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Bruce Schneier's recent book Liars and Outliers is a philosophical exploration of the role of trust in society, and is likely to appeal more to policy makers and academics than to information security practitioners. He describes how theories regarding trust (and perhaps trust itself) have evolved over time and sets this within the context of today's global interconnected society.
Schneier has done a very careful literature review, citing theories and experiments across multiple disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, and psychology. The computer scientist will find that the book does a very good job of discussing abstract concepts, while the computer professional will find that it lacks a concreteness needed for it to be useful in their daily work.
Schneier puts forth the idea that society runs on trust and that failures in trust now have global consequences. Parasites and fraudsters could ruin everything for honest people. The interest of society may be put into conflict with certain individuals within society. Society builds laws as controls to keep people from "ruining it for everyone." The book is more about how society establishes and maintains that trust--specifically, it explains how society enforces, evokes, elicits, compels, encourages "...trustworthiness, or at least compliance, through systems of what I call societal pressures, similar to sociology's social controls: coercive mechanisms that induce people to cooperate, act in the group interest, and follow group norms." It's all about the societal pressures that keep the masses in line by inducing cooperation.
The book is divided into four parts.
In Part I, Schneier explores the background sciences of that shed light on trust: experimental psychology, evolutionary psychology, sociology, economics, behavioral economics, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, game theory, systems dynamics, anthropology, archeology, history, political science, law, philosophy, theology, cognitive science, and computer security. He provides a "cursory overview" that demonstrates where the "broad arcs of research" are pointing. He concludes Part I with some generalized societal dilemmas that "illustrate how society ensures that its members forsake their own interests when they run counter to society's interest."
Part II is where Schneier shares his full model of societal trust with the reader.
There are four basic categories of societal pressure that can induce cooperation in societal dilemmas:
Part III then applies the model to "the more complex dilemmas that arise in the real world" and explains how the above four forces are used to balance individual and group desires and actions. Part IV discusses the different ways societal pressures fail. Special attention is given to the issue of how living in an information society changes societal pressures.
Theoreticians, public policy students, and public policy professionals will find plenty in Liars and Outliers to stimulate thought regarding the abstract concept of trust. However, to loosely paraphrase Einstein, I am a security practitioner, not a philosopher; I am much more interested in learning how to secure something than I am in learning how to conceptualize trust. For my purposes, Liars and Outliers was an informative diversion and didn't provide very much, if any, practical security information or techniques.


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Bill Bailey Qualmpeddler
British Comedy Award winner Bill has enjoyed success on the live stage for many years. In 2001 he took his show Bewilderness to New York for an eight week run at the Westbeth Theatre. The New York Times wrote of him, "Bill is an unalloyed pleasure, a treat for the funny bone, the brain and the ear" and The Telegraph pronounced him "a hobbit with a wicked sense of humour". In 2004 he performed his show Part Troll at over fifty venues around the UK, culminating in an extended run at London's Wyndhams Theatre. In 2007 he embarked on a sold-out UK arena tour with his audio-visual, comedic extravaganza, Tinselworm. He took the show down under during the summer of 2008, touring Australia and New Zealand, before returning to London in December 2008 for a ten week run of the show at The Gielgud Theatre. The summer of 2009 saw Bill tour the UK once again with his live show, Bill Bailey Live. Last autumn, following his performances at London's Royal Albert Hall and the resulting critically acclaimed BBC2 television broadcast, Bill enjoyed a very successful UK tour of his musical comedy extravaganza, Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra. Performing alongside some of the UK's finest orchestras, the show provided fans with the opportunity to see Bill's surreal comic and musical imagination at its best and was described by The Telegraph as "a glorious achievement," The Guardian as "sublime hilarity" and Stephen Fry as "wonderfully enjoyable... like driving a Rolls-Royce off-road."
Bill Bailey had Doubts about the modern world, but these have now grown into Qualms. He will be channeling these feelings of Unease and Apprehension, with the help of Religious Dubstep, his folk bouzouki, Horntallica, a re-appraisal of some of the world's greatest works of art and perhaps a dub version of Downton Abbey.

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Patient Marketing Report: Thinking Past the Pill
That's how it looks to Pfizer, which has initiated a clinical trial on its Toviaz support plan, Your Way. If Pfizer can show a big boost to adherence through the program, that data could be trumpeted in professional marketing efforts, maybe even included in the label. In a category like overactive bladder, that data could be persuasive not only to physicians but also to increasingly powerful payers."When you talk about smoking cessation or any of these programs, we've been working on this for awhile, but the stars are aligning at the national level with healthcare reform, which is trying to take waste out of the system," says Adele Gulfo, president and general manager for US primary care at Pfizer. "And $290 billion in waste is a big bucket of money."
A major theme of the Affordable Care Act that the president signed earlier this year is the effort to nudge the healthcare system from a fee for service model to an outcomes-based one that makes physicians and the healthcare systems they work for accountable for the quality of care. If a patient stops taking their meds and gets sicker, it'll cost the provider. Pfizer figures this sea change, coupled with the beefing up of healthcare IT mandated by the new law, will make patient support programs pay while bettering patient outcomes.The company expects to have data from the clinical trial by the end of the year or early in 2011.
"The days of just selling the pill are over," says Gulfo. "As the number one player in primary care, we touch millions of patients, and we can take costs out of the overall healthcare system. It's an opportunity and a responsibility." Increasingly, says Gulfo, the government is demanding that companies demonstrate that their products provide economic as well as clinical benefits."The value equation has changed," says Jim Sage, VP of customer engagement at Pfizer. "It used to be that having a differentiated medicine was the value. That's changed. It's still part of the value, but now we also have the obligation and the expectation that we're going to make sure we follow through on that and support whoever takes those medicines in an appropriate way."
Enter the "emotional concierge"
Some of the larger pharmas have been tinkering with patient support programs for years as a means of helping patients stay on their meds and take them as directed. These efforts have evolved from crude reminder messaging to elaborate relationship marketing efforts featuring multiple touchpoints and sophisticated behavioral modeling. Pfizer's Get Quit program for smoking cessation treatment Chantix is actually featured in the company's marketing efforts for the drug.
"One of the hallmarks of the program is its interactivity," says Sage. Upon signing up, patients must answer questions about how they like to receive information, why they smoke, when they smoke, the sort of cravings they have and their concerns about quitting. Then they're assigned a Mayo Clinic-certified tobacco treatment specialist who will counsel them on how to overcome the challenges of quitting."It's built on a couple of important customer insights," says Sage. "The first is that smoking is not just a physical condition. It's also psychological, and you have to be able to treat both components. The second is that smokers don't need to be told what the health consequences are. They already know what's going to happen to them. They don't want to be preached to. What they want is support."
