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Australia thrashed holders New Zealand 34-2 to reclaim the Rugby League World Cup at a sold-out Old Trafford.
The world champions ran five answered tries against the Kiwis in their crushing victory, avenging the shock of the 2008 final, which saw New Zealand claim their sole World Cup success in the tournament's 59-year history.
Braces from Australian duo Billy Morris and Billy Slater, plus a try from Cooper Cronk gave Tim Sheen's side their 10th championship.
It was a disappointing final for the Kiwis, who burst into the final thanks to an incredible last-minute try from Shaun Johnson in their semi-final against England last weekend.
Perhaps fatigue and nerves ruined the Kiwi's chances, but Australia's performance wouldn't have even given a full speed New Zealand side a chance.
From the start, Stephen Kearney's side where never at the races; with the Aussies taking the lead less than three minutes into the game, thanks to one of seven successful kicks from man of the match Jonathan Thurston.
Thurston was at the heart of all Australian sets; orchestrating plays through his special passing and largely thanks to the precision of his boot.
Australia were operating at full capacity across all aspects of their game, but when you can rely on Thurston to give you another edge on your final attacking phase, it makes the game much easier.
New Zealand couldn't cope with Thurston's kicking game and it was no surprise that Australia's first try came courtesy of the North Queensland Cowboy's boot.
The Kiwis found themselves level only briefly, before Thurston weighted a beautifully precise kick for for Slater to leap highest amongst several Kiwi defenders, giving the 2013 World Cup final its first try of the afternoon.
Slater was a huge doubt for Saturday's final, having been ruled out of their semi-final clash against Fiji due to a reoccurring knee injury suffered against the USA.
However the Melbourne Storm full-back managed to come through intense training midweek to make it into Sheen's starting line-up.
On a personal level the try would have meant so much to the 30-year old, who was slammed in his native country, after literally throwing the World Cup to New Zealand in the 2008 final.
After Thurston converted the Slater effort, New Zealand were almost undone by another kick, this time from Jarryd Hayne.
With the loose ball looking destined to find touch, Hayne managed to retrieve and kick it back towards the Kiwi try line, fortunately straight into the path of teammate Cronk.
The Queenslander looked certain to follow in the footsteps of Slater's try, but was denied by Isaac Luke who managed to superbly hold the ball up, an effort backed up by the video referee, who then handed New Zealand a penalty for illegal driving from another Australian forward.
It took the Kiwis just under 30 minutes to create their first try-scoring opportunity but typically it was shut down by the Australian defence, who now haven't conceded a try in over six hours of rugby after Saturday's final.
In a game largely separated by differing kicking abilities between the two sides, Shaun Johnson, the New Zealand hero from their last-gasp semi-final victory against England, managed a rare moment of brilliance against Australia, placing a Thurston-esque high ball onto the Australian try line.
This time Manu Vatuvei won the aerial battle, but it was no worry for the Australian defence who killed the chance easily pushing the big Kiwi number five clear of the try line.
That's as close as it came for the Kiwis, who were then pinned back in their own half for the remainder of the game.
Having been denied previously, Cronk didn't have to wait long to finally crossover for the champions, concluding a super move from his Queensland teammates.
It was the usual combination of Australia captain Cameron Smith, Thurston and Cronk who worked their magic once more, this time surprising the Kiwi defence by reversing the play onto the short-side.
Quick hands from Smith and Thurston, assisted by a missed Sonny Bill Williams tackle, gave the Australians an abundance of numbers on the left wing, before Boyd's kick was gathered by a fortunate Cronk.
The chance looked lost after Boyd's kick took a deflection further infield, but the sudden change of direction came as a surprise to New Zealand's hooker, who could only slip other when trying to gather the ball. That was enough for Cronk, who crossed over to give Australia a three-score lead, once Thurston kicked his fourth.
The Cowboy's fourth conversion of the match was also of personal significance, making Thurston the most prolific international point scorer in world rugby.
Australia went down the Old Trafford tunnel carrying a 16-2 lead into half time, having executed one of the finest first half displays in final history. Like a well-oiled machine, they were as efficient as Sheen would have imagined.
The half-time break proved no saving grace for the 2008 victors, with Australia somehow restarting in finer form than the first.
Heartbreak from the final five-years ago was finally put to bed for Slater, who finished another fine Aussie set, just 60 seconds into the second half.
Again it was the partnership between Smith and Thurston causing all sorts of problems for the Kiwi defence, who once more targeted the short side, using extra numbers to slot Slater through with complete ease.
Coming as no surprise, Thurston converted once more, killing any hopes of a New Zealand comeback, even with most of the half remaining.
Leading 22-2, Australia weren't finished there, and went on to score a further two more tries thanks to a second half brace from Morris.
The latter was of more significant watching, Williams, named as the International Player of the Year award earlier this week, gifted Australia with a final swansong, trying an ambitious player beating pass.
His attempt in breaking Australia's rock solid defence was in vain, with Hayne reading the Sydney Roosters players ambition and intercepted the pass on his own try line before charging up the field for the second time in as many minutes.
This time Hayne's break was converted by the supporting Morris, who gathered the pass to cross in the corner for his second.
Australia's scrum capped half-back was to convert the final points of the game, making it seven-from-seven and 34-2.
Despite a series of late half chances for New Zealand, it was a final they were never destined to win from the first score.
The full-time hooter finally sounded compiling a dominant display, if you will ever see one in rugby league, and one reminding the rugby world, Australia are the best team.
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Diabetes Increasing Along US-Mexico Border
Diabetes has become the leading cause of death in Mexico and the third-leading cause of death among those living along the U.S. side of the border, health officials from the United States and Mexico said today in presenting the results of a new study coordinated by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
Analyzing data from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, the study finds that type 2 diabetes is increasing throughout border area, along with risk factors for the disease. Some 1.1 million border residents 18 and older suffer from type 2 diabetes, and 836,000 are pre-diabetic. Nearly 22 percent of those with type 2 diabetes are unaware they have the disease.
"It is a serious problem when nearly a quarter of border residents who have diabetes do not know their health status. It means they cannot take the basic steps to prevent the progression of the disease and its complications," said Dr. Mar�a Teresa Cerqueira, Chief of PAHO's U.S.-Mexico Border Office.
The findings of the study were presented today at a Community Forum in El Paso, Texas, by representatives of PAHO's U.S.-Mexico Border Office, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Secretariat of Health (SSA) of Mexico, and more than 130 local and state governmental and nongovernmental organizations concerned about the growing public health burden of type 2 diabetes. The study is based on data collected between 2000 and 2002 in 16 U.S. counties and 28 Mexican municipalities.
According to survey data in the study, only four in 10 residents with type 2 diabetes monitored their blood sugar levels during the 12 months prior to the study.
"Poor disease management and control produce higher rates of complications from diabetes, leading to lowered quality of life, physical disability and earlier mortality," said Dr. Agustin Lara, Director of the Elderly Health Program of Mexico's Secretariat of Health.
Dr. Rosalba Ruiz, coordinator of the PAHO Diabetes Project, noted that in 2002, health care for people with diabetes cost some $13,243 per capita per year. "Considering that diabetes alone represents 11 percent of U.S. health care expenditures, there is a very serious concern that in a short period of time the health systems in both countries will be overwhelmed by the needs of those who suffer from this disease."
Among other findings, the study shows that 90 percent of border residents suffering from diabetes are overweight or obese: 3 out of 10 are overweight, and 6 out of 10 are obese.
"Obesity and overweight are among the most important risk factors of type 2 diabetes, which is a preventable condition," said Dr. Cerqueira.
The study also finds that 1.8 million border residents overall suffer from hypertension, and among people with diabetes, 36 percent suffer from hypertension.
