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[Above: bengaḷūru nāgaratnamma's picture at tyāgarajā's house, tiruvayyāru]
Bengaḷūr Nāgaratnamma actually hailed from the maisūr province
It is important to distinguish her from Kolār ṇāgaratnamma, whose mother Nanjundāsāni was an exponent of Karnātak Music and Bharatanāṭya during her times. Kolāra Nāgaratnamma was herself a gifted singer. Her sibling was the piṭīlu puṬaswāmayya, who was a violinist of fame, but short-lived.
Back on Bengaḷur ṇagaratnamma, I already mentioned that she hailed from maisūr, or rather nanjanagūḍu to be specific. A lawyer Subbarao of nanjanagūḍ was her mother's patron. In the course of time, her mother would move to maisūr for the sake of Nāgaratnamma's education.
In maisūr, Nāgaratnamma would come under the tutelage of the āsthāna vidwān Kavi Giribhaṭa, from whom she would receive formal training in music and literature. In being adept at Sanskrit poetry, she also had a sound command of vocabulary with thorough scholarship in saṃdhi, samāsa and alankāra. And this is why, she is today unmatched in Sanskrit ṣlokagamaka. A gramaphone recording of her singing the ṣlokas "bhaktapāyabhujaṃgagāruḍamaṇistrailokyara kṣhāmaṇiḥ", "shatruçhédaikamaṃtraṃ" and the "nityakalyāṇi" rāgamālika are standing testimonies to her mastery in sāhitya.
She was equally adept at Kannada literature in that she could sing from the jaimini bhārata, rājashékharavilāsa and the kumāravyāsa bhārata in suitable rāgas and provide explanations in summary. She was a scholar in the true spirit of the term.
I've known her since 1908-09. I had then heard her concerts in sāhuji's floor at çikkapéṭe. Amongst the attendees at her concerts was the retired chief judge (late) ṣri K S Chandrashekhar Iyer, who had ardent admiration for her musical renditions of Sanskrit ṣlokas. "Nāgaratnammana style-é style-ū", he used to fondly say.
It seems that Nāgaratnamma's fame reached the walls of the maisūr palace during her stint there. The Maharāja ṣri cāmarāja oḍeyar had then turned to her at this point.
In later days, Nāgaratnamma's mother thought that Bangalore might be a better place for her daughter's pursuits than maisūr and hence had her daughter promptly relocate to her brother piṭīlu vénkaṭaswāmappa's house. Vénkataswamappa was then a violinist of repute. His house was in Nagartharapéṭe, by the kāḷammana guḍi. Here, Nāgaratnamma would practise her dance and music.
Patronage from Sri Narahari Rao
Legends of Nāgaratnamma'ś beauty would fall on the ears of ṣri Narahari Rao, who was then a high court judge. He would subsequently become her patron, but only after obtaining permission from his wife.
"Mrs Rao, I need to tell you something. Your consent is essential"
"How could I ever disapproove of your wishes? Please tell me what it is".
"I've been enamored by Nāgaratnamma's music. She sings very well. I would like more of her company. I understand that this might not be acceptable to you and if it is so, do tell me for I'll drop my wishes"
"Your wishes are always acceptable to me".
"I'll make sure that you'll be at no inconvenience for this reason".
"Where's the question of inconvenience? You have done everything for the family. Our children are independent - the girls have been married and the boys well educated. Now it is our duty to ensure that you may live as you wish"..
And thus, this great lady consented. Only after this did Sri Narahari Rao's resolve manifest to reality.
I've heard about this incident from Sri Narahari Rao's closest quarters - somebody who lived in Sri Narahari Rao's house and under his support during his student years in the Central college, later earning acclaim and eminence in public life himself.
On his way back from the court, Rao would stop his coach by Nāgaratnamma's house in nagartarapéṭe and listen to her singing for some time. He was obviously a connoisseur of music as well as literature. His sons Lakshminarasimha Rao and Hanumanta Rao were close friends of Sri Maisūṛ Vāsudévāçārya, whom they would host for days at length. Lakshminarasimha Rao was also one of the founders of the Karnāṭaka Sāhitya Parishat. He was also deeply knowledgeable about English literature too. It's fair to see that all these traits were inherited from the father.
Sri Narahari Rao's generosity and duty-consciousness.
Apart from his taste for music and literature, Sri Narahari Rao was also a great philanthropist of his times, commanding great respect for his generosity. Innumerable students used to be fed at his house, ranging from school students to ones graduating out of college. Sri Narahari Rao wouldn't often be aware of their names or addresses at the least, but would talk to them with great respect, enquiring about their studies and things they were possibly in need of. He would never address somebody in the singulars.
One day, there was a special incident. Divān K Shéshādri Iyer happened to hear about Sri Narahari Rao's visits to Nāgaratnamma's house. The former then called upon Sri Narahari Rao at his home in koṭe, opposite to the vénkaṭaramaṇaswāmy temple, just east of where the Bangalore Medical College is situated today.
That the divān was visiting him was both a matter of great pleasure and surprise to Sri Narahari Rao. Shéshādri Iyer was a little hesitant at first to come to the purpose of his visit, but would do so later after the customary exchanges of good wishes.
"Mr Rao, what I've come to talk to you today is related to your personal life, which I've no right to talk of. I know it is but audacious of me to say this, but as considerate, enlightened and aware of right and wrong as you are, I beg you to give this some thought: It is my duty to respect the thoughts of the subjects, for the government must earn their respect. Hence, I have a request to make. If I've offended you, I hope you will forgive me as a friend".
"Sir, do not hesitate. Your duty is my duty too. Please convey your intentions"
"In your course to return home from the high court by the evening, you must instruct the jawān who sits by the driver to place the silver-handled baton down as soon as you near Nāgaratnamma's house. This baton is a symbol of power and office. The subjects must not be prompted to think that your actions or your host are favored beneficiaries of your position in the government"
Upon hearing this, Sri Narahari Rao rose up and said,
"You are indeed right, Sir. I have been in the wrong thus far for not paying attention, which I will correct hereinafter. You have done me a great favour this moment by waking me up to this fact. I beg your pardon for the failures in my part".
Mount Joy
Subsequently, Sri Narahari Rao decided to move the place for his musical muses out of town and from public attention. He hunted for places in the outskirts and found what is today known as "Naraharirāyara guḍḍa". In those days, this region was completely forested. It was he who named the hill as "Mount Joy" (ānandaṣaila) as well as built the manṭapas that stand on it today. Only the ṣiva temple was existent before, which too was renovated by Narahari Rao.
Twice a month or so, Sri Narahari Rao would visit this place with limited family and enjoy Nāgaratnamma's music. As his retirement from service neared, Sri Narahari Rao would be far sighted enough to find patronage for Nāgaratnamma in Madras. In later times, Nāgaratnamma achieved enough on her own to be independent of any need for patronage.
Nāgaratnamma's last days
The last I saw her was during the times when Sri Arcot Rāmaswāmy Mudaliyār was the diwān. She had then come down to Bangalore for a noble cause. Her personal life in her last days weren't the happiest. Two of her children had died, as had one she had adopted. As has been said in the Bhāgavata, god puts through tests them he would like to bless.
