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Welcome to Bullworth Academy. In this Roleplay, you will be leaving the comforts of home for the hardest private boarding school in the whole of America. Bullworth Academy. Remember always the school motto, Canis Canem Edit. Dog Eat Dog.
You will be a new student, 15 years old with not a friend to call your own. Have you got what it takes to make it through, or shall you be carried out screaming?
First things first, there is a pecking order in Bullworth. It is best that you know, because scr*wing with the wrong people is a one-time offence.
Bullies: These wear jeans with untucked white school shirts. They can be found almost everywhere, usually at the school gates or at the school building its self. They fight with their fists, and dont hesitate to assault those weaker then themselves. If you do fight back though, they can be easily beaten.
Despite their faults, once you win their respect they will be your loyal friends forever. Their leader is Russel, a huge, dimwitted Hulk-like boy. They do not struggle for power like the other cliques.
Nerds: Typically overweight or painfully thin and scrawny, these guys are the bullies and Jocks targets of choice. Though weaker then the bullies and more easily beaten, when armed with stink bombs, bottle rockets or even their spud guns they can be harder to beat. They can be found at the library or the comic book store in Bullworth Town. These wear green blazers with grey slacks.
Preppies: The trust fund babies, with faux English pretensions. They are snobbish and uptight, and mostly inbred too. They were Aquaberry uniforms, blazers with light blue checker design and grey slacks. Are up themselves a lot. Can be found at Harrington Hall, the Fight Club in Old Bullworth Vale, and are trained in boxing. They use fists and throw eggs. In a group, theyll kick your whiny a$$. Enemies with the Greasers. Their leader Derby(Pronounced Darby) Harrington is an honest to god jerk. Cute, but a plonker.
Greasers: Tough as nails, these cliched oil-slicked 50s wannabes are tough to beat. Can be found in the Autoshop area or in New Coventry, skipping class. They wear leather or denim jackets. Dont attempt to fight them, seriously. Their leader Johnny Vincent is a hopeless, passionate romantic, with anger issues. They uses fists, but one was known to have a sledgehammer.
Jocks: The oversized, butch roid monkeys. They rule the school with meaty fists. They are very athletic; so dont fight these unless you have a deathwish. They are arrogant and mean. Mandy, the head cheerleader, is a cow. They all wear Letterman jackets or sweaters. Can be found at the gym and Football field. Hate the Nerds. They are armed with Baseball bats.
Non-clique students like yourself
Next is your arsenal of weapons. For self defence, of course. >_>
Slingshot: This will never be confiscated from you, with an unlimited supply of weapons.
Stink bombs: Made using the chemistry set in your room, will create a disgusting smell that will stop enemies in their tracks.
Firecrackers: Aim for feet and make those piggies dance!
Itching powder: Lets see them run with this in their clothes! Theyll be too busy scratching to attack, good to use on Prefects when escaping.
Bottle rockets: Obtained from Nerds, at a price. Three of these take Prefects outta commission.
Also, you will have a skateboard on hand, a camera from Photography and bikes from Autoshop.
You have two classes a day. The first starting at 9am to 11am and the second from 1pm to 3pm. Curfew is 11pm and if youre caught after hours youre forcefully put to bed.
Rules are: No Curfew Breaking, Vandalism, Skipping Class, Fighting, Hitting Girls or Little Kids. Of course you dont have to be a goody two shoes
Chemistry: Learn to make stink bombs, firecrackers and itching powder here with Prof Watts.
English: With Mr Galloway. This gives you the gift of the gab, so you can get off Scot free for minor misdemeanours.
Art: With Mrs Philips, this makes you sound so sensitive, and sweet to the girls or guys.
Gym: Alternates between Dodgeball games and wrestling, learn new fighting moves!
Photography: Taken with Mrs Philips, only available in your second year.
Autoshop: Only available in your second year, allows you to fix up bikes and hire them out.
Prof Watts: The Chemistry teachers. A nice man, overall.
Mr Galloway: An alcoholic, but a really great guy. Romantically involved with Mrs Philips.
Mrs Philips: The art teacher, a lovely woman with artsy ideas. Loves Mr Galloway.
Mr Hattrick: A plonker, hates Mr Galloway. Is corrupt.
Edna: The lunch lady, given that she coughs and spits into the food and is dirtier then Typhoid Mary, Im advising you to buy lunch in town. Loves poor Prof Watts.
Prefects: (Pulled from Wikipedia)
The prefects are student that provide law enforcement around Bullworth Campus. They wear navy blue coats and are all presumably seniors. They are usually hostile to all.
Your character has to be 15, maybe 14.
No Mary-Sues.
No teen pregnancy or fornication on campus, because that will and could respectively get you booted out of school.
You cant be in a Clique soon as you get into school. Gotta be qualified for it. Bully: Be a jerk. Nerd: Be ultra-smart. Prep: Be snobby rich. Jock: Be a meathead or stereotypical cheerbimbo. You can also not join any Clique and just be a on a friendly basis with some of them. However, you cant be friends with two opposing Cliques (Preps, Greasers; Nerds, Jocks)
No daft ideas with magic and whatnot. You can have mad genius scientists (I am) but not flipping fairies or Vampires. Ghosts and hauntings are allowed.
Students are given a monthly allowance of 30 dollars a week to start, can earn money by doing errands for other students and get an increase for every year.
Swearing is allowed, in moderation.
Only MIRANDA, WOLFIE and ME can join.
NOTE: If you are Princessmeplz, you ESPECIALLY cannot join. No way in hell would I allow you too.
School Map:
It was the depths of autumn, and apple trees hung low with age as wilting leaves covered the ground with a crackling carpet.
The start of the school year, and already the students were moving into their dorms, struggling with bags, bickering with new enemies and laughing with old friends.
At the front gates, there was certainly a lot of bickering going at a Volkswagen Beetle.
No, Look, I pull! You push! For gods sake, its not that hard! The aggravated girl screamed into the car at her foster-mother, Just pus-ARGH!
With a thup the bag flew out, whacked into her stomach and knocked her back.
She groaned, Didnt mean that hard. And propped her self on her elbows. This is a perfect moment to look at her actually.
Shes reasonably pretty to look at, with a mad spark in her bright green eyes lined with a little mascara. Otherwise, all make-up has been omitted in favour of the natural look. That might be a bit unfortunate, what with the splash of freckles on her cheeks and otherwise blemishes. Her good points here are the crazy eyes, and her mouth, graced with a permanent little upward curve. You almost expect her to have dimples. Dimples!
To top it off, her hair is a pale blonde, streaked though with a pale bright blue, cyan blue and navy, tied into a high ponytail. Its also held into a bun with several pens and littered with leaves.
Shes quite slim by natures good graces and general boundless energy compelling constant movement, though slim also means shes barely a b-cup, dressed in a blue t-shirt and faded jeans, ripped at her scabbed knees.
Destiny Hermin! Get up off that ground, NOW!
Destiny Emerald! She snapped back at her foster mum, trying hard, and failing. Get the f*cking bag off!
Chloe Hermin sighed, yanking the wheelie bag off Destiny, who immediately set to effing and blinding in a wheeze.
"Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go."
-Bernard Malamud
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The process of transferring the drug's production technology will take place until the end of 2016, while domestic production is planned to begin by 2017, according to the country's health ministry. Before the patent for atazanavir (held by Bristol-Myers Squibb) expires by the end of 2017, Brazilians will be trained by experts at the company's USA-based facility on how to produce the drug. The drug will be produced at a Rio de Janeiro-based pharmaceutical plant named Farmanguinhos, operated by Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz).
AtazanavirAtazanavir is distributed to approximately 45,000 patients by the public health system, which corresponds to approximately 20% of all the HIV-infected patients cared for under this system. According to data from the health ministry, the government of Brazil spends approximately R$86 million ($41.4 million) annually to purchase the drug abroad. When atazanavir, which is taken daily by patients, starts being produced domestically, the country is expected to save a total of R$385 million ($185.3 million) in five years, the ministry added.
