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What is the New Testament Biblical basis for making restitution? I've read the story of Zacchaeus, and it's not completely set in stone as to what the structure is. The biggest question I have is if you've tried making restitution and the involved party won't accept your offer, should you do it anyway or is that "dishonoring" in any way?
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The basis for making restitution is an Old Testament idea that is explicitly reiterated in the New Testament by Jesus. When asked to summarize the law (the same law that he said he came to fulfill, not to abolish), Jesus uses an interesting formulation. He said,
(This is in both Matthew and Luke)
In using this formulation, he was clearly drawing from Leviticus, a book we know he was thoroughly intimate with. (Not only here, but when he was tempted, etc...) In using this formulation, he is explicitly pointing out that sin is sin against God and your neighbor, and as sin, it must be paid for. There are offerings, mentioned in Leviticus which come into play.
The OT basis for restitution
The biblical basis for restitution stems primarily from levitical law, and specifically, Leviticus 5 - 7. Leviticus 6, in particular looks to both the reasoning and the implementation of returning that which was taken, plus extra, to both the one offended and to the Lord against whom also the offender has sinned:
Restitution is a fairly simply property idea in law - a thief (however he took it) - should not be allowed to keep what he took, otherwise it makes a mockery of property rights. Furthermore, the purpose of the law to is keep people from sinning against their neighbors as well as the Lord, so on the one hand, you don't want an incentive to sin, and on the other, you want clear consequences.
The Levitical approach, you will note, deals with both halves of the crime.
First, the victim gets his property back, plus profit (20% to be precise). Not only does the thief not profit, he loses. I find it interesting that the 20% "penalty" is equal to "two tithes," namely one for the Lord, plus one for the neighbor.
Restitution for God is required
In addition to the victim's payment, however, restitution demands a sacrifice. The linkage between the restitution offering and the sin offering is explicitly the same. As it says in Leviticus 7:
The idea in making the parallel explicit is that it highlights that sin is sin against both your neighbor and the Lord. After David got Uriah killed so as to cover up his affair with Bathsheba, David makes an interesting statement:
Now, I'll admit, I tend to think that David also sinned against Uriah, but the point is that David realizes the Lord is equally a party that need be satisfied for this sin.
Human forgiveness is optional. God's forgiveness is what counts
So, why do I keep hammering home the idea that one must "Love the Lord ... and Love your neighbor?" Because, quite simply, forgiveness comes from the Lord. If he has been satisfied with your attempt at restitution, you are forgiven. When you sinned, you sinned against two. If the greater one forgives, the lesser one's forgiveness isn't really that relevant. Sure, its nice if you can make up - but the sin was against the Lord, not your neighbor.
I doubt, for example, that Zaccheus was able to return an exact accounting for the extra taxes he swindled in a precise 120% return to each individual that he had wronged. Logistically, accountingwise, pridewise (on the part of the victims) - it would have been daunting. But as Zaccheus proclaimed that he would give restitution, surely the Lord the was pleased. That's the point.
Restitution is an outward manifestation of an inward desire for repentance. It is a sign before God and man that the heart has changed. God forgives, man benefits. Both are offended, and the bigger one is clearly reconciled.
Christ himself says that we should try to come to an agreement with anybody who has anything against us (Matthew 5:23-24)
Paul says, in Romans 12:18:
The big part here is the "if possible" and "so far as it depends on you."
If you've tried to make restitution, and somebody has not accepted your offer of restitution, they've not accepted for one of two reasons:
In the former situation, there's really nothing you can do. You're up against a hard heart, and the best thing for you to do may simply be avoiding that person. There's no grace there.
In the latter situation, accepting the grace is the right thing to do. There's no way that we can possibly repay God himself, so he offers us grace. Some people choose to extend that grace to others, because of the grace they themselves have been given.
As for giving restitution when someone is refusing, I think that comes down to the individual situation. Some people may take it as dishonoring, some may not. If in doubt, I'd say it's a good move to love the person the way they've asked to be loved. If they refuse any restitution, honor their wishes and don't give the restitution.
In this situation, loving a person the best has more to do with how they want to be loved than with how you want to love them.
Briefly, we know from Scripture that:
Seeking to make restitution is evidence of a truly repentant heart; the true value is in the motivation leading to the action more than the action itself. A person sincerely seeking to make restitution is a person who is:
If you repent and seek to make restitution, and the other person refuses you and chooses to hold your sin against you, that is on them. You can't force love and peace on others... to try would be foolish. If your heart is sincere, God sees it, and that's ultimately what He cares most about. In love, the most you could do at that point would be to pray for them.
Restitution is made not just to another person, but also to God.
I wish I could explain in my own words, but it's explained so well in the Catechism that I simply feel like quoting-
(comments in italics are mine)
Restitution is mending a broken spirit caused by sin against a fellow being, which results in anger, pain, hate, which love has been far gone in this action. Jesus Christ redeeming the sins of our first parents and he died in this cause, which is why his doctrine was based on love. Which is in the scripture: love your neighbor as yourself; a precaution against the sins that we will continually commit as we were born unto sin. Christ simply advised that we must flee from sin as forgiveness comes from God so that our sins may be forgiven. Restitution is a tool for which repentance is foremost, then acknowledgment, acceptance for the broken spirit. Then we hope that God has granted us mercy.
Restitution conveys the idea of justice, of man making right the wrong done to a fellow man. Atonement though similar to restitution is the innocent party accepting the judgement due to the guilty one.When Adam sinned God drove him away from the garden (separation from God)Jesus reconciled man back to God by His atoning sacrifice, this doesn't cancel restitution, it conveys the message that if God could forgive us our trespasses, we ought to do the same. God initiated restitution, we ought to do the same.
Restitution is Jesus Christ puchasing back to us all that the devil has stolen from us . I used the word purchase because he paid a huge price to achieve this; his blood. There are alot of sins that man commits against God and man which he can not restitute for.ex:A young girl aborted a 5month old pregnancy, a man that murder an only child of a widow, a tanant tha carelessly burnt down a building of a landlord etc. Come on lets face it! No man can restitute fully for his sinful actions. Be it taken life , possesions or taken someones self estime. All these are why Jesus came to do the full pay back time. But most importantly the law has been fullfilled and done away with.(Rom.3:19&20); (Rom.7:6) ( Gal.2:21) We live in and by trusting Jesus to make us what he talks about .He is the one that took all that had been stolen from us back from the devil. Not you nor me . We will live in Peace with our fellow brothers and God by the gift of rightouseness which was given to us freely by Jesus. This spirit of rightousness super naturally causes us to live right.(Rom.2:4),(Rom.5:1,7-21).


