text:
A Catholic Mullah, Now?
Robbie George is defending the right, nay, even proclaiming the duty, of a hypothetical Muslim school to fire a hypothetical Muslim teacher who is caught drinking, carousing, and publicly flouting Muslim norms, both on campus and off. God bless Robbie. The Muslim community in the United States must be so grateful for his attention and advice.
But here's the thing. I don't think Robbie's vivid hypothetical helps us resolve the specific questions actually facing the Catholic community here and now. In fact, I think it's a distraction. I'm not denying that a religious school, Muslim or Catholic, has a legal right under American law to write a contract that includes a general morals clause, or even a highly specific clause. But a legal right isn't a legal obligation. Furthermore, the inclusion of the clause in the contract doesn't end the necessity for wise decision-making. Under basic principles of contract law, that clause has to be interpreted and applied to particular cases in order to decide if there was a breach of the clause. Moreover, even if there is a breach, the non-breaching party has the power to waive it in a particular instance. The question that any religious school faces is whether under particular facts and circumstances, it is wise for a school administrator to terminate the employment of a teacher or mid-level administrator.
I do not believe myself competent to speak about how Muslim schools should go about trying to enforce Muslim moral and religious norms in the course of trying to educate the next generation of Muslims living in America. I'm a Catholic Christian moralist, not a Muslim moralist. I'm asked to give my financial and moral support to Catholics schools, not to Muslim schools.
As I argued earlier, within the Catholic framework, the decision whether or not to fire a particular teacher is itself a decision subject to moral analysis. It conveys a normative message to the students. It shapes the community and it expresses the communty's values. Its moral message is multifaceted; it is not reducible to a simple Facebook "like" or "not like" of the teacher's underlying offence, understood as a an abstract moral proposition.
So here's my proposal for Robbie:
1. Let's let the Muslim community take care of their own internal decision-making on these matters. Let's focus on the community to which we actually claim to belong--the Catholic community.
2. Let's agree that there's a legal right for religious schools, including Catholic schools, to include morals clauses in their teachers' contracts.
3. Let's agree that there are some instances where it is appropriate for a Catholic school to fire a teacher for morally inappropriate behavior.I gave the example of the two married teachers caught canoodling in the broom closet. But the specifics matter. We can't decide every case according to the most extreme examples of misbehavior. We need to consider each case on its own terms. (And more broadly, in my view, "misbehavior" cannot be interpreted only or primarily as sexual misbehavior.)
4. Let's talk about the Montana case–a non-hypothetical case facing our community. Did the school act in accordance with the cardinal virtue of prudence, steadied by justice, and informed and elevated by Christian charity, in firing the pregnant, unmarried school teacher? Did it act in a pro-life manner? Did it teach Gospel values? Robbie, what sayeth thou about this particular case?
About the Author
Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.
39 comments
- All
- Editor Featured
George's hypothetical seems constructed to parallel the Washington State case involving same sex marriage that Eduardo Peñalver has blogged about here at dotCom. Perhaps George would wish to amend point number 4 of the proposal in the original post to say, "... and let's also talk about the Spokane case", with the same questions applying.
(Having said that - I feel I've talked enough about both :-)).
Fair enough, Jim. I'd just like to see Robbie's actual analysis of the actual cases in terms of actual Catholic values. What should we do, here and now?
Let's agree that there's a legal right for religious schools, including Catholic schools, to include morals clauses in their teachers' contracts.
But should they? and what should they cover, if they do? BIshop Vasa of Santa Rosa got a lot of blowback from parents when he announced a morals clause last year - and he eventually dropped the proposal at least until 2015.
Bishop Vasa's postponment letter is interesting:
According to the National Catholic Register, the proposed contract provision:
The language added into the contract explains that teachers are entering into a "covenantal relationship" with the bishop, wherein they become his "ministerial agent" in forming the souls of their students. The document states that they recognize that they are "called by God to a life of holiness," must live in conformity with the Ten Commandments and must reject "modern errors," including contraception, abortion, same-sex "marriage" and euthanasia, that are "not consistent with the clear teachings of the Catholic Church."
But it's the requirement that teachers live up to the Church's moral teachings outside the classroom that prompted at least one teacher to leak the contract to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/bishop-vasa-stands-up-for-catholic-identity-in-santa-rosas-diocesan-schools
Wow. That's some contractual provision. So I'd like to see the whole contract. Is that horatory language? Or is he really trying to say that any sin is a breach of contract? And if it's a breach, is it curable, or does the bishop have a right to fire the teacher? If we're going to get into the weeds of contract law, all this needs to be considered.
The ministerial agent language is doubtless put in to trigger Hosanna-Tabor.
I wonder how many parents would send their kids to Catholic schools if they knew this were the contract that the teachers were signing.
I think a very good question is what should be in a good morals clause. I think public schools need them too--and they shouldn't just cover sex.
How on earth does an authority in an organization like a school system police whether employees :live in conformity with the Ten Commandments"? Why put such impossibly ambiguous terms in a contract?
It doesn't have to be the 10 commandments . But suppose someone is arrested ( but not convicted) for spousal abuse? Or endangering a minor? Or verbally abusing a student off-campus!
Prof. Kaveny - Vasa is a 19th century neo-con and cultural warrior who is still living as if we are in the midst of the 19th century anti-modernist campaign.
His black and white world has little to do with even *old time* catholic moral manuals.
Product of Lincoln, NE and vicar-general under Bruskewitz.
Some tidbits: (h/t Rocco Palmo)
- Bishop Robert Francis Vasa of Baker -- new darling of American Catholic right-wing: former vicar-general of Lincoln; showed up at a VOTF meeting in somebody's backyard and castigated those in attendance; known for uncompromisingly clear stances on life and doctrine issues; recently implied that pro-choicers are guilty of heresy -- ordained bishop of Baker in the Three Sisters Convention Center, Redmond, Oregon, 26 January 2000
In an article published by The Press Democrat of Santa Rosa, Bishop Robert Vasa shared his thoughts on the much discussed America interview with Pope Francis, saying that while he is "geared more toward a canonical mindset and I recognize the need for administrative leadership in church. I also recognize that pastoral leadership, while wonderful, requires someone stepping in and taking up the administrative role."
As to the text of Bishop Vasa's morals clause, the best I have seen so far is:
The move is an effort by Bishop Robert Vasa to delineate specifically what it means for a Catholic-school teacher -- whether Catholic or not -- to be a "model of Catholic living" and to adhere to Catholic teaching.
That means abiding by the Ten Commandments, going to church every Sunday and heeding God's words in thought, deed and intentions, according to a private church document that is an "addendum" to language in the current teachers' contract.
Titled "Bearing Witness," the addendum asks teachers to "acknowledge" or "recognize" that:
They are called to a "life of holiness" and that "this call is the more compelling for me since I have been entrusted, in my vocation as a teacher/administrator in a Catholic school, with the formation of souls."
As a teacher in the Santa Rosa Diocese, "I am, by that fact, also a ministerial agent of the Bishop who is the chief 'teacher' of the Diocese."
It also requires all teachers to "agree that it is my duty, to the best of my ability, to believe, teach/administer and live in accord with what the Catholic Church holds and professes.
"I am especially cognizant of the fact that modern errors -- including but not limited to matters that gravely offend human dignity and the common good such as contraception, abortion, homosexual 'marriage' and euthanasia -- while broadly accepted in society, are not consistent with the clear teachings of the Catholic Church."
Diocese sources, as well as the Cardinal Newman teacher, said that specific language is what some teachers find troubling.
"I know this sounds like a cliche, but some of my very best friends are gay married couples. We have kids here whose parents are gay partners," the teacher said.
That article also says:
The issue is similar to one that arose in 2004 while Vasa was the bishop of eastern Oregon. At that time, he asked lay ministers to sign an "affirmation of faith" that called on them to accept the church's prohibition against contraception, premarital sex, masturbation, fornication, pornography and homosexuality as "gravely evil."
Cathy, for the full text of the Addendum, you might contact the reporter who is credited with most of the stories in the local paper: Martin Espinoza at 521-5213 or [email protected].
Do Catholic schools ever hire non-Christians as teachers?
Do Catholic schools ever hire non-Christians as teachers?
In Bishop Vasa's schools, about 25% of the teachers are non-Catholics (according to one of the articles). One teacher was quoted as saying that some teachers are Jewish.
Thank you Cathleen for bringing sorely needed good sense and sound moral theology to help sort out the scandal and damage to the Church being caused by these poorly thought out sackings.
God bless
I think the correct term is mufti, rather than mullah.
This has nothing to do with either Catholics or Muslims, but perhaps it's related to this subject. There's been a lot of discussion in the last week or so among scholars of Asia about Penguin's agreement to withdraw and pulp The Hindus: an Alternative History by Wendy Doniger, a highly respected scholar at the University of Chicago, which was published both in this country and in India a few years ago. I haven't read the book, but Doninger apparently takes on some of the orthodox Hindu mythmaking.
Here's a piece from the NYT on the controversy.
Not according to the dictionary I read. But I am no expert.
Easy. One relies on anonymous tips from the Temple Police. Policing others has never been the weakness of Catholicism's Culture of Complaint.
"Did the school act in accordance with the cardinal virtue of prudence, steadied by justice, and informed and elevated by Christian charity, in firing the pregnant, unmarried school teacher? Did it act in a pro-life manner? Did it teach Gospel values?"
Aren't these guidelines just as vague, and (dare I say it) unhelpful, as the Ten Commandments, life of holiness, etc. language in the Santa Rosa addendum?
If prudence and charity are to be the overriding motivations in these cases we should be prepared for a "compassion sweepstakes." For any solution someone can always think of a more compassionate response. For example, shouldn't a pro-life stance pay the unmarried pregnant teacher more than a childless teacher? Provide housing . . .?
And of course when general rules are not followed the authorities are liable to charges of discrimination and favoritism.
Finally I don't think any of us know enough details to have very strong opinions about this case. If the virtue of prudence is to be invoked, the need for more details should be especially obvious. But it seems the less we know the easier it is to scold others, thousands of miles away, for their lack of prudence and compassion.
So does firing pregnant women who are single and gay folks who are married make the bishops exemplary moral agents? Is this what it takes to be a moral agent: deciding who's bad and who's not? Really I thought the morals of Jesus included compassion and forgiveness---right out in the open in front of everybody.
Does your commitment to forgiveness and compassion extend to this man, recently fired from a Catholic school for the second time?
As far as I can tell there were no complaints about his behavior within school walls, either in the Bronx or in Pennsylvania. Do you have an objection to the Bishop firing him "right out in the open in front of everybody?"
Matthew 18:21-22
"Then Peter came and said to Him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" Jesus *said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven."
Patrick Molloy, I don't think the issue is "never fire anyone who works for a Catholic school." In the case you cited:
A man who was recently named the headmaster of DuBois Central Catholic Schools was fired last week. School officials said it was because he wasn't who they thought he was. Interim President Msgr. Charles Kaza of the school district declined going on camera, but said Frank Mario Bella was removed as headmaster of schools last week, after it was discovered he misrepresented his true identity.
Read More at: http://www.wjactv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/headmaster-fired-after-only-2-months-1484.shtml#.Uv7LC3k0WvI
In that case, the school said why it fired him. Those that think they shouldn't have, can give their views.
In the case of the pregnant teacher, the school hasn't said why they fired her other than the improbable "we had no choice - the contract forced us to do it". As Professor Kaveny pointed out in her post, that just isn't so.
Once they say why they really fired her, then we can discuss whether they got it right. If they say nothing, the skeptical world is going to assume that they didn't get it right - and that they lack compassion.
John Hayes,
So If it's not lack of compassion, it's lack of transparency that convicts the Montana school. I suspect that no matter how transparent the decision-making process, skeptics will continue to believe that the "real" causes, as well as the "improbable" causes, were nefarious - as discerned by experts who never heard of the school before this month. Whatever happened to the high esteem principles of subsidiarity and the values of local decision-making used to enjoy? Has the burden of proof shifted?
This is not to mention the potential dangers for everyone involved when "transparency" about personnel decisions becomes a battle cry.
Since I live in northern California, I knew about the Santa Rosa teacher's contract. It's horrifying that he would expect non-Catholic teachers to (for example) not use contraception, even when contraception is considered morally acceptable in the teacher's faith.
I'm vehemently opposed to firing the Montana teacher, but if church authorities keep on doing this kind of thing (and it seems like they will) there is something they absolutely need to say but haven't said. They need to say "these firings are only because we are a religious ministry, Catholics running a secular business absolutely should not fire a pregnant, single employee". I'm old enough to remember the late 1960s and early 1970s when it was routine to fire a single woman who got pregnant (I knew two people that happened to). One of the main reasons that the abortion rate has come down since the seventies is that women see single motherhood as something they can handle. I hope the Catholic bishops are smart enough and realistic enough to see this, but my confidence is not high.
I agree that in this particular case just firing the teacher is not the prudential and charitable thing to do, especially because she is pregnant. In this kind of occasion the Christian community should show God's mercy to the person, by supporting her pregnancy and early motherhood.
However, employing somebody as a teacher, a delicate position in which she is implicitly provides young people with a model of what a Christian life should be, is not the only way to support them and show them mercy. I don't see what is so serious about canoodling in the closet as opposed to canoodling outside the school, if the youngsters know you are canoodling. The message they get is the same.
In conclusion, if I were the principal I would consider moving the lady to an administrative position, or helping her find a similar job in some other Catholic institution.
Some years ago, I was on a committee at a state university to determine whether a particular tenured faculty member ought to be strilled of his tenure and terminated because of "moral turpitude." The issue in question had to do with child sexual abuse. The case was in the hands of the county police and had been reported in the local newspapers. After extended discussion, the committee recommended that the faculty member be given the choice of either resigning his faculty position or of having his case moved to a formal tenure revocation proceeding. He decided to resign.
I have no idea what the precise state laws provided for in a case of this sort concerning the loss of tenure. Our committee's charge was to follow the nationally acepted regulations concerning tenure revocations.
Am I right in thinking that spme appropriate committee of the USCCB ought to set standards for Catholic school faculty hiring, retention, and termination? Granted that bishops presently seem to have carte blanche to make whatever decisions the wish in these maters, would it not be good to have some nationally recommended guidelines in this matter? Bishops would not have to "fly by the seat of their pants," teachers would not have to fear being the targets of ill-considered administrative fiats, and lay people would have the satisfaction of knowing that skilled and knowledgeable people had formulated the guidelines.
He deliberately deceived his employers, falsified his application and hid his history. I might be able to forgive such things but I would not want such a person in leadership. The process of applying for a professional position is shaped by an honor code of telling the truth about yourself up front. Engaging in that process dishonestly is a red flag.
Odd, how in the Catholic Church lay people can be dismissed for their sins, but bishops can't be.
What kind of contract is this we're talking about -- one by which one party, the teacher, has to behave, but the other party, bishop, doesn't? Can that truly be a contract? Surely, it isn't a just one.
John Hayes writes above in part:
On the case of the pregnant teacher, the school hasn't said why they fired her other than the improbable "we had no choice - the contract forced us to do it". As Professor Kaveny pointed out in her post, that just isn't so.
Once they say why they really fired her, then we can discuss whether they got it right. If they say nothing, the skeptical world is going to assume that they didn't get it right - and that they lack compassion.
It would be good to have more details for sure. Many seem to be "rushing to judgment" on the judgment of the school officials without enough detail, and blaming the school for not providing the media, or public with more detail. However, human resources law and privacy laws may be preventing the revelation of more details. And now that a lawsuit is filed, prudent legal counsel may preclude making details available before the hearing or trial. So, at least on this case, I suggest we all calm down a bit, wait for the details to come out, and revisit the issue.
Am I right in thinking that spme appropriate committee of the USCCB ought to set standards for Catholic school faculty hiring, retention, and termination?
Perhaps it would help preserve teacher rights should this happen. If I may say so: church employees are vulnerable to mistreatment and exploitation in a number of ways, certainly including substandard pay and benefits, and the issues we discuss here, of pregnant teachers and teachers in same sex marriages being terminated, are just a small subset of employment issues facing church employees.
I believe the precise relationship between school and bishop/diocese can vary. Some schools are run by religious orders and some are independent. It's not clear what jurisdiction the bishop or the USCCB would have in these instances. In addition, individual bishops are not bound by the rules of their national conference in some matters. It may be that whatever standards the USCCB would issue would serve as guidelines with which a diocese or a school would voluntarily comply - or not. My archdiocese, Chicago, has one of the larger Catholic school districts in the US. I'm sure the archdiocese does have a number of standards in place, but whether individual schools are bound to observe those standards, for example regarding teacher pay scales, I am not sure.
It seems to me that one of the hallmarks of Catholic education has been local control. Parents have input and influence. It's commonly thought that this is one of the keys to the traditional success of Catholic educaiton. Perhaps the way to address some of these issues is at a grassroots level rather than taking a top-down approach. I've commented in the past that one of the dynamics at play in some of these controversial firings we discuss, is that the termination action is initiated when a parent or another member of the local community complains. In my view, teachers and other church employees are at least as vulnerable to this sort of grassroots action as they are to an edict from a bishop.
Just my views.
It seems to me that one of the hallmarks of Catholic education has been local control. Parents have input and influence. It's commonly thought that this is one of the keys to the traditional success of Catholic educaiton. Perhaps the way to address some of these issues is at a grassroots level rather than taking a top-down approach
Perhaps by dialog with the local people making decisions. When a Catholic parish school in Boston refused to admit the child of a same-sex couple, Cardinal O'Malley didn't overrule the pastor, but announced that another Catholic school would admit the child. I think the message got out.
On the other hand, Archbishop Chaput, faced with the same problem, announced that it was the policy of the Archdiocese of Denver not to admit children of same-sex couples.
it probably would be hard for the USCCB to agree, right now at least, on a policy that would apply to all dioceses.
I understand that at present bishops are not formally boound by USCCB policies. This makes capricious action possible in cases such as these school issues. What I suggest is in the category of moral suasion, not law. At the very least, we should all want to reduce the possibility of capriciousness. Hence my suggestion about having the USCCB formulat and publish guiidelines. A bishop or school administrator who fails to respect these guidelines would subject himself or herself to well-founded criticism. Without such guidelines, it's all a matter of "I'm the boss and this is what boses can do."
Such guidelines could be incorporated into teacher contracts prior to problems arising. Then they would have as much legal force as any other negotiable part of contracts.
I understand that at present bishops are not formally bound by USCCB policies.
The cases in which they are bound are limited. I think there is some discussion underway of delegating more authority to national conferences of bishops.
Can. 455 §1 The Episcopal Conference can make general decrees only in cases where the universal law has so prescribed, or by special mandate of the Apostolic See, either on its own initiative or at the request of the Conference itself.
§2 For the decrees mentioned in §1 validly to be enacted at a plenary meeting, they must receive two thirds of the votes of those who belong to the Conference with a deliberative vote. These decrees do not oblige until they have been reviewed by the Apostolic See and lawfully promulgated.
§3 The manner of promulgation and the time they come into force are determined by the Episcopal Conference.
§4 In cases where neither the universal law nor a special mandate of the Apostolic See gives the Episcopal Conference the power mentioned in §1, the competence of each diocesan Bishop remains intact. In such cases, neither the Conference nor its president can act in the name of all the Bishops unless each and every Bishop has given his consent.
This piece is a joke, right? It has to be. I've never seen such blatent undermining of one's own thesis except in gag humor. First you establish the right for a religious school to hold their personnel to moral standards based on their theological norms, and then when someone (Robert George) defends that right you say he's wrong? LOL, how funny. It has to be gag humor.
By the way, your diminutive use of Robert's name is appalling. He deserves more respect than that.
Manny--is that your nickname? I assure you I meant no disrespect by calling him Robbie - he goes by his nickname. I don't take it as a sign of disrespect when people I know call me Cathy -my nickname. Calling him Professor George, given our long acquaintance, would have been a way to signal a formal accusation rather than an invitation to a conversation.
John Hayes, I do realize that the powers of the national conferences of bishops is now quite circumscribed. School cases such as this, among others, e.g., diocesan discretion in collecting and using funds, suggest, at least to me, that present practices are in need of nontrivial reform. I realize that the traditional theology of the bishopric has to be respected. But so far as I can see, the stance that maintains that a diocesan ordinary can act completely as he sees fit in such matters cannot be good for the Church community, either locally, or globally.
That's my actual name. OK, I underastand. I'm not aware of how Mr. George prefers to be called, though in a public forum like this when one is vehemently disagreeing the tone of the diminutive suggests condescension.
Bernard Dauenhauer, I agree. My recollection is that either Pope Francis or Cardinal O'Malley has mentioned that strengthening the role of national conferences of bishops is one of the subjects to be discussed at the Synod of Bishops next Fall.
On re-reading Mr. George's piece, I noticed that the activities attributed to the very un-Islamic teacher Mr. Khalil are much more worthy of firing than those of the teacher in Montana. Specifically:
Mr. Khalil had an ongoing commitment to his strip club, whereas an out-of-wedlock pregnancy can be the result of a single act of only a few minutes duration, committed under the influence of strong emotion and repented soon after.
Mr. Khalil brought promotional items from the strip club into the school where students would notice them and freely promoted his pro-strip club philosophy to the students.
Not the same thing at all.
Anne E - right. I think George had in mind the case in Spokane in which a school vice principal was fired for entering into a same sex marriage, rather than the Montana case.
Jim P., everyone,no mater what, ought to have the benefit of some antecedently establisned due prcess. The alteeernative is at best some version fo "Star Chambers."
Many in "leadership" positions in the Catholic educational community focus on the letter of the law, rather than on the commandment to love. The story in Montana is just one of many similar stories that has been reported, and are probably only the tip of the iceberg. Those who take jobs with institutions run by the Catholic church should be aware of the fact that they have no rights as employees and assume that if they are perceived to "transgress" the "rules" set down by someone in authority, they will have no forum in which to defend themselves. They could, for example, simply find themselves jobless, perhaps without insurance, and with a baby on the way, the commandment to love completely forgotten by those who loudly proclaim themselves to be the only "true" christians in the christian world, and, of course, completely "pro-life".
Catholics have choices and among those choices is walking away from the institutional church. Some choose to stop enabling the dysfunctional power structure in the church, defended as God's plan for governance of the church, giving all authority to a handful of male celibates (what a convenient, self-serving interpretation of scriptures!). They stop giving money, or they leave and become "nones", or they join another Christian (or non-Christian) community. Parents have choices also, but few take them because moving children from school to school is hard on the children. So many parents simply stand by and allow the "authorities" to work their will on the employees rather than stand up for those employees. They don't want their children to become the next victims, either of the powers that be, or by moving them to a new school, which is usually somewhat emotionally challenging for children. Even if they see injustice at work, even if they see a greater moral transgression committed by the "authorities" than that committed by the fired employee, standing up for the fired employee could cost them, and, more importantly for most parents, it could cost their children whose parents dare to confront the authoities in the school.
This is one family's story only. I have, when asked, sometimes urged other Catholics about schools to look outside the Catholic school community for a truly christian education. I caution them to look very closely at what kind of christianity the Catholic school is teaching - is it one of "rules" and "obedience" and "discipline" or one that emphasizes christian love and compassion, not just in the curriculum, but, most importantly, in the day to day interactions of students and faculty and staff.
Our children were educated in several different school environments - public, Catholic, and Episcopalian. After a few years of public school (excellent academically) we decided on sending them to schools that would support christian values as well as provide a solid academic education. With our older children, this meant transferring them to a private Catholic school for the middle school years, founded and run by laity, and then a large regional Catholic high school in a bordering diocese. By the time the older children graduated from high school, we were totally disillusioned - the school was Catholic (very "Catholic", being in what we discovered too late is one of the most notoriously 'orthodox" dioceses in the country, where girls were banned from being altar servers, and generally the wine was also banned during the eucharist), but seldom "christian". We did not transfer them, but we did discuss the possibility with them. Neither wanted to move, because they were comfortable there - friendships are lifelines to adolescents, so we simply waited it out. We had sent our youngest to an Episcopal school in early elementary instead of the public school his older sibs had attended - a day school that ended in 3rd, then to the same private, independent Catholic school his older sibs had gone to through 8th, and then back to the Episcopalians for high school. We made the choice of Episcopal high school because of the quiet modeling of christian values we had found in the elementary school, found also in the independent Catholic school (founded and run by lay people), but sadly largely absent in the diocesan high school, with the exception of some of the teachers. Our now adult children tell us that the majority of their classmates from this very "Catholic" school, now in their early 30s, have left the Catholic church - a majority of the marriages are not taking place in the church, nor are the babies being baptized in the Catholic church. Our youngest's Episcopal high school was just what we were looking for - a school that taught christianity as part of the academic course, but, more importantly, modelled the values Christ taught in their interactions with students and families and among the staff itself. It was exactly what we had hoped to find - but did not find - in the Catholic high school our older children attended.
It is too bad that so many Catholic parents are so focused on Catholicism that they allow misguided bishops, school principals, and other "authority" figures (including lay people) to model very un-Christlike values. Kids notice - they see the hypocrisy, and later, once they are independent adults, they remember.