About 61 percent of diabetes sufferers in the border region have at least one other family member with the disease, according to the study. Family history of diabetes is an important risk factor, noted Dr. Cerqueira, and people with such a history should self-monitor their health status and seek advice during routine health checkups to detect subclinical stages of the disease.
PAHO and the World Health Organization recommend primary disease prevention, good nutrition, and physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle that can prevent or delay the development of diabetes and reduce the need for health care services to treat its complications.
The border diabetes research project is the first to analyze the U.S.-Mexico border region as a single epidemiological unit. Researchers selected a representative sample from the entire population 18 years and older on both sides of the border. The study included a survey with 65 questions and clinical measures for weight, height, waist circumference, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.

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President Barack Obama came to Capitol Hill Wednesday to give Democrats a pre-summer recess pep talk – with little mention of compromise.
But when lawmakers return Sept. 9, they'll instantly confront tense, even bitter struggles over the federal budget, immigration and other gridlocked issues.
Obama did not meet at the Capitol with Republican caucuses. Republicans control the House of Representatives and have enough votes to stop action in the Senate.
Instead, he spent his morning urging Democrats to use Congress' five-week break, which begins Friday, to vigorously defend the 2010 health care law, fight for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration system and resist efforts to shut down the government because of a budget impasse.
"Jobs. Middle class. Growth," Obama said after emerging from a meeting with Democratic senators.
Republicans scoffed at the effort, maintaining Obama was desperately trying to sell economic and immigration plans that Americans aren't buying.
"If I had poll numbers as low as his, I'd probably be out doing the same thing if I were him," said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
A July 15-18 McClatchy-Marist poll showed 41 percent of Americans said they approved of how Obama was doing his job, his lowest level in nearly two years.
White House spokesman Jay Carney defended the decision not to meet with Republicans, saying that Obama has been talking with Republicans on fiscal issues, immigration and reducing gun violence.
Obama last met with the GOP caucuses in March, but he has been engaged in talks behind the scenes with a handful of Republican senators in recent months. White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough met with some Republican senators Wednesday.
"The president . . . has been meeting with and talking with and trying to persuade in an effort to find common ground numerous Republican lawmakers, and that effort continues daily and weekly, both at his level and at the senior level here at the White House," Carney said.
After several failed attempts to strike fiscal deals in Obama's first term, Boehner told Republicans in January that he did not want to negotiate with the president privately. The speaker said he's reluctant partly because rank-and-file members and the public are cut out of the process, and it takes pressure off Senate Democrats.
"(Obama) has spent hours and hours and hours meeting with Speaker Boehner over the years, meeting with Republicans and Democrats, trying to get a big fiscal deal," Dan Pfeiffer, a senior adviser to the president, told reporters Wednesday. "If Republicans were willing to get something done, he'd do it tomorrow."
Most of the talk Wednesday at the Obama sessions involved matters where most party members agree, though reports said at least one exchange was tense. When Congress returns from its summer recess, lawmakers will immediately tackle the task of writing a federal budget for fiscal 2014, which begins Oct. 1.
Soon afterward, the government is expected to need more authority to increase the debt limit. Failure to do either could lead to most of the federal government shutting down.
Obama has embarked on a series of speeches across the nation to tout his plans to create jobs and boost the middle class by reforming the business tax code, investing in things like roads and bridges, and making education affordable. He will take that campaign to Phoenix Tuesday.
Carney said that while some Republican reaction has been predictably critical, others have expressed support. When he was pressed for specific lawmakers, he declined to name any.
"We believe that there is support for this," he said. "Whether that means Congress will act, we'll have to see."
So far, there have been no serious bipartisan talks aimed at resolving Republican-Democratic differences, but Obama made it clear Wednesday he will not negotiate on the debt limit.
"While he was prepared to work with our Republican colleagues, he was not prepared to put at risk the creditworthiness of the United States of America," said House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md. "I think all of our caucus on that clapped and indicated their support of his resolve."
Republicans weren't impressed.
"It's almost like he's got a 'Gone campaignin'' sign hanging outside the Oval Office," said Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky just before Obama arrived. "And, on the rarest of occasions when he does come to the Hill . . . you find out it's basically just for another internal campaign rally with Democrats."
Lesley Clark of the Washington Bureau contributed to this report.


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There will be plenty on the line tonight when the Cavaliers (5-1, 4-1 MVC) travel to Pleasant Valley (4-2, 4-0). South, with just one conference loss, will try to stay in the Mountain Valley Conference title run, while PV is improving off a 5-5 season in 2011.
There was a time when Jim Terwilliger threw passes for Ed Christian's team.
Now the fourth-year Pleasant Valley coach has to figure out a way to beat his old high school coach, the man who also gave Terwilliger his first assistant coaching job at East Stroudsburg South.
There will be plenty on the line tonight when the Cavaliers (5-1, 4-1 MVC) travel to Pleasant Valley (4-2, 4-0). South, with just one conference loss, will try to stay in the Mountain Valley Conference title run, while PV is improving off a 5-5 season in 2011.
Both teams are also in the hunt for a District 11 playoff berth. In 2010, ES South ended PV's season in the district playoffs with a 35-21 victory over the Bears.
"We cannot overthink and we cannot outplay ourselves," said Terwilliger, who coached the quarterbacks at South before taking the head coaching job at PV in 2009. "We have to be disciplined and focused in what we do. They know what we do, we know what they do; it's like playing your brother. In a lot of ways it's a good thing and in a lot of ways you try not to get too fancy."
In many ways, the Cavaliers and Bears are mirror images. Both have quality quarterbacks — ES South's Tyler McLaughlin (718 yards passing, 7 TDs, 4 INTs) and PV's Brandon Leap (1,168 yards, 15 TDs, 8 INTs) — have each enjoyed big games.
Their offensive and defensive lines are talented as are their players in the secondary.
Same can be said for the running backs. South's Niko Petrone leads the MVC with 882 yards rushing and 11 TDs, while PV freshman Austyn Borre has 773 yards and 8 TDs.
"The young man is a freshman, a freshman, but he's a good one," Christian said of Borre. "He's going to be outstanding for the next three years."
Petrone has turned his game up a notch the last two weeks, running for 292 and 218 yards. After an early-season shin splint injury, the Cavaliers' senior tailback is 100 percent now.
But Christian won't put the weight on Petrone, he's putting it on his offensive line to produce.
"The emphasis is not on Petrone, the emphasis is on the front seven," Christian said. "We have to get the kid into the secondary."
Whoever wins this game gets more than just another victory, that team gains valuable district points toward a postseason run. ES South is fifth in district points, while PV is 11th.
"Their one loss to Stroudsburg was a good loss and our losses are good losses too," Terwilliger said. "So, we look forward to a heck of a football game. We're not going to be pillow fighting Friday night. It's going to be something else."
The pick — In a game between two evenly-matched teams, look at big play potential. Give the advantage to PV with Sekou Jones (374 yards receiving) and Andrew Romeo (362). PV, 30-28.
Here's a look at the rest of tonight's games.
Here's a big time rematch from last year's 7-3 upset by Pocono East. Cardinals RB Devyn Papa ran for 180 yards and a touchdown last week against a stout PV defense, and will need a similar result to keep his team in the game tonight.
Stroudsburg counters with RB Altarique Mosley-Dew, the MVC's second-leading rusher with 857 yards and 6 touchdowns. Sophomore QB Mike Nikorak has thrown just one interception this year.
The pick — If the Mounties win the turnover battle, it should be a Stroudsburg victory. PM East forced four interceptions last week. Stroudsburg, 31-14.
