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Definición de mutilate en inglés:
verbo[with object] (usually be mutilated)
1Inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on: the leg was badly mutilated (as adjective mutilated) mutilated bodies
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- When the sisters' father went to the morgue to check, he found his daughter had not only been killed, but her body had been horrifically mutilated.
- Identification was proving difficult because some of the bodies were severely mutilated.
- He is one of Scotland's most revered monarchs yet his body was mutilated and his head used as a football by the English foe.
1.1Inflict serious damage on: the 14th-century church had been partly mutilated in the 18th century
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- Were the images destroyed, desecrated or mutilated because they were potent or impotent?
- Although badly mutilated by quarrying, some of the defences can still be traced, especially on the north and north-west sides.
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- A good start at rectifying the situation would be the swift arrest and visible punishment of those responsible for the massacre, including the mutilators caught on film.
- In addition to the family of cannibalistic mutilators, there is a whole bunch of weird-looking people in the basement, doing medical experiments on mutants.
- Just like self - mutilators cannot stop cutting, I couldn't stop starving myself or binging and purging.
Early 16th century: from Latin mutilat- 'maimed, mutilated, lopped off', from the verb mutilare, from mutilus 'maimed'.
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Mariko and Jillian Tamaki's award-winning graphic novel This One Summer has been removed from the library of the public school in Henning, Minnesota, which serves grades kindergarten through 12, on the basis of a single complaint.
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Retailing | The Philadelphia comics and art shop Locust Moon is closing its doors as a retailer so that co-owner Joshua O'Neill can focus on a different area of the business: publishing. "[A]s publishers, we're just getting started," O'Neill posted on his Facebook page. "[W]e'll now be able to focus our attentions on making books full time. we're incredibly excited about that. locust moon is not dying — it's still just being born." Locust Moon has already published an Eisner Award-winning anthology of Little Nemo comics, and is running a Kickstarter campaign to fund the publication of some very early "lost" Will Eisner comics. [PhillyVoice]
Publishing | Sales of comics, graphic novels and digital comics totaled $750 million in 2012, making that year the best of the millennium so far for the comics business, according to the retail news and analysis site ICv2. Total print sales were estimated at $680 million and digital at $70 million, a hair over 10 percent of print and almost triple the 2011 total of $25 million. The website also breaks down the top properties in eight graphic novel categories (superheroes, genre, manga, etc.), based on interviews with retailers, distributors and manufacturers. Interestingly, Hawkeye is nestled at No. 7 on the list of Top 10 superhero properties, between Iron Man and Spider-Man. [ICv2]
Publishing | Torsten Adair takes a look at IDW Publishing's financials, and they're looking pretty good. [The Beat]
Retailing | Saying that video games, texting and digital comics have killed interest in collectibles, 80-year-old Joseph Liesner is closing his Sunnyside, Queens, store Comic Book Heaven after nearly three decades. "The store's not making any money," he says, "and, besides, I'm as old as Methuselah." The store will remain open for another two months, with Liesner using the time to search for a much younger girlfriend via a sign in the window. [Sunnyside Post]
The National Coalition Against Censorship has written to Lee Ann Lowder, deputy counsel for the Board of Education of Chicago, questioning the school district's authority to remove Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis from seventh-grade classrooms. The letter is signed by NCAC Executive Director Joan Bertin and Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Executive Director Charles Brownstein, as well as representatives from PEN American Center, the National Council of Teachers of English, and other organizations. I don't usually find myself on the opposite side of an issue from these folks, but my own opinion is that this case has been overblown.
Here's the backstory: On March 14, employees showed up at Chicago's Lane Tech to physically remove Persepolis from classrooms and the library and ensure no one had checked out any copies. This seemed sinister, to say the least, and word spread literally overnight. As parents planned a protest on March 15, Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett backtracked and said the book was to be removed from seventh-grade classrooms but not from school libraries. Byrd-Bennett said the district would develop guidelines for teaching the book to juniors and seniors, and possibly in grades eight through 10 as well, but it's not clear whether the books also were removed from those classrooms.
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A photo-driven teaser, first seen on People, has been released for American Reunion, which reunites the core American Pie characters as they return for a high school reunion. Anyone else surprised that Tara Reid gets the last shot? It pays to blow a kiss at the camera. Truthfully, Eugene Levy (who plays Jim's father) got the biggest reaction from me. Then, of course, Stifler (Seann William Scott). Watch it below.
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He's the second most senior member of one of the highest-consuming families on the planet, and yet he is about to launch a campaign to persuade us to "lead more sustainable lives". It's no surprise that the Prince of Wales is already being berated for so-called "Let them eat Duchy Original cake" comments as he embarks on the most extraordinary two weeks of public advocacy of his 40 years of environmental campaigning.
It starts on Monday with a five-day tour around the country, a 21st-century version, perhaps, of the old Royal Progress. But whereas Elizabeth I used to require 400 carts and carriages to carry her staff – and stuff – the Prince will be using the Royal Train, adapted to run on waste vegetable oil. And rather than setting out, like the Virgin Queen, to show himself to the populace, he is aiming to showcase what others are doing.
Thus he will visit Todmorden, in West Yorkshire, to praise "guerrilla gardeners" growing free vegetables on any spare land (from car parks to a cemetery), sit through a "sustainable fashion show" in Manchester, and drop in on a pensioner in Nottingham who has installed solar panels on her roof.
