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Effective Use of Mild Acting Herbs VIII. Huang Qin (Scute)
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Scute is the common name selected 30 years ago by the Oriental Healing Arts Institute to refer to the Chinese herb huangqin. This is a shortened version of the genus name for the source material, which is the root of Scutellaria baicalensis (Baikal skullcap). The plant naturally occurs in Korea, Japan, northern China (especially Mongolia), northern India, and Russia; it is also cultivated.
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I'm interested in what exercises/training I can do to help with reaction time and timing for martial arts. Specifically, how can I improve parrying and countering a strike? I'm not looking for speed drills (speed is different than reaction time and timing). I need to be able to react based on some cue and then determine the on-coming strike speed so I can appropriately parry it and counter...any suggestions?
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Anderson Silva, who is what one could conservatively call one of the most successful counter-punchers in modern mixed martial arts, includes two elements in his training that I would say are vital to that success:
Other than footwork drills for agility, conditioning work to make sure you're fresh enough to present an intelligent defense, drilling boxing defense and head movement techniques, and power training to develop explosiveness, I would focus on these two methods (mostly the first) for improving one's martial arts reaction time.
Given that you seem to be very experienced in the field, i.e. know all the technical aspects of the situations back and forth, and assuming that you are fit, it might make sense to focus on meditation.
Over time, meditation can help you with of seeing the situation as it really is and that might be better for reaction speed and timing than basing the reaction pattern on a specific cue.
I did a search at Google Scholar, see Google Scholar: meditation and reaction time and - for example - Effect of buddhist meditation on.... seems to support this.
My own experience from playing basketball is that I was more likely to get into a "flow" state (i.e. where your opponents seems to be in slow motion) if I have had the possibility to meditate before the games.
Besides meditating before home games, I did it 15-20 minutes twice a day, just based on reading about it, not following any particular meditation school.
You can find a deep-level answer to your question by studying D.T. Suzuki's book Zen in Japanese Culture and he goes even deeper in his essay in Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis (by Fromm, Suzuki, and De Martino). The picture is filled out by Eugen Herrigel in Zen in the Art of Archery. Thinking to ourselves in words gets in the way of responses that have been trained into us by long practice. We need to be able to put the conceptualizing part of our minds into the deep background when a crisis-reaction demand comes up. Zhuang Zi talks about the fully realized human with the same needs in mind
I'm not sure if there's much you can beyond practicing (Unlime others here I'm skeptical about meditation), but make sure to practice a lot.

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Not just children can be whiny on long backpacking trips. I am interested in learning how to boost morale with both, adult groups, or when hiking with children.
On canoeing trips, especially with a lot of people, I schedule at least one "stay put" day for every two or three moving days. This allows different people to do different things:
In a large group, this also lets people who've been rubbing each other the wrong way get some time apart. But in any size of group it lets you appreciate WHY you came on this trip - to spend some time in beautiful places doing pleasant things. It is also a good way to get blisters, sunburn, sore knees or other minor irritants a little bit healed, so someone isn't trudging along the trail in pain. And knowing that tomorrow is a rest day can help you get through today. Similarly, remembering yesterday's great views, or delicious lunch, or blissful peace, can give you a little more oomph today.
You can also take this approach in the small. Just stop - maybe don't even take off your pack - and look around you for a minute. Or call a rest break for everyone at a lake edge or a lookout or just a nice rock or log. Enjoy where you are, have a swig of water, maybe eat something, and then carry on.
Backpacking trips force people to live at a radically different pace than what most people are used to. There's a lot less stimulus that we get in a city. Most outdoorsy people find it wonderful, but there are people out there that just don't. Some people are just wired to need more stimulus. That's OK, not everybody is the same.
When I've gone on trips out West in recent years (to Colorado, or the Eastern Sierras), I'll treat the trips more as vacations than as pure backpacking trips. My friends and I will go on day or overnight hikes, but also plan on spending some time in town (staying in hostels or hotels), and also doing general touristy activities (going to local restaurants, driving to touristy areas like the tourist loop in Yellowstone, or visiting breweries if I'm in Colorado). I find that interacting with the locals is often the most fun part of travel. And having a break for a day in the middle of a week long trip goes a long way towards keeping everyone's spirits up.
You could make some checklists of the local common flora & fauna and try to turn it into some kind of friendly competition to see as many as possible.
I know this is at least a great motivator for myself, to get up early in the mornings, to keep my disturbance to a minimum and to always have moments of excitement when you see a new species.
And, always a reason to return for the species you didn't get to see :-)
When on long backpacking trips, what I do is to take a day at a time. I have seen many lose morale when they start to think about the number of days left in front of them. For me, taking a day at a time keeps it simple and easy to manage.
Sometimes even a day gets pretty sapping(has happened to me a few times). And during those times, the one-step-at-a-time rule seems to work for me. Forget about where you need to get by the end of the day. Concentrate on the next step instead.
As Don mentioned, singing does help. But then, if you are in a group, not all might be comfortable with it. Hence sometimes I prefer to sit down and think about my friends who would be working their asses off in the sorry world which I would have left behind(call me a sadist :P). Also, thinking about what a cool story the backpacking would make can lift up your spirits up by a huge margin. (Imagine telling, "I almost gave up due the the rains and snow, but something made me to push forward" :P Sounds pretty cool. Doesn't it?)
Happy backpacking!
I've been going backpacking for several years. The things that always keep me positive are the views and appreciating the little things.
Additionally, a pack of cards to play games, sometimes I bring a little speaker to play music at night and bring a small piece of rope to practice tying different knots. Most of all, campfires. I've never sat next to a campfire and not been happy. All of these are lightweight and easy to do.
Lastly, I always like to look at the map and see what I've accomplished. It gives meaning to what I'm doing and how far I've traveled.
Onward and Upward!
This goes for kids and adults:
Make sure they have enough food. Have them eat trail mix and fruit before they get hungry (same with water and thirst).
Don't over-do it. Take what you think a reasonable hike would be, then multiply it by the ratio of their height to your height (or, for adults, by the number of years they have been doing backcountry travel by your years). Then multiply it again by 50%. Now you have a reasonable goal...or, you get the idea.
EMPHASIZE THE JOURNEY NOT THE DESTINATION. This goes for the parents and the kids. Stop along the way to marvel at the things you see on the trail, big and small. Encourage the uninitiated to lead the way and explore a bit. If your hike ends up being 1 mile and you learn a lot about that strip of land it is better than going 4 miles and needing to crack the whip the whole way.
When hiking with small children, you can boost their morale by throwing candies in front of you and pretend to follow the trace of the easterbunny, or something like that. In my experience all of them have very happy memories of this experience. But i never tried that with adults :)


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WLP565 Belgian Saison I Yeast
Classic Saison yeast from Wallonia. It produces earthy, peppery, and spicy notes. Slightly sweet. With high gravity saisons, brewers may wish to dry the beer with an alternate yeast added after 75% fermentation.
Note to brewers: This strain tends to stall out in fermentation and then restart as long as two weeks later. Make sure the wort is well-oxygenated and allow the temperature to free rise in order to ensure complete fermentation. Some brewers add WLP001 to finish.
Style Performance Listing
A listing of how this style ranks amongst different brew styles, on a scale from 0 to 4.
|Spiced Ales
|Grand Cru
|Other High Gravity
|Christmas Beers
|Specialty Beers
Feedback and experiences from previous customers. Want to leave a review of your own?
"Classy, classy yeast"
Made a 5 gallon all grain Saison with honey addition at flame-out. The yeast got going really quickly, and seemed to stay in a consistent secondary state for quite a long time (2 weeks), at about 25 deg celsius. Wonderful subtle fruit and earthy spice. Don't fuss about its attenuation, just keep it warm and wait it out. The results are great. Just add honey or sugar to dry things up if necessary. Officially my favourite yeast so far, having tried about a dozen liquid yeasts. Next time I might try some Brett in the secondary to take up the funk, and create a beer that can keep evolving on the shelf.
"ferment at high temp for dry saison"
I fermented this at 85 degrees consistently in the hot summer because my brew shop suggested it was the best option for the heat. OG was 1.060 but it went all the way to 1.001 and I was worried that it would be too dry. It went one month in primary and then racked to secondary onto pomegranate juice (12 oz). Nice tart, peppery complexity with something else... you can't describe it. So, be patient and give it at least 2 months if its hot in your fermentation area. Go longer if its cooler. I was amazed at the beauty of this beer. I kegged half and the remaining is in bottles to age. Right now my 2 month Farmhouse rocks after a hot day. Will see if bottle aged tastes different.
