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Is Religion Making Inequality Worse?
As a complement to the excellent recent essays here on libertarianism, capitalism and religion, I wanted to make two very uncomplicated observations. What troubles me is the possible connection between the two; I think that without question a causal relationship exists, but I want to open matters up for discussion.
First observation: in economic terms, the United States is the most unequal of all industrialized nations. One could argue about the different ways of measuring this, but the pattern is clear, especially when one focuses on a measure like income distribution.
Second observation: the United States is the most religious of all advanced industrialized democracies. A majority of Americans who claim some affiliation (roughly 16% claim none) are Christian.
We can see a correlation between inequality and religious faith. Is there causation as well? Does contemporary, American-style Christianity in some sense exacerbate or even cause income disparity? Or is it the other way around? Is the intensity of contemporary faith merely our way of dealing with (masking, repressing, even legitimating) the ugly reality of our economic world?
If one is tempted to respond by saying that the correlation here really means nothing, or that religion and civil society somehow serve as a barrier against even greater inequality, consider the example of other nations. Those advanced industrialized democracies with the lowest rates of religious affiliation and church attendance tend to score relatively well on measures of inequality.
Is religion making us less equal?
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Robert Geroux is a political theorist.
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This is a good question.
I'm reminded of polls which showed US Christians were more in favour of invading Iraq than non-Christians.
The mystery that non-Christians often follow the gospel better than Christians.
History will doutbless record that Christians were less in line with the gospel on the treatment of women and of homosexuals and our past support of slavery, inquisitions and crusades has not done us much credit.
Even for Jesus, it was religious instiutions which had him crucified.
Good religion can be a great force for social justice; religion gone bad can be a serious obstacle.
God Bless
Perhaps it's not religion as such, but latent Calvinism: the tacit acceptance of cosmic winners and losers plays out in worldly terms. That streak of Puritanism has varied consequences which also may gather up the way we approach social issues (i.e., homosexuality, abortion, etc.) as much as the economic question. It's said that slavery was America's Original Sin. But maybe it's the binary moralism that springs from Plymouth Rock that made it all possible.
Your comparison (or those you are quoting) of America as less equal than other industrialized countries is a nebulous one. More people still want to come here. The eight (G8) largest industiralized nations are USA, UK, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, Canada and Russia. Would most people here want to live in these countries rather than the US? Do not think so. With the exception of Japan the G8 consists mostly of Christians. Somehow your thesis is too confused or misdirected. It may be too wide open. Going everywhere and thus nowhere. Somehow the question needs refining.
I think there is a connection between inequality and Christianity. There's that attachment to the idea that 'the poor will always be with you' ... the desire to be the givers of charity instead of the supporters of economic justice - and B16's antipthy for libration theology. British theologian John Milbank wrote an aerucle once denouncing John Rawls' idea of justice as fairness ... "Opportunity beyond equality" ... http://www.respublica.org.uk/item/Opportunity-Beyond-Equality-Part-One ...
Maybe religion has a moderating effect. We're also the richest nation in the world; giving us more opportunity for great inequality. Maybe we would be even worse if we weren't religious.
Bill, most of the G8 countries, and many of their smaller neighbors, have universal free or almost-free health care, generous parental leave policies, long paid vacations, earlier retirement ages, guaranteed pensions, restrictions on gun ownership, cheap and reliable public transportation -- and the metric system.
I'm a U.S. citizen, but if I were a citizen of a western European country, the only way I'd move to the United States would be if I married a U.S. citizen. It wouldn't surprise me if most Europeans think it's foolhardy to give up their social safety nets for life in a country where mentally unstable gun nuts lurk on every corner.
I don't think that economic inequality can be blamed on Christianity so much as the culture of the United States which is complicated. On the one hand, the USA has been the most successful country on the planet when it comes to assimillating immigrants. They have the a well developed mythology that offers hope and creates strong bonds of identification to an idea.
There was an interesting article contrasting Europe, and in particular, France's problem being able to successfully handle Muslim immigration. There is a lot of cultural division and outright marginalization of that population within French society.
Economic inequality occurrs when there is racism; Scandanavian countries have high levels of equity but then again the population is fairly homogenous. As soon as "others" are introduced, iequity occurs.
Obviously, racial divisions exist within the USA but then again, the US is the only Western country to elect a person of colour as president.
The US is the only country to emerge directly from the philosophy of the Enlightement and has been successful in building an entire secular state. Ironically, this character of political indifference to religion combined with religious liberty has produced the most religious country in the world. But the religious character is different. Congregationalist styled Christianity tends to be the character of Christianity in the US even among Catholics. Even Ratzinger admitted that many Catholics think like Catholics but act, in practice, like congregationalists. In other words, they tend to create self selecting communities.
The inequalities of the USA are fairly consistent across the board. But the religion of America is all over the place. The Nuns on the Bus and the Moral Majority may both be in church on Sunday morning, and sometimes in the same building, but their effects, if any, on equality would pull in opposite directions.
The equality Europe aspires to -- and which it pretty much created through the institutions and policies Angela Stockton lists -- is to a great extent the doing of the post-WWII Christian Democratic parties. The Christian Democrats were never as confessional as their name, but they did take their inspiration from Europe's underlying Christianity (a point recent popes have tried to make to people who don't know their own history).
Our traditions and Constitution militate against a nominally Christian party. Besides, both major parties think that the Christian God is on their side. Beyond that, I doubt an American politician would get much understanding if he or she spoke in terms that were natural to Christian Democrats like Konrad Adenauer and Robert Schuman. Different pasts, different presents.
The inequalities of the USA are fairly consistent across the board. But the religion of America is all over the place. The Nuns on the Bus and the Moral Majority may both be in church on Sunday morning, and sometimes in the same building, but their effects, if any, on equality would pull in opposite directions.
The equality Europe aspires to -- and which it pretty much created through the institutions and policies Angela Stockton lists -- is to a great extent the doing of the post-WWII Christian Democratic parties. The Christian Democrats were never as confessional as their name, but they did take their inspiration from Europe's underlying Christianity (a point recent popes have tried to make to people who don't know their own history).
Our traditions and Constitution militate against a nominally Christian party. Besides, both major parties think that the Christian God is on their side. Beyond that, I doubt an American politician would get much understanding if he or she spoke in terms that were natural to Christian Democrats like Konrad Adenauer and Robert Schuman. Different pasts, different presents.
How much influence has the Calvinism of the Puritain variety actually had on the other American Protestants? I would expect that the Anglicans and Methodists have not been much influenced, if influenced at all, but what about the other groups?
The diversity of the Protestant churches in the U. S. makes one's head spin, and I wonder sometimes how many generalizations can be made about them except negative ones, e.g., they don't believe in popes.
As European countries are becoming more and more secular and the new generations are growing up without a Christian or religious frame, can we see a change in society that could be linked to that?
- wealth: people used to be very discrete about their wealth. It was considered bad manners to display one's wealth. Now Sarkozy and others have been increasingly displaying ostentatious signs of wealth.
- helping the weak: the social net mentioned above, and the law (at least in France) that it is illegal to not help someone who is in danger. Now, not only is the social net fraying, but I have the impression that there is the beginning of a very new (still marginal) sense that people who are in trouble by their own fault should be left to their own devices to get out of trouble.
- hopelessness: maybe it is more linked to chronic high unemployment, especially among the young, but there is a disturbing sense of lack of possibility in life.
- duty: there was a strong sense that people, as citizens, have a duty to society. They worked, not just to become rich (or to survive), but also to contribute to society. Now that sentiment sounds very old-fashioned.
- authority: I suppose that the formerly stronger respect of authority may have been derived from the belief that it came from God.
In the US I am not sure what characteristic one could even begin to conjecture is caused by religious faith.
George D, Scandinavian countries (and I'll throw in the Netherlands as well) have been homogenous until recently, when large Muslim populations have moved there. There has been upheaval in all these countries over these immigration trends, with riots in Swedent earlier this year.
Despite the predominance of Catholics in Michigan (see the map posted in a post elsewhere on this blog), and in my rural area in particular, if you want to get anything done in your community that addresses poverty, domestic violence, or any kind of inequality, you get the Methodist ladies on it. Except they're usually already on it before anyone else is aware of it. This year I have some knitting projects going for them, and I always try to make it in when they're assembling packages and parcels because they sing stuff like "When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder" and "In the Sweet Bye and Bye" or, my very favorite, "Brighten the Corner Where You Are." http://cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/r/brighten.htm
They also hug a lot, but I realize that goes with the territory and try to take it in good grace.