North rolling right along with a potent ground game led by fullback David Allbaugh (792 yards, 7 TDs) and wing Lorenzo Melchiorre (322 yards, 8 TDs).
The pick — Tough baptism for Dieruff in the MVC. North 42-12.
After an opening day loss to Berwick, Crestwood has rattled off five straight victories. Last week the Comets were tied with Hazleton at 13, but 20 unanswered points in the fourth quarter led to a 33-13 victory.
Pocono West has the top air attack in the MVC as quarterback Jeff Krisiak has 1,458 yards and 14 touchdowns. Matt Shelter's 33 catches lead the league and his 441 receiving yards are second-most in the MVC.
The pick — The Comets have won the last two meetings by close scores. Crestwood, 21-20.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Libya? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Libya? Goto page 1, 2 Next Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Africa Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message sarakroschJoined: 22 Mar 2005Posts: 8 Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:11 pm Post subject: Libya? Does anyone know of any ESL positions open in Libya? Let me now: [email protected] Back to top GnomeJoined: 05 May 2004Posts: 74 Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2005 5:49 am Post subject: Unless you live in the UK, you will probably not be attractive to the recruiters who hire for Libya. It is cheaper for them to hire someone in the UK, with just one flight to Tripoli to pay for, instead of an extra flight from the US, etc. Even the interview will take place in the UK, at your expense. The Bell Trust is always looking for people for Libya. I believe they want you in-country for 3 months at a time. Rotation jobs of 28/28 are available, but perhaps a Brit poster can supply some names of recruiters. The fact that you are a woman and many of the jobs are in petroleum industry camps is a problem. But, there are some other companies now working in Libya. Do a search and keep your eyes peeled on this site. Back to top DaadaDGJoined: 14 Apr 2005Posts: 7 Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 12:39 am Post subject: Job opening in Libya Hi, just saw this one at: http://www.bell-centres.com/jobs/worldwide/libya.html Good luck! Back to top biffinbridgeJoined: 05 May 2003Posts: 701Location: Frank's Wild Years Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 2:17 pm Post subject: libya I work in Libya for an oil company;I don't work for Bell.I have not met any female EFL teachers there.My rotation is 65/21 and sometimes 65/28.Libya is a harsh place in which to live.Very little social life,nothing to do for endless days and a standard of living that is 3rd world Africa.If you want any info,pm me. Back to top DaadaDGJoined: 14 Apr 2005Posts: 7 Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:26 pm Post subject: women teachers in Libya Do they have a policy against hiring women or why do you think there are no women teachers there? I don't think it's the living conditions. Women can live in harsh, third world conditions too, especially if the money is good. Back to top biffinbridgeJoined: 05 May 2003Posts: 701Location: Frank's Wild Years Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 1:24 pm Post subject: why no women? It's a good question as to why there are no women teachers.Libya isn't like the Gulf in the sense that classes can be mixed.Therefore there is no demand for female teachers for that reason.The only expat women I've met in Libya have been nurses.Personally, I've never met a woman who would like to live in a shared ,roach-infested shipping container in a country where most local women rarely leave their homes.Why the interest in Libya?You'll earn a lot more in the Gulf and have a much better time of it. Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15323 Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2005 9:50 am Post subject: Before you head off to Libya find out about the fate of the Bulgarian medics currently under sentence of death in that benighted land. Back to top roganJoined: 03 Mar 2003Posts: 416Location: at home, in France Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 8:10 am Post subject: working in .... not a nice place to live not a nice place to work not a nice place to be a woman Back to top biffinbridgeJoined: 05 May 2003Posts: 701Location: Frank's Wild Years Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 5:45 pm Post subject: Sirte Oil,Libya Sirte Oil, Libya recruit through Umm Al Jawaby in London.I'd just like to give you a clear understanding of what you can currently expect when you get to Marsa Al Brega. As far as the teaching goes,the students are well motivated,open to modern techniques and you'll have course books and tapes etc.Therefore,the time you spend in class is enjoyable...it's the rest of the time that is a problem. Office hours are enforced (7am-5.30pm,minus 2 hours for lunch).Even When you have no classes you have to sit in your office/portacabin 6 days a week.90% of your time will be spent in solitary confinement, especially in the field. Discrimination is rife an if you're a good teacher you'll only suffer as more and more work is shafted on you.Before long you'll be teaching loads and watching your Libyan colleagues drinking coffee and taking weekly sickies.You'll be chastized for appearing at work a minute late on a day on which you aren't even teaching. Outside work there is nothing to do.Brega is,in fact,a labour camp.There are no recreational facilities and very few expats interested in doing anything except drinking homebrew. The accommodation is either an old, shared prefab or an ancient trailer.Both will be infested with roaches,surrounded by ferral cats and furnished with Libyan castoffs. The only form of transport is your bus to and from work.Everything else is done by hitchhiking in the desert. The canteen food is slop and the cats often don't eat what I take home for them.You won't be able to eat healthily. At all times you will be breathing in H2S/Ammonia/Urea and burning oil fumes.The roofing is often made of degrading,white asbestos. As soon as they apply for your residency,the rotation goes out of the window and you'll be delayed in country without compensation,(illegal).The current record is 249 days. The salary is very low when considering the hardship here.One guy spent 62 days living and sleeping in his office on a gasplant in the desert,(illegal) where there were no other Europeans.If you take a job, it could be you. No communications throughout most of the company,no shops,no creature comforts,no women,no bonus,(illegal)...the list is endless.The salaries they offer need to be doubled if they are ever going to replace the few old timers that are left.The work cycle is also 30 days too long.Libya is about money, nothing else.Make sure it's a wad.A lot of the oldies can barely speak in full sentences anymore. Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15323 Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:30 am Post subject: Years ago when I was considering taking a job in Libya, my Palestinian colleagues advised me against it. "No matter how bad it is in Saudi, Libya is worse," they warned me. I heeded their advice and am glad of that. Back to top biffinbridgeJoined: 05 May 2003Posts: 701Location: Frank's Wild Years Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2005 4:31 pm Post subject: if only................. If only I'd met your mate before I came here.Yep,the consensus is that Saudi is paradise compared to Libya and that came from and ex JIC teacher. Back to top guanghoJoined: 16 Oct 2004Posts: 476Location: in transit Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:22 am Post subject: I am slowly coming to the conclusion that there may be some things even I won't do for money. Emphasis on maybe. Back to top SandyManJoined: 24 Aug 2005Posts: 56Location: Nizwa Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 9:10 pm Post subject: Zueitina Oil Company? There was an ad for an EFL job at the Zueitina Oil Company in the Guardian yesterday. Are the conditions similar to the ones you described, biffinbridge? The ad says it is a 42/37 work-leave schedule and the contact company is Jawaby Oil Services in London. Are there any good EFL jobs in Libya? SandyMan Back to top biffinbridgeJoined: 05 May 2003Posts: 701Location: Frank's Wild Years Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2005 5:38 pm Post subject: re sandyman Very few good ones now.Zueitina is just down the road .It's a camp in the middle of nowhere,trailers,no shops,no internet,no social life etc.Apply for Veba. All Libyan companies are just lowering the salaries every time they make an offer.If you leave a Lib company you can't come back for 3 years direct hire.... load of boll#cks really. Back to top biffinbridgeJoined: 05 May 2003Posts: 701Location: Frank's Wild Years Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2005 5:28 pm Post subject: The end and glad of it Got my final payout from Sirte Oil.It was 270 GBP short. This company is a disgrace and is a symbol of everything that is wrong in a country which now has a bright future.Oh yeah...they paid me 4 months after I left. 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What I mean is this: how much do you actually know about the science most atheists parrot? Most atheists know as little science as most Christians know as little theology. Just as a Christian trusts his priest to tell him what he believes, an atheist trusts scientists with a Ph.D. tacked to their name to tell them what they believe. But how many times have the scientists turned out to be wrong? I only ask this because it seems this is central to the problem that most atheists have. They are repulsed by the phrase "believe" – they are addicted instead to the phrase "know". But honestly, do you really know, or are you just believing what you're told? I would like to remind you that in the 1970′s the scientists of the day were seriously concerned that we were about to enter an ice age, and less than 30 years later they are now convinced Earth is about to turn into a desert.
