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Who knew reading could be so much fun?
The Cedar Springs Public Library ended its summer reading program Tuesday, July 26, with a carnival for all ages in Morley Park. About 340 people enjoyed the petting zoo, inflatable water slide, bounce houses, games, face painting, music, popcorn, chips, ice cream sandwiches and drinks. The Cedar Springs Police paid a visit, and the Cedar Springs Fire Department was there to hose the kids down and keep them cool.
Karla Glerum, on staff for a year at the library, enjoyed her second summer reading program. "Our park party went very smoothly this year. The water games were a lot of fun! I felt the carnival was a good ending to our reading program."
Sharrel Bailey, on staff for seven months at the library, enjoyed her first summer reading program. "Seeing so many people in the park, celebrating our reading program, was very fun for me. I saw the Police and Fire Department on hand and was especially impressed by the show of community support."
Prizes were also given away. Ethan Eadie, grade 4 and Paige Marsman, grade 3, each won a bike.
The following kids each won a chance to win the big prizes offered Cooperative-wide: Thomas Metiva, 6th grade; Maddie Boomgaard, 3rd grade; Evie Nista, 1st grade; Hannah Reed, Kindergarten; Mumina Ciise, 7th grade. Prizes they could win include a trip to NYC for 4, including $500 in spending money and $500 for food; an overnight stay at Boyne Mountain Resort for 4, including passes to Avalanche Bay; an overnight stay for 4 at Double J Resort in Rothbury; a family 4 pack to the Cranbrooke Institute in Bloomfield Hills; a family membership to John Ball Zoo.
The library's summer reading program had 1,297 participants this year, starting with opening day on June 13. They had 773 people sign up for the program, with 506 from ages 0 to 6th grade. Grades 7-12 and adults read a whopping 807 books, and there were over 100 prizes to give away. (Watch the August 18 Post for a special ad thanking volunteers and sponsors.)
"We could never have so many quality programs without the support of our local businesses, service organizations and individuals," said Library Director Donna Clark. "This program is all about our community. We have tremendous support and an outpouring of cash, prizes, in-kind donations and volunteer time. We are building our community together through our local library. It's just heartwarming!"


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There is another bamboo sculpture contest being organised by the Bamboo Society of Australia. The entries will displayed and judged at the Brisbane International Garden Show in October 2016.
Three prize categories are on offer. First prize is $3,000. Entry fee for non-members is $100. Alternatively, you could take out a yearly e-membership for $20, enter the competition for $75, and have access to years of current and back-issues of the Bamboo Bulletin. The Bamboo Bulletin offers stacks of information about identifying, growing, maintaining, and using bamboo.
The Bamboo Society of Australia will have a booth at the Garden Show. This is a fine opportunity to quiz some experts about growing bamboo.
See you there!

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RIM unveiled its new PlayBook in San Francisco Monday to mixed reviews and several unanswered questions. It became clear, however, that the device shown off at the DevCon keynote proved many of the rumors about RIM's tablet computer to be true, and that RIM hoped to make inroads into the business community, even calling its device the "first professional-grade tablet." (We obviously don't know what it takes for a tablet to lose its amateur status, though.)
However, there are at least five reasons why anyone thinking of buying a PlayBook should wait.
1. The BlackBerry Tablet OS
Built on the QNX Neutrino microkernel architecture, part of a RIM acquisition of QNX Software Systems, the OS is incompatible with other BlackBerry devices. And while RIM says that there will soon be applications that will make them able to talk to one another, so far there are none. Perhaps by making the announcement at a convention for developers, RIM hoped to jump-start the process.
2. Unknown Price
So far RIM is keeping mum on a suggested retail price for the PlayBook, which probably means the original price was deemed too high and they have to make it more competitive. RIM should have a range, though, from $499 (the price of the cheapest iPad) to $1067 (the rumored cost for a Galaxy Tab.) I tend to be cynical when companies announce their cool new gadgets but refrain from a retail price, as it makes me anticipate a price-gouging. My vote is that RIM's tablet had better be cost-effective to make any dent on the iPad or Android platform market share.
3. 7-inch Touchscreen
While many are touting the 7-inch touchscreen as something new, that doesn't mean it's best for your company. While the almost 10-inch iPad has found a business audience, there hasn't been a big demand for a smaller display. The PlayBook is a slightly smaller device, and less than a pound, but it's too big for pockets, and the font or icons may be hard to read for nearsighted customers or employees.
4. Apps? What Apps?
Applications for the PlayBook aren't even in the development phase yet, unlike its competitors running iOS and Android, whose apps number in the hundreds of thousands. Worse, the PlayBook needs an app just to be able to communicate with a BlackBerry handset.
5. The Joy of Tethering
The PlayBook won't have a cellular carrier, so any Internet access would be through tethering the device to a BlackBerry phone. While some may not find this annoying, try doing this for a few hours, and see how fast your battery life disappears.
Granted, the PlayBook can use Wi-Fi on public networks, but be prepared to share your information with curious neighbors. With two HD cameras, a 1 GHz processor, 1080p video recording and multitasking, the PlayBook isn't without utility or charm, but without substance or a real price, it's not worth considering–especially when the iPad is already available.
Reach or follow Barbara E. Hernandez on Twitter: @bhern.


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Designed by Diego Ballester, Argentina.
Lot 44 is a line of young wines, whose name comes from the careful selection of our best vineyard lots, which identified a unique and distinctive.
Is a project that is designed to prepare high quality wines that reflect the full potential of different soils and skies of Argentina, under concepts of sustainability of natural resources in harmony with the environment.
The main objective is to find suitable regions for each of the varietals we produce to achieve its fullest expression and potential in every wine ralt our roots, commitment, care and passion for what we do.


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Πόσα θὰ μαθαίνουμε κάθε πενήντα (50) χρόνια, πού θά ἀποχαρακτηρίζουν σάν ἀπόῤῥητα διάφορα ἔγγραφα οἱ μυστικές ὑπηρεσίες τῶν μεγάλων δυνάμεων;
Τὸ παρακάτω ἄρθρο ἀναφέρεται στὸ πῶς ἡ Βρεταννικὴ Κυβέρνησις προστάτεψε 8.000 στρατιῶτες τῶν Βάφφεν Ἔς-Ἒς τῆς Μεραρχίας τῆς Γαλικίας (Waffen-SS Galitsia Division)!!!
Ὅταν ἡ Ναζιστικὴ Γερμανία παρεδόθη στοὺς συμμάχους, τὸν Μάιο τοῦ 1945, ἡ 14η Μεραρχία τῆς Γαλικίας τῶν Βάφφεν Ἔς-Ἔς, ἀποτελουμένη κυρίως ἀπὸ Οὐκρανοὺς ἐθελοντές, συνέχισε νὰ ὑποχωρῇ δυτικὰ ἀπό τις θέσεις της στὴν Αὐστρία, μὲ στόχο νὰ ἀποφύγουν τὴν σύλληψη καὶ τὴν τιμωρία, ἀπὸ τὸν προελαύνοντα Κόκκινο Στρατό.
Παρεδόθησαν στοὺς Ἄγγλους, καὶ μὲ τὴν παρέμβαση τοῦ Βατικανοῦ μετεφέρθησαν σὲ ἕνα στρατόπεδο στὴν Αὐστρία κι ἀπὸ ἐκεῖ σὲ ἕνα ἄλλο στὴν Ἰταλία, στὸ Ῥίμινι.
Στὸ τέλος, μὲ ψεύτικα ἔγγραφα, μετεφέρθησαν καὶ ἐγκατεστάθησαν στὴν Βρεταννία.
