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Statement by Ambassador Wittig the conclusion of his term as Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission
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Excellencies and distinguished colleagues,
Ambassador Amb Eugene-Richard Gasana, Chairperson-elect of the PBC,
Ms. Cheng-Hopkins, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support,
A year ago, the members of this Committee entrusted me with a responsibility to chair the Peacebuilding Commission. It was a critical juncture of its evolution. I assumed this responsibility succeeding three colleagues who left behind distinctive marks which guided my steps in this office.
2010 was a year where "peacebuilding" and the future role of the United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture were re-examined. The mandated review by our colleagues from Ireland, Mexico and South Africa offered us an opportunity to look at the potentials of and the challenges facing the Commission.
You would agree with me that the review helped us regenerate our confidence in the future of the Commission. It also reiterates our commitment towards enhancing its impact in the field. I recently shared and discussed with the Committee and the chairs of the various configurations my proposal for a "roadmap of actions in 2011" to take forward the recommendations of the review. The suggested roadmap will hopefully help us focus on key priorities for the next year and engage all UN and non-UN actors.
Excellencies and distinguished colleagues,
In the inaugural meeting of this Committee under my chairmanship last year, I shared with you certain objectives for the PBC in 2010 which, in my view, deserved particular attention. Allow me to briefly revisit these objectives by underscoring three main areas:
First: enhancing the role of the PBC as a platform for building and strengthening partnerships with the International Financial Institutions, regional and sub-regional organizations and other relevant global initiatives.
Last year, I undertook to prioritize this area and worked in close consultations with the Chairs of the country configurations and the PBSO. My visit to the IFIs in February 2010 and the follow-up meetings of the Committee with senior World Bank and IMF officials all aimed at confirming the PBC's keen interest to forge a viable partnership, in particular at the country-level. A number of ideas emerged from these interactions and deserve follow-up. I am gratified to learn that the partnership with the World Bank is advancing quite well in certain countries on the PBC agenda. The release of the 2011 World Development Report on Peace, Conflict and Development will be an occasion to explore further how the World Bank and the PBC could work together to strengthen the linkage between peace and development, between the short-term nature of critical peace dividends and the longer term requirement for sustainable peace.
Furthermore, we convened the first dialogue with the AU Peace and Security Council. It confirmed that the PBC and the AU would mutually benefit from working in partnership in the areas of political accompaniment and advocacy for the countries on the Commission's agenda. I was personally pleased with the degree of enthusiasm demonstrated by the members of the AU PSC and the AU Commission. It calls for intensifying our common work at the HQ and country-levels.
I also participated in the first global meeting of the International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding which took place in Dili, Timor Leste last year. The meeting provided a good opportunity to learn more closely about the objectives and scope of this interesting intitiative and the areas of potential collaboration in countries where the PBC and the Dialogue are involved. It would be important for the PBC to explore how the dialogue may contribute to enhancing resource flows for critical peacebuilding priorities and gaps.
Second: enhancing the role of the PBC's instrument of engagement as framework for mutual accountability and for monitoring progress towards broader peacebuilding objectives.
In 2010, the Commission responded to a new request for advice from Liberia, making it the fifth country to be placed on our agenda. Liberia challenged the Commission to demonstrate its ability to diversify and adapt its approach to the varying needs and priorities of countries in different stages of its peacebuilding processes. More than than: it offered an opportunity for the Commission, the Liberian and UN actors to design an instrument of engagement around the principals of national ownership and mutual commitments: with clear targets and a review mechanism to help deliver and monitor these commitments. I am confident that under the guidance of His Royal Highness, Prince Zeid Al Hussein, and with the serious engagement of the members of the Liberia Configuration, the Commission can deliver in this crucial area which would prove its value added and real impact in the field.
Likewise, the Commission's engagement with the other four countries on the agenda continues to prove that our instruments of engagement are adaptable to changing circumstances and needs.
In this regard, I highly welcome the increased cooperation and coordination between the Chairpersons of the five Country Specific Configurations of the PBC, as also demonstrated last week by their first joint statement in a Security Council debate on post-conflict institution building.
Third: achieving a more structured relationship between the PBC, the General Assembly, Security Council and ECOSOC.
Throughout 2010 and most recently last week, the Security Council convened a number of debates with direct relevance to the UN peacebuilding agenda and the work of the PBC. As Chair of the PBC, I was invited by the Council to address these debates where I echoed the membership's views on the areas which can benefit from closer interaction between the two bodies. Most prominent among these areas, is the synergy between peacekeeping and peacebuilding. I am pleased to note that there is increasing openness on the part of the Council to draw on the advice of the PBC in this area. All peacebuilding related statements made by the respective Council presidents confirmed this sentiment. Most recently, the first informal dialogue of the Security Council with the Chair of the Liberia Configuration took place where the Chair, the representative of Liberia and the SRSG for UNMIL interacted informally and constructively.
The countries with common membership of the Council and the PBC played a crucial role in encouraging this important step towards a more structured relationship. These countries, including my own, should continue to help ensure that the Council draws on the broader peacebuilding perspectives and potential partnerships with other non-UN actors, which the PBC is capable of offering.
The relationships with the General Assembly and ECOSOC continued to develop and promise to generate increased understanding and appreciation of the challenges of post-conflict peacebuilding among the broader membership of the UN. We should continue to develop the relations with the two bodies as we attempt to broaden the base for engagement and support to countries on the PBC agenda.
In addition, we also had the opportunity to address important processes that are increasingly defining the UN peacebuilding agenda: for example the Commission contributed thoughts to the Secretary General`s report on Peacebuilding in the immediate aftermath of conflict, his report on Women`s participation in Peacebuilding and to the upcoming report on the Review of International Civilian Capacities. The PBC also continued to engage in policy discussions on the role and activities of the Peacebuilding Fund.