Back in London, meanwhile, he is throwing open the gardens of Clarence House – and next-door Lancaster House and Marlborough House – to the public for a 12-day "garden party to make a difference".
Described as a combination of the "Hay-on-Wye festival, the Ideal Home Show and Grand Designs with a sprinkling of a summer festival", it will eclectically include environmentally friendly products and buildings, feet-painting, a workshop making tote bags out of the Prince's old curtains, demonstrations by celebrity chefs, earnest debates among the great and the green, and a whole ecosystem of (predominantly, at least middle-aged) celebrities ranging from Ben Elton to Pen Hadow, Rory Bremner to the inevitable David Attenborough.
And, if all that were not enough, there is to be a nine-day summit of "business and industry thought leaders" to discuss "the next steps that should be taken to enable economic, environmental and societal sustainability".
The whole shebang is in aid of the Prince's latest project, Start, which aims to "help people across Britain lead more sustainable lives and to show what a more energy-efficient, cleaner and healthier future could look like".
It dispenses a bewildering amount of practical advice: if you want to know how best to pick your own fruit or insulate your loft, how to choose a (relatively) green car, or what to take on a "wild swimming" trip, you need look no further.
The Prince himself has urged people to "snub the tub" by taking short showers, to recycle water and to avoid eating "unsustainably harvested" fish. He has even advised Vogue readers to wear old clothes.
Inevitably, this has led to charges of hypocrisy from commentators who suggest that the Prince's baths are drawn by flunkeys and insist on recycling old (and hotly denied) chestnuts – such as the one where he chooses his breakfast from seven boiled eggs solemnly lined up before him.
But leaving aside the predictable jibes from people whose own lifestyles are far from parsimonious, there is a real problem in an extremely wealthy man with three huge homes, four cars and a record of travelling by private jet, urging people to live modestly. Even one supporter and former collaborator calls it "pretty preachy" and admits that it "invites ridicule".
Aides say he "understands the criticism" and insist he "does as much as he can within the confines of his role as heir to the throne". Certainly, he is no Airmiles Andy and – unlike his father – has not combined an evangelical belief in population control with siring four children. He does practise much of what he preaches, from turning Highgrove organic to wearing a pair of shoes made from leather salvaged from an 18th-century shipwreck.
His new initiative, moreover, latches on to two essential points. The first is that there is now a huge range of products and practices ready to start the transition to low-carbon prosperity: the Prince sees his campaign as the equivalent of his great-great-great-grandfather Prince Albert's Great Exhibition: designed as "a new starting point from which all nations would be able to direct their further exertions".
Secondly, he is right to reject doomsaying in favour of the positive, stressing that a more sustainable future would be better and more prosperous than continuing on the present course. That is why he has called the campaign "Start" – to contrast with the traditional environmentalist call to "stop" bad practices.
All the same, if he could provide an example of where it has really cost him to change his ways – or undertake one if none such already exists – it would do wonders for the credibility of his campaign.
Heat-resistant – or are we shrinking?
Shrinking from the slanging match that passes for the climate-change debate is a natural enough response. The sheer nastiness of extremists on both sides ensures that. But how about this? New research suggests that mammals (presumably, ourselves included) might actually get smaller as the world heats up.
A University of Florida study into a natural period of global warming 55 million years ago, has discovered that a hyena-type animal seems to have evolved in such a fashion that it shrank to half the size of its ancestors – scaling down from the stature of a bear to that of a coyote – during a 200,000-year period when temperatures rose some 15F. When things cooled down, it grew back up again.
Such downsizing has already been seen in fossils of plant-eating mammals during this period, but the study – to be published in the December issue of the Journal of Mammalian Evolution – is the first to identify it in a carnivore. Scientists don't know why it happened. One theory is that higher carbon dioxide reduced plant nutrients, but since the animal – named Palaeonictis wingi – mainly ate meat, another factor must have been involved.
But there may be something in it. Mammals in warmer climates tend to be smaller than their colder cousins: brown bears are generally bigger in Alaska than in Montana. So if humanity is too small-minded to recognise the dangers of climate change, it might find its bodies shrinking to fit.
A volcano erupts and business booms
It's an ill volcano, I suppose, that blows up without doing anyone any good – and the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull this spring has vindicated a remarkable grassroots attempt to revive the economy of south-west Ireland, the so-called People's Ferry.
Since late 2006, when a long-standing car ferry service between Swansea and Cork ceased, West Cork alone had been losing some 50 million euros a year. British tourists stopped coming: only the most devoted could be bothered with the longer slog to the alternative ferry at Fishguard and across Ireland from its landing point in Rosslare.
Two small-time businessmen – a garden-centre owner and a glassmaker – started a petition to get the ferry replaced. The local tourist board took up the cry and some 500 small enterprises, communities and people from all over the area – and Britain – chipped in three million euros, forming a co-operative to buy a new boat, which started operating in March.
No one expected to make quick returns, yet even so it was a brave venture. But then the Icelandic dust shut down air traffic, and the co-operative promptly put on extra crossings. Revenues for April were twice as high as expected and the ferry never looked back, exceeding targets for the summer season and pumping an estimated two million euros a week into the local economy.