The British Government & the Waffen-SS Galitsia Division
Obstruction of Justice: How the British Government Protected 8,000 Soldiers of the Waffen-SS Galitsia Division
Amid the continued support given to the fascist politicians and military of Ukraine by western governments, many people are asking how such a betrayal of the sacrifices of the Allies in World War Two could take place. However, what most people are unaware of, in large part due to an ever-more corrupted media, is that these governments have a shocking history of protecting the perpetrators of some of the most terrible crimes of that war. One of the most egregious examples of this practice of shielding war-criminals from justice was confirmed in 2005 with the declassification of British Home Office papers showing that the British government protected at least 8,000 members of the Waffen-SS Galitsia Division from the justice that awaited them in the Soviet Union.
When Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allied Powers in May 1945, the 14th Waffen-SS 'Galitsia' Division, made up of Ukrainian volunteers, continued to retreat westward from their positions in Austria in order to avoid capture and punishment by the advancing Red Army. The Division—approximately 10,000 soldiers—ultimately chose to surrender to British and American forces and was briefly sent to an internment camp in Spittal an der Drau, Austria. The British government, in contravention of the agreements made at the Yalta Conference, refused to repatriate the Galitsia Division to the Soviet Union, instead transferring them to another internment camp in Bellaria-Igea Marina, in northern Italy. It was here that a troika of prominent Ukrainian fascists—Mykola Lebed, Father Ivan Hry'okh and Bishop Ivan Buchko—persuaded the Vatican to intercede on behalf of the soldiers, whom Bishop Buchko described as "good Catholics and fervent anti-communists."
As a result of this intercession, the British and American authorities overseeing the internment camp remained steadfast in their refusal to abide by their obligation to repatriate the soldiers to the Soviet Union. One of the principal British proponents of the decision not to repatriate the Galitsia Division was Major Denis Hills. Major Hills was keen on protecting these soldiers, and despite admitting that he "knew about the SS", he said the army "was not interested in war crimes." According to British academic, Stephen Dorril, in his book M16: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Service, Major Hills was a self-described fascist and a staunch anti-communist who took it upon himself to ensure that the Galitsia Division would be transferred to Britain. Hills personally advised the head of the Division, Major Yaskevycz, to instruct his men that when questioned by the Soviet repatriation commission they must lie and insist that they were forced to serve alongside the Nazis and were not by any means volunteers. As a result of this, and due to British fears that improved relations between Italy and the Soviet Union could result in repatriation, the decision was made on April 1st, 1947, to relocate at least 8,000 members of the Galitsia Division to Britain.
Documents from the British Home Office that were declassified in 2005 reveal in great detail the lengths to which government officials went to grant citizenship and employment to the members of the Galitsia Division. This was a process that was greatly encouraged by politicians of Ukrainian origin like Gordon Bohdan Panchuk, a Canadian MP who put significant pressure on the British Home Office to extend "kind and sympathetic understanding and favourable action" towards the Division. Panchuk further threatened Home Office officials that any discussions of repatriation or ill-treatment of the soldiers would result in a negative political reaction from the Ukrainian communities of Canada and Britain.
The Home Office documents also show a general awareness of the background of the men of the Galitsia Division. It was well known that the war record of these soldiers was "bad and difficulties are likely to arise if they are employed with Poles." Despite this, the tendency within these correspondences was to overlook the recent history of the Galitsia Division and its role within the Waffen-SS. There were, however, notable objections from Home Office employees assigned to this matter, including that of Beryl Hughes, who found it:
difficult to understand the Ministry of Labour attitude over these POWs. To strain at the gnat of the PLF while appearing to be prepared to face with equanimity the prospect of swallowing a large-sized camel in the shape of upwards of 4,000 undisputed volunteers of the Wehrmacht seems to me the height of absurdity…I cannot help having serious misgivings about their attempt to foist the Ukrainian POWs on the labour market as just another batch of EVWs. [European Volunteer Workers].
Another Home Office official by the name of F.L.F Devey referred to the 'Surrendered Enemy Personnel' (SEP) status given to the Galitsia Division as a "pleasant fiction" that was originally enabled during their internment in Italy and overshadowed their true status as prisoners of war.
An interesting component to these documents, and particularly to the solicitations of the Canadian MP Panchuk, was the appeal to sympathy for the men of the Galitsia Division due to their fighting against Russians and communists rather than against "the western allies". This logic would also be utilized by the CIA in later years, with high ranking operatives such as Harry Rositzke explaining that leading up to, and during, the Cold War anyone could be considered an ally "as long as he was anti-communist…you didn't look at their credentials too closely."
Even if there was an inclination to take a closer look at the credentials of the soldiers who made up the Galitsia Division, the British government had taken steps to obscure the dark history of these men. Dr. Stephen Ankier, a pharmacologist turned Holocaust researcher, brought to light the importance of the 'Rimini list'. This was a classified document that disallowed the ability to track the members of the Division that were transferred to Britain and furthermore blocked efforts to "do anything about them, despite the suspicion that there were war criminals among that group, who were living in Britain." One of the advantages of the Rimini list was that the British government would be able to better hide the identities of those former SS-Galitsia Division soldiers who would eventually join M16 and the British military in order to aid the anti-Soviet campaign.
An inquiry conducted by the former British MP, Rupert Allason, found that a significant number of the Division was taken to RNAS [Royal Naval Air Station ‒ed.] Crail in Scotland in order to aid with the teaching of the Russian language to British intelligence recruits. Furthermore Allason told the British parliament in 1990 that he had:
obtained evidence from people who served there [RNAS Crail] and were taught Russian by people who openly boasted about the atrocities they had committed…Those boasts were known to British national service men going into the Intelligence Corps and they must have been known to the British government in subsequent years.
Despite this evidence, that by many accounts was available to the British government for decades, no meaningful action was taken and there has been no official recognition of the British role in shielding thousands of war-criminals from justice. Even more shocking than this is the fact that the acceptance of WWII-era war criminals into Britain was not limited to these 8,000 Ukrainian fascists, but also allowed for the protection of a significant number of Axis soldiers. British historians Andrew Thompson and David Cesarani have in their research shown that "war criminals of a range of nationalities did enter Britain" through avenues such as post-war workers' programs and resettlement initiatives that sought to prevent repatriation to Soviet territories.
In light of this information the logic of contemporary western support for fascism in Ukraine becomes clearer, especially in the context of the contemporary Russophobic hysteria which relies so heavily on post-WWII anti-Soviet rhetoric. Images of British and American politicians embracing the defenders of Ukraine's fascist past were shocking at first, but now can be seen as the continuation of a decades-long political tradition that betrays the true heroes and victims of the Second World War.
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Οἱ συντάκτες τῶν ἄρθρων ἀποδέχονται ὅτι φέρουν τὴν ἀποκλειστικὴ εὐθύνη γιὰ τὴ νομιμότητα, ἀλλὰ καὶ γιὰ τὴν ὀρθότητά του περιεχομένου τῶν ἄρθρων τους, ἀπαλλάσσοντας τὸ filonoi.gr ἀπὸ ὁποιανδήποτε σχετικὴ εὐθύνη.


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AMD Radeon HD 4830 512MB Graphics Card Review
3DMark 2006
3DMark 06 is the worldwide standard in advanced 3D game performance benchmarking and the latest version in the popular 3DMark series! 3DMark06 tests include all new HDR/SM3.0 graphics tests, advanced SM2.0 graphics tests, AI and physics driven single and multiple cores or processor CPU tests and a collection of comprehensive feature tests to reliably measure next generation gaming performance today.
Default 3DMark06 settings were used for testing, so a resolution of 1280×1024 was used.
Benchmark Results: The Radeon HD 4830 scored very well in 3DMark06 with an overall score of 11,737.
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Is Regis Philbin setting himself up to compete with his soon-to-be-ex-co-host, Kelly Ripa?
Sources tell Page Six the "Live with Regis & Kelly" legend, who announced in January that he'll retire from the show in November, has begun shopping his own daytime syndicated talk show, starring himself.