She realized to herself that she wouldn't find peace and happiness anywhere but in the lotus feet of Srirāma. She had decided that all the material wealth and fame she had amassed, had come from the blessings of Tyāgaraja, her soul-guru, and that it was only apt to "give it back" to Srirāma, the favorite deity of Tyāgarāja.
One night, after she made this resolve, she had a dream referring to Tyāgarāja's place of samādhi. On the very next day, she visited Tiruvayyāru and found the place of his burial by the kāvéri. She would then find the relevant officers, gather support from the people to erect a ṣitārāma temple at this spot, for which she would invest all her belongings, jewllery, inclusive of the house she had built in the sāhukārpéṭe, Madras. If I recall right, it amounted to Rs 30,000 during those times.
When she had built the aforementioned house, she had invited Sri Bidāraṃ Kriṣhṇappa for a concert during the gṛhapravéṣha, then attended by the Madras elite. Amongst them was Sri Kastūrirangayyangār of The Hindu. After the concert concluded, Sri Iyengar said:
"Would this artiste sing elsewhere? perhaps, at my place?".
"He certainly could".
Upon hearing this reply, Sri Iyengar said:
"We need a concert specifically with Kannada dévaranāmas. We have a lot of artistes here who can sing Tyagaraja's krtis. It's our wish to listen to the dévaranāmas".
Biḍāraṃ Krishnappa happily agreed to, and there was a concert of Kannada dévaranāmas in Madras. This was the stepping stone to the great fame that he would achieve in Tamizh nadu in later years.
Maisūr çhhatra
Nāgaratnamma was habitually generous. Jealousy had no place in her. Despite this, there was a void in her peace, and this desire was that there should be a çhhatra in the name of maisūr, her hometown at Tiruvayyāru.
She said,
"I've invested all my wealth into the temple and the pūjas. Now, I've not a single penny on me. In the Tamizh country, there're plenty of potential donors. Infact, in my circle there are many nāṭukoṭi çeṬiārs who can each finance such a çhhatra on their own. But they'd insist that their donations be dedicated to names or people of their choice. To what gain is that of Maisūr's reputation? The names of Kannada people too should adorn Tyāgarāja's sannidhi. There should be a place to stay as well as a Karṇātaka ṣangīta school in Tiruvayyāru for people coming from the maisūr province. I've come to raise funds for constructing such a çhhatra".
Personally, I passed on the word to a few ministers and wealthy people in my contact, but not to much avail. Finally, I put in a word to Diwān Rāmaswāmy Mudaliyār, who was then a political rival. He entertained the request, had Nāgaratnamma over to his house by car, where he would make a donation of Rs 500 through his wife. Subsequently, he would also raise a considerable amount by arranging for a concert in the Mudliyār Sangha, as well as another benefit concert at the PuṬannaçetty townhall. So, Nāgaratnamma's efforts didn't turn out to be a total failure.
The last time Nāgaratnamma visited Bangalore, she stayed in Basavanaguḍi, in the house of ṣmt Tārābāyamma. It was customary for Nāgaratnamma to have a bhajan every Saturday after her evening pūja. I happened to be present on this particular occasion. After the bhajan, I witnessed her teaching one of Sadāshivaṛao's kīrtanes to a student. Rāga harikāmbhoji, if my memory serves me right.
This was a particularly difficult piece in a rather difficult rāga. In the last 3 decades, I haven't heard of too many vidwāns who have sung a rāga-tāna-pallavi in this rāga, a very beautiful one on it's own merit, but somewhat neglected. As I already said, Sadāshivarao's kṛti in this rāga is hardly a cakewalk to sing. I was surprised that Nāgaratnamma had chosen to teach this composition.
It was both thrilling and soul-stirring to see her teach and correct each of the sangatis, word by word - with beautiful gamakas, spelling and pointing out each jāru, to the best ornamentation of the rāga with palukubaḍi. Nāgaratnamma would refine the swaravinyāsas just like how a véda teacher would pay attention to the accent in védic recitation.
I asked, "why did you choose such a difficult kṛti at this age?". She promptly replied, "there're lots of people to teach the easier ones. Vidwāns who taught difficult ones, existed in the ages gone by. My guru was one such; I'm merely continuing his legacy".
A few days later, I visited her again by the afternoon and she happened to be in bed. As I called out, she rose, welcomed me inside and announced that she wasn't keeping well. I offered to leave, but she egged me to stay back saying that it would help her from the lethargy to talk to me.
Soon, the conversation turned to the topic of dance. In context, I asked her about the olden tradition of dance. She said "what can an old woman like me show? I'll demonstrate a little, just sitting", and she put away her blanket to begin an ālāpana.
And thus you do the sabhāvandana. It is customary to begin in the nāṭa rāga. A vasanta can come next, with a pada maṬu and varṇa.
She demonstrated for another ten minutes. In dance, the introductory passage is called "alaripu", which means "to bloom", that is to bloom like a flower, in the minds of the audience.
Subsequently, I sought the aṣhṭapadi - "yāhi mādhava", which again she demonstrated for a few minutes. I hadn't realized the multitude of symbolisms and intricacies involved in interpreting the single word "yāhi" from that aṣhṭapadi. Just like how a great poet brings innovation to language, a great dance performer too is a creator of the novel in her own expression. Dance is a language of expression in it's own right.
Nāgaratnamma had a sense of humor. She summed up her entire life once - "nāgaratna at birth, then bhogaratna (by youth), and now rogaratna!".
"You forgot two other ratnas".
"What are those?"
"One is rāgaratna, and then tyāgaratna".
"The bhoga-rogas are but momentary. Whoever listened to your rāgas shall be enchanted by them for a lifetime. The temple of Tiruvayyāru will stand permanent testimony to your sacrifices".
Upon hearing this, Nāgaratnamma bowed her hands and said "You keep your praises to yourself!".
These memoirs are translated from DV Gundappa's "kelavu mahanīyaru". Language and style have been deliberately retained in the same flavor as the original work.


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I noticed that other games have forums or threads for homebrewed and customized rules, so I thought I'd start one here. Feel free to post your own, the more we have, the more people can use!
Now, it's homebrewed so there is no guarantee of balance or testing. These are just fun little tweaks you can add to the game to alter it slightly. So that everyone's on the same page, let's have a format for the rules heading:
"Rule Name"
Difficulty: + (makes the game harder to beat for the marines) or - (makes the game easier to beat for the marines)
Rule Changes/Adjustments:
Type the details of your house rules here.
For example:
"Fate Tokens"
Difficulty: -
Rule Changes:
Each marine Team gets a set amount of special Fate tokens at the beginning of the game. These tokens are like Support tokens, except that when you sacrifice one it allows you to automatically survive a Defense roll, regardless of the number of Genestealers, or to automatically hit the maximum number of times (counts as rolling a 4 for Green Team's attack, 3 kills for the minigunner on Red Team, the Pyschic attack of Grey team will kill all genestealers in the target swarm, etc.)