"The volcano proved a real boost," says Paul O'Brien, the co-operative's general manager. "In fact, we're hoping it will revive for the winter."


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BEIRUT — Armed men killed 120 Syrian security forces and torched government buildings Monday in a northern region where troops have unleashed deadly assaults on protesters for days, Syria said. The government vowed to respond "decisively," hinting at an even more brutal crackdown by a regime known for ruthlessly crushing dissent.
If confirmed, the attack in the north would be a turning point in what so far has largely been a peaceful uprising threatening the 40-year rule of President Bashar Assad and his family.
Opposition activists were skeptical of the official casualty toll, saying the authorities were setting the stage for a new onslaught. But even they acknowledged there was fighting, although it was not clear who was involved.
Communications were cut to the area around Jisr al-Shughour on Monday and the details of the attack were impossible to verify, but there have been unconfirmed reports by activists and residents in the past of Syrians and even mutinous troops fighting back against security forces.
Adnan Mahmoud, the chief government spokesman, acknowledged that Syrian forces had lost control of some areas for "intermittent periods of time" and said residents had appealed to the army to do what was necessary to restore security.
"We will deal strongly and decisively, and according to the law, and we will not be silent about any armed attack that targets the security of the state and its citizens," said Interior Minister Ibrahim Shaar.
The surprisingly high death toll among pro-regime troops would suggest some sort of major lashback against the crackdown against the uprising — though by whom was unknown because of the seal over the area. Regardless of who carried out Monday's attack, it shows new cracks in a rule that has held out through weekly protests of thousands of people.
Human rights activist Mustafa Osso said there were unconfirmed reports of a few soldiers who switched sides and were defending themselves against attacking security forces, but he said the reports suggest the mutiny is limited and "does not pose a threat to the unity of the army yet."
"The protesters have so far been peaceful and unarmed," said Osso.
A Syrian activist speaking on condition of anonymity said there were unconfirmed reports of infighting between security forces. "The situation is very foggy, it is unclear who is doing the shooting, but the situation is very serious and appears to be getting out of control," he said on condition of anonymity.
He said there were fears the army was preparing a major attack.
Before Monday's killings, the government and some human rights groups have said more than 160 soldiers and security forces had died in the uprising. The latest deaths marked by far the deadliest single strike against them.
The government's unusual admission of the death toll and loss of control appeared to set the stage for an even stronger action to crush a popular uprising that began in mid-March and poses a potent threat to the Assad regime.
State television added the armed groups carried out a "real massacre," mutilating some bodies and throwing others in the Orontes River.
Jisr al-Shughour, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) from the Turkish border, has been the latest focus of Syria's military, whose nationwide crackdown on the revolt has left more than 1,200 Syrians dead, activists say. The town was a stronghold of the country's banned Muslim Brotherhood in the 1980s. Human rights groups said at least 42 civilians have been killed there since Saturday.
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It ought to be much more troubling that the republican House set a goal of
discrediting the President, and has failed to pass much legislation, while
stirring up devisiveness.
Ought not the DN, as a representative of the church of Jesus Christ, promote honesty, fairness, truth, and the spirit of getting along with our fellow men?
- 12:54 a.m. Feb. 17, 2014
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This is an area where I have first hand experience in the actual application of separation of powers. The ironic thing is that Republicans (Washington insiders) in the past 40 years or 50 years have followed the course of a strong executive. During the Clinton years, I encouraged GOP Members of Congress, including Senator Bennett, to resist a Presidential action and exercise more Legislative authority on an issue and they declined. The matter went to litigation and a Republican controlled Court of Appeals sided with the Executive. The fact that Republicans are acting "concerned" about President Obama using executive orders is ironic at best, but probably worse in terms of hypocrisy. It is a concern of political convenience. Nothing more. All executive orders are based on existing legal authority granted by Congress. It is not new law by the President. The buzz of the right wing on this issue is either based on lack of information or political mischief. I suspect the latter for those leading the opposition. This editorial is naive partisanship.
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We've had some great Presidents, some not-so-great Presidents, and some
scoundrels. The one thing that they all had in common is that all of them are
limited in their authority by the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land.
Article I, Section 1 give all legislative authority to Congress. The men and
women in Congress represent the mind and will of the people and of the States
which are part of this federation.
Congress represents the mind and the will of the people within the limits placed upon the Federal Government by the Constitution. Congress has 17 areas of authority. Anything outside those seventeen areas is to be left to the States or to the People.
The President represents the mind and will of Congress. His duty, according to Article II, Section 2, allows almost no "latitude to do as he pleases. He executes the laws passed by Congress.
Obama does not accept the Constitution as binding him to listed duties. He sees himself as a Napoleon, Emperor of the World, able to write law without regard to law or of the people who granted him limited authority to represent the mind and will of Congress.
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Madison aside, the U.S. Constitution was designed with one primary purpose... to
protect we the people from those who seek more power than any one man or few
should have.
When we consider the monarchy being escaped, and the separation of powers put in place to protect us... upon re-evaluating our current status, no one would do well to argue that power is as distributed now as it was in the start.
Is there a need for a federal government? Yes, for currency, protecting our borders, etc. Also, to protect us via the inalienable rights all human beings need to live a life of free conscience.
