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STEUBENVILLE — An attorney representing one of two Steubenville High School student-athletes who have been charged in an alleged rape case filed motions in Jefferson County juvenile court Friday tha......
Since this is not a jury trial what is the purpose of a change of venue? The same judge will be making the decisions regardless of where the trial is held. Maybe this is more about embarrassment or humiliation by those involved. A change of venue will not make a difference in that respect.
I don't believe any more public embarrassment could be brought than they have already brought to themselves and their community. National and international media, bloggers and commenters, the general public are not to blame for the embarrassment and public humiliation. Place the blame right where it belongs and give credit where credit is due. Those who were so proud of themselves that summer night in August that they felt the need to document their disgusting activities and put them out there for the entire world to see are the ones who brought the humiliation to themselves and their community. There is no one else to blame.
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(Cross-post) Social media is the ONLY reason this rape, this despicable gang rape committed by a couple of Steubenville's finest and brightest, is receiving the attention it deserves. Steubenville officials were trying their hardest to keep this under the media wavelength. It is because of social media that the victim just might see some justice. Without the social media attention, she wouldn't stand a chance. I have absolutely no doubt of that.
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Judge Lipps had already decided the media issue before and stated it was too important to the community to have it sealed off from the media. I have never heard of a change of venue in a case where there is no jury. Juvenile trials are decided by a judge so the motion should be denied on the 25th. Keep in Steubenville so the Kool Aid drinking locals can see who is the cause of this mess. Not Anonymous but the local monsters who created this mess. If memory serves me correctly in regards to the April rape case Mr. Mcgee's tweets about "It wasn't rape they were making love" also showed his knowledge of a crime in April taking place so I'm not going to praise him yet until April's case is brought to light also and shows the guilty in that. Unreal these kids put this out on social media thinking it would not come back on them. Sickening.
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keep it right there in Steubenvill! That is where these animals raped the girl and they should have to pay for their crimes with a little public humiliation, after all, isn`t that exactly what they did to that young lady?
I will bet my last dime that the young lady had a sterling reputation before this.
Shame on ALL of Steubenville for wanting to cover up for the animals that destroyed this girls` LIFE!! I hope ALL of you ( and you know who you are ) lose YOUR reputations and are branded as rapists for the rest of your sorry lives!
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"Nemann has been quoted in media accounts of the case as saying he is concerned that the postings on social media may result in potential witnesses being reluctant to testify and invoking their Fifth Amendment right of self-incrimination in criminal cases." from the HS Change of venue requested article.....
Wow.... Are there others who should be asking for a letter from the AG???????
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I am not too sure about my following statements, if they are incorrect please feel free to correct me.
Juvenile court to my knowledge is not a trial with jurors. It relies on lawyers and the judge. So a change in venue would be worthless.
Says change due to fear of witnesses coming foreword due to social media concerns, I believe that that would be the case anywhere the venue changed to. Names would be the same, coverage would be the same, so whats the difference?
The classification of Defendant and Victim is irrelevant.
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RSimpson, you praise Shawn McGhee for knowing the alleged crime was wrong, but he is just as guilty as Nodianos if they are guilty of anything. They both were in the basement while the alleged crime was being discussed, and neither alerted the police or sought help for the accuser. What good is it for someone to know something is wrong if they take no action to correct it?
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Let's not forget. It is not the seriousness of the "allegations" It is the weight of the evidence that is paramount. For the herald star to refer to victim is irresponsible. That intimates a crime has been proven to have happened. There has not been a trial yet, thus the defendants are presumed innocent. The use of the term victim is not appropriate. Let us not forget duke lacrss or the case of the international monetary fund president Innocent until proven guilty
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...for these "coaches" to step in and let them know why they're wrong? Shawn Crosier needs to be fired, if two of his students were arrested and sheriff deputies showed up on the football field and McVey says he's been in constant contact with police then how does Crosier expect anyone to believe he didn't hear not one thing about what happened to that girl until Westlake, Cole, and Craig testified. McVey said he had been in constant contact with the police so Westlake, Cole, Craig, and Saltsman should have been suspended from extra-curricular activities by the end of August.
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Most of these adults make me sick to my stomach. I don't think Reno's a bad guy but he said he didn't discipline them because they didn't think they did anything wrong. You can not let teens govern themselves, period. Ignorance of the law is not a defense, once these boys are out in college they just cant say "Well I didn't think I did anything wrong" and get away with it and besides I don't think those boys are that stupid. You can hear Shawn McGhee in that video, he knew it was wrong and when he said something about going to help her those boys laughed in his face and started making fun of him. Does Reno really mean to tell the world that Shawn McGhee was the only one of those boys that was raised to know right from from wrong? That Shawn McGhee was the only one of those boys that was raised to respect women? It sure seems like that but either way if these "coaches" are trying to build character then when the boys do something wrong wouldn't it then be the time f
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Congratulations, Nate Hubbard, you just made ESPN (for blaming the rape victim)
"What else are you going to tell your parents when you come home drunk like that and after a night like that?" Steubenville volunteer assistant coach Nate Hubbard told The Times. "She had to make up something. Now people are trying to blow up our football program because of it."
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Hello. I'm thinking about where does the basic quantum mechanics things comes from. I mean the forms of operators and a Shroedinger equation. The more intuitive explanation is better.
To get forms of operators and Shroedinger eq., we can start from assumption that in our representation square of absolute value of wavefunction is probability density. Then it became clear that coordinate operator is just a multiplying by variable (obvious, looking for example to mean value expression). Next, Shroedinger equation anyway should be of the form $\frac{\partial \phi}{\partial t} = A \phi$ with some A. To see that $A$ is actually Hamiltonian multiplied by something, we can see that $\frac{\partial \phi}{\partial t}$ is an enegry multiplied by something. I have the only idea to explain this: assume additionally that in our representation defined momenta states are plane waves. Considering them, $i\frac{\partial \phi}{\partial t} = E$ is visible from De Broglie relation $E=\omega$ for plane waves (as well as $p=\frac{\partial \phi}{\partial x}$ visible from $p=k$). Then, the only thing i want explained deeper is De Broglie relations. Finally, now i also think that i want some explanation of introducing wavefunction as complex-valued.
Or maybe there is an other way? I guess, it would be more general to start from commutation relations, but i'm afraid it would be hard and abstract. But i appreciate if you try to explain where are they come from.

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Danke, Bloo.
It's kinda silly having to dig through that mess of Blair Witch-looking nonsense to input 'em though. 343 needs to come up with a way for you to do that for me too.
Danke, Bloo.
It's kinda silly having to dig through that mess of Blair Witch-looking nonsense to input 'em though. 343 needs to come up with a way for you to do that for me too.
I haven't played the Campaign yet, but I have no expectations to be blown away by it. Halo games aren't good because of a powerful narrative or engaging characters; they're good because of intelligently handled level and systems design. If you took Halo's core mechanics and put them in any kind of fictional setting, they would still hold up. The "puzzle combat" formula still works six games into the series because it's still more functionally interesting than most modern shooters.
There is no puzzle about this campaign, just kill things, press RB to advance the level, kill more things, occasional driving sequence/QTE sequence, repeat.
Dumb ass Master Chief is just touching everything that is shiny this go around, shout outs to Cortana deferring the blame to MC when she tells him to accidentally free theSpoiler!antagonist.
You mean the one I genetically engineered from yo ass?
Nah, your stench has us all quite content for years to cum
And then Hector killed the Halo thread.
I thought it was your stench. That's what I read.
I have just gotten confirmation resident BitchNigger KD Alpha is getting Halo 4 soon.
From sources close to the situation.
Hell yes. Halo 4 =SSF4 2.0
So, it's gotta be a good game when my only gripe is people being stupid as shit right? First game I almost went negative in because of teammates, oy.
Gotta love thrusting backwards only to get stopped by some turd on your team just standing there and you get sniped in the face. Sad thing is it happened like 5 times in the same game. Got hit 3 times by a dude in a ghost and shoved right into the line of fire. Gotta love it.
The joys of connecting to Xbox Live!
Helmet code unlocked.