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I have noticed that almost all Mikvas are built into the ground (either as a basement or on the first floor). Why is that? I have heard that it could be an ease-of-use issue (one doesn't have to climb stairs), but if that was true, then there should be the same climb from a basement as the climb from the first floor?
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They aren't all built near the ground - for example the mens mikvah where I live is on the second floor.
However they frequently build them on the ground simply because water is extremely heavy, and building it higher up requires special building reinforcement - the building would basically have to be built specifically to be a mikvah, and could not be renovated to a mikvah since it wouldn't be strong enough.
The standard design for a contemporary mikva has it fed by a system of gutters that channel rainwater directly into the mikva, without any elbows or other feature that could temporarily "hold" the water.
I'd figure this design would be simplified with a ground-level mikva.
Most swimming pools are also usually built into the ground. It seems that would be the easiest way for people to use them.

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Sporting bright yellow shades to match his neon colored shirt, five-year-old Xavier Taylor quickly sprinted toward the door of the University of Louisville Autism Center, all the while smiling.
You wouldn't suspect it by looking at him or speaking with him, but the affable, energetic child was diagnosed with autism at the age of three. Since April 2011, he's been attending the UofL Autism Center at Kosair Charities, a facility that has changed the lives of Xavier and his family.
"I got the diagnosis on his third birthday," said Xavier's mother, Kamilla, as she watched her son work with a psychologist at the center. "I knew in my heart when he was about 18 months. I mean he was on the path (to development), but kind of just stopped. So I just started researching what steps to take, and it landed us here."
Kamilla's persistence in the application process was rewarded with a spot at the center after First Steps, an introductory program for parents and caregivers of children who have recently been diagnosed with autism, suggested she look into the organization.
The UofL Autism Center, located off East Burnett Avenue, has become an exclusive facility that sees around 400 families, while covering nearly 3,000 services each year. The center provides extensive speech and language therapy to help children diagnosed with autism improve their ability to communicate with the world around them. Pediatricians, psychologists, speech pathologists and occupational therapists work with children, sometimes inside a room with a double-sided mirror so that family or a caregiver can observe. Each session with the therapist is also taped to note progress and problem areas.
Since working with a speech pathologist and meeting with psychologist Dr. Kasey Wilson, Xavier's learning and behavior has improved dramatically, and the issues of the past have gradually been resolved.
"He used to be afraid of groups of people; he'd clam up. That was some of the reason I knew (he was autistic) too," Kamilla said. "(His sister) had a program at school, and we had to walk in the classroom. He was like two and he just sunk into me and couldn't look out at people. He didn't do very well (then), and now he doesn't meet a stranger."
In a year's time, Xavier's transformation has been incredible. Through twice-a-week, 45-minute sessions at the center, he's blossomed socially and thrives off the praise he receives from his family and doctors. His mother's dedication to helping him overcome his disability has also been crucial to his impressive improvement.
"She gives me a lot more credit than she gives herself," Dr. Wilson said of Kamilla. "A lot of it is because she's taken what we've done in therapy, she's taken it home and she's implemented the exact same thing at home, and I think that's the biggest piece for his progress right there. … If she hadn't sat in on the sessions and learned to do the things we were doing here and taking it home, I don't think he would have made nearly as much progress. She needs to pat herself on the back too."
Xavier is currently attending a school in the Jefferson County Public Schools system, though he's now on summer break. Once extremely shy, he has grown to love his time in the classroom and has improved his report card. He also cherishes each visit to the Autism Center, which is evident by the huge smile spread across his face and infectious laugh heard throughout his session with Dr. Wilson.
"He enjoys it, he looks forward to it, he wants to come," Kamilla said. "And the best thing is he understands when he's gotten something. … I'm amazed because I'm his mother, I'm with him day-to-day everyday. People on the streets are like, 'I can't tell he's got (autism).' Yeah, he does, and trust me this is with a lot of work that we've gotten to this point. (We've been) very dedicated to developing him socially and academically and emotionally."
It's because of Kamilla and the Austism Center that Xavier's been given a new chance at life. Though diagnosed with a disability, neither he nor his family have allowed it to prevent him from experiencing the life of a normal five-year-old boy. It took hard work and determination, but in a year, Xavier has proven that it was well worth the initial struggle to find a source for help.
"I have a tendency to get emotional when I start talking about him because, like I said, a lot of sleepless nights, a lot of praying, a lot of wanting some guidance and direction," Kamilla said. "I just want him (to be) a productive member of society and to be able to take care of himself, know right from wrong and do wisely. They've given me guidance, and if you're willing for someone to listen and help you, the help is here to get and I'm so grateful. … The success is so worth it and it's fulfilling. If no one else tells them, I want them to know how much I appreciate all that they've done for my son."
Kentucky Pro Football Hall Of Fame
Like Xavier Taylor, many children with autism will receive assistance from the UofL Autism Center this year. To help support the program's mission, the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame will donate money raised from its 10th anniversary induction ceremony, held June 15 at the Louisville Palace, 625 S. 4th St.
"It'll benefit sponsorships, sponsoring for people who don't have the money to pay, there's a number of different things," said University of Louisville Trustee Sandy Metts Snowden. "I think just seeing all these former players, (it's a) one-time thing, you're bringing them all together for the 10th anniversary. I think it'll be really unique to our city."
The purpose of the Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame is to honor those who have brought significant recognition to the state of Kentucky, or have by their unusual successful service achieved significant accomplishment on behalf of their school, or have by a significant act or contribution distinguished themselves as an unusual former National Football League player, coach, referee, owner, management, etc. or have been a significant or unusual supporter of Pro Football. Kentucky is the only state to have its own Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Rob Bironas (Tennessee Titans), Mo Moorman (Kansas City Chiefs), Dan Neal (Chicago Bears), Bubba Paris (San Francisco 49ers) and Chris Redman (Atlanta Falcons) will be inducted into this year's Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The Blanton Collier Award, aimed at recognizing integrity on and off the playing field, will also be presented to members of Eli and Peyton Manning's family.
The Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame will also honor the late Johnny Unitas, the famous NFL Hall of Famer who played for the University of Louisville. The 2011 All Commonwealth Collegiate Team will be celebrated as well, including Defensive Player of the Year Danny Trevathan of the University of Kentucky, and Offensive Player of the Year Bobby Rainey of Western Kentucky University.