I ask, where does the fed/state balance now rest? As long as you can call something "a right" it circumvents all judgement of whether it's really a right or not and is proclaimed and defended as such.
I hereby DECLARE, I have a right to $1Billion and to be liked by everyone!
Random fact: the U.N. recently declared that "internet access" is a basic human right.
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There is a way for us to curtail executive power, but we will never use it.
Republicans need to restrain Republican presidents and Democrats need to do the
same. The current GOP is complaining about President Obama's overreach, but
they almost universally supported the Bush administration's assertion of
"the Unitary Executive" theory, which put significantly more power in
the hands of the president.
The were a few wise Republicans who warned Bush not to assume any powers he didn't want a Democratic successor to have, but Bush thought he knew better.
BTW I'm not suggesting that Democrats are any better at this.
- 7:55 a.m. Feb. 17, 2014
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This is how a democracy dies. Not by the people having too much power but instead the government lulling us into complacency by convincing us that the government needs more and more power each time there is a crisis. Then instead of preventing crisis's the government needs to facilitate them in order to get their agenda moved forward.
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I highly recommend Sanford Levinson's Our Undemocratic Constitution as
tonic to this editorial's well-intentioned but lopsided view of the
separation of powers.
It's worth noting that in the decades since World War Two, few democratic nations have adopted our model of separation of powers and have instead opted for a parliamentary system in which the head of government and the head of state are separate offices and in which the head of government is a largely ceremonial role with few real powers.
Separation of powers, lauded in this editorial, is designed to thwart rather than empower the majority from governing by creating multiple veto points in the process. The result is that less popular initiatives (i.e. the Affordable Care Act) pass while more popular initiativs (i.e. a single payer or government option for health care) do not pass. The outcome is a government often unable to implement popular policies, one in which a minority is able to thwart the popular will and hide behind process.
- 8:26 a.m. Feb. 17, 2014
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It is interesting that several commentators have suggested that Obama is only doing what past Republican presidents have done so it is okay. Such a fallacious excuse, others have done it so it is all right. So, because others have committed murder, if I murder it should be okay? Ridiculous. Right is right and what others have done does not change what is right. Also, many of the past presidents have taken greater authority in wartime, or similar, circumstances, which is not the case now. By trying to excuse Obama under that theory it will only lead to more power being taken later by other presidents under the same theory. I hope and pray that at some point we get a president who is moral and does what is right regardless of what past presidents did. We need this same thing to apply to our US Supreme court, who has been legislating for well over 50 years.
- 8:31 a.m. Feb. 17, 2014
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Just some follwo-up comments:
Mike, I know you revere the Constitution (even though your interpretation does not match 200 years of court decisions), but to say the President "does not accept the Constitution as binding him to listed duties...sees himself as a Napoleon, Emperor of the World..., etc., just undermines your credibility. What nonsense.
To "BYU9293", the Executive is charged with carrying out the will of Congress. Congress does not, and never has, provided every detail in carrying out the law. Congress expects the Executive to interpret and fill in the gaps. There is no way any law can be so detailed. Conservatives complain about the large size of certain bills, then comnplain when the bills are shorter and have to be interpreted by the Executive. This is what leads me, in part, to conclude that most arguments are partisan rants and would not apply to a GOP President.
- 8:57 a.m. Feb. 17, 2014
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It is too bad our state legislators don't believe in this strict separation of powers. What are they trying to do now? They are wanting to make judges attend a seminar on state vs. federal rights with a curriculum written by Republicans. Once a political party (whether Democrat or Republican) becomes a force in and of itself, freedom dies. That is what we are seeing on a federal, state, and local level.
- 9:09 a.m. Feb. 17, 2014
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is this the same editorial board who two months ago so thoroughly chastised and
bemoaned the separate judicial authority and duty invested in Federal District
Judge Shelby? Who criticized him for following the law as he understood it?
Who, because they, the editorial board, disagreed with the Judge's ruling under the Fourteenth Amendment, saw fit to publically misrepresent his decision as "activism"?
- 9:19 a.m. Feb. 17, 2014
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The president is the only person in our national government that is elected by
and represents all the people of America. State governments and the people
elected by them do not represent people, thus Congress is made up of people
representing special interest groups.
The welfare of the American people depends on the character and ability of the president to counter the efforts of the special groups. He/she is the only one having the opportunity to represent the people.
- 9:19 a.m. Feb. 17, 2014
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So, you believe as Obama does, that he has authority to do whatever he wants to do, just as Napoleon. Obama told the world that he would rule the United States by executive order. That's a fact. He told the world that he would override Congress's inaction. That's a fact. Who gave him that authority? It does not exist in the Constitution. He swore an oath to uphold the Constitution. Is he doing that when he thumbs his nose at the limits that YOU and I placed on him? Is HE the government or are we, the People, the government of the United States who hire temporary workers, including Mr. Obama to do those duties that WE have assigned to them?
I'm afraid that if you believe that Obama has the right and the authority to do what he told us he would do, then you are the one who lacks credibility. The Constitution does not support him or you. It's time to align ourselves with the law that protects us from power hungry politicians who flaunt their disdain for the will of the people and the Supreme Law of the Land.