Unless you've observed something yourself, or observed and interpreted the evidence yourself and drew your own conclusions, you are just as guilty as faith as any religious person.
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Why not go Kafkaesque, and ponder if we're Humans, dreaming we are butterflies, or butterflies dreaming we're Humans? (I prefer butterflies to cockroaches)
It's amazing to see how far a theist will reach - even an intelligent, educated one, such as yourself - in an effort to validate a belief system, the credibility of which is fading daily.
The butterfly query isn't Kafka, it's Zhuangzi (Zhuang Tzu, Chuangtse, Chuang Tzu):
Once Zhuangzi dreamt he was a butterfly, a butterfly flitting and fluttering around, happy with himself and doing as he pleased. He didn't know he was Zhuangzi. Suddenly he woke up and there he was, solid and unmistakable Zhuangzi. But he didn't know if he was Zhuangzi who had dreamt he was a butterfly, or a butterfly dreaming he was Zhuangzi. (source)
Better trot out the bifocals, as you seem to have missed the parenthetical, "(I prefer butterflies to cockroaches)" - the truly well-read would know that with Kafka, it was a cockroach, hence my statement that I preferred butterflies, but thanks for the intrusion, you KNOW how I always look forward to your input.
Most words have mutliple meanings and nuances, and this includes such words as "theory" and "law." For example, one meaning of "theory" has a meaning along the lines of a guess or surmise; but it can also mean an operational structure that functions to organize facts in a way that they make sense together and imply areas of further study.
A "law," likewise, can mean some legislated rule to be enforced. On the other hand, it can mean something which is so regular and reliable that its operation comes to be assumed.
Religious people have been using the "it's only a theory" ploy for a long time, which of course refers to the weak sense of theory, ignoring the power of the strong sense of the word.
It's not a "theory" in any sense of the word that metals expand when heated. It's a physical law. Should it prove to be false now and then, it would call all of metallurgy and chemistry into question. Luckily, the universe does seem to operate in a lawful manner. The parts of it we understand, anyway. You seem to be saying that there's nothing we can really ever understand.
Well, if one REALLY wants to pick nits, and it would appear that Doc Bob does, one could always fall back on (N + 1), that postulates that even if something we believe to be true, such as 2 + 2 = 4, although it may have proven itself to be true a billion times in succession, there are no guarantees that it will the next time, only probabilities.
However little we may actually KNOW about science and the way the world works, despite our centuries of attempting to understand it, one can safely assume that those who wrote the Bible, knew even less about invisible spirits who live in the sky.
You seem like such an erudite individual, Bob, it's almost unfathomable that you can lend any credence to the ramblings of superstitious, uneducated, Bronze Age/early Iron Age priests, much less compare them to the vast compilation of scientific data extant today.
See, here's my problem, Bob - you profess to be a Catholic theist, as well as a University science instructor.
You've clearly read the Bible - you've read of Noah's World-Wide flood, and being, I must assume, well-read, have also read of Zuisudra's 3-county flood in Mesopotamia, upon which Noah's flood was plagiarized; you've read of the Tower of Babel, and being well-read, have recognized it as a Mesopotamian ziggurat; you've read of the fictitious "Abraham," "Issac," and "Jacob/Israel," and recognize them for what they are, iconic representations of a people, rather than individuals, and you know that Moses, for whose existence there is no evidence, never wrote any of the books - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy - attributed to him, and in fact, ascribe to the same belief as does your Church, in the Wellhausen hypothesis, which holds that the first five books of the Bible were written at different times - from 950 BCE to 400 BCE, by a number of different, unknown authors, whose testimony, for lack of an identity, cannot be proven nor disproven.
My question is, knowing all of the falsehood that has gone into the fabrication of the Bible, Old Testament, as well as New, at what point in this reading - and bear in mind, I have read the same book, many times - did you find yourself saying, "OMG, yes, it's true that I am intelligent, and a man of science, but this invisible spirit that claims to have created the universe, is real, and I believe in him/her/it!"
That is why he's called the y-chromosomal Adam; the y-chromosomes from father's of females are not passed on, only Adam's y-chromosome remains, even as you've described the lineage.
That's why we also have mitochondrial-Eve; the mitochondrial DNA from mother's of sons are not passed on.
What I find fascinating about thinking about family trees is that as I go up, my ancestors double with each generation, so I think of big my family gets as I go back. On the other hand, if you think of someone living 1000 generations ago, their tree gets bigger with each generation procreated, so we think of their progeny as becoming more populous moving towards the present.
As it is, however, even with all my ancestors, my mitochondrial DNA only comes from my mother's mother's mother's mother's......one female pre-human from a very long time ago. As with you, your Y-chromosome comes from one male pre-human from very very long ago. Given those pre-humans lived in a very small population, almost all of whose lineages died out, we are left with one human Adam, and one human Eve, who never met and who may have been one of the other's descendants.
True. I read somewhere that the y chromosome only emerged once - meaning every single creature with a y chromosome shares a single, primordial ancestor. :D
@Robert - The reality is that almost all cultures worldwide subjugated women -
So, if most, (which is not true) at that period of time, do it, that excuses this all encompassing loving church?
What about all the goddesses who came before your god. A supreme being, just one, for instance, Nammu, who created the world. There were many goddesses in many cultures, revered and respected. Yes, there were women who were respected in the bible, but they fell by the wayside. Ask any christian the names of the women who were (supposedly) at the opening of the tomb. That is the most abused statement from apologists, oh, but, women were respected - if that is the case, why are there no female priests, bishops etc.
The only women college professors or presidents? Catholic nuns. St. Catherine of Sienna after all even ordered popes around way back in the 1300s -
So, why didn't SHE become Pope?
God was the Biggest god. God was a jealous god. God required commitment.
How about love and respect, as are the Hindu gods, no judgment, a hindu god can be male, female or gay. And there is no hell in Hinduism, a much nicer religion :)
Do you believe the story of Exodus?
Then the jewish god comes along, usurped and plagiarized many stories adapted pagan celebratory dates as their own, and voila, Judaism is born.
Then, yet another religion is thought up. Along came the Trinity.
Once again a problem arose, your god, as is tradition, usurped by yet another god, allah, with his jesus lookalike, except for the headgear, mohammed.
Have you ever done any research on how the stories of your bible came into being?
The Rosary is really a sort of mantra, a meditative prayer similar to some eastern practice. -
Also stolen from pagan practice. It was called the Witches Ladder. Yes, other religions do use sort of the same thing - Indoctrination, re-inforcing.
How to interpret the Genesis stories - Another problem - I see evil and stupidity in the genesis story - I would also have gone for the Tree of Knowledge - Talking snake - really?
Mitochondrial Eve existed - Where was Adam? - I was trying to be funny - if your god is omnipotent, and knows every hair on my head, why didn't he know about mitochondrial female.
Merely ecclesiastical law -
As thought up by a married pope, who left his wife.
" A man cannot be perfect, and be married at the same time."
As usual, the rules kept on changing, depending on the whim of the pope ruling at that time.
Before the Council of Laodicea, it is thought that women were ordained.