text:
Crews restore most power after outage
Published: Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 2:37 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 2:37 p.m.
A tree that tore down a power pole at about 10:30 a.m. today on Kanuga Road caused a power outage for more than 1,400 Duke Energy customers, said Dave Scanzoni, Duke Energy spokesperson.
By 1:30 p.m., only 90 were without power and Scanzoni said those customers would have power by 4 p.m.
Crews used a cable to jump power to the lines, which restored 1,300 customers' electricity. Power will be lost for about 10 minutes at about 4 p.m. to those customers after the pole is repaired as a result of reconnecting the power lines.
Reader comments posted to this article may be published in our print edition. All rights reserved. This copyrighted material may not be re-published without permission. Links are encouraged.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
User Comments for Week 15 wr Rankings
Been having a rough time deciding on my slot 3 receiver. I have green and cobb then my decision is either Charles Johnson , Moncrief or marquees Wilson ?
firstname.lastname@example.com 12/10/14 09:01 AM
Biggest decisions for me week 15 romo cutler or manziel and D Hopkins or G Tate or Jordon mathews!!! ARGGGGGGGGG
mrmonopolymoney 12/10/14 01:41 PM
Charles Johnson. Good luck!
Legacy 12/10/14 06:40 PM
Romo and Golden Tate. Good luck!
Legacy 12/10/14 06:41 PM
I have a hunch about Stedman Bailey . Sad to see him so low .
TheGlenn 12/11/14 10:24 AM
Jarvis Landry or Reggie Wayne????
gregshannon 12/11/14 02:55 PM
Im in a predicament too-
I have Maclin Eddleman Jordy and Joqie Bell that I can only pick 3 of.
I also have inghram im starting. and forsett im starting.
I think i have to go with Maclin and Jordy and decide between eddleman and Bell. Bell can get me 20+ or get me 6pts. Eddleman can be a safe 10 points but that's it. Last week was a 20 point fluke.
Bell can get me 20 or 6 points.
Jordy has been so unpredictable but you can't sit him.
bialy14 12/11/14 04:12 PM
In a bind with my receivers! I can only start 3 out of Jeremy Maclin, Sammy Watkins, Golden Tate, and Steve Smith Sr. Any advice on who to go with?
aaronsmonsters09 12/14/14 10:20 AM
No Julio. Now who....CJ Anderson or Jeremy Maclin.
Aaron. Maclin and Watkins.
matthoen 12/14/14 11:55 AM