Philbin has been in preliminary talks with syndicators, including Harpo and Sony, about hosting a talk show similar to "Live" but with more news coverage, insiders said.
Harpo denies there was any meeting with Philbin, and reps for Sony didn't get back to us.
Philbin has been Ripa's on-screen partner for a decade. When he announced he'd be leaving the show, he intimated that he had no plans for a continuing television career.
"Everything must come to an end for certain people on camera, especially certain old people," he said at the time.
But sources told Parade magazine that Regis, spry at 79, made it clear that health concerns had nothing to do with his decision to leave — and that retirement from the show didn't mean an end to his career.
With Philbin's comeback plan yet to be revealed, Ripa has been starting to sweat, sources say. A source close to Ripa said she wouldn't be happy about Regis' return to daytime because his show would likely compete directly with her gabfest, which would have a new co-host. "Kelly is p- – -ed," the source said bluntly.
It's still early days for Philbin, who could likely meet with more syndicators as he works out a deal for life after "Live." His agent declined to comment.
Ripa's rep told us: "I don't know. I know she's very supportive of whatever Regis does, so I would doubt the story."


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Home Page Chess Life Online 2010 May Bill Hook, 1925-2010
|Bill Hook, 1925-2010
|By Vincent A. Moore
|May 10, 2010
"Hooked on Chess", captain ofthe Washington Plumbers championship team of the National Chess League,individual gold medal winner on first board at the 1980 Chess Olympiad(playing for the British Virgin Island team), participant in a record18 consecutive World Chess Olympiads, local chess master in theWashington, DC area, and before that, the New York city area, diedtoday, under hospice care, at his home in Silver Spring, Maryland. Hewas 85 years old. He is survived by his wife, Mimi Hook, a long timefriend of the Washington, DC chess community and frequent hostess tochess players in her home.
Bill Hook, author of
A memorial service will be held Wednesday.
For time and directions please contact:
Judean Memorial Gardens
16225 Batchellors Forest Road
Olney, MD 20832
Phone Number: (301) 384-1000


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Acute crisis of capital flight
The current stage of the crisis of the EU/Euro is marked by capital fleeing the European south. The symbol for this are the increasing interest spreads over German bonds. But also banks and the corporate sector are in acute shortage of capital while private consumption is plunging. Together with the severe austerity imposed by the EU centre the European south is suffering deep recession of which the worst is still to come. Large sections of the population including the middle classes are being impoverished to an extent and in a pace unprecedented since decades.
For any peripheral country this would mean immediate default and devastating social crisis as countries like Mexico, Indonesia, Argentina and many other countries did suffer from. Only being part of the EU and the Euro, default could so far be postponed – to social costs which might exceed even the ones to be expected with bankruptcy as Argentina had exemplified.
Actually small economies like Greece and Portugal de facto underwent controlled default with a partial debt restructuring which, however, did in no way resolve the problems but conversely exacerbate and spread them. Now big players like Spain and Italy which is part of the G7, and periphery and centre at the same time, are on the verge of bankruptcy shaking the very fabric of the Euro and the entire Union.
Underlying reasons
There is no simple and mono-causal explanation for the crisis which is definitely going beyond capitalist cyclisity.
One certain and obvious reason are the extreme imbalances expressed in the current accounts both globally and within Europe. As to the European current account imbalances nobody can deny that they have been massively exacerbated by the common currency. While the German centre embarked on real wage deflation the South did the exact contrary incited by cheap capital from the centre (credit bubble). The productivity deferential between the centre and the periphery went astray and so did the current accounts. The common currency made an offset through exchange rates moves impossible. The Southern industry gradually has lost global marked shares while capital went into financial speculations offering much higher interest. Eventually the system exploded and the capital flux direction reversed leaving nothing but misery.
A deeper lying phenomenon are the extremely low interest rates driving the generalised move into financial speculation. This is on its turn connected to the "savings glut", as the elites' economists call it. Capital is being accumulated while not productively re-invested but pumped into the financial casino. This for its part can also be explained by a widening gap between potential global output on one side and demand on the other side due to three decades of massive attacked on the toiling masses worldwide. The crash could so far be avoided, mitigated or postponed thanks to the credit bubble which burst only partially due to the containment measures mainly taken by the US elites. For how long this can go on remains an open question.
Without necessarily devising a full-fletched crisis theory one thing is, however, evident: The capitalist-imperialist elite and their market got no efficient mechanism of capital (resource) allocation. Despite the fact that in certain locations and periods is can provide for explosive development of the productive forces (on the costs of the toilers), it always remains uneven. The bust always follows the boom triggering social crisis, conflicts and wars. A system controlled by the interests of the global majority might not have these explosive hot spots in space and time but it would unfold more just, even and sustainable.
European dilemma
Back to the European crisis: It could indeed serve as the trigger for the global crash.
The US and the Anglo-saxon global elites press for an urgent programme to avert the European crash which could let the global credit bubble burst and tear down the entire world economy. They want the ECB to follow the Fed with an extremely expansive monetary policy called Quantitative Easing. This includes guaranteeing for the debtors both sovereign as well as corporate ones (as the US government did) best expressed in proposal for Euro bond.
The US is de facto a strongly centralised state (despite the de jure federative constitution), while within the EU the main levers of economic policy (except monetary) remain in the hands of the national governments. It is not by accident that a de facto common state has been proposed. But this is for many reasons impossible even more given the acuteness of the matter. So the elites do not regard it as a solution.
The European centre and especially Germany do not want to take the risk for the periphery over which they have no effective control. But this is not the only reason. There is also an ideological, dogmatic element with the absolute priority of monetary stability which excludes expansionary monetary and fiscal policy and orders austerity with regard to public expenditure as the only remedy.
This is what they have forced upon the EU periphery in exchange for bailouts and some minor guarantees. This recipe so far has caused disastrous results even amplifying the crisis. Worse is to come.
The EU has been moving within this dilemma always coming closer to collapse. It is completely unclear how long this walk on the edge of the sword will be possible. As the crisis deepens the risk taking and the guarantees will have to increase massively. If Berlin refuses swift further and much bolder bailout measures, the Eurozone will be inevitably torn apart with ensuing defaults of the European south. This might send shock waves into the global system which is might not sustain. The main loser of such a scenario would be the union's centre and especially Germany speaking in economic terms let alone political ones. Or, the other option, is to gradually give in to what the Anglo-saxon financial centre as well as the Southern periphery demand, with the danger that the measures will bring relieve only for a short period of time soon requesting new and bigger steps towards shouldering risk. Given the austerity, the recession as well as the contacting world market there is no end of the severe crisis in sight.
So the break-up of the eurozone seems to be rather a question of when than a matter of whether. Given the political limbo of the EU and especially Germany the crack might be closer as one expects.
Destabilisation of the ruling European elites
The European Union is the project of the European capitalist elites to unify the continent under their exclusive rule as the only possibility to remain a global power, however, always within the system of US hegemony. No internal anti-systemic opposition should ever get the chance to raise its head.
Given the current crisis all the promises connected with the EU are severely shaken and might soon lie completely in ruins. There was the promise of prosperity extended also to the periphery, something which is currently taken back. There was the promise of the end of nationalist-inspired conflicts, the hope for social balancing across the continent bringing the periphery close to the centre, the idea of lasting peace which is no more so sure as it used to appear. And there is the promise of democracy and civil rights extended also towards the periphery, something which is always less credible in the centre let alone on the periphery. Not long ago a vast majority believed this capitalist narrative especially in the centre. Today we see a rapid meltdown obviously more intensely on the periphery.