Then the fabulous St Augustine said - "Nothing is so powerful in drawing the spirit of a man downwards as the caresses of a woman."
There are those bloody sirens again - and men have no power against them, so let's just put them into the backblocks.
How about the Council of Tours - "Any cleric found in bed with his wife would be excommunicated for a year, with no pay."
But, priests were still getting married.
Then, along comes Pope Gregory VII, who said, "Anyone to be ordained must first pledge celibacy: 'priests must first escape from the clutches of their wives."
Pope Urban II went one better and had priests' wives sold into slavery, children were abandoned.
Read the history of celibacy - it really is an eye opener - and still being argued today. The ruling of celibacy for the majority of priests, has caused havoc, untold pain and grief, so why don't they change it. Education of the masses is the key. The more that people research, and find out how the different religions originated and evolved, the more likely they are to leave it, and that is what is happening.
Greek Catholic and Assyrian Catholic churches, and they have married clergy -
So why not all priests? Why not a rule for all? - There are many priests who have fathered children, some stayed priests and hid the fact they were fathering children, while others left.
Catholics around the world are ignoring the teachings of the catholic church, the celibacy, the hatred of gays, the subjugation of women - many more are seeing the light :) Religion is losing respect.
Besides the rampant, unfettered pedophilia in the catholic church, there are little gems like the Legions of Jesus. The bloke that started this lovely little group, abused, raped and tortured children for forty years. No doubt he would still have raped children, but the Catholic church gave him the 'cover' of protection. There were many who knew about it, but did nothing. The Catholic church has been dragged kicking and screaming to courts. Unforgivable. There are thousands of other cases just like this.
Celibacy is a man made rule - can a single man become a priest in your diocese, marry have children, and stay a priest.
That led to all kinds of problems in terms of inheritance, and nepotism in the clergy,
This I already knew - but it never worked, and still isn't working to this day, meanwhile, testosterone filled males are causing untold damage. The majority of priests, as part of their commitment, must not get married. Priests are still not getting married - because the pope has not said it is OK.
Typically they were married in another faith and then converted - they are welcomed with open arms, as they already have property - works a treat.
Isn't the Pope infallible - NO. Definitely not.
Not what I was taught. Educated people have worked that out for themselves, understand all the contradictions in your book, and are using contraception, except of course, for third world countries, where a woman has a child every year, until her body gives out, but is still waiting for the pope to say that using contraception is OK.
The pill is considered a Mortal Sin - There is a general Christian warning against
decision-making based solely on materialistic factors -
Tell that to women in third world countries, that have ten children by the age of thirty, and can't feed or clothe them. Despicable.
Catholics are not fundamentalists - I do consider them a cult, a large cult, no doubt, but any religion that has such control over peoples lives on an everyday basis, who has control over them through fear - of hell - of good people, turning into nasty people, who can kick their kids out of the house because they are not christian - yep, it is a cult, and it is fundamental. Opus Dei and it's magic underwear and flailing themselves because of the sins they have perceived to have committed, called Corporal Mortification. Appalling. It may say in the bible not to flail oneself, (who thought this stuff up in the first place?) that doesn't stop this group on insisting on it, and if you don't you are out.
I am not saying all catholics are numbnuts, they are just the sheep holding up this business empire.
No different with the Bible - The bible is the best teacher for Atheism. If you didn't have the bible, as a guide, what would theology actually teach. Isn't that where christianity comes from - the bible, and still not even christians agree on what they think is true. Bit of a problem, that one.
In this case, if there was no bible, all would be well, we could well still think Nammu created the world, or even my lovely white unicorn. No temper tantrums there, no hissy fits, no power agenda.
It is a text to learn from, not a book by which to be regimented -
Tell that to the Pope and his henchmen.
No trying to figure out what is true, what is analogy, what is myth, what is history, who stole what piece of the story to fit their own agenda.
Just common sense and logic, and not wanting to read about despicable behavior from a supposed god.
It's lunacy, yes? These people dug up the corpse of a former pope and put it on trial, found it guilty, mutilated it, threw it in a river.
It gets better. It seems his dug up, mutilated, water-logged corpse was "rescued", and the twice dead pope began the miraculous healing of people before ultimately being vindicated and finally reburied. The formal name of this event is the "Cadaver Synod". Seems even death is not always easy for the one guy that has god's ear.
I'm sure it all gets rationalized, they are experts at that. Really, what else do you really need to know about Catholicism?
That seemed to be a Church fad that really caught on there for awhile.
Between 600 and 1600 CE, the Church declared it punishable by death to own a Bible in any other language that Latin, which the average man couldn't read, if he could read at all.
In the late 1300's, the secret society of Culdees chose John Wycliffe, an Oxford professor, scholar, and theologian. well-known throughout Europe for his opposition to the teachings of the organized Church which he believed to be contrary to the Bible, to lead the world out of the Dark Ages. Wycliffe has been called the "Morning Star of the Reformation". That Protestant Reformation, for believers, was about one thing: getting the Word of God back into the hands of the masses in their own native language, so that the corrupt church would be exposed and, for those, the message of salvation in Christ alone, by scripture alone, through faith alone, would be proclaimed again.
The first hand-written English language Bible manuscripts were produced in the 1380's CE by Wycliffe. With the help of his followers, called the Lollards, his assistant Purvey, and many other faithful scribes, Wycliffe produced dozens of English language manuscript copies of the scriptures. They were translated out of the Latin Vulgate, which was the only source text available to Wycliffe. The Pope was so infuriated by his teachings and his translation of the Bible into English, that 44 years after Wycliffe's death, he ordered his bones to be dug-up, crushed, and scattered in the river!


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The microprocessor is propelling the teledata industry through one possibility barrier after another. Products have made quantum leaps in features and capabilities, and there is no end in sight. What wasn't possible yesterday is old news today.
User-friendliness is unparalleled in the history of microprocessors. Graphical interfaces make the products easier to use. Advances in signal conditioning mean the equipment can use inputs that once were useless to it. Extended programmability and configurability mean the user can do more things with fewer products. In fact, inventory costs per feature are a fraction of what they once were.
A new telephone ring signaling product lets people know when their phone rings. It provides a visual or audible alert, or both. It interfaces with a normal phone system, installs easily, and conforms to all federal requirements.
Audible strobes, digital voice announcement systems, voice paging, and low profile speakers are but some of the innovations that help meet special needs. Complex installation procedures are history - in fact, many signaling products feature two-wire installation.
Formerly, the Telecommunications Industry Association's (TIA's) 568A wiring standard recommended that telecommunications cables run all the way from the desktop to the wiring closet in an uninterrupted run. It did allow for an intermediate "transition point," but until recently, the standard gave little information regarding the concept. TIA has issued an updated document, TSB (Telecommunications Systems Bulletin) 75, which develops the concept of intermediate points by providing optional schemes and topologies, along with performance criteria for open-office zone wiring. So now there are products that make this zone wiring system easy to implement. Some are prefabricated modular zone wiring systems installed with modular cables, connectors, and zone distribution boxes. Modular systems dramatically cut the cost of wiring system changes. Rather than unwire, then repull and rewire, and do all the other overhaul required for a move, it's now possible to simply unplug components at the old location and plug them back in at the new one. The modular systems accommodate power, lighting, voice, and data lines.
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Cody McKenzie Injured, Leonard Garcia Gets Max Holloway in Featherweight Duel at UFC 155
Featherweight prospect Max Holloway has stepped up on short notice to replace the injured Cody McKenzie at UFC 155.
Promotion officials announced the news Wednesday, revealing that Holloway will square off with the hard-swinging Leonard Garcia at the Dec. 29 event, which takes place at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Cain Velasquez will attempt to regain his UFC heavyweight title from Junior dos Santos in the evening's main event, which airs live on pay-per-view.