text:
950 MHz UHF RFID system
This RFID reader is installed near the entry door of Noisebridge (at the top of the stairs). If it can be made to work properly, we can put RFID tags in any items we want (private or public) and program our computer systems to react if and when those items go near or through the door (or elevator room). This could be useful in deterring or preventing theft, so that Noisebridge CAN Have Nice Things.
current state of things: the reader works, we talk to it through serial, and it detects tags, but all the tags we have result in the same line of text from the reader. We need to figure out what command to send to the reader to get it to tell us the full data of the tags, or at least their unique serial number. We have over 100 tags, but they aren't readable until a piece of wire is soldered onto them as an antenna, which can be tailor made for the article they are being fixed onto. The PDF for the tags we have is linked to below, uploaded to the wiki as rfid.pdf If you want to help with this project, contact me. -jake
- We got this reader: SAMSys MP9320 2.8
Various files related to this device: http://techsupweb.satoamerica.com/public/06_RFID/Software/RF%20Command%20Suite/
the protocol the reader talks is detailed at: CHUMP Protocol Reference Guide v7.0
The MP9320 cannot be made to work on ethernet, even though it has a port.
The reader is connected to Minotaur through a USB to Serial adaptor which comes up as /dev/ttyUSB1
you should talk to it through its reliable pathname which is:
try the following command (as root on minotaur)
# screen /dev/serial/by-id/usb-Keyspan__a_division_of_InnoSys_Inc._Keyspan_USA-19H-if00-port0 57600
(press control-A and then k to "kill" or exit screen when you're done)
the reader is now configured and it works. when it detects a tag, the windows software tells you
Tag ID,Tag Name,Tag Type, Total Reads, Rate, Antenna, Date/Time
this is what the serial data looks like, 57600 baud: (it repeats constantly while the tag is nearby)
this reader has four antenna ports. The windows software seems to tell you which antenna the tag was seen on, but we will need to find that information in the serial data, which should be easy. The reason this matters is because we will end up having antennas in different locations (door at the top of the stairs, elevator room door, bottom of the steps) and we will want to react differently depending on where a tag is detected.
- Getting status of the beep
- }Cr,d:PCW!
- Enabling the audio beep
- }Cw,d:PCW,b:00000300!
- Disabling the audio beep
- }Cw,d:PCW,b:00000200!
- Permanently disable the beep
- }Cw,d:PCW,b:00000200,F:01!
- Tags:
File:Rfid-SL3ICS1002 1202.pdf finally! we have the PDF for these tags.
File:AN173211.pdf frequently asked questions about these RFID tags.
we got these 900mhz band RFID tags available from mouser.com as part number SL3S1202AC0,118 they cost 7.4 cents each.
mouser.com link to buy these tags
(the picture on the mouser site is wrong for these parts, they do not look anything like a 1206 capacitor)
zipfile containing many PDFs relating to these RFID tags including the NXP app notes
these tags do not have an antenna - they are a grain of sand in the middle of a 3mm x 9mm piece of plastic. On either side of the grain of sand is a copper contact that you can solder to if you're careful. don't melt the plastic backing! the whole thing will probably stick to whatever it was resting on when you soldered it, so prepare. Make your antenna (a loop of wire probably, we are trying to figure out what works best) and solder it to the two contacts and then protect the thing with some hard (hitemp) hotglue or epoxy or something.
the PDF for the RFID tags above File:Rfid.pdf
similar to this from TI: http://elcodis.com/parts/1758620/RI-UHF-STRAP-08.html#datasheet
- Antennas: From the NXP app notes:
- AN1523 has a reference design for a mid-range less than one meter read distance antenna. The antenna is 34 mm x 15 mm.
- [AN0972|http://www.nxp.com/documents/application_note/097211.zip] has a reference design for a "general purpose" antenna with an optimal read range of 2.5 meters. The antenna is 1.25" x 0.875"
- AN0969 has a 98 mm long antenna design, with a read range of 1 m to 6 m depending on the substrate you use. Teflon and polystyrene are best; Rogers TMM6 is the worst but has the least variation across the frequency range.
- AN1615 has a short range ring antenna design. 8.3mm diameter ring. Read range of 2 cm.
- AN1685 has an 80mm x 35mm antenna design, with a 6 meter read range.
- we did not get this reader:
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/572423327/RFID_reader_900MHz.html?s=p http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/608914064/long_range_900mhz_rfid_reader_from.html?s=p
- if we can figure out the protocol or find a driver, these PC card-based 900Mhz RFID readers are very inexpensive
Some General Commands
Show reader and software version info: }:01,Rv,f:0! Show config: }Cr! Quiet a given tag from the output: }Ht,d:[ID]! Read any tag in field }Ra,a:[block],s:[offset](,l:[length])!
Setting Tag EPCs
GEN2 (aka ISO 18000-6C) tags contain a unique, factory set tag ID (TID) and a user configurable EPC. Per the datasheet the EPC is the same for all our tags until configured otherwise
The ICs are delivered by NXP with a default 96 bit EPC number: UCODE G2XM: 3005 FB63 AC1F 3681 EC88 0468 UCODE G2XL: 3005 FB63 AC1F 3841 EC88 0467
Our reader appears to display some form of the EPC when a tag is in range. It's possible the query tags in the field for TID, but I'm not sure if we can display TID by default when a tag is in range (the EPC appears to be read by default, a feature of this standard) -- but it is easy enough to reprogram the EPC to some arbitrary value!
- Chump Reference Guide
- User Guide - Though for a different model, pg 52-56 provide some good examples on writing to gen2 tags
- code - script to read/write to a serial port, to filter out duplicate output]
Some example commands (note: wa command will write to any unlocked tag in the field):
To write an EPC ID value of 332233445566778899aabbcc onto a tag with the Protocol Control field set for a 96 bit tag, enter: }wa,a:1,s:2,b:332233445566778899aabbcc! To add the length field, enter: }wa,a:1,s:2,b:332233445566778899aabbcc,l:6! To request a read/verify cycle following the write operation, enter: }wa,a:1,s:2,b:332233445566778899aabbcc,l:6,f:1! In order to write an EPC ID to a blank tag, the Protocol Control bits must also be set. This can be accomplished in a single write command since the Protocol Control bits are contained in the same memory bank as the EPC ID. Following the previous example, the command would include setting the Protocol Control to 3000 as follows: }wa,a:1,s:1,b:3000332233445566778899aabbcc!
125KHz and 13.56MHz card-style and fob-style and implant-style RFID systems
Please bring RFID tags and readers to Noisebridge! We currently have very few tag samples. We're also looking for readers and ways to interface with RFID.
The current tag types (as detected by RFIDIOt) we have are:
* MASTERCARD - a0 00 00 00 04 10 10 (HSBC MASTERCARD)
The current readers we have are:
* Jake A. has a CardMan 5321 in his backpack, Noisebridge could use one if someone wants to donate one. * chris paget brought a small stack of parallax (grand idea studios) units to the 2009-04-11 talk.
We're using RFIDIOt.