I trust that under the guidance of Ambassador Gasana, the PBC will continue to pursue additional progress towards meeting these broad objectives.
Finally, I wish to acknowledge the role of the Peacebuilding Support Office,and of Assistant Secretary-General Cheng-Hopkins, in support of the Commission's work and activities. Despite being faced by enormous capacity challenges and high turn-over of staff, PBSO has still demonstrated the necessary dedication and professionalism which the PBC will continue to count on. The role of PBSO assumes particular importance as the PBC seeks to draw on the expertise and commitment of operational entities within and outside the United Nations.
Excellencies and distinguished colleagues,
We should take pride in the fact that "peacebuilding" is gradually evolving as a key feature of the United Nations' role in post-conflict countries. We should count on the engagement of the Secretary-General to ensure that peacebuilding becomes a strategic priority for the Organization. His recent reports on peacebuilding and on women's participation in peacebuilding, speak for his increasing commitment.
Let me conclude by noting that there is increasing conviction that the international community can no longer afford to fail in shouldering its responsibility towards the populations in countries affected and emerging from conflict. We learned our lessons in many places and we promised to do better the next time. Let us insist that we will deliver on this promise. Let us start from here: the Peacebuilding Commission.
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The big-box arcade and restaurant chain worked with Apriva, a Scottsdale, AZ-based provider of secure mobile commerce and payment processing technologies, to develop the app for its PowerCard, a payment medium used at all its locations. Apriva also has developed cashless vending system for vending operators.
"Dave & Buster's recognizes that a growing number of customers want the convenience of a mobile payment solution, without compromising security," said Paul Coppinger, president of Apriva.
In addition to mobile Power Card charging, the Dave & Buster's charging station app allows users to track and check their balances, rewards points and tickets earned toward Winners Circle prizes. The app also includes a location finder that directs users to the restaurant and entertainment chain's nearest location.
Dave & Buster's fans can download the app using their Android or iPhone instruments, and sign up for an account. They then input a Power Card by entering the number and four-digit PIN on the back of the card. (Power Cards without four-digit PINs can be swapped for a new card at any Dave & Buster's location.) To recharge the Power Card, users enter credit card information and authorize payment.
"When guests come to D&B, they get state-of-the-art games, and we wanted charging a Power Card to be high-tech, too," said Sean Gleason, chief marketing officer of Dave & Buster's. "We're passionate about play, and with this new app you can pack even more play into your time at D&B."


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By Noah Haglund Herald Writer
LYNNWOOD — Seven years ago, a patch of woods north of Snohomish County's Meadowdale Beach Park became the subject of protracted legal battle between a developer and neighbors.
The developer wanted to build about 70 houses on the 13-acre property known as Seabrook Heights. Neighbors said building that many homes on the steep, wet terrain would have put their land, and the county park, at further risk of landslides and other impacts from runoff.
The county hearing examiner and the County Council in 2009 agreed with the neighbors, forcing developer West View Properties to submit new plans. That happened the following year, but the stagnant housing market sidelined the project.
With the housing market on the rebound, Lynnwood is making a serious bid to buy the land for conservation. To pay for it, the city has asked Snohomish County for $7 million in grants. An advisory board is set to consider the request, and many others vying for the same dollars, next week.
In a letter to the city, West View's David Beck said he'd entertain an offer to sell. Plans to build the houses, however, are also moving forward.
"If he's willing to negotiate for a price that everybody thinks is fair, it gets preserved as really a nice extension to Meadowdale Beach Park," said David Allais, president of a neighbors group opposed to the housing development.
If the development does happen, "The runoff and the potential effects of the runoff are really the scary part," Allais said.
Lynnwood's proposal is one of 29 projects competing for $25 million in Conservation Futures grants. Together, the requests total about $34 million.
The county's Conservation Futures Advisory Board is scheduled to listen to 15-minute presentations for each proposal on Aug. 20, 21 and 23, with a decision expected the final day. Lynnwood's Seabrook presentation is scheduled for 3:40 p.m. Aug. 20, in Willis Tucker Community Park's Vista Conference Room.
After the vote, County Executive John Lovick's office will send the recommendations to the County Council for a final vote, which could come by the end of September.
The upcoming Conservation Futures grants are the result of a $120 million bond sale in April that's also helping to pay for a new courthouse ($75 million), road projects ($5.2 million) and park infrastructure ($3.6 million), among other work.
The county is not raising taxes to pay back the Conservation Futures bonds. It plans to repay them through future property taxes already collected for conservation.
County Councilman Dave Gossett proposed the move earlier this year, to take advantage of low interest rates before land prices rise further and natural areas are lost to development.
The county made a similar move in 1996. With $24 million worth of bonds, the county was able to buy land in Robe Canyon, parcels along the Centennial Trail, the Narbeck wetlands near Paine Field and in the Meadowdale Beach area.
"I'm really excited that we're going to be able to move forward on this," Gossett said, "that we're going to be able to appropriate the funds and to start buying the property."
The proposals include farmland, woods and wetlands throughout the county, from Woodway to Darrington and Maltby to Stanwood. Most of the applications were made by cities, though nearly a third come from the county's Parks and Recreation Department.
Conservation Futures money is collected from property taxes and can, by law, only be used to preserve land.
The Seabrook Heights property is on unincorporated land north of Lund's Gulch in Lynnwood's future annexation area.
It's contiguous to more than 77 acres of protected land Lynnwood and the Brackett's Landing Foundation have acquired since 1996 using Conservation Futures.