- 9:22 a.m. Feb. 17, 2014
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There are those who have the false impression that the people directly elect the
President. That is complete nonsense. Article II, Section 1, states:
"Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress".
We elect "electors" who represent the mind and will of the people of the State of Utah. Those electors, if true to their obligation, vote as a block for the candidate favored by a majority of the citizens of Utah. The STATE is represented to the world by the President of the United States. The PEOPLE of Utah are represented by their Representatives in Congress. The STATE is also given equal status to all other States to ratify judges and treaties. All States have equal representation in the Senate. Until ratified by the Senate, treaties are meaningless and Federal Judges cannot take office.
A little reading of the Constitution would blow away the smoke behind which Obama hides.
- 9:47 a.m. Feb. 17, 2014
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When it comes to governance do we really think Congress, with its lowest approval rating in recent history is a responsible partner in this endeavor. The circumstances are obviously ripe for Executive Orders. The Article cites other presidents that pushed the limits of their authority, but yet a consensus of historians have rated Lincoln and the FDR as great, suggesting their action was essential to the country.
- 10:22 a.m. Feb. 17, 2014
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With our current "do-nothing" congress, somebody has to make important decisions and do something.
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I like your Monday, 2-17-2014 editorial "The Madisonian model" about the abuse of presidential power. But it should be called "The Adams model." Madison's Virginia Plan in 1787 Constitutional Convention said that the executive should be elected by the legislature. In establishing the executive branch, the convention followed the model of the Massachusetts Constitution (according to Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist Papers). The Massachusetts Constitution was one of 12 state constitutions at that time, and was the only one with an executive branch that was elected by the citizens and that had veto power over legislative bills.; the New York constitution was the only other state constitution that had its governor elected by the people, but it did NOT give the governor veto power. John Adams was the main author of the Massachusetts Constitution. Also, excerpts from John Adams' book on constitutions were being published in a Philadelphia newspaper during the 1787 convention. The U.S. Constitution was based on "The Adams model."
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Hmmm, I wonder if the DN was opining the same stuff when Richard Nixon and his protégé Dick Cheney were slurping up power for the Executive Branch, or is it only troubling when a Democrat does it?
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@ Mike Richards, have you forgotten that the American people elected President Obama, not once, but twice, by a goodly margin both times, to do exactly what he is doing, all under the auspices of the U.S. Constitution? I am beginning to wonder if you more favor anarchy in the name of the Constitution. We have a very well established system of government under the Constitution. If any President goes to far, the matter can be taken to the courts, as has been done on occasion. There is an established process. The fact that the right wing has never brought a credible case to the courts suggests to me that their complaints are nothing but partisan bickering. To suggest that Obama is a dictator (or wants to be) is way over the top. If you will label Reagan and GWB as dictators, I'll accept your position as at least consistent. Failure to extend the same principles across the board, not just to Obama but to those who served before in the other party, who went far, far beyond what Obama has done, suggests petty partisanship, not consistent principles.
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How many borrow a page from Mr. Obama's book when they ignore Obama's
actions and blame other Presidents for doing something similar? I wonder how
many of them have ever used that excuse in traffic court, "Your honor, I
felt entitle to speed through a school zone because the driver in front of me
was going 30. He wasn't pulled over, so I shouldn't have been pulled
over either." We all know that the judge would hammer his gavel as he
sentenced us for breaking the law, regardless of what "some other
person" did.
Those who will not be governed by law will be governed by a despot when that despot releaves them of their liberties and puts the boot of government on their necks. Then, too late, they will realize that government of the people, by the people and for the people requires them to speak out against any and all politicians who usurp authority.
Mr. Obama ignores the law. He ignores the Constitution. He pretends to help the people as he puts burdens on our backs that no one can carry. He flaunts his false "authority".
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ITHACA, N.Y. -- You won't find any record of the jump that left Mike Powell's mouth agape while looking on at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Arkansas last spring. Cornell long jumper Jeomi Maduka missed the board by perhaps the length of a toe, and so the graceful explosion that subsequently propelled her through the air and into the pit never happened, at least according to the official results.
Good luck convincing either Powell or Cornell men's track coach Nathan Taylor it was a mirage.
"I refused to believe it," Taylor said of his initial reaction watching the jump. "However, I was sitting right next to the current world-record holder in the men's long jump, and an Olympic champion, and he said, 'Oh my God, did you see that?'"
By Taylor's estimate, it was perhaps the longest jump by an American woman in more than a decade and would have ranked Maduka among the top handful of jumpers in the world this year. Even with the memorable foul, Maduka still jumped far enough in her recorded efforts to finish eighth overall and earn All-America honors as a result.
Not bad for a basketball player who is going to medical school and plays a mean violin.
Ivy League athletics offer no shortage of overachievers. The athletes are the products of a league that doesn't award athletic scholarships and in which keeping up in class can be more draining than keeping up with even the most diabolical preseason conditioning regimen. And yet even against that backdrop, Maduka stands out from her peers. The reigning Ivy League Player of the Year in women's basketball also made it to the last round of the women's long jump at the U.S. Olympic trials as one of eight finalists vying for a trip to Beijing. And as best as anyone in Ithaca can tell, she was the first athlete to participate in two NCAA championships in the same season, leading the Big Red to the NCAA tournament in basketball a week after her jumps in Arkansas.
