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What great news to start the New Year with. For each of the past few years the residents of New York City have had to sweat out whether or not we could keep our firehouses open. In a neighborhood like ours, with all of the wood framed houses so close to one another, losing a firehouse could be a fatal mistake.
But we are so happy to learn that money has been found to save our firehouse. And that money has been found to keep our libraries open and up to date. And that a little extra cash was found to keep our schools fully staffed and stocked with supplies.
We're assuming that this money has been found because only after all of these vital services have been secured would we expect you to drop half a million dollars on a feasibility study for building a "public greenway" right next to one that already exists.
The "Brooklyn-Queens Greenway" runs from Woodhaven through Richmond Hill and Kew Gardens all the way up to Queens Boulevard. It's a beautiful stretch of land, well used by bicyclists and walkers and runners and nature enthusiasts.
The proposed public greenway – or "QueensWay" as it has become known - is very close to the existing one. In fact, they're not merely close to one another, they intersect.
What an embarrassment of riches – two greenways that cross over one another! It's a good thing all those other vital services are taken care of.
What's that you say? They're not taken care of? We still have to sweat out losing our firehouse this summer? Our kids still have to deal with dwindling hours and staff at our libraries and schools?
Oh dear, that's certainly a disappointment.
Wait a moment, I have an idea. I'll do the feasibility study for you, and for a fraction of the price you're shelling out right now. As a matter of fact, I'll FOC it for you…as in "free of charge." Won't cost the taxpayers a penny and as a result you'll get a beautiful "public greenway" for next to nothing.
All you have to do is erect a nice new sign on the "Brooklyn-Queens Greenway," call it the "QueensWay" and we're good to go.
Now as for the proposed reactivation of the railroad, most of the tracks already exist above ground through Ozone Park so those could probably be reactivated with no bother, provided the residents of Ozone Park don't object. But squeezing it through Woodhaven will be a problem.
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder, an avid supporter of the reactivation, has used a pejorative term about the residents of Woodhaven, calling them NIMBYs, as in "not in my back yard." Not only is it a poor idea to insult those who you wish to convert to your way of thinking, but it's not entirely accurate.
A proper NIMBY is one who advocates for a certain policy only to object when it is placed in his or her own community. For example, calling for more prisons, but objecting when one is built near your home. Or calling for wind power but objecting to the erection of turbines that obstruct your view of the ocean. Those are true NIMBYs.
As far as we can tell, there's no call for a railroad by the residents of Woodhaven, thus negating the charge. Besides the fact, it's undignified for an elected official to resort to name-calling when the residents of Woodhaven are merely exerting their right to defend their community.
I'm sorry, Governor, I got sidetracked, but while I have your ear I'll give you a feasibility study on the railroad, as well. FOC. Run it past the casino to Atlantic Avenue and hook it up with the Long Island Railroad that's been running along Atlantic for over a century. Get the casino to pay for it. End of story.
Thanks for your time, hope this advice helps. Now you can put that half a million bucks to good use protecting the people of New York.
Happy New Year from Woodhaven!


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An Efficacy and Outcome Study of Supplemental Oxygen Treatment in Patients With Suspected Myocardial Infarction (DETO2X-AMI)
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01787110
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : February 8, 2013
Last Update Posted : December 11, 2017
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|First Submitted Date ICMJE
|February 1, 2013
|First Posted Date ICMJE
|February 8, 2013
|Last Update Posted Date
|December 11, 2017
|Actual Study Start Date ICMJE
|April 2013
|Actual Primary Completion Date
|December 30, 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|1-year all-cause mortality [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
1-year all-cause mortality on an intention to treat basis (ITT)
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|Same as current
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|An Efficacy and Outcome Study of Supplemental Oxygen Treatment in Patients With Suspected Myocardial Infarction
|Official Title ICMJE
|DETermination of the Role of OXygen in Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction (DETO2X-AMI) Based on the SWEDEHEART Registry
|Brief Summary
The use of supplemental oxygen in the setting of suspected acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is manifested in international treatment guidelines and established in prehospital and hospital clinical routine throughout the world.
However, to date there is no conclusive evidence from adequately designed and powered trials supporting this practice. Existing data is conflicting and failing to clarify the role of supplemental oxygen in AMI.
The DETO2X-AMI trial is designed to shed light on this important issue.
|Detailed Description
The aim of the DETO2X-AMI trial is to evaluate the role of supplemental oxygen delivery in the setting of acute coronary syndrome myocardial infarction including ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) and unstable angina (UA).
DETO2X-AMI is a multicentre, interventional, controlled, randomized registry based clinical trial (RRCT) recruiting 6600 patients at cardiac care facilities which report into the SWEDEHEART registry throughout the whole of Sweden.
The SWEDEHEART (Swedish Web-system for Enhancement and Development of Evidence-based care in Heart disease Evaluated According to Recommended Therapies) registry is a nationwide used platform allowing a broad population of all-comers access to the broad registry network which includes:
All follow-up will be carried out in SWEDEHEART and other national registries such as the national cause of death register (dödsorsaksregister) or the national patient register (slutenvårdsregister). A similar set-up has been successfully used for the TASTE (Thrombus Aspiration in ST-Elevation myocardial infarction in Scandinavia) trial.
MATERIAL and METHODS:
Patients with normal oxygen saturation (≥90% on pulse oximeter) presenting to the ambulance service or the emergency department (ED) with classical symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and significant ECG changes or elevated cardiac biomarkers (ED) are evaluated for inclusion. If eligible, oral informed consent is obtained by EMD or ED personnel prior to inclusion. Randomization is carried out on the cardiac intensive care unit using a web-based tool as part of registration directly into the national SWEDEHEART registry.
Patients are randomized to either supplemental oxygen delivered by oxymask® (6 L/min) for 12 hours (min 6 hours) or no supplemental O₂. All patients receive standard care according to international ACS guidelines including acute coronary intervention.
Primary efficacy outcome
All-cause mortality at one year in all patients with suspected AMI (ITT).
Secondary efficacy outcomes
In the ITT population and AMI cohort:
In the STEMI cohort: MACE as a composite of all-cause death, rehospitalization with MI, cardiogenic shock, or stent thrombosis* plus as above.
*These outcomes were specified after the trial had started, but before any treatment comparisons were available.
Primary and secondary outcomes will be assessed at 30 days and one year of follow up. Supplementary per-protocol analysis will be performed.
Subgroup analyses consist of predefined subgroups including gender, age, AMI/Non-AMI, Type-I AMI ( STEMI/NSTEMI), smokers, Hb, oxygen saturation levels, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease and diabetes mellitus.
Two main sub studies will be performed:
DETO2X-Biomarkers, a multicenter sub study to the DETO2X-AMI trial assessing if oxygen treatment enhances oxidative stress, systemic inflammation, and markers of apoptosis and MMPs in ACS patients, thereby potentially increasing myocardial damage and cell death, and potentially the prognosis (see separate trial protocol or clinicaltrials.gov NCT02290080 for details).