The terrain at Seabrook is similar to the Meadowdale Beach Park, with partial Puget Sound views. Second-growth Douglas fir, western red cedar, hemlock and alder cover the area. There are lots of hills and cliffs, with some grades approaching 78 percent.
A county hearing examiner in 2009 denied the developer's original application, largely to ensure proper drainage in a landslide-hazard area. The developer submitted another application the following year with additional water-retention systems, but about the same number of homes.
Lynnwood's application estimates the land's value at $6.9 million. That's higher than the county's appraised valued of about $4.4 million for the 2009 tax year. The city's grant also includes more than $100,000 for demolishing buildings and other costs.
"To us, as a city, this is a very important request because we believe the development really does threaten the Lund's Gulch area," city parks and recreation director Lynn Sordel said.
In addition to Lund's Gulch, Lynnwood's adjacent conservation lands could be damaged by development at the site, Sordel said.
The Seabrook neighbor who stands to be most affected by development is Carlin McKinley, who lives directly downslope to the south.
"Keeping Seabrook Heights forested through a Conservation Futures Grant will help prevent landslides and erosion that would devastate Meadowdale Beach Park," McKinley told the County Council last week. "We need to save this land from development in order to save Meadowdale Beach park, the watershed, and all the creatures who live therein … including me."
Neighbors say the development would remove about 500 significant trees, leading to increased water runoff in an area with a history of landslides. Further instability could harm native salmon and steelhead in Lund's Gulch.
"Our major concern has been the protection of that park, that gem for Snohomish County," said Forest Hertlein, who lives about a mile away.
Other large conservation futures requests to be considered next week include:
•$3.5 million for about nine acres next to the Deer Creek watershed (town of Woodway)
•$2.7 million for a golf course and other properties totalling 160 acres adjoining Snohomish County's Flowing Lake county park (county Parks and Recreation Department)
•$2.5 million for more Japanese Gulch acquisitions totalling 98 acres (Mukilteo with help from the Forterra nonprofit group)
•$2.3 million for 15 acres of estuary including the former Ovenell farm south of Highway 532 just before the Camano Gateway Bridge (Stanwood)
•$2 million for 10 miles of trail easement along the East Side Rail Corridor between Brightwater and Snohomish, for use as an extension of the Centennial Trail (county Parks and Recreation Department)
•$1.7 million for about 167 acres east of Snohomish, including about 1,500 lineal feet on Storm Lake (county Parks and Recreation Department)
•Nearly $1.2 million for about 4.4 acres in the Hall Creek Conservation Area (Mountlake Terrace)
•$1.1 million for an easement on Anderson Farm, which includes about 210 acres along Highway 530 east of Arlington (Forterra)
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What Does Extensible CAS Mean? #
hacking, November 13th 2011
Yesterday I said SBCL now had extensible CAS. Was sind paranormale Tonbandstimmen, what is CAS, and why should you care if it's extensible? Turn off the music and I'll tell you.
CAS is short for compare-and-swap. Compare-and-swap is a fairly common atomic operation. It compares the current value of a memory location with another value, and if they are the same it replaces the value of that memory location with a specified new value.
Depending on the language and the exact design of the interface, it might just return true for success, or it might return the old value. In SBCL it does the latter, which is sometimes very convenient, but also means you need to compare the return value to the expected-old-value you specified to know if CAS succeeded.
Because it is atomic, if you have two threads doing CAS on the same memory location in parallel, only one can succeed:
(let* ((x (list nil)) (a (join-thread (make-thread (lambda () (cas (car x) nil :a))))) (b (join-thread (make-thread (lambda () (cas (car x) nil :b)))))) ;; Because CAS is atomic, we know that exactly one of the threads ;; will succeed — but we can't know which beforehand. (cond ((not a) ;; A returned NIL, therefore it replaced the CAR with :A ;; and therefore B must return :A and do nothing. (assert (and (eq :a (car x)) (eq :a b)))) ((not b) ;; ...and vice versa. (assert (and (eq :b (car x)) (eq :b a)))) (t (error "WTF? Broken CAS?"))))
If you have the least bit of threads on your mind, you can imagine how this can be quite useful.
Out of the box current bleeding edge SBCL supports CAS on a number places: car, cdr, first, rest, svref, slot-value, standard-instance-access, funcallable-standard-instance-access, symbol-value, symbol-plist, and defstruct-defined slot accessors with slot types fixnum and t. (Note: slot-value is not currently supported by CAS if slot-value-using-class or friends are involved — that's still in the works.)
With the exception of slot-value all of those pretty much come down to a single LOCK:CMPXCGH instruction on Intel architectures.
...but what it you have a data structure — say a queue of some sort — and want to implement cas-queue-head which does CAS on the first element of the queue. Fine. You can do that without any CAS support from the implementation by using eg. a lock.
...but what if you want to write a macro that operates on a CAS-able place?
(defmacro my-atomic-incf (place &optional (delta 1)) "Spins till it succeeds in atomically incrementing PLACE by DELTA. PLACE must be CASable." ;; OOPS! We're multiply-evaluating PLACE. (with-gensyms (old new n-delta)) `(let* ((,old ,place) (,n-delta ,delta) (,new (+ ,old ,n-delta))) (loop until (eq ,old (setf ,old (cas ,place ,old ,new))) do (setf ,new (+ ,old ,n-delta))) ,new))
Now imagine some hapless user doing:
(loop with i = 0 while (< i (length vec)) do (my-atomic-incf (svref vec (1- (incf i)))))
Where instead of I increasing by 1 each time through the loop and iterating across the whole vector, it could increase I by who-knows-how-many on a single attempt skipping entries and even running out of bounds. Ouch.