Proceeds from the 2012 Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will support the University of Louisville Autism Center at Kosair Charities.
For information, visit www.kyprofootballhof.com.
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Step 1: Cut out a heart or use a stencil or cookie cutter to fit the size of your watercolor paper. I used some junk mail to save paper :)
Step 2: Place your heart stencil on the center of your watercolor paper and lightly trace the outline in pencil.
Step 3: Using a ruler, lightly draw horizontal lines across your heart drawing to create sections. You can draw as many lines as you would like, but I think it looks nice with four sections.
Step 4: Pick out four colors (or as many as you need to fill the sections you drew) to fill in your heart. If you are mixing colors, make sure you mix enough to fill an entire section.
Tip: If you want your lines to be clean and distinct, wait for each section to dry before painting the next section below it. Personally, I like it when the paint mixes a little between the sections, so I painted one right after another without letting them dry first.
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A lot of money is being pumped into Jefferson County for a variety of infrastructure projects.
And it comes at a time when many communities are financially struggling.
The county commissioners and the airport authority have been working on a project to extend and widen the runway at the county airport. The price tag is expected to be around $2 million, and the work will result in larger corporate jets being able to land and take off. The county was able to secure $1.5 million in grants from the state. The county will retire a bond for other improvements at the airport and use that money to fund its share of the project without an additional outlay.
The commissioners and Progress Alliance are working to secure about $600,000 in state grants to extend the road at the county's industrial park.
Ed Looman, Progress Alliance executive director, said the project will cost about $675,000, and will open up another 25 acres for development at the industrial park. He added two companies are already interested in locating at the industrial park if the road is extended.
The commissioners Thursday opened bids for a $4.3 million project to build a new pumping station and install about 4,000 feet of 10-inch water lines from the pump station to the water tower in New Alexandria.
The current pump station was intended to serve 450 customers, but now provides water to 1,200 customers.
That's almost $7 million in capital improvements, all of which the county can afford to make thanks to grants and low-interest loans.
The airport runway being lengthened and widened will put the facility at the top of the list of regional airports.
Pilots will begin using the facility and passengers will see what the county has to offer. Hopefully it will lead to businesses deciding to locate here, especially those companies in the oil and gas industry.
Executives and professionals and parts for the oil and gas rigs will be flown into the county.
Pilots tend to make the final decision on where a plane should land.
The new airport terminal has amenities pilots enjoy that aren't available at other regional airports. Pilots also may decide to land in Jefferson County instead of flying into more crowded and expensive airports around Pittsburgh. It is only a short drive to Pittsburgh on U.S. Route 22.
The state needs to look favorably on the county in isuing $600,000 in grants to extend the road at the county's industrial park.
Existing businesses at the industrial park provide an economic diversity the area certainly needs. The county has learned that having all of its jobs in one or two businesses isn't the way to go into the future.
The water improvement project in the south end of the county may not lead to job creation but it goes a long way as far as quality of life for residents.
Jefferson County is moving forward with projects at a time when other counties are stagnant.


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If I worked in a factory that had asbestos, is it true that my family could be at risk too?
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In a non-commutative ring (with identity), is it possible for an element which does not possess left or right inverses to generate the entire ring? i.e. $(r)=R$, where (r) is the two-sided ideal generated by $r\in R$ ?
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Yes, for example $r=\begin{pmatrix}1&0\cr0&0\end{pmatrix}$ generates the whole 2x2 matrix ring, $$ \begin{pmatrix}1&0\cr0&0\end{pmatrix} + \begin{pmatrix}0&0\cr1&0\end{pmatrix} \cdot \begin{pmatrix}1&0\cr0&0\end{pmatrix} \cdot \begin{pmatrix}0&1\cr0&0\end{pmatrix} = \begin{pmatrix}1&0\cr0&1\end{pmatrix}. $$
Take for example the endomorphism ring of a finite dimensional vector space. There are only trivial two sided ideals. So the ideal generated by a non zero element is the whole ring.


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Posted 11 September 2012 - 03:39 PM
Carla Korbes dances opening night, partnered by Karel Cruz, and Carrie Imler is her Godmother (her only performance for this run). Leslie Rausch and Maria Chapman have the other two performances in opening weekend (with Bakthurel Bold and Seth Orza, respectively, and Kylee Kitchens and Laura Gilbreath as Godmothers). Marisa Albee is back, guesting as one of the stepsisters for all three of the opening weekend shows, with Lindsi Dec as her sister.
Posted 11 September 2012 - 04:59 PM
Cinderella and Prince are listed for Week 2; I assume Godmother, Father, Stepmother, and Stepsisters will be added next week. It's still possible that Imler will dance Godmother again; Korbes/Cruz open and close the run.
All but Gilbreath as the Stepmother performing in Week 1 listed roles have performed them before, although the partnerships may have been different. In Week 2, there are two major debuts as Prince, each for a single performance: Jonathan Porretta (with Kaori Nakamura) and Jerome Tisserand (with Rachel Foster). I'm thrilled that Porretta has been given this role. I'm sure he'll also do Jester, but he's so much more than a jester, and he and Nakamura look wonderful together. Paul Gibson, who wasn't usually cast as the Prince -- he was also cast as Sprite, (maybe it should be called Evil Sprite) -- danced the role partnering Louise Nadeau under Russell and Stowell.
I think the strongest choreography is for the Seasons divertissement. In this playful video, PNB asks, "Which Season?" and at the end asks the audience to guess which of the four seasons is being rehearsed in the studio by five dancers. Choose right, and you'll see about a minute of the variation. Whichever way you choose, don't close the original window: by clicking each of the others, you will see a very short snippet of the variation and the beautiful Martin Pakledinaz costumes, and the dancers are identified in the individual videos.
In the studio, Brittany Reid is the dancer in the black tulle skirt. I think Lesley Rausch might be next to her in the pink skirt. Emma Love is in the blue leotard back row to the left. I don't know who the dancer in the middle of the back row is. (Elizabeth Murphy?) I think it's Leah O'Connor in the lilac shirt, back row on the right. Please point out any mistakes or omissions.
The roles of the Seasons usually are spread around the wonderfully talented women in the company, and it's an opportunity for many corps members to shine. Mullin's bold Fall and the now-retired Lowenberg's languid Summer were two who were particularly fine in 2011. The other featured roles are Sprite, Harlequin, and Columbine. The dancer who is Godmother also dances Fairy in the Sprite/Fairy/H&C wedding entertainment variations.