Awesome. Thanks for the heads up, Bloo.
Do those codes expire?
Beat the campaign last night. Thought it was pretty good/entertaining. Had better pacing than Reach or 3, for sure. And props to 343 at least making me give some fraction of a shit about Chief and Cortana.
Yeah, I started the campaign last night and found it surprisingly fun. Maybe my perception has been skewed because I literally expected the worst or my taste cancer is just acting up, but I enjoyed it.
I'm probably going to give the campaign another run through this weekend (Legendary run probably) just to verify how I feel about the game, but honestly there wasn't a single mission in the game I openly disliked. Which hasn't happened to me in a Halo game since the original, because 2, 3, and Reach, all had at least one level I openly hated.
i plan on marathoning it tonight, as long as there isn't a level like the cortana level of 3 with the giant assholes opening up i'll be good
I can safely tell you there isn't anything remotely as bad as the Cortana level


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Finnish National Ballet 2012-2013 Season90th Anniversary Season
Posted 15 September 2012 - 11:20 AM
[size=3]Le Corsaire * Ivan Liška / Petipa 21 Sept- 18 Oct[/size]
[size=3]Manon Sir Kenneth MacMillan 26 Oct.- 10 Nov [/size]
[size=3]The Snow Queen * Kenneth Greve 23 Nov - 22 Dec[/size]
[size=3]Swan Lake Kenneth Greve 18 Jan- 15 Mar[/size]
[size=3]Triple Bill* 15 Feb- 14 Mar [/size]
[size=3] Bella Figura Kylian[/size]
[size=3] Four Temperaments Balanchine[/size]
[size=3] In the Middle Somewhat Elevated Forsythe [/size]
[size=3]Triple Bill Nijinsky−Elo−Inger 28 Mar- 11May[/size]
[size=3] Walking Mad Johan Inger[/size]
[size=3] Double Evil Jorma Elo[/size]
[size=3] Le Sacre Du Printemps Nijinsky[/size]
[size=3]Sleeping Beauty Javier Torres/Petipa 23 May-30 May[/size]
[size=3]Additionally, the company has been out and about in Finland with a summer tour, a fall tour to the Laplands, appearing on the Helsinki Culture Tram and Dance with the Dancers evening in October. [/size]
[size=3]* Premiere[/size]
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Posted 02 November 2012 - 11:29 AM
I was fortunate to see a lot of the company while I was there. I saw 4 performances of Le Corsaire (I. Liška/Petipa). Unfortunately, Maria Baranova was injured and I wasn't able to see her dance. I saw her last year as a very new (and 19 year old) principal and was looking forward to seeing her growth into the position. She impressed me last year in her solo variations in Don Quixote but I felt she needed more growth into relating to her partner and others on stage (understandable for someone so young!) I wish her a speedy recovery. Tiina Myllymäki was Medora for the shows that I saw and she did a nice job. She is a beautiful young lady and has nice jumps. The fouettes at the end were shortened so I'm guessing she's a jumper more than a turner. Ilja Bolotov was very good as Ali- wonderful stage presence and energy. He was promoted to soloist while I was there- well deserved IMO. The opera house is wonderful with a lovely view of the lake and incredible staging capabilities. The scenery was wonderful and the use of modern screening and projection is well done. (Sorry, I'm not professional and don't know the terms).
An unexpected treat was the Choreography Workshop that was held whilst I was there. It was held in the smaller Almi Hall. It's an intimate venue and I really felt like I got a good look at the company as they performed in the new choreographies and I was impressed with the breadth of their abilities. The choreographies varied from solemn piece danced to Stabat Mater Dolorosa to a quirky and funny piece (can't recall the name) with three long-legged beautiful girls in rhinestone sunglasses performing as musical instruments.
To cap the week, the opera held an open house and I was able to view company class. Again, I was impressed with the dancers. I don't have the expertise to discuss the specifics but I enjoyed the adage and the grand allegro very much. It looked like the company members genuinely enjoy and care for one another the congeniality made watching the class that much more of a pleasure!
The company is now doing Manon and working on Greve's new Snow Queen. Swan Lake follows in the New Year and then 2 triple bills that the company will take on tour to Moscow in the spring.
Posted 05 November 2012 - 03:01 AM
Question: do they allow visiting family members to watch company class at other times as well, or only when there is "open house"? Just curious.
I like the idea of Snow Queen; probably coloured somewhat by my memories of the illustrations by Adrienne Segur to one version of that story.
Posted 07 November 2012 - 06:06 PM
I have no idea whether family members can watch company class at other times. My dd would absolutely not want me there unless others were invited so I dare not ask! It was such a treat though.
DD says Snow Queen is being staged with a ramp that comes over the orchestra pit in order to bring the dancers into the audience. The orchestra is not thrilled to have dancers over their heads so the ballet will be danced to original music written for the ballet that is recorded. The company has begun stage rehearsals and dd says they are going well.
Posted 08 November 2012 - 03:51 AM
[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=4]The orchestra is not thrilled to have dancers over their heads[/size][/font]
Too funny! But totally typical.
In theatres I danced in often times orchestra members were very pleased to be onstage, when that was needed.
Posted 28 November 2012 - 10:10 AM
edited to update:
This morning, tickets went on sale for six more performances of Greve's Snow Queen. 9000 tickets sold in 2 hours. People were at the box office early and had traveled there during a horrendous blizzard!
Edited by swanchat, 30 November 2012 - 06:15 AM.
Posted 30 November 2012 - 09:00 AM
The additional tickets completely sold out in 6 hours. They are bringing it and Nutcracker (I've heard) back next season and pre-selling tickets for Snow Queen now. The Finnish critics have loved it, the Finnish audiences have loved it. My dd tells me that the music is wonderful and that the ballet involves the audience. Light sticks are given to the children (not sure what they do with them) but last week my dd looked out of the window in her flat and saw a child walking around with his after the show. She said it made her feel special to be a part of that child's wonderment!
Posted 25 January 2013 - 01:10 AM
Swan Lake: Greve has "updated and tightened up the narrative...and avoided over-long conventional scenes." He also included a solo for Sigfried from Nureyev's version. Nureyev was Greve's mentor and this is meant to be an homage to him. As a result of the change in narrative, the ballet felt quite energetic. Sigfried falls in love with a girl instead of a bird which Greve says makes more sense to him that a prince falling in love with a bird. There is also an inferred unrequited love from Benno towards the Prince. In contrast to other Swan Lake's I've seen, the swan corps does very little standing on the sides and is partnered quite a lot. The corps seemed well rehearsed and moved together beautifully. The entire company seems to have lovely feet and energy. Andrew Bowman, former principal dancer with Royal Danish Ballet was the guest artist performing Siegfried; he has nice stage presence was an able partner for FNB etoile Petia Ilieva but he did have a few missteps. Benno was played by Xiaoyu He, a new corps member this year and he was outstanding. He's a beautiful dancer with great jumps and turms and incredible stage presence. He received the largest applause of the evening. The cygnet pas de quatre was well danced although one little swan seemed a bit lost for a count or two. The Pas de Trois was beautifully danced by He and Rauserova and newly nominated soloist, Haakana although I preferred the women in the next night's cast (principals) Nakagawa and Myllymaki. I just felt that their footwork was lighter. The costumes where beautiful and the scaled down scenery seems perfect for a Finnish Swan Lake. Altogether, a very enjoyable evening.