DETO2X-OXYPAIN 2, a multicenter sub study to the DETO2X-AMI trial at centers with catheter laboratories evaluating a possible analgesic effect of oxygen in using visual-analog scale (VAS).
Follow-up is carried out according to clinical post AMI routine which includes a standardized registration in the SWEDEHEART registry. Mortality data is obtained from the national cause of death register which is linked to SWEDEHEART.
There is no conclusive evidence from adequately designed and powered trials supporting the routine administration of supplemental oxygen in the setting of suspected AMI. The DETO2X-AMI trial is designed to shed light on this important issue and give guidance to future recommendations.
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|Phase 3
|Study Design ICMJE
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|Drug: Oxygen
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|December 30, 2016
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|December 30, 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Inclusion Criteria:
and/or elevated levels of cardiac troponin levels in the ED
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SOUTH WHITLEY — Forty-two and one-half years ago when the average cost of a home was $14,950 and the average income per year was $7,850, South Whitley resident Jeanette Eberhart was just beginning her career as a teller at the former Mayer Branch Bank in South Whitley. Five ownership changes later, Eberhart closed the book on her banking career Thursday, officially retiring. An open house at the bank was held in her honor Friday. "I will miss the people and the girls here, we are like a family," Eberhart said with tears in her eyes. "I have been really close with the girls here at the bank. If we ever had problems we felt like we could share them and I don't feel a lot of people have this." Eberhart and her husband, Jim, have been married for 54 years. Jim will continue to operate Eberhart Soft Water on a part-time basis. As for Jeanette, her hobbies include flowers, gardening and making scrapbooks for her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. "I'm going to catch up working at home and hopefully go see our grandchildren who live out of state," Eberhart said. "I will miss my contact with the people. I have actually worked here since my kids were small." The bank has quite a history in changes, beginning as Mayer Branch and on to Farmers Loan and Trust, INB, NBD, First Federal and now Crossroads Bank. "The Mayer Branch Bank was owned by Mose Mayer and Dick Striggle was my boss when I first started working here in 1968," Eberhart said. "Back then, we had no computers and we balanced at the end of the day by hand," Eberhart said. "If you didn't balance that evening, you didn't go home until you balanced out." In the mid 1970s, Eberhart recalls proof machines, which made the balancing process a lot more efficient and easier to find balancing errors. "It was easy to find an error on the proof machines and this eliminated having to stay around until you balanced out," Eberhart said. "I also worked with Marv Goble for approximately 38 years who was the branch manager up until about four years ago when he retired." Eberhart has seen a lot of branch managers since Goble's retirement, ranging from Jay Arnold, Brad Nelson and the current manager Joe Grant. When asked what her most memorable experience was over the years, she replied, "In September, 2005, we let off balloons in the air for the annual Fall Festival ... the balloons hit some wires and put the entire town out of electricity."


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NEW YORK -- Tennessee Tech's Kevin Murphy heard his name called a little after 10 p.m. Thursday night, the 47th overall pick during the second round of the NBA Draft, when he was selected by the Utah Jazz. Murphy, a high-scoring guard from Atlanta, Ga., became the ninth Golden Eagle to be drafted and the first since John Best in 1993.
Murphy's selection at No. 47 is the third-highest in school history behind Jimmy Hagan, the 18th pick in 1960 by the Minneapolis Lakers, and Best, the 36th pick by the New Jersey Nets.
With the Jazz, Murphy will play in the NBA's Northwest Division of the Western Conference, which includes NBA Finalists Oklahoma City. In that division, Murphy will also get the chance to face another former OVC standout, Kenneth Faried, with the Denver Nuggets.
A finalist for the 2012 Tennessee Tech Outstanding Male Athlete award, Murphy shattered numerous school, conference and national records over the duration of his senior season. He finished season with 2,019 career points in 128 games overall (14th in OVC history) en route to becoming just the 16th player in conference history to score 2,000 career points. His top performances included four 30+ point efforts and 11 20+ point efforts.
Nationally, Murphy finished the season ranked No. 10 in scoring, while his 20.6 points per game led the OVC. He now holds the No. 2 spot on the school's all-time scoring list, and became Tech's all-time leader in games played during the Ohio Valley Conference tournament quarterfinals. In 33 games played during his senior season, Murphy led the team in scoring 20 contests.
A member of the OVC All-Tournament Team for the past two years, Murphy garnered the OVC's Player of the Week award twice this season (on Dec. 19 and Feb. 6) and was also a finalist for CollegeInsider.com's Lou Hensen Player of the Year award.
Murphy's best game of the season was arguably his 50-point performance against SIU-Edwardsville on January 30, which earned him the Capital One Impact Performer of Week award. That effort worked to remain the most points scored by any DI player this year, and the most since Jimmer Fredette scored on March 11, 2011. It is the first time than an OVC player scored 50 points since the 1991-92 season, and the most points scored by any TTU player in school history. His 16 field goals made in that outing also tied the Eblen Center high for most field goals made in a game.
Over the course of Murphy's career, he has racked up 2,019 points to become just the second player in Golden Eagle history to have surpassed 2,000 career points. Ahead of him is Earl Wise (1986-90) with 2,196 career points.
Murphy averaged 15.6 points per game from 2008-12, played in 128 games (the most of any Golden Eagle in history) and started in 100. He tallied 533 rebounds and 252 assists on his career, and shot at a .437 mark from the floor. He also shot over 40 percent from behind the arc in his last two seasons as a Golden Eagle, finishing his career with a .366 accuracy from downtown.
Previous Golden Eagles drafted (round/overall
1956 - Bruce Harris; Fort Wayne Pistons (na/na)
1985 - Herb Merritt; Detriot Pistons (11/76)
1960 - Jim Hagan; Minneapolis Lakers (3/18)
1967 - Ron Filipek; Philedelphia 76ers (9/100)
1969 - Frank Bartleson; Baltimore Bullets (10/141)
1976 - Frank Jones; Buffalo Braves (7/118)
1990 - Milos Babic; Phoenix Suns (2/50)
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It seems The Joy Factory has reached a point where it's more interested in rebadging OEM products than focusing on totally new accessories. Following its aXtion Bold for iPad Air — a case using seemingly the same parts as products from Hard Candy Cases/Gumdrop Cases — is Pinpoint Precision Stylus ($50). The AAAA battery-powered, 2.4mm-tipped stylus would be quite interesting, were it not for the fact that it's almost identical to Lynktec's TruGlide Apex Stylus; both were shown at the 2014 CES. Except for a series of five ridges in Lynktec's pen, and the design of the back end, these are the same product, down to the off-brand battery and extra nib that are included. It works just as well.
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Community Development Academy- Course One: Building Communities from the Grassroots (Session 5 of 5)
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CDA Course One: Building Communities from the Grassroots is an intensive, experiential, five-day course offered by the University of Missouri Extension Community Development Program covering community development principles, polarization, group dynamics, team building, dealing with differences, assessment, inclusion, action planning processes, evaluation and monitoring, developing indicators, measuring impact, and developing local leadership. more...