The caveat is that there is no way to restore these tokens, once used they are gone forever. They are meant to counter the bad luck that the die brings, while also giving players a little extra oomph in case they want to take risks. Keeping this in mind, a lower number of counters keeps things exciting while a high number (3+ per team) makes the game too easy. Consider starting with 1 or 2 at the most.
Example 2:
"Endless Swarm"
Difficulty: +
Rule Changes:
Whenever an Event card says "spawn genestealers", draw these new genestealers from the Genestealer deck instead of from the appropriate blip pile. This does not affect the Major and Minor spawns that happen in the 4th phase of the turn, only special events like "Out of Thin Air" and so on.
Have a go at it!
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Cool, fate token are a good idea for Brother Claudio "Heroic Charge", he will use all.
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"Mission briefing"
Difficulty: -
Rule Changes/Adjustments:
Show the selected '4' card (the last terrain card you will encounter) to the players at the start of the game, along with a sentence that starts: "Your mission is to..." This gives the players a sense of purpose and an idea of why they are in the Space Hulk at all. Doesn't really affect gameplay but makes the game more enjoyable.
I remember reading your post, and it makes a lot of sense. I would even go as far as to reveal all of the location cards ahead of time as an extra level of option.
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Sometimes I find this game very difficult to beat and get really frustrated when losing marine after marine after marine. Here's a way I make the game a little easier:
Easier Defending
Makes game slightly easier for the marines
When defending, you only have to roll a equal to the number of genesteelers in a swam, not greater than.
"Last stand"
Dificult: -
When defending if the dice roll is equal to the number of genestealers, you can shot a last time before die, roll a dice if result is a skull, kill one genestealer engaged with space marine.
"Pull the grenade pin"
Dificult: -
When defending if the dice roll is equal to the number of genestealers and the defend mariner have at least one suport token, before slaim your space marine you may pull their grenade pin, roll a dice, slaim a number of genestealer engaged with space marine equal a dice result.
Or you can pull the grenade pin before genestealers atack, for marines without defence abilities and swarms with six or more genestealers.
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The only house rule that we used was to allow us to see each others cards and decide openly what decisions we would make. Considering we were working together to beat the game we could not understand why we would not.
But this only applies to my gaming group, I could understand the rule being enforced so players can protect their teams first and not have them sacrificed to keep other players safe.
Mind you, we still do Instinct cards properly.
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I've only gotten a few games in (around 10, around 5 being a solo game), and by reviewing the rules and playing solo repetitively I find out that my group had played the game with several mistakes that seemed to make sense, and are argued by my friends to be more enjoyable.
Such mistakes were:
1) Defending against swarms that your marine was not facing. (NOTE: After writing this, I referenced the rules, and can't find where I read that your marine had to be facing the swarm to defend, so the houserules written below will reflect both ways you can rule it.)
2) Moving only the generstealers whose symbol was revealed, not the entire swarm.
3) Choosing which direction genestealers moved. Only recently did I realize that I missed the rule using the red arrows on the engaged Marine's card.
Those of my friends to who I explained these mistakes, argue that the game is too difficult if we play as the game is written. I originally agreed. However, I'm the kind of guy who feels like he's won a game by only playing it the way it's supposed to be played and have played it correctly in solo games since. I haven't won yet, but it certainly feels satisfying making tough choices, and overcoming the odds. I see how our incorrect gameplay can be considered houserules that significantly make the game easier, though we still saw a few games of failed missions (even with these rules, Brood Lords are vicious and swarms can get out of hand).
"Defensive Training"
Difficulty: -
You may spend a support token to roll a die when defending against a swarm your marine is not facing.
"Back Against the Wall"
Difficulty: +
You may NOT defend against a swarm that your marine is not facing. Instead that marine is slain instantly.
"Frenzied Genestealers"
Difficulty: -
When moving genestealers, only those with the symbol on the Event card will move. You may also choose which direction they move.
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I haven't really tested these two rules but my suggestions would be to beef up the green team and depower the orange (expansion) team in the following ways:
"Shield Block"
Difficulty: -
Rule: Add the following text to the green support card: 'Sergeant Gideon may spend support tokens when defending even when flanked.'
Reason: It seems like the green team are considered to be weak, which I agree with. Besides, may as well improve his storm shield since the chaplain nicked the power that should belong to his thunder hammer... (Apologies to RedCliff, I realise this is somewhat similar to your Defensive Training rule.)
"Target Lost"
Difficulty: +
Rule: When attacking, Brother Adron must choose which swarm he is targetting before rolling the dice to determine range. If the swarm is out of range the attack misses. I'd probably allow support tokens to be spent on this roll.
Reason: I haven't played with the expansion set much but it feels to me that the orange team are too powerful and kind of obsolete the yellow team, at least in terms of offense. It should be noted that I usually play solo though. Although maybe I'm biased because, if I remember correctly, cyclone missile launchers weren't in the original board game due to the low ceilings and cramped nature of the hulks.
Finally, I like the mission briefing rule and the endless swarm suggestion is actually how I played the game the first few times before I re-read the genestealer spawning rules again!
Good hunting,
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Obama winning ugly
This post originally appeared on Slate.
If Barack Obama wins this election, he's going to win ugly. Job creation is anemic, voters think the country is going in the wrong direction, and the president has been unable to convince them otherwise. So, the path is clear: Destroy your opponent and pander to your base. Obama Wan Kenobi, it's your only hope.
This has been obvious for months. It was clear, at the very least, from the president's campaign kick-off back in May. What's new is that Mitt Romney's campaign is trying to make something of it. In a recent series of ads and television appearances, the Republican challenger argues that the president has discarded the high-minded principles of his 2008 campaign to keep the White House at any cost. Obama promised to lift the nation above petty sniping and political game-playing, and now he's doing exactly what he decried. The latest Romney ad called "Hope and Change?" starts with CBS's Bob Schieffer asking David Axelrod, "What ever happened to hope and change?"
(Watch Schieffer's reaction to Romney campaign ad in video to the left.)
Do people really care about the niceties of campaigning? They don't like politicians. They expect them to say one thing and do another. Why would they be surprised when one of them is behaving exactly as they'd expect--especially when the other candidate is doing the same thing as well?
The Romney campaign is hoping that Barack Obama is a special case. In 2008, Barack Obama was supposed to be different. He ran his campaign on the promise that he could elevate the process. That was the key point in his larger campaign of hope. Polls at the time showed that people thought the American Dream of prosperity was no longer available to their kids. They bet on an inexperienced, one-term senator largely because he offered hope and a plausible case for change. Plus, he wasn't just talking about hope; as the first African-American president, he was a walking testament to the idea that the country could move forward.
What's the opposite of hope? Disappointment. Focusing on Obama's change in tone is just an inroad to access people's deeper disappointments. Romney advisers say that in focus groups, attendees regularly talk about how the president let them down. That Obama has turned out to be just another politician is the most symbolic disappointment that amplifies a broader disappointment in Obama's inability to improve the economy. Another new Romney ad (which may not be true) touches on a similar theme, arguing that the candidate who promised to rid Washington of political insiders is giving his donors special access. "The question shouldn't be: 'Are you better off?' " says a Romney adviser. "The question should be: 'Did you think you would be better off?' "
(Watch Obama address Virginia audience in video to the left.)