The Snow Queen (Greve): This is a new piece in the repertoire and WOW what an extravaganza! The story is adapted from Hans Christian Anderson's tale of the same name. The music is an original score by Finnish composer Tuomas Kantelinen. What beautiful music! The ballet is narrated and has subtitiles (just like the opera) in Finnish, Swedish and English. The set design is fabulous. The setting is 19th century Helsinki and the backdrop of Helsinki's Senate Square for the traditional Finnish Dance "Jenkka" was well-done with projection. The mirror which shatters and is the center of the narrative is huge and hung in the center and the technical ability of the opera house is once again used very well to convert the shiny mirror to a shattered piece of glass. Costumes and makeup were fabulous: loved the sparkle of the snow flakes and the traditional Lapland costumes too. The Evil Snow Queen rides a very sparkly Segway at one point and aside from the fact that it's an anachronism, it added an edge that was interesting. The most stunning scene is the sauna scene. The scene begins with the Lapland cabin rising up in the air to reveal the sauna teeming with creatures of the underground (again, fabulous makeup). The men of the company are incredible as the goulish creatures in this dance as they use body percussion and very earthy grunts. The corps of snowflakes seemed well-rehearsed and their sharp arms and hands were reminscent of the stars in Ashton's Cinderella. Principal Tina Myllymaki plays the cold and evil snow queen to perfection. Johan Pakkanen as the kidnapped Kai and Linda Haakana as his best friend are played with innocence and lovely technique. After the performance, it was announced that both were nominated as solosists with the company. The character dances seemed to be the weak part of the ballet with the exception of the Swedish Dance danced with energy by corps members Mira Ollila and Nikolas Koskivirta.
This is a ballet meant to be family friendly and extols the virtues of tolerance, compassion and love. It's a feel good ballet! The children even get to help save the young man who has been kidnapped by the snow queen by using glow sticks that are given to them during the intermission. This ballet is so popular that performances were added to this season and the additional performances sold out in hours. The Snow Queen will return next season and tickets are already on sale and 65% sold already. To say it's a hit is an understatement.
Greve, the Artistic Director of FNB since 2008 has a talented group of dancers who are in good form at all levels: from corps to soloist and principal and etoile. The company will be touring to Moscow to participate in the Njiinksy tribute this spring. The Finnish government has announced budget cuts to the opera for next year. I hope that the Minister of Culture can work with the Opera Board to minimize the cuts to personnel. It would be sad to see the positive momentum that Greve has created be slowed down by budget cuts.
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To the editor:
I was raised in a small coal town in Jefferson County where I knew everyone and everyone knew me. It was safe. My parents raised me to respect and love God and others. My dad was a World War II veteran. Memorial Day was always spent going to services at the cemetery to show our respect for those who served and lost their lives as well as to show our love of country.
My parents were hard-working, caring people. They both belonged to the Democratic Party. I was always taught that the Democrats are for the hard-working people and the Republicans are for the rich. There are many people who believe that to be true today. The Democratic party of my parents no longer exists. Now the Republican candidates' platform is the closest I can get to the values that I was taught.
Never before in my lifetime have I seen our freedoms so at risk of being taken from us. I have never seen a situation where a vote had to be taken at a political convention to decide whether to put God back into the platform. Why was he excluded? I have never seen my religious freedom so threatened. Values have become so distorted that what is respectful, proper and caring are becoming extinct. Right is viewed as wrong and vice versa.
Even though this letter may sound like it, I do not vote for a "party." I vote for values, the values my parents taught me and that I tried to teach my son. There are many who believe that our current president has a plan to create more jobs, but we only have to look at his record to know that the changes we have seen in the last four years are not the ones promised to us. The increases in spending and job loss are having a significant effect on our area. Things have been forced on us whether we like it or not and whether they are good for us or not. I have never been so afraid of losing my freedom.
Every time I hear the term "politically correct," I wonder when did the standard by which we determine what is correct become politics? I would like to see the standard and the term change to what is "morally correct." I know that we are never all going to agree on all things. But in this "one nation under God" don't let us lose the freedom that has made us the greatest country in this world and that so many have lost their lives to secure for us.
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Finn flayed.
Last week, Kansas City Detective Maggie McGuire was honored for her work on the troubling case of Shawn Ratigan, a now-laicized priest serving a fifty-year sentence for possessing and creating child pornography. Recall that in 2012 Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph was found guilty of failing to report suspected child abuse--after diocesan personnel informed him that they had found pornographic photographs of minors on Ratigan's laptop and the bishop failed to notify police. Obviously Deputy U.S. Attorney Gene Porter hasn't forgotten the details of that case, because when he presented the Crystal Kipper & Ali Kemp Memorial Award to McGuire, he delivered a stinging rebuke to Finn and his diocese:
When it becomes clear at the outset of the investigation that the entire hierarchy of a centuries-old religious denomination does not seem willing to recognize that the children depicted in the images are, in fact, victims of child exploitation, nor seem very willing to help establish the identity of the children depicted, and instead are spending millions of dollars on legal counsel in an ill-advised effort to avoid having the priest and bishop accept legal responsibility for their crimes, then you know, as an investigator, that your work is cut out for you.
He continued:
But for [McGuire's] work, multiple victims might not have been identified, a predatory priest might not have been removed and sentenced to the functional equivalent of life in prison, and Robert Finn never would have become the first cleric of his rank in the United States to sustain…a criminal conviction for failure to report suspected child abuse.
A judge sentenced Bishop Finn to two years of probation. He has not been censured by church authorities.
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This will not stop. What is O'Malley waiting for? No matter how astute Francis is he has to rely on staff in the field. It may be quite accurate to lay this on O'Malley now. No one, apparently, has the pope's ear more than the Cardinal Archbishop of Boston. After O'Malley Dolan and others have responsibility here. Even with a committe being established, can we afford to wait? What are they waiting for, "Dump Finn" stickers on cars??
The Finn case is already historic. The words of the Deputy US attorney are riveting. As well as a further shame and disgrace to Finn, Kansas and the Church.
How Long?
I truly hope that O'Malley is working behind the scenes with Finn directly and that his resignation will happen soon. Certainly if he is still here by 2015, Francis reform and reputation will suffer greatly ... and somewhat deservedly.
Fifty years in prison for Ratigan is too much. The sentence was too harsh, completely out of proportion. He should have spent a year or two in prison, then be release with the warning that if he could not stay away from little children, he would be sent back to prison for a long long time.
As to "bishop" Finn, I am not sure what we can do. I'm just glad I am not in his diocese. If I were and wanted to stay Catholic, maybe I would focus on my parish and try to think of it as an independent entity, disconnected from his "authority". Maybe as a parish I would refuse to pay the diocesan tax and put the money instead in a separate bank account, to be handed over to the next bishop when there is one.
On the diocesan web page, although there are some documents on the "Statements" page, the page with the biography of Finn makes no menttion of his brush with the justice. To be forgotten as soon as possible, I guess. There is a recording of a "Forward in Faith" homily to encouarge people to give to the capital campaign, which is a homily in which Finn talks about Catholic education, about forming "critical thinkers", "spiritual defenders", and says: "we are confronted with moral and ethical dilemmas and overt attempts to limit our religious liberty". The nerve! As an encouragement to give (I guess), he even mentions that he was formed in Catholic schools. Does he think his moral blindness and ethical incompetence have been forgotten already?
There is also a copy of his 2007 pastoral letter against pornography. http://www.diocese-kcsj.org/_docs/Pastoral-02-07.pdf Chapter 3, responding to the problem: "The first step is to name it". ... "The tactic we are advocating is only secondarily one of legislative advocacy against the purveyors of pornography". It's over 20 page long. In the light of what happened in the following couple of years, it reads like a mockery. He shows how empty words can be, how useless faith seems to be, how meaningless church "authority" really is. He is a real challenge for Catholics.
As to "bishop" Finn, I am not sure what we can do. I'm just glad I am not in his diocese.
In Boston, one of the tipping points for Cardinal Law was when the priests of the archdiocese called for his resignation.
The first paragraph of that document:
It is with a heavy heart that we write to request your resignation as Archbishop of Boston. We have valued the good work you have done here in Boston, including, but not limited to: your advocacy for the homeless, your outreach to the Jewish community, your opposition to capital punishment, and your leadership in welcoming immigrant peoples. However, the events of recent months and, in particular, of these last few days, make it clear to us that your position as our bishop is so compromised that it is no longer possible for you to exercise the spiritual leadership required for the church of Boston.
Taking lewd pictures of little girls is certainly a despicable act, especially for a priest. To be sentenced to 50 years in prison for taking such photos is arguably a miscarriage of justice. No sexual acts were depicted. There was no accusation of and no admission of touching or engaging in lewd acts with children. I agree with Clare that he should have been jailed for a few years and then placed on strict probation.
