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How Much Does a Medical Assistant Make?
If you love running the show and helping people at the same time, you may enjoy the responsibilities of a Medical Assistant. In this position, you keep the medical office running smoothly by assisting with administrative tasks like making appointments and filing paperwork, along with clinical duties like collecting and delivering blood samples or checking blood pressure. The duties vary from office to office, but the traditional nine-to-five office hours make this an appealing position for many, since you'll rarely work nights or weekends.
What's the average income for Medical Assistants?
Good question! The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the average Medical Assistant salary is $31,540 annually. About half of all Medical Assistant salaries come in at approximately $30,000, and the highest-paid Medical Assistants earn more than $45,310. Even though you may not get rich, your Medical Assistant salary is comparable to other careers requiring the same amount of training and education.
What determines how much I can make?
Medical Assistant pay is determined by many factors, foremost of which is your experience. The more experience you have, the bigger your Medical Assistant salary is likely to be. Other factors include the location of the office, the size of the medical practice, the number of hours you work, and the number of Physicians you work for. For instance, a medical office with four Physicians in Chicago is likely to pay a higher Medical Assistant salary than a single Physician in Tallulah, Mississippi.
Are jobs available?
Good news! The Medical Assistant field is expected to grow much faster than the average of all other occupations in the coming years. Medical Assistants with formal education or certification are likely to find employment quickly, as the need for Assistants is predicted to increase by 29 percent by 2026. Technological advances, an aging population, and continued population growth make this an increasingly necessary position.
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Investing in high-performance windows can be a costly project but with their installation, you'll enjoy the energy saving rewards for many years, with most windows lasting 15 or more years. With the expertise of a window specialist to guide you through the many brands, styles, and models available, you'll choose the best windows for your particular climate, construction application and budget.
About High-Performance Windows
For new construction, installing high-performance windows from the start provides immediate returns on your monthly utility bill due to the energy-efficient windows excellent energy saving capabilities. How much money you save each month is dependent on current energy costs, the quality of the windows chosen, and if the windows are installed in a home that is well-sealed and insulated with no drafts or air leakage. By choosing high-performance windows for your project now, you won't face the replacement costs of inefficient windows in the future.
Benefits of High-Performance Windows
If you're interested in increasing the value of your property, energy efficient high-performance window installation is a good place to start. For example, you can expect as much as an 80 percent return on investment over the project cost when replacing with average quality vinyl windows , according to the "Remodeling Impact Report."
Energy-efficient windows have a direct impact on reducing heat transfer into your home by an estimated 65 percent, which helps, significantly, in maintaining the interior comfort level of your home that in turn helps regulate cooling and heating costs.
Should you decide to put your home on the market, having high-performance windows already installed is an excellent marketing and selling point. There's also the possibility of receiving a discount on your homeowner's insurance with the installation of new high-performance windows.
Tax Incentives and Rebates for Purchasing High-Performance Windows
Each state has access to numerous programs that include rebates, incentives, grants, and loans for home improvement projects. New window installation falls into this category. A federal tax credit is also available for Energy Star qualified windows through December 31, 2016.
Check these websites for more information about incentives.
- Energy Star
- Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE)
- United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development – Rural Energy for American Program (REAP)
Things to Consider when Choosing High-Performance Windows
The first thing to consider with new high-performance windows is the energy-efficiency rating found on windows carrying the Energy Star label. Not every window manufacturer carries this label as it requires passing a rigorous set of requirements set forth by the government. If the windows pass the requirements, they are granted a green certification. This is the standard and what you want to use when comparing the different manufacturer's brands available to you.
National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) Windows Ratings
Another rating you'll find on quality high-performance windows is from the National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) that also rates a window's energy efficiency. The rating takes into account a window's capability to withstand extreme weather. This rating is beneficial for climate purposes and for those living in regions where severe weather is a possibility. Windows with the NFRC rating can withstand winds up to 155 mph and temperatures ranging from -20° F to 180° F.