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Community Development Academy's Course Two: Empowering Communities for the Future covers sustainability, grounding development in community, unerstanding the local economy and economic development, the role of local government in the local economy, participatory action research, discrimination, working together, coaltions, networks, partnerships, collaborations, building organizations, civil society, adn the environment. more...
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It's Spring Break for many of the Colleges in the Columbia area. Time to get to work on your business, startup, or entrepreneurial idea. This week (Tuesday - Friday) local experts and serial entrepreneurs will be giving concise workshops to help your venture today and long-term.Some Topics Include: Starting a Business, Project Management, Technology Commercialization, Lean Startup Methods, Digital Marketing, Angel Investing, Understanding Financials, Crowdfunding, Entrepreneurial Stories, SBA Loan Preparation, and Creating a Business Plan.Speakers will be given a white board, the internet, and their knowledge to share and co-learn with the group. Attendees will then break out and work on the specific knowledge they just learned as it applies to their idea or business. BRING YOUR FRIENDS!All are welcome and you don't have to make the entire week to come.
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A ten week strength training program designed for middle-aged and older adults. Participation in regular strengthening exercises will help you to build muscle and increase bone density, thereby helping to prevent frailty and osteoporosis. Strength training can benefit you in many ways, arthritis relief, improve balance, enhance flexibility, strengthen bones, weight control, lifts depression, stress reduction, reduce risks for heart disease, and maintain healthy blood sugar levels.
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Cooking Matters at the Store is an interactive grocery store tour that teaches low-income families to shop for healthy, affordable food. Participants learn to find whole grains, buy fruits and vegetables on a tight budget, compare unit prices, and read food labels.
Cooking Matters at the Store is an interactive grocery store tour that teaches low-income families to shop for healthy, affordable food. Participants learn to find whole grains, buy fruits and vegetables on a tight budget, compare unit prices.
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8 December 2013
Kigali, Rwanda, December 8, 2013- African Volleyball Confederation "CAVB" congress closed on Sunday evening in Kigali, Rwanda with a great solidarity and expectations of bright future for the sport.
CAVB President Dr Amr Elwani closed the last session by thanking the FIVB President Dr Ary Graça Filho for his great work to assist Africa in his 14 months at the helm of the international volleyball governing body.
"We need all to continue our hard work and keep out passion till we achieve our goals," Elwani said.
"I want to send my sincere gratitude to Dr Ary for his great support to Africa and this was clear with what we are achieving now. We leaped many steps ahead during a year and I think we can do more. I want also to thank the 48 attending NFs who make all time record of attendance in the history of the congress."
The African delegates also sent their appreciations to Dr Graca and the FIVB first Vice President and NORCECA Confederation President Cristobal Marte Hoffiz who attended all the congress sessions.
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Ruth Leys lecture: The Erasure of Sense: Violence, Affect and the Post-Traumatic Subject
27 May, 2013
6.00 - 7.30pm
The Power Institute is proud to present in partnership with Sydney Ideas and the National Institute for Experimental Arts (NIEA) at COFA, UNSW, a lecture by international guest speaker Ruth Leys.
Professor Ley's lecture The Erasure of Sense: Violence, Affect and the Post-Traumatic Subject will form an assesment of recent developments in affect and trauma theory. Among the questions to be posed are: If the 20th century was the Freudian century, the century of libido, will the 21st century- as has been suggested - be the century of the "post-traumatic" subject, whose affective indifference and profound emotional disengagement from the world mark him or her as a victim of brain damage? Will political, economic, and natural violence now take the form of a meaningless traumatic shock to the "emotional brain"? What are the stakes of such claims?
Ruth Leys is Professor of Humanities, with a joint appointment in the Department of History at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. Throughout her career she has been interested in different aspects of the history of the life sciences, especially the neurosciences, psychoanalysis and psychiatry. She has taught and written on aspects of the history and theory of psychoanalysis; the history of psychiatry; the history of the neurosciences; trauma theory; the mind-body problem; and the history of approaches to the emotions. She is presently working on a book on the post-war history of experimental and theoretical approaches to the study of the emotions, with a special emphasis on the philosophical issues at stake in the competing cognitivist and neo-Darwinian paradigms of the emotions.
Location: New Law School Lecture Theatre 101, Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney


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Election fits into the liturgical year. This is how:
126. The sacraments of initiation are celebrated during the Easter solemnities, and preparation for these sacraments is part of the distinctive character of Lent. Accordingly, the rite of election should normally take place on the First Sunday of Lent and the period of final preparation of the elect should coincide with the Lenten season. The plan arranged for the Lenten season will benefit the elect by reason of both its liturgical structure and the participation of the community. For urgent pastoral reasons, especially in secondary mission stations, it is permitted to celebrate the rite of election during the week preceding or following the First Sunday of Lent.
When, because of unusual circumstances and pastoral needs, the rite of election is celebrated outside Lent, it is to be celebrated about six weeks before the sacraments of initiation, in order to allow sufficient time for the scrutinies and presentations. The rite is not to be celebrated on a solemnity of the liturgical year (see RCIA 29).
Notice that Lent is, in part, defined for all the faith community–all the Church, really–by the catechumenate process. The rite of election itself is joined tightly to the First Sunday of Lent.
The practice in some dioceses is that election takes place at the cathedral with the presidency of the bishop. In other sees, regional centers may be added to the slate and election might take place several times. Most of those liturgies will be led by designated representatives of the bishop.
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A Victor man, along with his lawyer � a former Canandaigua Town Planning Board attorney and former Victor town attorney � will appear in Livingston County Court at a later date to answer a tampering with evidence charge.
The charge is a class D felony, said Village of Avon Police Chief Gary Benedict, Jr.
According to Benedict, Dylan Chase and his attorney, Michael Jones Jr., also of Victor, allegedly made a 45-caliber-semi-automatic pistol � evidence from a different charge against Chase � non-functional. The pistol was evidence in a Aug. 27 third-degree criminal possession of a weapon felony case against Chase.
According to police, Chase had the weapon on him at the Avon Corn Festival in early August. Additionally,�Chase had put in paperwork to become a peace officer with the Livingston County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), Benedict said.
Benedict continued that a 2002 felony conviction � which was revealed by a recent police investigation � would preclude Chase from possessing a firearm and becoming a peace officer in New York.
One of the elements of a criminal possession of a weapon charge is that the weapon has to be readily capable of firing, explained Benedict. As a result of the suspects' allegedly tampering with the gun, it was not able to fire, police said.
The investigation is ongoing, Benedict said. He added that the case will go before a grand jury.
The New York State Police, along with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), have assisted with the case. The Ontario County and Livingston County sheriff�s offices have also been cooperative, Benedict said.