Bishop Finn was convicted of failing to report, but not on all counts submitted by the prosecutor. I am glad that I am not in his diocese. There apparently is a sufficient number of Catholics in his diocese that are willing to overlook and forgive since the operations of the church there have not been crippled by any stretch of that word. I think this is a matter to be dealt with by that local church in terms of what happens to Finn. If, in fact, he is not able to offer effective ministry he will have to resign or be removed. I would be delighted to learn of his resignation or removal. It would give that diocese a chance to start over on this painful issue. But I am unable to share the animus directed at him and Ratigan, especially during Holy Week. Resentments are killers but not for those resented and reviled. I do revile the actions of both.
- The pope approves the ordination of men to the episcopacy.
- The pope approves assignments fo bishops.
- The pope approves the imposition of liturgical norms upon bishops.
- The pope can censure a bishop who he thinks has stepped out of line.
- The pope can (and has done so) remove a bishop from active participation in the episcopacy.
- The pope can fire Finn's butt!
Now, that wasn't hard, was it?
Jim: I am not the pope.
especially during Holy Week
John: yes. Looking again at the diocesan website scandalizes me all over again, but in a way I'd rather forget about him, especially during Holy Week. Let the locals deal with it. It's their problem (and the pope's).
Claire - if you track the timeline for Ratigan, his actions pre and post his meeting with Finn, you note that he did not tell Finn the complete truth and was put into treatment for a suicide attempt. When he returned to the diocese, he was allowed to live in the Vincentian Mission house under certain restrictions. He violated those restrictions within weeks.
The psychological profession, at the current time, has no sure fire solution or fix for personalities such as Ratigan. He is always at high risk of recidivism. Probably the only thing that would work is *chemical* castration which is not permitted in most states.
Also, Finn and the diocese has already demonstrated that they are not able to monitor Ratigan - they have neither the time nor the expertise. Alternatives - guess you could arrange living in a monastery but then the monastery or abbey assumes the risk and responsibility.
Recent case in Wisconsin involving a Chicago priest - asked for release (using your language) but the court remanded him permanently to a secure psychiatric facility.
Claire - if I can add, Ratigan also lied and deceived his own family - his actions actually caused them to be frightened that he may have molested his own nieces/nephews. He used his own family.
Bill, I still think the sentence is way too harsh. You say that there is a high risk of recidivism, but what kind of recidivism ? Taking more lewd pictures of little children? As John said, it's despicable, but it's not the crime of the century. He is not a murderer or a rapist. I don't think the risk to society is grave enough to justify keeping someone behind bars forever.
One of the most urgent -- and neglected -- questions of stewardship in the Catholic Church today is the oversight and selection of men for the priesthood.
Once you've ordained a man with a pathology, he's yours for life. You've bought his problem... and the whole Church will pay for it, over, and over, and over again.
We need to turn this flow off at the spigot, by involving a broader spectrum of people and bringing relevant expertise into screening candidates. Many of them are walking time bombs. Putting all the emphasis on excising them later, reporting to police, laicizing them etc, when much too little attention is paid to the front end of the assembly line is crazy.
People who work with psychological cases know this. There are no easy fixes. And the system cannot afford to carry as many cases as it has on its hands. Yet these bishops won't say No.
We've seen it again and again... no matter how troubled a man is, he'll get thrown out of one seminary, and just go and find another bishop who will ordain him. Bishops will take anyone who's male and promises celibacy; otherwise the bar is low, and eyes are averted from whatever personal problems he brings with him. It's not true in the religious orders, but diocesan priesthood is now a seller's market.
"We need to turn this flow off at the spigot, by involving a broader spectrum of people and bringing relevant expertise into screening candidates."
I think the biggest help to this would be doing away with madatory celibacy. A job that promises enforced celibacy for life might tend to attract a larger than average percentage of people who have sexual/emotional problems. The main difference between the Catholic church and the Protestant churches is celibacy, and it can't be a coincidence that there is something like 6 times the sexual abuse in the Catholic church as there is in other churches ...
Rita wisely names one of the primary issues.
Crystal - agree but would broaden the whole discussion. Many experts in the area of sexual abuse have stated that celibacy requirement is a contributor to this issue. They may not say that *celibacy causes abuse* but, OTOH, they would not absolve celibacy.
The last Vatican audit of US seminaries strongly underlined the use of psychological testing - unfortunately, this needs to be done numerous times over the course of the seminary training and experts (not clerics) need to be invovled.
Some other issues:
- many religious orders had implemented psych testing as far back as the 1970s and yet, some of the largest US seminaries have only just move to this
- lack of vocations: creates a disincentive to stop guys from ordination; the increase in the Redemptoris Maris models which take guys that have education gaps, 1st generation; english as second language, cultural differences, etc. inadequately prepares men for the priesthood (again, prressure that they move through the system and be ordained rather than provide numerous internships; challenges to work with diverse groups, etc.); too many seminaries continue to lack any type of female input - either as teachers, formation directors, or lay groups that supervise interns. (so, a change in celibacy might impact this)
- would strongly support an agenda item at the USCCB that has been stuck for years....they are looking at regional seminaries that would have the best formation and education staffs possible for all priestly candidates....this would alleviate the small seminary that lacks the resources, trained and experienced staff.
Criminal justice sentencing serves two purposes: 1) Retribution; 2) Deterrence.
I think that the sentence reflects a few things. One, a fairly certain view that there was sexual acts that likely occurred but were not reported in court open or otherwise. I know that might not seem fair but a judge and DA looking at that have to weigh bringing in children that may retraumatize them. Also, molestation, we know is waaaaay under-reported.
Secondly, photos are not benign and most professionals in the forensic area understand this. In fact, Google and most other search engines already cooperate in not permitting child pornography. The google lawyer writes
Since 2008, we have used "hashing" technology to tag known child sexual abuse images, allowing us to identify duplicate images which may exist elsewhere. Each offending image in effect gets a unique fingerprint that our computers can recognize without humans having to view them again. Recently, we have started working to incorporate these fingerprints into a cross-industry database
So, this means that it is actually difficult to find child pornography and these are well monitored so offenders know this. In light of this, taking pictures, is thus is a very concerning phenomenon as access is limited so he actually set up the conditions so that he could have photos of his own to masturbate to. In order for this to continue, he is going to require access to children. Bottom line this was likely an ongoing pattern that even if not crminal was noted in case files, histories, and interviews. There was a lot more context to the sentencing than appears at first glance.
Prevention of childhood sexual exploitation is a community affair and google is doing its part. We, as a society, need to come to a consensus around ethical sexual behaviour and most agree that markers need to be applied. Judges are given wide latitude in sentencing and heavy penalties are permitted. That the judge selected this says something about his concern and the need for deterrance. The headline should ready Man gets 50 years for child pornography. Deterrance works and strategically stigmatizing certain behaviours is effective. Look at the reduction in drunk driving due to heavy penalties and vigorous enforcement.
Bill, yes I agree - I don't think celibacy causes abuse. A confluence of factors.
I object to the many comments that centers on celibacy and.or sexual abuse as central. While these can be problem areas it is not the major issue. The majority of clergy and religious are not pedophiles. But they are mediocre. They live too comfortably and are tepid. They live better than those they serve---with perks that most of their parishioners do not have. Mediocrity is the problem. The emphasis is on doctrine not behavior. On Empire rather than preaching the gospel to the poor. You know. Letting the blind see and the sick heal.
Fior those who think Ratigan's sentence of 50 years was "too harsh" keep in mind that he did not simply possess child pornography - he was cCreating child pornography.
I've just suffered a bit of intellectual and spiritual whiplash, going from Finn, Rattigan, and child pornography directly to Pope Francis' Holy Thursday homily:
"The priest is the poorest of men unless Jesus enriches him by his poverty, the most useless of servants unless Jesus calls him his friend, the most ignorant of men unless Jesus patiently teaches him as he did Peter, the frailest of Christians unless the Good Shepherd strengthens him in the midst of the flock. No one is more "little" than a priest left to his own devices; and so our prayer of protection against every snare of the Evil One is the prayer of our Mother: I am a priest because he has regarded my littleness (cf. Lk 1:48). And in that littleness we find our joy."