Just for good measure, she pulled down a spotless GPA this spring en route to medical school.
To get a sense of exactly what we're dealing here, consider what Maduka, who alternated between training for the Olympic trials and studying for the Medical College Admission Test this summer, says about her perspective on life.
"I'm kind of pretty carefree," Maduka said. "I don't like to worry; it bothers me. Like, I don't want to worry about this MCAT test, so that's why I study every day, so I don't have to worry and so I feel confident with what I learned that day."
Sure, that's about how Jeff Spicoli would define carefree, right?
Women's basketball coach Dayna Smith, who resurrected a moribund program and led the Big Red to their first NCAA tournament last season, fares a little better in pinning down a person with a unique work ethic and set of objectives.
"She's a humble person," Smith said. "You would never know the kind of accolades she gets or how well she does in a certain event. She's just one of the players; she has a great sense of humor. She works really hard on her academics. If she's not jumping or she's not playing basketball, she's studying."
A desire to do all of the above is what brought Maduka to Cornell, one of the only schools willing to let her play both sports. More highly regarded as a track and field recruit than a basketball recruit coming out of Texas -- she took up basketball seriously around seventh grade, long after she had started competing with local track teams -- the sport many colleges wanted her for wasn't necessarily her first love.
"When I got older, my love for track -- I just really liked basketball a lot more," Maduka said. "And it's so weird, coming to Cornell and becoming so much better at track. My marks have improved so much, and I think that's what has motivated me. That's what got me to fall back in love with track, and I'm glad that it happened. Because I know in high school, I did not consider running track in college until Cornell started recruiting me."
Maduka made it clear to assistant coach and recruiter Rich Bowman on her official visit that she wanted to play both sports. Instead of getting the typical cold shoulder that request brought from many schools, she found Bowman completely amenable. He even took her over to the basketball offices and left her there to talk with that program's coaching staff. Three years later, she still recalled the quintessential Ithaca drizzle and chill that accompanied that autumn trip to the remote upstate New York campus, but the warm reception her plan received from the two coaching staffs sold her on the school.
Taylor is the head men's track and field coach at Cornell, while Lou Duesing runs the women's program. But it's Taylor, a former jumper himself at the University of Richmond, who works most directly with Maduka on the long jump and triple jump. For him, getting some of her time was better than none of her time.
"I'm not such an egomaniac that I feel like I need to micromanage kids' lives and make decisions for them on not just a daily basis, but a long-term basis," Taylor said. "You know, if someone's goals are to rid the world of cancer and take care of deserted animals, why should I say, 'Well, you can only do the animals; you can't do the cancer.' It's ridiculous. We wouldn't do it in any other facet of our lives, so I look at it and say, 'Why do it here?' If she's happy with that, with the status quo, then that's fine."
Not that coaches who require the exclusive attention of their athletes lack for legitimate reasons to frown upon multisport participation. Just because Taylor, Duesing and Smith were open to sharing Maduka's time didn't mean that things worked out seamlessly.
Smith had little prior experience with two-sport athletes and was initially surprised at the extent of the demands placed on Maduka's schedule by the indoor track season that ran concurrently to Smith's own season. Split between two practice schedules, Maduka was able to spend only a few days a week with either sport. Lab work cost her still more practice time. So while she led the Big Red in points, rebounds and steals as a freshman and a sophomore, she also missed three games her first year and six games her second and said she sometimes found it difficult to find common ground with teammates who didn't understand all the absences.
"It was tough; I think we'd all be lying if we said it was easy from the start," Smith said. "She has done a better job of kind of keeping a good balance. When she's with basketball, she is with us and she is working her butt off. And when she's with track, she's with track and she's working her butt off. I think her freshman year, you couldn't really say that. I think her freshman year was a little bit of a difficult transition for her. And rightly so -- she's premed, away from home as a freshman in college and she's playing two sports. I think it was pretty tough for her to juggle all that."
She missed just one basketball game last season, a late-season game at Harvard that coincided with the biggest track meet of the season -- a competition in Ithaca that she traveled to by way of Hanover, N.H., where she had played with the basketball team the previous night against Dartmouth. And even if Maduka isn't sure she's looking at the world through quite the same lens as they are, teammates from both sports are now frequent spectators when she competes in whichever is the "other" sport at the time.
"What I find amazing is she never complains," Smith said. "She doesn't come in with excuses that she's tired or she just doesn't feel like doing something today. She's fully committed. She has her bad days; she has her days where you can see fatigue setting in. But she never uses either sport as a crutch or her major as a crutch. She had over a 4.0 in premed this semester while she's doing both sports and excelling in them."
Both coaches admit they wonder just how good she could be if she focused solely on one sport. They're not alone. Maduka occasionally wonders the same thing, but only occasionally. She doesn't have much time for hypothetical conundrums.
"I think it would just be weird having so much time where I'm not practicing or I'm not going to some competition," Maduka said. "That would be odd."
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- What do you think about Nintendo releasing two "New Super Mario" games within the same year? Are you excited, because that franchise is generally really enjoyable? Or does it seem like overkill? fghfg
It depends if they're two seperate games or not. I can't imagine them releasing "2" and then "3" a few months down the line so it would have to be the same game, so I guess it's ok. However I'd prefer one choice rather than two with slightly different features (unless they can connect to each other in a clever way somehow, other than just multiplayer).