For its current Chantix consumer ad campaign, which debuted at the beginning of the year, Pfizer fired the tortoise and the hare and went instead with testimonials ripped from thank-you notes sent to the company unprompted.
Similarly, Roska Direct president and CEO Jay Bolling says his agency has realized 20% increases in persistency – patients continuing to take their medication – through the use of nurse counselors in patient support programs for high-cost therapies like biologics and oncology treatments, as well as chronic conditions like diabetes. It's not cheap, but it gets results."We've seen huge gains where we engage this third party and create a triad," says Bolling. "Where we're seeing the biggest difference is where we're able to provide emotional support and surround sound. There are so many issues where patients can fall through the cracks, and the nurse counselor fixes that. They're acting as an emotional concierge."
Diabetes an adherence laboratory
The diabetes category has proven particularly fertile ground for innovation in patient support programs, in part because of the patient-directed nature of treatment. Lilly's Matt Beebe, global commercialization leader for diabetes, notes that the typical US patient spends less than an hour a year with their healthcare provider.
"Our focus had been to help support the healthcare provider, but we know that after a patient goes to see the doctor for 10-20 minutes, they go home and spend the next 131,000 minutes living their life before they have another 20-minute intervention with their healthcare provider."
One of the key lessons Lilly has learned in the space is of the need to provide bite-sized bits of information to just the right patient at just the right time. Lilly's Humalog Small Steps effort, largely based on the Byetta By Your Side program, aims to support patients through the first few months of therapy through seven mailings calibrated to help patients through tough transition points in treatment – for example, the shift from basal insulin to mealtime insulin.
"It's not everything you need to know about managing diabetes with an intense basal bolus regimen," says Lilly senior director for insulin Keith Johns, "but rather, giving them small pieces of information they can act upon and make small changes in their lives."Lilly's Play Forward Guide, for children with type 1 diabetes and their caregivers, aims to help families through the bewildering period after initial diagnosis by explaining how to manage birthdays, sports and sleepovers.
"That's a time in a family's life that truly rocks their world," says Johns. "The guide is really trying to help children with type 1 diabetes still be kids, because the premise is, at the end of the day, you want your child to have the same hopes and dreams that any child has."
The company has a big presence at diabetes camps, donating a backpack full of educational materials as well as products. Last summer, Lilly sponsored a tour of the camps by Olympic skier Chris Freeman. Lilly also runs the F.A.C.E. Diabetes program through black churches (F.A.C.E. stands for Fearless African Americans Connected and Empowered), which offers diet and lifestyle advice and has attracted star power from actor Anthony Anderson of Law & Order and R&B singer Angie Stone."The backdrop of how we approach it is that it's not about changing your life for diabetes, but how you fit diabetes into your life," says Johns.
That was the idea behind Sanofi-Aventis' Go Meals app, a turbocharged calorie counter that has surpassed 100,000 downloads since its launch late last year. Around half of all users use it daily. An iPad version was released in July."A diagnosis of diabetes is traumatic at the start, but really after that is a 24-hour effort to manage a complex disease," says Lynn Crowe, senior product manager, diabetes marketing at Sanofi-Aventis. "The more we understand what it's like to walk through your day and then complicate it by adding diabetes to it, there's some real obvious places to intervene, especially with mobile technology. The volume of apps would suggest that you're not sitting home tending to your diabetes. You've got to take it with you."
Looping in other healthcare players
Pfizer is looking beyond patient support programs and reaching out to other healthcare industry players with a series of pilot programs. Last year, Pfizer ran a pilot program through 80 Walgreens pharmacies in New Jersey, providing educational materials on its products and sponsoring counseling by pharmacists. That program has been expanded to several other states.
Through a partnership with McKesson, the company offered one-on-one behavioral counseling through 2,000 pharmacies in support of Chantix, Detrol, Lyrica and Lipitor. That effort reached 15,000 patients. Pharmacist consultations for the company's Get Quit program realized a "statistically significant" increase in refill rates.
"What's working is having a personalized, one-to-one adherence program in a scalable way," says Derek Rago, VP marketing for adherence solutions at McKesson. "And it works maybe for more complex disease states, more chronic conditions. What's maybe not working as well is when you do the mass-market, one-size-fits-all approach and you just have one tool – say reducing copays. Those results become marginal because you really don't address the complexity of adherence."Pfizer has also partnered with Wellpoint, Medco and other firms, even some large cardiovascular practices, on patient support programs for its products. The adoption of electronic medical records and healthcare IT infrastructure, already widespread in the west, will close the loop and amplify these efforts by allowing physicians to see when a patient has failed to refill their meds and anticipate non-compliant behavior in serial offenders.
"So if you're writing me a script for hypertension, you may have the decision algorithm built in to know that I'm at high risk for non-compliance," says Pfizer's Gulfo. "It's another point of intervention," adds Sage. "The point of prescription becomes a teaching opportunity for the right patients. With healthcare reform and the incentives around accountability, more than likely we'll be able to work not just at the individual doctor-patient level but in these systems with group practices to effect larger change."
McKesson, which launched an adherence practice three years ago, approaches persistence as a plumbing problem."You try to aggregate where the bucket leaks most," says Rago. "If you started with 100 prescriptions at the physician's office that they're writing for a patient, on average, 70% arrive at the pharmacy, 30% don't even get presented. And then 66% actually get out of the pharmacy, and that's really an abandonment issue where they're unclaimed. Either the patient doesn't claim the prescription once they bring it to the pharmacy or a substitution is made at the point of sale. And then 25%-30% are taken properly when they get out of the pharmacy, and then you have leakage when they're refilled, which is 15%-20%."


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Jish, or Gush-halav is a shawarma-free village northern of Israel, its inhabitants are known for living in Haifa
by rashidjones December 14, 2010
When you're anxiously awaiting a text from someone you're very attracted to and interested in but instead you receive a text from one of your friends about an unrelated and unimportant subject. Usually accompanied by feelings of disappointment often followed by anger at the one who interrupted the state of mind you were in and got your hopes up that the special person was actually going to text you.
Most frequently used in the past tense as "jished"
Most frequently used in the past tense as "jished"
-"So I waiting for this hot girl I met last week to text me back and Jake totally jished me to tell me about a dump he took."