Starting in 2013, the drug will be distributed nationwide inside locally-produced packaging. Output from the new domestic plant will add one more drug to the locally-produced drug list for HIV-infected patients, totaling up to 11 drugs produced in Brazil from the 20 medications offered at no cost to HIV-infected men and women in Brazil. According to government figures, some 127 million capsules will be produced annually in Brazil by 2017.
Atazanavir is a protease inhibitor. This class of drugs is used to treat or prevent infection by viruses. Atazanavir is administered in combination with two other antiretroviral agents to prevent the risk of developing drug-resistant mutated viruses.
The deal
According to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), the plan is to meet at least 50% of the demand for atazanavir sulfate by 2015. Fiocruz says this deal guarantees that Farmanguinhos will set a final price for the drug that is 5% lower than the current price.
The Brazilian government will not pay for the technology but guarantees purchasing the drug from Bristol-Myers Squibb until the end of the deal in 2017. According to the health ministry's AIDS department, this is the first deal of its kind for developing domestic production of a drug whose patent has not yet expired.
The Brazilian Interdisciplinary Aids Association (ABIA) disagrees with the details of the deal and has questioned the need for the government to pay such a high price for a drug that will only be produced in 2017. The health ministry, on the other hand, says that prices will drop gradually. Minister Alexandre Padilha has publicly defended new deals with private laboratories in order to maintain the local HIV/Aids treatment program, which cares for approximately 217,000 Brazilians.


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Obama, Murphy and Esty put average Americans first
I support Democrats Barack Obama, for president; Chris Murphy, for U.S. Senate; and Elizabeth Esty, for the 5th Congressional District seat. I support them because I believe they want each person to be treated fairly. I offer that their interest lies in the greatest possible good for the greatest number of people. All three support continuing tax cuts for middle-income earners, and support an increased tax rate on those in upper brackets.


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7 Best Meals When You're Cooking for One
Eating alone? Put down that microwave dinner and step away from the Pop-Tarts. We found these very healthful (and very tasty) ways to eat solo
Mediterranean-Style Baked Turkey Breast 1 bone-in turkey breast
2 cups organic veggie broth (low sodium)
1 cup water
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons fresh chopped herbs (such as rosemary and thyme)
Put turkey breast in a baking dish, add broth and water, then sprinkle seasonings on top. Drizzle olive oil on top and place into a 375-degree oven. Bake for about 80 minutes; let cool for 10 to 15 minutes to ensure moistness.
10-Minute Soup
2 ribs of thinly chopped celery
1 cup of chopped carrots
3 cups organic veggie broth (low sodium)
1 can chickpeas
1/2 package organic frozen spinach
1/2 package organic frozen peas
6 ounces cooked turkey breast
1 cup water
1 thinly sliced garlic clove
1/2 cup thinly sliced onion
Heat 1 to 2 teaspoons of olive oil in a medium stockpot; add garlic and onion with a pinch of sea salt and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes (until slightly browned). Add carrot and celery; cook for a few minutes (until softened). Add veggie broth and water. Add garbanzo beans, spinach, peas, and turkey breast. Simmer on low for a few minutes.
Purple Tacos
6 pieces of purple corn tortilla
2 cups thinly chopped purple cabbage
1 thinly chopped medium onion
8 ounces cooked and shredded turkey breast
1 tablespoon fresh salsa
Chop cabbage and onion; warm tortillas on the stovetop. Put shredded turkey into the tortillas, add cabbage, and onion, then top with salsa.
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I cook for two, but often remember a lot of takeout years ago when I was flying solo.
by robyne00 Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 04:40PM Report as inappropriate
love all the great meals and recipes
by jenni84 Monday, August 27, 2012 at 07:41AM Report as inappropriate
I loved these thoughtful tips for singles. I like making a big batch of soup once a week. I pack it for lunches and if I start getting tired of it, I freeze a few portions for those later times that I don't feel like making something from scratch. I love my slow cooker, but need to take advantage of it more.
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When do you add grits?
by Digby1 Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 05:17PM Report as inappropriate
The tip about having staples available is an important one for me. When I don't feel like cooking, I love to grab some cereal or yogurt with fruit to keep me going.
by alictasia Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at 03:18PM Report as inappropriate
Soup is definitely comforting!
by andyv1217 Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 09:04PM Report as inappropriate
I think I need to start using my slow cooker now. I have one, but have never used it. I think because I'm a vegetarian and I can only think of my mother using hers for roast and stuff. I better get on that recipe!
by Mrs.Endres13 Monday, July 30, 2012 at 08:42AM Report as inappropriate
This is a great article. Very practical!
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i really wanna try these!! but i would've liked to see pictures accompanying the recipes too, to get an idea of how it's supposed to turn out!
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would anyone be able to help me with this question?
Consider a random variable $X$ with probability density function
$$f(x) = xe^{−x^2/2}, x\geq 0.$$
Determine x such that
$P(X \lt x) = 0.5$, $P(X \leq x) = 0.5$, and $P(X \gt x) = 0.95.$
What I've tried to do is integrate $f(x)$ to get $F(X)$ and then substitue in the different values of $F(X)$. However I haven't been getting real numbers as answers.


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5 Forms of Black Magic That Science Is Making Possible
#2. Palm Reading
The Scam:
Chiromancy, or "palm reading" is the supposed ability to discern a person's dominant personality traits or even divine their future by interpreting the lines on their palm. It's basically just a hand-fetish version of the cold reading we discussed earlier: close inspection of the hands can say a lot. The placement and amount of calluses, how well the nails are kept, indents from rings--they're all general clues to a person's life.
"Hm. You see here? The stickiness of the heart line indicates you're a bachelor."
How it's Becoming Real:
Your hand really is a gold-mine of information about your genetics and overall health. We have previously explained how researchers have figured out that finger length can determine sexual behavior, a.k.a. the Digit Ratio Theory.
But your fingerprints also contain a load of information about certain genetic disorders. For example, if you have something called Ulnar Swirls (pictured below) it's likely you have Down's syndrome.
The same creases in the palms the fortune tellers claim to read are actually indicators of certain genetic disorders and even fetal alcohol syndrome.
Of course, old-fashioned palm readers have seized on this to claim they were right all along. See! If scientists can find genetic clues in your Life Line, surely our experts will be able to predict when you'll meet your soulmate! For a small fee!
#1. Fortune Telling a.k.a. Predicting the Future
The Scam:
This is the big one. Whether it's a lady with a crystal ball, a cult leader predicting apocalypse or Sylvia Freaking Browne, there has always been a thriving industry in making (often vague) predictions about the future. You can be wrong 99 times out of a hundred, but as long as you get one guess right (usually something like, "I predict a major disaster somewhere in Asia this year") your followers will forget all the misses.
"Holy Shit, it did rain at some point. Nostradamus was right!
Just ask Ms. Browne, who has turned a career of never successfully predicting anything into a business that charges $850 dollars for a telephone reading.
How it's Becoming Real:
It looks like the only thing between us and having the computer equivalent of a crystal ball is getting the software right--and trust us, they're working around the clock.
Two ongoing crises are driving the research right now: Global Warming, with the corresponding need to develop more accurate models to predict warming trends, and the recent financial collapse that managed to blindside every expert whose job it is to see shit like that coming. Strangely, in the future the same techniques may be used to predict both.
And it's Magic!
It's not easy; it takes a shitload of computing power, and massive amounts of past and current data for a piece of software to predict what's going to happen. But, for instance, one model already predicted a crash of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The programmers aren't claiming magic, the software just recognized that buyers tend to behave a certain way before a steep drop.