"Strong Saison with WLP565"
Made a 5 gal batch using 12.5 lb pilsner, 1 lb munich, .5 lb wheat malt and 1 lb corn sugar. About 30 IBU of bitterness from Hallertauer. Put about 5.75 gal into the fermenter at an OG of 1.066. Pitched a 1.6L starter that had begun in the morning on a stir plate. Weather got cool around here and put a space heater in the vicinity in hopes to avoid a stuck fermentation. Checked SG 6 days after brewday and it is at 1.008. Tastes great. Waiting another week and it'll be kegged. Quite pleased with results.
"Side by side"
I recently brewed 10 gallons of Northern Brewer's Petite Saison d'Ete (2 kit's, one mash & boil. mashed single infusion at 150F. OG 1.047 both fermented consistently at 68F) and decided to split 50/50 & ferment with 2 different yeasts. I used WLP565 for one, and the other will remain nameless (no chance of bashing). While I had no problems with stalling from either, I was a little disappointed with the 565 ending at 1.013 and the other ending at 1.004. but I found that I liked the flavor profile more from the 565 more than the other. It may have finished higher, but more robust flavor. I highly recommend this for any Saison.
"I'm at 81% attenuation .."
I didn't have the stuck fermentation like others reported. It could be due to the 1.25 lbs of honey added at flame out. I'm at 81% attenuation after 8 days.
" ... straightforward experience ... "
FWIW I had a very straightforward experience with this yeast. I brewed a 1 gallon batch to test it. I pitched 1/2 tube into 1.048 wort and added about 10 seconds' worth of pure O2. This was an all-grain wort with a small amount of yeast nutrient added during the boil. It fermented out completely to 1.008 in three weeks in the mid to upper 70's without temperature control. It bottle-conditioned beautifully and produced a great finished product.
"It fermented out completely ... "
FWIW I had a very straightforward experience with this yeast. I brewed a 1 gallon batch to test it. I pitched 1/2 tube into 1.048 wort and added about 10 seconds' worth of pure O2. This was an all-grain wort with a small amount of yeast nutrient added during the boil. It fermented out completely to 1.008 in three weeks in the mid to upper 70's without temperature control. It bottle-conditioned beautifully and produced a great finished product.
" ... blows them all away ... "
This yeast is finicky as mentioned but the flavors that it creates are by far worth the effort. Keep it hot and you will be rewarded. Stalling yes just be patient and don't get worried when fermentation stops. Fermented last Saison at over 95 degrees with heater and still a great beer. PATIENCE will be REWARDED I have tried most available saison yeasts (blends, other strains, etc) and this one blows them all away in regards to authenticity and flavor profile.
"I have to give credit where it's due ... "
This yeast was finicky, just as everyone said it would be. Ferment stalled around 1.032 after four days and I had to ramp the heat up to almost 90F to get it going again. I have to give credit where it's due, however: the finish product came out beautifully. Attenuation was ~97% (1.064-1.002) and the yeast threw delightful but not pronounced black pepper and citrusy esters.
" ... with a dry finish"
Yeast performed perfectly. Pitched a 1 L starter into a 1.054 OG wort, and fermented at room temperature (75 - 83F w/o AC). Beer reached 74% attenuation (1.014) in 3 days! It slowed WAY down after that, and it took a full month to reach 81% (1.010). Final beer is spicy (peppery) with a dry finish. A perfect way to cool off in the summer.
" ... use a heater .. "
Fermented a 1.050 wort mashed at 154F, (43% Pilsner, 18% Munich, 27% Unmalted Wheat, 12% Roasted Grains) down to 1.007 in 10 days. Raised from 76-84F over 4 days, then kept at 84F. Beer is clear and acetaldehyde is gone. Probably the key here is to keep temperature high. Strong tanginess and pear fruitiness, along with strong earthy aroma. Spiciness is of medium intensity, about the same as Dupont. Even if your apartment is hot, use a heater to keep the temps high on the cool days. You can get it to attenuate quickly with heat.
" ... it came out very much like a saison"
I was pretty naive when I brewed this beer I guess, I had read that it liked higher fermentation temps but I didn't really research it much more than that. I brewed it in March and it never got over 68. I was expecting my normal 4-8 day fermentation but this one took 2 weeks, which I thought was really long at the time. Anyway it slowly but constantly ticked away and finished at 1.010. I naturally fermented in cornys with 3 oz. dme then "conditioned" it for three more weeks at 68. I was worried it wouldn't come out "belgiany" due to the low temps but it came out very much like a saison.
"Yeast went nuts ... "
Brewed a 12 gal batch of saison with a pre sugar OG of 1056, including sugar addition it was 1066. Did a 3qt starter for each 6 gal fermentor, pitched at 68 degrees at 2pm on 7/6, by 5pm on 7/7 I let the temp rise to 71 but the yeast was already settling out, current gravity 1040, my plan was to pitch 1.5 lbs boiled sugar to each carboy just after high krousen to ensure the beer finish out as dry as possible. Yeast went nuts on the sugar for about 12 hours, when done gravity was 1040, it was stuck here for a few days, I let the temp rise to 78, then I moved the fermentors to warmer room where the warmest part of the day the temp would range from 85-90. I finally got some action and it stopped at 1013, I added champagne yeast and cal ale yeast that was active from a starter and still got no other activity. I think I should have waited till the very end to add the sugar, even at the end the yeast had not flocculated very much at all, crash cooling now to rack to kegs. lesson learned, don't add simple sugars too soon and don't be afraid to get it hot.
" ... with earthy and sour flavors ... "
This yeast has incredible flavor and is authentic to the style. It makes your beer taste like it was brewed on the farm in Belgium. Final gravity was a bit high (1.018) but I can live with it, the beer was awesome. You can finish with California Ale Yeast if attenuation isn't high enough. Slight sour flavor and farmhouse tang not found with other yeasts, works exceptionally well with a light bodied, lightly hopped ale. Ferments out fine at 70 degrees F, with earthy and sour flavors, very unique.
"Did not want to risk it ... "
First time ever, this one did not want to finish all the way (lot's of variables, same thing I have always done though...). It started at 1.051 and just plain quit at 1.020. The mash temp was on the low side (148 degrees) so it should have finished a lot drier, I think. I waited for it to get going again for almost two weeks, but I got impatient and threw in another Belgian strain to get it going again. I used the same thing as WLP510 (only it was the competitor's yeast. LHBS had NOTHING in the cooler from White Labs in a Belgian). Started right up again and is finishing out right now. I have heard that 565 likes to quite sometimes. Probably would have taken off again if I waited. Did not want to risk it.... Fermenting with a heating pad at 84 - 86 degrees, constant temp.
" ... a ton of different spices"
I used saison to do a Christmas beer. This beer got a ton of different spices, cinnamon, vanilla bean in secondary, cardamom pods, grains of paradise, sweet and bitter orange peel, coriander, and candy sugar as well as the grains. The saison yeast perfectly suited this style of beer. It was pretty slow at the end of ferment, but the wait is worth it. Everyone who tried this beer loved it. I served it with Christmas dinner and it was a hit. Great yeast strain that added it's own spicy/earthy/peppery flair to an already spicy brew. I will definitely be using this one again.
"I love the flavors it produces ... "
This is my (new) favorite yeast. I never let fermentation get below 76 degrees and it has produced great beer. I love the flavors it produces and my Saison won first in its category in a local competition, all of the credit goes to the yeast however which created the backbone of my beer. Thanks White Labs.
"The results have always been incredible ... "
I brewed an all-grain Saison with a single infusion saccharification rest at 147F. I have used this yeast 3 times now with great results, bringing the mash temp down each time to get successively drier Saisons. I will go a couple degrees lower next time to see if I can get the FG a couple points lower. This yeast is still active after the krausen falls and primary fermentation looks to be done, so my advice is to be patient with this yeast, don't rack before taking SG samples and let it finish as it will get there given enough time. The results have always been incredible, this is my favorite yeast for farmhouse ales.
"Yummy peppery pear flavors ... "
I let this one sit in a ten gallon fermentor in my living room where I knew it would be warm. Just threw a towel over it to keep the sun out and the result was an awesome ten gallons of saison that should last me well into the future, or about two weeks. Yummy peppery pear flavors and produced a very dry beer.