-"I didn't respond to your text because you jished me and it pissed me off."
-"I didn't respond to your text because you jished me and it pissed me off."
by dafastudio February 22, 2011
When someone is being a Jew and you are have an issue with this person. Not to get you confused with a Jewish issue, like Adolf Hitler and Anne Frank. But, it would be appropriate in the context of someone being a filthy dirty Jew bastard and you have a medium to large sized issue with this person.
by SlyDirtyDog November 17, 2012
to party like a rockstar
jish, jished, jhishing
jish, jished, jhishing
by paul and sam August 22, 2007
A term used in Northern Ireland for people who wet the bed
That guy wet the bed he's such a Jish
by Cerbur hit by a bus June 30, 2016
im jishing the the chair..., i jished the table, im goiing to jish my room, i want to jish you..haha
by paige and mogo August 22, 2007
After numerous golden showers and some manky sex Sally was coated in Jish
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – NHL arenas are dark, and now so are its negotiating rooms.
Hockey's opening day came and went Thursday with no games and no reason to think players will be hitting the ice anytime soon.
The league and the union were back at the bargaining table, hours before pucks were supposed to drop to open the regular season, but once again the sides didn't address the core economic differences at the centre of the league's lockout that has already lasted 26 days.
After discussing secondary topics for a second straight day, no plans were made to meet again. Forget about Friday, the likelihood of any hockey being played in October is quickly fading.
"Until we're really tackling the major issues, I'm not sure there is a real-time urgency on these other issues," NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said. "Let's take the time, let's redo proposals on the basis of the two days of discussion. When we have that done, and it makes sense to meet, I am sure we'll meet.
"We didn't leave today's meeting saying, 'This is ridiculous. There is no reason to continue meeting on any level.' None of our discussions have led to that result, and I don't expect them to at any time in the near future."
After five hours of talks at the league office on Wednesday, the sides got back together for nearly as long—in two separate sessions—on Thursday. Union head Donald Fehr stayed away, and wasn't in contact with Commissioner Gary Bettman.
Although it has been a week since the NHL called off the first two weeks of the regular season, that sting was felt full force Thursday when opening day passed without any games played.
"We're creatures of habit," sad Vancouver Canucks forward Manny Malhotra, a member of the union's negotiating team. "We're used to doing things at certain times, and right now would be time to be playing again. Guys are frustrated with the monotony of just going to the rink, or working out and still doing those things that we're used to doing in the summertime.
"The frustration sets in. Guys want to be doing what we love to do. It's been that way since we missed the first day of camp."
Progress was made Thursday on a drug testing plan, and the sides also dealt with contract issues such as term length and player assignments that still need to be worked on. Other miscellaneous legal issues were also discussed, again with some disagreements.
"There are still a few things to work out," NHLPA special counsel Steve Fehr said. "That is not the core issue, obviously. If we had everything else settled, we could go back to work and solve the remaining issues in six hours if we had to."
Last week, the NHL cancelled—at least temporarily—82 games from Thursday through Oct. 24.
Daly estimated the NHL lost $100 million from the cancellation of the entire preseason and would be out another $140 million to $150 million with the regular-season losses. He wouldn't speculate when more games would be trimmed from the schedule or how long it would take to get the league up and running if a deal is finally reached.
"It's a disappointment. There is no way around that," Daly said. "I certainly hoped and would have expected we would be in a different place today. I would've expected we would've had an agreement, I would've expected we would have been dropping the puck.
"In retrospect, I look back at it, and while we were all hopeful during the course of the summer that there was plenty of time to get a deal done, maybe the fault lies in the fact that we didn't start negotiations until June 29. That goes back to the level of urgency maybe with the players' association and not being prepared to have those discussions."
The NHL still says it is waiting for a new proposal from the union, with the owners adamant players accept a significant drop from the 57 per cent of revenue they received under the salary cap in the last contract. The players don't want what they consider massive cuts at a time when the overall revenue pot reached record numbers ($3.3 billion) last year.
"For most of the last few weeks, unless it was on their terms, unless we've had a proposal they don't seem very interested in discussing the core economics," Steve Fehr said. "Let's keep in mind that they are the ones who started this with a request for a 24 per cent rollback, which they've inched back a little, in addition to putting proposals on the table that would severely limit and curtail player contracting rights which had the predictable result of provoking players.
"It is further compounded by their strategy of first lock out and then see what happens. That is why we are in this mess today."
Daly disagreed.
"We've been down that road a couple of times and it continues to be our belief the union has made one meaningful proposal in this entire process—that was on Aug. 14. Now they have made it three times, and they are suggesting that it is three different proposals. It wasn't," he said. "Bottom line is it is difficult to understand why we should make a third proposal in their direction. At some point we've got to see a willingness from the players' association to compromise because they haven't shown any willingness to compromise at this point."


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Ryan Vogelsong tied a career high with eight strikeouts and the San Francisco Giants took a 5-1 lead over the St. Louis Cardinals through six innings in Game 6 of the NL championship series Sunday night.
St. Louis leads the best-of-seven series 3-2.
With the Giants trying to force a decisive Game 7 at home, Marco Scutaro hit a two-out, two-run double off Chris Carpenter to highlight San Francisco's four-run second. Buster Posey's groundout in the first scored Scutaro and gave the NL batting champion his first RBI of the series.
Vogelsong's dominant start came almost all on fastballs and commanding cutters to energize an orange towel-twirling crowd on a cool night at San Francisco's waterfront ballpark. The only baserunner he allowed was a one-out walk to Matt Carpenter in the first until Daniel Descalso's broken-bat single to center with two outs in the fifth.
Fans gave Vogelsong a standing ovation and serenaded the 35-year-old journeyman with chants of ``Vog-ey! Vog-ey!'' Pete Kozma also singled before Vogelsong got pinch-hitter Skip Schumaker to ground out to first.
Allen Craig's two-out single in the sixth drove home Carlos Beltran for the Cardinals' only run. St. Louis had gone 15 innings without scoring after lefty Barry Zito and Co. held them scoreless in Game 5.
Carpenter was replaced after allowing six hits and five runs - three unearned - in four innings. He walked two and struck out six, almost identical to his Game 2 loss in San Francisco, except he had only one strikeout in that start.