Meanwhile the U.S. Department of Defense is using computer models right now to predict geopolitical outcomes, anticipating events like regime changes using number-crunching techniques probably not all that different from what statistician, Nate Silver, uses to nail down his creepily accurate election forecasts.
And if you can get rough-yet-fairly accurate predictions with just some dudes and their desktop PC's, you can only imagine what could happen if we had, say, a gigantic supercomputer on the task. Or instead of imagining it, we could just go to Los Alamos National Laboratories where they have this fucker:
That's the Roadrunner system, it operates at 1.6 PetaFLOPS (that is, one point six quadrillion or 1,600,000,000,000,000 calculations a second) and they're busily teaching it to predict things. They're running mathematical models that will let it map everything from the chaotic spread of a wildfire to the expansion of the universe.
Of course, even then, the models are simply predicting broad trends. They could maybe predict what the crime rate in Baltimore will be next year, but can't predict that the guy in the next cubicle over is about to stab some dudes. No, for that you'd need the FAST (Future Attribute Screening Technologies) program, a system developed by the Department of Homeland Security that can measure your vital signs and fleeting facial expressions and accurately predict that you're going to commit a crime in the near future.
All of which leaves us with one question: What happens when personal computers get powerful enough to run the prediction software on their own, and everyone has access to it? How will people's behavior change when they know what the computer is predicting they'll do? And how will the computers adjust their predictions based on the subjects of their predictions knowing the predictions? Or will it have predicted the subjects' awareness of the predictions as part of its original predictions?
Wait, this is why they started burning witches, isn't it?
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I've got a Mac Pro coming in today. I ordered it with a typical 1TB HDD in the default configuration from Apple. I purchased a Crucial 512GB SSD that I want to make my primary drive for the OS and the user data (and just use the the 1TB HDD as an additional storage disk).
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Guilty of Many Discourtesies...And Now a Couple of Felonies
The Transform Now Plowshares--- Greg Boertje-Obed, Sr. Megan Rice and Michael Walli---were found guilty Wednesday on two felony charges for their July 28, 2012 break-in at and protest at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, the nation's storehouse for bomb-grade uranium.Embarrassingly for the Dept. of Energy, the three cut through four security fences, scaled a heavily wooded ridge, and held vigil for some time at the "fortresslike Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility" before guards finally noticed and arrested them."Sister Rice said her only misgiving was that she had waited so long to stage a protest. 'My regret was I waited 70 years,' she said. 'It is manufacturing that which can only cause death.'She was asked why she hadnt felt obligated to inform the Catholic bishop in her area of her intentions. Rice responded: 'Ive been guilty of many discourtesies in my life.'"In Sister Rice's statement one can hear echoes of the humble audacity in Dan Berrigan's statement written 45 years ago this month on behalf of the Catonsville Nine: "Our apologies, good friends, for the fracture of good order, for the burning of paper instead of children, the angering of the orderlies in the front parlor of the charnel house. We could not, so help us God, do otherwise."
About the Author
Luke Hill is a writer and community organizer in Boston. He blogs at dotCommonweal and MassCommons.
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Sorry for making light of this post but the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the picture of the three is Peter, Paul and Mary.
David N: what are your thoughts about those priests and nuns who marched in parades and participated in sit-ins and protests in support of racial integration in the 1960s ... more self-indulgence?What is these 3 had been doing what they did but in front of abortion clinics?
Sister Megan is a friend whose photo is on the walls of our Church as one of the "Path of the Peacemakers." Her care for others and her stories have been shared at our parish over many years and I know her trial has been a focus of attention.Her courge and witness continue to inspire us all even we don't know what is next in store for her.Bless you, Megan... and Peter and Paul.
I don't see what earthly good such shenanigans can do aside from perhaps making the perpetrators feel a warm glow of self-righteousness inside (and perhaps expose lax security). I include the Berrigans along with the above three. These kind of stunts seem to me to be more self-indulgent than anything else.
What courageous people they are; and Sr Megan is an inspiration. I read she's a Holy Child Sister; she does Cornelia Connelly proud.
Luke's post (for which I am grateful) has also got me wondering about the civil-rights (and feminist rights, and anti-war) activities of the 1960s, and the civil disobedience of these three.I am wondering whether the nation's appetite for civil disobedience has fizzled out. These Plowshares incidents have been happening at least sporadically for 25 years or more, but has it captured the nation's imagination? Has anything fundamentally changed? Has the Occupy movement accomplished anything regarding capitalism and investment?Has Operation Rescue-style civil disobedience been an unmixed success in the nation's attitudes toward abortion?Do the School of the Americas protests happen anymore? Did they accomplish anything?Does civil disobedience "work" anymore? Why did it seem to be effective for civil rights, but seemingly ineffective for the examples I named?
The faithful example of these three people is tremendous. It is a particular blessing that this story is posted on the 92nd birthday of Daniel Berrigan (alluded to above in this post, and the ensuing thread). One thing that has come up is the "earthly good" of these types of actions. Since they have inspired so many people, I would contend that they have nothing to do with the feelings of the actors. As Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote in his "Letter from Birmingham Jail" that human beings have a "moral responsibility to break unjust laws." So, the earthly good simply resides in doing the right thing in the face of injustice (whether the the injustice is nuclear weapons, capital punishment, abortion, etc.).So, I think for these resisters, it is not so important that this action "work" in the sense that we normally use the word (although I also think this question raises a very important point!). I think that our normal human understanding of it "working" would mean that no more weapons of mass destruction would be produced. Very simply, an action like this is effective if it 1) is carried out in a genuine sense of abiding by God's law; 2) Brings attention to a serious social injustice, even to a relatively small number of people.
@David Nickol -- I have similar thoughts about the self-indulgent stunt of Jesus when he overturned tables in the Temple in Jerusalem. I mean, I know what was going on there was corrupt, exploitative and in league with the murderous Roman Empire, but what earthly good came out of Jesus' shenanigans? Did he really think his actions would impede the well-oiled, profitable Temple/State machine?
The three should be decorated by the DOD for calling attention to the lax security measures at Oak Ridge. Imagine how much better things would be if similar activists in Bangla Desh had called attention to fire and building safety.
Are you pulling our leg, David N? I thnk Dan expressed well the conundrum of prophetic action. Its "effectiveness" may be always in doubt.Jim P., while your questions on one level make sense, I would challenge you to articulate a foolproof theory of how collective socila change happens-- and what is the role of non-violent, prophetic witness within that. Inaddition to Jack M's thoughts, I am always inspired by the vison that Paul articulated about the roles of Paul and Apollo but how God gives growth, not the individuals along the way, yet they are necessary. Personally, Merton's "Letter to a Young Activist" (Jim Forrest) is always a meditation.
Jim PauwelsI am not sure I understand your questions and what you expect of dissent and protest. But it seems to me that you do both a great disservice. David P. has rightly called you out on it. Is your intention to undermine the value of what these three prophetic protestors have done? Whether the "nation" is interested in their civil disobedience is immaterial. They are exercising their consciences against injustice and potential mass destruction. That is what should be lifted up here. Whether your standards of "accomplishment" are met seems insignificant. You show that you do not understand what prophetic witness is all about. You cannot measure its effect and that is not its purpose, for the witness is what matters not what results from it.
what are your thoughts about those priests and nuns who marched in parades and participated in sit-ins and protests in support of racial integration in the 1960s more self-indulgence?Jim McCrea,It seems to me there is a difference between calling attention to a problem and calling attention to yourself. It seems to me that true civil disobedience involves breaking laws that ought to be broken. I can't see why anyone would object to a law that prohibits breaking into a storage area for weapons-grade nuclear material.