Just 21 years old, Holloway has already shown great promise in his three-fight UFC career, posting back-to-back victories after suffering a submission defeat to rising talent Dustin Poirier in his Octagon debut. The Hawaiian rebounded from that setback with a complete domination of Pat Schilling this past February and then knocked out "Ultimate Fighter" Season 15 alum Justin Lawrence on Aug. 11 at UFC 150.
Garcia, meanwhile, has lost three straight fights. The 33-year-old failed to record a victory last year, submitting to a Chan Sung Jung twister before relinquishing a unanimous decision to Nam Phan in their UFC 136 rematch. "Bad Boy" made his lone appearance this year on June 8, dropping a unanimous decision to Matt Grice at UFC on FX 3.


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Grapes are a special fruit. From inspiring myth (think Dionysus and Bacchus) to sustaining WWII troops in the form of raisins, grapes have been involved in so much of human history. Although I grew up eating lots of raisins and grapes, as I imagine so many American kids in the 70s and 80s did, I didn't really value the fruit until I was old enough to appreciate wine. The magic that happens between the grape harvest and the first pour into the wine glass is something thrilling -- and it's amazing to think that the beverage we let stain our teeth is (essentially) the same beverage that the ancient Persians, Romans, Greeks and Egyptians drank.
A Brief History
From almost the beginning of civilization, grapes have played an important role in human culture, especially that most excellent grape product, wine. The earliest evidence of wine production (so far) comes from what is now Iran: jars containing wine residues dating from 5400-5000 BCE were found there, although there is archaeological evidence that grape cultivation began even earlier, probably in eastern Turkey and Georgia.
From central Eurasia and Mesopotamia, grapes spread to Egypt and to the rest of the Mediterranean via the Greeks and the Phoenicians. The Romans took grape cultivation to a new level, creating a vast growing system that involved a lot of slaves and a lot of amphorae. (In addition to being major wine drinkers, Romans were crazy about fresh grapes, and Roman cookery frequently employed raisins in savory dishes.) The Romans spread grape cultivation throughout their empire, where the fruit became firmly entrenched in much of Mediterranean culture.
Grapes were probably also a part of Native American cuisine in North America, where there were (and are still) a number of native grapes, including the ancestor of the Concord. (There is no evidence that Native Americans fermented grapes to make wine, however.) In the 19th century, American grape varieties saved the vineyards of Europe. After an aphid-like insect, phylloxera, decimated European vineyards, growers figured out that grafting European grape varieties onto North American grape root stock prevented phylloxera destruction (North American grape varieties are resistant to the pest).
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- Vatican City leads the world in per capita wine consumption. The teetotalers in Iran drink the least (somewhat ironic, considering its lengthy history there).
- The Vikings christened North America "Vinland" during their pre-Columbian exploration of the northeast coast, evidently because of the abundance of native grape varieties.
- Historically, the majority of raisin farmers in California were of Armenian decent; Armenia has a long agricultural and culinary history with the sun-dried snack.
There are grape species native to Eurasia, North America and South Africa, but the Eurasian species, Vitis vinifera, is globally the most important -- most modern table (fresh) grapes, wine and raisins are produced from V. viniferacultivars. Differences in V. vinifera fruit depend upon the final product desired (wine, table grapes or raisins), although there are some wine grapes that are eaten out of hand, just as there are some table grape cultivars that are made into raisins.
Fueled in part by a rising middle class that is thirsty for wine, China's grape production has surged past former leaders Italy, the US and France. California leads the world in US grape growing and is a world leader for raisin production, surpassed only by Turkey.
Environmental Impact & Labor Practices
Genetic diversity of V. vinifera has decreased in recent years -- as grapes have become a global commodity, certain cultivars have begun to dominate, in some cases replacing varieties bred for specific geographic conditions, such as low rainfall. Large-scale grape growing, especially in the US and in Australia, can be very water-intensive, and pesticides are also widely used, especially fungicides. In fact, grapes rank a not-so-impressive number 7 (out of 49 -- the higher the number, the more pesticide residue) on the Environmental Working Group's Guide to Pesticides in Produce. (*Check out our fruit and vegetable rule of thumb.)
Raisin production also has some negative environmental implications. Most golden raisins are exposed to sulphur dioxide to maintain their light green/yellow color -- sulphur dioxide is also known as "that gas that comes out of volcanoes" and "that gas that causes acid rain." It also has a number of negative health effects, especially for asthmatics. (The brown color of most raisins comes from the natural caramelization that occurs during sun or oven drying -- most golden and brown raisins in the US are made from the light-green Thompson Seedless variety.)
Finally, grape growing and harvesting is a very labor-intensive process, and has been associated with bad labor practices from as far back as the Romans. In 2008, terrible labor conditions for migrant workers in California came to the forefront again after a 17-year-old girl, laboring in a vineyard for hours, died of heat exposure.
In the US, most grapes are harvested in the late summer and early fall. On the East Coast, look for native varieties such as Concords and Scuppernongs in August through late September and into early October. Note that the grapes you see at grocery stores in winter often come from Chile -- and that the USDA requires all Chilean grapes to be gassed with methyl bromide, a toxic, ozone-depleting chemical, upon entry to the US as prevention for an agricultural mite.
Nutrition and Effects on the Body
Grapes are good sources of Vitamins C and K, but not much else. What they lack in vitamins, they make up for in containing a number of potent antioxidant compounds that may provide cardiovascular benefits, lower blood sugar and have anti-cancer properties. (It should be noted that the scientific verdict is still out on many of these claims, however.) Grapes with red or purple skins contain the most of these compounds.
What to Look For
Fresh grapes come in many colors, from dusky red to deep purple to bright green. Look for fresh grapes with no brown spots or significant amounts of shriveled grapes on the cluster.
What To Do with It
Fresh grapes should be as dry as possible when stored in the refrigerator, as moisture accelerates decomposition. Fresh grapes will keep in the fridge between one and two weeks.
Although I grew up thinking that grapes and raisins were "kid" food, I've come to realize that both make pretty sophisticated additions to a whole bunch of different dishes, both savory and sweet. Fresh grapes are, of course, delicious eaten out of hand, but also make amazing additions to pastries, like this fresh grape pie or this awesome-looking grape-lavender tart. Every year I look forward to Concord grape season so I can make this super-simple Concord grape sorbetto. Also - why in the world would you eat chicken salad without grapes? It's not just the fruit that's delicious -- grape leaves are also eaten, most famously stuffed with rice and aromatics in the Greek dish (a.k.a., stuffed grape leaves). And raisins are pretty much a pantry staple for baking -- I don't ever want to live without oatmeal raisin cookies or Irish soda bread. Grapes and raisins also both pair beautifully with cheese.
Pro Tips
To keep raisins from sticking together or sinking to the bottom of a cake or muffin tin, toss them in a little all-purpose flour before gently folding into the batter.
Roasted Grapes
I bust out this recipe (originally a component of another recipe printed in Gourmet magazine) in the fall, when I'm ready to start roasting things again and when beautiful red grapes can be found at the farmers' market. Use as a quick relish for roasted chicken (reduce the sugar in the recipe), or pair with a strong, hard cheese, like cheddar. Top lemon custards, cheesecake or vanilla ice cream with them. You can also experiment by adding fresh herbs (like lemon thyme or lavender) to the grapes before roasting, or toss in a couple of tablespoons of walnuts or pinenuts.