text:
News and Events Archives
Monday, August 08, 2005
(Ozark, MO) - Columbia College-Christian County has relocated to 741 N. 20th St. in the Diamond Shopping Center. The relocation will provide the campus with additional classroom space.
Students at Christian County can choose an associate or bachelor's degree in five areas: general studies/interdisciplinary studies, business administration, criminal justice administration, fire service administration and psychology. The campus also offers online degrees, as well as more than 300 online classes.
"Our new location, which is just a few doors down from our previous location, will be a great benefit to our students," said Kathy Crawford, Columbia College-Christian County director. "It will allow us to continue to expand our course offerings and accommodate more students."
Columbia College-Christian County began in 1996 as an extension of the Marshfield campus. Today, it serves adult learners by offering convenient eight-week schedules, on-campus and online associate and bachelor's degrees and affordable tuition.
Nationwide, Columbia College serves more than 20,000 students each year at its Day Campus, Evening Campus, Online Campus, Graduate Studies Program and 30 Nationwide Campuses.


text:
Northwest Wingless Tour Invade SSP This Saturday
By Ben Deatherage
(Photo Courtesy of Ken O'Neil)
Banks, Oregon- With five races already completed in 2013 the Northwest Wingless Tour is excited to get back to racing this Saturday June 22nd. The event will take place at Sunset Speedway Park in Banks just west of Portland. It will be the third time the series has visited the ¼-mile clay oval this season.
In the two previous visits in the current campaign both Sterling Kane and Mitch Hoffses have visited victory lane. The three other events have occurred at the Cottage Grove Speedway with Kyle Miller winning twice and Kyle Mehner once.
The Northwest Wingless Tour has visited Sunset Speedway Park a total of fourteen times. Gary Davis is the all-time winningest driver with three wins since the series starting the facility in 2010. Theo McCarty, Bill Winsley, Sterling Kane, and Mitch Hoffses have two wins with the tour and are just one victory away from tying Davis' record. Drivers who have won once include Tony Thomas, Mark Nichols, and Ryan Bothwell.
The Sunset Speedway Park is located just west of the Portland metro area in Banks on the Sunset Highway. From April until October you can get your racing fix at this facility which competes weekly primarily on Saturday nights. Regular classes in action include the NW Extreme Winged Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks, 4-Bee's, NW Extreme Modifieds, and the Womens division. For more information www.sunsetspeedwaypark.com or call the brand new Northwest Tracks Hotline at (360)-699-RACE.
Additional Information
Track: Sunset Speedway Park
Date: Saturday June 22nd, 2013
Location: 485 S Main Street, Banks, OR, 97106
Website: www.sunsetspeedwaypark.com
Previous Winners:
2013- Sterling Kane on May 11th, Mitch Hoffses on May 25th
2012- Bill Winsley on May 19th, Ryan Bothwell on June 2nd, Theo McCarty on June 9th, Bill Winsley on June 23rd, Theo McCarty on August 25th, Sterling Kane on September 15th, Mitch Hoffses on September 29th
2011- Gary Davis on June 25th, Gary Davis on July 9th, Gary Davis August 13th, Mark Nichols on September 10th
2010- Tony Thomas on July 31st
Northwest Wingless Tour Top Ten Point Standings
1. #89 Streling Kane…..282
2. #23 Rob Lindsey……..263
3. #10W Bill Winsley…..249
4. #69 Joe Bosso Jr………211
5. #7K Kyle Mehner…….178
6. #25 Pat Canfield……..169
7. #71/10 Kyle Miller….150
8. #50 Brad Rhodes…….136
9. #5 Mitch Hoffses…….135
10. #4 Jesse Thistle………126
11. #52 Tim Alberding….111
12. #6A Kady Adelman…110
13. #11X Jake Gilman……104
14. #30 Andrew Reitman..91
15. #70 Raquel Ivie………70
2013 Northwest Wingless Tour Schedule
4/20 Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR) Kyle Mehner
5/4 Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR) Kyle Miller
5/11 Sunset Speedway Park (Banks, OR) Sterling Kane
5/18 Sunset Speedway Park (Banks, OR) Rained Out
5/25 Sunset Speedway Park (Banks, OR) Mitch Hoffses
6/8 Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR) Kyle Miller
6/22 Sunset Speedway Park (Banks, OR)
7/12 Grays Harbor Raceway (Elma, WA)*
7/13 Grays Harbor Raceway (Elma, WA)*
7/19 Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR)*
7/20 Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR)*
7/26 Willamette Speedway (Lebanon, OR)*
7/27 Willamette Speedway (Lebanon, OR)*
8/10 Sunset Speedway Park (Banks, OR)
8/24 Grays Harbor Raceway (Elma, WA)
8/31 Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR)%
9/1 Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR)%
9/14 Sunset Speedway Park (Banks, OR)
*- Denotes Non-Wing Speedweek dates
%- Denotes Wingless Nationals presented by Herz Precision Parts
Sunset Speedway
Driven by MyRacePassTM
Sunset Speedway | All rights reserved