I have similar thoughts about the self-indulgent stunt of Jesus when he overturned tables in the Temple in Jerusalem. I mean, I know what was going on there was corrupt, exploitative and in league with the murderous Roman Empire . . . . Jack Marth,I am afraid I don't see a parallel at all between Jesus cleansing the temple and "Transform Now Plowshares" breaking into a nuclear facility. It is altogether unclear to me what Jesus intended regarding the moneychangers at the Temple. I don't think there is any evidence that they were corrupt, and they performed an essential function for temple worship. Mary and Joseph almost certainly made use of their services (Luke 2:22-24).Have you read the rationale for the action taken by Transform Now Plowshares? Do you believe the United States is guilty of war crimes for modernizing nuclear weapons? I think the United States may very well be guilty of all kinds of reprehensible and inexcusable behavior for what we have done in Iraq and Afghanistan, and what we have done with drones. I think quite likely it was wrong to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But we haven't used nuclear weapons since 1945. Breaking into a government facility to register complaints about nuclear weapons is very 1960s. It's quaint.
While I appreciate the commitment and the efforts of these guys and others like Fr. John Dear and Fr. Roy Bourgeois, I think I agree with David N - I don't think this kind of protest will come to the attention of many people and I don't think it will make any difference to the government's policy on weapons. There must be more effective ways to work for disarmament.
I smile at the dismissive "quaint." To trivilaize what what one cannot appreciate...?I'm not ready to witness as they did and certainly need to think through these issues more, but I don't believe that the continued development and stockpiling of nuclear weapons is in any nation's or the world's interests. It's increasingly harder to preach non-proliferation (Israel, Iran, N Korea) iwhile the uS continues its present course-- unless one accepts that WE havfe the moral and intellectual superority and right to do so.
"Have you read the rationale for the action taken by Transform Now Plowshares? Do you believe the United States is guilty of war crimes for modernizing nuclear weapons?"I do.
David P wrote, "Jim P., while your questions on one level make sense, I would challenge you to articulate a foolproof theory of how collective socila change happens and what is the role of non-violent, prophetic witness within that."My comment didn't pertain to non-violent, prophetic witness per se, but specifically to civil disobedience. I'd think there are a number of non-violent / prophetic actions that can be taken that don't entail civil disobedience, such as holding a rally or a march, demonstrating or picketing near the facility in conformance with the law, utilizing traditional and/or social media to get the word out about the facility and its purpose, political activism and lobbying, etc., etc.I freely admit that I can't articulate a foolproof theory of collective social change (or anything else, for that matter). But the burden isn't on me; it's on these three and their supporters to articulate an explanation of the point of civil disobedience, in this instance and more generally. I'm suggesting that civil disobedience hasn't "worked" in recent decades, in the sense that it hasn't proven to be a catalyst for social change. If it's not effective in catalyzing social change, then why do it?In addition, it seems to me that there is a risk that it is counter-productive. My initial reaction, upon reading Luke's post, was that these three were so far "out there" that their witness could be ignored. I've had the same initial reaction when I've heard about anti-abortion protesters who destroy property in abortion clinics - acts of prophetic witness that seems to me to be more or less analogous to what these three Plowshares activists did. To put it bluntly: this sort of act seems dismissable. Perhaps my view in this regard is a minority view, but I don't think it is.
"I am not sure I understand your questions and what you expect of dissent and protest. But it seems to me that you do both a great disservice."Perhaps you don't; see my previous response to David Pasinski - my comment did not address "dissent and protest" in general, but civil disobedience specifically."Whether the nation is interested in their civil disobedience is immaterial. They are exercising their consciences against injustice and potential mass destruction. That is what should be lifted up here. Whether your standards of accomplishment are met seems insignificant. You show that you do not understand what prophetic witness is all about."Surely prophetic witness is a form of communication. God sent prophets to communicate to his people. Communication presupposes an audience. Who is the audience for this act of prophetic witness? You claim that it's unimportant whether or not the nation is interested in this act of civil disobedience. I don't buy it. After all, it is the nation, and only the nation, that can possibly change the nation's approach to weapons of mass destruction. If it is immaterial whether the only entity that can change an unjust situation witnesses an act of civil disobedience, then to what audience was this act of prophetic communication directed, and to what end?
I smile at the dismissive quaint. To trivilaize what what one cannot appreciate?David Pasinski,I find it curious that you approve of an action of lawbreaking intended as an indictment of the United States for allegedly committing a "war crime," but you are not willing to actually endorse the Transform Now Plowshares statement. They make specific arguments based on the US Constitution, international law, the United Nations Charter, and so on. Are you willing to endorse and defend their arguments? Or are you upholding the principle that those who have legal arguments have a right to break the law to call attention to their arguments as opposed to, say, pursuing their legal complaints through the courts?I understand the rationale for civil disobedience, but not every instance of breaking the law to call attention to a position on moral or legal issues is justifiable as civil disobedience, otherwise we would have to commend airplane hijackers and suicide bombers. I think in this case, calling the protest quaint is trivializing the trivial. What did it accomplish? Who is even paying attention? Are worthy motives enough to justify breaking laws as serious as those prohibiting breaking into and vandalizing government nuclear stockpiles?
I only feel guilty for not being there alongside you. If Christ judges us for what the USA has done to the poor, oppressed and exploited from South American genocides in our name, abortions carte blanche, we are screwed. Jesus forgive me !!
Irene Baldwin,Do you believe that the legal arguments in this document are correct and would hold up under the scrutiny of experts in international law? If so, why not attempt to pursue these matters legally, in court, rather than break legitimate laws to (unsuccessfully) attempt to call attention to them? It is my understanding of the Catholic tradition that a very high bar is set for those who would claim acts of lawbreaking are justifiable for reasons of conscience. I have not seen any attempt so far to justify the breaking of the law that occurred. No matter how strongly and sincerely a person may object morally to the United States stockpiling and modernizing its nuclear weapons, that is not an automatic justification to break any law in protest.
David Nickol: I believe we are complicit in the murder of innocents, I believe Weapons of Mass Destruction are immoral and can never be justified. I believe these peaceful resisters did what they needed to do to avoid being part of this complicity. I think it is extremely unfair to call their actions "self-righteous and "self-indulgent".I have no idea whether their arguments would survive scrutiny by experts in international law (not being myself an expert in international law).I am certain, though, that you are wrong that their efforts to draw attention to the issue were unsuccessful. It's drawn your own attention, hasn't it?
I have no idea whether their arguments would survive scrutiny by experts in international law (not being myself an expert in international law).Irene Baldwin,I see this attitude on blogs all the time, particularly regarding same-sex marriage. On the more conservative blogs, any argument against same-sex marriage goes unchallenged by opponents of same-sex marriage. It is a phenomenon related to the idea that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." A recent assertion was that "the homosexual pseudo-marriage movement is largely funded by the pornography industry." I am certain, though, that you are wrong that their efforts to draw attention to the issue were unsuccessful. Its drawn your own attention, hasnt it?I was totally unaware of the break-in at Oak Ridge until I saw Luke Hill's post. I have been aware since I was a child in grade school that the United States maintains a nuclear arsenal. The actions of Transform Now Plowshares doesn't make me think any differently about the United States as a nuclear power. It may be tragic that nuclear weapons exist in the world, but as long as China, Russia, Pakistan, North Korea have nuclear weapons, and Iran apparently is developing them, I am glad that the United States has thousands of nuclear warheads. I would not want to see this country disarm unilaterally.
Touche, Irene... at least you're engaging on this topic, David N., and perhaps we'd yet establish a dialogue, but I've decided to not post on this subject anymore. I think we might have a good conversation about "non-violent prophetic action," but perhaps we're not on the same page with the Scriptures on that either...At any rate, I guess we both hope that somehow peace will prevail and that these weapons will never be tempted to be used... and that this can be effected somehow...after that, we may split on strategies...and what "effectiveness" meansPeace
"I am certain, though, that you are wrong that their efforts to draw attention to the issue were unsuccessful. Its drawn your own attention, hasnt it?"Right - there may be something to this. The activists may be playing a "long game"here - even though this incident doesn't seem to change anything in and of itself, it may hearten like-minded people who will be inspired to act. That would seem to be the Rosa Parks script. (Or, for that matter, the Boston Tea Party script.)