When the car repair bill is double what you were quoted, you're disappointed. When the auto-repair shop made such a big deal about how cheap it would be, the bill is a gut punch. This is also the theme of the creepy American Crossroads ad in which the president appears to have been in office a lot longer than three years.
Whether this Romney strategy works depends on whether any swing voter continues to value Obama's original hope-and-change message. Some never bought it in the first place. In 2008, Obama was willing to tear down his opponents if necessary. He ran more negative ads than any candidate in history. This pragmatic group of voters may have enjoyed the talk of uplift the same way they might enjoy jokes at the start of a speech: fun to listen to but not the main thing. Moving on from George Bush was the main thing.
Others who did buy the hope-and-change message the last time may have come to an accommodation with how it played out. Maybe they think it's a shame, but it's a mild disappointment they're willing to overlook. (In Obama's campaign launch video, this kind of voter is named Ed and he lives in North Carolina.)
The final group thinks Obama's tougher side is an asset. Because the president faces opponents who will not meet him halfway, there's no reason to continue to try to play nice. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said that his primary job was defeating Barack Obama. This helps illustrate to voters who might care about fair dealing--otherwise why would Obama's message have resonated in 2008--that the president wasn't engaged with opponents who were interested in even maintaining the old niceties about cooperation.
How much disappointment a voter might feel also depends on how low Obama sinks. It's clear that his campaign's claims about Mitt Romney's outsourcing record at Bain are lower than the Sunday School standard, but they're higher than the Willie Horton standard. They are lower than the Idealized Obama standard (outlined in his book The Audacity of Hope and his 2004 Democratic Convention speech), but they aren't necessarily lower than the current Depressing Campaign Baseline.
It is fair game for Obama to look at what Romney has said and match it against what he has done. Romney has said he will protect jobs from going overseas. Did he do that in the private sector? He has asked us to look at his expertise from those years in considering whether he has the skills and worldview required to fix the economy. It shouldn't surprise him that the Obama campaign is looking.
(Watch an excerpt of CBS News political correspondent Jan Crawford's interview with Romney in the video to the left.)
For a person seeking to undermine Romney's claim that his business career gives him special experience, there's plenty in the record to exploit. There's no particular evidence that suggests he has a special understanding about employees, the human cost of creative destruction, or the struggles of the middle class. He has at various times asserted that he has special insight, but he has never really made the case. Various news articles suggest his expertise was specialized and put a premium on making money rather than protecting workers.
That is what's in Romney's record. The Obama team, in trying to make claims about Bain after Romney left to work on the Olympics in February 1999 is going beyond the useful record, which is just fishing. They've made a charge for which there's no proof, been slapped by the fact-checkers, and they've continued on anyway. The author of The Audacity of Hope would have no problem comparing Mitt Romney's private sector decisions about outsourcing to his public statements. But that Obama would want you to be able to actually prove that Romney made such decisions. So far the Obama 2012 campaign has no evidence that Romney made any substantive decisions--about outsourcing or anything else--after February 1999, when the bulk of the outsourcing took place. This line of attack is not aimed at figuring out whether Romney's past practices reveal what type of president he would make. It's an effort to discredit him.
With no actual evidence to support the claim, the Obama campaign has shifted its argument. This is about taking responsibility, they say. Romney's names were on several forms. He was chairman, CEO, president, and sole owner. Therefore, he bears responsibility, but he won't accept it. The buck stops with him.
This argument is both important and unconvincing. On the one hand, obviously it's necessary for leaders to take responsibility. A president, for example, cannot make excuse after excuse for why things didn't turn out the way he said they would. (Recovery summer!) This is why Republicans criticize Obama for blaming earthquakes, instability in Europe, and the ATM for the lack of a genuine economic recovery. You're the president: Own it and fix it. But whether a person deserves the credit or blame that comes with responsibility requires some reasonable expectation that they have responsibility and a reasonable evaluation of the reach of his domain. A president can't control Europe, which is why Obama is not loony to use the global economy to explain why the U.S. economy is not improving. Mitt Romney had no effective control over the company and so his inner feelings about outsourcing can't be determined from decisions he didn't make.
(Watch an excerpt of CBS News' Charlie Rose's interview with Obama in the video to the left.)
The Obama team goes from unconvincing to nutty when it suggests that because Romney was still getting paid by Bain, he provided tacit assent to the decisions the firm was making. This should not be a game the Obama team would want to play, for fear of opening all kinds of sticky questions. Was Obama providing tacit assent when he maintained an acquaintance with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers? Was the president providing tacit assent when he sat in the pews listening to the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's incendiary sermons? No and no.
The political point of the Obama team's attacks is to use a legitimate question to pry. Once you've gotten the press to treat your question as legitimate, even if there's no evidence of the initial claim, you can pick apart answers, continue to question, and generally create unstable air to cause your opponent turbulence. Romney has fallen for this tactic so well, my fear of flying makes it impossible to extend the metaphor without getting motion sickness.
What's incredible is that the attacks are coming on these questions. This was Romney's chosen narrative--that he has special business skills, expertise, and acumen. So it is odd that he and his team seem so flat-footed. Stranger still is that this is not his junior varsity season. He already had several clashes on this exact turf with his Republican opponents in the primaries. That was supposed to make him all the more ready for this highly predictable attack.
If Romney continues to stumble, it doesn't just help the Obama campaign in the daily news cycle. It helps rehabilitate the Obama reputation: if Romney self-destructs, the Republican candidate will get blamed for it and President Obama can just put the whoopee cushion back in the drawer.
Mitt Romney does not want to have a full and frank discussion about the nature of post-Bain business arrangements because, even if it absolves him of any outsourcing decisions, his financial dealings will make him seem exotic and extremely unlike regular Americans. The same is true of his highly minimalist standard on releasing his tax returns. This truth has led those speaking for the campaign on these issues to seem rigid and uncomfortable. Their discomfort makes them seem like they're hiding something or at least not telling the full story. In that environment, when a new fact does emerge, it can seem revelatory, even if it merely adds detail and doesn't advance the story.
But Romney suffers in a bigger way that has nothing to do with the current discussion of outsourcing: He's never really offered a story to voters about how his career as a successful businessman will be good for us. Romney just asserts that he knows how the economy works and moves on.
Sit down with most small-business owners and it won't take long before you hear a story about how they bent over backward to save an employee's job or structured their health plan to make it easier on them. You never hear Romney tell those stories. Maybe he can't. Perhaps he is not that kind of businessperson. There is the one famous Romney story about helping his employee find his lost daughter. Amazing, but he might need a story that doesn't suggest one heroic act for a good friend as much as something more sustained.
Perhaps at the Republican convention Romney will reintroduce himself to Americans and take control of the story of his business career. Or, perhaps the Bain outsourcing stories will fade away in the coming weeks when Romney announces his vice presidential choice. That will take the pressure off Romney, but it will also rob his campaign of fresh examples of how Obama's attacks are yet another broken promise from four years ago. Given what a tangled mess these questions have become for Romney, that's a trade-off he'll no doubt be happy to take.