Last year, Jones ran for Victor Town Justice, but lost to Thomas (Toby) Reh. Additionally, in 2009, Jones filed a $5 million lawsuit against the town of Victor and Planning Board member Dawn Grosso, alleging the parties accused Jones of �illegal �conflict of interest�� in representing the town. The case was closed in March 2011 after the Court�s Decision and Order dismissing the plaintiff�s complaint in its entirety.
Jones also filed a suit against the town of Canandaigua in federal court in 2009, where he alleged "public slander" and sought after some $10 million in damages. It named the town, attorneys Carol Maue and Thomas "Toby" Reh, and former Town Board members Marion Cassie, David Dawson and Oksana Fuller as defendants. A United States District Court judge ruled in favor of the town of Canandaigua in 2012, and according to the town � via a Freedom of Information request by the Daily Messenger � there were no monies paid out to Jones for the case.
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WOODFORD, Vt. — A Pittsfield, Mass., woman was taken to Southern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington after her snowmobile struck a tree on Thursday evening, Jan. 3.
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SOCIAL NEWS - Martin J. O'Hora, III and Ellin O'Hora, both of Lake Ariel, PA, announce the engagement of their son, Martin J. "Marty" O'Hora, IV to Miss Sarah M. Signore, daughter of Daniel and Darlene Signore of Waynesboro, PA.
Martin is a 2007 graduate of Western Wayne High School. He was involved in golf and tennis. He attended Millersville University and obtained a degree in Technology Education in 2011. He is currently employed by his alma mater, Western Wayne High School, in the Technology Education Department.
Sarah graduated from Greencastle-Antrim High School in 2007. She was involved in softball, field hockey, 4-H and dairy promotion. Sarah also attended Millersville University and graduated with a degree in Speech Communication: Public Relations, in 2011. She is currently employed by The Honesdale National Bank as the Marketing Assistant.
Sarah and Marty met at Millersville University, where they excelled at both scholastics and athletics. They were both honored as scholar athletes. Currently, they enjoy hunting with their dog, Sadie Mae, and staying active in athletics.
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Robby Krieger, founding guitarist of the Doors, is gearing up to hit the road this summer with his solo project, Robby Krieger's Jam Kitchen. The group is set to launch the tour on Aug. 9 at the Sturgis Buffalo Chip Music Festival in Sturgis, S.D., and wrap up Sept. 1 at the Plaza Live in Orlando, Fla., with additional tour dates possibly on the way. The tour will run through a few major markets, including Chicago, New York City, Boston and Detroit (Ferndale). Check out the full itinerary below.
Krieger's touring lineup consists of bass player Arthur Barrow and keyboardist Tommy Mars, who both worked with the late Frank Zappa, as well as drummer Tom Brechtlein and former War saxophonist Larry Klimas.
Did you ever have the chance to see the Doors in concert? Tell us your stories in the comments section below!
Robby Krieger's Jam Kitchen 2013 Tour Dates (So Far):
8/9 -- Sturgis, S.D., Sturgis Buffalo Chip
8/11 -- Chicago, Ill., Double Door
8/14 -- Ferndale, Mich., Magic Bag
8/20 -- New York, N.Y., The Cutting Room
8/23 -- West Warwick, R.I., Manchester 65
8/24 -- Boston, Mass., Hard Rock Cafe
8/25 -- Oak Bluffs, Mass., Dreamland
8/27 -- Sellersville, Pa., Sellersville Theatre
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Measles case is confirmed in the county
A new case of measles has been confirmed in Indiana and this one is in Adams County.
An unvaccinated resident of the county was exposed to measles while traveling overseas, Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) spokeswoman Amy Reel said late Monday afternoon.
The case is unrelated to an outbreak in the Indianapolis metro area, she added.
The person may have exposed other people to the highly infectious respiratory disease during a trip to the emergency room at Bluffton Regional Medical Center on the evening of Feb. 20, Reel said. The hospital was working to identify people who might have come into close contact with the infected person.
The Adams County patient took steps to limit contact with others after being notified by a group the person had traveled with overseas of possible exposure to measles, Reel said. The patient no longer is contagious.
In central Indiana, 16 linked cases, have been confirmed in Boone and Hamilton Counties. Other cases resulting from exposure to those cases still could develop through March 14, ISDH said.
Measles is rare in the U.S. because of high vaccination rates, but unvaccinated U.S. residents can become infected during travel overseas and unvaccinated visitors from other countries can transmit measles to unvaccinated people in the U.S. Children are routinely vaccinated for measles at 1 year of age and again at 4 to 6 years of age
The Indiana State Department of Health has established a hotline to help answer questions from the general public. This hotline can be used as a resource for the situation in Central Indiana, as well as the developing situation in Northeastern Indiana.
* The hotline number is 1-877-826-0011 (TTY/TTD 1-888-561-0044).
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Officials stressed that immunization status cannot be verified through this hotline. Individuals unsure of vaccination status are encouraged to contact your health care provider, as they have access to the Indiana Immunization Registry.


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In what had to have been a panic state Wendy fled out the front door, eager to find her two teenage sons safely out of the home. The boys were forced to jump out of their second story bedroom windows. The family was able to get out of the home safely and were taken to Sedgwick County Health Center to be treated for smoke inhalation.
The Myers home, family home of Wendy and her siblings growing up, is completely demolished. The chimney is all that stands amidst the pile of smoldering rubble, with plumes of smoke still pouring out.
Next-door, flames jumped over to the home of Kristina Thode and her two daughters. They too were able to get out safely, but much of their home was destroyed as well. Remnants of what used to be a bedroom can be seen through the smoke and rubble this morning.
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Rocklahoma Review Series
There has been so much talk about the Rocklahoma Music Festival in 2007, I started the Rocklahoma Review Series, which will feature artists that will be participating in the Rocklahoma Music Festival on July 13th – 15th.
In this series, I will feature reviews on material from each band participating in the Rocklahoma Music Festival.
For more information on this festival, be sure to visit http://www.rockfeverfest.com
Rocklahoma Review Index
Week 1: Poison – Flesh and Blood
Week 2: Tramp's White Lion – Rocking the USA
Week 3: W.A.S.P. – Dominator
Week 4: Britny Fox – Bite Down Hard
Week 5: L.A. Guns – Loud and Dangerous
Week 6: Firehouse – Prime Time
Week 7: Warrant Born Again : The Delvis Video Diaries DVD
Week 8: Y & T – Meanstreak
Week 9: Vince Neil – Exposed
Week 10: Twisted Sister – The Video Years DVD
Week 11: Faster Pussycat – The Power and the Glory Hole
Week 12: A look at some live CD's from the bands Headlining at the Rocklahoma Music Festival.


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Vandalia residents will have an opportunity on Monday night to learn more about the electrical aggregation issue they approved in the April election.
During that hearing, a summary of the plan of operations and governance will be presented. That plan will explain the implementation of the opt-out municipal electricity aggregation plan.
The roles of both the city and its aggregation consultant, Good Energy, "will be defined as they relate to various stages of the process," according to the city's legal notice for the meeting.