The religion of America is Americanism and Americanism has historically valued the pull- yourself- up by- your- own- boot- straps- if- you're- rich --you- must- be- good puritanical rugged indiviualism ethos.Perhaps we'll catch up to the European style democraies where entitlement is not a dirty word but the just expression of every enlightened advanced democray;right to a job or income, health care, home ,higher ed. etc. for it's citizens. A more equitable distribution of wealth will be recognized as a self evident ethical norm.
I would note that equality in the US was greater when the US had substantially greater amounts of social capital than it does now. The growth in inequality has coincided with our decline in social capital - a decline which certainly has affected religion as much as other social institutions from labor unions to Kiwanis chapters to informal social norms like dining at friends' homes and socializing with neighbors. Although the US is more religious than other developed countries, religious observance certainly has declined over the last couple of generations. We can see this by looking at our own parishes, and at looking at the sad membership statistics for the traditional Mainline churches.
Pope Francis' mission imperative certainly has urgent applicability for the United States.
An example of social capital, and its opposite:
The clerk, in letting Scrooge's nephew out, had let two other people in. They were portly gentlemen, pleasant to behold, and now stood, with their hats off, in Scrooge's office. They had books and papers in their hands, and bowed to him.
'Scrooge and Marley's, I believe,' said one of the gentlemen, referring to his list. 'Have I the pleasure of addressing Mr Scrooge, or Mr Marley?'
'Mr Marley has been dead these seven years,' Scrooge replied. 'He died seven years ago, this very night.'
'We have no doubt his liberality is well represented by his surviving partner,' said the gentleman, presenting his credentials.
It certainly was, for they had been two kindred spirits. At the ominous word liberality, Scrooge frowned, and shook his head, and handed the credentials back.
'At this festive season of the year, Mr Scrooge,' said the gentleman, taking up a pen, 'it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the Poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. Many thousands are in want of common necessaries; hundreds of thousands are in want of common comforts, sir.'
'Are there no prisons?' asked Scrooge.
'Plenty of prisons,' said the gentleman, laying down the pen again.
'And the Union workhouses.' demanded Scrooge. 'Are they still in operation?'
'They are. Still,' returned the gentleman,' I wish I could say they were not.'
'The Treadmill and the Poor Law are in full vigour, then?' said Scrooge.
'Both very busy, sir.'
'Oh. I was afraid, from what you said at first, that something had occurred to stop them in their useful course,' said Scrooge. 'I'm very glad to hear it.'
'Under the impression that they scarcely furnish Christian cheer of mind or body to the multitude,' returned the gentleman, 'a few of us are endeavouring to raise a fund to buy the Poor some meat and drink, and means of warmth. We choose this time, because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices. What shall I put you down for?'
'Nothing!' Scrooge replied.
'You wish to be anonymous?'
'I wish to be left alone,' said Scrooge. 'Since you ask me what I wish, gentlemen, that is my answer. I don't make merry myself at Christmas and I can't afford to make idle people merry. I help to support the establishments I have mentioned-they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there.'
'Many can't go there; and many would rather die.'
'If they would rather die,' said Scrooge, 'they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. Besides-excuse me-I don't know that.'
'But you might know it,' observed the gentleman.
'It's not my business,' Scrooge returned. 'It's enough for a man to understand his own business, and not to interfere with other people's. Mine occupies me constantly. Good afternoon, gentlemen!'
Seeing clearly that it would be useless to pursue their point, the gentlemen withdrew. Scrooge resumed his labours with an improved opinion of himself, and in a more facetious temper than was usual with him.
Jim P. I am lost more than usual. Is social capital the "some slight provision" the well off make for the lesser breeds? Or is it the prisons and workhouses? We still seem to have a plethora of slight-provision money; there is hardly a hospital elevator, chair or tongue depressor that does not bear the name of a donor at our hospitals (where I have spent too much time as a visitor lately).
My first thought when you wrote "social capital" was the infrastructure of the commons -- highways, roads, parks, police and fire protection and schools and such. And most of that is in decline since our leading taxpayers no longer see value for them in it. But, from your examples, I guess maybe that's not what you mean.
Can you swim in a giant vault of social capital?
Tom, and anyone else interested - here is some info on social capital (or civic engagement, or social bonds, if you prefer those terms) and its decline in American society. Pertinent to this discussion, check out figure 7.9, but the whole thing is interesting (at least, I find it interesting).
Two obervations, neither of which answers the question. First: Calvinism and Americanism, religious and otherwise. Hard to know how much to identify American religion with Calvinism. Most of us think in terms of New England Calvinism (Pilgrims, Puritans, etc.), but even in 1776 New England was only part of the nascent nation. There are those who believe that after the Northern victory in the Civil War, a triumphant New England managed to convince the rest of us that America -- real America -- grew out of its New England roots, thus effectively sidelining the contributions of, say, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and the rest of the south. So if Americans in, say, Iowa, think of Christianity in a Calvinist manner, maybe it's partly at least from New England's post-Civil War national brainwashing.
Second: another factor in this discussion might be the differences in charitable giving between red (religious) and blue (secular) states, brought out in recent years by such institutions as the Pew studies, the Chronicle of Philanthropy and such. My own state of Vermont ranks at or perhaps second from the bottom in charitable giving, and though there is little or no hand-wringing about this low status, there are attempts to explain it away. One way is to say, well, of course the red states give more because they're more religious than (enligtened) us. Public Radio commentators and local papers advance this argument in our defense. But isn't it simply a red (or blue?) herring? There are plenty of secular outlets for charitable giving (food banks, heating assistance programs [it's going down to -10° F. tonight, and officially it's still autumn], emergency shelters, and so forth. And apparently the Chronicle of Philanthropy says that even if you correct for religious giving, we're still Scrooge-ish up here. The other way is to point out that Vermont at least (don't know about other blue states) ranks very high in volunteering -- again second or third from the top. And that, of course, is indeed admirable.
But of course neither charitable giving nor volunteer activity is ever going to be sufficient to make much of a dent in the kinds of problems brought on by social and income inequality
Jim P. --
The article on social capital is expressed in the vocabulary of economics -- capital, externalities, private returns, etc., etc. The Dickens analysis, put in ordinary language, is a much fuller expression of the truth -- stinginess is stingy. And we foolishly drop the Humanities from the schhools!!! What fools we are.
". . . even in 1776 New England was only part of the nascent nation. There are those who believe that after the Northern victory in the Civil War, a triumphant New England managed to convince the rest of us that America -- real America -- grew out of its New England roots, . . ."
Nicholas --
That is so ironic, when the two giants among the intellectual founders of the USA, Jefferson and Madison, were both from Virginia.
The answer is that the abuse of religion makes equality worse. In the US we have abuse of religion all over the place. From Cardinal Dolan's 200 million renovation to Benny Hinn's private jet.
Jim, thanks for the link to the article about "social capital." It's an interesting idea. However, I see a chicken-or-egg conundrum here. Assuming there's a connection between equality and social capital: Did social capital fall off because people are exhausted from working and trying to make ends meet such that they feel they have no time left? Or are people exhausted from working and trying to make ends meet because the social capital that formerly supported them has dried up?
My guess is that the loss of women from the home to the workforce has a lot to do with the decrease in social capital. That's not an argument against women in the workplace, but I would say that as many women now feel trapped in their jobs out of economic necessity as felt trapped in their homes 40 or 50 years ago.
Something else that complicates the "social capital" is empathy fatigue. Thanks to the Internet and more communication venues, I feel bombarded with demands to help everything from public radio to children with malaria in Africa to vets with PTSD. Moreover, most nightly news broadcasts end with a tear-jerker or a heart-warmer that raises awareness of some tragedy, disease, or social evil that needs a handout.
Maybe this is correct after all:
Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Micromanaged "religion" is doing what you are told, no matter what is right.