Cinderella is an opportunity to pay tribute to Francia Russell and Kent Stowell in this 40th anniversary season, but also a chance to remember Pakledinaz, who died this summer.
Posted 11 September 2012 - 08:54 PM
Very happy to see Porretta's name. Has he been injured? I feel as if I have not seen his name so much in the last year.
Posted 11 September 2012 - 09:53 PM
Porretta was injured during the first week of the second rep of the season, "Love Stories"; he had to withdraw from other performances of "Divertimento from 'Baiser de la fee'" and Bluebird Pas de Deux. He was also injured for the "Carmina/Apollo" rep, having been cast in the "Prima Vere" couple with Kaori Nakamura, who danced with James Moore.
Porretta did Dancing Master in Wheeldon's "Variations Serieuses" in the All Wheeldon rep, and he was, in my opinion, the star of the Ratmansky "Don Quixote" in two character roles: Gamache and Sancho Panza. In "New Works" he was, IMO, a rock star in "A Million Kisses to My Skin" (as were a couple of other dancers), and he danced in "Cylindrical Shadows." He was Franz to Nakamura's Swanhilde in the season-ending "Coppelia."
He was all over the place last season. He's cast for one performance of Prince in "Cinderella" on 29 September, a role debut, and since he's danced jester in the ballet in the past, and he said in a Q&A at the end of last season that he'd be doing a lot of jesters this season, I suspect he'll be cast in that role as well. The wild card for this season is that there are so many new ballets (by Morris, Wheeldon, Gibson, Gaines, Bartee, and Mullin), that it depends on what they envision and whom they'll use.
Posted 12 September 2012 - 06:36 AM
Posted 12 September 2012 - 09:09 AM
Mr. Porretta is one intelligent man/artist to broaden his range.
Posted 12 September 2012 - 01:06 PM
There's a person on stage, not just a skill set.
Perfectly said.
Poretta has always been a spectacular technical dancer, and his enthusiasm has always been infectious; but in recent years, IMHO, he has added a depth, a feeling for humanity, a seriousness that has elevated him to even more of a star than he has always been. And when you see him just as a "normal person" at a post performance Q&A (or other venue) he is always so open and willing to "bring the audience into his world".....almost like he was sitting in your living room just shooting the breeze.
He's a person I greatly admire.
Posted 13 September 2012 - 12:25 PM
There's a person on stage, not just a skill set.
It's funny, because if there were criticisms of him, they were that he had too much personality or was too "Broadway." Admittedly, there were times when he was dangerously close to the edge of that, but considering the way he was cast, often in jester/virtuoso roles, it was never in a role, like a prince, where I've seen many go from "Prince" to "Now it's time for my spectacular solo." His Tetley "Rite of Spring" was one of the first roles that used his dark, dramatic ability, and he was magnificent in it, which he later followed with "State of Darkness" in which he was equally magnificent.
And, speaking of the devil, my subscription tickets arrived today, and a photo of him in "Agon" graces the large, glossy ticket envelope. Hopefully New York audiences will get to see him in the First Pas de Trois. He's also featured on the "Modern Masterpieces" ticket (in "In the Upper Room").
Posted 13 September 2012 - 01:13 PM
There's a person on stage, not just a skill set.
It's funny, because if there were criticisms of him, they were that he had too much personality or was too "Broadway." Admittedly, there were times when he was dangerously close to the edge of that, but considering the way he was cast, often in jester/virtuoso roles, it was never in a role, like a prince, where I've seen many go from "Prince" to "Now it's time for my spectacular solo." His Tetley "Rite of Spring" was one of the first roles that used his dark, dramatic ability, and he was magnificent in it, which he later followed with "State of Darkness" in which he was equally magnificent.
I understand what you're referring to with the "Broadway" description, and there were works that tended to bring out that Mr Entertainment side, but I mostly remember his early performances just for their daring -- lately that has been in the service of specific choreography or character. And I think you've put your finger on it -- the Tetley "Rite" was a big moment for him.
Posted 14 September 2012 - 09:37 AM
It's funny, because if there were criticisms of him, they were that he had too much personality or was too "Broadway."
I do think this has been, and may still be from time to time, a valid criticism of Jonathan; however, I took sandik to mean that these days Jonathan has greatly improved his ability to project the human ("person") emotions and human predicament that the choreography and/or music is attempting to communicate. That's just the shift I think Jonathan has been so successful in accomplishing in recent seasons..........the "person" he projects in the past was too much his personality (as wonderful as it is), but now that takes a back seat to what the piece is demanding he be in service to the piece. In a word, his dancing, though always technically skilled, has now matured. And as I said before that is something I greatly admire.
Posted 14 September 2012 - 10:40 AM
I would love to see him take on an Iago or Tybalt, as good as he is a Mercutio.
Posted 14 September 2012 - 02:57 PM
I would love to see him take on an Iago or Tybalt, as good as he is a Mercutio.
Well, he certainly has the quickness that the Iago character in the Limon version requires. The role was built on Lucas Hoving, who used his length as well as his flexibility and snap, but depending on who was cast as the Othello character, height might not be a concern.
For Tybalt, it would depend whose production you're looking at. Maillot's version of the character has a certain massive quality that might not fit so well for Porretta, but again, it would depend on the rest of the ensemble.
Posted 22 September 2012 - 12:00 AM
The program opened with a one-time performance of the Robbins/Stravinsky "Circus Polka," with students from the PNB School and special guest Patricia Barker as Ringmaster. It was followed by a slide show of photos chosen by Peter Boal, while the orchestra, which played superbly all night, played the finale from "Firebird.". Then the Company danced Kent Stowell's "Cinderella."
No speeches and no promotion announcements.
There were parties before and after, and in the lobby I saw former members of the Company, including Ariana Lallone, who looked drop-dead gorgeous in a long black dress, Jeff Stanton, who looked like he was born to wear black tie, Anne Derieux, Jordan Pacitti, Julie Tobiasson, and Melanie Skinner. It was more low key than the NYCB red carpet, but they looked just as good.
Per the program, the former Liora Reshef has changed her stage name to her married name and is listed as Liora Neuville.
Posted 22 September 2012 - 04:05 PM
In this afternoon's Q&A Peter Boal said that Seth Orza is having a problem with his knee and that Kaori Nakamura and Jonathan Porretta, in his role debut, will dance Cinderella and Prince.