I'm still hopeful!
And I'm joyful that Mark is finding hope, here on the brink of the Triduum. May all of us do the same, somehow. If life can spring from death, even God's death, then maybe it is not impossible that a new springtime of holiness and love for the priesthood and the church is budding.
Every bishop who moved a sexual abuser priest should be forced, by the Vatican, to resign.
Meanwhile, the US Bishops have a page on "the myths of the sex abuse crisis" ...
Myth: Bishops cover up abuse and hide priests from the law
Fact: Dioceses are required to report all cases to the local law enforcement agencies. Failing to report known abuse is a crime. Victims and their families are encouraged to report abuse directly to police. Each diocese is required to have a victim assistance coordinator and a diocesan review board to review the allegations and make recommendations to the bishop.
Meanwhile, the US Bishops have a page on "the myths of the sex abuse crisis" ...
Disappointing, isn't it? When I first read it I thought it was old - but then saw it was posted just a couple of days ago.
No point to posting there to ask if the misleading statements are really true. If you try, you get a message "Comment moderation has been enabled. All comments must be approved by the blog author."
More troubling, it's written by the President of the National Review Board.
Yes, it makes me think of The X-Files ... "deny everything." Sigh :(
Another one of the myths:
Myth: Child sexual abuse occurs only in the Catholic Church
This is classic misdirection, presenting and rebutting a charge that no sane person is making, so that other, more troublesome allegations will seem equally ridiculous. It is a species of dishonesty, and it calls into question all of the other information that it appears with.
It is a species of bad faith.
I wish it were possible to tune incidents like this out during the course of Holy Week but it isn't. The church's continued sufferance of Finn's current stature is inexplicable.
Meanwhile, the US Bishops have a page on "the myths of the sex abuse crisis" ...
I entered a comment asking that the statement about bishops implementing the Dallas charter be prefaced by "With the exception of the diocese of Lincoln (Nebraska)". We will see if it ever shows up.


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Guys might give us gals a hard time over our fancy coffee, but the last laugh just might be on them - a survey by Accounting Principals found men more likely to splurge on the $5 cup of joe than women are.
The group also added up the cost of our nation's latte love. They found U.S. workers spend more than $1,000 a year on coffee and shell out another $2,000 for lunch. Men, they say, spend $20 more a week on lunch than women. Oh, and it points out men are also more likely to complain about what's in (or not in!) the office vending machine!
The gender difference wasn't the only one found in the study. It also says 18 to 34 years spend more than double what their coworkers over 45 do each week on coffee - $25 versus $11. Ouch!
As for our office, I'm perfectly content with the PTs Coffee we have brewing in the breakroom, though I will splurge on a small, skim vanilla latte from time to time! Like anything, seeing how those few dollars here and there add up over time makes you rethink how often you spend them!
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Mokelumne Wilderness > Round Top > Climber's Log
Round Top Climber's Log
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|My first alpine climb and backcountry ski trip
Date Climbed: Nov 12, 2001
|My first trip on backcountry skis, from Carsons pass to just below the rocky summit, then a scramble to the top, which felt a lot more than a scramble to me at the time. Trip was with Doug Robinson
|Posted Mar 14, 2009 8:35 pm
|Really windy
|Eastern crag is worth traversing over to and is a fun little class 3 climb
|Posted Mar 2, 2009 5:45 pm
|West Ridge
Date Climbed: Jan 31, 2009
|A fun and relatively easy peak even in the winter time. Good skiing from the saddle back to Lake Winnemucca.
|Posted Feb 3, 2009 6:12 pm
|Stormy but sunny day
Date Climbed: Aug 31, 2008
|Beautiful dayhike from Woods lake to Round Top Lake and summit, descent via Winnemucca Lake. Perfect sunny day, great views. Very strong winds at the summit ridge, it was difficult to stay upright.
|Posted Dec 11, 2008 6:49 am
|Big storm front
Date Climbed: Jun 17, 2007
|to the east made for good photos. Also in '97
|Posted Nov 6, 2008 2:40 pm
Date Climbed: Sep 9, 2008
|I have now done this peak in all the seasons.
i think the first time was the year Kirkwood got 880" of snow (82)
|Posted Nov 4, 2008 8:56 pm
|Crescent Moon Couloir
Date Climbed: May 3, 2008
|Brought a rope but never felt the need to use it. It did get a little steep and rocky at the top though. Nice class 3 at the summit. Loved every bit of it! Boot skied on the descent.
|Posted Sep 22, 2008 2:57 am
|M y favorite mountain too!
|I climbed Round Top many times and it was always great. Awesome views from the top on a clear day. The last bit up from Round Top Lake looks a little bit intimidating but it's a really fun rock scramble. I'd like to go back though and do it when there is a lot of snow on top (crampons, ice axe).
What a great mountain!
|Posted Sep 9, 2008 11:24 am
|Re: M y favorite mountain too!
|I totally recommend Round Top in the snow. It is a great mountain to play on, and place to practice snow travel and polish your rescue skills. Last spring some friends and I snow shoed up to the summit, and on our way down I just was overwhelmed by the urge to sit and slide down the mountain...without any way to self-arrest I should add (not too smart). There was this beautiful line that had a really long run out free of rocks or trees, and I decided to just take off my snow shoes and go. I remember sliding down -fast-, and suddenly I thought, "I am going really fast!" The next thing I knew all of this snow comes over me like a wave, and then I was at the bottom and able to get control. As I sat there laughing uncontrollably, covered head to toe in snow, my friend ran over to me laughing and pointing back at my direction of travel. I turned around and looked, and saw where I began sliding down, then there was about 30 feet of nothing, and then you could see where I made contact with the snow again (hence the snow wave). This was definitely not one of my finer moments, and I really do know better...but there is something about tapping into that inner five-year old, being stupid and having fun...and this mountain always taps into that child.
|Posted Sep 11, 2008 1:06 pm
|My favorite Mountain
Date Climbed: Jun 10, 2001
|I cannot count how many times I have sat on the summit of Round Top. No matter the time of year, time of day, or type of travel (scrambling, hiking skiing, running), I have enjoyed every moment. I even had one friend accuse me of building mini-Round Tops in my back yard.
|Posted Sep 5, 2008 6:56 pm
|Ski Crescent Moon Couloir
Date Climbed: May 25, 1996
|Quite a climb. Ice axe and crampons. The last section is pretty steep. Coming down was incredible. It looks like you'll ski right into Lake Winnemucca. I've also climbed the West Ridge.
|Posted Aug 21, 2008 1:45 pm
|West Ridge
Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2008
|With my son. A great hike/scramble. Started at 8am. Went all the way to Round Top Lake, then up to the saddle. Very fun scrambling from there, we went up the middle of the west ridge to the west summit. On the way down we found the use trail that heads toward Winnemucca Lake so probably saved a half mile. Didn't see anyone on the way up or back until Winnemucca Lake, then then we must have passed 50+ people from there back to the car. Beautiful day, very clear and mild temps with little wind. Up in just over 2 hours, back down in 1:25. Drove all the way back home, made for a LONG day! Great day and trip.
|Posted Aug 8, 2008 4:04 pm
|True summit block
Date Climbed: Jul 5, 2008
|Hiked up from Carson Pass on a beautiful clear day. The true summit block seemed dangerous, but I made it.
|Posted Jul 5, 2008 8:59 pm
|West Ridge
Date Climbed: Jun 26, 2008
|I started out at Caples Lake Resort, where my folks had rented a cabin. I walked to Woods Lake TH and then took the trail up to Winnemuca Lake, then cut over to the area above Round Top Lake. I hiked up to the saddle in the ridge between Round Top and The Sisters, then went around the backside and alternated between scree slogging and scrambling to reach the summit. The views were nice, but all but the immediate area was obscured or blocked by smoke from all the CA fires. I finished the Woods Lake loop and then walked back to CL Resort. A drive or ride to and from the trailhead would have been worth it to save time and energy for more hikes. I'll have to return on a clear day!