Robert Putnam's social capital sounds a lot like simple affiliation. I don't know what he gains with the economic metaphor. But I do see some of the parallels. Just as the egg beater and the aircraft carrier had to be made comparable for financial capital theory to work, so the Ku Klux Klan and the Kiwanis have to be treated alike as social capital. But it must make a difference whether people are beating up their neighbors or encouraging their neighbors to become eye donors. That difference has to be accounted for somehow.
Jean Raber's chicken-or-egg question seems to me to be the critical one, whether we are tryng to account for a relation between Putnam's social capital and inequality or between religion and inequality. If a decline in church attendance goes along with inequality, is that because people are so tired from trying to make ends meet that they need to sleep in -- or go to work -- on Sunday morning?
The original question, though, was whether being the most religious country left in the developed world in some way can account, or partially account, for our being the most unequal country in the developed world. We are unusually religious compared to our peer group nations, which are more equal than we are. But we were more religious when we were more equal than we are now. There was a strong strain of "muscular Christianity" in it when TR et all went after the golden peacocks with their fortunes to end the last American gilded age.
What am I missing?
Jean - Putnam's book, Bowling Alone, goes into the factors you mention and more. It's readable but too long, but pretty interesting. The factors you mention, such as busy-ness, women working outside the home, etc., do seem to contribute to the loss of civic engagement and weakening of social ties. He believes that one of the largest contributing factors - and he presents a lot of direct and indirect evidence for all of the factors he identifies - is the growth of television watching. His book was written before the widespread adoption of social media, so I am not sure how that would fit into his scheme.
Tom - Putnam tracks the decline of religious activity and observance as one of many symptoms of the overall decline of civic engagement / social capital. So I guess I'm more or less disputing the hypothesis that there is a positive correlation between religiosity and inequality. I'm suggesting that the actual twin trend is declining religious observance and increasing inequality. To put all this in the terminology of Catholic social teaching, and perhaps bring things back around to Dickens, solidarity can move us to do something (private and/or public somethings) for those who have less than us. In my anecdotal observation, solidarity is becoming rarer. Scrooge had to resist the social pressure of guys from his own caste to help the poor. Resistance is a lot easier these days. When I was a young gun in business, my arm used to get twisted all the time to give to United Way. I couldn't tell you the last time that happened; it's been a couple of decades or more.
Jim, sounds like an interesting book, but, again, I wonder if TV watching isn't a symptom of frustration and stress. If I've had a hard day, I want to watch a "flatliner" show--these are usually PBS science programs about some unemotional topic--say corvid intelligence--explained by a bunch of ornithologists with charts and graphs, and preferably narrated by that guy who does "Frontline," perfect voice to fall asleep by. When my mother was ill last year, I was ushered to the family waiting area several times, intending to say my rosary, but most people were huddled slack-jawed around the movies on AMC, and I confess that the lure of putting my brain on auto-pilot while Katherine Hepburn pretended to be Mary, Queen of Scots, was more than I could resist. (I later found the chapel, and was able to make better headway with my prayers there.)
In McLuhan parlance, social media is a "hot" medium (vs. the "cool" medium of TV). It will be interesting to see if social media builds social capital and makes the world a better place or is just a time-consuming way to maintain superficial relationships with people you hardly know.
Jean, I'm sure you're right about frustration and stress. I'm the same way on a lot of evenings - it feels like dragging myself to the couch and turning on a hockey game is about the upper limit of what I can manage to do. Putnam's view seems to be that television watching "crowds out" more sociable activities (visiting with neighbors, playing bridge, hanging out with the Knights of Columbus, etc.) with which Americans used to occupy their 'down time'; and that TV-induced isolation has far-reaching implications. (Television is just one of many factors he identifies as contributing to a decline in civic engagement, but he does see it as one of the largest contributors.)
In our archdiocese, every October the parishes do a "parish count" - our ushers count the number of attendees at Sunday masses every weekend. If you look at our parish's long-term mass attendance trends, they're sort of slumping downward a bit over the last decade or so. If there are a few hundred fewer people coming to church on Sunday mornings as compared to the 1990s, we wonder, "What are they doing instead?" I'm sure they're doing a million things - sleeping, reading the newspaper, watching television, working, following their kid around in travel soccer, going to a different church, and so on and so on. It's good, in a way, to know that it's not just us; all sorts of community organizations are struggling with declining membership. (At the same time, it could be partly us, and we need to make sure we're not doing anything to drive people away).
Our challenge is to figure out how to reach these people, and other people, in the headwind of declining civic engagement. I am confident that a more engaged society will be a society that takes inequality more seriously, and perhaps would even ameliorate inequality.
Jim, I agree that a more engaged society could lead to less inequality. Let's start with businesses. How many people actually see the president of their organization on a daily basis and feel they can have an honest dialogue with him or her about the problems and challenges of their jobs? (How many people could even get an appointment with him or her? I can't. The guy's secretary is a master stonewaller.) Top managers may go to church every Sunday and tell themselves they're making decisions for the "good of the organization" (i.e., stockholders, students, or consumers), and never feel the compunction to ask those who provides the goods or services how it's going because what's "good for the organization" must be good for the workers.
I also think Tom makes an interesting point about the groups that make up civic engagement, and the need to have some criteria for measuring their commitment to human dignity (e.g., the KKK vs. the Kiwanis).
Steven, George and all: just want to call attention to this article that attributes the genesis of capitalism and the piling up of merchant-generated wealth, not so much to Calvinism, but to Arminianism.
Jean - very good point. In addition to not interacting with his/her own workers in the workplace, how many corporate senior execs truly understand how their workers live? Chances are good, at least in this metropolitan area, that whatever church the president attends will not be the one the rank and file attends, because they are so geographically separated. Nor do their kids attend the same public schools, nor do they shop at the same malls (nor do the malls have the same stores) etc.
Jim and Jean, A propos what you have been talking about, this story was told to me by some Pabst executives. It seems to be true. Back in the days when Milwaukee had four breweries, the brewers decided to take a strike one year. The strike began, the picket lines went up. The weather warmed up. The Pabst executives looked out the window at their sweating picketers and felt compassion. They sent out buckets of beer.
After the strike, the Schlitz and Blatz signs came down in the blue collar bars of Milwaukee, and Pabst signs went up. Of course, those days are over, but they were nice while they lasted.
There is no one American culture, or one version of American Christianity or American Catholicism. According to the book enitled "American Nations: The Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America" (all operative in the USA). If you read this easy-to-read, brisk book you will get a deep picture of the competing cultures in the USA. Believe me, you will, and you will become relucatabt to talk about the USA in any untary way.
I have lived in a number of these cultures, and I find the histroical and contemporary picture of these cultures to be quite accurate. While "in exile" I forged good neighborly relations even with people whose views I did not like and in some cases considered evil. But then I was raised in the culture characterized by tolerance - taking people the way they are, and either cooperating with them or ignoring them. I find people in each nation are incredibly provincial, associating their culture with America.
John McGrath, I think that's a very good point. Here is a piece (with map) on the eleven regional areas: http://www.tufts.edu/alumni/magazine/fall2013/features/up-in-arms.html
I would be interested to know how you feel this affects the question of religion, equality, and Jim Pauwel's discussion of social capital.
Jean --
Fascinating map and theory, but, just for the record, the map show south Louisiana as part of Yankeedom (!!) while the description of "New France" includes New Orleans in that group. Quite a contradiction. Also, it's description of New France doesn't describe the New Orleans accurately at all. It seems to conflate the Acadian and Creole elements, which are a lot alike but also a lot different.


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I currently have a project where I rasterize shapefiles into simple presence/absence (1 & 0) rasters and then add each one to a running total to create a total richness raster at the end. The shapefiles are in WGS84 projection, but I need the final raster to be in Behrmann Equal Area projection.
What I want to know is if there is any difference in the final raster if I project all the shapefiles to Behrmann and then rasterize and merge each of them compared to rasterizing and merging, then projecting the final raster to Behrmann at the end?
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This may sound like a weird question, but I was wondering if it is written anywhere (Gemarah, Commentators, etc) that one has an obligation to stand up for something he believes is right, continuing to believe and behave accordingly, even in the face of peer pressure. Is it?
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This comes to mind:
The two quotes that come to mind are:
"In a place where there are no men strive to be a man." Pirkei Avot 2:6.
"Every single person is obligated to say, 'The world was created for my sake"' (Mishna Sanhedrin 4:5)."