Turns out that to write a macro that operates on a CASable place you need something analogous to get-setf-expansion, except for CAS instead of SETF. As of yesterday, SBCL has sb-ext:get-cas-expansion that you can use to write a macro like my-atomic-incf correctly and safely.
(defmacro my-atomic-incf (place &optional (delta 1) &environment env) (multiple-value-bind (vars vals old new cas-form read-form) (sb-ext:get-cas-expansion place env) (with-gensyms (n-delta) `(let* (,@(mapcar 'list vars vals) (,old ,read-form) (,n-delta ,delta) (,new (+ ,old ,n-delta))) (loop until (eq ,old (setf ,old ,cas-form)) do (setf ,new (+ ,old ,n-delta))) ,new))))
What's more, we've now have the notion of a generalized CASable place, just like Common Lisp has the notion of a generalized SETFable place.
This means that the person who has written cas-queue-head can use defcas, define-cas-expander, or even just:
(defun (sb-ext:cas queue-head) (old new queue) (cas-queue-head queue old new))
to make queue-head a CASable place on equal footing with the baked-in ones — so that
(my-atomic-incf (queue-head queue))
will Just Work. (Assuming your cas-queue-head works and is atomic, of course. The system will not magically make it atomic — meaning you will either have to use CAS internally, or lock, or... well, it depends on what you're doing.)
I think that's pretty nifty. I'm still looking at adding support for (cas slot-value-using-class), which will be even niftier. Who says there's no innovation in open source? (Maybe I'm feeling a bit hubristic right now. I'll come down soon enough when the first bug-reports hit the fan.)
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The VVC Cocktail Lounge: Hot & Spiked
Yes, that's an alcoholic beverage in my ultra-cheesy chipped mug. So it's not very classy, but my name's spelled right, and who doesn't love rainbows? My chipped mug has stood by me for the past 30 years, and I always turn to it in times of need.
Alas, I am ill. Not horribly so, but I don't want to do anything but watch marathons of hour-long dramas, curl up with a kitten, and drink hot stuff out of mugs. And while we all know old-timey cures are not the way to go today—see ya later, bloodletting, laudanum, and tapeworms—one I'm willing to give a shot is the warm cocktail.
Not having the energy or even desire to mull wine for an hour, I turned to my fall favorite, fresh apple cider. I sliced up a mandarin orange and added a few cloves and a couple of cinnamon sticks (sunken treasure!), warming the cider for maybe 10 minutes on very low heat. At the end I poured in one shot of brandy per 5-ounce serving of cider.
This could easily be made in a big batch for a group, maybe board-game night or an evening around a campfire…you know, something fun that normal, healthy people do.


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DAZ and Smith Micro have made considerable inroads into improving compatibility between Poser and Genesis. At long last one of the premiere tutorial authors from the community turns his hand to leading you through the conversion process simply and easily, resulting in the best "poseable" Genesis that can be had at this time. Littered with hints and tips, including bonus Python scripts to improve clothing and hair conforming, this is the must-have tutorial for Poser users wanting to get to grips with DAZ3D's industry-leading figure – Genesis.
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- Full illustrated 50+ page tutorial on the full conversion process, including conforming hair and clothing.
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- Bonus Python scripts to quickly improve the conforming of one item of clothing at a time, or everything that Genesis is wearing all at once.
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- The Python scripts must be installed to your Poser Pro 2012 or Poser 9 folder - NOT the Content/Runtime folder, but where the program was actually installed.
- Updated to Version 1.2 with the following Changes:
- Section 1.5 has a new segment about rendering thumbnails. Image and 3 paragraphs.
- Section 3.2.1 has been expanded to mention other material options at the end.
- There is now a tiny extra section 3.3 added to cover saving Genesis back to the Poser Library.
- Extra section 4.4 briefly mentioning converting clothing from Poser to Genesis and back to Poser.
- Much extended section 5.4 to document the extra Python scripts (increased from 2 to a total of 10)
- CorrectLimits
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- Match_All_JCs
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- MatchJCs
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- SmoothPolysOff
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- Extra section 5.6 discussing locked dials when conformed.
- Extra section 5.7 discussing differences between DAZ Studio and Poser using a dress to demonstrate what's going on.
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Teen arrested for Medina High School fire
(Medina) - Medina firefighters responded to the high school Tuesday morning for a report of smoke coming from the Performing Arts Center.
Medina High School Communications Director Jeanne Hart says maintenance employees noticed smoke in the scene shop area and called firefighters around 7:20am. There were few employees and students in the building at the time, but everyone was evacuated. No one was hurt.
Medina Police say 19-year-old Davon Phillips of Medina was arrested and charged with Aggravated Arson, a felony of the first degree.
Police say Phillips is a June graduate of Medina High School and was employed at the time of the fire as a custodial worker by the school.
"This was great team work from fire fighters, investigators and school officials", said Medina Mayor Dennis Hanwell. "Our detectives got on it quick and didn't stop until they had the answers. I'm proud of them all."
Investigators report the fire was contained to a room in the rear stage area that was used to build sets for productions at the Performing Arts Center and contained a supply of wooden building materials.
Phillips is in the Medina County Jail pending a bond hearing before Judge Dale Chase of the Medina Municipal Court.
The fire did not affect summer classes. The Medina County Arson Task Force also assisted in the investigation along with the Ohio Fire Marshal's Office.