Along the entire period of neo-liberalism and especially since the demise of the Soviet Union in 1989/91 we have seen a contradictory process of loss of organic control and political hegemony of the capitalist elites over the broad masses across Europe. It is contradictory because one cannot deny that neo-liberalism has indeed been wielding significant influence. But at the same time it cut is organisational links of control over wide sections of the population which had been built after WWII mainly by the means of bourgeois democracy and a steady increase in prosperity also for the subaltern classes. Participation in the political system decreased, democratic rights got curbed in the fury of the "war on terror", the growth of prosperity was stopped and even reversed and eventually the elites took exclusive control of the political system in form of a cold and creeping coup d'état. The broad masses accepted this tendency more or less with indifference. The appearance of political clowns and even more of right-wing populism is an expression of this loss of hegemony. But the hitherto dominant political passivity and widespread indifference could turn into resistance and rebellion not seen for half a century. The explosion of the Euro and the EU would create an enormous ideological and political vacuum as the main political project of the elites is evaporating.
Implosions and explosions in Southern Europe
It goes without saying that the political crisis is the deepest in the societies affected the most. Along the social rift across Europe runs also a political one. One can even observe that the crisis got the adverse political effect on the centre. Despite the fact that the social situation of the German lower classes did not ameliorate the new political role played by Germany within Europe drives them on the side of their elites. Actually they are even right to refuse the bailouts as their aim is to save capitalist elites while leaving the popular masses in misery. They are wrong, however, when they endorse Merkel's pressure to austerity in the South.
In Greece a massive popular movement developed refusing further austerity. It let to the implosion of the decades-old bi-partite system controlled by a few leading capitalist families. In the last election the anti-austerity forces only by a small margin did not take control of parliament because of the extra-ordinary bonus granted to the first party. The EU had no contingency plans for such a situation. But also the current government is extremely weak and will break down sooner or later. The elites will no more be able to maintain power abiding by the formal rules of bourgeois democracy. They will need to resort to authoritarian measures unprecedented in the EU running head-on against their very ideological justification. At the same time we see for the first time since decades the development of a popular opposition against the elites. As radical as this opposition might be against the austerity as weak it is regarding a political alternative. By majority they still hope to remain within the eurozone which is being expressed in the programme of the Syriza coalition heading the opposition movement.
Also in Italy it will be nearly impossible to continue imposing austerity with the old eroded political system. The bi-polar system is ruined. The Monti government was a trick of last resort to expire soon. New elections might bring forces to office hostile to continued austerity and also the EU – possible not only from the popular classes as in Greece but maybe also with some parts of the elites. Therefore the elites try to institute a new electoral system so far without success. For the time being a popular mass movements erupted only at the periphery (like in Sicily) or in certain sectors. But there are signs of political change within the popular masses and also the middle classes, like the electoral success of the leftist anti-EU lists of Pepe Grillo happens to indicate. With the crisis deepening ruptures, explosions and turmoil are to be expected.
While a political alternative in further away in Spain which is in much deeper troubles than Italy also there popular protests are erupting which are doomed to grow.
In case…
… the eurozone breaks apart and with it the entire project of the union the rule of the capitalist elites will be put into question first of all at the periphery. The popular masses will become once again after half a century a factor of active historic change. This will offer unique opportunities to revolutionary anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist forces.
In which way these opening possibilities can be seized? How the beginning popular protests can be connected to the Arab democratic and anti-imperialist revolts? In which way all this is connected to the global economic and political crisis of the impero-capitalist order headed by the US? Participate in the discussion with protagonists of these struggles at the Anti-imperialist Camp in Assisi:
Respective sessions of the Anti-imperialist Camp
Assisi, Italy, 23-26 August 2012
Greece: elections or revolution?
Friday afternoon, 24 August
• Petros Al Achmar, leading activist of the Communist Organisation of Greece (KOE) which is member of Syriza
• Yiannis Rachiotis, candidate of Antarsya (Anti-capitalist Left Co-operation for the Overthrow) and leading member of the left lawyers association Alternative Intervention of Athens Lawyers (AIAL)
The Italian crisis within the European one – a popular front to emerge as an alternative?
Sunday morning 26 August
• Alberto Bagnai, economist
• Marino Badiale, university of Turin
• Alberto Perino, leader of the NO TAV movement
• Leonardo Mazzei, secretary of the People's Liberation Movement (MPL)
• Mariano Ferro, leader of the Sicilian popular protest movement Forconi (by audio link)
• Felice Flori, leader of the Sard shephards


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Architect David Fisher has envisioned a new tower that is one part wind turbine and one part skyscraper. The tower is based around a concrete center core, with each floor spinning like an individual wind turbine. When all of the turbines are harnessed together the tower will not only be able to power itself, but up to ten other similarly sized buildings, too. Question: How do occupants not vomit when the tradewinds hit?
Meet Microsoft's New Surface Laptops
Jump ahead to see a fun fanciful choreographed video of the proposed tower.
Look for the first of its kind to start production in Dubai within six months. But if that's too far for you, American's Chicago is looking into one as well.


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Schools can have a big impact on property value and quality of life. If you're buying a home, here are a few reasons local school ratings matter – even if you don't have kids.
1. The next buyer will consider school ratings, too
According to a recent National Association of REALTORS Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, 25 percent of homebuyers listed school quality and 20 percent listed proximity to schools as deciding factors in their home purchase. Another survey conducted by Realtor.com showed that 91 percent of the people surveyed included school district boundaries in their decision-making process. You may be surprised to learn that not all of the shoppers involved in the studies had kids.
2. More money spent on schools means more money spent on homes
There's a correlation between school expenditures and home values in any given neighborhood, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Their report, "School Spending Raises Property Values," found that for every dollar spent on public schools in a community, home values increased $20.
3. Higher school ratings equal higher home values
A Brookings Institution study looked at the 100 largest metro areas in the country and found an average difference of $205,000 in home prices between houses near high-performing and low-performing schools.
4. And good school ratings help homes maintain value
A Brookings Institution study looked at the 100 largest metro areas in the country and found an average difference of $205,000 in home prices between houses near high-performing and low-performing schools.
5. Great school districts usually mean great neighborhoods
Often there's a correlation between super school districts and safer neighborhoods, better shopping and transportation and great public amenities – like parks. All of these factors increase the desirability of the neighborhood, which translates to higher home values and a better deal for you when it's time to sell.
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(This is the first in a two-part series of Special Reports, "The Child Exchange: Inside America's underground market for adopted children.")
By Megan Twohey
KIEL, Wisconsin, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Todd and Melissa Puchalla struggled more than two years to raise Quita, the troubled teenager they'd adopted from Liberia. When they decided to give up the 16-year-old, they found new parents to take her in less than two days - by posting an ad on the Internet.
Nicole and Calvin Eason, an Illinois couple in their 30s, responded quickly. In emails, Nicole Eason assured Melissa Puchalla that she could handle the girl. "People that are around me think I am awesome with kids," Eason wrote.
A few weeks later, on Oct. 4, 2008, the Puchallas drove from their Wisconsin home to Westville, Illinois. The handoff took place at the Country Aire Mobile Home Park, where the Easons lived.
No attorneys or child welfare officials were present. The Puchallas simply signed a notarized statement declaring these virtual strangers to be Quita's guardians. The visit lasted a few hours. It was the first and the last time the couples would meet.
To Melissa Puchalla, the Easons "seemed wonderful." Had she vetted them more closely, she might have discovered what Reuters would learn:
* Child welfare authorities had taken away both Nicole Eason's biological children years earlier. A sheriff's deputy wrote that the couple had "violent tendencies."
* The only official document attesting to their parenting skills - one purportedly drafted by a social worker who had inspected the Easons' home - was fake, created by the Easons themselves.
* Nicole Eason and another man, Randy Winslow, had taken in a 10-year-old boy advertised online in 2006. Later, Winslow was arrested and is now serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison for sending and receiving child pornography.
On Quita's first night with the Easons, her new guardians told her to join them in their bed, Quita says today. The Easons say they never shared their bed with any child they took in, but Quita remembers it vividly; Nicole, she says, slept naked.