"It attenuates very completely"
As someone else mentioned, this yeast is brilliant when used at temperatures that would be considered outrageous for other styles of beer (and they might taste outrageous, too, only not in a good way). I have used WLP565 several times for Belgian style pales and saisons, and I have generally been pleased with the results. The fermentations are vigorous and the yeast produces the fruity esters and spicy notes that you expect in a Belgian. According to the author of Farmhouse Ales, this yeast is very similar to the one used to brew Dupont beers, and after reading his description of the fermentation I'd have to agree on two counts - it attenuates very completely, and while the initial fermentation is vigorous, the secondary fermentation can be very prolonged. In the case of one of my saisons, that meant a month and a half to complete (this was at 70 degrees Fahrenheit). If you're impatient like me, that wait can be excruciating, especially because the results are so tasty! So keep that in mind when you pick up a vial of this. And enjoy!
" ... results are delicious"
I currently live and brew in the attic of a poorly insulated house. It's about 58 F in the winter and it can be well above 90 F in the summer. The temperature also varies tremendously from night to day. Whenever I have brewed with dry yeast in such conditions, the results end up tasting like a bit of diesel fuel has been incorporated into the recipe. When I brew with White Labs, the results are delicious, even when the temperatures exceed the recommendations. I brewed a light saison style last year with my first White Labs strain because another brewer claimed it would ferment well at "blood warm" temperatures. I put your strain to the test last summer, and it produced a fine, subtle saison that continues to drink well a year later. I recently brewed an excellent trippel style beer with some WLP530 and despite the abuse the yeast received from some rather drastic changes in temperature, it is a fine beer. I am looking forward to brewing more with White Labs yeasts!
(Note: this review also posted for WLP530)
"Great yeast"
Great yeast. I fermented in the 78-80 degree range with great results. Nice esters.
"... a spicy, peppery note"
I love this yeast and have used it twice now. I did saisons with OG of 1.068 and they finished at 1.015 which is right where I wanted them and pretty high of an attenuation percentage (78% I think). I let the yeast work on the beers in primary for almost about a month before I racked over. And I fermented in the mid 60s. The finished products have a spicy, peppery note with some residual sweetness. I will use this yeast yearly on my saisons.
"Clears wonderfully, tastes great ... "
My favorite yeast! This one is always a great worker, starters take off in 2 - 4 hours and an active fermentation is well under way within two hours of pitching. Completes the primary after 24 - 36 hours, but let it keep working.... give it another two weeks and you'll be amazed at the end product. And oh ... really important, ferment this wonder at 90 - 95 degrees! I place an ordinary heating pad under the fermenter and let it sit. Toward the end of fermentation (the last two weeks), dial down the heat so that you finish in the 70s. Clears wonderfully, tastes great, very, very, similar to Saison DuPont....
Optimum Ferment Temp.68-75°F
Alcohol ToleranceMedium
MiniFerment Data ?
As-is DiacetylNA
Total Diacetyl56.69ppb
As-is 2,3-Pentanedione4.52ppb
Total 2,3-Pentanedione13.46ppb
Ethyl Acetate23.47ppm
Isoamyl AcetateNA
Isoamyl Alcohol131.59ppm


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Is it possible to get 100% critical chance through items and how high can my critical damage get?
Please explain the gear needed. i.e. Bow with 100% critical damage with socket 100% critical damage = 200% critical damage
Is it possible to get 100% critical chance through items and how high can my critical damage get?
Please explain the gear needed. i.e. Bow with 100% critical damage with socket 100% critical damage = 200% critical damage
Here is a list with max values for each slot of Critical Hit Chance / Critical Hit Damage
As you can see the Max per gear set is: 55% for Critical Hit Chance and 450% for Critical Hit Damage, this does not include legendary or set items, that could increase these values even further.
Even with skills like + 10% from Archery and + 2*6% Demon Hunter Skill Bonus: Multishot (+Crit) you will only have 64%. It should not be possible to reach 100% Critical Hit Chance with any gear.
Edit: Actually you could go for 2 weapons instead of one and so you can get 650% (another 100% + 100% socket) Critical Hit Damage.
I made a rough estimate what your maximum DPS could be:
Assuming you have a 1500 DPS weapon with a socket, 3008 Main Attribute (DEX) and 1,9 APS (with best modification), 54% Critical Hit Chance and 450% Critical Hit Damage you will get about 380k DPS. Assuming you have even more damage modifications like +20% more damage from certain skills / passives will allow you to output about 460k+ DPS.
Demon Hunters can gain an extra 7% from the two item bonus of Natalya's Wrath. The only legendary that provides a crit bonus in a non-standard slot is Inna's Glory, providing 1% in the pants slot.
Wanderlust (ring) + spirit of adventure (amulet) gives set bonus: endless journey, which gives +50% critical hit damage?
Crit Chance on Gear: 54% - 59.5%
Crit chance and damage from gear depends on class due to class-specific legendary items, and the ability of some classes to dual-weild.
Also, note that you cannot achieve both maximum crit chance, AND crit damage at the same time, because max chance requires a shield, and max crit damage requires dual-weilding. Classes without dual-weilding can achieve their personal maximum in both.
Demon Hunters have the best all-around crit gear opportunities, with the highest crit-chance, and a tie for the 2nd best crit damage.
Barbarians have the best crit damage, and the 2nd best crit chance.
Monks tie for 2nd in crit damage opportunities, and tie for last in crit chance.
Witch Doctors and Wizards have the worst opportunities for crit gear.
Chance to Crit
Max Crit Chance From non-legendary gear: 49.5%
Non-Shield Off-Hands can go up to 8.5%. Class-Specific Helms can go up to 4.5%
Crit Chance above slot-max from Legendaries and Set Items:
Crit Chance By Class (Gear-only, including legendary/set):
Bonus Crit Damage
Max Crit Damage Bonus from non-legendary gear: 585%
Crit Damage above slot-max from Legendaries and Set Items:
Crit Damage By Class (Gear-only, including legendary/set):
Only Barbarians can use the Legendary Mighty Belts, and Witch Doctors and Wizard's can't Dual-Weild, preventing them from getting a 2nd weapon and weapon-gem.
I verified this source by doing scans of the Auction House. For example, I was able to find a large number of 8.5% crit-chance Amulets. I was not able to find ANY amulets with more than 8.5% crit-chance. I did this search without selecting a specific character (to avoid level band restrictions), and on both the Gold and Real-Money Auction House.
In all cases, the crit chance numbers they claimed were available were found in high numbers, and anything larger than that was non-existent. Please post a comment if you see an item that exceeds these ranges.
Also, these numbers reflect patch 1.0.3. The preview article for 1.0.4 suggests that 2-Handed Weapons will be getting new stat-budgets, which may change these ranges. It also mentions new Legendary Items, which may include off-slot bonuses not mentioned here.
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The Leavenworth County Council on Aging's director told the Leavenworth County Commission Thursday that her agency had to think outside the box a little last year to meet its budget limitations.
Linda Lobb said there were a couple of fiscal challenges in 2012. First were fluctuations in fuel prices. Lobb said the council is a large consumer of fuel, given its general public transportation, Meals on Wheels and senior express programs. Last year, Lobb said the council logged 16,577 out-of-county miles to take seniors to medical appointments and 161,079 total transportation miles.
"It challenged us to stay within that budget," she said.
Lobb said so, too, did vehicle maintenance and a new requirement from the Kansas Department of Transportation that the council's drivers to pass a physical examination every two years.
"They didn't tell us when we came and presented our budget, so that was an expense that we had not planned on," she said.
Using end of the year actual expenditures, Lobb said the Council ended with 99 percent of its budget spent. To meet that target, she said the council delayed some of the repairs needed on some of its vehicles, worked to coordinate out-of-town medical appointments to ensure fewer trips and raised more than $45,000 through fundraisers.
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I have a tablet PC that I'm running oneric on. One thing I don't like is that the default lock screen requires you to enter a password. Since this is a tablet, this means that it either needs to be connected to a keyboard, or I have to figure out how to get onboard to show up for the lock screen (caribou wont even start, and gok is messed up too). Even if I could do that, anyway, it's not what I want, since locking the screen is mostly to prevent erroneous input when I'm carrying it around (not for security).
Are there any alternative applications for the lock screen? Anything like the plethora of android lock screens that allow you to solve puzzles or push a particular widget in a particular way to unlock the screen?


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VanKirk, William F. "Wolfe," 88, of Steubenville, died Saturday, December 15, 2012 at Trinity West ER.
He was born in Steubenville on July 6, 1924 a son of the late Frank and Georgia Moran VanKirk.
He was retired from Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel where he worked in the B.O.F. Wolfe was a lifetime member of Finley United Methodist Church, where he served on various committees and as an usher for many years, he also was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, where he fought in the Battle of the Bulge and received the Purple Heart.