FWIW - President Obama has acted to reduce the nation's stockpile of nuclear weapons, and he continues to pursue that policy. In my view, this is one of his very greatest accomplishments, one for which he doesn't get nearly enough credit, no doubt because it doesn't play into a dominant political theme for our times.
David Nickol: Thanks for the insights on my attitude. I would also like to point you back to your initial comment on 5/9 where you casually dismissed the actions these people took at great personal cost to themselves as "self indulgent" and "self righteous". Those kinds of casually dismissive comments really are unkind and counterproductive to discussion.
@Jim Pauwels, I agree with you about "Rosa Parks" moments. And as other people have been saying so much more eloquently, I think there's something really important, too, about people taking action against a wrong they need to oppose even if no one else follows suit or knows they've done it.
Civil disobedience is an action taken when all other communication has failed. For a short introduction to its meaning see Daniel Berrigan's The Trial of the Catonsville Nine. We're we to think of Jesus' action against the money changers in the Temple as an act of civil disobedience, we might glimpse its meaning and purpose. He offered a prophetic action against a practice that he felt was untenable. Did his action put an end to the practice? No. Did that fact render his action unnecessary, futile, or insignificant? No.
The end game of the American civil rights movement began with one old woman, Rosa Parks, refusing to sit behind a sign separating white and black bus riders. It was the tiniest possible protest. When Martin Luther King, Jr. began his movement his earliest "demonstrations" were only tiny processions of a half a dozen of people walking down a highway with protest signs. In the beginning even some black people did not want the protests to continue because they "made trouble". As the size of the protests grew more and more white people including Southerners began to wonder about their time-honored assumptions. It was a long and painful process on all sides. But non-violence worked. The laws and hearts (most of them anyway) have been changed. The process began with one old woman whose feet hurt and who decided not to put up with the nonsense any more..
Were we to think of Jesus action against the money changers in the Temple as an act of civil disobedience, we might glimpse its meaning and purpose. He offered a prophetic action against a practice that he felt was untenable. Alan C. Mitchell,Setting aside the anti-nuclear protest for just a moment, I would be fascinated to hear what the practice was that Jesus felt was untenable. My understanding is that the functions of the moneychangers and of those who sold animals for sacrifice in the Temple were essential to the whole system of Temple sacrifices. Those who came from far and wide to Jerusalem to offer animals for sacrifice at the temple could hardly transport animals with them to offer as sacrifices, and in order to buy animals, they had to be able to exchange whatever currency they had brought with them. So it seems plausible that Jesus was actually attacking the offering of sacrifices at the Temple. Back on the topic, it is difficult for me to see an equivalence between Jesus at the Temple and Greg Boertje-Obed, Sr. Megan Rice, and Michael Walli at Oak Ridge. As depicted in the Gospels, Jesus is a prominent figure with a large followingsomeone who amazes people by speaking with authority. (Some might also argue that Jesus, as God incarnate, would know that his actions at the Temple would still be talked about 2000 years in the future.) Suppose Rick Warren, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, and Billy Graham were to draw up a (convincing) legal indictment of the United States and perform an act of civil disobedience at Oak Ridge. That would truly call attention to the cause. I would not suspect them of being self-indulgent or carrying out acts for their own satisfaction.
Ann,Rosa Parks was refusing to obey an unjust law. I don't think laws that keep unauthorized citizens out of government nuclear storage facilities are unjust laws, no matter how opposed those citizens are to nuclear arms.
David N.Judging from the words attributed to him, Jesus protested the commercialization of the Temple itself. Prior to Herod the Great, animals for sacrifice were sold on the Mt. of Olives. Herod moved the enterprise to the Court of the Gentiles in the Temple.How important a figure Jesus was in his own day cannot be calculated from the Gospels written forty years after his death. I wonder if he thought of himself as God incarnate laying down a two thousand year legacy. We can never know that from the Gospels. As a Jew, he would have thought of such an idea as blasphemous.
How important a figure Jesus was in his own day cannot be calculated from the Gospels written forty years after his death.Alan C. Mitchell,Thank you for your reply. I am always thrilled that someone with your depth of knowledge of the New Testament comments here. I agree with what you say about Jesus and the Gospels, but it is nevertheless true, I think, that "as depicted in the Gospels, Jesus is a prominent figure with a large following," and that "some might also argue that Jesus, as God incarnate, would know that his actions at the Temple would still be talked about 2000 years in the future."Are there any new books on Jesus and what we may know about him from the New Testament that you could recommendbooks with more text than footnotes and do not require a reading knowledge of Greek, Hebrew, and Aramaic? I specify new, because I have a fairly decent library of books that fall into this category. What might be more helpful (or economical) is if I listed the books I already have and had you tell me which ones to read, since I buy many, many more books than I can possibly read.
David NickolOne of the most recent books on Jesus, that is getting good reviews is Jesus of Nazareth: What He Wanted, Who He Was by Gerhard Lohfink, published by Liturgical Press. Dan Harrington, S.J. thinks it is the best book on Jesus that has he knows, and he has read them all. Apparently, it is very readable and non-technical adding to its appeal. Here on Amazon: http://amzn.to/18zquwz
David Nickol-Here are some quick answers to your questions to me from early this morning. I'll attempt a more thorough response when I have more time. But here are a few points.I find much value in the socio-political readings of Gospels -- John Dominic Crossan and Ched Myers are 2 whom I have read. They tie the money changers to corruption and collaboration with the Roman occupiers. But even if you rely on more traditional readings, for example, that the cleansing of the Temple is really Jesus signaling his messianic supplanting of the Temple system regardless of corruption-- it is clear Jesus actions are symbolic. They are not meant to achieve the destruction of the Temple system itself, but be a symbol of what this reign of God he announces will mean.Likewise -- plowshares actions aren't meant to bring about the real disarmament they symbolically enact, but through a stark and jarring prophetic tradition, they remind us of what these weapons really are and how they stand in direct contradiction to God's law of love. I certainly think we need reminding that the sin of nuclear proliferation continues. Yes, broadly speaking -- continuing to modernize weapons of mass destruction which are designed to kill indiscriminately is criminal. If you check out the website of the Transform Plowshares they link some interesting documents -- including this one from Francis Boyle which gives a more thorough argument for the illegality of the weapons systems at issue:http://transformnowplowshares.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/prof-boyle-dec... "indictment" you link, like the action is best seen symbolically, not strictly a document that will lead to a court process.
It's the nature of the dynamics of a forum like this one that we're apt to find ourselves embroiled in disputes, and that when this happens, it can even harden our attitudes. The original point of my comment from 5/9 4:35 pm wasn't intended to be particularly critical of these three Plowshares protesters. What interests me in particular about their situation is, "I am wondering whether the nations appetite for civil disobedience has fizzled out." I sense less tolerance on the part of the general public for civil disobedience than was the case for the first 2/3 (at least) of the 20th century and, if history books are to be believed, in our history before then. To the extent this observation is true, it seems to mark a change in American attitudes. My allusion in a previous comment to the Boston Tea Party wasn't random; I've been reflecting that civil disobedience is an important feature of this nation's founding, and the founders seemed to envision that the people retained the right to disobey injustice on the part of government, even to the extent of replacing it with another if necessary. I'd think that there is a tradition of civil disobedience in the US that is an important part of the American character. It's a "mark", if you will, of what makes us American.I don't think of civil disobedience as a uniquely liberal or progressive trait, and in fact, if my reflections here have any validity, it can be thought of as an admirable conservative attitude, inasmuch as it is closely bound up with political freedom.If I am right that civil disobedience doesn't "work" as much as it used to as a galvanizing agent of social change, that may not be a criticism of these three protesters - it may be more a criticism of the American audience that has somehow become immune to it.