Matt Carpenter replaced Matt Holliday in St. Louis' lineup when the left fielder was scratched about 45 minutes before first pitch because of lower back tightness, the team said. Matt Carpenter started at first base and batted second, Craig shifted from first to left field and Beltran slid back a spot to third while playing right field.
With Vogelsong on the mound to pace San Francisco's scintillating start, Holliday's absence might not have mattered much.
After Scutaro drew a one-out walk in the first, Pablo Sandoval doubled over the head of Jon Jay as the center fielder got turned around fighting the sun and shadows during the twilight start. Scutaro scored on Posey's groundout to third to give the Giants a 1-0 lead.
Brandon Belt tripled to right-center leading off the second. Gregor Blanco struck out swinging and Brandon Crawford was intentionally walked.
With Crawford trying to steal second on the pitch, Vogelsong chopped a ball that shortstop Pete Kozma couldn't handle as Belt scored. Scutaro doubled to left and Sandoval singled on the 10th pitch from Chris Carpenter to put the Giants ahead 5-0.
The 10 unearned runs allowed by the Cardinals were the most in NLCS history, according to STATS LLC. Two teams allowed nine.
Not exactly the start St. Louis had in mind.
The only other time the Cardinals opened a 3-1 lead in the NLCS came in 1996, when they lost to the Atlanta Braves in seven games. San Francisco, which never faced an elimination game in winning the 2010 World Series title, is 4-0 when pushed to the brink this postseason. The Giants became the first team in major league history to come back from an 0-2 deficit and win the final three games on the road when they stunned the Cincinnati Reds in the division series.
St. Louis has won its last seven games when facing elimination dating back to 2006, but the defending World Series champions were hoping to avoid another chance to extend the streak. After falling into a 3-1 hole before winning Game 5 to send the series back to San Francisco, the Giants liked their chances to do just that.
Vogelsong became the first Giants starter to last six innings this postseason when he allowed four hits over seven innings in a 7-1 victory in Game 2. Chris Carpenter had been even more reliable this time of year for the Cardinals, with his 10 postseason victories the most in franchise history.
Giants ace Matt Cain would take the mound for Game 7 in San Francisco on Monday night. Kyle Lohse, who started Game 3 opposite Cain, is likely to get the start for St. Louis.
Antonio Gonzalez can be reached at: www.twitter.com/agonzalezAP


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By clicking through various webpages without reading very carefully, I somehow ended up at this collection of lists of what short stories writers would include in an introductory level course on "the short story". From the lists, I started evaluating not only which writers I would like to take a class with, but which writers' lists made me curious to read their own fiction. Some of the lists are staid, predictable, and unimaginative, and fairly or unfairly I imagined the list-makers' own stories as likely to be similar, while other lists (e.g. those of Lynn Coady, Peter Darbyshire, Tony Burgess, Tim Conley, and a few others) are marvelous.
And then I got to thinking that it would be fun to make a list of some sort, because I haven't for a while. Something a little odd, perhaps. After a nanosecond or so of thought, I came up with this idea: A list of 5 stories that I wish I had read sooner than I did -- stories that might have helped me become a better writer or thinker or person or something, stories that I wish I could put in a time machine and send back to myself before I first encountered them. I decided to add another criterion: Each story must be available online. So here we go...
- "The School" by Donald Barthelme. A story I read out loud every year to my students, which probably is a sign of some sort of dementia, but it reads aloud so well, and it's a perfect blend of humor and horror, absurdity and profundity. I first read it in college, I think, or maybe a little later. I would have loved encountering it in high school -- it might have sparked a more complex passion for fiction than I had then.
- "Ward No. 6" by Anton Chekhov. I dithered between including this or including "Gusev", which is, I think, a better story, but I settled on "Ward No. 6" because I would like to send this story back to get myself to read Chekhov's fiction sooner. I developed a love for his plays my freshman year of college, but it took much longer for me to learn to appreciate his short stories. Partly, I think this happened because I started with the wrong stories -- I started with "The Kiss" and a few others that are lovely but not stories I really feel passionate about even now. "Ward No. 6" has, for Chekhov, a relatively strong plot, and it's a brilliantly rich and thorough tale, wonderously and intricately constructed.
- "The Golem" by Avram Davidson. I first read this story three years ago. I'd read other Davidson stories and enjoyed them, but it wasn't until I read "The Golem" that I sought out every Davidson book I could find. It was, for whatever reason, exactly the right story to make me not only appreciate his work, but adore it.
- "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose" by Kelly Link. I don't know what the first Kelly Link story I read was, but it was probably this one, though it might have been "Louise's Ghost". Whichever one it was, it wasn't nearly soon enough. Link is a writer I wish I'd paid attention to when she first began publishing, because just about at that time -- the mid to late 1990s -- was when I was not finding much contemporary fiction that excited me. I finally picked up a copy of Stranger Things Happen, her first collection, after numerous people told me I would love it. I realized then that for years I had had a copy of the issue of Century magazine with her story "Water Off a Black Dog's Back" in it, but had never bothered to read it. Stupid me!
- "A Country Doctor" by Franz Kafka. Though I discovered Kafka when fairly young, I focused mainly on things like "The Metamorphosis" and the novels. I somehow missed "A Country Doctor" and first read it, I think, five or six years ago after reading something William Gass wrote about it, though I don't remember where or quite what he said. In any case, the story was a revelation, different in feeling from a lot of Kafka's other work, and so beautifully constructed. I think it's the sort of story I would have puzzled over for hours and hours when I was a teenager, and I would have enjoyed that experience immensely.


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Dear Fellow Foodies,
Would you say that this picture is worth a thousand words? Not only did I get a second chance for a photo with Tyler Florence...ladies and gentlemen...
Tyler cooked pan roasted rabbit with a chestnut polenta, roasted pumpkin with a beautiful sage infused oil and fried sage as a garnish.
Craig had a wonderful day with me, and I think he's becoming a "Foodie". We had an opportunity to explore all of the food booths, before the crowds arrived-- tasting to much fantastic food, wine and beer. Five hours flew by fast.
Truly, I can tell you that Tyler Florence is not only a professional chef-- he's also entertaining. Most importantly, Tyler treats his fan as though we are all one big family. He took the time to, articulately, explain every step of what he's doing (just like on his Ultimate Show on Food Network). He allowed the audience to ask questions about food, and he patiently and thoroughly answered questions. He graciously posed with lines of his fans, signed autographs and never did I seem him snub a single person.
Tyler Florence is a star. I cannot wait to compose both meals that he cooked into a recipe format, so that I can share it with you.