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Wolfe is survived by his wife of 65 years Marcy Jarrett VanKirk; daughters, Diane (Larry) Sesto of Steubenville and Joan (John) Russell of Cadiz, OH; sons, Bruce (Adrienne) VanKirk of DeLand, FL and Mike (Angela) VanKirk of Steubenville; brother, James (Grace) VanKirk of Bloomingdale, OH; grandchildren, Angela Pettengill, Todd Sesto, Nicole Hersha, Ryan VanKirk, Andrea Wadle, Alison VanKirk, Luke Russell, Marci Beighley, Nick and Jordan VanKirk; seven great-grandchildren.
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In the Minecraft mod packs Tekkit and Technic, Jacketed Wire doesn't appear to connect to Insulated Wire, levers or anything else apart from lamps. Does anyone know how it works?
You need to put some bare wire on it in the same place you want to connect the jacketed wire. This is so it looks like it touches the block instead of floating
Jacketed wire is designed mostly for connecting Red Alloy Wire to Redstone Tubes (Advanced version of Pneumatic tubes which are awesome btw), But due to it being a rather clunky and ineffective wire it's used mostly for decoration in a lot of builds.
The best way to connect the 2 wires would be to use Red Alloy Wire and lead that into the Jacketed Wire as suggested above.
The best feature by far about jacketed wire though is that it can be made out of near enough any block in the Minecraft world that you can cut with a Handsaw so it's great for blending your cabling into your home if you like being all fung shei about it.
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The Virtues of Disestablishment
Taking our eye off of healthcare for a moment, Andrew Sullivan calls attention to the analogous case of school curricula, as reported by Rachel Tabachnik:
Some Louisiana students receiving publicly funded vouchers and attending private schools in 2012-2013 will be taught from educational media promoting young earth creationism, global warming denial, history that is not factual, and bigotry toward Catholicism, Mormonism, other Protestants, and non-Christian religions. This is predictable because some of the schools that are on the approved list to receive voucher students use curriculum from A Beka Books, Bob Jones University Press, and Accelerated Christian Education (ACE). Public funding of the teaching of creationism is already happening in Pennsylvania, Florida, and other states with "private school choice" programs.
She does the digging here, here, and here.As more private institutions take on the burden of providing services that the State deems necessary for the flourishing of its citizenry, I predict that we will have more clashes between institutional autonomy and government mandates. The fact of the matter is that you cannot take government money and use it for evangelical purposes. That's establishment.So, as public schools are abandoned and public money is funneled into "private" institutions, they lose their right to teach whatever they want. Similarly, in the absence of a single-payer system a deprivatized healthcare system, if medicare and medicaid funding, not to mention federal student aid, is used to support the heath provisions offered by "private" hospitals and universities, these institutions can no longer claim exemption from government oversight.If you want to be exempt from the mandates of the government, do not take government money. Just ask the Church of England, who fears that, because of their established status, they will be legally bound to bless same-sex marriages. Interestingly, then, in England peoplemight be coming around to the virtues of disestablishment, just as the country that invented it seems to be having doubts.
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Wow! What a hop, skip, and jump you've done here, Eric Bugyis!Here's the basic question: Are there ways in which, say, Catholic universities can legally accept federal funds, say, without a violation of the establishment clause being involved?
Thomas, it depends what you mean by "Catholic." Do you mean the "political" or the "theological" definition? If they are recognized by the government as "religious" institutions, then they should not receive government money. Ironically, the current "narrow" HHS exemption, actually makes it possible for self-identified "religious" institutions to continue receiving federal funds, but that also means that they have to follow government regulations. So, a Catholic university could receive federal funds, but that simply means that, as far as the government is concerned, the university is not "religious." If you are eligible for government money, you shouldn't be eligible for government exemption, and if you exempt yourself from regulation, you forfeit your rights to the public purse.
I don't have a problem with publicly funded schools teaching creationism. I would like to be able to get support for my own daughter's school, where she is taught that a messiah was born of a virgin mother 2,000 years ago.I consider the things taught outside of the state-mandated curriculum as "extra". The decision to support a private school should be: a) is it accredited and b) is it effectively teaching the state-mandated curriculum (which I believe is now "core standards" shared by 48 or so states)If the school meets those standards, I don't see why it can't receive public-funding if it teaches other things over and above that. And if the "other things" are problematic, pull the schools' accreditation.
"Similarly, in the absence of a single-payer system, if medicare and medicaid funding, not to mention federal student aid, is used to support the heath provisions offered by 'private' hospitals and universities, these institutions can no longer claim exemption from government oversight."I think there are two problems with this formulation. The first is with the phrase "in the absence of a single-payer system." With such a system in place, the government would still be paying private hospitals what it now pays for patients on Medicare and Medicaid plus whatever it would pay for everyone else. A single-payer insurance system does not mean a government takeover of hospitals.Second, I don't think anyone is denying that the government should have some oversight of hospitals, public or private. The question is whether it should exercise that oversight in such a way as to require Catholic hospitals to offer services that violate church teaching. No one is suggesting, for example, that safety regulations should be suspended for Catholic hospitals just because they are Catholic.
The blog posts linked to are primarily made up of references to op-eds and show me very little reporting. Which is understandable given the fact the Jindal bill was only passed and signed a little over a month ago, and its implementation is currently stalled because the states 2 biggest teacher's unions filed a constitutional challenge in state court this week (shocking). But there are some facts to consider, namely:1. The bill passed essentially expands a system of educational reforms that has been in effect in New Orleans since 2005. Not only do I not see any evidence for an alarming increase in creationists and global warming deniers among the poor children of New Orleans who have flocked to private and charter schools, polling indicates a very high degree of satisfaction among these citizens who have been trapped in a dysfunctional (to put it mildly) public system. There have been failures among these schools (my law firm was involved in a dispute in pushing out a management company that was woefully inept), but on the whole, I think national experts agree - the New Orleans system is a decided victory for education reform. Does Andrew Sullivan want to undo that?2. The schools that are listed in the "reports" as having signed up to offer the vouchers are all in largely white, rural, more traditionally "Bible belt" areas of the state, so the educational offerings more than likely represent the point of view many of these people already hold. I see no danger in mass numbers of otherwise innocent children being subjected to weird beliefs. Furthermore, Catholic schools - which continue to be hugely popular in Louisiana - have received state aid for years, and they teach some pretty bizarre things like helping the poor, and standing up for the vulnerable. So where do you draw the line?By the way, the guy implementing the program - the state superintendent John White - was the leader of New Orleans' Recovery School District. His educational links go back to Joel Klein and Arne Duncan, so I'm sure he is all for promoting a Christianism agenda!
Eric: You wrote: "If they [schools] are recognized by the government as religious institutions, then they should not receive government money."I realize that this is the Supreme Court's view since McCollum (already anticipated in the dissent from Everson), but shouldn't it be reconsidered? It makes religious schools the only ones that can't receive aid from the government. Thus government aid can go to a charter school whose curriculum is based, say, upon the theories set out in Black Athena or upon anyone else's worldviews or histories, but not to one based on the Bible. Which doesn't seem quite fair. Why is it only religiously-inspired speech that suffers this disqualification?
Why does government money necessarily require government oversight. In medicare and medicaid, the government is buying services. Why isnt a private institution free to decide which services it wants to sell to the government? That is the way private business is generally conducted.
Irene: "if the 'other things' are problematic, pull the schools accreditation." Yes, my intuition would be to support pulling the accreditation of a school that teaches that humans lived alongside dinosaurs, but I imagine that's when truly private schools, who don't take federal funds, would say that their "free exercise" was being violated. Then we would have to have a debate about what schools count as meeting the minimum education requirements, regardless of funding.Matt: Thanks for the correction re: "single-payer," I hope that I fixed the error. As for your second point, it seems to me that the services on offer at Catholic hospitals receiving public funding is what is at issue. If "we" decide that an individual has a right to access certain services, then any hospital supported by medicare and medicaid funds must provide the services required or stop receiving federal funds, which might then go to a hospital that will provide the services. "I think 'x' is 'intrinsically evil'" is not an argument that the government is competent to assess, not least because, as far as the government is concerned, 'x' could be a particular service or a safety regulation. The government can only determine whether a group is "exempt from regulation/not-eligible for funds" or "non-exempt/eligible" based on the current political definition of "religion."Jeff: "I see no danger in mass numbers of otherwise innocent children being subjected to weird beliefs." I do.Joe: I would be happy to expand the political definition of "religion" to include the Black Athena folks. I don't see any reason that the political definition of "religion" has to be coterminous with a Bible-based worldview.