David N. --I don't think the perps were protesting the storage of the fuel. I think they were protesting the whole nuclear weapons program. That was just a dramatic way to do it.
By the way, I for one am just as concerned about the storage of the fuel as I am about dropping a few atom bombs. The potential for those storage facilities to pollute underground water supplies for many centuries is horrendous. Note that that Oak Ridge isn't all that far from the New Madrid fault, and the thought of an earthquake in the region is a possibility that is extremely frightening. The 1811-12 New Madrid earthquake shook windows in Washington D.C. and rang church bells in Boston! The whole Mississippi River down to the Gulf could be polluted for centuries.But let's keep our thinking simple. That's how we avoid problems, isn't it, folks?
But lets keep our thinking simple. Thats how we avoid problems, isnt it, folks?Ann,It seems to me that "protesting the whole nuclear weapons program" is simple thinking. Would you really like the United States to unilaterally disarm? Should the United States give up nuclear weapons while Iran is acquiring them? There are a whole host of issues, foreign (global) and domestic that make everything to do with nuclear weapons and nuclear power difficult to deal with. Of course storing nuclear material is dangerous, but so is finding a different place to store it, and so is moving it.
Alan C. Mitchell,Thanks so much for recommending the Lohfink book. As luck would have it, I had pre-ordered it on Amazon, so I got my copy the day it came out. But it no doubt would have gone unread without your recommendation. I have just recently retired and vowed to cut back on my profligate book buying, so a recommendation to read something I already own is particularly welcome.
David N - congrats on your retirement. I hope it's a smooth life transition for you.
"It seems to me that protesting the whole nuclear weapons program is simple thinking."David N. --My post which you are criticizing is about simple thinking, not just the general problem of long-term storage of atomic materials or the storage at Oak Ridge. Storage of atomic wastes is just one example of the sort of problem that results from too simple thinking. Specifically, atomic waste storage problems have resulted because we did not think long and hard enough about the consequences of building bombs and nuclear energy plants. In the latter case we Americans have thought only as far as the utility and cheapness of nuclear fuel. That is an instance of what can result when our thinking is simple, specifically when it doesn't consider the ramifications of our actions. Atomic waste storage facilities are all long term threats to the environment -- anything dependent on human judgment is always risky, and maintenance of those facilities depends on human judgment. But we Americans don't seem inclined to think long term thoughts about the environment. That's seems to be too complex for our way of thinking. That's why this very day we passed the 400 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere. Some say at this point the greenhouse effect is possibly irreversible -- and that it can only get worse. This means increasing hurricanes and blizzards and droughts. My point again: if we were willing to think of the complexity of some of these problems we might not adopt solutions that only make them worse.
I am not opposed to unilateral disarmament. As far as I know, the US is the only country that has actually dropped an atomic bomb on people. If we disarm, while there will still be plenty of countries with the ability to destroy the planet, at least there will be one less of them.We have plenty of weapons to defend ourselves. If the nuclear option is one that should never be exercised, why have atomic bombs?
My point again: if we were willing to think of the complexity of some of these problems we might not adopt solutions that only make them worse.Ann,I am not so much disagreeing with you as taking your point a bit further and saying that the complexity of these problems is so great that there is a perfectly good chance that "not adopt[ing] solutions that only make them worse" may seem to be what you are doing at the time, but the "better" solutions turn out to have unintended consequences and wind up not being better at all.
Jim,Thanks! The transition was amazingly smooth, in that I had stopped working some time ago, so in order to retire, all I had to do was stop going to the office. :)
David N. --But in the case of nuclear waste pollution what could be a worse long-term consequence? It is part of inter-related energy problem that everyone now seems to admit that we have. But not enough people seem willing to learn enough science to even think rationally about solutions, much less pay for them . When their starving grandchildren are cursing them in the freezing dark then maybe they'll start to wonder what to do. Sounds apocalyptic? It is aocalyptic.
But in the case of nuclear waste pollution what could be a worse long-term consequence?Ann,Nuclear waste pollution is a risk, not a reality. On the other hand, because of fear of all things nuclear, we have relied heavily on fossil fuel, and now we have global warming, which potentially is global catastrophe for the whole human race. Also, from 1914 to 1918 we had a world war. From 1939 to 1945 we had another. It was ended by the dropping of two nuclear bombs, and since then, we have not had another world war, arguably because with the threat of mutually assured destruction, no one will ever risk another world war. Should the United States not have developed nuclear weapons when it thought the Nazis were possibly doing so? Had it been up to me, I would have authorized development of the bomb under the circumstances. Nuclear weapons and nuclear power can't simply be wished away. Who would disagree that we all should attempt to make better choices and look to the future to see what the consequences of those choices would be? But in reality, who is to say that in each step beginning with the Manhattan Project to our current situation, the decisions along the way were not reasonably considered the best that could be done under the circumstances? It is quite possible that what appear to be some of the great blessings of technology turn out to be our undoing.
"But in reality, who is to say that in each step beginning with the Manhattan Project to our current situation, the decisions along the way were not reasonably considered the best that could be done under the circumstances?"David N. --NO, real risks, as opposed to theoretical ones, are *not* nothing. A possible rattlesnake is just a theoretical risk, while a real rattler is a real risk and something a wise person attends to. Same with actual nuclear waste -- it poses real, not a theoretical, risk.No, nuclear waste can't be gotten rid of by wishing, nor by any other process short of shooting it into outer space (another highly dangerous proposal). It's there. The best we can do is not produce any more of it by developing alternative sources of power. It's a matter of the survival of the human race.Forgive me for repeating something I've mentioned before, but this is relevant here. My mother's best friend in college was a very brilliant physicist, so smart she actually worked on the atomic bomb which was an era when women physicists were not usually recognized as highly competent. My mother was distressed when she discovered that her dear friend Rose whom she had thought so highly of had chosen to work on that monster. She asked Rose how she could have contributed to such a project -- didn't the scientists know what the horrible results would be? Rose answered that of course they knew the physical results of detonating the bomb but they had not really thought of the whole result of it -- the horror of killing hundreds of thousands of people at one blow. Only after the bomb was dropped did they truly realize what they had done.So, No, I am quite sure that even highly intelligent and otherwise decent people are quite capable of putting their heads in the sand. I remember my mother's friend, and so I can say to you: Yes, I knew a scientist who did just that. And maybe that's why I get so upset when I see the same thing happening again, except that the results of our insane energy policies and projects will eventually be far, far worse than the Manhattan Project if we continue on our present course. The odds are all in favor of catastrophe..
So, No, I am quite sure that even highly intelligent and otherwise decent people are quite capable of putting their heads in the sand.Ann,The chief factor motivating the scientists who developed the bomb was the belief that the Nazis were also attempting to build nuclear weapons. How exactly they were supposed to foresee the that after the defeat of Hitler there would be an arms race with the Soviet Union, or that we would be dealing with the issues we have today with nuclear arms and nuclear materials is beyond me. I suppose they had to know that in some ways they were letting a genie out of a bottle, but it was inevitable that someone, some day would build nuclear weapons, and I am glad it was the United States who was first and who still dominates. The mere visiting of North America by Europeans starting in the late fifteenth century resulted in the death by European diseases of 80% of the North American population in less than 200 years. What now seems clearly to be the overuse of antibiotics may result in a future where antibiotics will not work at all. It is difficult to think of any new technology that doesn't have its downside and could possibly bring catastrophe.