I have over 200 photos to edit and compile into a story line.
Next year, come to the Second Annual Food & Wine Harvest Festival. It was good times!


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Project M (2009)
Project M (aka Candyland Winners)
We will create a marketing plan for the ALSC awards, scholarships, and grants (ASG). Basically a "how-to" packet for award chairs.
Group Members:
Kris Baker
Naphtali Faris
Annie Kovach
Cheryl Lee
Madeline Walton-Hadlock
AIM for monthly synchronous communication
February – Establish top four target audiences for ALSC awards and scholarships, create goal statement
March - Create draft of how to market to your assigned audience, both online and offline
March 30th - Drafts of each audience section due to group
April – Share drafts, get input from group, create template to standardize, work on refining content
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One explanation for the downtick could lie in the Nov. 6 switchover from daylight saving time, which some legiters believe negatively impacts B.O. Also affecting biz was the New York Marathon, distracting tourists and Gothamites.
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Dental amalgam is a common material used to fill cavities. Fillings made with amalgam also are known as silver fillings. Over the years, concerns have been raised about the use of amalgam because it contains mercury. Here are answers to some common questions about dental amalgam.
What is amalgam? Amalgam is a combination of metals that has been the most popular and effective filling material used in dentistry for the last 150 years. Although it sometimes is called "silver amalgam," amalgam actually consists of a combination of metals. These include silver, mercury, tin and copper. Small amounts of zinc, indium or palladium also may be used.
Tooth-colored materials now can be used to restore teeth. Therefore, amalgam is used less often than in the past. However, the newer materials can't be used for all situations. Amalgam is less costly than other materials. It also holds up better over time, especially in teeth that undergo a lot of pressure and wear from chewing.
How safe is amalgam? Millions of people have amalgam fillings. Concern has been raised over the mercury in amalgam.
Many studies on the safety of amalgam fillings have been done. In 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) evaluated this research. It found no reason to limit the use of amalgam. The FDA concluded that amalgam fillings are safe for adults and children ages 6 and above.
However, some groups asked the FDA to reconsider. That review is under way.
See the FDA's amalgam information page to learn more.
Why is mercury used in amalgam? Mercury is used in amalgam because it helps make the filling material pliable. When it is mixed with an alloy powder, it creates a compound that is soft enough to mix and press into the tooth. But it also hardens quickly and can withstand the forces of biting and chewing.
Why the concern about mercury in amalgam? Mercury is a metal that occurs naturally in the environment. Mercury can exist as a liquid, as in many thermometers. When heated, it becomes a gas. It also can be combined with many other materials.
Everyone is exposed to mercury through air, drinking water, soil and food. Concerns have been raised, for instance, about the amount of mercury building up in fish as a result of pollution. Mercury enters the air from industries that burn mercury-containing fuels. Mercury from all sources can build up in body organs.
As with most substances, the degree of harm caused by mercury in the body is related to the amount. Very low levels don't cause any ill effects. At higher levels — for instance, when workers are exposed to mercury through their jobs — mercury can cause several symptoms. These include anxiety, irritability, memory loss, headaches and fatigue.
The controversy over amalgam centers on how much mercury fillings released and how much the body absorbs. In the past, amalgam fillings were thought to be inert. This would mean that no mercury was released once the filling was placed in the tooth. In recent years, sophisticated tests have changed this view. Very small amounts of mercury in the form of vapor can be released as the amalgam filling wears.
Research on this issue is complex and has arrived at various estimates of the actual amount of mercury released. However, several reviews of the research have concluded that any amount released from amalgam in the mouth is very low.
Studies have shown that the amount of mercury you are exposed to from your fillings is less than the amount that most people are exposed to in their daily environment or in the food they eat.
Do some people have reactions to amalgam? In rare cases, people have allergic reactions to the mercury in amalgam. The American Dental Association says that fewer than 100 cases of this type of allergy have ever been reported. People allergic to amalgam can receive other filling materials.
Should pregnant women be concerned about amalgam fillings? Research has not shown any health effects from amalgam fillings in pregnant women. However, mercury can cross the placenta. In general, dentists advise pregnant women to avoid unnecessary dental care. Women should not get amalgam fillings during pregnancy. Dentists can suggest other materials for any pregnant woman who needs a cavity filled.
Should anyone else consider alternatives to amalgam fillings? Concerns about mercury are related to the total amount of mercury absorbed from all sources. Therefore, some people who have high exposure to mercury may want to avoid amalgam. Examples may include people who are exposed to mercury through their jobs, or who eat large amounts of seafood.
If amalgam is safe, why does my dentist take precautions when handling it? Because dentists work with mercury almost every day, they must take safety precautions. Without protection, dentists can inhale mercury vapors. Over time, this exposure can produce symptoms of mercury toxicity.
To make dental amalgam, dentists mix liquid mercury with a powder containing silver, tin and other metals. Dentists buy special capsules that contain the powder and the liquid mercury, separated by a membrane. They use special machinery to puncture the membrane and mix the amalgam while it is still in the capsule. Once mixing is complete, the capsule is opened. By the time the amalgam is placed in your tooth, the mercury has formed a compound with the other metals. It is no longer toxic.
If you are getting an amalgam filling or having one removed, your dentist will use high-powered suction to remove any excess amalgam from your mouth. Dentists' offices have special disposal systems for any extra amalgam. Special traps in the sink drains and in the suction tubes prevent amalgam from entering the plumbing system.
Are there alternatives to amalgam? There is now a dental amalgam that contains indium as well as mercury. The indium helps retain the mercury so that less is released into the environment. There are also high-copper amalgams. They contain less mercury and more copper.
Dentists use other materials to restore teeth. These include composite resin, porcelain and gold. Amalgam is stronger than composite resin and requires less time in the dentist's chair. Composite resin is a tooth-colored material. Because it wears faster than amalgam, composite resin can't be used in every situation.
Should I visit an amalgam-free practice? It is not necessary to seek treatment at a practice that does not use mercury. However, if you have a mercury allergy, you may want to consider it. If you have any concerns about amalgam fillings, talk to your dentist about them. Ask your dentist whether alternatives to amalgam would work for you.
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"It's important to note that black men commit nearly half of all murders in this country, which is astounding when you take into consideration the fact that they only make up 12-13 per cent of the population."
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There were angry protests across America this week after a grand jury decided a white police officer should not stand trial for the killing of black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
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Several people have left comments pointing out that this is not necessarily surprising or unfair, since blacks are also disproportionately likely to be involved in violent crime in the US, thereby putting themselves in the firing line.