"Jeff: I see no danger in mass numbers of otherwise innocent children being subjected to weird beliefs. I do."Evidence?
Bruce: A private business is free to decide what services to sell, as long as you agree that the government is free to decide what services to buy. That's how business works, right? So, if the government wants healthcare to include access to contraception or education to include teaching evolution, then only those institutions that provide those services should receive the federal money earmarked for them. Why should the government buy a healthcare or education package that doesn't include everything it wants?
Jeff: If those "weird beliefs" include some people being inferior to others, I imagine that would be "dangerous." No?
Great idea Eric, but that is not what the government proposed. The government may find that the beneficiaries of its largess do not like the restricted access to services which would flow from your suggestion. So rather than the government deal with the problem its policies foment, it forces others to adjust. Looks like totalitarianism, not freedom, to me.
Eric: "Then we would have to have a debate about what schools count as meeting the minimum education requirements, regardless of funding."But, Eric, don't we already do that?. What I'm saying is a little bit the flip side of what you're saying. The state mandates that I must educate my child according to certain criteria. NY, at least, requires that private schools must offer curricula substantially equivalent to public schools. If I send my child to a state-approved private school, I have met my legal obligation to educate my child. I don't see how the State can on the one hand say it meets the criteria of a substantially equivalent education and at the same time say it is unworthy of funding.
Bruce: The problem is that the government is not a private actor, but it is "us." So, the business model you propose doesn't work. The relationship between the government ("us") and the agents it ("we") empowers to provide public services is not the same as between a private corporation and its contractors. The fact that you take it to be the same makes your claim that the government is acting like a "totalitarian dictator" seem logical, because that's how corporations work, but the US is not China.
Irene: I understand what you are saying, but I take it that accreditation does not run afoul of the establishment clause. Just because the government accredits a "religious" school, doesn't mean that the government is financially supporting that school and the "other things" that it does. So, accreditation by itself doesn't equal establishment. That's why it has to be kept separate from the funding question.
Eric,You write, in response to Fr. Komonchak, "I would be happy to expand the political definition of 'religion' to include the Black Athena folks." I'm afraid you'd have to expand it much further than that to ensure the kind of neutrality you seem to demand. Every grade school in the country, public or private, secular or religious, inculcates values that the scientific method does not vouchsafe. Public schools have always been a place of character formation, and always will be.You write, in response to Bruce, "Why should the government buy a healthcare or education package that doesn't include everything it wants." But the government does not buy "a healthcare package" from Catholic hospitals; it reimburses them for particular services. There is no reason in principle that it cannot pay St. So-and-So's Hospital for services A-Y and Metropolitan Public Hospital for service Z (in addition to services A-Y). In most parts of the country, Catholic hospitals aren't the only option, even if they are often the best or most convenient one.And if St. So-and-So's Hospital is the only hospital in the area and it doesn't offer a non-emergency service the government wishes to provide to those covered by Medicaid and Medicare, then the government ought to arrange for the provision of that service by opening a public hospital or clinic in the area. Again, the rule of thumb ought to be: Where there is a compelling state interest that some service be provided, the government has an obligation to provide it.Imagine a government committee drawing up a list of disciplines any college worthy of the name ought to teach, and say it includes comparative literature. Now imagine a college, excellent in every other respect, that, for whatever reason, doesn't have a comparative-literature department. Would it makes sense for the government to decide that students can't use federally subsidized Stafford loans to pay for tuition at this college, when there are other colleges and universities, accessible to the same pool of students, that do offer comparative literature? I don't think so.
Eric: I attended Fordham University as an undergraduate and received Federal grants and loans. I also took a tax deduction for my daughters' childcare costs at a Church-run preschool. Why is it okay for government to support my pre-school and college costs at a religious-run organization, but not primary and secondary school? Do you believe government shouldn't finance those expenses at any educational level?
Eric: Eric: Nothing I wrote suggested that "the political definition of religion has to be coterminous with a Bible-based worldview."What about my point on the disqualifications only religion (or religions) suffer?
How much does organized religion benefit society? The church went downhill ever since it began to receive government funds. In return churches kowtowed to governments and did not object when people were brutalized. The French Revolution was against the church as well as the government. In general churches receive very favorable treatment. More than anytime in American history the churches are politically involved. The pursuit of power rather than goodness predominates. The churches should retain their freedom but no money nor tax exemption. One should sacrifice to choose a religion rather than place it on ones' resume to receive special treatment.
In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled that it did not violate the establishment clause if parents were given vouchers which they could use to pay tuition at a school of their choice:
Held:The program does not offend the Establishment Clause. (a)Because the program was enacted for the valid secular purpose of providing educational assistance to poor children in a demonstrably failing public school system, the question is whether the program nonetheless has the forbidden effect of advancing or inhibiting religion. See Agostini v. Felton, 521 U.S. 203, 222223. This Courts jurisprudence makes clear that a government aid program is not readily subject to challenge under the Establishment Clause if it is neutral with respect to religion and provides assistance directly to a broad class of citizens who, in turn, direct government aid to religious schools wholly as a result of their own genuine and independent private choice. See, e.g., Mueller v. Allen, 463 U.S. 388. Under such a program, government aid reaches religious institutions only by way of the deliberate choices of numerous individual recipients. The incidental advancement of a religious mission, or the perceived endorsement of a religious message, is reasonably attributable to the individual aid recipients not the government, whose role ends with the disbursement of benefits....http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-1751.ZS.html
Just as Smith said that a law of general application that has a rational purpose isn't an unconstitutional prohibition of the free exercise of religion, this says that a law of general application that has a rational purpose isn't an unconstitutional establishment of religion.
I think the impediment to state aid to private schools comes out of the Blaine Amendment. An openly anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant law of the 1800s, 38 states amended their constitutions to prohibit funding for private schools. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaine_Amendment
Sorry, prohibit funging for sectarian schools, that is.
-- Jeff: I see no danger in mass numbers of otherwise innocent children being subjected to weird beliefs. I do. Evidence? --To many (possibly most) people in the world, the idea of a baby being born to a virgin because of the influence of something represented by a dove is totally wierd. Or that someone was "raised" from the dead and lived again. Or that a tasteless wafer and a sip of wine somehow become real flesh and blood. Or that girls wearing patent leather shoes incite boys to throes of lustful passion. Or that vowed celibates have credible knowledge about problems and solutions when it comes to marital and sexual matters.Oh, one can indeed go on and on when it comes to the perceptions of the dangers of "wierd beliefs."
The fact of the matter is that you cannot take government money and use it for evangelical purposes. Thats establishment.The Supreme Court held in 2002 that it is constitutional for state governments to give parents money that can then be used at explicitly religious. So what you say is the "fact of the matter" is 100% wrong as applied to the Louisiana law you're discussing. Then you say: Similarly, in the absence of a single-payer system a deprivatized [sic] healthcare system, if medicare [sic] and medicaid [sic] funding, not to mention federal student aid, is used to support the heath [sic] provisions offered by private hospitals and universities, these institutions can no longer claim exemption from government oversight.Completely wrong again. That's just not the law. Look up the unconstitutional conditions doctrine: people generally don't forfeit their constitutional rights by participating in governmental funding programs. And that's a good thing. By your analysis, the government would be free to ban religion or ban the hiring of black people as long as it was subsidizing the activity in question.
Common sense must prevail here. And it is a known fact that common sense is not too common. It is the right of the government (us) to have some say-so in the institutions that it funds. Yes, as a public school teacher there are things that I would never teach or I would lose my job; and I hope that goes for private school teachers as well. When I first started teaching I remember a science teacher stating that if you taught that the world was flat, these kids would believe it!As regards Health care, government intervention has been 60 years coming. I saw a special on CNN with Sanje Goupta trying to explain why one IV bag costs $200, and why one suture costs $200, and why a sterilized cutting tool costs $2000, and on and on. The bottom line besides the obvious research that has gone into these items etc. is that indigent and people who don't carry insurance have driven these costs up to those who have insurance. Our system needs to be fixed. And hiding behind a "religious freedom" cry as regards Obama's proposed fix concerning contraceptive services offered to religious institutions who hire the public does not make sense. The institution does not endorse these services even though the government may agree to pay for them. There is a differnce there that is recognizable by the public. The church has way too many problems to try and fly the religious freedom flag.