Posted 26 September 2012 - 09:15 AM
On Thursday Jerome Tisserand will make his debut as Prince partnering Maria Chapman, with Margaret Mullin making her debut as the pushier Stepsister (Marisa Albee's original role). They will also dance at the Saturday matinee.
Chapman's original partner, Seth Orza, hurt his knee, per Peter Boal at a Q&A. (Wishing him a speedy recovery.)
On Friday the audience is in for a real treat: Kimberly Davey is returning as the Stepsister with the headache, the role she created, and she'll be performing with Marisa Albee. They will be in the Saturday evening and Sunday matinee performances, too.
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Participate Sun Studio 12 Update 1 Early Aceess Program
By swdeveloper on Mar 18, 2009
The early access program of Sun Studio 12 Update 1 was rolled out on March 17, 2009. People might wonder why they should put any effort in participating a software tool early access program. Actually there are several substantial benefits for the Solaris or Linux developers to participate in this EA program and I will articulate the reasons later. But first I need to explain what new features are included in Sun Studio 12 Update 1 EA.
Sun Studio 12 update 1 includes many significant features:
- \* C/C++/Fortrant compiler optimization for the new X86 chips from Intel and AMD.
- \* C/C++/Fortran compiler optimization for the latest UltraSPARC and SPARC64.
- \* A new stand-alone GUI debugging tool, dbxtool.
- \* Full OpenMP 3.0 implementation in compilers with performance and debugging tools support.
- \* A MPI performance analyzer with an easy-to-use GUI environment.
- \* New IDE with remote development features based on NetBeans 6.5.
I have discussed two important features, OpenMP 3.0 and MPI performance analysis tool, in my previous blog "An Exciting Software Tool Release For The Parallel Application Developers" on Nov 11, 2008. The other new features such as the compiler performance improvement for Sparc and X86 new chips, stand-alone debugging tool and new IDE are very important to many developers too.
The serious software developers such as ISV vendors or enterprise application developers can get a good performance boost without changing any single line of source code just by switching to the new compiler. The compiler optimization will take advantage of the new chip instructions to produce the more efficient binary code.
Many UNIX traditional style developers like to open several command windows to edit, compiler and debug their programs instead of developing their software within an IDE. The stand-alone debugging tool is re-introduced by the requests from many such traditional style developers. The other big benefit of the stand-alone debugging tool is to let the developers login to a remote host and debug their code graphically with the remote light-weight debugging tool through X-window.
The new IDE provides a more productive development environment derived from NetBeans 6.5. Its remote development feature enables the cross-platform development, the software engineers can now develop the Solaris and Linux applications from their Windows laptops directly.
Here I want to explain why you should participate in this Sun Studio 12 Update 1 EA program. Sun Studio 12 Update 1 is a major Sun Studio release with many new features after nearly two years. The EA program allow you to try these new tool features with near final product quality immediately. You should get the performance and productivity boost right away. More importantly the EA program let you participate and help shape the future direction of Sun Studio tools. If the tools in EA program don't meet your requirements, it is a good opportunity for you to give us feedback and we will improve the tools to meet your specific development need. Even if you are a student or casual developer, you can participate the EA program and discuss any related software development issues with our senior engineers through technical forum.


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I felt compelled after a visit back to the Ohio Valley to see a friend to write something that I hope stirs in the minds and hearts of Weirton-area residents.
I live in Kentucky in a town where small businesses are supported first before large chains, but I grew up in the Ohio Valley and once worked in Weirton. With that said, for the last two years I have come back home and got to go to the Haunted School of Terror at the Krazy Bout Sportz complex on Weir Avenue. I chose to go there because, first, they support the children of the community and, second, they are a small business just getting off the ground.
The hard work and effort put into this event was even more evident this year than last with an actual haunted playground with moving playground equipment. What a gift this complex is to this area. I have heard it said so many times in the Ohio Valley that the kids have nothing to do. Here's my question for the Weirton area residents - Where were you? My understanding is there were more people from outside of the Weirton area who came to support them than people that live right here. While the turnout was good and comparable to last year, there was no increase in attendance.
Where is the support for your local small businesses? This facility offers so much beyond the haunted school, including, but not limited to, "Piece by Peace" sensory room for autism and Alzheimer's, comedy nights, birthday parties, battles of the bands, dances, free movie nights, etc. You can't complain about your children having nothing to do if you don't support a great contribution to your community like KBS and the haunted school. As the saying goes, "The grass isn't always greener on the other side." Stay in your own yard and support your hometown community family first. Not that other businesses don't deserve support, but please consider those right here that wanted to put you first when they made a decision to start a business in your town.
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Using an encryption algorithm like AES, is it possible to generate a fixed length cipher text no matter how long the plain text becomes?
That is quite impossible. Lets assume that such an encryption scheme would exist and assume that it always outputs ciphertexts of length $n$ bits.
Then, because the scheme is assumed to encrypt plaintexts of arbitrary length, it in particular encrypts all plaintexts of length $n+1$ to ciphertexts of length $n$. However, there exist twice as many plaintexts of length $n+1$ than ciphertexts of length $n$. So by the pigeonhole principle there exists at least one ciphertexts that encrypts more than one plaintext. This directly implies, that decryption would be impossible in such a scheme.
If you agree to define "fixed length cipher text" in such way that the import criterion isn't that the cipher text has a constant bounded length, but that the length of the cipher text is independent of the length of the plain text, the trick is simply to ensure that the cipher text is at least not shorter than the total amount of plain text.
In practice, this end is typically achieved by encrypting the medium instead of encrypting the contents. If you want to protect the confidentiality of files you store on a hard drive - encrypt the entire hard drive, instead of the individual files; if you want to protect the confidentiality of data you send over a transport - send a continuous stream of cipher text over the transport.


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A further few thought ....
at least one person has mentioned that Ultimate sounds too final.
My thinking would be that this name is reserved for the top range of nodal ninjas... and that we are just looking for a set of names to go along with a new set of heads to fit in that high quality range.
That is why I think that all the new range should have a common word in them.
Further sets or upgraded sets, could have appropriate names or suffix numbers.
I do not think the year such as 2008 should ever be used, as it fixes them in time and would suggest at later date that they are old models.
any name should indicate with in the name, what series it belongs to and its purpose or type.
Purpose/type.. Ring.... Series.. master = Ring-Master .... etc. Batch-Master ... Universal-Master
They should also incorporate Nodal Ninja, as has been used in all previous heads, so that they can easily be found in web searches.