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Baby seal survives spear through head
A seven-month-old Hawaiian monk seal is recovering after a NOAA team removed a three-pronged spear from her head. Authorities aren't sure if it was an attack or an accident, but they're urging people to be careful.
A NOAA response team headed to Manana Island, also known as Rabbit island, on Tuesday afternoon after a volunteer spotted the injured animal. Members found "RL-12" with the spear embedded in her head.
"We know that the seal is lucky in that it was a very superficial injury and it missed the important things like the eyes and ears and the nose and things like that," explained David Schofield of the NOAA Marine Mammal Health and Response Program.
Team members removed the weapon. They also found a spear shaft about 30 feet away. The wildlife sanctuary is off-limits to the public, but it's unclear if the incident spearing happened in the ocean or on land.


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The class reunion in Florida is past, and by all reckonings was a great success. A two-day affair, we began on Friday evening with a steak dinner at the country home of one of my old friends. Some of our more successful grads hosted this dinner, complete with a great band, open bar and lots of checking of name tags.
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Neighbors reported seeing smoke in the area around 4:10 p.m. Monday.
Officials with the Ionia Department of Public Safety are working to determine the cause of a fire that broke out in a vacant brick home on Rich Street Monday.
Neighbors reported seeing smoke in the area of 442 Rich St. around 4:10 p.m., said IDPS Deputy Director John Odette. When firefighters arrived, they found smoke coming from the eaves at the rear of the house. The fire was contained to the upper rear portion of the building and was under control in fewer than 40 minutes, he said.
No one was inside at the time and there were no injuries.
Odette said the house had been empty for some time, and there had been some vandalism in "the recent past." Windows and doors had been boarded up.
Guy Buckingham, who lives nearby, said the house used to belong to his grandmother before she sold it 10 years ago. He and family members used to come to visit her from out of state.
"My grandfather used to design clubs in Chicago," Buckingham said. "The interior of this house was really different."
He said he was "more mad than sad" about the fire, because it should have been sold and lived in, rather than left abandoned.
Assisting the IDPS were the Lyons-Muir and Berlin Orange fire departments, Life EMS, the Ionia County Sheriff's Office, Michigan State Police and Ionia County Central Dispatch.


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I was searching for some vintage photos recently when I found the gorgeous photo below, a magazine cover called Body Beautiful from the late 1920s or early 1930s by the look of it.
The photo title included the word "Sansone", and I was intriqued to find out whether that was the publisher or the model. It turns out it refers to Tony Sansone, an early body builder and dancer, and the model on the cover. Sansone was apparently very famous and in demand in the 1930s, at a time when physical culture, classicism and some elements of homo eroticism all combined in the early days of the physique cult.
Sansone self published a number of physique pictorials and artistic nude magazines, such as "Modern Classics" (above) from 1932. All beautifully shot and quite highbrow, although it's hard not to imagine that some of the buyers were less interested in Greek classical form and more interested in other 'Greek' pursuits. These pamphlets, and other works of the time starring Sansone, seem to have often featured full frontal nudes. (And let me tell you, nice.)
It looks like Sansone stopped modelling at the end of the 1930s to concentrate on selling his body building system by mail order, and running his own gym. There are some interesting links on this fan site including some promo material where Sansone talks about sculpting the body without over-developing for the sake of size. The lean sculpted look that was his trademark.
And for that Tony, the world (or at least I) thank you.
There's a comprehensive fan site, and interesting Wikipedia entry, some more pics and some 1920s nudes by Edwin F Townsend.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Tony Sansone; 1905 - 1987
Posted by The Other Andrew at 7:53 pm
5 comments:
- thombeau said...
Wonderful post, my vintage friend!
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- mrpeenee said...
how charming, what a beauty.
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- bernard said...
that gotta be a better post than anything that could come from 2 days of indoctrination!
- 3:32 pm
- nash said...
Oh TOA you've done it again - always whetting my appetite with lovely old nudie pics!
- 5:02 pm
- The Other Andrew said...
Thanks boys!
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Brussels, 5 July 2005
Dutch aid to make inland waterways vessels more environmentally friendly
The Commission authorised today a Dutch aid scheme on the basis of which subsidies can be granted for the replacement or retrofitting of diesel engines used by inland waterways vessels. The scheme will be in force for 5 years with a total budget of approximately € 20 million.
The aim of the scheme is to achieve a substantial reduction in the NOx's emissions of the existing inland waterways fleet[1] in the Netherlands by subsidising low-emission diesel engines. In particular, the scheme will grant subsidies for investment in:
The scheme will benefit vessels registered in the Netherlands irrespective of nationality.
The Commission considers the scheme to be in line with the EC Treaty[2], in particular with the Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection[3]. On the basis of these Guidelines, investments in equipments intended to reduce or eliminate pollution and nuisances can be allowed.
[1] within the framework of the commitments imposed by EC Directive 2001/81 on national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants OJ L 309/2001, p.22
[2] Under Art .87 (3) (c) of the Treaty
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You never actually want to HAVE to buy a waterproof cycling jacket do you? So it's always nice when you can do so without spending a squillion pounds in the process. The dhb Ladies EQ2.5 Waterproof Jacket promises a female specific, lightweight, fully waterproof jacket designed with cyclists in mind for a very reasonable price, so does it deliver on that fairly substantial promise?
The EQ2.5 is certainly good and light, although still very much a wear-it-when-you-go-out jacket rather than one you can pack into a jersey pocket 'just in case'. Constructed from 2.5 layer waterproof fabric, it has a mesh lining (designed to make it feel less clammy on), a dropped tail with gripper at the rear, partially elasticated/partially Velcro cuffs, underarm zips and vents across the back for ventilation and a soft fuzzy collar lining. There is also a smattering of reflective bits and pieces to add to the rider's visibility, a generous rear zipped pocket and two small internal pockets (one zipped).
The fit is contoured enough to not be baggy and annoying on the bike, and there's good length in the body and sleeves, but curvy women may find the cut on the athletic side, with little provision made for hips. The fabric breathes reasonably well, but does still have a tendency to allow moisture build-up inside, particularly in slightly warmer wet weather or during energetic rides, making the permanent rear vents and underarm zips a very useful addition.
Considering it's a £70 jacket though, it does an excellent job and you wouldn't expect an ultra breathable fabric at that price. It's an ideal jacket for shorter commutes or fitness rides, but for long hardcore rides in the rain, a more breathable jacket might be preferable.
Does just what it claims at a really good value price.
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Make and model: dhb Ladies EQ2.5 Waterproof Jacket
Size tested: Red
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
Aimed at cyclists looking for a cost effective lightweight waterproof jacket.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
100% polyester
Mesh lined throughout
2.5 layer waterproof fabric
Dropped tail design
Rear zipped pocket
2 internal pockets (1 zipped)
Shoulder vents
Underarm zipped vents
Elastic/velcro fastening cuffs
Soft lined collar
Available in sizes 8-16
Very well made from good quality components.