|Posted Jun 28, 2008 2:32 am
|West Ridge
Date Climbed: Jun 20, 2008
|Went to the west summit and over to the gap between the west and east. East summit looked more than a class 3 and with the crappy loose scree, I opted to save the east summit for another day. My partner Dennis went up it and felt it was definitely more class 4 / 5 like on the route he chose. We had done Hawkins Peak in the morning and this was our afternoon treat. Hiked through lots of snow via the Round Top Lake trail. I'll need to go back and finish this one sometime.
|Posted Jun 25, 2008 7:33 am
|my first couloir
Date Climbed: May 3, 2008
|beautiful, clear, warm day with blinding but crusty snow until we reached the foot of the couloir, when it clouded over. crusty snow in the chute but a little thin at the top of the right fork, see squishy's and rhyang's signage below... fun and rewarding!
|Posted May 5, 2008 12:23 am
|Wesat Ridge
Date Climbed: Apr 6, 2008
|Tagged Elephant's Back and continued on to the west ridge. Was going to climb the Crescent Moon, but I opted out due to my normal late start of 1pm. Snow was perfect for the most part for walking. Just a little give. The upper slopes were hard packed wind deposit so it was smooth and somewhat slippery, but too compact to kick steps into. Used my axe plenty to help me up, but no need for crampons. Only cold because of the wind.
|Posted Apr 8, 2008 6:43 am
|CMC left
Date Climbed: Apr 6, 2008
|fun as always, with V. Skied back to Carson Pass.
|Posted Apr 8, 2008 1:11 am
|Crescent Moon Couloir
Date Climbed: Apr 5, 2008
|Did the couloir proper (right fork) - ok conditions until the last and steepest part : thin snow over slabs, forcing some moves to find thicker snow and holds on the rock. Mixed climbing moves in these conditions with a gimpy left leg made things verrry spicy.
Otherwise, pretty nice weather - cool and breezy. Not much snow at all on West Ridge descent, but enough below north face to allow for nice glissades :)
Summit register needs new notebook !
Route climbed: West Ridge
Date climbed: 1-Jan-2007
Just wanted to stretch my legs... On the approach I could see winds howling up over the summit and clouds coming up from the east side. The wind continued, but as I got to the saddle the clouds dissipated. I traded snowshoes for crampons and about 200' below the west ridge the wind died down, perhaps because the wind was coming from the east. Seemingly miraculous ...
Cold windy day but ended up being clear in the afternoon. A couple of class 3 moves made spicier by wet rock and snow.
Route climbed: Crescent Moon Couloir (left fork)
Date climbed: 22-April-2005
|Posted Apr 6, 2008 10:21 pm
|West Ridge (ish)
Date Climbed: Mar 29, 2008
|the peak was enshrouded in clouds half the time, the icy winds blew harder the closer we got to the ridge, and it was very cold at the summit. too cloudy to see distant peaks. my first time on a frozen mountaintop, and i can't wait to do another!
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Why RC4 used 24-bits constant value + 40 bits random values to generate key?
I believe you are mistaken; RC4 takes a variable length key (between 1 byte and 256 bytes), and uses that to generate an initial internal state, and from that, generates a continuous length of keystream. There are no assumption that 24 bits are fixed and 40 bits are random.
What you might be talking about is that there might be some protocol or file encryption method that creates the RC4 key by concatenating a 24 bit constant value to a 40 bit random value. I have not heard of such a thing; however, I cannot claim that I know of everything that uses RC4. In addition, it's possible that you are making a garbled reference to WEP; for the standard WEP protocol, that uses 24 bits of IV (which vary for each packet), and 40 bits of secret keying data. If you are talking about WEP, well, don't do it; the protocol is known to be broken.
However, even if you are not talking about WEP, but instead something that really does form the key from a 24 bit constant and a 40 bit random value, it still doesn't sound like a good idea. For one, RC4 is known to be weak when using keys that are formed by concatenating public and private information (which is exactly the problem that WEP ran into); while I don't immediately see a specific way generating keys this way could be exploited, it's not a good sign.
What is apparent is that, even if the 24 bit constant value is not public information, if that attacker can get his hands on $2^N$ ciphertexts were the plaintexts has known linear relationships (for example, the MSBits are known to be all clear), then he can recover one of the keys with $2^{64-N}$ effort (by trying random 64 bit keys, generating the keystream, and seeing if the linear relationships work out); once he has that, he has the 24 bit constant value; he can recover the rest of the keys with $2^{40}$ work.


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Coming from Europe, I am used to radiator heating systems and thinking about putting one into a fixer-upper house I intend to buy. Where can I find such a system in the North-American market?
You should be able to find them in any of the original colonies in colder climates, as they're needed for restoration work in older homes. (so, eastern seaboard, from Maryland to the north)
American radiators tend to be heavy steel or iron and gravity fed, with larger pipes that I don't believe are as efficient as those found in areas like Germany. My neighbors are currently going through a remodel of their home (1940s construction, in Maryland) got theirs from an architectural salvage place. The burners (oil in their case, and in my home), you can still get new so are easier to replace.
Contact your local plumbing supply store; if they can't tell you where to find radiators, their customers (plumbers & pipe fitters) might be able to.
You might also find the 'baseboard heating' where there's a copper pipe with fins attached that run along the whole wall of a room. If you just want the non-drying qualities of radiator heat but can't find radiators in your area, this might be an alternative. (I've never seen fan-assisted models in the US, either, but I'm guessing if they have them, it'd be in the northeast.
Typical early style radiator heat is nothing like modern European style radiators. You should find out what originally came with the house to make the best fit. There is steam heat, water heat. The boiler may be powered by oil, natural gas, or (if it's really old) coal. As Joe mentioned, the radiators can be gravity powered or propelled with a circulation pump. The gravity fed systems use large cast iron pipes down to the boiler and is less efficient. A circulation pump feed system uses smaller pipes and is more efficient, but you probably wouldn't want to retrofit a pump on a gravity fed system without changing out the pipes.
I've seen a This Old House episode where Tom placed a European style thermostat on a standard water filled radiator. So, this may be an option for you.


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Dow Soars 3% in Week
Retail Report Disappoints; Investors Look Toward Fed
Stocks rose Friday, capping the Dow DOW 0.00 % average's biggest weekly advance in more than eight months, as investors weighed the odds of the Federal Reserve reducing its monetary-stimulus program in the coming week.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 75.42 points, or 0.5%, to 15376.06 in a quiet session. The bench mark's 3% weekly gain was its biggest weekly advance since the week ended Jan. 4.
The S&P 500 index rose 4.57 points, or 0.3%, to 1687.99. The Nasdaq Composite Index increased 6.22 points, or 0.2%, to 3722.18.
Stocks this week recovered much of August's selloff, with bulls pointing to continued signs of a recovering U.S. economy—albeit at a slow pace—cash going into stocks-focused mutual funds and relatively muted prospects for other assets, such as bonds. The S&P 500 is up 18% this year and within 1.3% of its Aug. 2 record.
"It's about valuation and growth. Right now, equities seem to be providing the most attractive opportunities, given those two variables," said Mark Freeman, chief investment officer at Westwood Holdings Group. "Lots has been made about the 10-year [Treasury note] going to 3%. But even with the backup in rates, bonds are still expensive relative to stocks."
Investors are also awaiting the Fed's two-day policy committee meeting starting Tuesday, at which 66% of economists surveyed in a Wall Street Journal poll this past week expect the central bank to announce it will cut back monetary stimulus.
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On the economic front, retail sales rose a less-than-expected 0.2% in August, the Commerce Department reported Friday. U.S. wholesale prices increased 0.3% due to higher gasoline costs, slightly more than economists expected. Excluding the volatile food and energy components, prices were flat.
U.S. consumers viewed the economy in a much less optimistic light early this month than they did in August, according to the Thomson Reuters and University of Michigan's consumer-sentiment index. July business inventories rose more than expected.