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Adam Sandler
Turned 47, September 9. Adam Sandler has directed and starred in dozens of blockbuster comedies, earning over $2 billion at the box office. He first reached national prominence as a cast member on SNL in the early 1990s. However, his real start was on another beloved TV program, The Cosby Show, in which Sandler played Theo's friend Smitty.
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Swiffer Brings "Sexist" a Whole New Meaning
I love television. I willingly gave 6 years of my life to Lost, watch the Daily Show for ALL of my news, and I can't even do my homework on my laptop without first checking Hulu for updates on shows I've missed. But nothing compares to my love for commercials. As a journalism student, I find myself analyzing every advertisement for subliminal messages using lighting, colors, word choice, and imagery to figure out what message they are trying to get across. But a set of commercials that really grind my gears with their obvious sexism comes from that space-age mop known as Swiffer.
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Catholic and Dominican Institute at Mount Saint Mary College will
present the second annual Messiah lecture: "The Messianic Idea in
the Dead Sea Scrolls," March 29 at 7 pm, Hudson Hall Auditorium, on
the campus at 330 Powell Avenue, Newburgh.
The public is invited to this free event which is also sponsored
by the Mount's philosophy and religious studies program.
Dr. Lawrence Schiffman (right), a scrolls expert and vice
provost for undergraduate education at Yeshiva University, will
speak about the Dead Sea Scrolls including the usual one-messiah of
David concept as well as a two-messiah scheme--messiahs of Aaron
and Israel.
The illustrated lecture, which also includes comments on the End
of Days, will explore these views and their relevance to the
messianic ideas of Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism.
A question and answer session will follow.
In addition to the Dead Sea Scrolls, Schiffman is a specialist
in Judaism in late antiquity, the history of Jewish law, and
Talmudic literature.
He was featured in the PBS Nova series "Secrets of the Dead Sea
Scrolls," in BBC documentaries on the scrolls, on the McNeil-Lehrer
Report, and on a Discovery special. He also appeared in the
educational series "Mysteries of the Bible," on Arts and
Entertainment (A&E), and "Kingdom of David" on PBS, as well as
in documentaries produced by CNN and National Geographic. He holds
bachelor's, master's and PhD degrees from Brandeis University.
Mount Saint Mary College's Catholic and Dominican Institute is
rooted in the Catholic intellectual tradition. It promotes the
college's Dominican heritage; advances the Dominican charism of
learning and service; provides a forum for discussion of
contemporary ethical issues; and enhances Catholic and Jewish
dialogue. Following on the success of last year's inaugural
philosophy workshop which attracted scholars from around the world,
The Catholic and Dominican Institute will host: "Thomas Aquinas and
the Mind/Body Problem," on June 21-24, which will explore Aquinas'
philosophy of the human person and how it relates to dilemmas in
contemporary philosophy of mind.
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The Warriors scored their first goal halfway through the first half on a Katie Sullivan goal assisted by Rosy Escobar and Meghan Bullock. Escobar assisted on Southern Wesleyan's second goal as well when she connected with Bullock who headed in a goal with twenty six minutes remaining in the game to put the Warriors up 2-0.
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Since the early 1970s, Paul Kos has challenged conventions of art media and subject matter. For a global audience, he staged new possibilities for artistic treatments of time, space, and cultural systems. His interests address basic relationships between the artist and the creative process. Included in this investigation are elementary dialogues between man and nature, and the individual and social constructs. Both joy and paradox are unearthed in his mining of the everyday.
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By Benjamin Hill / MLB.com | June 14, 2013 6:35 AM ET
This offseason, the Brooklyn Cyclones experienced something that had likely never before occurred in the history of professional baseball.
Shrimp in the dugout.
This was one of many surreal and off-putting sights seen at the Cyclones' home of MCU Park this past October, as flooding from Superstorm Sandy completely inundated the facility and caused major damage. MCU Park, and its Coney Island environs in general, were hit hard by two bodies of water. Surges from Gravesend Bay, located to the north, decimated the team store and front offices while cascading waters from the Atlantic Ocean flooded the entirety of the playing field (hence, the shrimp in the dugout).
MCU Park was hit harder than any other Minor League facility that found itself in the path of Superstorm Sandy -- the Staten Island Yankees and Jersey Shore-based Lakewood BlueClaws operate in areas that were tremendously affected overall, but the stadiums themselves escaped relatively unscathed -- and the end result was a stadium in dire need of repair.
That's just what the Cyclones have been doing over the past seven months, engaging in a frenzied rebuilding effort that culminates with Tuesday's Opening Day festivities. This season marks the 13th for the Cyclones, the Class A Short-Season affiliate of the New York Mets, and given what transpired this offseason, it is sure to be a meaningful one.When I spoke with Cyclones general manager Steve Cohen in early November, he downplayed the damage that MCU Park had suffered. We were talking about a baseball stadium, after all, which was far down the list of priorities given what had just transpired.
"This is not about us and we won't make it about us," he said at the time. "Not when we have fans two blocks away who have lost their homes."
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"Without a doubt, this has felt like getting ready for the first season all over again," said Cohen on Wednesday afternoon. "But when you're building a new stadium, you have an agenda and obviously know what needs to be done. You're dealing with architects and project managers and people like that. This has been different in that respect."
Cohen said that, this offseason, "every day was like a new adventure." He and his staff worked out of temporary trailers while tackling the significant task of rebuilding the damaged areas of the stadium.
"Never in a million years did I think the cleanup process would be as detailed as it ended up being," he continued. "We were dealing with seawater and sewage inside the ballpark and had to go room to room to figure out exactly what we needed to do."
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"We keep thinking we're in great shape and that we've got everything we need, but I won't be surprised if on [Opening Day] morning, we still have a list of things we need to run out and buy."