- What was your reaction when you heard the news about the Wii U New Super Mario game? What about the 3DS one? Were you shocked? Excited? Disappointed? fgh
In my last article I predicted that they would both have to be the same game because of how close they could release within one another. That part didn't surprise me, but I was hoping that it would've been the illusive Super Mario Bros 4 that was registered not too long ago. Regardless of SMB4, when I saw that NSMB2 was announced all I could say was, "meh, pass". There'll be other 3DS and Wii U games I'd rather spend my money on. The other games in the series were fun enough sure, but I want something different, and seeing as the Wii U game is also going to be NSMB2 I was even more disappointed because it doesn't seem like the type of game you want to launch a system with. Plus, I don't think Super Mario Bros 4 would have been that much of a stretch to make compared to NSMB2 so ya, I'm disappointed it's not something else. fghfgh
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- Of the two titles, which sounds most interesting to you? New Super in 3D with throwbacks to Super Mario Bros. 3, or New Super in HD with an emphasis on multiplayer? Explain in detail why you're most excited for the one you chose, and why the other one didn't quite grab your attention as much fgh
I'd have to go for the 3DS version. For a game like this I'd rather pay the cheaper price tag, plus I like the 3D mode, and I don't have a lot of people over to play multiplayer. Also, for Nintendo's new foray into the HD zone, I'd rather have something, hmmm, more worthy of the system's library. A launch title is supposed to show off the system's capabilities and there's probably going to be other Wii U titles that can do it better (like Pikmin 3) whether its made by Nintendo or not. I can't see the Wii U version being THAT much better than the 3DS one so you might as well have a portable, cheaper, 3D version instead. fgh
- Would you rather have waited longer for either a full 3D platformer for Wii U or a spiritual successor to the innovative Super Mario 3D Land? Or are you glad to have these New Super titles in the meantime? Overall, do you think this was a smart decision on Nintendo's part, or it it an underwhelming way to highlight there two new systems?
fgh Yes I definitely would have waited for either of those. New Super Mario Bros was fun while it lasted, but I think it's run its course. I think Nintendo just wanted to rush out a Mario game for Wii U's launch and seeing as its not that hardware intensive they decided to launch it on 3DS too (although it seems too early after SM3DL). I have to wonder what they're up to if they couldn't even get a 3D Mario platformer at or near the Wii U's launch.
Overall, business wise looking at NSMBW's numbers it would be a smart decision to make a sequel, although I don't think now is the right time. The people who buy systems at launch are the die-hard fans who want to play the next big entries in their favourite franchises. So why would you launch a system with a sub-par Mario game? Sure, the fans will be there for other games too but the big sellers are the first party games. I think they'll pass on this for Nintendo's other offerings or just hold off for a while whereas a few years down the line they'd have no problem picking it up after it's established some bigger titles. I don't think it's the right time to launch this game for the Wii U or heck, even for the 3DS.
I would count Super Mario 3D Land as a sidescroller and to hear another sidescroller is coming less than a year later is a little disappointing because I think most people (including myself) were hoping for a 3D platformer more along the lines of 64/DS, Sunshine or Galaxy as the next Mario platformer for the 3D wonder. Now if there was a 3D Mario platformer lined up for the Wii U and no Mario platformer for the 3DS I would completely understand and be fine with that. I'm fine with one Mario platformer in a single year. However, with this NSMB2 move one has to think of the possibilities that could have occurred if they chose a different route and I think people would've preferred an alternate route to the one we're given.
Those are just my two cents on the topic though. If anyone else has any opinions conflicting or agreeing with mine (or something else entirely) please leave a comment, I love hearing people's thoughts.


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The course focuses on the role of the lawyer as an advisor to closely held businesses and their owners. Numerous case studies are used to expose the student to a broad range of structural planning issues and the practical and analytical challenges of the planning process. There is a heavy emphasis on planning traps and creative planning strategies. Different types of closely held businesses are analyzed, compared and contrasted in case studies that raise important issues in co-ownership planning, enterprise funding, owner compensation, structuring profit and capital interests, profit distribution planning, exit and business transition planning, key executive planning and employee relations and benefits. Numerous drafting considerations and implementation mechanics also are reviewed. The course is designed to broaden the student's substantive knowledge on a broad range of issues and to help the student develop three essential planning skills: (1) the ability to identify and address business objectives, not just legal issues; (2) the ability to evaluate and apply specific strategic options; and (3) the ability to effectively communicate with non-lawyers. The text used contains case studies and related problems, as well as resource materials which provide students with background information required to evaluate and develop solutions for the problems. Due to the broad scope of topics covered by the problems, the reading assignments (all of which are in the text) are relatively extensive. Each student will be assigned two of the problems and will be required to (1) participate in a role play exercise with the instructor with respect to each problem (with the student playing the role of lawyer) and (2) write a formal legal memorandum to the instructor (assuming he is a partner in a law firm who has assigned the problem to the student) with respect to the second problem, analyzing the problem and discussing proposed solutions. The role play exercises and memos are graded and constitute 25% of the student's course grade, with the final exam constituting 75%. Prerequisites: Business Organizations I and Taxation I (or equivalent undergraduate or graduate level basic income tax course). Also, for students who have not had Tax I, required summer reading in Tax topics may be substituted: contact Jane Heymann at firstname.lastname@example.com for list of required reading.