2 cups red seedless grapes, halved
1 tablespoon melted butter
1-2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
2. Combine all ingredients in a shallow baking pan and let macerate for at least 15 minutes.
3. Roast grapes in oven for about 10 minutes, shaking the pan occasionally, until tender.
Stretching Your Fresh Food Dollar Though Preservation
Of course, the most famous way to preserve grapes is to make wine and all the various other alcoholic products derived from grapes (e.g., grappa, brandy, cognac and the like). Most of us don't have the capacity to make our own wine at home, and also most of the time homemade wine is really terrible, though this article outlines the process if you want to give it a go. Grapes also make excellent jams and jellies, especially the many varieties of grapes that are native to North America (e.g., Concords). (And check out these delicious looking Jam-Dot Cookies from Kim as a way to use what you put up!) You can even make your own raisins!
(*Fruit and vegetable rule of thumb: We think that first and foremost, in terms of nutrition, people should eat lots of fruits and vegetables whether they are organic or not. The EWG's guide is a handy list, but we will point out here that the impacts of pesticides are not limited to your ingestion of them -- agricultural chemicals also affect farmworkers and local waterways, both good reasons to buy organic, even those vegetables that carry a light pesticide load. Also, it has been demonstrated that produce grown by small-scale farmers, even those who are not certified organic, tends to have a lighter pesticide load than its industrially-produced counterpart, owing to industry's tendency toward large monocrops.)
This post was originally published in September 2012.


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PRVCA Announces Hershey Clinics for Sept. 10
July 2, 2013 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on PRVCA Announces Hershey Clinics for Sept. 10
The Pennsylvania RV and Camping Association (PRVCA) has released information about a series of clinics set for Sept. 10 during the America's Largest RV Show in Hershey, Pa. According to a press release, the show will open with Trade Days on Sept. 9-10 followed by Public Days Sept. 11-15.
Tuesday Clinics include:
Parts Manager Clinic: Hosted by Chuck Marzahn, Marzahn & King Consulting, the session runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Champions Club. Registration fee is $50 (lunch included) and attendees can earn RVDA CEUs. The Parts Manager Clinic covers most of the primary duties of the parts manager many of which come directly from the DACUM developed at Ohio State University with The RV Learning Center. Attendees will learn many of the critical processes and principles of running a top-notch parts department. Marzahn will spend some time on inventory planning, working with service to get the right parts from OEMs, using different stocking plans with the different categories of vendors and how to price for the market.
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RV Technician Distance Learning: Don Bray of Northampton Community College will lead the clinic set for 10-11 a.m. at the press room. Registration is free. The Distance Learning Program is the premier RV Technician e-learning program in the country. Bray will share the benefits of online learning including the ease of completing the coursework on your own schedule and gaining handson experience. The cost-effective program is perfect for those new to the RV industry or experienced technicians looking for recertification credits.
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Sad situation
From a news story about Hurricane Gustav:
Before [Melissa Lee] left, she heard neighbors chopping down trees with chain saws, trying to ensure the tall pines that surrounded their homes wouldn't come crashing down.
Source: "Coast empties as Gustav nears: Evacuation hits 1.9 million in Louisiana alone" by Stacey Plaisance and Becky Bohrer, Associated Press, published in The Courier Journal, Monday, September 1, 2008.
Chopping down trees with chain saws, eh? Usually, people start a chain saw's motor and cut down the trees. If they are determined to chop down the trees, they get an ax.
Maybe it's written the way people talk in Louisiana. I know we say some funny things here -- such as "carrying the kids to school." If that phrase ever appeared in a news story, it would definitely look strange.
My fuss about chopping vs. cutting is much ado about nothing. It is very sad that people were cutting down their trees to keep them from falling in the storm. That's what really matters.


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The clever keystrokes of Emacs fans have written a championship story: Emacs is the Text Editor Madness tournament champion! After four rounds of the tournament, thousands of votes, trash talking, left out contenders and broken hearts, the championship has finally been awarded. Vim/vi and Emacs have been battling for almost 30 years so it was fitting that they meet in the final round for a chance at ultimate victory.
The two editors took very different paths to the championship game, with Vim rolling through its competition at every round, while Emacs had to withstand valiant opposition at each turn. None of that matters once you get to the championship round though, as the motto "Survive and Advance" means the scores reset to 0-0 in every game.
The final game was worthy of its billing as the two long-time archrivals battled back and forth, with both editors taking the lead at some point. Ultimately the passionate fans of Emacs rallied together and willed their editor to victory over Vim.
The flexibility of Emacs allowed it to twist and contort itself through every round, doing what was necessary to survive and win the championship. In the final around against Vim it pushed Vim against the wall and forced it to beep repeatedly until conceding defeat.
Don't let vim win, vote #emacs rackspace.com/blog/text-edit…
— Greg Onufer (@gonufer) March 22, 2013
Whether your text editor won or lost, thanks for voting in this year's Text Editor Madness bracket! We are going to keep the bracket up so you can see how the tournament played out as well as our daily recaps. If you are curious about my four favorite text editors, be sure to visit my other post.
Here's a recap of each round:
Round 1: (1) Emacs over (16) TextPad, (9) TextMate over (8) BBEdit, (4) Sublime Text over (13) Notepad, (5) Kate over (12) UltraEdit, (2) Vim over (15) Crimson Editor, (7) TextWrangler over (10) EditPlus, (3) Notepad++ over (14) Chocolat, (11) Gedit (11) Geany
Round 2: (1) Emacs over (9) TextMate, (4) Sublime Text over (5) Kate, (2) Vim over (7) TextWrangler, (3) Notepad++ over (11) Gedit
Round 3: (1) Emacs over (4) Sublime Text, (2) Vim over (3) Notepad++
Round 4: (1) Emacs over (2) Vim
From March 22, 2013
In the tournament, there's often no substitute for experience and poise, and both of our finalists have been in the text editing game for a long time. Emacs and Vim, the one and two seeds of the 2013 Text Editor Madness tournament have fought off all competitors and powered into the finals. While Vim handily dispatched Notepad++ in the semis; Emacs and Sublime Text were involved in an instant classic. Sublime Text came into the day with dreams of making it to the championship match, and its last two rounds had given it hope, rolling over Notepad and Kate.
March madness: my favorite editor, Sublime, is up against Emacs for the finals (51-49). It's going to be close! rackspace.com/blog/text-edit…
— Anant Narayanan (@anantn) March 21, 2013
Sublime Text led Emacs during the morning but soon the passionate Emacs fanbase rallied and the game was tied and then back and forth for most of the day. Emacs dug deep into its reserves and finished strong, closing out Sublime Text and advancing to the finals!
"What text editor do you use?" is a proxy for#areyouagoodperson? Also, good people, vote for your editor here: rackspace.com/blog/text-edit…
— Shane Celis (@shanecelis) March 21, 2013
Now it is the battle of the behemoths. The bluebloods. The titans of text editing. Emacs versus Vim. Who will be crowned champion? Whose dreams will be dashed? It all comes down to this! Tell your friends, tell your kids, tell your mailman to vote for your favorite editor– in this tournament it only takes one shot to write history.
From March 21, 2013
The second round of Text Editor Madness saw no upsets as all four favorites advanced to the Final Four. The top-seeded Emacs fought off a valiant effort from TextMate to advance, while Vim continued its dominance, rolling over TextWrangler from Bare Bones Software. Gedit, an 11 seed and Cinderella of the tournament, saw midnight strike as it wasn't able to sustain its momentum from the previous round and got knocked off by three seed Notepad++. Sublime Text lived up to its name with a beautiful performance in ousting five seed Kate.
The popular pick for the finals is between Emacs and Vim, but there is a large contingent of folks, especially on Reddit, who are looking for Sublime Text to make the upset. With Emacs limping into the Final Four and a passionate crowd rooting for Sublime Text, anything can happen. After all, this is March.