MCU suffered little external damage and the seating bowl is intact, so most of the repairs done at MCU Park were of the type that the average fan wouldn't notice. Areas such as the locker rooms, kitchens and front offices had to be entirely redone, but these areas are largely closed to the public at large. But what the fans will certainly notice is the completely refurbished team store and, even more so, the playing field itself.
The combination of salt water and pollutants that deluged the field during the storm rendered it permanently unplayable, and in its place the Cyclones have installed a synthetic grass surface with the brand name of FieldTurf. This surface will be able to better withstand the wear-and-tear of the non-baseball events regularly held at MCU Park (such as concerts and wrestling matches) and, more importantly, it is far more durable in the face of severe weather.
When the Cyclones kick off their home season on Tuesday, it will come during an exciting time for Coney Island in general. Three days later, on the first night of summer, the 262-foot Parachute Jump (a defunct amusement ride visible from the stadium) will debut an elaborate new lighting scheme. And the very next day is the Mermaid Parade, a day-long costumed cavalcade that attracted 750,000 spectators in 2012.
All of this goes to show that, despite the devastation wrought by Sandy, Coney Island is alive and well.
"It's a long, long process. There are still a lot of issues to deal with, and it's not like it's all just going to go away," said Cohen. "But after what's happened over the past months, I know people are really looking forward to getting out here again. I know we're looking forward to getting Opening Day in the books."
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The rocker proposed to his girlfriend last week in elaborate fashion, including an aerial tour of the city in a police helicopter. He shared details of the experience on Instagram over the weekend, expressing his gratitude to the Las Vegas police department and giving a special thanks to Captain David O'Leary for making the arrangements.
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That was the most incredible day of our life!! Special thx to the Las Vegas Police Dept. for the most amazing helicopter private tour over Vegas! We landed in a field at Police headquarters were I had a table set up covered in roses n a bottle of the bubble stuff for@naty_yummi8 as we walked up to the table@karikaisner slipped me the ring, and thats when I proposed! it was beautiful she didn't expect a thing, it was magical. And thanks to our good friends for helping making it all happen!! Dave and @nitaoleary@tommyoleary
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Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 7:15 pm
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I hope I'm not the only Colts fan out there...
Obviously, I'd like to see the colts pick up a good corner through the draft, and maybe a DT and LB either through the draft or free agency. Out of the CBs available in the 1st round, the ones I'd think would drop to the Colts pick are Justin Miller and Corey Webster, and I think Miller would be the better pick because of Indy's CBs lack of speed.
Does anyone know of some CBs, LBs, and DTs that will be free agents and a good fit for the Colts?
Or some good low round LBs and DTs?
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marlin jackson might make it down to the end of the first round. antwaun rogers could be a good low round draft pick a corner and so could markus curry. Any of the LSU linebackers could go in a low round. Either daniel or josh bullocks if one leaves early would be a good lower round pick for indy.
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Of course the big fish in the Free Agent market would be Charles Woodson, but with Edge apparently going to be resigned, there probably isn't the money.
To be honest, I think now is the time to package Edge to another team. He will want a huge deal, he is at the peak of his marketibility, and the truth is, the 350+ carry NFL mentality now is likely to end up shortening his career significantly.
Miami would likely give up the #1 (four overall), probably some defense talent (maybe Patrick Surtain and/or a linebacker) and maybe a later pick to acquire Edge. Given Rhodes/Mungro's performance in the past, the availibility of running backs in this draft (Cadillac, Fason, even Clarett) and other low dollar FA's (Lamont Jordon, Derrick Blaylock, etc.), there might never be a better time to move him.
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that trade is wack
your saying the fourth pick overall, surtain, and a lower round pick is worth edge?
t.o. was a second rounder
corey dillon was a second rounder
edge will be the fourth pick overall...nothing else added to the deal
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Speculation is pretty pointless as no such trade is going to happen. They will most likely either sign him to a new deal or franchise him. I have very mixed feelings on it, but anyway...
I wonder how Polian will screw up this year's #1 pick? Hey maybe we can get another midget safety
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Big difference. TO and Dillon were not going to resign, under any circumstances, and everyone knew it- thus the lowball offers.
Ricky Williams drew that kind of trade bait from the Saints, and I believe Miami is particularly desperate. Maybe not the late rounder, but I believe #4 and Surtain, maybe a through in other defender is possible.
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I doubt the dolphins will let surtain go, they need cap room b/c they are $17 mill over the cap right now. They will probably get rid of Sam Madison in a trade if anyone. But Miami wants Shaun Alexander.(along with Leinhart).
Go Dolphins.
P.S. If you were smart you would have made a trade for DE Adwale Ogunleye last season.
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Polian has done a pretty good job...
passed on ryan leaf for PM
passed on ricky williams for the Edge
Bob Sanders is a pretty hard hitter...nothing is wrong with his size if he can hit
...talking about hits...Asante Samuel leveled the crap out of Stokely
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After watching the game agaisnt the Pats this weekend its clear what the colts need to do!!
For one I wouldnt use Franchise tag on Egar James not after signing Harrison keeping one of them was the right move and James should of been the guy but they signed Harrison to long term contract and edge is not worth the top 5 pay in rbs in the Nfl your a passing team first.
You need to take that money and fix your leaky defense so you score 28 points agame instead of 35 without edge!!
Defense Tackle and Defense end and Outlinebacker and coner you need all kinds of crap on defense its time for the fans to start screaming for DEFENSE!!!!
Your team has an Elite Offense with or without James get some Defense make a trade with Buffalo for Henry if you have to hes going to cost less then james.
But for god sake get some Defense!!!