The reduced breathability of the cheaper waterproof fabric is somewhat mitigated by the permanent vents across the shoulders and also the option of the underarm pit zips.
Should last fine, although my experience of cheaper waterproof fabrics is that they become less breathable more quickly than more expensive varieties.
For journies where you put the jacket on before you go out, this is absolutely spot on. Too bulky rather than heavy for jersey pocket use.
Very comfortable an the venting make the less breathable fabric still extremely comfortable to wear.
Really great value for money for a well considered jacket with plenty of features.
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Night 1 – Denial
I'll be fine with a couple of nights in a row. After all, I've handled crazier shifts and I'm a professional after all. Plus, the pre-shift fajita will keep me going well into the night! It'll be alright! :)
Night 2 – Anger
Why the f**k did I ever sign up for this s**t?!? The next ambulatory jackass who rings the call bell for a glass of water will have my steal toed feet kick their ass!
Dr. Bigshot, you're pissed off because the violent drunk didn't give a urine sample? Up yours!
Dr. Condescending, I know what haemoglobin electrophoresis is!!! I only did my first degree in biology!
Dr. Turtle, hurry your ass up! You don't need to know the life story of everyone who walks in. Just write an order for dilaudid and d/c them!
Night 3 – Bargaining
Oh good Lord please please please let the rest of these shifts go by quickly and uneventfully and I promise, I PROMISE, I'll stop wishing a pox on the houses of completely healthy attention seekers. I'll also stop persuading people to sign out AMA.
Night 4 – Depression
Nothing matters anymore. Urine sample not collected? Who cares? Lab telling me draw another group & screen for a non-surgical patient? Whatever. Death seems like a preferable alternative to this perpetual nightmare.
Night 5 – Acceptance
I will never work normal hours. This is my fate. Even with a few days off, I'll be back. At least I can grab a fajita on the way home... or maybe some Thai food... or chocolate cake... or carrot cake...
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Wow they are getting whites already. With the early spring this year we will be seeing them soon. Used to pick Morels by the bucket as a kid and sautee with butter, S&P and call it a meal. Should be seeing ramps and fiddle heads soon as well.
Morels are awesome, easily one of my favorite mushrooms. Half-easy to find here in Sweden.
Got a friend with a freezer full of them, gotta buy some of him now. Damn you.
I am hoping we get some warmer weather by next week so I can find some while I am out Turkey Hunting. Love'em.
Scott, send me a PM if you have the time when they arrive. The Wife and I have been planning on making a return trip to your restaurant soon, as in the next couple of weeks and would love the opportunity to have some morels. Hopefully this time I won't get a speeding ticket driving up to Wisconsin as I am still on probation until late June.
P.S. I will be bringing a few knives up for show and tell and I definitely have to see your new Mario Suji.
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Michael Albertini, former Massapequan and Navy veteran, at 52
Michael Albertini was a man who was not easy to forget. Those who knew and loved him described him as a person who embraced living and enjoyed life to the fullest. "He always had time to give you a hand or a piece of advice," said actor Daniel Baldwin, who knew Mr. Albertini from when the two were growing up in Massapequa.
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The Mansfield Hornets are more than just a basketball team, they are a family.
At the third practice of the season, junior Kevin Conner coined the word 'family' as Mansfield's slogan. It's printed on the back of their warm-up T-shirts, it's how they break their huddle, but more importantly it symbolizes the devoted group the No. 2 Hornets have become.
Mansfield's leading scorer, Brendan Hill, is a sophomore. The 6-foot-5-inch forward, who played 22 games his freshman year, is averaging a team-best 14 points per game. Junior point guard Rocky DeAndrade has been another key contributor, averaging 11 points, 4.5 assists, 4 rebounds, and 2 steals. Then there's sophomore Ryan Boulter or junior Kyle Wisnieski, other consistent scorers for the Hornets.
"I think the team chemistry is something that has gone unnoticed," said coach Mike Vaughan. "This year I've been very fortunate to have underclassmen play up. There are a lot of teams out there where seniors resent sophomores, but not here."
Why not? Because seniors such as Greg Romanko and Zach Wisnieski have bought into the family concept.
"The kids all get along, hang out, go places together. They might have their individual battles in practice but as soon as that's over its about being a team," Vaughan said. "They all realize that they need each other. Brendan needs Greg and Greg needs Brendan to accomplish what we are trying to do as a team."
So far the Hornets have fulfilled their first two goals — get to the tournament and win the league title. In a physical, 45-41 victory over Taunton Thursday, Mansfield (17-1) clinched its third Hockomock Kelly-Rex title in the past four years. That's not enough for the Hornets, though. Their third goal is to finish the season with the highest seed, and the fourth is to win tournament games.
"We have to continue to play at a high level and keep our eyes on the prize," Vaughan said. "I don't want to walk off the floor disappointed."
Up to this point Mansfield appears on track. After a heart-breaking, 66-61 loss to Franklin in last year's South Division 1 tournament, the Hornets preparation began immediately in the offseason and has led to great success on the court.
They started the season 5-0, including a win over sixth-ranked BC High and Amityville (N.Y.) before losing their first game to New Mission. When asked what he learned from the loss, Vaughan said it showed the team that they were beatable.
But since Dec. 28 they haven't lost again.
Mansfield, which is on a 12-game winning streak, has cemented itself as one of the best teams in the state with its tough defense and depth. This will be the sixth consecutive trip to the tournament for the Hornets. Before Vaughan arrived nine years ago, Mansfield only made the tournament four times in a stretch of 25 years.
"To me its about trying to put kids in a program that they enjoy playing in," said the coach. "I'd like the kids to come back when they graduate and say, 'thank you.' To me it's just another thing they could leave here and say they had a positive experience."
For some, this experience is just the beginning while for others this is the final run, but it has been enjoyable for all and has the potential to be even more gratifying.
Comcast Tournament
In its 22d year, the IAABO Board 27 Comcast Classic could be one of the best with a who's who of top teams. The tournament begins Sunday at Babson College and concludes with the title games Monday. The girls' field features Reading, Billerica, Archbishop Williams, and Natick. The boys' field has Danvers, BC High, Brighton, and Newton North. Sunday's schedule starts at 1 p.m. The girls' title game is at 2:30 Monday with the boys' is at 6:30.
Games to Watch
In a competitive Merrimack Valley race, Central Catholic will play both North Andover and Andover this week . . . Hingham has a couple of important games this week, too, against Whitman-Hanson Tuesday and Silver Lake Thursday, which will play a significant role in determining the winner of the Patriot League title.Andy Deossa covers boys' basketball for the Boston Globe. He can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter@Andy_Deossa.


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PHILADELPHIA (Oct. 23, 2012) -- The U.S. Navy has agreed to pay a $38,500 penalty to settle alleged hazardous waste violations at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, located at 22268 Cedar Point Road in Patuxent River, Md.
This settlement resolves alleged violations alleged by EPA of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the federal law governing the treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste. RCRA is designed to protect public health and the environment, and avoid costly cleanups, by requiring the safe, environmentally sound storage and disposal of hazardous waste.