Who will win between Emacs and Vim ? goo.gl/rgUWm
— Sylvain Benner (@syl20bnr) March 21, 2013
The choice is yours. We are down to the Final Four, so get your votes in today to help your favorite editor advance to the championship round.
From March 20, 2013
The first day of Text Editor Madness is in the books, and in true tournament fashion there were already two upsets in the first round. The biggest upset of the day was 11 seed gedit running away from six seed Geany. The other upset was in a battle of commercial editors with nine seed TextMate victorious over eight seed BBEdit. At the top of the bracket, No. 1 overall seed Emacs held on despite a valiant effort from TextPad, while two seed Vim crushed Crimson Editor and cruised onto the next round.
The closest matchup of the day was OS X editor TextWrangler eking out a win over Windows-based EditPlus. NotePad++ dispatched upstart editor Chocolat, and the longtime player Notepad was ousted in the first round by the surging Sublime Text. A common upset is a 12 seed over a 5 seed, but the chalk held this time as Kate ground out a victory over UltraEdit to advance.
No tournament selection is complete without discussion around those that didn't quite make the cut. Basketball fans know that sometimes deserving teams can get left out of the tournament when the committee releases their final selection, and the Text Editor Madness Tournament was no exception. Social media was abuzz with talks of the text editors that were snubbed. On Google+, folks were clamoring for Nano and TECO. After Racker Major Hayden posted the bracket on Twitter there were calls for Pico from several in the Twitterverse.
@robynbergeron @rackerhacker Srsly.
— Mike Brittain (@mikebrittain) March 19, 2013
From March 19, 2013
This time of year, everyone loves talking about brackets. But instead of college hoops, we want to see which text editor will be crowned champion and get to play "One Shining Moment" as it cuts down the nets.
A field of 16 text editors will compete in this Text Editor Madness tournament. The selection committee looked for text editors that: (1) work on different operating systems, (2) cost money or are open source and (3) span all time periods – some are old, some are new. The top four seeds are editors that are well known and incite passion (Emacs, Vim, Notepad++ and Sublime Text), and we know that there will be a royal rumble as the rounds advance.
The bracket will be updated daily, with the winners advancing, so be sure to come back and vote for your favorites through Friday! Also, check out which text editors made my Final Four.


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Peck Winner: Judge's Religion Doesn't Influence Decisionsby Howard W. Hewitt • March 29, 2006 Share:
Judge John T. Noonan of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, California, told a large gathering of Wabash students and faculty Wednesday that the religion of a judge does not influence rulings in our nation's courts. See photos from the 33rd Annual David W. Peck Awards Banquet.
Noonan spoke on the Wabash campus before Wednesday night's Peck Awards Banquet honoring the jurist and scholar. The Peck Medal honors the late David W. Peck '22, a Harvard law graduate and New York attorney who was chief justice of the New York Appellate Court and a long-time member of the Wabash Board of Trustees.
Noonan's late afternoon presentation was titled, "The Religion of the Judge: Does it make a Difference?" The judge studied the rulings of five Catholic Supreme Court judges and reflected on his own career. He found the judges used a clear standard of law and not their religious beliefs to vote and write on some of the most important cases in our country's judicial history.
He said it was usually "not religion, but fidelity to the Constitution that provided the guidance to deciding a case."
The senior judge and professor of law emeritus at Berkley said a judge's conscience, the people before him and the law determines a ruling. "What enters into a judge's judgment is the judge's life experience," Noonan said. "It's not the politics of the President who appointed him."
He said the education, life experience, and "a myriad of influences go into making a judge the judge he is."
Noonan holds a Ph.D. from Catholic University and a law degree from Harvard. He has written 13 books dealing with religion, law, philosophy and history. His books are used in Wabash classrooms.
For attorney, Assistant Professor of Political Science, and alumnus Scott Himsel '85, Noonan represents the unique combination of distinguished jurist and leading scholar.
"His career is a wonderful testament to the fact that we have scholars on the bench," Himsel said. "It shows every one how significant that can be to administering justice, because that person can really draw on all the resources that are available. When you're dealing with things that are as difficult and as gut-wrenching as some of the issues that come before the 9th circuit, what a great well to draw upon and it's surfaced very well with Judge Noonan for 20 years."
Noonan held the large crowd captive with his mixture of research, historical perspective and personal experiences.
"It was fascinating to see someone who's at the heart of the American judiciary, whose work we've read and studied in class," Travis Ross '06 said.
Wabash's strong reputation for pre-law students and outstanding religion department made the judge's visit a perfect fit.
"We have a number of students on this campus who are extremely interested in religion and its intersection with the law," Himsel said. "I attribute a lot of that to the fact that for many decades we've had one of the best religious studies departments in the country. So our students come with a much greater sophistication than about religion than you're going to find almost anywhere else."
Sophomore Jeremy Burton '07 said Noonan's remarks changed some of his perceptions of the law.
"His closing remarks were inspirational," Burton said. "I came away from my Common Law class frustrated with the Supreme Court. Noonan has a totally different view with his thoughts on conscience; he showed a human side of the law. I think his views bring stability to the law with regards to religious conflict."
In photos:
Top Right: Judge Noonan talks with History Professor Stephen Morillo.
Lower Left: Noonan delivers his prepared remarks.
Homepage photos:
On Homepage: Noonan signs a copy of one of his books for Joseph Rutski '07.
On Faculty/Staff homepage: Professor Stephen Webb, Himsel, and Judge Noonan share thoughts after the afternoon speech.


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FMCA Gears Up for 86th Reunion in August
May 23, 2011 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on FMCA Gears Up for 86th Reunion in August
Approximately 2,500 motorhomes and some 8,000 people are expected to gather in Madison, Wisc., Aug. 10-13, for the Family Motor Coach Association's (FMCA) 86th Family Reunion and Motorhome Showcase. The event has been dubbed "Family A'Fair," according to a news release.
Although the Alliant Energy Center will host the organized activities and provide much of the parking for motorhomes, many other motorhome families will be parked at nearby Lake Farm Park, with shuttles transporting them between the two facilities.
The association hosts motorhome conventions twice a year in varying locations with the purpose of celebrating the motorhome lifestyle and is making a long overdue return visit to Madison, having met in the city back in 1984.
Convention activities include a motorhome exhibition that brings together major motorhome manufacturers and dealers from throughout the United States and Canada, as well as manufacturers and distributors of a multitude of RV accessories and components, and suppliers of various services related to RVs.
For those considering the purchase of a motorhome, the convention provides an opportunity to view an assortment of makes and models all in one location. A variety of 2011 models, in many different sizes and price ranges, will be on display, and some manufacturers will have 2012 models ready as well.
In addition to the motorhome show, highlights include RVing seminars on a variety of topics related to motorhomes and RV travel, tours involving local sites and scenes, evening entertainment and numerous social activities.
While the convention is organized for FMCA members, the organization also invites members of the public to attend and provides various admission options. For those who want to view only the motorhome exhibition, admission costs $7 per day; children 12-and-under are admitted free with an accompanying adult. Those with an active military ID are admitted free also.
Anyone who would prefer to take in the exhibits and also attend seminars and entertainment may purchase a daily passport, which is available for $65 per person ($55 for FMCA members).
Those who own a motorhome are invited to take part in all of the activities and also to bring their motorhome and stay with the rest of the group at the Alliant Energy Center or Lake Farm Park. The price for non-FMCA members is $205 per motorhome (with two people) prior to July 6, and $235 after that date; this non-member fee automatically grants a one-year FMCA membership to the motorhome owner. The FMCA member price is $155 for early-bird registrations and $185 after July 6.