They should be findable if one searches for Nodal Ninja... Ultimate.... ring...batch...universal or any combination... especially when used in combination with panoramas.
As NN sales are very much web based they must be easy to find using already popular or known words in searches.
I do not think words such as professional or precision give much indication as to what they are for or their purpose.


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Hey guys, I know that it's kind of a stupid question but I was just wondering would it be too late for me to start training to play basketball profesionally? I'm 19 (20 this year) and I'm 7ft on the dot. I'm not new to the game or anything and I've been playing ever since I was little and still do now but thing is that I never took it seriously, I've not done any serious training in a long long time because I'm kinda skinny so I find it really hard to keep up with others and I just give up and go to the park or something and play by myself instead. I know most of the good players start training properly and playing when they're young, like 12 or 14 or something, so I'm just not sure if 19/20 is too late or not, especially when I'm kinda skinny as well. I really have to make my mind up soon because next year (or possibly year after next year as well) is my last chance to give it a go, because I'm at uni atm and I can easily play for the team/ train with them for the next few years and see where that gets me but once I graduate I don't think I'll ever have time to train and play again.
Also, any tips for a big guy like me? as in drills/ workout plans etc. I'm trying to work out and go out to play by myself everyday now during the summer cos I've got loads of free time, it would be nice to use that time well.
idk if its too late. what grade are u in??? some drills u can do is alot of post moves, and a drill called the miken, where u do a left hand layup and the left side and a right hand layup on the right side over and over and time urself for 30seconds.
Thanks for the tips and I just finished my 1st year at uni if that's what you were asking
where do u live??? also another good drill is to develop a jump shot cuz most guys wont expect a tall guy to have a jumper: time yourself to see how long it takes you to hit a jumper from the left baseline, left elbow, free throw, right elbow, then right baseline in that order and you cant move from that spot until you make it
Thanks, yeah jump shots and shooting in general is what I'm alright at. I used to hate playing close to the basket when I was younger so I used to just practice shooting all the time lol, used to easily make 7-8/10 3pointers when I was still in secondary school good days... I live in the UK atm, really want to move to US or Canada tho
Where he lives and his "grade" is irrevelant. I advise you to invest in a trainer who can take care of all that yucky stuff for you and get you in the best shape possible to maybe make a comeback.. you said you have some experience and 20 isn't too late soo best of luck to you!
You should invest in a trainer. If you can't, work on jumpers, post moves, rebounding, and d. If you go to the NBA, or even the euroleauge (since you live in the uk) there's always room for a talented 7 footer oozing with potential.
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Is there any program or online website that can recommend tripods based on a given lens and camera body?
Manfrotto has one for (obviously) its own line-up of products. It is pretty sophisticated but any subjective decisions are set by their own programmers.
Some other manufacturers have a simple search based on weight and height (among some others maybe) requirements which you have to figure out yourself.
I would not want to trust a profound programming blackbox to recommend me what tripod is right for me. There are just too many variables beyond lens and camera body:
Apart from that there are just too many useful combinations of tripod legs, heads and accessories out there to be handled by a piece of software.
If you photograph seriously I would like to recommend reading Thom Hogan's article "Serious Support". If it looks expensive, try to buy used.
If I look at the shelves of fellow photographers (and mine), Photography is not about cameras, only little more about lenses, but mostly about camera support and camera bags. And about taking pictures, of course... ;-)
B&H Photo has criteria you can select for narrowing down tripod choices. Remember to add the weight of the head to your camera when looking at legs. I would start with a head that can hold 2 to 3 times the weight of the heaviest body and lens you'll be using. Then get legs that cab hold 2 to 3 times the weight of the body, lens, and head.


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I've been running a few more monsters and animals in my 7th Sea campaign lately, and find myself a little confused by the notation used in the Game Master's Guide.
For example:
Attack Roll: Claw 4k2, Bite 4k2
Damage: Claw 5k3, Bite 4k2
How should the attack roll line be interpreted? Does it have a claw that it can attack with, and if that is disabled in some way, it can fall back on a (strictly worse) bite? Or does it have D&D-style multiple attacks (each action taken resulting in both a claw attack and a bite attack)?
The Zombie is even more perplexing, in that its attacks aren't related to its other stats, and "Claw" is listed twice:
Finesse: Host -1
Attack Roll: Claw 5k3, Claw 5k3
Damage: 0k2 Claws, and See Below
[...] When it hits with both of its claws, it has grabbed the victim by the throat, and its tendrils are burrowing into the victim's neck. [...]
Can the zombie potentially grab a character in a single attack action?
Or does it take a minimum of two actions?
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(CBS News) WASHINGTON -- Congress passed legislation Thursday that will allow many government agencies more leeway in deciding which programs must be cut.
The original legislation called for across-the-board eight percent cuts in defense programs and five percent cuts in domestic programs.
Congress headed out for spring break minutes after passing the $1 trillion measure, which gives many federal agencies the flexibility to decide what they cut under the forced sequestration.
That includes the Pentagon, which Thursday announced it will delay the possible furloughs of up to 800,000 civilian workers.
Besides the Pentagon, other agencies given flexibility on cuts include the State Department, Veterans Affairs, Justice, Commerce, Agriculture, NASA, Food and Drug Administration and Homeland Security.
The measure added money specifically for meat inspections and the Border Patrol and found a way to protect military tuition assistance.
The effects of the cuts to the Border Patrol were already being felt last weekend at the Miami airport. There were long lines for passengers returning from overseas because the agency had stopped paying overtime to border agents.
Agencies that will still have to swallow across-the-board reductions include the Department of Education, Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior and Transportation.
That means the Federal Aviation Administration is expected to move forward with closing air traffic control towers at some smaller airports mostly used by private planes.
The State Department actually ended up with $1.4 billion more than originally requested to increase diplomatic security worldwide.
That's because of an assessment made after the September 11 terrorist attacks on Americans in Benghazi, Libya.
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BP spokesman Scott Dean said Tuesday afternoon that the fire occurred in one section of the residual hydrotreater unit, and company personnel are responding. Mr. Dean said that all workers around the unit were safely evacuated and there have been no reports of injuries.
By ALISON SIDER and BEN LEFEBVRE
HOUSTON -- BP said a fire that broke out at its Texas
City, Texas, refinery was extinguished Tuesday afternoon after
a burning for little over an hour and a half.
BP spokesman Scott Dean
said that the fire occurred in one section of the residual
hydrotreater unit, and company personnel are responding. Mr.