text:
Gun-violence study ignored
After the Sandy Hook massacre, President Obama did what politicians always do when faced with a national crisis, real or imagined: He commissioned a federal blue-ribbon commission to study past research on gun violence. Filed more than a month ago, the final report has been almost universally ignored by the news media.
For good reason. It didn't exactly toe the liberal line about gun ownership, use and control.
Read more of this story and more!
7-Day Subscribers have FREE access to everything on rep-am.com and our E-Edition.
CLICK HERE to register and activate your access,.
Not a subscriber?
You can purchase a single-day subscription for only $0.75 to read this and access all of our content and our E-Edition.
CLICK HERE purchase a single day subscription.
Become an electronic subscriber to the Republican-American for only $8 a month. CLICK HERE.
Follow Us
FREEPRESS wrote on Jul 10, 2013 4:08 AM:
" As the saying goes: "Don't confuse them with the facts; their minds are already made up!" "
al.cap wrote on Jul 10, 2013 2:13 PM:
" i'd love to see what our resident anti-gunners have to say. this is basically what i've been saying for close to eight months.
kitty, c4, brian, and sbn, speak up. "
kitty, c4, brian, and sbn, speak up. "
Rob M wrote on Jul 11, 2013 7:03 PM:
" wow where is all the screaming about the numbers? I guess the real facts mess their whole stance up so they all clam up and look the other way. Still trying to figure out why I should have to buy a permit to buy ammo when I have paid for and held a hunting license for over 20 years. these new permits are just a money grab by a broke government that hates guns. I would bet that they robbed all the money in the fund the special taxes on sporting goods that is suppose to go back into the outdoors and not just sucked into general fund just like gas taxes. steal our money and our rights. "
GAS wrote on Jul 11, 2013 9:51 PM:
" Rob your right!!The State puts all the moneys raised from sportsmen into the General Fund. Then it turns around and CUTS stocking programs of birds and fish. Cuts conservation officers jobs, closes Parks, and make it easier to abuse bag limits. We got what THEY VOTED FOR!!! More Gun Laws that put more money into the General Fund PERIOD !!! THANK GOD for the liberals pain in the neck REPUBLICAN AMERICAN for exposing this B.S. "
roy wrote on Jul 12, 2013 9:23 AM:
" They are till trying re-fudge the facts and numbers and re-issue it in their favor....
They don't publish the "Before", only the "After".
The "After" will show gun violence has gone up 1000%!!
Commies...... "
They don't publish the "Before", only the "After".
The "After" will show gun violence has gone up 1000%!!
Commies...... "
Wolcott Fan wrote on Jul 16, 2013 2:21 PM:
" It's absolutely typical. You won't hear a word from these people, I'm willing to bet. A study that is contrary to the agenda will not get press in the mainstream media. But there is no bias, right? Riiiight. And so it goes. "
Post a reader commentWe encourage your feedback and dialog.
Please be civil and respectful.
If you're witty, to the point and quotable, your reader comments may also be included on the Around the Towns page of The Sunday Republican.
Readers must be registered and logged in to post comments on the site. Registration is free. Click Here to register.
A Subscription is not required to post comments only a Registration.
Log In
|Register / Forgotten Password?


text:
There are no products matching the selection.
Spitfire was created in 1987 in San Francisco under Deluxe Distribution by Jim Thiebaud and Fausto Vitello. They manufacture some of the best skate wheels designing them for function and speed. Using the Spitfire team rider's specification they are continually improving their wheels using top quality urethane to ensure the perfect ride. Spitfire has a great team of riders including Peter Ramondetta, Dylan Rieder, Dennis Busenitz and Sean Malto.


text:
computer lab
Open source enthusiasts firmly believe that much is possible when people band together. After all, the core underpinning of open source doctrine is social. So I recently decided it's time that teachers band together to specify the computers we want manufacturers to make. Open source thinking gives... Read more
I work at a public library with 28 Linux stations made publicly available in four separate rooms. The room in which I spend most of my time has 10 computers, and elementary and middle school students stop by daily after school to use them. About 90 percent of the children use the computers for... Read more


text:
2009 Research Summary
Analytical Approaches to Coupled Surface-Radiation Modes in Finite and Tapered Structures (E.M.)
View Current Project Information
Ture K. Gustafson, Alexander Uskov and Richileau Hemphill
Since its advent some forty years ago during its application to early frequency measurement techniques, interest in metal-barrier-metal structures of various geometries and arrangements has grown. While a basic understanding of the coupling to free-space radiation modes and of the mutual coupling between structures has evolved, there is need for simple analytical approaches. This is also driven by recent renewed interest in diverse applications driven in turn by the development of improved fabrication and control, better sources, and the interest in sub-micron quantum-optical-devices and systems.
It is well-known that there is a unity between the low frequency radiation characteristics and the optical frequency characteristics on finite structures, which is based upon antenna principles generalized to include surface waves. In this research the basic model and early results are extended. Recent developments include improved coupled-mode approaches to analytically model the mode-amplitude on the antenna induced by an incident free space field. While there are numerical and other analytical approaches, in this work we are developing a general coupled mode: "W.K.B." approach to describe tapered and other types of couplers as well as the coupling from the surface structure to devices, the simplest being a tunnel junction.


text:
I wonder if all these ex-NYCB directors use email, twitter, or the good old fashioned telephone to keep their conspiracy moving in a consistent direction??
I've heard it's Facebook, actually.
Jump to content
Posted 23 June 2009 - 05:55 AM
I wonder if all these ex-NYCB directors use email, twitter, or the good old fashioned telephone to keep their conspiracy moving in a consistent direction??
Posted 23 June 2009 - 08:09 AM
It's tempting to think that little Sarasota Ballet will be able to preserve the Ashton works and style but I'm highly doubtful that they will be able to accomplish that any more than little New York Theatre Ballet will be able to preserve the Tudor works and style.
Posted 23 June 2009 - 09:31 AM
Helgi did have Symphonic Variations done for two years running at San Francisco--and Thais pas de deux and Monotones I and II. I have the sense his taste is fairly catholic.
But as noted above they seem to have been dancing Ashton less in recent seasons.
Posted 23 June 2009 - 12:24 PM
It's not Boal's remark that I consider telling. I'm more concerned about the meaning of remarks such as:
Boal made a passing remark, folks. I wouldnt read too much into it.
I am afraid I don't think it reflects that well on Boal himself.
Posted 23 June 2009 - 12:49 PM
Posted 23 June 2009 - 12:53 PM
Posted 23 June 2009 - 04:57 PM
I would like to see the Royal be Ashton's standard bearer...
Posted 23 June 2009 - 06:09 PM
But don't forget the generations of Joffrey dancers who danced the Ashton (and Massine) reps during their times with that company, who showed how a company can be a "museum" and simultaneously avant-garde. No matter what the company is doing now, or where, the former dancers have spread out across the country, each one informed by his or her Joffrey experience.
It should be part of the Royals mission statement to preserve and revive Ashtons work, regardless of what other companies are doing, and maybe next time there will be an AD who really gets this and feels strongly about it.
I would like to see the Royal be Ashton's standard bearer...
Absolutely, I agree entirely.
Posted 23 June 2009 - 06:32 PM
At the same time, I do tend to hope (or had tended to hope) that the directors of what we like to think of as "major" companies have a broader ballet education than it may well turn out they do in fact have. (Far from being cynical--as I infer I was earlier accused of being--I suppose I was naively idealizing. That, of course, is not Boal's fault.)
Posted 23 June 2009 - 06:59 PM
No getting around it is right. But Boal's an awfully smart guy, who surely knows, in regards to dance, how much he doesn't know. What puzzles me is why he wouldn't consider how much his dancers stand to gain from being introduced to Ashton's style, absorbing as much as they could given time and budgetary constraints, and publicly displaying the result. I can only guess that Boal is calculating that, as Leonid succinctly put it,
If [Boal's] comment on Ashton means just what it says – I'm hopeful that it doesn't, -- that is a big black hole in the background of the artistic director of a company like PNB, as Helene says. No getting around it.
no one holds themselves like that anymore; no one operates out of that lovely reserve. The manner of being in the world of her generation no longer exists.
Posted 23 June 2009 - 07:07 PM
Re: Ashton style, it appears to me that Ashton is similar to Bournonville in two ways: the importance of the upper body (port de bras, épaulement, expressive face) and petit allegro. Few dancers today can do both competently, much less well.
There may be a small glimmer of hope in the fact that many Ashton ballets are filmed (even if the quality is not the best) and notated, considering that several Petipa ballets have recently been restored to coherence (somewhat). Of course they do not look the way they did in the 19C, but many cobwebs have been cleared from them, and when they are performed as living works of art, as the Bolshoi's "Le Corsaire" was this past week, they sparkle and enchant. We are now in a much better position to restore Ashton's ballets (although we may not be much longer) than we are to restore Petipa's works, and I hope we will not allow Ashton's works to be edited as heavily as Petipa's were over the years. Another bright spot may perhaps be found in the Royal Danish Ballet's continuous performances of Bournonville throughout the centuries, but if the Royal Ballet does not get its act together and take on such a role, audiences 100 years from now will not have the opportunity to appreciate Ashton the way Copenhagen has appreciated and preserved for us such treasures as La Sylphide, Napoli, &c.
Posted 23 June 2009 - 08:20 PM
It may be that many of today's dancers are deficient in qualities needed for Ashton's repertory, but all the more reason to have them dance his ballets. At least you'd think an AD might think so.
Posted 23 June 2009 - 08:39 PM
Posted 24 June 2009 - 05:44 AM
This tends to confirm the point made by several posters that you really do need a central organization, probably located in a major dance capital and ideally associated on some level with a major company who can (and will) produce the works. NYCB/Balanchine and Robbins Trusts fits this bill. RDB/Copenhagen seem to be doing the job for Bournonville.. Royal Ballet/London have everything you need to do the same for Ashton. All that's lacking (or ambivalent) is the leadership.
It just seems like the Joffrey diaspora you speak of is so diffuse that it will never gain critical mass. And if it does, what companies will have them?
Perhaps the time has come to organize and exert some pressure. For a start, we can write to the Royal Opera House here:
There's an old saying -- "Don't give hostage to fortune." I think the Ashton lovers need to have a long-term strategy that doesn't depend on a savior coming along to rescue them from their dwindling condition.
Yes indeed.
I would like to see the Royal be Ashton's standard bearer...
0 members, 0 guests, 0 anonymous users


text:
Your order must total $99.00 before tax and shipping. Free Shipping on Ground Deliveries only going to one delivery location in the continental U.S. only, additional locations are $8.95 each. May not be combined with other coupons or promotional offers. Coupon not valid on our selection of Tervis or Louisville Slugger products. Offer not valid on previous orders.
Expiration: December 31, 2015 Code: SHIPPING99
Our 4 Quart Halloween Trick or Treat Bowl is one of our most popular gifts during the Halloween Season. Size approximately 5" tall, 10.5" diameter makes a perfect gift for the whole family but especially the children. Includes up to a 2-line imprint on the side of the bowl in Upper/lowercase font as shown in our new spooktacular font. Limit 20 letters per line. This fine stoneware product is hand-painted and made to order. These are painted in special glaze formulas before the product is kiln fired thus the decorations melt into or "bond" within the clay. The finish is 100% permanent and completely dishwasher safe. All products are made from "scratch" and each piece is chip-resistant, oven safe (up to 450 degrees Fahrenheit) and lead free. It is designed so that it can take the rigors of a typical kitchen environment. It is balanced so goblins can easily tip it on its side and scope out every last piece of candy. Purchased together with one of our Halloween platters, you can create a creepy statement on your Halloween table top. Made in America.
Please provide all the text you want to appear on this item. We do not automatically add any wording.