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This course will examine intellectual property, viz., patent, trademark (including branding and brand selection), copyright, and trade secret issues in various business contexts. Class meetings will focus upon the theory and practice reflected in current IP business practices and pending cases and transactions dealing with protection and licensing of intellectual property, licensing practices having antitrust implications, contract negotiation, intellectual property commercialization particularly in the highly regulated life sciences space and other current legal issues at the intersection of intellectual property, contract and business law.
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Two Philippine Air Force officers were feared dead after their plane crashed at the mouth of Manila Bay during a training mission on Friday.
The military has launched search-and-rescue operations for the pair on board the SF-260 trainer plane, said Lieutenant-Colonel Ernesto Okol, spokesman for the Philippine Air Force.
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The aircraft plunged into the uninhabited island of La Monja, by Manila Bay, after taking off from a nearby air force base. The cause of the crash was unknown.
Rescuers retrieved a fuel tank, helmet and plane seat from the water but the two officers on board, a major and a lieutenant, remained missing, said provincial police spokesman Inspector Dennis Orbista.
The light propeller aircraft is one of a fleet of 18 purchased by the Philippines from Italy's Alenia Aermacchi in 1991 as part of the military's modernisation programme.
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No matter what their age, students often struggle with long-term assignments, even when those assignments are grade-appropriate. It's important for teachers to remember that most students are not born with good time management skills. Like so many other skills, time management must be taught.
One great way to teach time management is by introducing the "installment plan." Break large projects into smaller pieces or steps, and set deadlines for each "chunk" of work. That way, no student will leave everything for the last minute. Monitor students' progress: collect, evaluate, and return the assignments so that the students can continue to develop their projects until they are complete.
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Sophomore backup guard DeVon Walker struggled from the 3-point line for the better half of the season, but has buried 10 of his last 17 from long range and is now a reliable reserve off the bench for the top-ranked Gators. Not bad for a guy who announced last spring he was transferring, only to change his mind.
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Walking 100 Miles to the Pope
In the past six days, I've walked 75 miles alongside 100 other women. We have 25 miles left to go.
We are 100 women who hail from all four corners of the earth. There are women from Uganda, China, Mexico, Haiti, the Philippines, Mexico, El Salvador, Argentina, Brazil, Vietnam, Peru, the Bahamas, and more. But we all call this country home.
Several grandmothers joined us on this journey, and their perseverance is an example for all of us. Our youngest walker is Jocelyn — she is four years old, and her joy is contagious. We all ask to take turns pushing her stroller. As we walk, we share our stories, our suffering, and our dreams. We sing, we pray, and we also walk in silence — reflecting on our faith, the meaning of compassion, dignity, and hope.
We are all here because we have been inspired by Pope Francis' message of love and compassion towards migrants and refugees. We hope that he will pray for the 11 million undocumented immigrants who endure daily hardship, living in fear of deportation and family separation. We hope that he can touch the hearts of Americans across the nation to treat migrants with compassion and not cruelty.


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University Engagement and Environmental Sustainability
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Universities have a key role to play in contributing to environmental development and combating climate change. The chapters within this volume detail the challenges faced by higher education institutions in considering environmental sustainability, and provide both a broad view of university engagement and a detailed examination of various projects.
As part of this series in association with the Place and Social Capital and Learning (PASCAL) International Observatory, the three key PASCAL themes of place management, lifelong learning and the development of social capital are considered throughout the book.
While universities have historically generated knowledge outside of specific local contexts, this book argues that it is particularly important for them to engage with the local community and to consider diverse perspectives and assets when looking at issues within an ecological context. The chapters in this volume provide new perspectives and frames of reference for transforming universities by engaging in the development of resilient communities.
Community Visioning Programs: Processes and Outcomes
Edited by: Norman Walzer and Gisele F. Hamm
This edited volume examines best practices of community visioning programs used across the U.S. to help cities identify future options and ways to implement strategies to reach them. The book focuses on outcomes achieved by these program as well as variations in approaches and techniques such as Breakthrough Solutions and Strategic Doing.
Community Engagement and Service Mission of Universities
Edited by: Patricia Inman & Hans G. Schuetze
The untapped energy of universities and other institutions of higher education to address regional issues seems endless. Issues less defined by political boundaries and increasingly defined by place call for a new type of engagement. Generating knowledge with communities rather than for communities contrasts sharply with traditional university attitudes that offer expertise rather than appreciation of indigenous knowledge. This highly topical book addresses the widespread discussion about the regional community function of universities, with particular emphasis on economic and social development, discussing the challenges of engagement, but also the possibilities. Developing policy with such a worldview requires new skills focusing on developing relationships and facilitating collaboration. Finding common ground between diverse stakeholders requires innovation and a new set of tools. This book discusses the obstacles to collaboration and provides strategies for addressing these.
Essential reading for international researchers, practitioners and policy makers concerned with higher education and government, the book provides a foundation for understanding the concepts of both regional policy and engaged higher education institutions. In addition to the theoretical insights gained into the new relationship between universities and communities, the text also illustrates the theory with experiences and innovative examples from well-known institutions of higher education.


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