Dean said that all workers around the unit were safely
evacuated, and there have been no reports of injuries.
The hydrotreater where the fire broke was down as a result,
but the refinery's other units were running
and producing refined products, Mr. Dean said.
The fire began at 1:30 p.m. CDT and was put out at 3:05
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The plant is one of the largest refineries in the country, with
capacity to process 400,780 bpd of crude oil, according to the
US Energy Information Administration. It was the site of a
deadly 2005 explosion that killed 15 people.
Earlier this month, Marathon Petroleum agreed to buy the refinery along with associated
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Marathon also agreed to pay BP up to $700 million over the next
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Investors reacted positively to the news, with Marathon's
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accompanying the purchase announcement that "the plant is a
very different place than it was in 2005."
"BP has gone through a significant refurbishment of the
plant and reconfiguration but also has really worked to instill
a safety culture in that refinery," he told analysts on the
The purchase is expected to close early next year.
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Would like to know how the fire started and what may be to possible cause so that the refineries over the world can take a safe loo at their own establishments.Regards,J B Sonar
There is the critical need for more caution in Hydrogen service plants like NHU and CRU to check fire incidences. Continous GEMBA (go and see) approach is important.
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Series of accidents in last few months. The accident at Chevron, California and Amuay, Venezuela is due to poor reliability. At Chevron, the corroded HSD line was not replaced whereas at Amuay profuse leak from mechanical seal of olefin pump resulted in catastrophe. Interested to know the root cause of this incident at BP, Texas. I am amused; what about the safety cult.
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Healthy Breakfast for Dinner Recipes
Cooking first-of-the-day dishes for dinner seems oddly indulgent, somehow, and liberating, maybe a bit frisky, like lounging around in pajamas with a martini. It's also a little like eating dessert first: You're an adult, and you're going to eat what you want, when you want it! That said, a breakfast dish time-shifted to the dinner hour needs some dressing up. A few ingredient twists or technique tweaks are required. Upgrade French toast, for instance, with chewy, crusty Italian ciabatta bread stuffed with savory Gruyère cheese, and top it with a fresh, tart apple syrup. Or, make over your basic egg sandwich by pairing fried eggs with sweet caramelized onions, peppery arugula, and smoky bacon—still striking breakfast notes, but the tune seems downright decadent. Get out the PJs, pour a nice bottle of red, and dig in.


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Yaroslav Pelikan's final book "Whose Bible Is It?" has two editions. The first edition came out in 2005 and was sub-titled "A History of the Scriptures Through the Ages." The second edition came out the year he died, and the sub-title changed to "A Short History of the Scriptures."
What I'd like to know is if there are any differences between these two, beyond superficialities such as the sub-titles, publishers, etc. In short, does the text differ at all?


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- BSO Case Number: DN01-09-2734
- PIO Number: 01-9-28
- Date: September 24, 2001
- Time: 1710
- Place of Occurrence: Admiralty Apartments, 137 N. Federal Hwy., Dania Beach
- Admiralty Apartments, 137 N. Federal Hwy., Dania Beach
- State of Florida
- Richard Roderick, 43, 10/11/57, male, 6510 SW 22 Ct., Miramar
- Roger Crosse, 50, 8/18/51, male, 525 NW 2 Ave., Ft. Lauderdale
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Broward Sheriff's Office deputies arrested two men who stole one flag and pulled another from a Dania Beach apartment building Monday evening.
The incident occurred shortly after 5 p.m. at the Admiralty Apartments at 137 North Federal Highway. A resident saw the two suspects, Richard Roderick, 43, and Roger Crosse, 50, approach the building with a bicycle. One man held the bicycle as the other climbed up on it to reach a large American flag attached to the building. The suspect broke the mounting bracket and removed the flagpole from the wall. The observant resident yelled at the men, telling them to stop. At that point, Roderick and Crosse tossed the flag down and left the area, walking south along the sidewalk.
While passing the Casa Bella Italian restaurant, the same witness saw one of the suspects pulled a small flag out of the ground and stuff it into his back pants pocket.
Dispatched to the area, BSO Deputy Dave Gambrel spoke to the witness and then approached the two suspects, who were still in the area. Crosse had a flag poking out of his pocket and he told the deputy that he used it "as a hankie." After the witness positively identified Roderick and Crosse as the flag thieves they were both arrested.
Roderick was charged with Petty Theft, Possession of Stolen Property and an Open Container violation (for having an open quart bottle of beer). Crosse was charged with Petty Theft, Defacing a United States Flag, and Possession of Burglary Tools (the pliers used to break the flag pole bracket). Both were booked at the Broward County Jail.
- THIS REPORT BY: Dep. D. Gambrel (report), Lt. J. Fondo, Dist 2 Jim Leljedal / PIO 9/25/01 1300
Posted At: 09/25/2001 01:14 PM
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14 Dec 2007 11:14 AM #1
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We are using Ext by extending many of the Classes and wondering if the tool used to build the API docs is available.
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Saudi Ambassador to the US Adel A. Al-Jubeir met with members of the US media at the Embassy in Washington today to discuss the upcoming World Conference on Dialogue.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz will convene the interfaith conference in Madrid, Spain from July 16-18, 2008.
The event will bring together major figures from Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Shintoism and Confucianism to reinforce the common values shared by their respective faiths.
"The idea [for the conference] stemmed from King Abdullah's view that there are universal values that are common to all faiths, and that if we focus on those universal values there is a lot more that binds us as human beings than divides us," Ambassador Al-Jubeir said.
"If we adhere to those values we will be able to overcome adversity, we will be able to achieve peace, we will be able to protect the structure of the family, we will be able to maintain values in our society and our life and essentially make our world a better place."
The conference will focus on four major themes: The importance of dialogue in human society; the foundations of religious and civilizational dialogue; the common human aspects in dialogue; and the evaluation and promotion of dialogue.
The Madrid conference follows a dialogue among Islamic scholars that took place in Makkah, Saudi Arabia in June.


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LACY LAKEVIEW (December 21, 2012)--Law enforcement officers from several different agencies were posted on campuses at the Connally Independent School District Friday morning in an effort to ensure security.
A news release issued by the district said that because of the unfortunate incidents at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut a week ago, "some have chosen to use social media to spread rumors about possible school violence (Friday)."
The release went on to say because of those rumors, administrators at Connally ISD increased the amount of security presence around its campuses on Friday.
The release also said authorities had advised against any cancellation of school.