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Sorry, but twisting my words in order to suit your agenda is just plain ignorant and disingenuous, but that's all I've seen in this "silly season" of politics.
I didn't say anything about hiring people, since creating DEMAND by putting more money into the hands of middle class consumers that are the REAL JOB CREATORS, increases consumption with more disposable income. Increased consumption in our consumer-based economy increases economic growth, so that jobs are created in the private sector, and even the business owners see higher profits as long as they invest in America and not offshore.
There is no such thing as "trickle down" helping us as the republicans keep pushing "supply-side economic insanity," since the wealthy like mitt romney just offshore their money which doesn't help our economy one bit! - reply
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This just proves that we need to increase DEMAND in our consumer-based economy since there was no "sudden spike in business regulations and taxes" that caused our unemployment rate to soar, which means we need middle class jobs and incomes since they are the REAL JOB CREATORS!
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- Really? This from a party that gave us swiftboating and Willie Horton? Obama is asking nothing Romney's republican challengers haven't already. Do you know what this article tells me: Obama's tactics are working and the repblicans can only whine. So be it.
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- Yep, definitely ahead. RCP has the election Obama: 332 EV vs Willard 206 if the election was held today. Poor, poor RepubliCONs, they'll be beside themselves if they lose this one.
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- The birth certificate is indisputably been proven to be false, and now we know what the mysterious number 9s were that are on the original record. Number 9 signifies that the field is to be left blank, lol, and so that alone contradicts the validity of it because Race of Father lists "African", it should have said Negro as African isn't a race, and back in 1960 it would have said Negro; it wasn't changed to African until 1989. Besides, are they trying to say that Egyptians are Africans? Of course they are, so one can see where that would lead to confusion as Race of Father could then be misconstrued as white or black.
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- Obama has no idea what has made this country so successful. He thinks that individual talent and effort don't matter, so, "if you have a successful company, you didn't build it." Taken to its logical end, that means Jay Leno isn't funny, it is someone else that made him successful, a teacher perhaps? Or Alec Baldwin isn't a good actor, it is someone else that made him popular an acting coach perhaps???? Obama has no idea how hard it is to succeed in business (comedy and acting are businesses too if you make a profit), and the risks and effort needed to have success -- it's all a mystery to him since he's never had a job in the real economy. I've got news for him. I'm more successful than 99% of my grade school, high school and college classmates and we ALL had the same teachers and opportunities. I haven't screwed anyone out of anything (other than the time I spent away from my family working 60 hours a week for 35 years). I also pay twice as much in income taxes, as a percentage of my income, as the "middleclass taxpayer." So how is it I'm not responsible for my success and haven't paid my fair share?
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Unfortunately, I believe that negative campaigning is here to stay, with both sides stretching the truth in order to make a point, but it also increases the cynicism among voters -- especially in the swing states being bombarded with endless negative ads. - reply
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I'll deem the Obama administration and campaign "ugly" and "uncivil" on the day a major Democrat drops his drawers and moons either the Republicans or the press corps. UNTIL that day, I consider the Obama campaign to be responding in kind to the treatment they've received from the Republicans for the past three-and-a half years! - reply
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Catholics, if CBS does not take these prejudice comments about Catholics off their blogs, please quit watching CBS. Let's do this to every news media that does not comply with this request. - reply


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"I thought we were really tentative the first 25 minutes or so," he said.
"Once (Winfield) scored I thought we started picking it up. We just didn't finish our opportunities, the opportunities we had.
"We scored a hell of a lot of goals this year and this is the first time we've been shut out."
Buckhannon-Upshur had outscored its opponents 129-6 since the early-season loss to Morgantown.
Winfield took its only loss on Sept. 25 at Parkersburg, a 4-3 setback. Since then the Generals have outscored opponents 36-4, which includes a 4-1 win over George Washington, the program's final obstacle to the AAA crown.
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The Generals had the semifinal heartbreak and last year's nail-biting finish.
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Coast to Coast
I have an addiction …I do and I admit it. But it's an addiction that's
actually really positive. More people should have it. Sounds crazy I know,
but let me explain
The Bose radio next to my bed has been tuned to KFI 6.40am for, gosh, it
must be fifteen years. Unless I'm out of town or on a very hot date, I always
attempt to get home by ten o'clock; so that I can climb into bed turn off the
lights, and in the cozy darkness wait to be transported into the fascinating
world of a 4 hour nightly show called 'Coast to Coast,' where on week
nights, the warm familiar voice of George Noory, introduces millions of
captivated listeners to his nightly guests, who in turn, introduce us to their
extraordinary world.
From Nobel Prize winning physicists, to astrologers, astronauts, or
eccentric builders of Time Machines. From specialists in every field of
traditional medicine, to psychic healers or Chinese herbalists, from a
Buddhist Rinpoche, to a dogmatic Catholic priest or a Satan worshipper,
every guest has published a book about his or her discoveries and or
experiences. Nothing is off limits and nothing is too bizarre.
There is no judgment on 'Coast to Coast'.
I learned about the honeybee population disappearing months before I
read it in any newspaper, about the huge intricate crop circles that magically
appear overnight in the English countryside, and the fact that aliens have in
all probability visited our planet thousands of years before our civilization,
thousands of years before Area 51.
Sightings of Big Foot, or the giant birds with wingspans of up to sixty
feet keep me riveted. Stories about the hairless dog-like blood-sucking
Chupacabra terrify but also totally fascinate me.
I've also become aware of government cover-ups and conspiracy theories,
of HAARP, Contrails, the horrors of GMO's, cancer cures thwarted by the
FDA, Alien Greys, Shadow People, Men in Black and the frightening Old
I found 'Coast to Coast' quite by chance. Late one night unable to sleep
and surfing the dial, I heard a deep voice say "paranormal," a word that
immediately got my attention on a subject that has always interested me.
So that's how I started to listen to Art Bell, the host and innovator of the
original show. After that night I was hooked. During the lonely painful times
of a recently broken heart, it also helped me forget, and reminded me of all
that was really important in the world.
Some weekend nights, George Noory passes his microphone to Ian
Punnet, who actually spent years in a seminary, is incredibly smart very
funny and wide open to everything that comes his way on the show.
The great interviewer from Las Vegas George Knapp also takes over.
And most Saturdays, John B Mills whose deep sexy yet almost monotone
voice cuts through the airwaves, adding an even greater element of mystery.
I was thrilled to listen to writer Whitley Schreiber when he was
a guest on the show. Twenty-five years ago I read his best selling
book 'Communion,' and it had a huge impact on me. For weeks I was
deathly afraid of being alone in the house, in case the Greys suddenly
manifested by my bed at night, as they did to him.
Whitely is now also a sometime host on 'Coast to Coast.'
The only downside to my nighttime addiction is constant lack of sleep.
However, to stay informed, and hear subjects seemingly never (able to be)
discussed on any other media outlet, it's actually worth it. I feel a sense of
privilege to belong to this amazing 'family.'
One of other things I find fascinating about this show are the people
that call in. Trucker's call as they drive those long lonely freeways at night.
These men often away from home for days on end find 'Coast to Coast'
an oasis in the dark. They have some wild stories to tell about things they
have seen out there on the road. These guys are a great body of humanity I
probably never would have really known about.