One reader, "James", wrote: "It's important to note that black men commit nearly half of all murders in this country, which is astounding when you take into consideration the fact that they only make up 12-13 per cent of the population.
"So, given this fact, does it make sense that black men are disproportionately involved in shootings with the police? Your graph is appropriately proportionate, when you take into consideration the role that the black population plays in, not just murder, but crime in general."
"Sean" said: "If one group is more likely to be involved in that then they are more likely to be killed by the police – so they have nothing to complain about if that is the case."
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It's true that around 13 per cent of Americans are black, according to the latest estimates from the US Census Bureau .
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With Michigan's sagging economy tied to Detroit's ailing auto industry, many are asking: What is the next big thing that will help to return economic prosperity to the state? To answer that question we can look to the state's natural resources. Development of natural resources has been a major factor in this state's economic success. Michigan's abundant natural resources include extensive forests, oil and gas reserves, commercial mineral deposits and abundant water. The state, long a leader in strong conservation practices, has moved from a conservation ethic that promotes the responsible use of natural resource to a preservation stance that restricts the use of these resources.
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The responsible use of natural resources should be encouraged by eliminating roadblocks placed in the way of companies seeking to invest and create jobs. Gov. Jennifer Granholm continues to throw millions of dollars in the form of grants and tax breaks at firms, encouraging them to locate in the state, while at the same time discouraging companies by not reforming a burdensome regulatory regime that makes it difficult — if not impossible — to obtain permits required by state law. The following are examples:
- Water Resources — Michigan is blessed with abundant water. The governor and the Legislature have limited this advantage by enacting groundwater regulations that make it increasingly difficult to use that water. One of Gov. Granholm's early legislative initiatives after being elected governor was to propose the Water Legacy Act, which would have made it difficult for bottled water companies to locate in the state by granting DEQ considerable discretion in permitting. The Legislature is equally to blame for enacting new water regulations. Recently introduced legislation would impose a 20-cent tax on drinking water bottled in the state.
- Mineral Resources — Michigan has large deposits of minerals including iron, copper and nickel. The Kennecott Minerals Eagle project would extract nickel and copper from a small underground mine by bringing the rock up to a surface facility where it would be crushed for size consistency, then transported to a processing facility where the minerals are removed for use in industry. This would not be an open pit or quarry-like mine with which many may associate mining, nor would it involve the injection of anything into the rock formation. Kennecott Mining Co. is attempting to obtain a permit at a site near Marquette, but they are finding Michigan a difficult place to do business. The DEQ, after a review of Kennecott's application, proposed approval of the permit. Following an outcry from environmental groups, however, the DEQ withdrew its proposed decision after saying the state omitted crucial information from the public record regarding the project. The company is still awaiting further action on their permit.
- Forest Resources — Michigan has 3.9 million acres of state forest land managed for recreation and timber production. Timber harvesting and processing provides the jobs important to local economies in the northern part of the state. Unfortunately, the state is not taking full advantage of the economic opportunities of its considerable forest resources. In a 2005 study for the Department of Natural Resources titled "Michigan State Forest Timber Harvest Trends," Dr. Larry Pedersen said "Michigan's timber growth is estimated to be increasing while timber harvests in the state are estimated to be fairly steady." He goes on to say, "This results in the State of Michigan having one of the greatest absolute amounts of timber net growth in excess of removals of any state."
- Oil and Gas — Michigan has historically developed its oil and gas resources in an environmentally responsible manner while allowing for other uses such as recreation. However, the Legislature reversed course in 2002 by banning directional drilling for oil and gas under the Great Lakes, even though the Michigan Environmental Science Board said it could be done without harm to the environment.
The state should stop throwing money at attempting to attract the "next big thing" that will turn around the state's economy. The taxpayers of the state would be better served by a shift in attitude on the part of state officials that encourages, rather than discourages, the responsible use of existing natural resources, as well as privatizing those resources the state has demonstrated it cannot effectively manage.
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1. Dhlomo notes the strong evidence that medical male circumcision reduces the risk of HIV infection in heterosexual men. He also quotes a number of people who support medical circumcision in general.
2. Dr Dhlomo quotes U.S. Secretary of State, Madam Hillary Rodham Clinton as saying: "I am pleased to announce that PEPFAR will provide an additional 40 million US Dollars to support South AFRICA's plan provide voluntary medical circumcisions for almost half a million boys and men in the coming year."


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This piece calls to bring into account the vested interests that defend the status quo in our transport sector.
I grew up in this country accepting road accidents to be a fact of life — something you read about, something you hear of, something that sometimes comes close to home but never quite hits it. You just learn to live with it and hope for the best.
I also grew up knowing that it is a problem too hard to solve because I am too powerless and 'they' are too powerful.
The bus drivers who drive these vehicles are just too powerful. You warn them, you sweet-talk with them, sometimes even scold them if you dare, but they have the wheels and all I have is my big mouth and my weak heart. So I stop talking.
The contractors who make the roads and culverts are just too powerful. They decide the ratio of constituents of the road, how much cement to mix with sand and water for the culvert, how long before it will need fixing so that they can be called in again. You see their workers, you call them names when angry, but never get to know who employ them. Their power comes from their ability to be invisible. So I stop looking.
The bus owners who hire the drivers are just too powerful. They control the transportation networks, control livelihoods, control votes, they know the right people. Accidents kill, drivers sometimes get caught, get jailed for a few years (if the media decides to follow it up), but the bus owners who employed the drivers are left unscathed since there is no law that can make them accountable. They know the people who decide who is to blame for what. So I stop demanding justice.
The bureaucrats who approve the highway design and give the licenses to the drivers are just too powerful. They decide who can drive and who not, who can pay for a license and who not, and who cannot drive but still can pay or get politicians to vouch for their 'driving skills' (or rather manoeuvring skills). They decide which plots should be touched when making highways, which will have two lanes and which will not. Political parties come and go but they stay. So I stop waiting for change.
The politicians who make the laws are just too powerful. They pick the winners and the losers. They make the rules of the game with enough scope for exceptions for those who know how to play. They decide the punishment rules, the accountability structures — all the while keeping in mind which players are on their side, and who they can afford to punish in case there is too much demand from the public. They fuel the system and legitimise it every five years. So I stop voting.
I think to myself, why pick a battle that you know you will lose. I was taught early to choose my battles. So I stop fighting.