"The numbers were a little soft but not soft enough to cause a panic," said Todd Colvin, senior vice president at R.J. O'Brien & Associates, a Chicago futures brokerage. "Equities are going to remain very popular because people have made money in equities."
Elsewhere in markets, buying in 10-year Treasury notes pushed the yield down slightly to 2.896%.
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October crude-oil futures fell 0.4% to $108.21 a barrel, as investors' anxiety over the threat of imminent military action in Syria continued to wane.
September gold futures lost 1.7% to $1,308.40 an ounce. The dollar fell against the yen and was little changed against the euro.
European markets edged higher. The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.2% for its highest close since June 2008.
Asian markets also paused following strong gains in the week. China's Shanghai Composite fell 0.9%, while Japan's Nikkei Stock Average inched up 0.1%—but gained 4.5% and 3.9%, respectively, for the week.
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" How about starting when they are about 5 years old to teach them to save money in order to buy the things they want out of money they earn by working? Then, when they are teens, they will understand that you can't get something for nothing. The best time to get your teen a credit card is NEVER! "
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I need to get some advice on overcoming mental passivity. I have never had efficient study skills before (always managed to be average or above average by cramming), and now that I'm at a top 10 university, I feel the whiplash of having such awful study habits. I fell into a depression last year which really affected my cognitive abilities (to say the least, my confidence) and now I'm just really struggling. When I'm reading a textbook, I'm not asking myself questions or trying to figure out what something means. I feel like I'm just blank, passive and not curious. I also feel that this has slowed down my comprehension and it now takes me nearly a whole day just to read 10 or so pages. I'm trying to reverse all this by trying to envision what it would feel like to be an active thinker, to mentally exert myself but I'm finding that difficult. I thought perhaps if any of you active thinkers out there could give me a description of your mental processes when thinking/actively studying and perhaps some pointers, I would so appreciate it you can hardly imagine!
It's wrong to think about people as "passive" or "active" thinkers. We're both, only at different times (for example, i'm really passive when i've just woken up, but active after a class). The point is to move from a passive state to an active one, which is a pretty hard process.
I'd advise you to build up a varied study patern: go to classes, read the books, work with others, do the exercises and review your work. If you do this, you'll soon find that some things keep you more active/interested then others.
The thing that help me specifically is working with other people. Just working on an assignment or talking about a subject with someone else can be really clarifying:
Regardless if this also works for you, you need to build up a varied study pattern, and sooner or later you'll find a rhythm that works for you.
I don't think it's about your mind being active or passive, but more about knowing how to read a book. Adler's How to Read a Book could be a good start for you. And since the question asks for some practical tips, I am going to share some here as well. Granted I wouldn't call myself an active reader, but I do embrace interactive reading, which to me is a more concrete way of being active.
Also, in your question you didn't mention what kind of books you were reading. If you do let us know, we may be able to give more well-tailored answers. I read mostly non-fiction, technical books, so take my tips accordingly.
Once you have done these steps, you have learned the structure and main points of the book. And if you have done the marking systematically, you have also made an easy reference. I would want to go deeper by talking about keeping a reading notes, but that's highly individualized and perhaps not suitable for this question, unless you only read books from library, which we should not mark.
Some other strayed tips I think may be useful:
Try gamification. Take some friends and start a studying competition. If you're competitive, that might do the trick.
Personally, when up against really boring/hard stuff, I try to write a study guide/summary of it. It makes what you achieve more tangible, which is valuable. It also makes you reflect on what you understand/don't understand, which lets you formulate questions you can pose to your teacher (or an online community such as this).
It may be a possibility that the field you are in is out of your interest. Studying from books is not everyone's cup of tea.
For the first point an example would be programming.
For the second point an example would be to pursue a carrier in subjects like Photography, Drawing/Painting where you actually don't have books to cram from.
There isn't really one "answer" to your question.
I have one suggestion - I just get the sense it may apply particularly - make sure you're getting enough physical exercise. Whatever you enjoy. Preferably with other people, but solo is okay too.
I've found in life very little motivates me as much as this - it increases your level of competitiveness, and helps you "think better"
One other thought - to answer what you asked about "thinking about thinking" - try reading some material by Ed De Bono - e.g. Six Thinking Hats, Serious Creativity and others.


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[K1] Update to my Revan's Robe mod [issues solved]
So I made an update to my Revan's Robe mod that everyone helped me with here a long time ago, which you can check out at this link for reference:
The 1.1 update I'm planning on releasing for it so far completely rewrites the datapad with a more in-depth story and removes the dark side requirement from the robes, but before I release it, I decided I'd like to make some more extensive modifications to it if I could, so I thought I'd check in here for some more help with accomplishing that first.
The way I currently have the item set up is that you simply equip Revan's robes and it puts on a disguise modification that completely replaces your PC model with Revan's cutscene robes. This configuration works well enough, but what I'd really like to do is create two separate items--the robes and the mask respectively--which would allow the player to also wear the robes without the mask if they so please. There are two possibilities I thought of as to how I might implement this:
1.) (Ideal solution) Have a script that only sets the disguise as Revan's "complete" robes when it detects that the player has both the mask and robes equipped.
2.) Put the disguise property on the mask instead of the robes, but set a limitation property on the mask such that it will only allow you to equip it in your inventory if you already have the robes equipped.
I would be fine with either of these solutions if someone could help point me in the right direction with how I might achieve this. I suspect that I might be dealing with some scripting or editing 2DA files here. I'd also like to note that I do not want to overwrite any pre-existing items in the game to achieve any of this if at all possible.
As an even further bonus (though this is not really necessary), I was also thinking of including the cape animation fix that was provided a while back in another mod. The problem is the model from that mod has missing shader and lighting effects from the original cutscene model, which means in order to correct this I'm guessing I would again need to do either 1 of 2 things:
1.) Extract the animations from that model and apply them to my own.
2.) Re-apply the lighting effects to his model instead.
Whichever method is easier works for me, as the result should be the same. But if anyone has ideas that could help me with achieving any of this, I would greatly appreciate it. I'm not really sure where to begin on the implementation of any of this.
Thanks for your time.
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So I'm still working on this, and I've been doing some tinkering with 2DAs. From what I gather, the way the game tells what model variation to use on your PC is by referencing the corresponding model and texture letters A through J, making a total of 10 possible variations. Since I didn't want to overwrite any of the existing variations though, I tried adding an additional set of columns named "modelk" and "texk" respectively in the appearance.2da file to create an 11th variation. I then went into the baseitems.2da file and added a new custom baseitem just for the robes and set its "bodyvar" column to "K" so that it could properly reference the new model variation I had created. Finally, I edited the item itself to use this new baseitem, but when I tested it, for some reason the game fails to recognize the new model variation I created and simply declothes my PC whenever I equip the robes. That is to say, it equips the item just fine, appears to recognize the new baseitem I created, and even gives me all the proper stats, but the model itself is just the default no-clothes version of my character. It seems like the game is just ignoring the new "modelk" and "texk" columns I created in the appearance.2da file. So my question after all this is, am I on the right track or is there no way to add a new variation without using the disguise property?
The reason I need to avoid the disguise property is because it cannot tell whether your PC is male or female, so I could potentially end up having a female model with a male head or vice versa. That's why I attempted to do it this way. I'm thinking at this point either there's a reference I'm still missing somewhere or it's just not possible to add an 11th model variation, in which case I've been thinking of a possible scripting solution instead. I can do a gender check with scripts, so if the script detects what gender my PC is it will spawn the correct variation of the robes. This is far from an ideal solution though that creates a few other problems but they're issues I can live with...
Again any ideas or help with this would be appreciated. I'm going to keep experimenting in the meantime; I think I'm getting closer to a workable solution.
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Well it seems I've reached an unexpected impasse. I gave up on pursuing an 11th model variation since the game refuses to recognize the new model variation "K" in the appearance.2da file that I created. I was almost certain that I could make a workable scripting solution instead that simply spawns the appropriate disguise based on your gender. I had a script compiled and everything, but the problem is apparently the item disguise property also has another issue attached to it: in addition to not detecting your gender, it also doesn't detect what head model you're using, so I got the robes to spawn, but my PC's head is missing; making her look like a headless ghost. I've got absolutely no clue how to deal with that issue. Even if I could come up with a new script that also detects what head your PC is using, I'd have to create like ~20 different versions of the same item to make it work. I think I'm just going to give up at this point go with my original plan of uploading the 1.1 update as-is...