Energy Savings from Windows Glazing
Choosing the glazing of the windows is a major decision and can depend on the region where you live. For the most part, single-pane glass does not offer adequate insulation. Typically, you'll want double-pane or triple-pane high-performance windows. This means the better the window insulation, the higher the price but the more you'll save in the long run on your utility bill.
Another feature to ask about is the use of a low-emissivity (Low-E) coating that reduces heat during the summer months and contains heat during the winter months.
High Performance Window Frames
Once you've made a decision about the style of window, glazing options, and manufacturer with excellent Energy Star and NFRC ratings, the window frame material is also a consideration.
Since the goal is to add better energy efficiency to your home through the installation of high-performance windows, you'll want the best possible window frame material to ensure that money spent on the window project is invested wisely.
When choosing window frames, consider those that offer long-term durability, do not warp or sag, provide excellent performance, require minimal maintenance, and are made of a material that resists moisture that would result in wood rot and mold. It is recommended that you take into consideration the climate where your home is located and the type of weather your property is subjected to on a regular basis.
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Buzz! The Mega Quiz is simply one of the best party games I've played in a while. And it proves no matter how many times we think it's done for, the PS2 still has more kick in it than we all thought.
The game features four buzzers, which plug into one USB slot. Luckily, that means the game works with PS2 and PS3, so you don't need to lose the game once you upgrade your system. The buzzers feature one giant button, which glows red, and four colored buttons.
The quiz game allows you to pick length of game, difficulty, and choose characters, names, and sound effects. After that, you get the kind of over-the-top voicing and campy host-sidekick interplay that made shows like Wheel of Fortune famous.
Everything is awfully goofy, and the whole game seems to be about getting non-gamers to unwittingly game–and see how much fun we've been having.
There are mostly general trivia questions, in a number of different categories, which are scored by points. About half of these games reward you for buzzing in quickly. But generally it's the best combination of quick and correct that will win you the games. And the final round is basically the great equalizer, so even if you are in last place, you can easily come back and win.
Unlike many casual games where you can go in a winner and come out a loser with no explanation, the outcome ends up being skill-based. Still, the game is fun for anyone who'd enjoy spending time playing Trivial Pursuit, but who likes the presentation of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
I couldn't imagine playing this game by myself, but with two or three other people, it's an awful lot of fun. In all, up to 8 could play if you have that many friends nearby. I didn't happen to be drinking while gaming, but someone suggested that this game would work in a party setting. And I could totally see that.
The graphics and sound will not sell the game. I don't think too many people would confuse Buzz! with God of War II (see our review). But for their target audiences, each is a success in its own right.
All told, I think Buzz! The Mega Quiz provides more than enough gameplay for the price of the game and the buzzers (about US$45). It's a great solution for a group of family and friends. And if you just can't get enough Buzz!, there are other games that make use of the special buzzer–some out and more coming soon. As the price of the PS2 slides down and down, and hardcore players migrate to the PS3, expect more casual games like this in the future on the platform.


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We have sent household enquiry forms to all local homes. The form confirms who lives in each household and who is eligible to vote.
It's vital every household checks and responds to the household enquiry form*, as well as ensuring every eligible voter in their household is ALSO individually registered to vote.
The simplest way to register to vote is online at www.gov.uk/registertovote
*If you are eligible to vote in the Alrewas, Longdon and Armitage with Handsacre Neighbourhood Plan Referendums, please ensure you are registered to vote by 17 August 2018.
Neighbourhood plan referendums for Alrewas, Longdon, and Armitage with Handsacre will take place on Wednesday 5 September 2018.
We normally hold referendums on Thursdays, but because local schools will only just have returned after the summer break, we had to work out the best days to hold the referendums (2 polling stations will be in local school buildings) and selected Wednesday 5 September as the best day.
If you live in Alrewas, Longdon, or Armitage with Handsacre, you should receive your poll card later this week, which will tell you where to vote.
Remember if you want to vote in the referendums, you must make sure you have registered to vote at your current address by 17 August 2018 - find out more.
To find out more about neighbourhood plans, visit our planning section.