These two quotes don't exactly say to stand up for what you believe to be right, but they do suggest the vast importance of an individual's individual action. You can't say, leave it to someone else to stand up for the truth.
I don't have it in front of me now, but in Orchos Tzaddikim the author emphasizes that one should forcefully combat heretics (rather than remaining humble or honoring them). After all, we are enjoined to "Know what to answer to an unbeliever." Avos 2:14. So this could include standing up for your beliefs.
A few commonly cited adages from Pirkei Avoth come to mind, which speak about doing that which is right, and doing your best at all times. Some of these may be more broadly applicable than your question, but I still think a lesson can be derived about persevering in the face of adversity.
Ch. 1:12,14
Ch. 2:14-16
Text is copied from Chabad.org (see links provided above); translation is my own.
Rashi brings this down as well, saying that the verse is abjuring the individual to judge with integrity, regardless of what others decide.


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You know what they say, "there's no better time than the present," and that may be even more true for those wanting to get their GED.
Those at Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College says the 2014 changes to the test that could mean more challenges.
Starting January 2ND of 2014 new changes to the test means you will have to reach deeper into your pocket.
"$60 but will cost $120 in 2014,"says Mary Ford, Director of Adult Education at SCKCTC.
Students will also have to trade in pencil and paper for a set of computer based tests.
"It will be more intense now because they have to have a good skill set in computer, especially keyboarding because the essay they wrote in pencil now they will have to keyboard it in on the
computer,"says Ford.
It's part of a nationwide initiative to better prepare students for future careers.
"The Department of Education has found that high school graduates and GED graduates, we are not preparing them to succeed, so they feel they should have skills that are more in depth and more
complex,"says Ford.
But for 51 year old Tammy Burden, who is just beginning her GED, the new rules would mean new challenges.
"I'm unemployed right now so that's why I'm getting my GED to better myself. It's easier for me to pay the $60 than the $120," says Burden.
But they hope to make the transition smooth.
"We offer keyboarding classes which is basic computer classes. We want to show the students how to use a computer efficiently,"says Amanda Noble, Teacher's Assistant at SCKCTC.
Ford says now is the time.
"To come now and get it done, it's a stepping stone to the rest of your life."
She also adds, they have 400 students who have taken portions of the GED, if they don't finish by 2014 they will have to start over by taking the new test and paying the new price.


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I think it is waterproof and it is reasonably warm. If I wear quite heavily under it, do you think I should be fine spending 1 day skiing at high altitude ?
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I strongly recommend you purchase, borrow, or possibly rent a proper ski jacket and pants.
Given that you don't have a ski jacket I'm guessing that you are a relative beginner. It is likely that you might be falling down quite a bit. One thing to consider is does your jacket give you good mobility? If it does not, you could very easily expose your waist line and wrists a lot when falling or lifting your arms. Ski jackets tend to have very long waists for this reason.
You might call ahead and see if rental snow clothes are available at a reasonable price. It will make your experience much more pleasant.
As far as I know there are no legal nor cultural barriers to stop you :)
Regarding warmth, if you can put a few layers under it I think you should be fine. And if the weather proves to be too cold, you can always buy a new jacket when you are there.
There are a variety of important features that your leather jacket will lack compared to a ski jacket. Borrowing or buying a ski jacket from a thrift shop would definitely be worth it.
Skiing is pretty physically intense. If it's not very cold (above 20?), you'll sweat, and most ski jackets don't actually have much insulation as they're designed to block as much wind as possible, while still being breathable to let some sweat out.
Leather will soak up water if you fall, your inner layers will get wet with sweat, and it will not be long enough or cinch tight enough at the waist to keep snow and cold wind from going up your back, which is extremely uncomfortable.
I have skied at high altitude in only a pair of surf shorts, and acquired a nice tan, but that was in zero wind and perfectly blue skies.
In general the benefits of a dedicated ski jacket include:
So while you absolutely can ski in anything you like, I would advise the correct gear!


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Saline County authorities say they searched a salvage yard as part of their efforts to find a missing Salina woman.
Kristen Tyler has been missing since April 25. The mother of four was thought to be headed to a convenience store when she disappeared.
Officers searched a salvage yard about a mile outside Salina on Wednesday.
Tyler's mother told KAKE-TV that an anonymous caller told her that her daughter's body was at the salvage yard.
Police did not release any information about the search or other aspects of their investigation.
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Most science and math classes are held in the Dickinson Science Building, which is fully equipped with classrooms and labs for astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer science, earth sciences, mathematics, and physics. Among the many pieces of equipment in Dickinson are a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectrometer, ion chromatograph, XY plate reader, and fluorescence research microscope.
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Active biologists, chemists, physicists, astronomers, and mathematicians make up the science and mathematics faculty at Bennington. Not only are they making meaningful contributions to their respective fields, they're often conducting research right here on campus—inviting students to join them in their work.
How do you measure the effect of wind resistance on the range equation? Bennington students built a trebuchet to find out.
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Bennington College biology faculty member Betsy Sherman took 14 students to the Cayman Islands for Field Work Term, in conjunction with her class Field Course in Coral Reef Biology. Students became certified scuba divers and gained first-hand experience studying coral reef fish biodiversity, collecting collecting valuable data to be used for research studies and governmental policy.
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The researcher, the policy student grappling with environmental problems, the artist who wants to understand the physics of light and color—all these may find themselves in the same classroom. Bennington science and mathematics students work closely with active professional scientists, have full access to well equipped research facilities and labs, and graduate as sophisticated researchers and perceptive critics.
As a science or math student at Bennington, you structure your studies around the questions that interest you most. Your practice and discussion of science takes place in the field, in the lab, and in small, rigorous seminars. In your first year, you are likely to find yourself designing and executing original research projects and working alongside faculty on their own research.


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HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS — In an emotional sentencing hearing, the 14th Judicial District Court Judge Mary Hoak rejected a plea agreement for Lucas Paul Ackerman, in which he would have served one year in jail for DUI and had a four-year deferred judgment on one count of vehicular homicide and four counts of vehicular assault.
"I find that this plea bargain diminishes the seriousness of this crime," Hoak said. "This is a hefty crime. Someone's life was lost. People were seriously injured. The defendant had a high blood-alcohol content, I could venture as far as a very high blood alcohol content.
"It sends the wrong message to society and to this community," Hoak continued. "It says it's OK to drink and drive and kill someone as long as it wasn't your fault. And that is not the message this court can send to this community."
Hoak handed down the judgment following testimony in support of the plea agreement from family members of the deceased, including widow Debbie Westley. The family cited reasons of faith and forgiveness for why they wanted the court to accept the plea deal.
"We believe it sends a strong signal to Mr. Ackerman with the plea bargain," Westley said. "We don't want revenge.
"No one comprehends the severity any greater than I do as the surviving wife that will live the rest of my life alone and my children who are fatherless," Westley said."...We have come here today for closure and our faith is the most valuable gift we have been given and we choose forgiveness and would like to see it end today."
The charges and plea agreement spawn from a July 4 crash that took place near Grand Lake on Highway 34, in which Ackerman hit and killed one pedestrian and seriously injured four others while driving under the influence.
Ackerman hit and killed Gregory Westley, of Estes Park, and injured Debbie Westly and three of the Westley children who were 18, 10, and 3 years old at the time. Ackerman's blood alcohol content was reportedly nearly twice the legal limit at the time of the accident.
While an investigation of the crash site by the Colorado State Patrol determined the Westley family was in the roadway at the time of the accident and failed to yield to right of way of Ackerman's vehicle, Colorado law places strict liability on any driver who causes injury or death while driving under the influence.
"I understand why the bargain was struck, and I understand the accident reconstruction, but the law accounts for that and the law says that there need not be evidence of fault," Hoak said. "It is drinking and driving and it is strict liability."
The 14th Judicial District hearing took place at the Grand County Courthouse.
The district attorney may now choose to dismiss the case, choose to negotiate another plea agreement, or take the case to trial. The next hearing is set for March 25.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) -- Excitement was at a fever pitch at Kansas State University's Bramlage Coliseum over the weekend as graduates prepared to mark the end of one part of their lives and the start of another.