text:
STEUBENVILLE - The Jefferson County Board of Health asked Assistant County Prosecutor Emanuela Agresta to start an investigation into the finances of C&D Disposal Technologies to determine if the landfill collected tipping fees last year that should have been paid to the health department.
The board approved the action following a 15-minute executive session Tuesday morning.
According to Agresta, the owners of the now closed landfill owe the health department $93,708 in back payments from December 2011 to July 2012, "and that amount continues to grow because of the 10-percent-a-month late fees."
"I will be determining if C&D was paid tipping fees and if so why they didn't pay fees to the health department. If we find the landfill owners did obtain fees it will be up to the board of health on the next course of action," said Agresta.
The health board and C&D landfill have been in a legal stalemate for months.
The two sides last squared off before Jefferson County Common Pleas Judge David Henderson in November when Joseph Scugoza, co-managing partner of the C&D Disposal Technologies agreed to a contempt of court motion filed by the Jefferson County board of health.
Scugoza was given until Dec. 20 to clean up the landfill's recycling site. "On behalf of C&D I am agreeing they are in contempt of court because the recycling area is not fully cleaned up. We have contained leachate and there are no odors. C&D does not have funds to clean up that site. But we have closed the facility and posted a sign at the scale house," Scugoza told Henderson during the November hearing.
"That has created a financial hardship for the health department and other agencies who share in those fees. The health department uses the fees to help fund the environmental division," said Agresta following the November hearing.
Scugoza told Henderson in November the landfill soon would be sold to United Waste and that corporation will fund the cleanup of the recycling site.
Mike Settles of the OEPA said Tuesday the agency "has been approached about the possible acquisition of the facility and bring the facility into environmental compliance. There have been discussions regarding the environmental concerns and what it would take to resolve those issues."
Settles said the OEPA and Ohio Attorney General's office are continuing to pursue legal action against C&D landfill regarding compliance issues.
Mark Moretti of the state attorney general's office said late Tuesday his office "is involved in the negotiations and possible purchase of the landfill. It is ongoing."
Neither Settles or Moretti would identify the potential buyer.
In other business during the monthly meeting, health department Administrator Bruce Misselwitz announced a lengthy legal dispute between the Springfield Township trustees in Jefferson County and the German Township trustees in Harrison County regarding tipping fees from the Apex Landfill have been resolved.
"Our office will split tipping fees between the two townships at no cost to the health department," said Misselwitz.
The health board agreed to pursue legal action against eight Pottery Addition residents for refusing to tie into the new county sanitary sewer system.
Misselwitz said the health department received 75 odor complaints regarding the Apex landfill near Amsterdam. "Eight of those complaints were verified," he said.
"It seems like the odor is worse on the weekends. I drive on those roads and the smell can be really bad and putrid on some weekends," noted health board member Dale Featheringham.
According to Health Department Sanitarian Carla Gampola, "even with a gas extraction system in place at the landfill there will be periodic burps of gas until the final cover is in place."
In other matters, Sanitarian Mark Maragos reported his division performed 84 food service inspections in January.
"We also investigated 13 animal bites and inspected four dilapidated structures in January. Our division also conducted two solid waste facility inspections, one open dumping complaint and made two inspections at the C&D facility," said Maragos.
Jack McGuire of the Public Health Division reported 198 cases of chlamydia throughout the county in 2012.


text:
Most ecommerce websites use SSL/TLS when you want to log. But most have homepage using http only. Is it enough to have SSL/TLS on login page and logged page to prevent sslstrip ?
Is a company website secure against sslstrip if it doesn't use ssl on homepage but ssl everywhere else?
Checking correct usage of HTTPS is ultimately the sole responsibility of the user. The users need to look at at least 3 points when visiting a web-page:
Answering yes to these 3 questions is required for HTTPS to be used correctly.
Not enabling HTTPS on the initial page isn't necessarily the end of the world. This page may be vulnerable to SSLStrip attacks, but what's on that page may not need to be transferred securely.
Most websites may have a plain HTTP welcome page, if only to perform a redirection to HTTPS or send the first HSTS header. This may indeed be vulnerable to SSLStrip at this stage, but there needs to be a starting point if the user doesn't know what to expect (and most will use plain
(No website is secure against SSLStrip if the user or the browser doesn't expect HTTPS to be used. This expectation can be activated automatically in the browser via HSTS, either via a first visit from a network where the attack hasn't taken place, or via the pre-loaded list.)
No. Lack of HTTPS on the home page won't prevent SSLStrip. If any of the connection is transmitted in plain text (ie HTTP), it can be sniffed, and the session could potentially be hijacked. HTTPS should be used for all pages that need to be secured, and HSTS Headers should be employed.
Whenever users first go to a
Any bank with an
The bank should understand that providing a "secure" server (HTTPS server) is not enough, a responsible reasonable user should be end-up connecting to this server in all cases. (A user who follows links in emails is by definition unreasonable.)
A user can be expected to remember (or write down) the main domain name of his bank (one domain name), not to know every other domain his bank might use for any purpose. Add the fact that many users do not understand the hierarchical nature of the DNS, so they cannot recognise that secure-login.mybank.com is a subdomain of mybank.com but mybank.secure-login.com, mybank-secure-login.com and secure-login-mybank.com are not. They are not stupid, just ignorant of the basic principles of the DNS and not willing to learnt these technicalities. Users cannot be expected to recognise that a domain name is legitimate unless they know this exact fully qualified domain name.
The user must be guaranteed to arrive at the right place given only simple easy rules. "Negative" rules, such as "check that, stop if you detect a problem" are difficulty to apply consistently:
Another problem is that in the physical world, fake objects can be recognised because they tend to be poor imitation of the real ones, and many features are security sensitive physical objects (bank notes, credit cards) are designed to be very difficult to imitate, and our intuition is trained to look at properties of object to detect imitations. When dealing with website this intuition is all wrong: the imitation of a web page looks just as good as the original - in fact, it is the original, bit of bit (and even the law carries the confusion that making illegal copies is the same thing as making an imitation).
When dealing with a fake bank (e-commerce, ISP, social...) website, only the URL (the address) will be different. The login page will look exactly the same (unless the crook is incompetent, which also happens).
Also, we have been trained to the idea that fake bank notes might exist, not fake banks.
OTOH, a "positive" rule such as "enter this URL" are impossible to forget, because if you forget it your browser (usually) doesn't go anywhere. So if one day your browser goes to a website that looks like your bank (e-commerce, ISP, social...) website, and you haven't entered the correct URL, you know something is wrong (at least extremely suspect).
So in practice, because the user is not a robot, safe recommended procedure should ideally consist only of positive rules. The browser is a robot, so he should implement all the negative rules (SSL/TLS has a bunch of negative rules).


text:
Keith Sharfman, Associate Professor of Law at Rutgers School of Law–Newark, has been awarded an American Bankruptcy Law Journal Fellowship by the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges. "Keith Sharfman's publications reveal a fresh perspective on the application of economics to legal problems," said Stuart L. Deutsch, Dean and Professor of Law. "His scholarship is representative of the important contributions by our talented junior faculty to both traditional and emerging areas of law."
ABLJ Fellows are chosen on the basis of their teaching and research in the bankruptcy field by a selection committee chaired by the editor-in-chief of the American Bankruptcy Law Journal. This year's committee, which was chaired by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marilyn Shea-Stonum, chose only two Fellows from a highly competitive national pool of candidates. The fellowship supports participation by selected bankruptcy academics at NCBJ educational programs and is intended to foster interaction between bankruptcy academics and members of the bankruptcy bar and bench.
Professor Sharfman earned a B.A. in economics and international relations from Johns Hopkins University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago. After law school, he clerked for Judge Frank Easterbrook of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and then was an associate at Latham & Watkins in New York. Before joining the Rutgers-Newark faculty, he was Visiting Assistant Professor of Law and John M. Olin Fellow at Cornell Law School. His research has been published in the Stanford Journal of Law, Business & Finance, the Florida State University Law Review, and the Minnesota Law Review.
Professor Sharfman teaches Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Commercial Law, Corporate Finance, and Law and Economics.
| Read Story


text:
I'm interested in locating a resource where differente yeast strains are discussed and profiled, such that for a given yeast strain I can see what different brewers' experiences have been with respect to ideal fermentation temperature, temperature effect on flavour, overall yeast effect on flavour, etc. I know certain manufacturers provide some of this information, but the effect of temperature on flavour per yeast strain I have found hard to come by: is this not unique to different yeasts?
I liked your idea so much, I went ahead and made a site that does this! :)
You can find it at www.yeasthub.com.
It's very rough around the edges (i've only been working on it a few days), but any comments and feedback would be most appreciated.
Comments/reviews/notes on the yeasts would be even more appreciated. :)
It's not exactly what you want, but if you use White Labs yeast, they have pretty good info on their site (http://www.whitelabs.com/beer/homebrew_strains.html) along with customer reviews for each strain.
Yeast is a tricky little thing, and a good yeast resource including a collection of several yeast company would be nice. On one hand it would be a bit redundant because different companies use the same or very similar strain of yeast but have their own name for it, but on the other hand it would be nice to look up specifically the yeast you use. And as a general rule the warmer the fermentation the more estery (Banana, clove, "Belgiany") your beer will turn out. I know that doesn't help much but I think at this point a whole lot of research and brewing is your best bet, I listen to a lot of podcasts on brewing and that is really helpful... GOOD LUCK


