middle ages "successful" thefts of relics were taken as an indication of supernatural approval. The relics "wanted" to be stolen. Perhaps Pope Francis was inspired by the Venetians' "translation" of the body of St. Mark from Alexandria. (An illuminating book: Patrick Geary, Furta Sacra)
Poetic justice would lead another confessor to deny absolution to Pope Francis until he returns the crucifix. In the meantime, if sinister Vaticanisti steal it from Francis, is that a sign of divine justice?
Yet completely Catholic.
Yep. I laughed and teared up a little bit. Strange and wonderful. Pretty personal, too, for a pope. Could you imagine Benedict telling this tale in public?
I don't think he was confessing...I'm not sure I hear remorse or firm purpose of amendment...If our pope emeritus dies and I want to take one of his red shoes for a relic, how do I stand?


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GENESEO, N.Y. -- The Geneseo Wind Ensemble and Thursday Night Jazz Ensemble will perform a joint concert March 2 at 8 p.m. in the college's Wadsworth Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.
The Wind Ensemble, conducted by James Walker, distinguished service professor of music, will feature a major work for winds: "Symphony No. 1 'Lord of the Rings'" by the Netherlands composer Johan deMeij, winner of the Sudler International Composition Contest.
"This is not the music from the movie; it's a full-blown symphonic work based on the much more fanciful images of the original Tolkien trilogy - a fanciful world in musical imagery by a wonderful composer," said Walker. "The work was selected over compositions submitted from 47 countries! It's a real treat for the audience."
The Thursday Night Jazz Ensemble is under the direction of Jonathan Kruger.
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by Amanda Lanum
Judge of the Food Network's "Chopped," Chef Marc Murphy joined us on 13 News This Morning to talk about his work with Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign. A fundraiser is being held September 16- 22. Go to dineoutfornokidhungry.org and find a participating restaurant in your area. They'll donate when you dine there.
He also shared a recipe used at one of his restaurants. Here's the recipe!
Serves 6 people
6 ears of corn
1 bunch of scallions
1 bunch of asparagus
10 leaves of basil (torn)
2 TBSP chopped parsley
1 tsp chili flakes
1/2 cup vinaigrette
kosher salt and fresh pepper
Place the corn, in their husks, on a medium grill, char the outside of the husks on all sides, set aside and let cool. Season the scallions and asparagus with olive oil, salt and pepper and place on grill. Cook scallions for about one minute on each side, asparagus 2 minutes on each side. Take off grill and cut into 1 ½ inch pieces and place in mixing bowl. Shuck the corn, using a knife take of the corn from the cobb and place in mixing bowl. Season with herbs, chili flakes, salt, pepper and dress with the red onion sherry vinaigrette.
1 red onion
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
½ cup sherry vinegar
1 ½ cup olive oil
1 tablespoon roasted garlic
¼ cup water
salt and pepper
Slice the red onion into ¼ inch slices, season with olive oil, salt and pepper and place on grill. Cook for about 2-3 minutes on each side. Cool down red onions and place them in a blender with the water, sherry vinegar, mustard, and roasted garlic. Turn blender on medium high and blend all ingredients together, slowly add the olive oil until incorporated and season with salt and pepper.


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Attorney General Jon Bruning today announced a multi-state agreement with four major tobacco companies that settles a 10-year dispute regarding payments under the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). Today's agreement will provide Nebraska approximately $18 million in 2013 and ensures continued payments in the future.
"This settlement is important for Nebraska and essential to the future of our public health funding from the Health Care Cash Fund," said Bruning. "The Legislature has utilized the state's MSA fund wisely by supporting much-needed health care programs. Our office is focused on maintaining the integrity of that fund. Under the terms of the settlement, we avoid the significant uncertainty of costly litigation and the potential loss of the entire annual MSA payment."
In 1998, the major tobacco companies agreed to pay states more than $200 billion over 25 years to settle lawsuits over the health care costs related to smoking. For the past ten years, there has been a dispute between the tobacco companies and the states over portions of the payments.
Since 2003, Nebraska has received approximately $300 million from the four largest tobacco companies. Annually, approximately $40 million in payments would be at risk by continued arbitration.
On December 17, 2012, the settlement was agreed upon by 17 states including Nebraska, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming. The states were joined by the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
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