"It feels pretty great. I'm just so excited to finally be done. My parents and my aunts and uncles are here and my grandmother is here and they're just so excited for me. I just feel like I'm closing a chapter in my life but it's an exciting chapter," said Michelle Foster, ahead of the College of Arts & Sciences commencement ceremony Saturday morning. Foster was an American Ethnic Studies and Political Science major.
"I've had a great time at Kansas State University. I could not ask for any other university that would give me an experience such as this one... I have a great support system behind me, my family and I can't wait to start my job and start real life," added Erin Gerken a Communications Studies Major.
More than 3.350 students graduated this weekend.
Commencement ceremonies were held on Saturday, May 11, at Kansas State University Salina, and Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18, on the Manhattan campus.
The university awarded more than 2,500 bachelor's degrees, more than 650 master's degrees, more than 80 doctorates, more than 100 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees and more than 35 associate degrees. Nearly 180 students are earning their degree through distance education.
For journalism major Kelly McHugh, her graduation day was bittersweet. Exactly three years ago, her father, Colonel John McHugh, was killed in Afghanistan.
"A suicide bomber had driven a van packed with explosives into a convoy on its way to a NATO peace conference in Kabul. The bombing killed 18 people, including five American soldiers and a Canadian colonel," McHugh wrote in an article published in the Kansas City Star May 14, 2013 titled "Kelly McHugh On A Soldier's Sacrifice: The Reality of Being an Army Kid."
The McHugh family was stationed at Fort Leavenworth at the time. Colonel McHugh worked for the Battle Command Training Program there.
"In May of 2010, he was on a training mission on his way to a conference meeting in Kabul when his convoy was hit by an IED... He wasn't deployed. He was only supposed to be there for a week or so. It was a real shock to me and my whole family," McHugh told WIBW.
The suicide car bomb attack marked the first time during the Afghanistan war that three officers of those ranks were killed in a single incident.
Kelly decided not to let her dad's death hold her back and moved forward in an effort to make her soldier, her hero, proud.
"He was killed when I was 18 years old. I was a freshman in college. It was actually during finals week of my freshmen year," she said. "He's always been a huge part of my life. He was my soccer coach. So even though he isn't here, he's definitely helped me get to this point. And so looking ahead, just his influence and everything that he's given me over the first 18 years of my life and everything he continues to give me will help me throughout the rest of my life and career."
Kelly beamed as she walked across the stage, the anniversary of her father's death taking on an added meaning- showing how far she's come. Her mother, siblings and other family members were there to cheer her on.
As Kansas State University marks its sesquicentennial, all of the graduates were challenged to live the legacy of excellence and integrity built at K-State over the past 150 years.
The class of 2013 is the 146th to graduate from Kansas State University since the first class graduated in 1867. To honor the class of 2013 and its place in the university's history, graduates received special diplomas that commemorate the university's 150th birthday.


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Machinery services facility planned for Jena
Published: Monday, December 10, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, December 10, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.
BATON ROUGE — A machinery services company plans to build a $3.9 million facility in southwest Louisiana that will provide welding and equipment repair.
UPS Midstream Services Inc. estimates its facility in Jena will create 95 new jobs. The Texas-based company announced its plans Monday at an event with Gov. Bobby Jindal.
The governor's office said the Jena facility will work primarily with companies that service pipelines in the petrochemical industry around the country.
Louisiana is giving UPS Midstream Services a $272,000 grant, along with state and local tax breaks for the project. Construction is expected to be completed by June 2013, with all jobs in place by 2017.
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Your child is old enough to start kindergarten — but is he or she ready? Recognize the factors that might affect your child's kindergarten readiness and what you can do to help him or her succeed in school.
Kindergarten marks the start of a child's formal education. A child's first school experiences can influence the way he or she relates to others for the rest of life. For example, success or failure at this stage can affect a child's well-being, self-esteem and motivation. As a result, it's important to make sure that when your child begins school he or she is developmentally ready to learn and participate in classroom activities.
Most schools use cutoff dates — deadlines by which a child must be a certain age — to determine who's eligible for a kindergarten class. Typically, a child must be age 5 before entering kindergarten. Age, however, isn't the only way to measure a child's kindergarten readiness.
When trying to determine if your child is ready for kindergarten, don't worry about whether or not he or she has mastered specific skills. Instead, consider his or her readiness to learn. How well is your child able to communicate and listen? Is your child able to get along with other children and adults? Use your own intuition as a parent and consult your child's doctor, preschool teacher and any other child care providers for useful, objective information about your child's development and readiness for school.
Keep in mind that some schools also require children to take a kindergarten readiness test to evaluate their abilities. While these tests aren't always accurate indicators of how well prepared a child is for school, you can use them as a way to gauge your child's development relative to other children of the same age.
Some parents choose to delay a child's entrance into kindergarten, believing that a child can gain an advantage in academics, athletics or social settings by being older than average for his or her grade. This is also common among boys who have birthdays near the cutoff date — with parents believing their child needs more time to mature.
However, research suggests that children who are old enough for kindergarten but postpone enrollment for one year don't perform any better than children who enter at the usual age — particularly if the child remains in an environment where readiness wasn't being fostered. In addition, other studies show that a child who is old for his or her grade is at higher risk of behavior problems during adolescence.
You can take many steps to help your child prepare for kindergarten. For example:
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When a chick hasn,t had a bowel movement in awhile and a giant turd blocks your entry into her stink hole.
I wasn,t able to get no backdoor action from my girl because she had a serious case of cock block going on.
J.J. Done가 작성 2003년 12월 10일 (수)
A block made out of cocks.
Try to cut the infamous cock block.
anus fie pace whole가 작성 2003년 03월 27일 (목)
cockblock n. to be so ugly can not cause an erection.
man 1 - fuck dat bitch is ugly.
man 2 - i know a complete cockblock.
man 2 - i know a complete cockblock.
dd`dawg가 작성 2006년 04월 02일 (일)
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that Biotch is a cock block
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noun: a diaphragm
(adj; cockblocky, v; to cockblock see cockblocker, cockblockation)
(adj; cockblocky, v; to cockblock see cockblocker, cockblockation)
Betty Mae didn't want to get pregnant so she used a cockblock.
Nigla Dave가 작성 2005년 01월 01일 (토)
its anything u want it to be really
an insult, exclamation of surprise..whatever
an insult, exclamation of surprise..whatever
u stuipd fuckin cockblock!
maumau and yearno가 작성 2003년 11월 10일 (월)
(v.) The act committed by a woman during sex when the penis is too long for her to handle. Usually executed by the placing of her hands on his pelvis and either pushing away or creating a stopping point to prevent deeper penetration.
"I was trying to get deep inside of her while having sex, but she thru up the cock block dude." "She couldn't handle all this dick!"
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5 Scientific Reasons Your Idea of Happiness Is Wrong
Our two favorite subjects at Cracked are the elusive concept of human happiness and Batman. This article is about the first one.
If you're looking for an answer to "How can I be happy?" then the response from the experts is, "You're asking the wrong question." The better question is why our idea of happiness is so screwed up that most of us wouldn't recognize the real thing if we saw it. Well ...
#5. What We're Calling Happiness is a Recent Invention
This should blow your mind: The entire concept that you can become happy via some action you can take is a relatively recent invention. And the concept that a person should be happy, and that anything else is the result of some unusual breakdown in the system, is extremely recent.
"I'd define happiness as less than four types of lice on my body."
Now, before everyone digs out their old goth clothes and screams, "Aha! We told you that the world was just an endless black ocean of suffering!" that's actually the opposite of the point we're making. It appears that the reason so many people profess to be miserable is specifically because they think they're missing out on some magical emotion that "happy" people feel all the time. They're tormenting themselves over the loss of something that nobody actually has, because that thing doesn't even have a definition.
See, the thing is that humans have never actually settled on what "happiness" is. A historian named Darrin McMahon exhaustively studied how happiness has been viewed over the last few thousand years and found that it was constantly changing.
"I'd say I define happiness as less than three types of lice on my body."
Go back to ancient Greece and it's very simple: Happiness = Luck. Either the gods dribbled their joy juice on you or didn't; either way, there was nothing you could do about it. And that was it, end of conversation. It was nothing to get upset about. In fact, in every European language, the root of the word for happiness is some older word that meant "luck." Ours comes from the old Norse and Old English word "hap", and hap simply means "luck."