Within a few days of dropping Quita there, Melissa Puchalla couldn't reach the Easons and had no idea what had become of the girl. About two weeks passed before authorities located her, took her from the Easons and sent her back to Wisconsin - alone, on a bus.
No further action was taken by authorities in Illinois, Wisconsin or New York.
When she arrived in the United States, Quita thought she was "coming to a nicer place, a safer place. It didn't turn out that way," she says today. "It turned into a nightmare."
The teenager had been tossed into America's underground market for adopted children, a loose Internet network where desperate parents seek new homes for kids they regret adopting. Like Quita, now 21, these discarded children are often the casualties of international adoptions gone sour.
Through Yahoo and Facebook groups, parents and others advertise unwanted children and then pass them to strangers with little or no government scrutiny, sometimes illegally, a Reuters investigation has found.
It is a largely lawless marketplace where the needs of parents are often put ahead of the welfare of the orphans they brought to America. One government official alerted child protection workers across the United States that the practice is "placing children in grave danger." Even so, no laws specifically address it, and no government agency monitors the bulletin boards.
The practice is called "private re-homing," a term typically used by owners seeking new homes for their pets. Based on solicitations posted on one of eight similar online bulletin boards, the parallels are striking.
"Born in October of 2000 - this handsome boy, 'Rick' was placed from India a year ago and is obedient and eager to please," one ad for a child read.
A woman who said she is from Nebraska offered an 11-year-old boy she had adopted from Guatemala. "I am totally ashamed to say it, but we do truly hate this boy!" she wrote in a July 2012 post.
Reuters analyzed 5,029 posts from a five-year period on one Internet message board, a Yahoo group. On average, a child was advertised for re-homing there once a week. Most of the children ranged in age from 6 to 14 and had been adopted from abroad - from countries such as Russia and China, Ethiopia and Ukraine. The youngest was 10 months old. One participant referred to the re-homing forums as "'farms' in which to select children."
A 10-year-old boy from the Philippines and a 13-year-old boy from Brazil each were advertised three times. So was a girl from Haiti. She was offered for re-homing when she was 14, 15 and 16 years old.
"I would have given her away to a serial killer, I was so desperate," one mother wrote in a March 2012 post about her 12-year-old daughter.
After learning what Reuters found, Yahoo took down Adopting-from-Disruption, the six-year-old bulletin board. A spokeswoman said the activity in the group violated the company's terms-of-service agreement. The company subsequently took down five other groups that Reuters brought to its attention.
A similar forum on Facebook, Way Stations of Love, remains active but private. A Facebook spokeswoman says the page shows "that the Internet is a reflection of society."
Some re-homed children have endured severe abuse. One girl adopted from China and later sent to a second home said she was made to dig her own grave. Another re-homed child, a Russian girl, recounted how a boy in one house urinated on her after the two had sex; she was 13 at the time and was re-homed three times in six months.
"There's hundreds of people looking for new homes for kids," says Glenna Mueller, an adoptive mother who advertised her 10-year-old son online.
Parents who offer their children on the Internet say they have limited options. On the bulletin boards, parents talk of children becoming abusive and violent, terrorizing them and other kids in the household. "People get in over their heads," says Tim Stowell, an adoptive parent who created the Facebook group last year.
Because private re-homings often bypass the government, the only vetting of prospective families is done by parents who want to get rid of children. That increases the risk that kids could fall into the hands of dangerous people. In the group Reuters analyzed, more than half of the children were described as having some sort of special need. About 18 percent were said to have a history that included sexual or physical abuse.
"If you advertise details of things like their substance abuse or sexually acting out, that's waving a red flag" for predators, says Michael Seto, an expert on the sexual abuse of children at the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group in Canada.
In July 2006 - within hours of posting an ad for the 10-year-old boy she had adopted out of the U.S. foster care system - Glenna Mueller met Nicole Eason and Eason's friend Winslow outside a hotel near Mueller's home in Appleton, Wisconsin. There, Mueller gave them the boy, along with a note saying they could care for him. "I wanted this child gone," says Mueller, a former daycare provider.
A few months later, she took the boy back after a Wisconsin child welfare worker told Mueller she could be arrested for not involving state authorities in the custody transfer, she says. The boy later told her he had spent most of his time in Illinois with Winslow.
Court documents show Winslow, then 41, had been trading child pornography during the boy's time with him in Illinois. In the months after the boy left, Winslow spent time in a chat room where he graphically boasted of molesting boys and explained how to keep the abuse quiet: "Just have to raise them to think its fine and not to tell anyone," he wrote in a chat with an undercover federal agent.
Now in federal prison in Elkton, Ohio, Winslow declined requests for an interview. The boy turned 18 a few days ago. His foster parents declined to make him available for an interview.
There is one potential safeguard for children: an agreement among states called the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children, or ICPC. It requires that if a child is to be transferred to a different state, parents who take in and give away the child must notify authorities in both states. That way, the prospective parents can be vetted.
Not until January 2011 did an official responsible for overseeing the U.S. child protection compact call attention to the "grave danger" of the online network. In a nationwide alert, an administrator for the ICPC warned that adoptive parents were sending children to live with people they met on the Internet. The practice, the official wrote, "puts children at substantial risk."
Despite the urgency, the official, Stephen Pennypacker, says states still cannot account for such custody transfers.
International adoptees are especially susceptible to being re-homed. Reuters found that at least 70 percent of children offered on the Yahoo bulletin board were advertised as foreign-born. Americans have adopted about 243,000 children from abroad since the late 1990s, but no authorities systematically track what happens to those children after they arrive in the United States.
Transfers such as those involving Nicole Eason - the woman who disappeared with Quita and took the 10-year-old boy in the hotel parking lot - might never be recorded.
Eason has succeeded in taking in at least six children through the Internet, despite her troubled history. In 2000, a report by Massachusetts officials shows, Eason's biological daughter was taken away after the 9 month old was admitted to the hospital with a broken femur "for which the parents had no explanation."
In 2002, about a week after Nicole's second child was born, South Carolina authorities removed the newborn boy from the Eason home, sheriff's records show. Authorities cited the neglect investigation of the Easons in Massachusetts and the "deplorable" conditions in the couple's South Carolina home. "Parents have severe psychiatric problems as well with violent tendencies," a deputy wrote in a March 2002 report.
In interviews with Reuters, the Easons said Nicole's two children again live with them. In truth, the couple never got them back, South Carolina and Massachusetts officials confirmed.
Eason described her parenting style this way: "Dude, just be a little mean, OK? ... I'll threaten to throw a knife at your ass, I will. I'll chase you with a hose."
Asked to explain why officials in two states say her children had been permanently removed, Nicole Eason said someone was lying.
"I haven't had problems with social services," she said. "That's what I'm claiming." (Additional reporting by Ryan McNeill and Robin Respaut in New York. Edited by Blake Morrison)


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Coloradans 18 and older can get a medical marijuana card. Medical marijuana was legalized in 2000 in Colorado, and the annual registration fee will now be reduced to $15.
Where can people purchase marijuana?
Licensed retail shops will be able to sell marijuana starting Jan. 1. The shops were previously medical marijuana dispensaries, and may or may not choose to continue to sell medical products in addition to retail products. The earliest brand-new retail shops can open is Oct. 1, 2014. Shops have hours mandated by the state, much like liquor stores, so no purchases can be made before 8 a.m.
Currently, Colorado has issued licenses to 136 shops. Most of the approved locations are in Denver, but four shops in Summit County will be open for business Jan. 1, as well: Alpenglow Botanicals, Bioenergetic Healing Center, Breckenridge Cannabis Club and High Country Healing.
How much can individuals buy?
In a single transaction, Colorado residents can purchase up to 1 ounce, while out-of-state visitors will be able to purchase 1/4 ounce. All adults 21 and older will be able to possess up to 1 ounce on their person.