Woe be the Body Politic's short attention span! A Big one is going to blow some day too soon, whether by design or accident. The voices crying in the desert of our over-hyped, scandal of the day, media need to be heard. Why are the Bishops so silent on this ominus threat to mankind. Get tough, remove American flags from all Catholic buildings and grounds. Be willing to take a financial hit. Onward Christian Soldiers,, willing to fight evil as Christ did, without weapons, but with love and forgiveness. Hey people, Gut check time!, or get out of the way!
David N: no need to cut back on book buying ... just shop wisely:www.addall.comI have been using them for 10 year, buying used 99% of the time, and have never once gotten stung!
David N. Just this week I read an article in The Telegraph about the great pbysicist Richard Feynman who worked on the bomb at Los Alamos. He thought the purpose of the bomb was to assure that it would never be used by any nation. He was "shocked" when the bombs were dropped on Japan. See? Great scientists can make great mistakes.Sorry I can't send the site address (am using an iPhone. You can cind it at the Arts and letters site.


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Today the Lakeview Fellowship Church held a special service to honor the men and women who have served our country.
The "God and Country" service was a way to honor veterans, active duty members, and especially those who served in World War II.
After the recent death of his father, who served in WWII, Pastor Dave Thomas felt the need to honor those who sacrificed so much for their country.
"They're our heroes and it's time for us to do something to honor these great men and women who served in World War II," says Thomas.
Hymns were sung and speeches made to thank the members of the "Greatest Generation," a population getting smaller by the day.
"The attitudes they had about sacrifice and appreciation for their country. I think they understand things of virtue and honor,"says Thomas.
"We're losing over 1,000 WWII veterans a day just of old age and Vietnam veterans were losing over 1,500 a day as time goes on," says Malcolm Cherry, who served in the Vietnam War.
Fred Farmer a member of the army during WWII served in India and China, known as the longest supply route during WWII.
"I can't say I enjoyed any of it at the time but I enjoyed what I did after it was over with. I learned a lot, and it made me more proud of my country," says Farmer.
He was surprised to receive another medal today in honor of his service.
"I thought all my medals was given to me back when I left the army but I didn't know this was coming. I appreciated it," says Farmer.
"I always think of things I've been through in my time and overseas and I know it's nothing compared to what they've been through and to have that honor it felt amazing," says David Gunther, a member of the army who awarded the veterans their medals.
Farmer thanks those who still fight for freedom as he once did.
"I'm proud to have good men still serving our country and willing to fight for it."
The service featured special music including a performance of God Bless America by a World War II veteran and the playing of Taps to honor those who have died.


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Has anyone developed a "lite" version of nWoD's Storytelling system? (One of the main criticisms the game received, as far as I know, was that the core book had too much "padding" -- rules included only to fill up pages so that the book could be sold as a stand-alone product.)
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Let your kids be royalty for a day at the self-proclaimed "kingdom for kids" Dutch Wonderland Amusement Park. Enjoy contests and challenges, have your kids enter the summer talent show, or try out over 30 fun-filled rides. Dutch Wonderland Amusement Park is located in Pennsylvania Amish country, so you can tour the Amish shops and sites in-between rides and shows at the park, and learn about living life in a completely different way. Experience both history and fun this summer.
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I heard it before I saw it. I got up early and headed for a jog on a path along the Bow River from the town of Banff which the hotel folks told me was safe and well-traveled. A glance at the map showed me Bow Falls wouldn't be too far, so I crossed a pedestrian bridge and made a turn that direction.
One nice thing about this path - it was flat! We are in the mountains, so you never know! It wasn't too long before the quiet morning gave way to a dull rushing sound. I neared a set of steep stairs and it grew louder. I was at the top of Bow Falls. Two sets of ups and downs later, and there it was - a gorgeous cascade of water over rocks, sending a refreshing mist into already crisp morning air. What a way to start the morning!
My run stop was a preview of a city tour our group took a couple hours later, so I got to have another look later! A spin around the city also took us up a hill to take in a feature called the Hoodoos. These are tall formations of sandstone formed by sandstone 150 years ago. Our guide told us the First Nations People believe they were spirits that came to life after dark.
Several of us in the group got a very different view of the Hoodoos later in the day, when we decided to take a float trip down the Bow River. Check out the photos on my Facebook page,
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1964 Dodge Polara Project NSS - Installing an Ignition and Fuel SystemWritten by on January 15, 2014 Give Me Fuel, Give Me Fire - Our nostalgia super stock car gets an ignition and fuel system.
Here at Mopar Muscle, we've built all kinds of project vehicles, from stock restored cars to full-blown race cars, but our real passion falls somewhere in between those two extremes. It's not that we don't appreciate a factory original muscle car, or a powerful Mopar that runs sub-seven second elapsed times, but how much enjoyment do you actually get from those type of vehicles? In reality, most factory restored muscle cars aren't a real pleasure to drive with drum brakes, manual steering, and outdated systems, and full on racecars require a team of people to assist at the track, a lot of maintenance, and can only be really enjoyed for a few adrenaline filled seconds at a time. For these reasons, we decided that one of our latest project vehicles, a 1964 Dodge Polara we picked up at the 2011 Mopar Nationals, would be built not as an extreme racecar, but rather as a street/strip machine that could easily be raced in the Nostalgia Super Stock class of drag racing.
Nostalgia Super Stock (NSS) is a cool class as it includes index categories for cars that run 13's in the quarter-mile all the way down to cars that run ten seconds flat. And if you want to go faster, Nostalgia FX classes feature indexes down in the nine and eight second range. Another advantage of this class is that the cars don't have to adhere to the strict rules of NHRA or IHRA Stock or Super Stock Eliminator classes. Designed to make racing fun for racers who like old cars, NSS cars simply have to meet certain safety requirements and look the part of a nostalgic race car. Otherwise, rules covering modifications to the engine and suspension of these vehicles are very liberal, making it easy for a variety of cars to compete. And since the classes are run on an index and are handicapped, you can have fun whether your car runs in the quickest category, the slowest, or somewhere in between.
Since NSS racing features so many categories for cars of different speeds, we decided to build our '64 Dodge to meet the basic rules of the class, then work on making it progressively quicker as we enjoy racing it. In previous issues of Mopar Muscle, we outlined this project and then upgraded our car with four-wheel disc brakes from Wilwood. This month we'll replace our Dodge's factory fuel system with a fuel cell from Summit Racing Equipment and a complete fuel system kit from Aeromotive, and install ignition components from MSD including a Digital 6 electronic ignition box and Pro-Billet distributor.
Any time you're building a performance vehicle, whether it's a fast street car, off-road truck, or full-blown race car, you should consider replacing some or all of the car's factory systems with quality aftermarket components. Our '64 Dodge came with a stamped steel gas tank with a front sump, 5⁄16-inch fuel line, and a small engine-driven fuel pump. Even by today's OE standards this fuel system is inadequate, and certainly won't deliver enough fuel for our Indy-headed big-block to run properly. More importantly, we only wanted to replace our fuel system components once, so while the fuel cell we got from Summit Racing Equipment along with the Aeromotive A1000 fuel system kit may be considered overkill for our 650-horsepower engine fed by a single 1050-cfm Quickfuel carburetor, this fuel system will allow adequate fuel supply as we improve our car, and can support power levels well over 1000 horsepower if our pockets ever get deep enough to achieve those kind of numbers.
Even better, the Aeromotive kit we installed comes with all of the necessary components, including their A1000 fuel pump, -10 AN braided fuel delivery line, a 10 micron and 100 micron fuel filter, fuel pressure regulator, return line, and -6 AN carburetor supply lines. The A1000 fuel pump is amazingly quiet given the volume of fuel it can deliver, and the fuel return provision on the Aerospace regulator returns any unused fuel to the tank during part throttle operation so that the carb always sees a fresh supply of cool gasoline from the fuel cell. Overall, this fuel system is a huge improvement over the car's stock system, and will give us room to grow if we chose to put a more powerful engine in our Dodge.