Flash forward to Aristotle's day, 335-ish B.C. Philosophers of the time considered happiness to be synonymous with virtue. In other words, do good to feel good. If you didn't feel good, it meant you weren't being virtuous enough. Now, we don't want to come off as cynical here, but it almost sounds like this was when they started using this elusive idea of happiness as a motivational tool. Happiness is the carrot on the stick that makes you do all of the things that keep society running smoothly.
"All of this will be worth it, once I'm able afford that crack habit I've been longing for."
After that, you get into medieval times when early Christians saw happiness as something a soul was to be rewarded with in heaven, and not something attainable in the mortal world. Then the Renaissance came along and brought us the concept of pleasure equaling happiness. Keep in mind, those two ideas weren't always connected -- the old-school thinkers described happiness as the overall state of somebody who had lived their life well, completely separating it from that feeling you get when you eat a warm cookie or play with a puppy.
"I'm deeply, spiritually satisfied about the number of puppies I've played with."
But the new definition of happiness seemed to be "you feel like you're playing with a puppy, all the time." Then the Enlightenment declared that everyone had a right to be happy, and by the time the American Declaration of Independence was written in 1776, the "pursuit of happiness" was declared an inalienable right, endowed by the creator. That's a damned 180-degree turn from what the ancient Greeks thought. And if we're defining happiness as 24/7 puppy time, then it doesn't work.
"... with liberty and puppies for all."
Not according to science, anyway. Because ...
#4. You Physically Can't Feel Happiness for Very Long
Quick: What's the final line of every fairy tale you know? "And they all lived ..."
Yes, everybody realizes life is not a fairy tale, or a Hollywood movie (where 99 percent of the time, the final shot implies, "And they lived happily ever after"). We say we realize that, anyway. Yet, people still talk about happiness like there is some finish line. Once you cross it, you'll have "achieved happiness."
"The first 10 to not hate their lives win a free hat!"
Don't take our word for it -- go to Amazon.com and search for the words "achieve happiness" and check out how many self-help books promise they'll get you to that destination:
Yes, the No. 1 result is by Russell Simmons.
Well, science says it's not possible.
As it turns out, the human brain is equipped with "hedonic set points" which not only establish where our base mood is (optimistic, pessimistic or indifferent); but also adapts rather quickly to our surroundings and returns to our base frame of mind. Basically, we all have a built-in buzzkill app.
"Laugh all you want. That romantic comedy won't halt your inevitable demise."
In 1978, a research group studied lottery winners, regular assholes and those who had suffered injuries rendering them paraplegic or quadriplegic. All groups reported a similar number of good days versus bad days, with no clear victor in the happiness race.
On the bright side, these studies show that people adapt better than they think they would to devastating situations. The triumph of the human spirit, etc. But on the flip side, if you're completely miserable now, achieving your goals will probably only result in a slight surge on the happiness meter and then you'll be right back to your crotchety old self.
"This Nobel Prize is lovely, but right now, I'm much more interested in learning the banjo."
Some psychologists refer to this trend as the "hedonic treadmill," saying that we experience only a brief moment of fleeting happiness when we achieve a goal before our minds look forward to the next conquest.
And ... look at that. There's the carrot and the stick again. Only instead of coming in the form of some philosopher or book telling you if you do the following, you will be happy in the future, it's your own brain. It's triggering a built-in mechanism to keep you from getting complacent. Either way, the promise of happiness just over the next hill turns out to be a tool to keep you climbing hills.
#3. Money Can Buy Happiness. .. Sort of
It's no shock that personal satisfaction goes up with income, though not to the degree that some people think. There is no question that the anxiety that comes with knowing somebody is going to repossess your house at any moment is hard as hell on your happiness levels.
But once you have no home at all? Pure bliss.
But when you do have some above-poverty level of income, how do you spend the money? When it comes time to splurge on something fun, some of you focus on new possessions (a TV, a video game console, a family of multiracial blow-up dolls) while others are more likely to buy experiences (a massage, dinner at a fancy restaurant, a concert, a "massage").
Well, you don't have to look very hard to find a study saying that materialism has a devastating toll on the happiness fund as well as the bank account. While we have an entire economic system and popular culture built to cater to it, science says that endless pursuit of stuff leads to decreased life satisfaction, decreased happiness, depression, paranoia and narcissism. Holy shit!
That's a hollow smile on his face.
The obvious problem is that possessions are like a physical manifestation of the hedonistic treadmill we just discussed -- your fancy new car accumulates scratches and door dings and burrito sauce stains on the seats. It degrades right in front of your eyes. The new computer gets slower every day you own it. And, before long, somebody you know will buy a nicer one that makes yours look like a sad, computer-shaped turd and then all of your new-gadget happiness is released into the atmosphere in a black cloud of euphoria emissions.
You get better results, the experts say, from spending money on experiences -- a concert, a vacation, a clothing-optional cruise. If those events go well, they tend to get better in your memory as time goes on.
"In a few years, we won't even remember how much puking we did this week."
But get this -- when doing a study of vacationers, the happiest people were the ones in the weeks leading up to a vacation. It was all about anticipation. Again, it looks like our brain rewards us more for working toward a goal than for actually arriving there. The study actually suggests taking more frequent, shorter vacations. You know, so you can spend more time anticipating them.
Wait, didn't we say that in medieval times their whole thing was just telling people they'd be happy after they died? So they'd spend their whole lives in that anticipation mode? We're not experts. Just throwing that out there.
"Just a couple more decades of backbreaking labor and then cash-out!"


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Whats this cooking method called where you bury the raw food (potato, sugarbeet, guava, corn cobs)in hot charcoal ashes?
This is just traditional fire cooking, now called camp-fire cooking, or (US) cowboy cooking
Any Scout should know how to do this :-)
It works best using food with tough outer skins, or wrapped in a sacrificial coverings, or more modernly using aluminium foil, or a cast iron pot (dutch oven)
Some common foods examples:
Potato and other Tubers
You lose about 5 mm (including unpeeled skin) to the fire. If you wrap in Aluminium foil the loss is often nil. Wash and soak tuber well before cooking, but do not cut into the skin, even to remove imperfections or 'eyes'. Takes about 30 to 60 minutes to cook depending on coal heat. If not eating immediately, do not leave potatoes in foil wrapping. Unwrap and let surface dry
Do not remove husk. Soak corn before cooking. It takes about 10 to 20 minutes to cook depending on coal heat
Wash and soak cabbage. Drain excess water. Do not remove any dead leaves etc. Poke a knife halfway into the core from the top and pour in a little water (and meat fat for extra go). Can take up to 1 hour to fully cook
Large slabs work best. Reduce flesh loss by wrapping in edible leaves. If you don't like the charred bits, you can use Aluminium foil, or better yet a dutch oven. Time depends on mass and done-ness desired
Small goods like sausage (real meat and fat, not sawdust please) will have up to 5 mm of flesh loss, but are still fun to do.
Gut fish, but otherwise leave intact. Fish cooks relatively fast, time depends on mass. Pull sides apart and eat flesh directly off the skin and bone. If using a foil pouch you can add aromatics, raw sugar, and spices to make some amazing meals
Keep bananas in skin, make a couple of small cuts to let steam escape. Cooks in 10 to 15 minutes
Unpeeled and un-cored apples cook in 15 to 20 minutes (you can eat the core, it's good for you)
I believe the most accurate definition for this is "Pit Barbecue" although (as Ray points out) Kalua describes this technique as well, but I think as a 'general technique' Pit Barbecue is more accurate with Kalua being a "style" of Pit Barbecue.
This reminds me of Kalua a bit. In Kalua pork, a pig is wrapped in burlap and leaves and buried with hot embers and rocks under dirt and sand for hours.
Hangi is apparently somewhat similar as well.


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Oscars 2013: Red carpet arrivals
Jessica Chastain, Amy Adams, Anne Hathaway, Kerry Washington, Hugh Jackman and more stars arrive at the Dolby Theatre for the 85th Academy Awards. By Jevon Phillips.