Stuart is right -- the government may not pay for religious instruction of a particular religion. (Teaching history of religion or comparative religion is OK because by teaching all there is no question of establishing just one of them, which is what the Constitution prohibits.)Current vouchers pay for religious instruction. That is obviously unconstitutional. Solution? Subtract the cost of the religious instruction from the total voucher grant. If, for instance, a school's curriculum includes 1/6 as religion courses, then reduce the voucher by 1/6.Parents and members of the religion would have to make up the difference. Fine. That would be a cheap price to protect our great freedom of religion that our bishops are touting this week.
I am a taxpayer in one of the wealthiest counties in the nation, and we have a first-rate public school system. I have no interest in allowing parents to take my tax dollars and use them to set up a parallel school system, religious or otherwise. We paid for one public system, it is working adequately. If parents want a private or parochial education for their children, they can pay for it on their own, in ADDITION to their support of the common school system that all pay for -- whether parents of children in the school or not. I know things are different in less wealthy districts, but on the other hand, if it can work here, a diverse community, it ought to be made to work elsewhere.With all due respect to my cajun relatives in Louisiana, public services there have been so corrupt for so long it is pretty hard to single out public schools as an example of anything.
Oops =-I didn't realize that Stuart's first sentence was a quotation, and I took off from there. Sorry, Stuart.I didn't realize that the Court had said it's OK to give parents money for religious instruction. Does the Court subscribe to some notion of 'remote material cooperation'? I mean, did it argue that it gave the money to the parents, not the kids, and so it didn't support their religious education directly?
Here in TN, they have taken steps though new legislation to allow creationism back into the classroom. This law turns the clock back nearly 100 years here in the seemingly unprogressive South and is simply embarrassing. There is no argument against the Theory of Evolution other than that of religious doctrine. The Monkey Law only opens the door for fanatic Christianity to creep its way back into our classrooms. You can see my visual response as a Tennessean to this absurd law on my artists blog at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/04/pulpit-in-classroom-biblical-... with some evolutionary art and a little bit of simple logic.
Exactly, Ann. It's the same principle by which Pell grants can be used at a religious university, at which a student might (by his or her own free choice) take a religious class. The government money isn't being designated for the religious class -- it's being designated for the student to educate themselves as they choose. So the religious element is the student's choice, not the government's. In the Supreme Court's words:
A program that shares these features permits government aid to reach religious institutions only by way of the deliberate choices of numerous individual recipients. The incidental advancement of a religious mission, or the perceived endorsement of a religious message, is reasonably attributable to the individual recipient, not to the government, whose role ends with the disbursement of benefits.
" Then we would have to have a debate about what schools count as meeting the minimum education requirements, regardless of funding."Eric --Well, what should be the minimum across the U. S.? It seems to me that what is objectionable about the creationist schools is not that they teach creationism but that they do not ALSO teach that most scientists disagree with it and they do not give some time to anti-creationism arguments. (It seems to me that at least on a high school level all children have a right to hear *at least* some of the basic reasons that different people -- both creationist and Darwinians -- hold different views. And that's a whole other thread: what curriculum do all have a *right* to?)On the other hand, the schools that teach only Darwinism short change the kids too (at least on a high school level). It is true that creationism is bad science, but creationism/intelligent design is not only bad science -- it incorporates some philosophical principles that the scientists (as such) are simply not competent to judge. While creationism is bad science, the Darwinists are generally very bad philosophers who would like to reduce everything to particles moving about in space. Both isms are disasters. So, again, what do kids have a right to? The creationist/Darwinist argument continues to polarize the West even after more than 150 years. I think that the reason it is still unresolved is because the Humanities have been so dreadfully weakened in the colleges over the last 75 years that our public intellectuals can no longer identify a philosophical problem when they find one, and so they ask the scientists for the answers to all their questions. Well, the scientists can't provide them -- they, as scientists, are limited to only one kind of question. Because of the failure of the colleges we're still arguing over whether or not some kid in Shreveport High School ought to be taught creationism or Darwinism and who should pay for it either way.The politicians, of course, don't know anything except who can be expected to pay for their next political campaign.We avoid the foundations at our own risk.
"Well, what should be the minimum across the U. S.?"Our parochial school next year will begin teaching something called "core standards" which is a joint effort of states (not Federal govt) to develop common standards. 45 states and 3 territories have formally adopted the standards. http://www.corestandards.org/
"There is no reason in principle that it cannot pay St. So-and-sos Hospital for services A-Y and Metropolitan Public Hospital for service Z (in addition to services A-Y). In most parts of the country, Catholic hospitals arent the only option, even if they are often the best or most convenient one."And if St. So-and-sos Hospital is the only hospital in the area and it doesnt offer a non-emergency service the government wishes to provide to those covered by Medicaid and Medicare, then the government ought arrange for the provision of that service by opening a public hospital or clinic in the area. Again, the rule of thumb ought to be: Where there is a compelling state interest that some service be provided, the government has an obligation to provide it."Matthew --EXCELLENT POST!!Now an ugly question rears its head: why do some people oppose allowing this principle to operate? Could it be they'd like to put the religious hospitals and schools out of business? There are some people who would. See Dawkins et Co. At least he's honest about it.
""A program that shares these features permits government aid to reach religious institutions only by way of the deliberate choices of numerous individual recipients. '"Stuart --Thanks very much for the SCOTUS quote. I must say it makes the same sort of sense that paying for comparative religion courses makes -- because all views are presented none is established -- and because the religions of the recipients of the vouchers are varied no religion is established.That might be true, but I'm still certain that the government shouldn't be paying for grammar school and high school religion classes. They are typically meant to persuade impressionable kids of the truth of one religion, and I don't think that can be justified even if many kids of many different religions get the vouchers. With college kids, they're more independent and they are taught to be critical, so I don't see the threat of the establishment of a religion. Of course, if the whole country turned Mormon/Catholic/Zen, then it would be a different situation.We mess with the First Amendment at our own risk. I think the bishops are right about that.
Irene --Thanks for that site, but it turned me off immediately. It says its mission is to produce kids who can compete in the global economy. Well, rah, rah for them. But if that is all schools are best for our culture is doomed. There has to be more to life than commercial competition.
Jeff, you don't have a problem with forking over your taxes so that they can subsidize schools which teach that the Pope is the Antichrist and Catholics are not Christians? Evangelicals will make nice with Catholics as long as it suits their anti-abortion, anti-gay rights agenda, but they won't change their firmly held conviction that we're all going to hell.
Matt, In my response to Joe, I did not say anything about the standards that would determine an appropriately "secular" curriculum, and I certainly would not want to endorse a narrowly scientistic one. I think that there are properly "secular" values (i.e. ones that are available to human reason without reference to revealed religion or any other foundational worldview), and yes, of course, those should, have been, are, and will be used to form character in public schools. But any ostensibly competing value system that claims to be insulated from "outside" critique (e.g. because its first principles have been Divinely revealed) should not be supported by government funds.Concerning medicare/medicaid reimbursement, of course, you are right that the money is given to hospitals to cover specific services. I've seen numbers that say that medicare/medicaid account for 40% or more of hospital revenue, and that number goes up depending on the area. US News reports that 60% of the revenue in the Sinai Health System in Chicago comes from medicaid and only 5% comes from private carriers. (http://health.usnews.com/health-news/best-practices-in-health/articles/2...)As Medicaid benefits are expanded, that number will only increase, and at a certain point, the government will be responsible for a major share of the operating budgets of hospitals. At a certain point, it is simply more efficient and cost effective to ask the existing hospitals to provide all of the services deemed "necessary," rather than invest money in starting up entirely new facilities. And, given that the healthcare money being spent by the government is, technically, "our" money, one would think that private providers should have to submit to the buying public when it comes to healthcare reform. The whole point of healthcare reform is to lower costs and increase access. So, why should we allow private interests to unduly thwart public needs? Why should the rule of thumb be that the latter should always be subordinated to the former, when the private interests are "religious"? We wouldn't do that if the interests were financial or preferential.Regarding the non-comparative literature college example, colleges and universities do have to go through accreditation reviews. So, if offering "x" was included as part of the standard for accreditation, then a college not offering "x" would not be accredited. The principle still holds, even if you stipulate arbitrary "values" for "x."