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An anonymous reader writes In a paper published in Nature (abstract), scientists report successfully measuring the magnetic interaction of two bound electrons of two different strontium (Sr) ions. The two ions were suspended in a quadrupole ion trap (a.k.a. a Paul trap), and the effects of ambient magnetic noise were mitigated by 'restricting the spin evolution [of the electrons] to a decoherence-free subspace that is immune to collective magnetic field noise.' The scientists measured the magnetic interaction of the two electrons as a function of distance and found that the force acting between the two was inversely dependant on the cubed distance between the electrons, consistent with Newton's inverse-cube law.


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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
On the fundamental question--evolution or creation?--Americans are on the fence. According to one survey, while 61% of Americans believe we have evolved over time, 22% believe this evolution was guided by a higher power, with another 31% on the side of creationism. For some, modern science debunks many of religion's core beliefs, but for others, questions like "Why are we here?" and "How did it all come about?" can only be answered through a belief in the existence of God. Can science and religion co-exist?
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Lawrence Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist. He is the Director of the Origins Project and Professor of Physics at the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University. Krauss has written several bestselling books including A Universe From Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing (2012). Passionate about educating the public about science to ensure sound public policy, Krauss has helped lead a national effort to defend the teaching of evolution in public schools. He currently serves as Chair of the Board of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.Learn more
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Michael Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine and Editor of Skeptic.com, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, and an Adjunct Professor at Claremont Graduate University and Chapman University. Shermer's latest book is The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies—How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths (2011). He was a college professor for 20 years, and since his creation of Skeptic magazine, has appeared on such shows as The Colbert Report, 20/20, and Charlie Rose. Shermer was the co-host and co-producer of the 13-hour Family Channel television series Exploring the Unknown.Learn more
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Ian Hutchinson is a physicist and Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He and his research group are international leaders exploring the generation and confinement (using magnetic fields) of plasmas hotter than the sun's center. This research, carried out on a national experimental facility designed, built, and operated by Hutchinson's team, is aimed at producing practical energy for society from controlled nuclear fusion reactions, the power source of the stars. In addition to authoring 200 research articles about plasma physics, Hutchinson has written and spoken widely on the relationship between science and Christianity. His recent book Monopolizing Knowledge (2011) explores how the error of scientism arose, how it undermines reason as well as religion, and how it feeds today's culture wars and an excessive reliance on technology.Learn more
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A New York Times bestselling author, Dinesh D'Souza, has had a distinguished 25-year career as a writer, scholar and intellectual. A former Policy Analyst in the Reagan White House, D'Souza also served as an Olin Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute as well as a Rishwain Scholar at the Hoover Institution at Stanford. Called one of the "top young public-policy makers in the country" by Investor's Business Daily, he quickly became a major influence on public policy through his writings. In 2008 D'Souza released the book, What's So Great About Christianity, the comprehensive answer to a spate of atheist books denouncing theism in general and Christianity in particular. D'Souza is also the former President of The King's College in NYC,
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Krauss claims that the universe is deterministic. If this is so then the words he speaks and the things he believes are determined by the laws of nature and has nothing to do with truth. This is a fundamental self-referential problem with atheism.
"Science is incompentent to refute God!" says Dr. Hutchinson.
"Science increasingly points to a God!" says Mr. D'Souza.
Well, if science is competent to indicate God exists, it's certainly competent to indicate God doesn't exist. Science is either competent or it isn't, Hutchinson and D'Souza have unwittingly directly contradicted each other - and it's too bad Shermer and Krauss did not point out this obvious contradiction.
Science does not refute God, but it does refute some particular human interpretations of God. Fundamentalists limit God to thinking and acting very much like a man, a model rejected by Jesus Christ.
I enjoyed this a lot. I really liked the attempt (both sides) to argue substance instead of technicalities, when there was every chance of falling in that trap. (Technically, I feel the proposition was doomed to lose, and that Krauss failed to even make a case. That doesn't mean he wasn't compelling!) So maybe science can't refute god but his "turf" has been shrinking monotonically since the big competition began.
These were the arguments I noted. Any see others they want to note?
a) big tent (welcoming other religions (didn't use to))
b) Non Falsifiable
c) God put those dino bones there Last Thursday.
d) Hawking's God with a Match (started the big bang)
e) This hole fits me staggeringly well!" said the puddle. (Anthropic)
Last I felt Dinesh's open statement was poor, basically retreating all the way to "God is nature (& science explores his majesty)" That's a form of God with a Match, non participatory and not different from science in any relevant way. Otherwise, it seemed to have been argued very honestly by both sides, which I liked a lot. Great show.
No matter what all religious types no matter their "faith" one cannot expect them to be logical when it comes to evolution or in matters of science. No matter what...
This opposition between reason and everything else I think is fundamentally spurious. I think this idea that there's love on the one hand and cool rationality of science, which is all clatter and clockwork, and soulless; this is a false dichotomy. And it's a dichotomy that's pervasive in the culture. I can't tell you how many times someone says "Scientifically prove to me that you love your wife". As though that was just the knockdown argument of all time against reason and faith. There's nothing irrational in principle about love. It is rational to value love, it is rational to try to recognize that it is one of our most cherished experiences and try to live a life that maximizes it. Understanding love at the level of the brain is not going to deflate its importance for us. The fact that we can understand the molecular constituents of chocolate doesn't make us not want to eat chocolate. These are different scales of interaction with the world. So it's not a matter of only being coldly calculating in our approach to life but where we have to call a spade a spade is gratuitous claim about uncertainty, invisible realities, and the moral structure to the universe. About a god who so hates homosexuality that he will whip up tsunamis in defense of chaste heterosexual people. This is a vision of life that is animating millions and millions of our neighbors and we have been cowed in to not criticize it.
Science cannot refute the existence of god. However, it's not up to science to disprove the existence of god. The burden of proof is upon those who believe in god to prove it exists. And, thus far, they have produced nothing that has convinced me that god exists.
As an atheist I do have faith - faith in my fellow-man. My faith is in his abilty, when left untrammeled by restrictive dogma, to erase the gaps in his knowledge. I have faith that his curiosity and inventiveness will increase the well-being of man, something that religion doesn't even pretend to be able to do. And I have faith that, in time, god will be but a footnote in history.
God is imaginary, refute that!
Of course science refutes god and understanding that is a sign of intelligence. Rather than merely a debate, this was more like an IQ test.
Theatricality and deception. Powerful agents for the uninitiated.
-Bane was talking about every single theistic argument that exists today.
Unfortunately, due to scientific education, most atheists are initiated.
I haven't yet listened to the full debate, but there is a premise about 'religion' that may play a role in this debate.