So I kept on hoping that road accidents would be something I would read about, hear of, and that sometimes would swoosh me by but would never quite hit home. But when Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier died, it finally hit home. As I saw the picture of the wrecked microbus, it finally hit home. It really finally hit home. And I felt ashamed. It took the lives of two of the greatest talents of this generation to finally hit it home – two of the most committed patriots, two of our heroes, two of our very few role models.
And I am finally asking the question that I should have asked a long time ago — are 'they' really that powerful? If you add them up, they would probably add up to 1500 key people. And we are a nation of 150 million people who are shutting our mouths and closing our eyes thinking they are just too powerful.
Are you ashamed? I am.


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The Consciousness Conundrum
Why many neuroscientists are skeptical about the Singularity.
IEEE Spectrum, June 2008
Selected Works
The End of War
McSweeney's Books, paperback edition, 2014.
War Is Our Most Urgent Problem. Let's Solve It
"Cross-check" (Scientific American blog), August 12, 2014.
"Will War Ever End?"
Review of Steven Pinker's "The Better Angels of Our Nature," Slate, October 3, 2011
No, War Is Not Inevitable.
A rebuttal of the deep-roots theory of warfare. Discover, June 2012.
The Drones Come Home
Drones may soon become ubiquitous in U.S. skies.
Brain and Mind
The Consciousness Conundrum
Don't hold your breath for the Singularity. IEEE Spectrum, June 2008.
The God Experiments
Article on scientific explanations of religious experiences, Discover, December 2006.
The Forgotten Era of Brain Chips
Profile of Jose Delgado, pioneer of brain implants, Scientific American, October 2005.
Can a Single Brain Cell Think?
Investigation of controversial "grandmother-cell" hypothesis. Discover, June 2005.
The Myth of Mind Control: Will Anyone Ever Decode the Human Brain?
Discover, October 2004.
Peyote on the Brain
Investigation of peyote use in Native American Church. Discover, February 2003.
The Final Frontier
Tenth-anniversay update of The End of Science. Discover, October 2006.
The Templeton Foundation: A Skeptic's Take
Chronicle of Higher Education, April 7, 2006.
In Defense of Common Sense
New York Times, August 12, 2005
Keeping the Faith in My Doubt
New York Times, December 12, 2004
Selected Articles, 1986-Present
A list of articles written for Scientific American and other publications.
Rational Mysticism Outtakes
Why I Gave Up On Zen
An account of Horgan's efforts to achieve satori in a Zen class.
The Psychedelic Sorcerer
A profile of the German anthropologist and authority on shamanism Christian Ratsch.
The Anti-Gurus
A profile of Diana Alstad and Joel Kramer, authors of The Guru Papers.
A Modern Catholic Mystic
A profile of the Benedictine monk Brother David Steindl-Rast.
Beyond Belief
A profile of the British Buddhist Stephen Batchelor.
The Myth of the Totally Enlightened Guru
A profile of the guru Andrew Cohen, founder of What Is Enlightenment?
Rational Mysticism: Dispatches from the Border Between Science and Spirituality
Houghton Mifflin, January 2003.
The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Science in the Twilight of the Scientific Age
Basic Books, 2015 (with new preface). Originally published by Addison Wesley, 1996.
The Undiscovered Mind: How the Brain Defies Replication, Medication, and Explanation
Free Press, 1999
Quick Links
Follow John Horgan on Twitter.
Short video on why the U.S.military needs to shrink
In-depth interview by Lee Hotz of Wall Street Journal at NYU, March 2012
Horgan discusses End of War with Brian Lehrer on WNYC.
Horgan discusses The End of War on Reddit.
Horgan defends his end-of-science argument on The Edge.
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Aury and Michael McGuire announce the birth of their son, Dallas Michael Anthony McGuire born March 15, 2011. He weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces and was 20.5 inches long.
He has two siblings, Erica and Cloie.
Grandparents are Angie Puckett, Carrollton and the late Michael Puckett; and Michelle McGuire, Carrollton.
Great-grandparents are Celine Aaron, Texas and the late Roger Aaron; Norma Puckett, Carrollton and the late Charles Puckett and Betty McGuire, Carrollton.
Kevin and Tammy Murphy of Crestwood announce the birth of their daughter, Karissa Dawn Murphy, born March 8, 2011, at Norton Suburban Hospital. She weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces and was 20 inches long.
She has four siblings: Shawn, Chris, Devon and Katelyn.
Grandparents are Darlene Winiecki, New Castle and Thelma Murphy, Louisville.
The recent grant of $2.5 million to Henry, Shelby and Bullitt Counties has shone a light on the problem of diabetes in our area. These counties have a multi-million dollar grant over the next few years because they have a significantly higher incidence of diabetes. That may seem like a huge amount, until you recognize that the cost of medical care and lost productivity for diabetes in Kentucky is more than $2 billion annually.
Sharon Potts is one of six siblings. Five of those siblings have diabetes.
"I've had it for 15 years," she said. "I hate taking medications and I've been insulin dependent for five years."
Smithfield's Judy Bender said coping with the disease is still confusing after two years of dealing with it.
Dallas Milliner sympathized and singled out Cook's pharmacist George McDonald for helping him learn about diabetes. "I had a hard time finding information," he said.
Constance and George (Pete) Hayden will celebrate 50 years of marriage on April 29, 2011. They were married in 1961 in Eminence. Constance, the former Connie Henderson, retired from General Electric Company and George retired from Fischers Packing Company.
The Haydens have three children: Veronica, Alan (Dena) and David, all of Louisville. They also have five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
The couple will celebrate with family and friends and a later vacation is planned to the Holy Land.
Wm. Rodney and Linda Stivers Young will celebrate 50 years of marriage. They were married on May 7, 1961, at Pleasureville Christian Church. Rev. William Decker performed the ceremony and Rev. Jack Austin of Pt. Pleasant Christian Church assisted.
Rodney is the son of the late Raymond and Mary Alice Young. He is semi-retired from PBI Bank. Linda is the daughter of the late Ralph and Mable Stivers. She is a homemaker.
Arts & crafts
Free adult scrapbooking offered at the Eminence Community Life Center from 10 a.m. to noon, on Thursdays.
Chamber of commerce
The Patrick Henry Award dinner, honoring Martha Tarry Simpson, will be held Tuesday, May 17.