Damn, I thought I was so close too, but this game really has an annoying setup for handling character models. I don't understand why they couldn't organize them the same way they did weapon models which made it really easy to add new ones into the game without replacing pre-existing models.
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Ha! Did I say I was giving up? My mistake; I'm a stubborn one it seems. Turns out I was able to come up with a workable solution after all to get the unmasked robes wearable without replacing any pre-existing gear. It only took an endless amount of trial and error and some quite tedious scripting. Needless to say this was a headache to put together, but I finally achieved it soooo screenshots!
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This datapad was found on the corpse of a fallen Jedi in the caves of Korriban. It appears to contain an extensive journal of the Jedi's personal thoughts. The last entries may give some insight on what brought him to this fate.
Log Entry 347
"I couldn't believe it when I heard the news. Bastila and the Jedi have defeated the Dark Lord! Today they returned to the enclave on Dantooine with a hero's reception. I was unexpectedly called to the council chambers shortly afterward, and I couldn't stop the twitching in my limbs as I nervously thought about what they would want with me so soon after such an event. As I stepped into the chambers, I was shocked to find Master Zhar standing before me with Revan's robes draped over his arms. I have now been entrusted with the task of destroying these robes by the Jedi Council. Tomorrow I will ensure that they are disposed of properly, but for now I think I'll celebrate this momentous occasion."
Log Entry 348
"Last night I placed Revan's robes on the floor next to my bed so I wouldn't forget that I need to take care of them in the morning. As I did so, I couldn't help but sense some sort of subtle presence in the room; something distorted... unnatural. It made me feel strangely uncomfortable, and it was difficult for me to sleep. When I finally awoke today, I was sweating heavily. I must have been having some rather disturbing nightmares. Something definitely doesn't seem right ever since these garments were placed in my hands. I have a feeling that I'll need to dispose of them quickly if I don't want to suffer through another night like this."
Log Entry 349
"I woke up today sweating intensely and shaking uncontrollably. Even now, it's difficult for me to record this entry as I still don't feel very well. The robes are sitting back in my room again. Why haven't I destroyed them yet? There are things I can't remember doing last night. I was taking the robes out to be burned when... I just can't recall. There is certainly something more to these robes than I first thought. I sense some sort of... aura emanating from them. I think it might be affecting my mind. Perhaps the council is aware of this? Maybe they are testing my will to see if I can resist the dark side. In any case, I will not fail them. My task will be completed one way or another tonight. I can't take much more of this."
Log Entry 350
"Today I found myself locked in my room staring at Revan's robes for a long period of time. I'm not sure how many hours have passed. I tried to destroy them again, yet I could not bring myself to do it. The same thoughts have continually raced through my head over and over again. Should I destroy the robes or not? The more I think about it, the more I see that there is great power and potential in this deceivingly trivial-looking piece of regalia. I can sense it in the aura that is being produced. These robes weren't just for looks; they must have enhanced Revan with even greater power. Perhaps it would be better if they were not destroyed. If I can learn to control this aura, I might be able to use my enemies' weapon against them!"
Log Entry 351
"It's been several days since I've recorded anything to this journal. It seems I have fallen out of touch with it. To be honest, I've been beginning to feel like a lot of my old habits are pointless lately. I'm not even sure if I want to keep up with this useless activity anymore either. My friends and colleagues have been voicing concerns about how supposedly irritable I've been with them lately. I cannot deny that I have been annoyed by them; their ignorance and foolishness is excruciating to listen to. Every time they open their mouths, they spew forth tired platitudes about things they don't even truly understand. Master Vrook has been especially infuriating recently with his perpetual need to pull me aside and condescend to me about the dangers of the dark side and how I need to get my temper under control. At least he doesn't seem entirely shortsighted though. When he asked me if I ever actually disposed of Revan's robes, the expression on his face suggested that he wasn't completely convinced by my answer when I told him that I had done so.
For some reason I didn't notice it before, but now the lies are so obvious and I can see them clearly all around me. Everything the council has ever told me about the dark side... it's all lies. The dark side is not something to be avoided; it is to be embraced. The Sith understand that it offers strength that the light could never provide; strength that can make all of our desires become a reality.
I can feel the immense power of the dark side flowing within Revan's robes. The Jedi Order was foolish to have wanted such a powerful artifact to be wasted and destroyed. Now I see why the Jedi are weak. I have decided that tonight I will flee the enclave so that I may join the Sith on Korriban. They will teach me how to harness the powers of these robes to their fullest potential. I have been very fortunate to have come into possession of these garments. They have shown me the true path to greatness."
The log entries end here.
The updated version should be up on KOTOR Files shortly but in the meantime anyone can just grab it here:
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Sorry for continually bumping my own thread here, but I thought members here might find this information helpful. I made another quick update to the mod after I finally discovered the source of a pesky and elusive bug.
Some people may have noticed that sometimes after a while of playing through the game with a custom item that makes use of the "disguise" property (such as the Sith Disguise, Mandalorian Suit, or in this case, Revan's Robes), their disguise suddenly becomes permanent even after unequipping the item. I finally managed to trace the source of this bug to the airlocks in the Hrakert Rift. When you put on an enviro suit, the game doesn't properly remember your original appearance if you happen to be wearing a disguise item at the time (this is partly because BioWare never intended your character to be wearing a disguise at this point in the game anyway). I have since corrected this bug with some scripting now that I learned how to do it with this mod. So not only does this fix the problem for my robes, but also for any other mod that anyone has downloaded which adds custom disguise items into the game.
This update only corrects the issue for the airlocks in the Hrakert Rift; not the Leviathan when you use the space suit to traverse the outer hull. Interestingly, I tested the Leviathan as well but the default scripts BioWare wrote work just fine with disguises in that case.
You can download the latest version here:
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Issues abounding at senior services
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There is so much going on in this article, I don't know where to start.The two things that stand out are ..... over $100k a year for upper level management, plus benefits.WOW,...I would like to see what is in the benefit package.I bet it's a cadilac plan. And as much as I hate to agree with Mat,they should operate under the same roof.
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Why weren't the supervisors from senior services kept at lower rates? Why are the supervisors now all from JFS staff, with one exception, Ms. Burkhart. They would have saved money if they would have just kept it the same before switching. What's really going on behind the scenes? Sounds like the senior staff is on their own anyhow, let them go back to being on their own.
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they can self-promote
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"lowest level" paid is $17.91 + benefits ?
Gimme a break 8(..... NO wonder the county commissioners are always cryin we're broke.
"attempts to reach" Favede and Probst were unsuccessful.
NO surprise there. They only talk when the can self-promote..... especially Favede.
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Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) has joined fellow potential Republican presidential contenders Haley Barbour (R-MS), Tim Pawlenty (R-MN) and Mike Huckabee (R-AR) in supporting the reinstatement of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, telling me on Friday in Concord, New Hampshire that he supports bringing back the policy:
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Santorum's comments come just days after the nation's service chiefs testified that they have not encountered any problems in implementing repeal of the ban. As Marine Commandant Gen Jame Amos — one of the harshest critics of repeal — admitted, "to be honest with you, Chairman, we've not seen it…there hasn't been the recalcitrant push back, there hasn't been the anxiety over it from the forces in the field."
Last year, Santorum suggested that he wouldn't trust the service chiefs' assessment because they may have been "indoctrinated" by liberalism. "I'm worried when many people will stand up and say, 'well whatever the Generals want.' I'm not too sure that we haven't indoctrinated the Officer Corps in this country that they can actually see straight to make the right decisions."
Of the four Republicans who have publicly called for reinstating the ban, only Pawlenty has called for recalling the funds necessary for implementing repeal. None of the presidential hopefuls explained how bringing back the policy would actually play out operationally, however.