Joe: I'm sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you were saying that the political definition of "religion" had to be coterminous with a Bible-based worldview. I was agreeing with you that conventionally religious doctrines ought not to be singled out by the law, but any worldview claiming to be insulated from "outside" critique ought to be considered politically "religious." So, the Black Athena folks, who I know nothing about, might be just as easily considered not eligible for funding as Christians. To your point, though, the perceived discrimination and/or privileging of "religion," depending on the issue and one's perspective, is the constitution's fault. It is the constitution that singles out "religion" for both protection in its free exercise and for its disestablishment. I think it's important to remember that the same amendment that protects "religion" also seeks to exclude it. Of course, the extent of the protection and exclusion is always a question of interpretation. I find it interesting, though, that when it's a question of claiming exemption, "we" argue for the widest definition of protected "religious" practice possible, but when it is a question of being eligible for funding, "we" do our best to make "religion" look like any other "worldview" in order to neutralize the exclusionary force of the concept. This is natural. No one likes being excluded, and everyone wants to be protected, but the constitution seems to suggest that the protections come with the exclusions.
Ann Olivier finds philosophical depth in creationism and thinks it should be thought alongside the theory of evolution. This is exactly parallel to the idea that astology should be taught alongside astronomy. What Olivier is groping for is the theological doctrine of Creation, which has nothing to do with the debased coinage of creationism. New Age fuzziness that professes to judge the wisdom of all disciplines is a dangerous form of obscurantism.
Eric: I don't think that the First Amendment can be taken to mean that it both protects and excludes religion. What it excludes is the establishment of any particular religion; it is not dealing with that modern abstraction "religion". It was Justice Black's dictum in Everson that turned the whole matter around: ""The establishment of religion clause of the First Amendment means at least this: Neither a state nor the Federal Government can set up a church. Neither can pass laws which aid one religion, aid all religions, or prefer one religion over another." This led J.C. Murray to remark, "We won on the particular case, but lost on the First Amendment." Personally, I don't see why the FA need be taken to mean that aid to all religions must be excluded. If all religions were to receive governmental aid, none of them would be established.
JAK --Back to Platonic problems. ISTM there are differences between 1) "an establishment of religion", 2) "the establishment of a religion", and 3) "the establishment of the Church of England",The First Amendment forbids 1). It says: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion". It seems to me that supporting all religions would amount to "an establishment of religion", entail an establishment of religion. To establish many religions is to establish religion. (Splitting hairs, yes, but that's what protecting a Constitution requires.) Further, though the agnostics and atheists are not mentioned in the FA, it seems to me that given the government as agnostic (or IS that a given?) the non-believers should have the right not-to-support any and all religions. (The issue here is whether or not non-religous conscience has any constitutional protection. I can't say why, but I think it does. Probably beause freedome of speech implies freedom of thought.)
Joe, I think it's hard to avoid the "modern," abstract definition of "religion." If you are going to have a notion of "religious exemption" that is supposed to fit a plurality of traditions, then you are going to have to have an abstract, or universal, concept. And if there is an abstract category of "religiously exempt" groups, then in exchange for being exempt from the effects of the law, this same abstract collection will need to be barred from its privileges. It doesn't make a lot of sense for the government to support several communities all claiming exemption from its laws. If a religion wants to be set apart, then it is going to have to support itself.


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As the title says, I haven't worked out in quite some time. I am 23 and I would really like to get into shape, put on SOME muscle. I am 5'9" and weigh about 130 - 140 pounds, so I'm pretty tiny. I have asthma, so I am kinda limited on what I can do. Running is very very hard for me because of it. I tried doing P90X last year and I couldn't finish any of the videos, but surprisingly I did finish the Cardio work out. I had to take a couple 5 minute breaks but I did finish it. My friend wants to do Insanity with me, but I really don't think that is the best idea. I really don't have much muscle at all. My arms are tiny and I think doing these work out routines isn't the best way to start. Eating well for me is very hard because of my financial situation, but if you can throw me some ideas I will see what I can do.
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I wouldn't recommend Insanity. Most of the exercises are high impact and intense and you need to be in a good shape. It's not for building muscle. It is more to burn all the fat you have. Some people that don't eat properly during Insanity will lose muscle mass as well, because they're not taking in enough protein to maintain the muscle they have so this workout is not a good option for you.
I did it and I didn't lose much weight. If you want to build some muscle you should eat right, increase your caloric intake, get enough protein to support muscle growth, work harder but shorter, and rest. You should also limit your cardio training. While doing cardio is great for fat burning, it can limit muscle growth by burning up glycogen and amino acids. You should do a lot of weight-training. Work your whole body by doing squats, push-ups, crunches, etc.
First of all - there's no universal workout plan for everyone. Both food and training should be adjusted to your body type in order to get the best possible results. Your body type is ectomorph. I suggest you to read some articles on this topic.
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You wrote your financial situation is not the best. Well, you don't have to go to gym and still you can gain some muscles. You can use your own bodyweight, you would then perform pushups, pullups, dips etc. For more information on this topic, try to type Barstarzz to Youtube. They have many how-to videos online. You should spend your money on food in first place because you won't grow if you won't eat properly no matter how hard would you train.
I hope this helps a bit and I wish you to get stronger and bigger!


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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Texas A&M dropped the first set in a crucial showdown at Arkansas, but the Aggies came back to win the match, 21-25, 25-15, 25-16, 23-25, 15-3, tonight at Barnhill Arena and take a two-game lead atop the Southeastern Conference Western Division.
It was the fifth consecutive win for the Aggies, who improve to 15-2 overall and 7-1 in the SEC. Arkansas, which was looking to tie A&M for the division lead, falls to 14-5 overall and 5-3 in league play.
After the first four sets were back and forth and never totally decided until the final point, the Aggies scored the first five points and were in total command in the fifth set. A&M, which outhit the Razorbacks, .417 to -.263 in the frame and .245 to .087 for the match, later went on an 8-0 run as Arkansas couldn't find the court and A&M couldn't miss. Back-to-back kills by Lindsey Miller put the Aggies at set point, 14-2. Arkansas staved off one match point with a kill but then hit long for the final point as A&M clinch the victory in the first-ever meeting between the two programs.
"This is just a tough weekend overall, so to win the first one on the road and to play really well most of the time was really huge for us," A&M coach Laurie Corbelli said. "We are trying to keep our momentum going. We want to continue to build on the things we've been doing, and I thought we did that performance-wise tonight, so I was pleased with that."
A&M found itself in a hole early in the opening set as Arkansas pulled away from a 5-5 tie, scoring runs of point to build a 19-11 lead. The Aggies would make a late run behind the blocking of Stephanie Minnerly, who had three stuffs during a 6-1 rally that put A&M within 22-20. Despite nine kills in the set by Alisia Kastmo, the Aggies could get no closer and trailed 23-21 when Arkansas got a kill high off the block and A&M followed with an attack that went into the net. It marked only the second time this season A&M dropped the opening set. The only other time, the Aggies fell to Kentucky in five sets.
"We struggled with our passing early, and I get that," Corbelli said. "We are on the road; we are in a new facility. They were serving bullets at us, but we kept at it and kept fighting really hard with our passing. We were really, really working hard to improve every single pass, and once we did that, we stayed with them. We were able to successfully pass to the target, which got us into rhythm and resulted in the win."
A&M scored the first seven points of the second set and built its biggest lead at 15-5 when Arkansas mounted a comeback. The Razorbacks scored six unanswered points to get within 15-11, but that would be as close as they would get. Leading 19-14, Aggie freshman Shelbi Vaughan had two kills during a 5-0 rally that put the Aggies at set point. Arkansas had a kill before Miller put down a kill on the slide attack to even the match at a set apiece.
A&M scored three straight points early in the third set to go up 5-3 and build a lead it would not lose. The Aggies continued to widen the gap and were leading 22-15 when Tori Mellinger had a kill and setter Allie Sawatzky followed with an ace to put A&M up, 24-15. Arkansas posted a kill, but on the ensuing play was whistled for a blocking error on a Minnerly attack that had sailed long.
Arkansas used a 6-0 run to build a 15-8 lead in the fourth set. The Razorbacks would go on to build their largest lead at 21-13 before A&M mounted a comeback. Trailing 23-16, A&M reeled off six unanswered points to get within a point. Arkansas ended the run with a kill, but Kastmo answered with a straight-down kill out of the middle. Jasmine Norton then put down her seventh kill of the set to clinch the winning point for the Razorbacks and force the fifth set.
Kastmo tied her career high with 21 kills while hitting .341, and Minnerly had a career-high eight blocks as A&M had a season-high 15 for the match, while Arkansas had only six. Mellinger had 11 kills and 11 digs for her sixth double-double of the season, and Sawatzky had 48 assists and 10 digs for her sixth double-double. Megan Pendergast led all players with 19 digs, and Kelsey Kinley pitched in 12 digs.
"There were a lot of people who did some great things," Corbelli said. "Stephanie Minnerly carried through her responsibilities so beautifully and I couldn't be more proud of her. She's just a joy to have on the court, and I always trust that she is going to do her best to get the specifics of her job done.