Researchers have concluded the average joint has slightly less than a half gram of marijuana. An ounce is slightly more than 28 grams, so 1 ounce will equal approximately 60 joints.
How much will it cost?
In the medical-marijuana market, ounces run from $150 to close to $300. But the more common purchase amount is an eighth of an ounce, which costs around $25 to $45 for medical marijuana. Stores will set their own prices for retail product, but customers will have to pay high state and local taxes for the pot — 25 percent for the state, on top of a 5 percent excise tax in Summit County and other retail sales taxes. Most stores will only accept cash, which presents a security concern as well. Federal banking regulations mean that marijuana stores commonly don't have access to banking services. People can make multiple purchases in the same day, as long as they do not exceed the 1 ounce limit.
Where can people legally smoke or consume marijuana?
The only place it's 100 percent OK to consume marijuana is in a private residence, with permission from the owner. Most ski slopes are on federal land, where marijuana use and possession is still illegal. Same with national parks, national forests and national monuments. Hotels and resorts can institute their own smoking policies. Under Colorado's Clean Indoor Air Act, pot smoking isn't allowed anywhere that cigarette smoking is also banned. Consumption is specifically banned in any state-licensed marijuana facility.
How will marijuana sales be monitored?
Turns out, Colorado's seed-to-sale marijuana inventory tracking system won't track every plant Jan. 1. But businesses are required to record their process through the tracking system, which is meant to ensure the product does not get outside the state. Businesses are subject to audits or inspections by the state Marijuana Enforcement Division as well. The pot must have a label that lists its potency and any nonorganic pesticides or fungicides used in its cultivation.
What can people grow?
Adults can grow up to six plants in their own home, three of which can be flowering at once, and in a locked, contained space. It is legal to keep the resulting harvest of the plants at home, even if the amount exceeds 1 ounce. Individuals can only transport 1 ounce or less. However, landlords are also allowed to create policies for their private properties.
Where do shops get their marijuana?
Until October 2014, retail marijuana stores must grow at least 70 percent of the product they sell. So, marijuana being sold to customers on New Year's Day will be coming from a onetime transfer from the stores' medical marijuana supply.
What about safety concerns?
Many shops must be located at least 1,000 feet away from schools, and the state has mandated any marijuana products must be sold in child-proof packaging. Certain marketing has also been banned, in hopes of limiting exposure to children. Sharing or giving marijuana to minors is a crime, which carries similar penalties as providing alcohol to minors.
Can employers still fire people from jobs for smoking marijuana?
Yes, employers still can fire workers for using it, on or off duty. State law gives employers total authority to impose any drug regulations they wish.
Are people allowed to drive?
A state law creates a preset limit for drivers, similar to alcohol. Drivers with a reading of 5 nanograms of active THC in their systems will be considered impaired and will be cited. It is illegal to smoke or eat marijuana in a moving vehicle, but it may be carried as long as it is in a closed container.
Will people be able to take marijuana out of Colorado?
Definitely not. Every city and county in Colorado has its own marijuana regulations, so even transporting from place to place in state can be tricky. It is still illegal to transport marijuana across state lines, even if it was purchased legally in Colorado. Denver International Airport recently announced it will be against the law to take marijuana into the airport, as well.
What will happen to people in jail for marijuana-related crimes?
New marijuana laws will have little to no impact on people currently serving sentences. But in 2012, the state did announce it would close some current investigations into marijuana-related crimes.
How much money is the state making?
Business licenses cost anywhere from $2,750 to $14,000, plus local fees. In November, voters passed a 15 percent excise tax and 10 percent sales tax on recreational marijuana. That 25 percent state tax is expected to generate $70 million every year. The first $40 million will go toward school construction, and the rest will be used to regulate the marijuana business and put together educational campaigns.
Will anyone know who is purchasing marijuana?
Amendment 64 prohibits a list of marijuana purchasers, but customers will be on camera. The state's rules require shops have a security cameras pointed at the cash register, the entrances and the exits.
To read more stories about recreational marijuana in Summit County go to: https://www.summitdaily.com/ColoradoMarijuana/
This article includes reporting from The Denver Post.
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Goliath (Hebrew, "exile" or "passage" or "revolution") was the Philistine single-combat champion who fell before the young future king David of Israel.
Origin and Description
The Bible says that Goliath came from the city of Gath, one of a handful of Philistine city-states.
He stood "six cubits and a span." A cubit is the length of a man's arm (generally measured as 18 inches), and a span is the widest extent that a man can spread the palm and fingers of his hand (generally measured as 1/2 of a cubit, or 9 inches). Therefore, "six cubits and a span" make about nine and 3/4 US Customary feet, or 3 meters.
Further clues to his tremendous size and strength come from the catalog of his armor that the Bible offers. He wore a coat of mail that weighed 5000 brass shekels and carried a spear whose head weighed 600 iron shekels and whose shaft "was like a weaver's beam." He even had his own shield bearer, normally a perquisite of kings and captains.[1]
In addition II_Samuel 21:18-22 (KJV) mentions that there were other giants in Gath, possibly related to Goliath (likely why David picked up five stones, figuring that he might have to face more than just Goliath).
Death in Battle
The Bible [2] describes in detail the one event for which any historical record survives. Goliath joined the combined Philistine army at Succoth, in either 1063 BC (Ussher) or 1018 BC (Thiele). The armies of King Saul camped at Elah, on the far side of a valley. Thus each army commanded a mountain on each side of this valley.
Neither side wanted to take the initiative and bring the other to battle. So, presumably on the orders of the high king of the Philistines, Goliath walked into the valley and challenged the Israelites to "single combat"[3].Goliath probably placed as much faith in his own tremendous size as in the Philistine pantheon. In any event, he waited for forty days for a champion to emerge. But at the sight of the slender, red-cheeked youth who appeared before him—one who, furthermore, wore no armor at all!--he evidently did not know whether to howl with laughter or with rage.
Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?[4]This was in reference to the sight of this young lad carrying a shepherd's staff and a small leather satchel slung over one shoulder, and with no other weapons. The sight was probably deeply insulting. That Goliath meant to return insult for insult is evident because, in Goliath's day, dogs were strays, scavengers, and far less friendly to mankind than they are today.
Goliath responded by cursing the lad in the name of his gods and threatening to feed him to the birds and the beasts. Young David's rejoinder was simple: that while Goliath relied on his weapons, David relied on his God, and God would win the day. Furthermore, David promised not only to kill Goliath and cut off his head, but to cause the entire Philistine army to be fed to the birds and the beasts.
The combat between the two men was short. Goliath rushed forward to attack, and David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it. The stone struck Goliath directly between the eyes and killed him instantly. David then cut off Goliath's head—again, after Goliath was already dead.
The Philistines immediately broke and ran. David stripped the dead Goliath of his armor and treasured it for years thereafter.[5]
Extra-biblical evidence
No one claims to have found the bones of Goliath. But one of the key counterclaims against Goliath's story is that the name Goliath is not of Semitic origin—nor of Hamitic, either—so that it was not a true Hebrew or Philistine name.[6] But the discovery, in November 2005, of a pottery fragment in Tell es-Safi in central Israel now casts doubt on that counterclaim. The fragment dates, conventionally, to 950 BC, and thus could have been from either the United Kingdom under Solomon or the Southern Kingdom under King Abijam or Asa (or perhaps some time frame in-between, or even earlier). It bears an inscription that appears to be a "Semitized" version of an Indo-European name that sounds remarkably like "Goliath."[7][8][9]
Given its dating, it is regarded as the oldest Philistine artifact yet found. More to the point, while it might not have belonged to this Goliath, or have been made to honor him, it does show that the name Goliath was in use in the Philistine population of Gath at a period close to the traditional date of David's battle with the giant.