Winners | Red carpet | Show highlights | Quotes | Backstage | Winners' room | Best & worst moments | Best dressed | Worst dressed | Complete list | Timeline | Full coverage
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Geneseo alumna Iris Banister
GENESEO, N.Y. - SUNY Geneseo alumna Iris Banister, an accomplished author and motivational speaker, will address Geneseo's master's degree commencement at 10 a.m. May 7 in Wadsworth Auditorium. She will speak on "Success Comes in CANS." More than 60 graduate students will receive degrees at the ceremony. Geneseo offers master's degrees in education, accounting, and communicative disorders and sciences.
Banister received her master of science degree in education from Geneseo in 1970. She earned a doctorate in Theological Counseling from the Master's International School of Divinity in Indiana. She also has a bachelor of science degree from Jarvis Christian College in Texas.
"The Rev. Dr. Banister is a dynamic educator and leader and we're delighted she is participating in this special occasion on our campus," said Christopher C. Dahl, president of SUNY Geneseo. "It is fitting that an alumna from one of our graduate programs returns to address our graduate students now receiving their degrees. She has made tremendous contributions to public education and community development and we look forward to her inspirational message."
Banister is a member of Geneseo's College Council, a group of community members appointed by the governor to advise the college's senior administration. She also contributes as a board member and gives volunteer service to many non-profit, community based organizations. Prior to retirement, Banister served the Rochester School District in various capacities for 32 years, including time as an elementary school teacher, reading specialist and guidance counselor. She came out of retirement to become principal of the Charter School of Science and Technology. She also served as executive director of the Rochester Children's Zone, a collaborative effort to improve the overall quality of life and education in northeast Rochester.
Banister has earned numerous awards and recognitions including the City of Rochester Pioneer Award; the Mayor's Renaissance Award - Outstanding Educator; MLK Achievement Award for Civic Engagement; the New York State Humanitarian Award; and the Rochester mayor's Unsung Heroes Award. She has traveled extensively to Africa and is focused on the growth and development of women and their children in Ghana.
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Every year, right as the heat subsides but before the leaves change, comes a landmark occasion for music lovers in Kansas. If your grass is blue, then the Walnut Valley Festival is the place for you. Winfield, in the southeast corner of the state, becomes a home away from home for thousands of folk and flatpickin' fans every September. It's almost become a rite of passage for any native Kansan.
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Having just written my perfect screenshot tool, I've been trying to work out how it should set itself up for use by people who are not me. Screenshots are traditionally taken by pressing the PrtSc key. So, I could do the following things:
As soon as the app is installed, make pressing PrtSc invoke the app
- works immediately, out of the box, as expected. A user installs the app, hits PrtSc, they get the app they've just installed. Hooray.
- unconditionally overrides any existing setup you have for PrtSc, which might be annoying
- if you uninstall the app, it won't reset PrtSc to what it was before, which is also annoying
- problematic for multiple users, because app installation runs under sudo, so how does it know which user's PrtSc setup to override? It's certainly possible to add a gconf key as part of installation, but that may be problematic if two different screenshot apps both try?
On first-run of the app, seize the PrtSc key
- avoids the above problem of wrongly seizing other users' PrtSc keys
- you have to run the app once manually first, which is annoying (and how do you know how to do that?)
- will still not restore the old setting if the app is uninstalled
Have a configuration dialog in the app where you configure it to seize PrtSc
- Only seizes PrtSc for people that really want it to
- you have to run the app once manually first, which is annoying (and how do you know how to do that?)
- you have to go into a configuration dialog to make the app actually do what it's intended to do; take screenshots when you press PrtSc. Ubuntu is past that configure-everything stage now, surely? How irritating. Not doing this!
Something else I haven't thought of
A better cleverer approach that just hasn't dawned on me yet.
Suggestions welcomed!


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Consider the Asynchronous Procedure Execution example. One approach is to simply have one DB hosting all the SSB objects involved (the services, the procedure, the activation queue etc) and simply call the invocation procedure
Note that your procedure will execute under activation EXECUTE AS context and will thus be subject to the EXECUTE AS sandboxing. You must either mark the
This approach keeps all the SSB infrastructure in one place (in one DB) so it may be feasible for you. The disadvantage is that it does not leverage the loosely coupled SSB model which would allow you to schedule the async procedure even when the executionDB is not available. It also introduces a tight coupling between your DBs and the execution SSB DB, which creates problems vis-a-vis restores and failover (mirroring).


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I bought my MacBook in mid-2008 with Leopard (10.5.2) pre-installed. On it, I installed (Japanese) Windows XP using BootCamp. I am now up to Snow Leopard (10.6.7) and I can continue to use Windows XP (currently at SP3) with no problems. If I upgrade to Lion, will I still be able to use my existing Windows XP installation? (N.B. If I can't, I shan't upgrade.)
The bootcamp partition is not affected. The only thing Apple did different in Lion is that the bootcamp drivers packaged with Lion installations only work with Windows 7, however, if you already have the Snow Leopard drivers installed on you XP side nothing will change...if you need to install a new bootcamp partition you will need to get the bootcamp drivers from your Snow Leopard DVD.
This may have been a problem during the Lion install when it resizes the partitions on the drive, it may have screwed up the XP partition when installing the Recovery Partition...this should only be a problem if your drive is almost full...I have a setup similar to yours (SL on one partition, and XP on the other under Bootcamp) I had 450GB free...I didn't have any trouble.


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NELMS On Hand For SSP Independence Day Weekend Doubleheader Starting With The Baseline Pawn Firecracker 100
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Banks, Oregon- After last weekend's rain out at Coos Bay Speedway the cars and stars of the Northwest Extreme Late Model Series will be on tap for not one but two events this Independence Day weekend at Sunset Speedway Park. The first race of the doubleheader will be the one-hundred lap Firecracker 100 presented by Baseline Pawn on Friday July 4th followed by another night of action on Saturday the 5th.
Shaun Mayea was able to win in the Season Opener at Cottage Grove, Phillip Johnson picked up the huge win at Madras Speedway, and "Superman" Collen Winebarger won in a thriller at Willamette Speedway. Greg Walters has been victorious the two times the NELMS series has visited including the Spring Challenge in May.
The Northwest Extreme Late Model Series has visited SSP a total of twenty-one times since the organization's inception in 2010 with Greg Walters winning the most at fourteen triumphs including the aforementioned triumph at the Spring Challenge this year. Collen Winebarger has three wins while drivers with just one include Terry Ferrando, Jerry Schram, Russ Sell, and Billy Workman Jr.
Both days the Pit Gates will open at 2:00 PM, Front Gates open at 3:30, and racing starts at 6:00. Tickets for Friday are Adults $15.00, Seniors/Military/Juniors (13-17) $13.00, Youths (Ages 12-6) $8.00, and Children under the age of 5 are FREE and a Family Pass will be offered for two Adults and up to four Youths for just $55.00. Saturday tickets are Adults $12.00, Seniors/Military/Juniors (13-17) $10.00, Youths (Ages 12-6) $5.00, and Children under the age of 5 are FREE and a Family Pass will be offered for two Adults and up to four Youths for just $35.00. For more information log on to www.sunsetspeedwaypark.com.
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Current Point Standings (Top Ten): 1. Brad Martin 256; 2. Phillip Johnson 235; 3. Jacob Myers 232; 4. Jason Johnson 227; 5. John Gamell 223; 6. Greg Walters 216; 7. Ryan Bothwell 203; 8. Jerry Schram 191; 9. Dave Walters 179; 10. Josh Sim 173
Previous Northwest Extreme Late Model Series Winners At Sunset Speedway Park:
2014- Greg Walters on May 24th, Greg Walters on June 21st
2013- Greg Walters on April 27th, Greg Walters on May 4th, Collen Winebarger on June 1st, Collen Winebarger on June 15th, Greg Walters on July 4th, Collen Winebarger on July 13th, Greg Walters on July 27th, Greg Walters on August 3rd, Greg Walters on September 7th
2012- Terry Ferrando on June 16th, Jerry Schram on July 4th, Greg Walters on August 4th
2011- Greg Walters on June 4th, Greg Walters on July 23rd, Greg Walters on August 6th
2010- Greg Walters on May 1st, Russ Sell on June 12th, Billy Workman Jr. on July 17th, Greg Walters on August 7th
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2013- Greg Walters
2012- Jerry Schram
2011- Jesse Freeman (Street Stocks)
2010- Greg Walters
2009- Greg Walters
2008- Brandon Lindberg*
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When a baby growing inside its mommy dies before it is time to be born.