Teresa Hughes of Shelbyville announces the birth of her son, Noah Braylin Hill, born Saturday, April 23, 2011, at Norton Suburban Hospital in Louisville. He weighed 8 pounds and was 20 ½ inches long.
Noah has one sister, Hailey Hughes, age 10.
Grandparents are Vicky and Randy Kelly and Johnnie Tindal.
Derek and Chelsey Tingle announce the birth of their son, Joseph Brady Tingle, born March 3, 2011, at Norton Suburban Hospital in Louisville. He weighed 8 pounds 5 ounces and was 21 ½ inches long.
Grandparents are Michael and Brenda McGlothin, Sulphur and Joe and Venedia Tingle, New Castle.
Great-grandparents are Nick and Glenna Coleman and Eva C. McKee.
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There's not a whole lot we can say that the video doesn't say for itself. A group of 20-somethings use the Nexus 7 to research everything they need to know on deep sea exploring. From watching Life Aquatic, to looking at pictures of old diving helmets, to reading Scuba Diving magazine, it all culminates in a full-day adventure to create a life-sized, aquarium-themed art project on a city rooftop.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — An Australian man standing trial on a charge of robbing a Wyoming bank on New Year's Eve told jurors in an emotional opening statement Tuesday that he was justified because he gave much of the money to the homeless.
Corey Donaldson, 39, is acting as his own attorney in the trial in federal court in Cheyenne. The burly man choked up as he addressed jurors.
"I must say, I feel like a frightened child," he said.
Donaldson is accused of robbing a Jackson bank of $140,000 by claiming explosives were planted around the building.
In court Tuesday, Donaldson said he was the second of 11 children and grew up in the country outside Melbourne, Australia, only to see his own father lose his home to bank foreclosure. He said he's now a legal resident in the United States.
Donaldson said he became homeless late last year, coming face-to-face with people who were on the streets because of bank foreclosures. He said he became determined to put people ahead of the law.
"I came up with the idea that since the banks had been bailed out, and the people had not, I was going to confiscate money from US Bank in Jackson and redistribute it to the poor and homeless in America," Donaldson said. "And that's what I did."
U.S. District Judge Alan B. Johnson ruled last week that Donaldson can't argue to the jury that he was justified in robbing the bank.
The judge upheld repeated objections from the prosecution Tuesday as Donaldson mentioned he had given much of the money to homeless people.
Jared Thomas Williams, branch manager of the Jackson bank, testified that Donaldson met with him in his office on the day of the robbery. He said Donaldson told him members of a Mexican cartel were outside the building, prepared to blow it up if Williams didn't turn over $2 million in cash.
"There were four military-grade explosives that had been buried in the snow, and they were prepared to detonate them," Williams said Donaldson told him. Williams said he loaded $140,000, nearly all the cash in the bank, into a duffel bag and gave it to Donaldson.
Under questioning from prosecutor Todd Shugart, Williams said he felt real fear, never doubting the truth of Donaldson's claims until after police arrived and searched the area.
"You feel like you've got to make peace with your maker," Williams said of how he felt. "You feel like this could be the end."
Donaldson asked Williams, "If you knew there were foreclosed people on the streets who feel that way every day, how would you feel about it?"
Shugart objected, and Johnson ruled that Williams shouldn't answer the question.
Investigators began looking for Donaldson after piecing together information from surveillance cameras in and around the bank. Authorities arrested him when his longtime friend Kevin Lee Day called police after Donaldson turned up at his home in a Salt Lake City suburb in late January.
Day choked up as he testified that he's been close friends with Donaldson for 16 years. Day said Donaldson told him where to find $8,000 after the robbery.
Day said he became emotional when he received the money, and that it came at a good time.
"What difference did that make to your family?" Donaldson asked him. Shugart objected, and Johnson ruled Day should not answer the question.
At the end of the questioning, Day and Donaldson each said that they loved the other.
Investigators testified Tuesday that they recovered about $30,000 after Donaldson's arrest. Donaldson told an FBI agent shortly after his arrest that he had intended to surrender.
Shugart rested the prosecution's case late Tuesday. Donaldson moved for a judgment of acquittal, claiming the government had failed to prove its case. Johnson denied that request.
Johnson warned Donaldson to consider carefully that if he decides to call himself as a witness when trial resumes Wednesday that he will be subject to cross-examination by the prosecution.


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Today's Meditation
Such Is Love
Read 1 Corinthians 13
[Love] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
1 Corinthians 13:7 (NRSV)
The word love is perhaps the most popular word in any language. Definitions and interpretations of love are many and varied. In English as well as Japanese, the word love covers many possible understandings of affection, appreciation, and gratification.
The Greek language has at least four words for love. The word epithumia denotes desire or lust, often self-fulfilling and selfish. The word philia means either the kind of love shared with parents, brothers, sisters, relatives, family, and friends, or fidelity and loyalty. The word eros, from Greek mythology, is used for sexual love or desire.
The word for love found in our scripture text for today is agape. This word is used for the kind of love that can recreate and transform us. Agape love has best been defined by and manifested in Jesus, the incarnation of God's eternal love. In the life, teaching, and death of Jesus on the cross, I see the purest form of love -- sacrificial and unconditional love. That's the kind of love our scripture reading asks us to live.
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Thought for the Day: God's love never ends.
Prayer: We love you, dear God, because you have first loved us. Hold us close to your heart, and teach us your loving ways. Through Christ we pray. Amen.
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World of Warcraft's Mists of Pandaria expansion has been confirmed with new systems, a level cap increase to 90, a new race and a new class!
Be sure to stay tuned to Wowhead for their live-blog of BlizzCon 2011, including up-to-date expansion info and news! Also, check out Wowhead's Mists of Pandaria talent calculator!
Just announced at BlizzCon 2011 is the new World of Warcraft expansion, Mists of Pandaria. Blizzard's Chris Metzen noted during the opening ceremonies that this expansion would be focusing on "war itself," noting that in most of WoW's previous expansions, players were always scrambling to beat down one huge arch nemesis after another. This time around, the conflict will be located in the mysterious land of Pandaria with a heavier focus on the conflict between Alliance and Horde. Perhaps we'll see a more outdoor PvP content!
Also included in the Mists of Pandaria expansion will be a new level cap raise to 90, pet battles (!?), a new class talent system, a new race (PANDAREN!), and a brand new class in the form of the Monk! Metzen confirmed that the new Pandaren race will be available for both the Horde and the Alliance. Players will be able to choose their faction upon reaching a certain level later in the game.