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Friends of Epsom's historic meetinghouse will return to the voters with another $25,000 request to continue design and building work at the building.
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In particular, the dangers of electricity and electrical devices can be harming our children. Basic precautions in terms of electrical safety are needed not only for us but for our children. Children are particularly vulnerable because they are not aware of the destructive forces of electricity. A recommended approach is to meet with an electrician, and suggestions for basic precautions regarding electrical safety. Use a cover securely with electrical outlets and electrical outlets for your right to a security measure.
Never keep damaged electrical equipment in an accessible place; such devices can be harmful to your children. Keep safe in any place and in a safe area, so as not to touch children. Check every electrical appliance in your home, if they do not have technical errors or not? You will never forget to unplug your electrical appliances when not in use. New awareness of electrical power is needed to protect your children. The more you teach your children about the dangers of electricity, the better.
This article offers some good advice on how to keep yourself and your children safe electricity. Please pay close attention to his advice on how electricity is very dangerous, and we want to help you avoid unpleasant shocks.


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At a news conference in Auburn, central New York Cong. Dan Maffei commented on a couple of hot-button issues facing Congress currently.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's championing of strict new gun control laws in New York state has taken a toll on his popularity. A new poll finds that for the first time since taking office, Cuomo's approval rating has dropped significantly.
Five states have contacted the parent company of Remington Arms to encourage the gun maker to relocate in response to New York's efforts to tighten gun control laws.
Two weeks after passing new gun control measures, New York officials have begun holding public forums to discuss what's in the law. Forums have been held in Lake Placid, near Buffalo, Rochester and in Oswego. At Tuesday's forum in Endwell, Broome County, about 100 attendees came out to raise their questions and vent their frustrations over the new law.
Two weeks after passing new gun control measures, New York officials are holding public forums around the state to discuss what's in the law.
Organizers of an annual gun show in Albany say they are seeing bigger crowds this year, due to the recent changes to New York's gun control laws and potential changes at the federal level.
This edition of the Campbell Conversations completes an extended consideration of gun control and the NY SAFE Act. In prior weeks Grant Reeher has spoken with SUNY-Cortland Professor Robert Spitzer and Onondaga District Attorney Bill Fitzpatrick, both of whom saw a need for more regulation of gun ownership, while also noting possible problems with some of the approaches taken in the new state law.
A new poll finds voters overwhelming support for many of the items that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is pushing, including parts of the newly enacted gun control law.
Speaking on a brief visit to Rochester on Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he didn't believe that the NY SAFE ACT OF 2013 passed on Tuesday would impact on jobs at Remington Arms in upstate New York.
Mental health advocates have some concerns over portions of the gun control laws approved by Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature this week.
Reaction to New York's new gun control law from prosecutors is generally positive. For one central New York District attorney it closes some loopholes, but leaves others open.


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Author Randy Koniowka seeking input for 'Legendary Locals' book
COHOES — A writer is reaching out to the community his family has been a part of for four generations to get photos and stories of people in the Spindle City who have had an impact on the city's history for a book he is writing about "legendary locals."
Randy Koniowka said the intent of the book, part of a larger series that includes other communities like Troy, is to focus on the people, as opposed to other books which have discussed buildings, places and events.
"And not just people from over 100 years ago," Koniowka added. "I want to highlight people that are still living and affecting the Cohoes community. In a sense, this will be a living history."
Along with profiling political leaders and other obvious movers and shakers, he wants to write about little known people who have had varying influences on the city's past and its future.
Naming everyday people and characters found in the city's contemporary diners or barber shops who might be included in the 128-page book, Koniowka said he planned to go as far back in the city's history as the Native Americans who considered the Cohoes Falls to be sacred.
"History is about human beings," the Cohoes High graduate said, quoting historian David McCullough. "Cohoes is perfect for representing small town America."
Koniowka plans to profile Grace Reavy of Cohoes who was the first woman appointed to a municipal office in the state. She ran a funeral home in a Victorian house still on Ontario Street and has a bridge named after her on VanSchaick Island. Reavy went on to offices at the state and federal level, and assisted Eleanor Roosevelt with human rights issues.
He also talked about Virginia McDonald, who became the first female mayor in New York in 1970.
"These are the types of people that will be brought back to the public consciousness," he said. "These are the unsung heroes. It's a great honor to write about them."
In an effort to increase education of local history at a young age, he plans to distribute the book to Cohoes schools. Continued...
The book, as part of a fairly new Acadia Publishing series, will be known as Legendary Locals of Cohoes. Koniowka, who was approached by the publishing company to write the book, is in the midst of researching and writing the manuscript but plans to submit his work to Acadia in May.
In the meantime, he is collecting photos and stories from fellow Cohosiers for the work which will have 80 to 100 profiles and 150 photos. Those interested in nominating someone to profile or with a photo, can contact Koniowka on Facebook at the Legendary Locals of Cohoes page or at 925-9188.
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The corset was originally designed to shape the upper body by incorporating lacing and boning (the rigid frame of the garment) to create the desired aesthetic effect of a curvier figure. Many modern corsets are visually similar to traditional corsets, but the function of shaping of the body has taken a back seat to fashion. Following along this trend is a minimalist approach to corsetry where the frame becomes the primary feature and the fabric is secondary. This creates what is essentially a see-through corset. In this case we'll take a look at one specific example, the fishnet corset.
In a traditional corset, the boning creates and supports the shape of the corset (and subsequently the shape of the wearer). The fabric of the corset is typically flexible and stretched tightly over the corset's structure, with channels where boning is inserted. Because of its delicate nature, fishnet would not be a typical fabric selection for this type of treatment. That is why the fishnet corset is such a unique garment.
The first thing you will notice about the fishnet corset is that the boning fully defines the garment. The curves in the boning, while reminiscent of a traditional corset, are soft, alluring and flattering to a wide variety of body types. They create a seductive and shapely contour that draws the eye from the top of the breasts all the way down to the thighs, complementing the natural curves of the breasts and hips. Within the frame are panels of soft and delicate fishnet material, offering teasing windows to the delicate skin beneath as well as providing a contrasting visual and physical texture. The fishnet corset is looser fitting than a traditional corset due to the nature of the fabric. The main support of the garment is in the frame, preventing the fishnet fabric from stretching too tightly across the skin as it would do in more typical fishnet garments, like stockings or tights.
The fishnet corset is a distinct and extraordinary garment that uses an iconic fashion tradition to create a bold new statement. As the nature of a corset is to support and enhance the natural shape of a woman, it is a garment that can be worn by women of all shapes and sizes. An excellent example is the Sophia Black Fishnet Corset Dress, which finishes with a delicate fishnet ruffle, or the Tilia Black Fishnet Corset with asymmetrical contours that further accentuate the natural bust shape.


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Syracuse Advances To The Sweet 16
Playing their best overall game in quite some time, Syracuse was able to pull away from Kansas State in the second half yesterday to advance to the Sweet 16. The Orange got big performances out of a few unlikely sources during their 75-59 win, and will next meet up with Bo Ryan's Wisconsin Badgers this Thursday in Boston.