text:
I have noticed in my own life and in that of others, that very often during a time of tzarah, Hashem waits until the very very last moment to send a Yeshua. Are there any sources that discuss the reasons why He does so?
Sign up
- Anybody can ask a question
- Anybody can answer
- The best answers are voted up and rise to the top
I just finished reading Rabbi Benjamin Blech's book "If G-d is Good, Why is the World So bad?" While I can't cite to any single page where he makes this point, a major theme of the book is that G-d granted us free will (Deut. 30:15-20). To use his language, if he had not given us free will, and the ability to make our choices, we would be nothing but "hand puppets." But as Deuteronomy 30:15-20 states, G-d has placed on our table choices, good things and bad things, he gave us the tool to make proper choices (the Torah), and he urges us to choose good and life, rather than evil and death. See also, Isaiah 45:7 ("I make peace and create evil").
Based on the above we see that the ability to overcome the evils in this world is within all of us. It is not G-d that has waited until the last minute, but those among us who have just not realized that the power to overcome obstacles is already in their hand. As we will read in this week's Torah portion, Beshalach, this is exactly what G-d told Moses when he and the people were faced with the Egyptian army behind them and the Sea before them. Moses bowed in prayer after telling the people that G-d will fight for them. But G-d tells Moses "Why are you crying to me? Speak to the children of Israel that they should go forward, and lift up your rod and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, and the Children of Israel shall go through the midst of the sea on dry ground." Exodus 14:13-16.
Similarly, we learn in Esther that when Israel needs to be saved, G-d has emplaced several people with the capability to deliver us from the evils that would otherwise occur, but maybe for some reason, those individuals have not stood up to accept their role in history. At Esther 4:13-14, Mordechai tells Esther that she has been ideally placed so she can help to deliver the Jews from Haman's plot, and that if she doesn't do it, deliverance will come from soneone else.
G-d has already done His work to save us. The trick is whether we can step up in a timely manner and do what we can to save our people.
The Midrash Tanchuma (Naso:11) brings three things Moshe could not understand; how the Jews can atone for themselves, how the Jew can provide "food" (לחמי) for G-d, and how they can build a Holy Temple where G-ds presence will rest. To all of these things G-d replies:
Which means on one hand that when G-d tests us He only gives us tests that we are able to overcome, but on the other hand these tests are indeed "according to our abilities". (As chassidus explains in several places (For example The Maamar "מים רבים" by the Alter Rebbe or a nice summary of it in this article on Chabad.org), this is in order to bring out our full potential). So since our tests are meant to push us to our personal extreme, therefore to any individual person it makes sense that G-d's help seems to come at the last possible moment.


text:
7 deals all for $1.99 Shipped (winter hats, gloves, fuzzy toe socks, MJ shirt for $1.99 + free shipping
Today only, get winter hats (roll up or ear-flap), toe socks (fuzzy or striped), Michael Jackson T-shirt, or 1 size fits all magic gloves for $1.99 delivered.
COUPON loyal5 saves additional 5% off your order
6 Comments add a comment
Great deal.
Darn it, why don't they think of guys when they make these things? I've already given up my Man License to wear Crocs because they're so darn practical and useful, so now I want comfy things too.
I wish other guys were as reliable as delgenius--these guys are awesome!
@jixiar: I am a man and I just bought 4 pairs of the socks. Why? Because under your shoes and pants no one can see how comfy your feet are. Also, I love the feeling of toe socks.
I bought five >.<
@jixiar: Tell me about it. I couldn't find THICK warm dress socks for the life of me (aside from skiing/snowboarding socks). I ended up finding a 3-pack of Wigwam socks for women and they fit well and are super warm! Now I don't have to wear super thin dress socks when I want to look more dressy yet stay warm. Warm dress socks rock! These, however, are a little more "loud". But toe socks? I could try a pair. :/
Oh, in for three for $5.67 shipped, with that 5% off code. Oh, I opted for the non-fuzzy size 9-13 ones instead. :)


text:
6 Amazingly Intelligent Animals (That Will Creep You Out)
Animals may be extremely well-organized and insanely ballsy, but we'll always have one giant advantage over them: our intelligence. Also, cars and rocket launchers and such.
But thinking is what makes us human, and thinking means we'll always be the ruling species on this planet, because the rest of those guys are really stupid.
Well ... not all of them. So, in our latest attempt to make all of our readers afraid of Mother Nature, we give you ...
#6. Alex the Genius Parrot
When a parrot says something like "hi", "I love you" or "f@#% off", you obviously assume that it doesn't really know what it's saying -- they're just mimicking human words in the same way that they'd copy the sound of a barking dog, or even (as some parrot owners know) a cell phone ringing. They're just like shitty tape recorders.
Alex the Parrot was different, though: he could correctly identify 50 different shapes, recognize numbers up to six, distinguish seven colors, and understand qualities such as bigger, smaller, same, and different. By the end of his life, he was getting closer to grasping the concept of nothingness.
He also inspired the cover art of a mid-70s prog rock album, judging by this image.
Alex didn't just associate a word with a specific object: he could generalize, which is usually something only humans can do. For example, when shown various keys, he could recognize that they were the same thing and even point out differences in size and color. If you still don't think that's impressive, take a look at this video of Alex interacting with his trainer, Dr. Irene Pepperberg, and try not to freak out when he asks her for some water:
Holy shit, that bird behaves more like a human than half the people we saw on the subway this morning. It's almost like he stepped out of a Pixar movie. One day, as Dr. Irene was closing up the lab, Alex said goodbye by telling her to "be good." Irene replied by saying "I love you," to which Alex answered, "I love you too." He then asked: "You'll be in tomorrow?" Irene assured him that, yes, he'd see her tomorrow.The next morning, Alex was dead.
There appears to be something in our eyes.
They actually had conversations like that all the time (you can see a similar one here, at around 7:55). You can say that he was just faking his banter and emotions through years and years of social repetition, but at what point can't you say the same thing about humans? You only know to jokingly tell someone to "be good" when they head out for the night because you heard somebody else say it and remembered it.
Dr. Pepperbeg has taught some of Alex's tricks to other parrots, but so far none of them has displayed anything close to his freakish level of intelligence. So far, it looks like he was one of a kind. Maybe the specific circumstances of Alex's upbringing turned him into the only parrot capable of higher cognitive thought processes... or maybe he was a member of some sort of parrot-like alien race, who came to Earth seeking refuge and friendship. Ask yourself: which explanation is simpler and less creepy?
We're going with "alien".
#5. Bees That Solve Complex Math Problems Better than Humans
The traveling salesman problem is all about finding the shortest route between various points, like a salesman who has to visit several houses and doesn't want to spend more gas than he has to. The problem is a lot harder than it sounds: depending on the number of locations and the distance between them, it can take a supercomputer several days to figure it out, since they have to go through and verify every single possibility.
Just like they have to "verify" the fantasies of every lonely suburban housefrau.
Bees, however, can solve it in a heartbeat.
How? No idea, they just can. When researchers showed them a bunch of artificially controlled flowers, the foraging bees took one look at the place and were instantly able to figure out the shortest route between them.
Even with the big red circle we can't understand what the answer is.
Yes, their tiny, almost nonexistent brains were able to calculate all the variables and solve the problem faster than a computer would. Apparently, it's just a matter of instinct: foraging bees have to visit lots of flowers every day, and since flying is a pretty energy-consuming task for them, they need to be able to know the shortest route in order to survive. So if a salesman can't do the same thing, it's obviously because he doesn't want it hard enough.
What's disturbing is that the exact method bees are using to accomplish this is still a complete mystery to us. Really, we have no idea how they do it, and perhaps it's time we started asking ourselves: What else do they know?
Why are there hairs on its eye?
#4. Willow the Literate Dog
In 2009 viewers of shows like Tyra or The Today Show were introduced to Willow, a dog who can read, an ability which puts her at a superior intellectual level than most people watching the shows she appeared in. Willow can understand the cards her owner holds up and obey the commands written on them.
But that's an obvious parlor trick, right? Well, not exactly. It turns out, training a dog how to read is not as hard as you might imagine. Some experts point out that what Willow does isn't technically reading (in the way that humans read), but she can still recognize the shapes of words and understand what they mean (wait -- if that's not reading, then apparently we've been doing it wrong).
Also, if you watch the videos we linked to before, you'll notice that the typeset printed on the cards is completely different on each occasion ...
... meaning that Willow is responding to the words themselves, not the cards.
She's not the only one who can do that: this website offers complete instructions on how to teach your dog to read. The article points out that dogs who are learning to read sometimes mix up similar words like "TUG" and "TURN" (so they can recognize individual letters), and that there's no known limit for the amount of words the canine brain can remember. Some dogs are up to 30 words, meaning they could memorize the entire lyrics to "You Should Be Dancing" by the Bee-Gees.
And this is where it gets scary: the author of that article says that after she's taught her dog enough words, she plans to "place multiple words on the wall and teach him to focus on a single card through use of a laser pointer or similar device. Then, I would see if he could match words into simple sentences to tell me what he was thinking or feeling." So giving dogs access to the power of the written word isn't enough; we also have to equip them with lasers so they can express themselves.
No way this can backfire.


text:
Pseudorandom number generators are often tested using e.g. a test suite like Diehard tests or Dieharder. If one would run these tests e.g. on stock market time series or other financial data, would you expect your financial data to qualify as being a good random number generator or would it fail in many of these tests?
Variance ratio tests have been used numerous times to show that financial asset prices do not follow a random walk. You can for example look at
-Lo and MacKinlay : Stock market prices do not follow a random walk : http://press.princeton.edu/books/lo/chapt2.pdf (US Stocks)
-Hoque, Kim, Pyun: A comparison of variance ratio tests of random walk: A case of Asian emerging stock markets.
From a quick search, I haven't found any article using the kind of test you talk about. It seems like a new interesting approach so I completly agree with Dirk.
Furthermore, it would be interesting to change the time frame as asset can behave quite differently on different time frames. Liquidity should also be a factor.
Please keep us posted.
Why don't you try it and report back?
Recall, though, that while a random walk is often a rather competitive forecast, realized data is understood to have weak dependence especially in higher moments.
Having worked a bit with DieHarder, I'd suspect it to reject a number of series. But the proof is in the pudding...
I have tested lots of forex data for randomness. Some currency pairs are very close to random walk. And the problem is open question, because there is no uniform explanation what the random walk is. According to Mandelbrot, Taleb and some other authors randomness can be different. Even if the data is not random it doesn't mean it can be effectively traded. In other words, test for existence of trade opportunity is more useful than randomness test.
All the ideas above are great ideas.
Another kind of test would be an idea borrowed from Random Matrix Theory.
Assemble your time-series into a matrix. Evaluate the distribution of the eigenvalues of the matrix vs. the distribution of a random matrix. Turns out that the distribution of eigenvalues in a random matrix conforms to distributions such as the Marchenko-Pastur distribution.
If the distribution of eigenvalues conform to the eigenvalues predicted by a random matrix (where each entry corresponds to a draw from a standard normal random variable, for example), then there is probably not information in the time-series. Here is an illustration of Wigner's semi-circle law for a random matrix.
Financial time-series, specifically price-change series, would make terrible random number generators because they generally contain significant dependencies.
If you test for randomness, meaning, initial conditions do not completely determine the subsequent values, you will generally find price-change series to be random. I say generally because you will also find situtations (which come and go, and are rare) where price-change series are measurably deterministic.
If you test for dependence, you will generally find serious serial dependencies in price-change series. For example, a price increase followed by a price increase is generally far more probable than one finds with artificially generated random, independent price-change series.
I say "generally" because the statistical characteristics can change with time and with market, back and forth.
So, to summarize, the fact that price-change series are normally dependent is why technical analysis works. The fact that the series are random is why many smart people are fooled into thinking technical analysis doesn't work.
There are also the NIST tests used to examine the random number generators used in cryptographic systems. http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/toolkit/rng/index.html
I played around with it a little bit, here is the first test, the monobit test.
Make of that what you will. The NIST paper recommended that only the cases determined to be random by the monobit test be subject to the additional tests.