Modern speculations on Goliath and the combat
Medical speculation
Goliath was almost certainly a giant. The question arises as to how he came to be one. Did he suffer from a medical condition? Some modern doctors have suggested that he probably had a pituitary adenoma that over-produced the human growth hormone during his adolescent years. This would indeed produce the condition of giantism. Many such "pituitary giants" are known to medical science, and they generally have all their organs and bones, all in proper proportion to one another. The tallest man on record was Robert Pershing Wadlow (1918-1940) of Alton, Illinois. (See image at right.) Wadlow, who was still growing at his death from a foot infection, stood 8 feet and 11.1 inches tall and was otherwise healthy and even entertained as an occasional basketball player with local high school players.[10] Had he been as muscular as he was tall, he would no doubt have been strong enough to carry Goliath's armor, even armor as heavy as the Bible describes.
These same doctors even speculate that the pituitary tumor grew to impinge upon the optic chiasm and cut off the signals that pass from each eye to the opposing occipital lobe, which is the center for visual processing. Thus Goliath would have suffered bitemporal hemianopsia, which produces "tunnel vision," and thus David would have been better able to approach him close enough to deliver a killing blow with his slingshot.[11]
But such speculation ignores three key facts. One is the utility of the ancient slingshot; indeed the Book of Judges speaks of a cadre of slingers who each could reliably hit a target no broader than a human hair.[12] Though that verse does not say from how far away the slingers could accomplish this feat, one must remember that the combat between David and Goliath was at very close range, with the two combatants never more than five or six cubits apart from one another. In all likelihood, David could have defeated a three-meter-tall man having full possession of his visual faculties—and equally likely, the Philistines would not have invested such effort to train and equip a man, no matter how tall he stood, if he had, in effect, two blind sides.
Another fact is the nature of pituitary adenoma and the consequences of the continued secretion of growth hormone after the epiphyseal plates of bones have fully formed. A patient so afflicted has outsized fingers and toes, a condition called acromegaly. The Bible does not describe the anatomical anomalies associated with acromegaly in Goliath.
The third is that the Bible clearly says that a hereditary race of giants still existed after the Great Flood.[13] The Bible even tells us that the original spies, including Caleb and Joshua, saw "sons of Anak," clearly described as giants, in Canaan.[14] Goliath is far more likely to have come from such stock.
Single Combat
Goliath proposed single combat as a settlement of a battle that would otherwise have been difficult for either side to fight and win. In the era in which Goliath lived, fought, and died, single combat was in essence a trial of one nation's gods against another. Whoever won the combat would demonstrate the favor of the gods for his side against the other side.
Thus single combat, in this context, is yet another method by which a general sought to "divine" the outcome of battle in advance. In a similar vein, the Roman army, centuries later, developed the custom of consulting the auspex (plural, auspices, whence "auspicious"), a specialized augur who observed the vigor (or lack thereof) with which two chickens, suddenly released from their cage, would eat two honey cakes placed before them. Single combat also appears in medieval times in the ritual of trial by combat, in which one accused of a crime would defend his innocence (or get someone else to defend it) by physical combat against the king's chosen champion.[15]
At least one modern television producer has engaged in totally vain speculation according to which Joab, Saul's ranking general, sought to disable the Philistines' chariots and then mount a major offensive with the entire army, and saw David's brash proposal to accept Goliath's challenge as a welcome diversion. The Bible gives absolutely no warrant for this, and again, such speculation completely ignores the faith that ancient generals in that era placed in single combat per se.
In modern culture
The famously cynical political scientist Nicolo Machiavelli once said that the best way to fight is with weapons that we know and understand, and not with weapons that others use, however efficacious they might appear. Machiavelli credits the "lesson" of David and Goliath with giving him this insight.[16]
Today, "Goliath" is a common name for a very large machine or other artifact — However the German Goliath tank of World War II was a tiny, unmanned remote-controlled vehicle. The phrase "David against Goliath" is a proverbial description for a contest (mainly in sports) in which one opponent is a huge underdog to the other, but manages to win nonetheless (an example is Maryland-Baltimore County, a #16 seed in the 2018 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, defeating overall #1 seed Virginia, the first time a #16 had defeated a #1 in the men's tournament).
Goliath has been celebrated as an "action hero" in Italian cinema, and in this regard continues to illustrate the Biblical statement that certain giant-sized men, called Nephilim, were "the mighty men that were of old, men of renown."[17] On a similar note, the main protagonist of the Disney cartoon series Gargoyles, at least the closest he had to an actual name, was named after the Biblical figure. Ironically, the main antagonist, Xanatos, shared the same first name as the one who defeated Goliath.
- ↑ I_Samuel 17:4-7 (KJV)
- ↑ I_Samuel 17:1-58 (KJV)
- ↑ In single combat, each side selects one man -- usually its top warrior -- and the two fight to the death, whereby the losing side agrees to be subservient to the winning side.
- ↑ I_Samuel 17:43 (KJV)
- ↑ The Goliath Account in Flavius Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews
- ↑ Maeir, Aren. "Comment on the News Item in Biblical Archaeology Review on the Goliath Inscription." The Tell es-Safi/Gath Excavations Official (and Unofficial) Weblog, February 16, 2006. Retrieved June 27, 2007.
- ↑ Goliath's name found in Israeli archaeological dig, The New Zealand Herald, 15 November 2005
- ↑ David and Goliath: truth or legend?, United Press International, Jerusalem, 10 November 2005
- ↑ Scientists find 'Goliath' inscribed on pottery Associated Press, 10 November 2005 (through MSNBC)
- ↑ Authors unknown. The World's Tallest Man. Retrieved May 29, 2007.
- ↑ Berginer, Vladimir M. Neurological Aspects of the David-Goliath Battle: Restriction in the Giant's Visual Field. IMAJ 2000;2:725-727 (requires a PDF reader or plug-in)
- ↑ Judges 20:16 (KJV)
- ↑ Genesis 6:3 (KJV)
- ↑ Numbers 13:22-33 (KJV)
- ↑ Wolfe, Tom. The Right Stuff, reprint ed. Bantam Books, 2001. ISBN 0553381350. Contains a brief passage discussing single combat in the ancient context, as a metaphor for the high esteem in which the United States and its people held the first seven astronauts.
- ↑ Machiavelli, Nicolo. "Concerning Auxiliaries, Mixed Soldiery, and One's Own." The Prince. 1513. Retrieved May 29, 2007 from the The Medieval Sourcebook at Fordham University.
- ↑ Genesis 6:1-4 (NASB)


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Happy Halloween!
I hope you're all hydrating in preparation for the undoubtedly crazy partying you've got planned for the evening! Here's that pesto recipe I promised you yesterday – stuffed full of healthy spinach, tangy lemon juice and vegan-friendly! I promise you it's just as good, if not better, than any traditional pesto. And it holds up perfectly to pumpkin ale, or any herb/spice beers.
Spinach Pesto
|Makes 1 cup
|Prep time
|15 minutes
|Meal type
A vegan pesto sauce with a hearty dose of spinach.
- 2/3 cups raw pine nuts
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 + 1/2 cups spinach (washed and patted dry)
- 1 handful fresh basil
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- The juice of half a lemon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt (plus more to season to taste)
- 1/3 cup parmesan cheese
|Step 1
|Place the pine nuts in a small pan over medium heat and toast, shaking often to prevent burning.
|Step 2
|In a food processor combine the toasted pine nuts, garlic cloves, spinach, basil and half of the olive oil. (You can add the parmesan cheese here if you so desire.)
|Step 3
|Pulse multiple times, adding olive oil until you reach the desired consistency.
|Step 4
|Serve over pasta, on pizza, top bruschetta with this - the possibilities are endless.
I used part of this batch on the homemade pizza we made the other day, and this afternoon tossed it with some al dente pasta for a quick and easy (and healthy) lunch.
After all the candy binging you may happen to do tonight, this will be the perfect "pick me up" to help get you back on track to start your November on the right foot. Holy crap, I can't believe tomorrey is November.