Fab who?: Rebounding has been an issue for the Orange all season even with Fab Melo in the lineup, and early in this one Kansas State dominated Syracuse on the glass. They had no answer for Jordan Henriquez in the first half, as the Wildcats big man consistently came up with offensive rebounds and second chance opportunities for his team. Making only 24% of their field goal attempts in the first half, KSU's prowess on the glass was the only thing keeping them close.
Enter Rakeem Christmas. Largely an afterthought all season with Melo occupying the pivot, the freshman center played like a man possessed, finishing with eight points and 11 rebounds. On defense he blocked three shots and altered countless others, providing the length and inside presence 'Cuse desperately needed. Most impressive was the fact that he played thirty four minutes and was able to stay out of foul trouble. The Orange will need him to duplicate yesterday's effort going forward, especially if they eventually meet up with teams like North Carolina or Kentucky that have multiple skilled players on the interior.
Scoop steps up: It is often a balancing act between brilliance and head scratching plays with Scoop, and luckily yesterday we were treated to more of the former. With the game still in the balance in the early stages of the second half, Jardine hit a couple of big three-pointers and had a beautiful drive and dish to Christmas for a dunk. He capped off his performance with a teardrop over Henriquez that gave the Orange a 60-47 lead. His assist to turnover ratio (eight to six) wasn't anything to write home about, but that's just part of the deal with Scoop, you have to live with the good and the bad.
Bench mob: Dion Waiters and James Southerland had big games off the bench, outscoring Kansas State's reserves by a 33-0 margin. Waiters is by far Syracuse's most dynamic and explosive player, and when the team got off to a slow start yesterday he came in and immediately starting making plays, scoring 11 first half points. He finished the game with 18 points, and as was mentioned on the telecast he is probably the best player coming off the bench in all of college basketball. Waiters is listed as the Orange's top pro prospect, so it will be interesting to find out if the 2012 NCCA tournament is the last we get to see of him in a Syracuse uniform.
Southerland backed up his 15 point opening round performance against UNC-Asheville with another 15 yesterday against the Wildcats. The versatile forward has been on fire from long range (making 5 of his 7 attempts) in the tournament, and with C.J. Fair struggling he is getting the bulk of the minutes at the four spot. His proficiency from beyond the arc gives the Orange another dimension and further spreads the floor, allowing Scoop and Waiters plenty of room to go to work.
Looking ahead: Next up for the Orange will be a slugfest with the Wisconsin Badgers on Thursday with a spot in the Elite 8 on the line. Badgers coach Bo Ryan is one of the top coaches in college basketball, routinely doing "more with less". His team plays a physical brand of defense and a methodical, slow-paced, grind it out style of offense. They will try and slow it down as much as possible against Syracuse in order to prevent the Orange from getting out and pushing the pace. Athletically Syracuse has the advantage all across the board, so the Badgers and senior guard Jordan Taylor will try and muck this one up as much as possible. It will definitely be a contrast in styles, and whichever team can get the other out of their comfort zone more will likely emerge the winner. The superior team all season, if Syracuse can put together the all-around game they displayed against the Wildcats they will be one win away from going to the Final Four for the first time since 2003.
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Series: Evolution Basics
Written by BioLogos Fellow of Biology Dennis Venema, this series of posts is intended as a basic introduction to the science of evolution for non-specialists.
A Perfect World?
Astronomy and geology give us clear evidence that the fundamental laws of nature have remained unchanged since the beginning of creation. Whatever the effects of the Fall, they do not seem to have changed the basic laws of physics.
Biological Evolution: What Makes it Good Science? Part 2
The Galápagos Islands were not a distinct "center of creation," but a workshop for evolution in which an ancestral species made it to the yet uncolonized island and underwent a massive degree of speciation to adapt to the environment of the island. This is precisely what one would expect if the species of islands had arisen by evolution.
Meet Jimmy Lin, "Medical and Scientific Doxologist"
In our current culture, we're defined by our jobs. It's having a vocation. I wanted to shift away from that. I didn't want to be a doctor first and foremost, or a scientist, but one who praises God.
Genes, Cells, and the Changing Face of Technology, Part 1
Right on this tabletop, you could make materials that by current manufacturing processes would otherwise cause a great amount of environmental hazard … In 50 years, we should be able to do things in ways we don't do them now, that will be cheaper, less toxic, less polluting, more efficient, and so forth…
Evolution, the Enlightenment, and Worldviews
In this video conversation, N.T. Wright discusses how the Enlightenment worldview -- which clearly separates God from the world -- has impacted our view of Scripture, and why cleaning the "spectacles" through which we view the world can help us see both Scripture and the world more clearly.
Series: Made in the Image of God: The Theological Implications of Human Genomics
This series by Denis Alexander reflects on advancements in genomics as well as their theological implications. He focuses on the relatedness of hominin genomes, arguing that this does not interfere with the image of God in humans. The image of God depends more on the capacity for relationship and covenant, not on a list of particular physical qualities. He then discusses why the recent studies of genomics provide "no grounds for genetic determinism."
Does Evolution Compromise Human Morality?
Once we have a scientific hypothesis for how something exists, it is tempting to make the philosophical inference that this is also why it exists.
Southern Baptist Series: Evolution and the Problem of Evil
Were one to propose creation by means of theistic evolution, some of the presuppositions for these responses to the problem of evil no longer function. Therefore, advocating some form of theistic evolution poses problems for standard explanations of the problem of evil.
Why Strict Atheism Is Unscientific
Do you believe in God? If a cadre of outspoken, strong atheists wrote a litmus test for scientists, that might very well be question #1.
Series: Behe, Lenski and the "Edge" of Evolution
In this series, we reexamine the claim made by Intelligent Design proponent Michael Behe to have found a limit to "Darwinian" evolution in light of recent results from the laboratory of Richard Lenski.
Series: "And God Saw That It Was Good": Death and Pain in the Created Order
The tension generated by our understanding of God's character, as revealed in the Bible, and by the reality of the natural world around us has been the focus of much debate within the Christian church since the first century. This series examines critically several of the proposed solutions to this problem, viewing them from the perspective of a geologist, paleontologist, and orthodox evangelical Christian.
Can Science Ever Know Enough?
To say something is poetic is not to declare it ultimately untrue, futile and meaningless—it is to say it is more profound and meaningful and true than many other modes of expression.
Series: Decoding ENCODE
The BioLogos Foundation explains to the findings of the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project and responds to the claims that its discoveries challenge the theory of evolution, especially regarding so-called "junk DNA".
Science and the Bible: Theistic Evolution, Part 3
As I stressed in my column about the YEC view, creationism is ultimately about theodicy—it's not only about theodicy, to be sure, but the belief that animals must not have suffered and died before Adam and Eve committed the first sin is crucial to the "young" in Young Earth Creationism. To a significant degree, Theistic Evolution is also about theodicy.
Denisovans, Humans and the Chromosome 2 Fusion
The Denisovans, an extinct hominid group that interbred with modern humans, made the news again lately with the publication of a more detailed study of their genome. One of the many interesting findings was that the Denisovans share the same chromosome 2 fusion that modern humans have.