You have to stand bye your convictions, sometimes you might stand alone does ANYONE THINK CUSTER IDEA MARCHING INTO LITTLE BIG HORN WAS A GOOD ONE?
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I agree with Lion King. Edgerrin James is a great running back and would garner a lot of bait from teams that would want him. Getting a draft pick from Miami and Surtain would definitely give the Colts a big boost on the defensive side, and a high pick for another premier defensive playmaker or a rookie running back in maybe Cedric Benson, Cadillac, or Ronnie. Edge practically didn't contribute at all against the New England Patriots, and it's time for the Colts to move on. As long as they have Manning and Harrison, they'll be fine.
Manning always draws the attention of every defense so it shouldn't be too hard for a running back to fit into the Colts potent offensive system. Although a unilateral team can dominate in the wildcard or even division (like the Colts did last year to the Broncos and Chiefs), a high level balance on both the offensive and defensive side wins the conference games and the super bowl. The four remaining teams: Patriots, Steelers, Falcons, and Eagles are great offensive and defensive teams. If the Colt continue to boastfully disregard strengthening their defense, they may very well be next year's Kansas City Chiefs, a potent offense, with zero defense. Especially if in any case, a key playmaker on the Colts offense were to get injured. The Colts need INSURANCE for their offense with their defense. I mean seirously, the only above average defensive player on the Colts, is the sack-leading pass rusher Dwight Freeny, and although he's amazing, he can't do it all by himself.
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I like the colts they are my favorite team outside Detroit, but you guys have to fix your defense you cant let teams run the ball for 200 yards in a playoff game and control the clock for 9 mins a crack keeping all your best players on the sidelines.
James wont bring much in the open market because its flooded with Henry and Alexander and not to mention 3 rbs in the Draft and they all will go in the first round.
Portis went to washington for Bailey and some chips but really with whats out there I would let James go and use the money on the defense side get Woodson Cb draft a Defensive Tackle first round offer Buffallo 2nd rounder for Henry or hell even the A train could run in indy and you could get him cheap.
Bottom line Woodson and a Young Stud Tackle makes your defense 50% better peirod from day one.
You have to stand bye your convictions, sometimes you might stand alone does ANYONE THINK CUSTER IDEA MARCHING INTO LITTLE BIG HORN WAS A GOOD ONE?
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Everyone makes some good points here.
I would like to give those of you who think our defense is poor some numbers to look at. The Colts led the NFL in giveaways and takeaways this year(2004) at +19 with 19 interceptions and 17 recovered fumbles. To put this in perspective ATL is at +2, PHI is at +6, NE is at +9 and PIT is at +11.
Also Freeny, who led the NFL in Sacks with 16, is not the only A caliber player on this defensive team. Check this out...the #13 NFL #3 AFC in sacks was Colt Robert Mathis with 10.5 plus 6 forced fumbles and 3 recovered fumbles. AFC #19 Raheem Brock with 6.5 sacks and 2 fumble recoveries, and AFC #29 Montae Reagor with 5 sacks. Pretty impressive front four. However, Mathis was a third down only end which was BS and one of the reasons we aren't still in the post season. When Mathis was in the game the D-line had a different energy and we actually had a pass rush. Too bad he didn't play last weekend(groin).
Now I will admit that we are hurting a little at Linebacker. Cato June was #18 overall in tackling with 110 plus 8 passes defensed and 2 fumbles recovered. David Thornton and Rob Morris weren't consistant enough for me and I truely missed Marcus washington this year. An LSU Backer would be great at the #4.
Are stong safeties are top notch! Bob Sanders and Michael Doss are incredible and both have potential to be Ed Reed-Rodney Harrison types. We should play more nickle and dime and utilize them as an extra blitzing outside linebacker.
Where we are hurting the most is cover corner and free safety. Which brings me to this...I miss David Macklin too.
I like the idea of a Miami trade for a #4 pick and a DB like Surtain and think it could even happen. If we sign Dominic Rhodes for less money and keep James Mungro we can get good value out of Edge now. Rhodes can replace Edge and Mungro is a great third down back. Remember he helped tie the "BIG RECORD" this year.
I promise everyone who reads this post that if we sign EDGE for a big multi-year deal he will start fumbling again and re-injure himself. GET RID OF HIM WHILE THE GETTING IS GOOD!! Besides, let's face it two of those New England losses are on his inability to hold onto the football. And if we win that first game we would have played New England at home.
Law Dawg out...............................
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All of those statistics don't matter if you can't perform at that level during the post-season. Defense is more than just turnovers, it's about tackling, mental focus, consistency, stopping third downs, forcing punts or kicks, allowing no big plays, run and pass defense, etc.
Also, although they may lead the league in turnovers, they still allow to many big plays. Cory Dillon had too many big yard runs during the game, the Colts didn't seem to be able to tackle at all. Statistics can lie, and in reality, besides Freeny, there isn't a defensive playmaker on the team. I don't care what the individual stats may say, there were too many times when Dillon should've been sacked for loss yards or just a few yard gains, but ended up getting the first down or +10 yard gains. Having sporadic moments of defensive playmaking isn't and should never be the standard for defense. Consistency is lacking in the Colts defense.
Also, although Edge fumbled twice in the season opener, having Rhodes and Mungro fill in for James is a big mistake. Rhodes is just as fumble prone as or more than Edgerrin, and Mungro... I don't even know anything about this guy other than the fact that he recieved the 49th TD pass. Also, I believe that if the Colts can't beat NE in Foxboro, they don't deserve to go to the Super Bowl anyways. These football players are professionals, it's their job to perform football at a high level, and weather can't be an excuse. The Colts' perpetual complaints about weather and physical defense as the limiting factor of their poor play against the Patriots is a lame excuse, which is why the Colts have been accused as being soft in the past.