"Allie Sawatzky did a beautiful job distributing the ball, and Kastmo, no one could stop her. She had some pretty incredible runs there other than a little bit of a lull in set four, but she turned it around and came back and got hot again and was unstoppable."
Vaughan, who came off the bench in four sets, sparked the Aggies with career highs of eight kills and three blocks. Corbelli also got key off-the-bench contributions from freshmen Shelby Sullivan and Angela Lowak.
"It was really fun to have Sullivan, Lowak and Vaughan go in," Corbelli said. "They are very confident. They are phenomenal players, and it is so nice to be able to have that depth that is young and spirited and really doesn't know any better. They just go out and play hard, and they are so good at what they do. They are kind of my secret weapons in a way. I know what they have to offer, but I don't use them unless I feel like it is a good time to put them out there, and I can always count on them and it is wonderful."
A&M now faces a rematch against Kentucky on Sunday in Lexington. The Wildcats have won the last two meetings against the Aggies, a 3-0 victory in the second round of the 2011 NCAA Championship, and a 3-2 win at A&M earlier this season, marking A&M's only SEC loss this season.
"Kentucky is so strong and for them to be at home, wow, it is just going to be an awesome match," Corbelli said. "We've played them twice. They beat us twice. Eventually it is going to go our way, and I just trust that my team is going to work its hardest to get it done. It certainly won't be easy, but if we can get that one, it will be an absolutely a huge win for us."
First serve is at 12:30 p.m. (CT) and live audio of the match will be available free at 12thMan.TV.


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At Charlotte -
Indoor school record holder in the 500m (1:04.12) ...
2012 - Indoor: Earned second team all-conference as a member of the 4x400m relay at the Atlantic 10 Championship, finishing in 3:18.23 ... Ran team's fastest time of the season in the 500m (1:04.65) at the Clemson Orange & Purple Winter Classic ... Member of the 4x400m relay that finished in 3:17.43 at the Penn State National Open.
2011 - Outdoor: Helped the 4x400 relay squad to a win (3:11.01) at the Aggie Classic ... Recorded best time of the season in the 400m (49.70) at the War Eagle Invite ... A10 Champion in the 4x400m relay ... Indoor: Conference champion in the 4x400m relay and fourth in the 500m ... Broke the school record in the 500m at the Penn State National Open with a time of 1:04.12 ... Ran a 1:21.08 in the 600m at the Hokie Invite.
Prep: All-conference honoree in 400-meters ... Named team captain for track his senior year ... Coached by Jim Scott.
Personal: Son of Jim and Sunny Matthews ... Has three brothers, Joshua, Benjamin and Jonathan ... Majoring in history ... Born Jan. 27, 1989.


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June 20, 2013
#DiscoverHelderberg: things to do in the Helderberg
I recently spent three days discovering the Helderberg and found that there were almost too many options from which to choose – I needed about a week to do and see all that is on offer in this often-overlooked region!
My itinerary was jam-packed and I still didn't get to experience it all. I did, however, spend a lot of time sniffing and sipping on the region's delicious wines in front of roaring tasting-room fires, as it rained buckets outside. So I look forward to visiting again in summer, when I'll no doubt spend countless hours in the sun on Bikini beach. The Helderberg is a firm favourite with golfers, wine lovers and beach bums, and it's easy to see why.
Winter or summer, there is always something to do in the Helderberg.
Relax and unwind at the Erivale Spa
For the month of June, Erinvale Spa at the Erinvale Hotel in Somerset West is running a Massage Monday special, giving you 50% off all massage treatments. The spa facilities include a steam room, indoor heated whirlpool, outdoor pool, sun deck and relaxation area.
Enjoy high tea in the Erinvale Hotel
The Erinvale Hotel offers a selection of tasty treats in its dining room on Friday afternoons, for its high tea – perfect for that post-massage, sweet-treat craving.
Experience an olive oil and wine tasting at Morgenster
I'd never done an olive oil tasting before, so this was a novel experience for me. In front of a roaring fire, Morgenster offers a tasting of two extra virgin olive oils and an imported balsamic vinegar, as well as a platter of olives and olive pastes. They also make beautiful wines and a white truffle olive oil. If you're there at lunchtime, stay awhile and have something to eat at Sophia's, where the menu changes weekly. (Tip: if you like red wine, I highly recommend the NU Merlot.)
Go wine tasting at Lourensford
This beautiful farm produces some fantastic wine. Sprawled across the slopes of the Helderberg, the drive onto the immaculate Lourensford property is an experience all on its own. The exquisite natural beauty marries perfectly with the stunning white Cape Dutch tasting room, where wine, cheese and chocolate await. The Millhouse Kitchen is the farm's restaurant, and offers French and Italian-inspired fare.
Visit the kramat of Sheikh Yusuf
Visit one of the most important Muslim shrines in the country. The kramat of Sheikh Yusuf in Macassar, said to be the father of Islam in South Africa, remains an important place for followers of the Muslim faith.
Experience the big cats of the Cheetah Outreach
Get face-to-face with the fastest land animal at the Cheetah Outreach. Working to educate the public of the cheetah's endangered status, the Cheetah Outreach is home to six of these majestic cats as well as other small predators, such as bat-eared foxes. They also run a conservation programme, breeding and placing Anatolian shepherd dogs with farmers, providing a solution for farms where cheetahs are blamed for killing livestock. There are no words to describe the feeling of being so close to one of these graceful big cats. Definitely worth a visit.
Go beer tasting at Triggerfish Brewing
Triggerfish is a micro-brewery with more than 20 beers on its label. Owner Eric van Heerden loves to experiment and he creates some interesting combinations, such as his Champ's Breakfast coffee beer and a beer wine. The tap room is an awesome place to try the beer, and grab something to eat from the new kitchen. (Tip: if Eric is around, make sure he gives you a taste of his beer schnapps.)
Go horse riding
Horse riding is a popular pastime in the Helderberg and is offered at various farms. At Journey's End you can taste wine before taking a ride through the vineyards. The magnificent Waterkloof is a must-see farm with lots of activities, including horse riding, wine tastings, cheese tasting and guided nature walks. The activities page on their website gives an overview of their various offerings, including the "bird's eye view" – guests take a helicopter from the V&A Waterfront to the farm, where they enjoy a cellar tour and wine tasting, followed by an incredible, six-course degustation menu in The Restaurant at Waterkloof.
Soak up the sun at Harbour Island
Gordon's Bay is home to Harbour Island, where you can relax, soak up the sun and enjoy the view at Bertie's Mooring while enjoying a delicious plate of fish and chips. The venue often hosts music nights with live local bands and artists, so check out its Facebook page to see who is playing when.
Visit the Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum
The Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum is a fascinating and moving look into what life was like for the many men absorbed into the labour system between 1958 and 1994. The museum's main exhibit is Hostel 33 – a hostel that has been preserved, unchanged, to show the living conditions of the inhabitants. Definitely a worthwhile visit for those wanting to understand more about the history of South Africa.
With so much to see and do in the Helderberg region, you might want to book a few nights' accommodation. Have a look at our list of places to stay in the Helderberg for recommendations.


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WAAF @ Loon Mountain
January 11, 2014 -
10:00am to 5:00pm
WAAF will be at Loon Mountain on Saturday, January 11th. Join us from 10a-2p on the slopes and from 3p-5p inside of Babe's Bar. You could win great prizes including free ski passes! Loon Mountain is located at 60 Loon Mountain Rd., Lincoln NH.


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I've been trying to reinstall all my purchased apps on a new machine, and I ran into a problem. Because of the size of them (about 10-12GB in total) and the fact that downloading them is painfully slow for whatever reason (at most 800kB/s), it takes a lot of time (not to mention USC crashing). And then, when I tried to leave them overnight, none of them were installed and everything was at the same spot I left it.
Is there anyway to install them via terminal? Like some kind of USC backend were I could just add the archives for apps listed as purchased and then install them via apt-get?


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Scenario: I read about multithreading (one of the computer programming concept) aroung 10 months ago. I practiced it well, wrote around 5-6 articles with my own examples. It is one of my interesting topics.
But today I disappointed by myself when a discussion, in my office, was going on a problem related to this concept and I was not able to recall any term in detail. So I dint participate in discussion and reacted like I am new for this topic.
I know that if I revise for 2-3 hours what I read then I can again be confident to discuss any related problem.
In general It happens with me with things I learnt in past at least 2 months ago.
What should I do to overcome on this problem?
Everything can't be revised periodically.