Series: Divine Action in the World
In this talk, Professor Plantinga addresses the fact that many contemporary thinkers—including many theologians—believe that God cannot perform miracles, providentially guide history, or interact in the lives of people, as these activities would be contrary to science. Plantinga, on the other hand, makes the case that this popular view is mistaken; excluding divine action in the world is not a central feature of natural science itself, but a philosophical or theological preference that has been added on to science (and can just as readily be removed). Plantinga concludes that it is completely logical to accept the miracles of the Bible and support contemporary science.
Series: Southern Baptist Voices: Evolution and Death
This exchange brings together related essays on death in light of evolution and Scripture from Southern Baptist theologian Dr. John Laing. Laing argues that evolutionary theory requires death to play a central role in the creation of new life, but sees Scripture depicting death only "as an invader, disturber of peace, and a force of evil." A BioLogos response is given by Dr. Jeff Schloss.
The Questions Update: Did death occur before the Fall?
Today's post features a preview of the updated Question, "Did death occur before the Fall?", revised by Senior Web Consultant and Writer Deborah Haarsma. This question provides an overview of the issue and points readers to more resources within and beyond the BioLogos website.
Series: Asa Gray and Charles Darwin Discuss Evolution and Design
Many Christians believe that they face a painful choice-- either life was designed by God or it is an evolutionary product of natural selection. Charles Darwin himself believed in this dichotomy, and people ever since have felt the need to "choose sides". However, looking back at history, we find that one of Darwin's chief scientific colleagues, Asa Gray, did not share this perspective. In this three-part essay, part 1 charts the relationship of Asa Gray and Charles Darwin. Part 2 describes Darwin's struggle with the problem of natural evil and design in nature, and part 3 explores how Asa Gray was able to embrace evolution without rejecting the idea of design.
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Sankei Sports etc: J soccer player Nakamura Yuuki quits Slovakian club, feels victimized by "racial discrimination"; my, how ironic!
Posted by debito on 1st February 2013
We have an interesting case of a Japanese sports player quitting an overseas soccer team claiming "racial discrimination" (jinshu sabetsu). Nakamura Yuuki, formerly of Slovak football club MSK Rimaska Sobota, has been reported in the Japanese press as returning to Japan last September, blogging about his treatment. But look closely. I have included three English-language articles and translated two Japanese articles for comparison
AFP: [...] In an online blog entry dated Wednesday, Nakamura [Yuuki], 25, said he returned to Japan because of racism that had even involved some of his own teammates. ŌĆ£Unfortunately, I have come home because I was subjected to racism at the club I belonged to, Rimavska Sobota, and could not live there any more,ŌĆØ the footballer wrote.
Calling out his name before and after matches, some club supporters raised their middle finger to Nakamura ŌĆ£with a look of furious angerŌĆØ. ŌĆ£No teammates helped me. There were even some players who joined in (the harassment),ŌĆØ he added. ŌĆ£It wasnŌĆÖt normal anymore, and the team even received some sort of threats. They cannot be responsible (for my safety), so I came home,ŌĆØ he said.
Submitter AS: Reading through the article and the blog quoted in the article, I canŌĆÖt find anything that clearly shows racial discrimination. People giving him the finger? With no context, that could mean anything from racial discrimination to thinking heŌĆÖs a useless player.
COMMENT FROM DEBITO: I just find it interesting the difference in treatment in the media and public argument. Nakamura essentially has a nervous breakdown due to the taunts, and then both the Japanese and overseas media report it as racial discrimination, put it in a larger context, and don't question Nakamura's claims. Yet when we get the same kind of jeering in Japan of NJ (Shimizu S-Pulse's Coach Ghotbi being accused in 2011 by supporters in a banner of being connected to Iranian nuclear weapons; or official-level jeers: Japan's Ekiden running leagues justifying extra hurdles for NJ athletes by claiming that sports are only interesting for Japanese fans if Japanese win them; or claims by Japan's rugby union not winning because they have "too many foreign players" (including naturalized Japanese); and how about Tokyo Governor Ishihara's 2012 remarks about NJ judo Olympians being "beasts" spoiling "Japan's sport"?), nobody calls it "racial discrimination" in the Japanese press (if the foreign press pay any attention to it at all). Racial discrimination only seems to happen overseas.
Where is FIFA or any other international sports league to decry racism when this sort of thing happens in Japan? Buried in cultural relativism. You can see that even more strongly in the comments to the Japan Today article cited above, which are overwhelmingly sympathetic to Nakamura. I don't doubt that Nakamura had readjustment problems and decided not to stay because he wasn't comfortable overseas. But imagine the reaction if a NJ player in the J-League were to quit, justifying it by saying "fans gave me an angry look" or "people gave me the finger". He'd be told by commenters to grow a pair, and would have bloggers both in English and Japanese questioning not only the veracity of his claims but also his mental stability. That's not happening in Nakamura's case. Now why? Are we that programmed to holding Japan to a different standard?
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West Bay look-out gets go-ahead (From Dorset Echo)
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West Bay look-out gets go-ahead
3:30pm Monday 31st December 2012 in News By Anne Bell
A LOOK-OUT station at West Bay has been given the green light.
But the volunteer Lyme Bay National Coastwatch Institution volunteers now face a cash shortfall and a hunt for a new temporary location to provide cover next summer.
Planning delays and unexpected building costs to shore up the foundations of the shelter on the Esplanade mean that an extra £10,000 could be needed before the build can be completed.
But despite objections to the West Bay scheme, NCI Lyme Bay station manager Clive Edwards said he hopes people will realise their concerns were unfounded.
West Dorset District Council's development control committee granted planning permission for the look-out.
It will sit over the top of the ice-cream kiosk and shelter to provide the watchers with a vantage point across the bay.
Planners had received eight letters of support including the backing of the local tourism association and five objections to the proposals.
Bridport Town Council objected on the basis that the structure would be detrimental to the surroundings.
Mr Edwards said that despite now facing a further delay and having to fundraise to make up the cash shortfall over and above the original £20,000 to £25,000 estimate, the good news far outweighed the bad.
He said the organisation was in touch with the National Trust with a view to finding a temporary site for a lookout in the Burton Bradstock area to enable the volunteers to maintain their watch next spring and summer.
The team have to move out of the current lookout at Hive Beach, which is not in an ideal position, without a full view of the coastal area.
Mr Edwards said "Our chairman, Air Marshal Sir Christopher Coville, my colleagues and myself all hope that those who objected to our application will find that their fears were unfounded and that the benefits of having a Coastwatch station at West Bay far outweigh any adverse impact that they might have anticipated.
"However we are concerned that the delays in getting planning approval following those objections have had an impact on our finances in terms of our having had to spend money on our current premises.
"This means that we will probably need to seek another temporary location while we raise the money for the building costs necessary to underpin the shelter, in addition to the cost of constructing the actual look-out itself.
"We may therefore need to implement the move to West Bay in two stages."
Mr Edwards said a full survey of the Esplanade site will now be carried out by local consulting engineers Brody Forbes, which will reveal exactly what needs to be done and how quickly the build can proceed.