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Peyton is not Peyton without a running threat. First priority on this team is to always keep offense hitting on all cylinders. Systemically, because it is Peyton's greatest strength, this offense depends on the play fake. With the threat of Edge on the stretch play, it gives the OL a slight edge because of Peytons great play fake. Rhodes is NOT enough to be a workhorse back on this team. If Edge goes, we need another potential work horse quality runner, either a free agent or a Fason or Morency in the draft.
Since we have the flexibility to franchise Edge, our first priority is to keep OL intact. Pollard is a dilemma. He has been a good soldier but pass receiving TEs are at a premium and we seemingly have depth here so it might work out best for both to let him go to high bidder. Morris STILL is eminently replaceable but until we bring in his replacement, he has to stay.
The fantasy of getting Surtain AND the Dolphins first rounder is a joke, even by message boards standards. Edge has miles on him, the market is flooded with RBs and Miami's pick is very high. My guess is that we cant get value for Edge and so we franchise him and keep him. In theory we should have a lil cap room since we have new pacts with Marvin and Peyton and new contracts should be cap friendly in first year.
Since we are talking about cant happen wet dream type fantasies . . . how about a 3 way with the skins and vikes with Skins getting Moss, Minn getting Edge, Rod Gardner, one of our safeties, maybe Bashir if we can sign him first, and the Skin's number one, and us getting Smoot and the Vike's number one. With Smoot and two number ones, and out second, we should be able to find a RB and two defensive starters, maybe Travis Johnson or Shaun Cody for our DL in the first, Fason for our RB spot, if we lose an OL we could look at Khalif Barnes or Elton Brown, or DL Canty or Mike Patterson in the second round.
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Hows about trading your 1st rd. pick to Dallas for La'roi Glover and Dallas' 4th rd. pick? You do need DL help and he's been a pro bowler the last 5 yrs.
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Practicing fairness among children
Hi fellow mums!
I'm sure everyone agrees in letting their 2nd baby wear hand-me-downs from their first born. But does any of you feel any pity for the second baby since he/she has no or rarely has new clothes? I admit I do feel that way. But is it totally all right if all my second baby's clothes are hand-me-downs from my first born? Am I being a bad mum here?
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I'm sure everyone agrees in letting their 2nd baby wear hand-me-downs from their first born.
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I doubt your baby knows or cares that they're wearing hand-me-down clothes There are much more important things in your baby's life, such as a loving caring family!
28th November 2013 07:05 AM #4
Hi Mary,
Almost all of my second child's clothes are hand-me-downs. He certainly isn't fussed about what he is wearing! In fact, both my boys sometimes wear clothes that were once my husband's (e.g. they have some lovely knitted jumpers made by my husband's granny). I like the fact that my youngest wears clothes that have meaning and memories for our family.
This also means that we can spend less money on clothes and more on family days out (e.g. swimming or to the farm). This seems like a 'win win' situation to me.
There is no way that you are being a 'bad mum' by letting your children wear hand-me-downs. You are keeping your children warm and appropriately dressed and giving them your love and attention; you are a wonderful mum
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Hi Mary
I kept all my first daughters clothes and they are now worn by my second daughter born six years later. Daughter number two is over the moon when I tell her 'this was your big sister's!'
In addition I have always shopped for my girls at good quality second hand stores. From an environmental perspective as well as a monetary one I see no benefit in spending enormous amounts of money on clothes that will be worn only for a short time. It also makes me less worried about stains.
As for having new clothes, if it really does bother you then encourage some of your relatives or friends to buy some as part of birthday or other special occasion gifts. No child wants to get just clothes but a piece of clothing along with something 'more fun' can be great!
And lastly stop stressing about whether you are a bad mum. A bad mum would not even ask the question!
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Good day. I can relate to Mary. In fact, my 2nd daughter ( 2 yrs old) will tell me that what she is wearing is her sisters clothes. She will not wear anything not hers, so I told her that we are just going to borrow. Same with her sister borrowing her clothes. With my 2nd daughter conscious of her belongings, should I give her hand me downs? Even I, if I wear something that she knows are clothes of her father, she will tell me that I am wearing her papa's clothes!
25th December 2013 06:05 AM #7
I think that your daughter is just interested in pointing out that she is aware when someone is wearing different clothes/ clothes that are interesting to her. I don't think that this means she doesn't want to wear her sister's clothes or feels it unfair. In fact, I think its a good way to start to teach her about sharing and making good use of resources.
Children model the behaviour and attitudes that they experience around them. I would use this as an excellent opportunity to demonstrate your family's attitudes towards sharing possessions and caring for each other.
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Whenever the topic of rules sets are debated on here, it is sometimes argued that it is nonsensical to modify rules for any reason (including reasons aimed at promoting fighter safety) because this weakens the status of the sport of MMA as no other accepted sports has variations in this rule.
However in football (soccer to the Americans and some people in the UK over 50) we have 5 a side, 6 aside, 7 aside, 9 aside and 11 aside games and in youth football ( I don't know about the adult game) different leagues and different tournaments have all kinds of variations such as;
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So if such an established sport can have such variations why should an MMA promoter get stick because s/he decided for example to ban heel hooks on the grounds of fighter safety?
I know some people will come back with all kinds of distinctions about adult and youth games but when I was a kid there was either 5 a side or 11 a side football and if you played 11 a siide at any age it was 45 mins each way on a full size pitch. I will accept that 5 a side is a completely different game but some of the other variations are just bastardisations of the 11 a side game


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