Lacy Lakeview police Chief John Truehitt told News 10 his officers, along with police from Texas State Technical Institute, deputies from McLennan County Sheriff's Office and troopers from the Texas Department of Public Safety had been asked to assist the school district police officers.
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I am going to be flying Emirates, which limits checked baggage to 30kg, but doesn't appear to have specific size limits for luggage. I am going to be buying some new luggage and I would like to minimise potential issues when flying with other airlines. Do other airlines tend to have specific size limitations for checked baggage and what might they be?
Many airlines have a limit on size and/or weight for checked baggage. The size limit is frequently specified in terms of a maximum length+width+depth. However what this means for you if your bag is over this size is very variable. It usually means special handling i.e. they will still carry it, but you might have to collect it as a special counter at your destination. This may or may not be slower than regular baggage check. It might also mean an extra fee, often equivalent to paying for an extra bag. But in my experience this can be very flexible. Common items that are technically over the size limit (like skis) often don't incur an extra cost. Here are some example links1. 2
Here is a link giving limits on checked and cabin baggage for major airlines.
Simple answer: yes.
Long answer: they vary. I've seen some that look much smaller who I've fortunately not had to fly with (BMI I think). RyanAir is VERY strict. Fortunately, however, there are brands of suitcases etc that are 'carry-on' size and generally those are perfectly acceptable - as long as they fit into the overhead bin.
However, here's a chart for baggage restrictions for some major airlines. As you can see they're similar, but there are certainly variations.
In the US, the FAA has Carry on Restrictions. You can see the size here.
Some more airlines and their restrictions are on Wikipedia.
EDIT - I realise that you meant checked, not carry-on, so .....
This should answer your question for the majority of common airlines - courtesy of Wikitravel, is the huge List of Airline Baggage Limits - both checked and carry-on!
In addition to Mark's answer.
US Airlines do have a recommended sizes for the checked-in luggage: Delta, United, US Airways is l+w+h of 62" or 157cm. I would venture to guess that other major airlines have similar dimensional recommendations.
What you are really interested in is what the definition of "oversized baggage" is, since going above that limit involves sizable additional charges. As Karlson mentioned, 62" is a common cutoff for that, although I wouldn't call it a "recommended size". I also would not be surprised at all if the check-in agents would classify a long and skinny 48"x4"x4" box as oversized even though it tehnically meets the requirements.
It's also worth noting that Emirates does have size restrictions on flights to certain countries:
They say that allowances for other flights are based on weight only, although I'm sure there are practical limits there as well.


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An NCHERM Regional Seminar presented by Brett A. Sokolow, J.D., W. Scott Lewis, J.D. and Saundra K. Schuster, J.D.
For years, campuses have sought models of resolution for campus sexual misconduct complaints that provide fairness, balance, and a measure of outcome satisfaction for the participants. We've tried adversarial hearings. Administrative hearings. Shuttle diplomacy. Mediation. Restorative justice. And, hybrids of each of these. For the most part, we've failed miserably. No one is ever happy. Justice is rarely done. Truth remains elusive. At best, we have tweaked our processes to minimize secondary victimization of complainants, but adding no further harm should not be our yardstick for success. Throw in the possibility of concurrent criminal prosecution, and the potential difficulties multiply.
Why can't we get this right?
That's simple. We're trying to fit campus sexual misconduct into a student conduct/discipline framework like hazing, a roommate conflict, or some similar developmental challenge. With the wrong lens, you can't take the right picture. Campus sexual misconduct is more accurately seen not as a conduct issue, but as a civil rights discrimination. When viewed through a civil rights and discrimination lens, the answer has been right there in front of our eyes for a long time. We resolve sexual harassment with an investigation model. We always have. And, very few people gripe about the process because it works. It's humane, effective, efficient and can be integrated with relative ease into our current hearing and resolution models. We need to take a page from HR, and create a civil rights investigation model for addressing campus sexual misconduct. Civil rights investigation is not police-led investigation, and it is not the same as investigating a student conduct violation. It is a very specific, highly specialized skill-set. But, where do you to get the training you need in how to develop, implement and operate a civil rights investigation model for campus sexual misconduct? This event is designed for you.
This training will benefit you, whether you work in student affairs or student conduct and need a new model, or work in campus law enforcement or HR, and need to sharpen your civil investigation skills. In fact, anyone investigating any type of civil rights complaint will benefit from this training, including those investigating hate crimes, gender bias, racial, religious, ethic, and other discriminatory acts against any group or protected class. Prosecutors, sex crimes investigators, magistrates, victim advocates and judges are welcome too. Criminal justice authorities will gain insight into the campus process as well as picking up some investigation tips. Importantly, we'll address the confluence of campus, civil and criminal processes, legal obligations that attach, and how we can all do our jobs cooperatively and collaboratively without obstructing each other.
9:00am – 10:15am -- A New Paradigm
• Comparative Resolution Models: Strengths and Weaknesses
o Adversarial/formal hearing models
o Informal hearing models
o Administrative hearings
o Critical Issues Boards/Sexual Misconduct Boards
o Mediation
o Shuttle diplomacy
o Restorative justice
• Meeting the aims of fairness, education, community protection, remedy and healing
• Introduction to the Civil Rights Paradigm
10:30am to noon -- The Civil Rights Investigation Model – Best Practices
• Who investigates?
o The investigation team model
o HR/Student conduct jurisdictional intersection issues
• Active v. passive accumulation of evidence
• Identification of witnesses
o Character witnesses
o Primary witnesses
o Secondary witnesses
o Expert witnesses
• Strategic investigation
o When to charge?
o When to question witnesses?
o When to question the respondent?
• Investigation best practices
o Questioning
o Recordkeeping
o Documentation
o Timeline
o Feeling the flow of evidence
Identifying patterns
Credibility issues
Noon to 1:00pm – Lunch
1:00pm to 2:30pm – Investigation Model Best Practices, Continued
• The Investigation Report
o Summarize your findings
o Tell a story and note gaps
o Make a finding on the question of policy violation, if the evidence suggests one
o Share your findings
• The Role of the Investigator
o In the hearing
o In sanctioning
o In remedial proceedings
• Hearing models and the Investigator
o Role as witness
o Influence on evidence
o Questioning
o Lying by witnesses
• The Investigation Model and Restorative Justice
2:45pm to 5:00pm – Mock Investigation
• Using a case study, participants will:
o Uncover evidence
o Follow the trail
o Question witnesses
o Conduct policy analysis
o Make a finding