text:
503,577 deals (and counting)
from around the web, shared and ranked by a community of deal fiends like you.
Go to Deals.Woot.
gmdman wrote:Bought this last month when Woot featured it. Today I started to get black screen error messages and lock ups. Now it tells me I have a catastrophic malfunction! I would pass on this one!
I'm sorry to hear that you experienced issues with your order. These units are sold with 90 day HP warranty. You're welcome to still go to HP Customer Support and see if they can help you.
You're also welcome to email Woot Member Services at email@example.com and they'll be glad to answer any questions or concerns you may have.
Beat by dre can't wait
I was wondering if this computer can handle World of Warcraft?
evanscg wrote:Put a solid state hard drive in it and moved original drive into second bay.
Would be interested to know which SSD you chose. I tried 2 different OCZ models (which work fine in my EliteBook) but aren't even recognized by the BIOS of the m7.
I received the computer was damaged where do we return why this website dos't have any return information?
akilicar wrote:I received the computer was damaged where do we return why this website dos't have any return information?
Sorry for the late reply and to hear that you received a damaged unit.
Please feel free to email into Woot Member Services at email@example.com or use the Support Tab located at the top of the Main Page.
Thank you for your info I did send message to support they didn't reply back this is 3th day, this is not right I bout from you so many Items now I have to thing twice to buy anything from this website now I have to dispute to my credit card company I have no chose.
They sent me a nonworking piece of ****. Your option will be to call HP, who will make you go through HOURS - literally of tests before doing anything toward resolving the issue. P.S. Your warranty starts when you buy - NOT when you recieve, and its only 90 days long.
Update: 4 hours invested in HP (complete lack of) support with no progress. Finslly cleared the hurdles to reach a hardware supervisor, who disconnected - and did not call back - just as I was transferred to him/her.
Avalon9 wrote:They sent me a nonworking piece of ****. Your option will be to call HP, who will make you go through HOURS - literally of tests before doing anything toward resolving the issue. P.S. Your warranty starts when you buy - NOT when you recieve, and its only 90 days long.
Sorry for the late reply, and to hear that you're experiencing issues with your purchase.
We do recommend that you contact HP Support to see if they can help you resolve the issue. If they prove unhelpful, you're always free to email into Woot Member Services at firstname.lastname@example.com and let them know what's going on. They'll be more than happy to help find a resolve for you.
billycuth wrote:Except this is a huge desktop replacement type chassis, and has adequate cooling. It's not for someone who is going to tax the processor with heavy graphics, but it will work wonderfully for the professional who needs a reliable machine that can multitask very well and isn't worried about mobility as much.
I switched to HP's 7 years ago and have always been pleased with build quality and function. 5 laptops and 1 desktop that have been in constant use by our family for the last 7 years and only now am I looking for at least one replacement. That's about twice the life I have EVER gotten out of any other laptop or desktop. Our local computer guy says he gets fewer HP's in for repair than other brands and they are good solid machines. I was in for my son's custom gaming computer that was not HP. I've never had to take in any of the HP's.
If this deal ever comes up again DO NOT BUY! The laptop that I brought had the motherboard go out in it last week (November 18, 2013). The repair guy said that they are going out all the time in the HPs and are not worth fixing as they have been running around $300-$400 to get. I will never buy another HP again!
View All →


text:
7 Insane Military Attempts To Weaponize Animals
#3. Anti-Tank Dogs
What Were They Thinking?
If 1941 was a dark year for England, it was even darker for Russia. In June, the Germans invaded and quickly overran that babushka-loving country's meager defenses, with German armor leading the way.
The Russians, desperately short on anti-tank weapons, seemed powerless to stop the armored onslaught until they remember that (A) they had plenty of dogs, and (B) it's really easy to trick dogs.
Dear God, What Have We Done?
Anti-tank dogs were trained to seek food that had been hidden underneath tanks. When their training was complete, the dogs were starved for days on end, then fitted with harnesses that held lever-activated bombs and, finally, turned loose into the path of oncoming German armor.
When a dog ran underneath a German tank looking for a tasty treat, the lever was tripped and the bomb was triggered.
The Result:
Results were mixed. The dogs--or Hundminen, as the Germans called them--are credited with destroying 300 German tanks. Unfortunately, they also destroyed an unspecified number of Russian tanks ("Hey, I bet there's food under YOUR tank!").
But that was cold comfort for the Germans. Exasperated, they set out to solve the problem in a fashion that was familiar to them: by slaughtering every dog in Eastern Europe.
#2. Anti-Mine Monkeys
What Were They Thinking?
Iraq is a dangerous place. In addition to car bombs, roadside bombs and all manner of improvised explosive devices, American troops must also watch out for old-fashioned landmines. Iraq is riddled with such mines, left over from conflicts past, and clearing them is a dangerous and time-consuming process.
If only there was a faster, cheaper, crueler way to do it. Perhaps one involving monkeys?
No. You idiot.
Dear God, What Have We Done?
Enter Morocco: the land of the Casbah and the source of Europe's best hash. While not an official member of the coalition of the willing (hey, not everyone's cool enough to hang with the likes of Estonia and Tonga), Morocco has been supportive of the US-led effort in Iraq. So supportive, in fact, that in 2003, they offered to contribute their most precious non-hash resource to the cause: monkeys.
And not just any monkeys--these monkeys were trained to detect landmines. And by "detect," we mean "run around shrieking and flinging poo until they stepped on one."
"I can't wait to blow myself up for America!"
The Result:
There wasn't one. The US military, perhaps feeling that the situation in Iraq was volatile enough without adding wave upon wave of suicidal monkeys to the mix, declined the offer. Thus, about 20,000 "MONKEY EXPLODES ON MINE LOL!" YouTube videos would never come into existence.
#1. WMDs: Whales of Mass Destruction
What Were They Thinking?
For 50 years, the world stood poised on the brink of nuclear annihilation. Both sides spent trillions of dollars searching for the ultimate deterrent, a way to strike at the enemy against which there was no defense. But there was only so much technology could do--missiles, bombers and submarines all had their shortcomings.
If only there was some other way to delivery a nuclear payload. If only...oh, fuck it: whales.
Dear God, What Have We Done?
It's well-known that the US Navy employs dolphins and sea lions for seeking out underwater mines and that sort of thing, but that's not all they're up to.
According to one former navy cetacean trainer, the Navy also runs a program to train orcas--AKA killer whales-- to deliver nuclear weapons to enemy shores, an attack that would be almost undetectable. The American government denies these claims, which, as we all know, means they're true.
The Result:
Nuclear war never broke out, and for any weapon meant to act as a deterrent, that kind of counts as a success, we're thinking. But Russia is fast becoming a renewed threat and, for all we know, they're feverishly working to close the "whale gap" at this very moment. If so, our only hope may be to suspend all those anti-whaling conventions and turn the Japanese and Norwegians loose to do what they do best. But they'd better be thorough - because all it takes is one rogue nuke-whale, swimming out for revenge.
But don't feel too bad for these "poor" animals. We all know that they're out to kill off the human race. Want proof? Check out 8 Animals With Real Superpowers and The 6 Deadliest Creatures (That Can Fit In Your Shoe).
And don't forget to stop by Cracked.com's Top Picks, or we'll send a monkey-bomb to your house.


text:
Washington Adventist University
This cosmopolitan Christian college is home to high-caliber students from nearly every state and more than 30 different countries. WAU challenges students to seize a multitude of opportunities for academic, cultural and spiritual growth, and become moral leaders in communities around the world. WAU is Montgomery County's only resident four-year liberal arts college and offers certificate programs; associate, baccalaureate, and masters degrees; including evening programs for adult learners. Majors offered by WAU's three schools - the School of Arts and Social Sciences, the School of Health Professions, Science and Wellness, and the School of Graduate and Professional Studies - include nursing, business, psychology, education, music, history, political studies, biology, respiratory care, and others. Pre-professional specializations offered include Pre-Law, Pre-Medicine, Pre-Dentistry, Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-Physical Therapy, and Pre-X-Ray Technology. WAU's 13:1 student/teacher ratio promotes individualized instruction. Through the cooperative education program, students are placed in internships related to their majors. WAU offers campus ministries programs, national honor societies, internationally recognized musical groups, a Mock Trial Team, and NCAA Division II athletics.
7600 Flower Avenue,
Takoma Park, MD 20912
Web Site: www.wau.edu
Type of Institution: Independent 4-year
Fall 2008 Total Enrollment: 950
Male: 330 Female: 620
Full-time: 648 Part-time: 302
2009-2010 Tuition and Mandatory Fees for Maryland Residents:
Full-time Tuition per year: $18,200
Part-time Tuition cost per credit hour: $760
Mandatory fees (FT): $1,280
Mandatory fees (PT): Sliding scale
Campus Housing:
Room and Board: $3,900/year double occupancy, $6,000/year single occupancy
Degrees or Awards: Certificates, Associate's, Bachelor's, Master's
Calendar: Semester
Entry Requirements: ACT or SAT is required. Secondary school curriculum pattern: English (4 units); mathematics (2 units); social science and history (2 units); science (2 units); 4 elective units from any of the above areas or foreign language or beginning computer science.
Application Deadlines: Fall: August 1; Spring: December 1; Summer: April 1
Title IV Code: 002067