As for the ignition in our car, the stock single-breaker point style ignition system our Dodge came equipped with, is also woefully inadequate by modern performance standards, so we decided to upgrade with a selection of parts from MSD. Breaker points are limited in terms of rpm and spark energy, so this upgrade makes complete sense, not just for performance applications but for stock cars as well. In addition to providing higher spark energy, modern electronic ignition systems like the ones available from MSD are also far more reliable than breaker points, and require almost no maintenance. Looking at the variety of ignition components available from MSD, we decided their Digital 6 Plus ignition box would be a nice match to our car, along with a Pro-Billet distributor, Super Conductor plug wires, and Blaster SS ignition coil.
MSD's Digital 6 Plus ignition offers many of the features found in the tried and true original MSD 6 ignition, with some great additional features. The Digital 6 Plus gives great spark energy, and features "multiple spark discharge" at low to moderate rpm for a more complete burning of the fuel mixture, just like the original. This ignition system also offers two separate rev limit adjustments, and a high speed retard feature for use with nitrous oxide injected or boosted engines. Even better, there are no replaceable "chips" for adjustments, just simple rotary switches on one end of the unit that are conveniently adjusted using a small flat-blade screwdriver, which MSD includes with the ignition box.
The Digital 6 Plus ignition is compatible with any electronic distributor or even points-style distributors, but we chose MSD's Pro-Billet distributor along with an MSD Blaster SS coil and 8.5 mm Super Conductor plug wires for our application. The Pro-Billet distributor is available as a direct bolt in for our low-deck 400 block, and features a variety of adjustable advance curves which are selected by interchanging a single bushing and dual springs attached to the counterweights. We've used this type of MSD distributor before and found it to be very accurate in terms of the advance curves. Along with the rest of our MSD ignition components, this system will generate plenty of spark energy for our 451-cubic-inch big-block.
Now that our '64 Dodge has the proper fuel and ignition system installed, we're that much closer to getting our car on the road, and more importantly, to the track. This is turning out to be a fun project to work on, and we're sure it will be fun to drive and race as well. Be sure to follow along in future issues of Mopar Muscle as we upgrade our car's suspension and install the necessary safety items to make it legal to race. We're hoping to have the car at the track in the near future for testing, so we'll be sure to let you know how our Dodge runs, and we'll post videos of our Dodge making its first passes on moparmuscle.com. There are lots of racing events in Florida featuring the Nostalgia Super Stock classes, so we look forward to seeing you at the track as well!
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Who built that mess?
Politics, as defined by Ambrose Bierce, is "a strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles, the conduct of public affairs for private advantage." Indeed, the presidential campaign has begun to look like a choice between the payers and the takers, with no middle ground and advantage resting with the takers.
By some estimates, the takers — public employees and recipients of government social-insurance benefits — now number more than half the country's 308 million inhabitants. This imbalance worsens as the labor-force participation rate falls, with jobs harder to find and government benefits easier to obtain.
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Luvona E. Moore, 84, of Hamburg died Nov. 29, 2012 at the Ambassador -Sidney. She was born on Nov. 20, 1928 in Adams County to William and Zola L. (Harrick) Hewitt.
She married Harold Burton "Bus" Moore on March 23, 1946 in Corning.
Luvona worked at the former Interstate Nurseries in Hamburg and at the Grape Community Hospital in the Respiratory Therapy Department. She also worked for many years helping with the farming, and cooking and bartending at various bars as well as caring for the elderly. She was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary.
She is survived by sons Gary B. Moore and wife Diane of Goodman, Mo., Randy L. Moore and wife Colleen of Hamburg, Monty R. Moore and wife Janet of Rock Port, Mo., Gregory D. Moore and wife Terri of Hamburg, and Rodney D. Moore of Hamburg; 18 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren; sister Nadine Johnson and husband Wayne of Villisca; other family and many friends.
She was preceded by her husband on Feb. 18, 2010, brother Robert Hewitt and sisters Ruth Hollan and Phyllis Siedler.
Memorial services will be held Wednesday, Dec. 5, at 2 p.m. at the United Trinity Church in Hamburg with Rev. Dan Voigt officiating.
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Caverna High and Middle Schools in Horse Cave were the site of a burglary early Sunday morning.
It's two separate schools, but they're in one building.
Police say a white man broke into the building and took different items.
"Stolen was a laptop computer, a digital camera, and a small amount of petty cash they had on hand," said Horse Cave Police Chief Alan Shirley.
Police say a few doors and a window were busted.
After an incident like this, school officials say security is a priority.
"Things like this unfortunately happen. We do the best we can. I have kids that go here, my children go here. So, security of the students is always the first thing we look at. In today's society, you never know what's going to happen, but we take all the steps necessary to keep everybody here as safe as possible," said Caverna High School Principal Brad Phipps.
Principal Phipps said he and custodians have been looking at locks, and into their camera system that has already caught several images of the suspect.
"We're trying to get in front of some issues, and that's why we're spending the time we're spending now going through and looking at, are there things that need to be replaced," said Phipps.
Phipps is also talking to police about having extra patrols at night and over breaks.
"I've been with Mr. Phipps today, and the middle school principal, talking some things through on what we can make better for the school," said Shirley.
While officials look to make the school even safer, unfortunately in this case, police don't have many leads.
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TOPEKA, Kansas - Thirty-nine of 46 Kansas National Guardsmen are home from their mission to help Haiti after an earthquake hit on January 12, 2010.
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I am using Mathematica to layout some mathematical formulas for publication. The guidelines specify that in case of nested parentheses the encompassing ones need to be bigger than the inner ones. So is there a way to make parentheses bigger easily? Below is an example of what I want. It is made by inserting an invisible column at the beginning of the grouping, but that creates a ugly gap in the formula.
It is a bit messy but you can manually fix this by highlighting the stuff to the left of the parenthesis, and the left hand parenthesis, and nudge the stuff to the right
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BELTON (October 24, 2012)--A Casino Night Saturday will benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Temple.
Casino Night will be held at the Bell County Expo Center from 6 p.m. until midnight.
Tickets to attend are $75 each or $125 per couple.
The Ronald McDonald House helps parents with household needs while seriously ill children are receiving medical treatment.
Parents can wash clothes, fix a snack, bathe or take advantage of entertainment available to them to help get their mind off their situation.
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BOSTON -- Sovereign Bank is changing its name.
Sovereign Bank N.A., a subsidiary of Santander Holdings USA and one of the 25-largest retail banks in the U.S. by deposits, said Wednesday it will legally change its name to Santander Bank on Oct. 17.
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There is a flag on Dante's jacket, I first noticed this during the cut scene at the end of the first level. The flag is a sown on patch kind of thing, and is on his upper left arm. This flag was a flag of the United Kingdom.
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A public art installation by music faculty member and TED Senior Fellow Susie Ibarra offers a musical pilgrimage through 12 culturally significant locations in lower Manhattan, each featuring an original composition inspired by the history of the site itself.
The project, Digital Sanctuaries, created in collaboration with BBC award-winning composer and producer Roberto Juan Rodriguez, interaction designer Shankari Murali, and visual artist and cultural catalyst Makoto Fujimura, takes participants on an interactive "soundwalk" in which they experience each composition at its corresponding site through a downloadable mobile app, which invites users to "remix" the music, and post about their experience.
"We are very excited to create a digital public art experience that engages with the dynamic city-space, and offers interactive music in virtual sanctuaries," said Ibarra. "We are interested to combine traditional and contemporary forms of music and aural story-telling."
The lower Manhattan walk includes stops at the National Museum of the American Indian, the African Burial Ground, Titanic Memorial Park, Pier 15, and the New York Stock Exchange, among other historical sites. Ibarra hopes to create similar sanctuaries in cities all over the world, she said.
To read Ibarra's interview on the TED website, click here.
For coverage in Fast Company, click here.