You may hear someone say, "After my mom had a miscarriage, she was sad for a long time."
A lot of time, doctors and parents never know what made the baby die.
Miscarriages are not anyone's fault. Nothing you did or said or thought could make the baby die. Some kids say they felt bad because now and then they didn't want a new baby. Most kids feel that way one time or another. Feeling that way didn't make the baby die.
Even though you never got to hold the baby, your family had a lot of love for the baby.
This means your mom and dad and everyone in the family is probably sad.
"Grandma, why did our baby die," I asked. "Did I do it when I patted too hard? Sometimes I didn't want a new baby." Grandma gave me a big, soft hug. "No," she said. "The baby didn't die because you patted Mommy's tummy too hard. Nothing you said or did or thought could ever make Baby die. It's nobody's fault. It just happened. I don't know why."
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Answer taken from What Does That Mean? A Dictionary of Death, Dying and Grief Terms for Grieving Children and Those Who Love Them by Harold Ivan Smith and Joy Johnson, Center Corporation, 2006.
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Simple Definition of immobilize
: to keep (something or someone) from moving or working : to make (something or someone) immobile
Full Definition of immobilize
transitive verb
: to make immobile: as a : to prevent freedom of movement or effective use of <the planes were immobilized by bad weather> b : to reduce or eliminate motion of (the body or a part) by mechanical means or by strict bed rest c : to withhold (money or capital) from circulation
immobilizationplay \-ˌmō-bə-lə-ˈzā-shən\ noun
immobilizerplay \-ˈmō-bə-ˌlī-zər\ noun
See immobilize defined for English-language learners
See immobilize defined for kids
Examples of immobilize in a sentence
Doctors immobilized her wrist by putting it in a cast.
I was immobilized by fear.
First Known Use of immobilize
Rhymes with immobilize
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Definition of immobilize for Students
: to keep from moving : make immovable <The doctor immobilized her wrist.>
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Medical Definition of immobilize
immobilizedalso British
immobilizingalso British
: to make immobile; especially : to fix (as a body part) so as to reduce or eliminate motion usually by means of a cast or splint, by strapping, or by strict bed rest <immobilizing a fractured bone by a cast and continuous traction> <immobilize an injury> <immobilize all patients with a suspected neck or spine injury>
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I have just created a Wizard (Mage) who specializes in enchantment. I have a question about the Hypnotism spell..
The power states that the target creature can be forced to attack another enemy (or itself apparently). If there are no other creatures adjacent to the monster can it move to attack another creature, and if so, what is the range of its movement?


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Just like the show itself there were lots of laughs and emotional moments on the panel for NBC's The New Normal the featured show of the night. While moderator and guest star John Stamos whizzed past right after taking pics and co-creator Ryan Murphy didn't walk the carpet, the primary cast lit up the press tent with their energy and wit.
The handsome leads Justin Bartha and Andrew Rannells were among the first to arrive and were playful and upbeat in their interviews even doing a few together. Most of the questions were about what would happen by the end of the season and if there was any word they were picked up for a season two. No word yet on a second season, but the rest of this season will see a lot happening with the cast including some new career paths and, of course, the birth of the baby that Goldie (Georgia King) has been carrying all season as surrogate for the two leads.
NeNe Leakes, of Real Housewives fame, who plays the personal assistant turned TV producer Rocky on the show, explained to me that she has been acting longer than people might think and has already appeared in plays and films like The Fighting Temptations, but she revealed that she really wants to do a role where she can sing. That shouldn't be hard since she has a recurring role on another Murphy-produced show, Glee.
Just like last night, there was some good spirited ribbing among the actors, mainly between Stamos and Bartha, but the highlight was Bebe Wood, who plays Shania doing her, now famous, Little Edie impression from Grey Gardens.
Also, during the Q&A, the cast of actors, Stamos included, talked about how they were all glad for the opportunity to work on a show with such a positive message about acceptance and celebrating diversity. Everyone on the panel and in the audience was especially touched when a disabled, gay fan in the audience shared that he was encouraged by what Murphy's shows represent.
Murphy went on to explain why it was important for him to continue to represent minorities in his work citing a moment on the first Glee tour when he saw a group of wheelchair bound boys excited to see a concert featuring someone like them.
The event, much like the show was funny, inclusive and positive, and hopefully, that is the new normal. I will be back recapping The Mindy Project in a few days.
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Are you looking forward to all the Star Wars deals tomorrow?
May the Fourth be with you!
Personally I'll be wearing my @-@ (AT-AT) woot shirt to work tomorrow. Hints have been dropped that there will be a special Lego Star Wars deal, and Amazon practically screamed that there will be a gold box special on the Blu-Ray sets. Are you going to need to hide your credit cards away for the day? Or will you be the one darting around the office in a hooded cloak and a shiny lightsaber?
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No, just the good ones. But seriously folks... yes, I am hoping for a deal on the blu-ray set... I have been waiting for the price to come down a bit...
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@neopterygii: Holy crap, if that's accurate I need to get up early tomorrow
I havent seen Star Wars ever so, not really caring.
@teenracer6: That sentence makes me sad =(
You should really give it a shot!
No, not really. My answer judge me by do you?
@tossthedice: No time + bored easily + dont like to sit still = Dont try most movies/series.
I agree with @pinchecat: No. IMHO Star Wars has had it's time in the limelight.
@teenracer6: Do what I do, play a gameboy/phone/whatever game while watching it XD
@escriscit I don't judge Yoda by his lack of height, so I won't judge you by your lack of taste either ;) (I kid, I kid <3)
Star Trek is WAY COOLER!!
I heard George Lucas has extra Brinks Trucks on call for tomorrow.
Deals?!?! On Star Wars?? I shall be there! Or is it- be there shall I!


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KINGSTON – The boys from the Kingston American Legion Post 387 baseball team got to learn all about the towns of Sudbury and then Milford over the last week while competing in the State Legion Tournament. Despite losing the first game of the tournament, they battled all week before finally falling to Newburyport in the state semifinals, 3-2.
The end came suddenly when Ryan Kuchar's single off Will Gallagher in the bottom of the ninth scored Cam Toohey with the walk-off run.
Newburyport took on Milford for the state title later in the day, losing by the score of 4-2.
Most of the tournament was played at Feeley Field in Sudbury, but a drenching rain Friday moved the final day of action to Milford. The rain was still lightly falling Saturday morning, and things let up a couple of hours before the first pitch.
Kingston's Bradley Chandler opened the game nicely with a single, moving to second when a pick-off attempt got away from the first baseman. Josh O'Neill's groundout pushed Chandler to third, and an infield single by Devon King scored Chandler to put Kingston on top 1-0.
Kingston's offense got off quickly with three hits in the opening frame but it could muster just three more the rest of the way.
Newburyport evened the score in the bottom of the second when Dan Rose doubled and then moved to third and home on a pair of sacrifice fly outs.
Kingston answered quickly its next time at the plate and took the lead once again, 2-1, when O'Neill reached on an error, stole second and came home on an Adam Gay RBI double. Gay got to third but was stranded there.
Gay went eight innings on the mound, spreading out eight hits, and finished strong by retiring the final eight batters he faced. The last two to reach base on him were Rose (single) and Toohey (double) with one out in the bottom of the sixth. Rose came in to score on a Colby Ingraham sacrifice fly to tie the score, 2-2.
Kingston threatened in the ninth, but pinch-runner Ben Cooke was thrown out at third.
Tommy Contos had reached on an error to start the ninth. Cooke came on to run, and a pickoff attempt got away from the first basemen. Cooke sped to second and took a wide turn there. When the throw went behind him he took off for third where he was tagged out.
Will Gallagher got the ball to start the ninth for Kingston, and he walked Toohey to start the inning. Gallagher got the next two batters, and an infield error put runners at the corners with two out, setting the stage for Kuchar's game-winning walk-off single.
Page 2 of 2 - Coming off winning the Zone 10 title with a sweep of Barnstable, Kingston found itself immediately behind the eight ball last weekend when the team dropped the first game of the state tournament to Greenfield, 7-2.
Every game after that loss was a must-win in the double-elimination playoff format. Kingston obliged, beating Lowell, Sudbury and then Milford before finally losing to Newburyport.
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