If the essential source of 'religion' is a belief in supernatural or spiritual beings, as Edmund Tylor (a 19th century anthropologist) and others hold, then a premise that science can only be done while believing in the possibility of the uniformity of natural causes within the closed system of nature (see my other post for an explanation of this) would reject any argument that a transcendent, spiritual being could influence what happens in nature. This would be seen as inherently religious and therefore not scientific. This understanding of religion seems to underlie the supporters of the debate statement, "science refutes god."
Emile Durkheim, a 19th century sociologist, believed that: "A religion is a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, i.e., things set apart and forbidden--beliefs and practices which unite in one single moral community called a Church, all those who adhere to them." He argued that the concept of the supernatural was relatively new; one that emerged with the development of science and the separation of the supernatural—that which cannot be rationally explained—from the natural, that which can be rationally explained. For Durkheim, a belief in the supernatural was NOT religious until it became a unified system of belief and practices relative to the sacred and then united into a moral community, a 'church.' So early historical scientists like Isaac Newton, could hold to a belief in 'god' and still be said to be doing science as long as their 'churchly' beliefs and practices were not a part of their science. If our view of religion is more like that of Edmund Tylor than Emile Durkheim, then science as the uniformity of natural causes in an open system of nature (the essential premise for those who reject the debate statement that science refutes god) is rejected as inherently religious because it allows for the possibility of a transcendent, spiritual being outside of, beyond the sphere of nature.
So to debate whether science refutes religion, we must first ask what we mean by science, and what we mean by religion. An inability to at least agree, for the sake of the debate, in the possibility of the opposing understanding of 'science' and 'religion' leads either to a short debate; or one where neither side can hear what the other side means as they argue for or against 'science refutes religion.'
A fundamental premise for all science is "the uniformity of natural causes." By the way, this is not a premise that is conclusively provable by the scientific method. The divide between the two positions in the debate is over whether this premise of science occurs within an open or closed system of nature. The uniformity of natural causes within an open system, where something from outside the system of nature can influence events within the system of nature is the starting point for the theistic, religious side of the argument and their view of science. The uniformity of natural causes within a closed system of nature, says that even if there is anything beyond the closed system of nature (which the supporters of the debate statement "science refutes god" reject as possible) we cannot know it and it cannot influence anything within the closed system of nature, is the starting point for the atheistic, nonreligious side of the debate. If the only acceptable scientific results are those that begin with a premise that science can only be done within a methodology that assumes the uniformity of natural causes within a closed system of nature, then the debate will always conclude that science refutes god.
The notion that both opponents to the debate statement are Christian is irrelevant, unless you are somehow attempting to argue that a Christian theistic belief system makes them incapable of doing science. This begs the point. This argument above is based upon the writings of Francis Schaeffer; "Escape From Reason."
There is so much evidence for a God of creation and a Christian God in specific that He made it so who ever looked at the evidence would believe. Some have a philosophical bias against a God because for the most part they haven't investigated the evidence. Even most Christians don't know the reason for their faith. If you look at the Great Pyramid in Egypt it is a sign for our last days as to truth of Jesus. You look at the Shroud of Turin and my God you've got to be a complete idiot not to believe. There is much more.
phenomenal job by the debate director. I thought it was extremely un-biased.
Tss, that is so gibberish Jake, to say that love your enemies as said by Jesus Christ. The old testament was inarguably one of the most malevolent, fictional, yet holy books in all of times, and how can an even loving god be sacrificing his own son for the redemption of mankind? How can it be? There's so many alternative plans your genie could have done instead of sacrificing and torturing and being a bloody mess about it. "The Christ myth has served us well." As pronounced by Pope Leo X. How can you even prove that atheistic people are committing atrocity? How about Hitler? You can't deny the fact that Hitler was a catholic. Religious faith is bias and is propaganda. If all of these fundamentalists and religionists hold different variations of truth, one can easily conclude that all of these religions are all bloody scams. There's no truth in religion, you people should come back to Science, Reasoning, Logic and Reality. You should get out of your boxes limiting your thoughts and thinking. "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence." By Carl Sagan
Science is progress, religion is regress.
A problem with this discussion is that it is too narrow: the motion shouldn't be "science refutes God" (capital God because the against-guys are specifically Christian) but "science refutes added meaning". Let me define "added meaning" as the complete set of properties that is outside of scientific thinking. Examples of elements of this set are "love", "truth", "understanding" and "meaning" itself (a bit of recursion never hurt anyone outside of grad school).
Now, I'm not arguing science can't e.g. describe the processes underlying a reported feeling of "love", but I'm arguing the subjective feeling of "love", i.e. how I, or you, or anyone else is experiencing it as part of the self is outside of the range of what science can do, simply because no one can truly know that experience - just analyze reports on it and measure the electro-chemical responses in the brain. Which, by the way, I assume to be the full basis for the self.
What interests me as someone who wishes to understand and know as much about the (my) universe as I can is the range of answers to the question "why is there something instead of nothing", with the "why" in that question obviously part of my defined set of "added meaning".
Science can't refute added meaning, so it can't refute God/god/gods.
What science can and does do is add to the set of added meaning, because it is the only tool available to determine how things are instead of how we would want them to be.
So having said that, you might understand why I'm firmly in Michael Shermer's corner, considering myself a skeptic, but I would still vote no on this motion.
Isn't God mostly a WORD???
The problem here is the motion itself: Science can't "refute" God anymore than it can refute the existence of unicorns. You can't prove a negative. However, the burden of proof lies not with science but with theism: It is theists who are obligated to provide evidence in support of their belief, and it is precisely this they cannot do. For they have none. What science has done --- rather than "refute" God --- is show that God is not a necessary hypothesis to explain anything about the universe. Every thing that apparently once needed God as an explanation has been shown to be quite fine without "him". Belief in God is nothing more than an unjustified belief, supported by no evidence whatsoever.
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Your quote from Socrates is logically flawed. By asserting that you know only that you know nothing you are violating your own premise. i.e. you do know something! (it happens to be that you know nothing!).
And, so it goes with many of the arguments against God. Quite emphatically, you can know something. It is NOT all relative.
A lot of people, when asked what it would take from them to believe, respond with, "Well, I'd have to see clear proof. I'd have to see these so called miracles performed in public, in the light of day, in front of hundreds of witnesses".
BUT that did happen! Not once, not twice, but so many times that "many books could be filled describing just the miracles performed!". And these miracles were performed before a religiously savvy people on the look out for charlatans. A people who labeled Him a heretic and put Him to death. Yet, none disputed the miracles.
The Christian Bible clearly addresses this in Romans 1:20. Creation bears witness to God. Men become vain in their imaginations (devising ever more preposterous theories to deny God) and... professing themselves wise they became fools (deluding themselves with their own cleverness).
There are many reasons to desperately want God not to exist. At the top of the list is most likely the ferverent desire not to be a created being. Being a created being means not being at the pinnacle. It opens up so many uncomfortable questions about: origin, meaning, morality, and destiny.
Rather than refute God, science affirms his existence. The Psalmist tells us the Heavens declare the glory of God. How wonderful that science allows us so many more ways to appreciate and take part in that creation.
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