In other news: the recipe page has been updated yet again! There's a new batch of pancake recipes, vegetarian spaghetti squash lasagna and green Thai curry among other things. Peruse and drool.
Happy Halloween to all! Have a wonderful, safe evening and use a designated driver! Cheers!


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San Diego Zoo, 2010
Using a rented Sigma 150-500mm from LensProToGo, I was able to capture details of various animals at the San Diego Zoo. The lens was quite heavy to carry around all day, but it was worth it - I had a great time shooting so close up. Check out my blog post - Adventures in Long GlassRead More


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If you're already doing the math on how your favorite team can fit wide receiver Wes Welker under the salary cap, pump the brakes.
Welker still might be in the plans of the New England Patriots. NFL.com's Ian Rapoport wrote Monday that both he and NFL.com's Albert Breer have heard Welker could receive a long-term contract extension before free agency.
With the offseason under way, Around The League examines what's next for all 32 teams. Gregg Rosenthal tackles the Patriots. **More ...**
This makes sense. Welker, 31, puts up big numbers every year, is a good presence in the locker room and possesses a skill-set that should allow him to play at a high level through his mid-30s.
We tend to overlook just how incredibly productive Welker has been since joining the Patriots in 2007. In that stretch -- which includes an offseason recovery from a blown ACL in 2010 -- Welker has averaged 112 catches per season. He's a first-down machine.
Rapoport examined the market and speculated Welker might be in line for a five-year deal at roughly $8 million per season. Are the Patriots willing to make one more investment on the game's greatest slot receiver? Don't rule it out.


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Key 9th inning helps Braves rally against Mets
NEW YORK -- Credit Jason Heyward with a save. His teammates sure are.
The 6-foot-5 outfielder made a diving, game-ending catch with runners on first and second after pinch-hitter Reed Johnson hit a go-ahead single with two outs in a two-run top half, leading the Atlanta Braves to a 2-1 victory over the New York Mets on Monday night.
"That was unbelievable," Johnson said.
Playing for the first time after missing six games with a strained right hamstring, Heyward was positioned toward right-center field when pinch-hitter Justin Turner sent Craig Kimbrel's pitch to the opposite gap. Heyward raced across Citi Field's spacious outfield and made a flat out dive for the drive in the rain. He held up his glove to show he had the ball as he slid across the turf on his belly for the final out.
"I want to make every play I can," the Gold Glove outfielder said. "If I try to play it on the hop it probably gets by me. The safe way there was probably not the best."
The Braves appreciated the effort. Johnson, the left fielder, threw his hands in the air and jumped up. Starter Julio Teheran said he jumped, too, while watching in the clubhouse. Kimbrel threw his head back, then held his hands out wide -- lip readers could see him saying, "Oh, my God!"
Astonishing? Not to Brian McCann.
"When he gets full tilt, he can fly," said the catcher, who started the Braves' ninth-inning rally with a single off Bobby Parnell.
Heyward was playing center field because B.J. Upton is on the disabled list.
"If he doesn't leave his feet, he ain't gonna catch that ball," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "But the son of a gun's 6-foot-6, 6-7, and he's not afraid to do that. We've seen him do that in right field, leave his feet. Wow, what a catch!"
The Braves were in position to win because they took advantage of catcher John Buck's passed ball to score twice in the ninth.
Atlanta did not get a hit off Dillon Gee until Freddie Freeman led off the seventh with a single. But the NL East leaders ended their two-game skid against Parnell (5-5).
With shortstop Omar Quintanilla playing behind second base in a shift, McCann singled through the opening at short to open the ninth. Evan Gattis followed with a bloop single to right-center. David Wright then fielded Dan Uggla's grounder and stepped on third before leaping over a sliding pinch-runner Jose Constanza. Buck's passed ball on a high fastball put runners in scoring position before Chris Johnson's grounder tied it.
"We just got crossed up," Buck said of he and Parnell on the passed ball
Batting for reliever Jordan Walden, Reed Johnson lined a single to center for the lead -- a day after he was robbed of an eighth-inning homer by the White Sox's Casper Wells in a 3-1 loss.
Kimbrel hit Buck with a pitch with one out in the rainy ninth, drawing the Mets fans ire as he tried to get comfortable in the steady downpour by walking off the mound after nearly every pitch. Pinch-runner Andrew Brown advanced to second on a wild pitch and Quintanilla drew a 10-pitch walk.
Turner, in his first game off the disabled list, then hit what he thought would at least tie it.
"I went up there and tried to take a good at-bat, and unfortunately ended up on the wrong end of a highlight reel," Turner said.
Kimbrel earned his 28th save. Walden (4-1) pitched the eighth for the Braves' first win in three games.
Teheran kept pace with Gee, allowing just Ike Davis' RBI single in the fourth inning.
"I knew the other pitcher was pitching great, too. I just tried to keep the game close," Teheran said.
Teheran put runners on base in each of the first four innings, but picked off leadoff man Eric Young Jr. after walking him in the first. Teheran couldn't overcome Marlon Byrd's leadoff triple in the fourth, though.
Byrd hit a sinking line drive to right field that went under the glove of a charging Justin Upton and rolled to the wall. Byrd raced around second and the fans' cheers began to swell but turned to a collective "aww" when he was held at third rather than try for an inside-the-park homer.
Davis followed with a sharp grounder under diving first baseman Freeman for the 1-0 lead. It was Davis' first RBI since he drove in two runs July 5, his first game back from the minors.
The Braves wasted a big chance in the seventh when Freeman led off with their first hit. Atlanta then loaded the bases with one out on a single by Gattis and Uggla was hit by a pitch.
Gee threw his gutsiest pitches of the night with the bases jammed. First Chris Johnson grounded to third baseman Wright, who rushed the slow bouncer and threw home for a fielder's choice. Then Gee tossed two pitches in the dirt that pinch-hitter Joey Terdoslavich chased for an inning-ending strikeout. Mets fans gave Gee a loud cheer as he walked off the field.
Gee was lifted after 96 pitches and seven innings, allowing two hits and three walks. He has tossed 13 2/3 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run.
Game notes
Mets rookie center fielder Juan Lagares was named NL player of the week. He went 7 for 10 with two doubles, one homer and five RBIs over his last three games. ... The Braves are putting LHP Paul Maholm (wrist strain) on the 15-day DL. Rookie Alex Wood will make his second big league start in his place. ... Atlanta CF B.J. Upton (leg muscle strain) ran for the first time since going on the DL July 14, retroactive to the 13th. Gonzalez said Upton likely will not be ready to be activated when eligible this weekend.
Series tied 2-2
Game Information
- Umpires:
- Home Plate Umpire - Eric Cooper
- First Base Umpire - Paul Schrieber
- Second Base Umpire - Chad Fairchild
- Third Base Umpire - Jeff Kellogg
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Woman Sues Lawyers for Not Warning Her Divorce Would End Her Marriage
A woman tried to sue her lawyers for negligence because they failed to warn her that finalizing her divorce proceedings would end her marriage.
British courts rejected the lawsuit, but a transcript from the suit was read during the claimant's recent appeal of the dismissal. According to the woman, her lawyers should have considered her Roman Catholic faith and suggested judicial separation, which is one step below divorce. Instead, the woman ended up divorced and filed suit.
From Lord Justice Briggs ruling, via the Independent:
"The most striking of Mrs Mulcahy's many allegations of negligence against her solicitors was that, having regard to her Roman Catholic faith, Mrs Boots had failed to give her the advice which was requisite in view of her firmly held belief in the sanctity of marriage...either in terms of the alternative of judicial separation, or about the impossibility of pursuing divorce proceedings to a clean break settlement, without thereby inevitably bringing about the final termination of her marriage, which she wished to avoid."
Mulcahy's appeal was also dismissed. No word if she's reconciled with her husband.