Thank you,
The elections team
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Austrian Tyrol, Austria, Kitzbuhel
Located in the heart of Kitzbühel's medieval pedestrianised centre, the prettily painted Tiefenbrunner has become a much loved choice for Inghams guests thanks to the warm welcome from Maria Brunner and her staff. This appealing atmosphere is complemented by a choice of comfortable bedrooms and suites, plus a fine range of spa facilities and a relaxing water garden.
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This property caters for the following special dietary requirements
This famous little Tyrolean town with its vibrantly coloured old buildings, cobbled streets, and medieval walled town dating back to the 16th century, is a fascinating place to explore. It is a hub of activity in the summer with a friendly village feel and is filled with pavement cafés, designer boutiques and various local festivals, concerts and open-air events. Set in a broad valley basin between the 'Kitzbühler Alps' and the 'Wilder Kaiser' mountains, it is a fantastic area for walking with over 1000km of marked trails, and a centre for E-Bike (electric) routes because of its scenic flat valley paths. Beautiful Lake Schwarzsee also offers swimming, sunbathing and rowing boats in a natural woodland setting, and its central location between Innsbruck and Salzburg makes it an excellent base for excursions and exploring the Tyrol. A full programme of events is offered by your Inghams Rep.
For more information on travel and transport visit our Kitzbuhel page
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Pre-book 2 full day excursions and receive a third half price (discount will be applied to the cheapest excursion and the half price excursion can only be booked in resort)
Grossglockner Mountain
A magnificent drive along a famous Alpine road leading right into the heart of the Hohe Tauern National Park up to the highest mountain in Austria at 3,073m, for breathtaking glacier views and a chance to see wild marmots at close range. One of our most popular excursions for nature lovers, we enjoy lunch on top of the mountain.
Full day, £37 Summer 2018 / £38 Summer 2019
Visit Mozart's birthplace, the Hohensalzburg Fortress, the medieval Old Town and the famous Getreidegasse shopping street. An optional walking tour brings the history of this beautiful city to life.
Full day, £31 Summer 2018 / £32 Summer 2019
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Cross the border into Germany and visit this beautiful Bavarian town with optional excursions to salt-mines and the spectacular Eagles Nest, Hitler's famous hilltop retreat, where you can enjoy lunch with incredible panoramic views, (pay locally for Eagle's nest option).
Full day, £31 Summer 2018 / £32 Summer 2019
Journey via the romantic village of Reit im Winkl to the Chiemsee, known as the "Bavarian Sea". The Chiemsee is the largest lake in Bavaria. The biggest of several islands on the lake and accessible only by boat is Herrenchiemsee. The name derives from a sumptuous and wildly extravagant palace built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria. Marvel at the richly decorated interior and the stunning grounds all modeled on the Palace of Versailles. A fascinating insight into the world of a truly eccentric King.
Full day, £ 39 Summer 2018 / £40 Summer 2019
Please note we act at all times as a selling agent for the suppliers of activities & excursions. Children up to the age of 12 get discount hence excursions can be booked in resort only.
Babysitting approx. €10 - 15/per hour


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They were three old soldiers, kidding around as they posed for photographs.
Forty years have passed since they were brought together by war on an island in the Pacific. The island was Saipan, and two of them were buddies who would spend many months there hunting the third, an enemy who would gradually assume almost mythic proportions.


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- Pizza Pide
- Phone
- 416-462-9666
- Price
- $30 for dinner for two with tax and tip. No alcohol
- Cuisine
- Turkish
I was taken out for a meal in Paris. It was far from my usual haunts, a long Metro ride from anywhere. It was already not a good week in Paris. My favourite city was letting me down, and my favourite Parisian pastime was letting me down even more. It rained pretty much every day, and I am sorry (indeed, désolée) to confess that I no longer adore French food. Especially at the price they charge for it. $200 barely buys a three-course dinner for two in a less-than-extraordinary restaurant, and it seems to be all butter and uncreatively constructed meat.
So I went willingly to the little street stand in an Arab quarter of Paris, where a very nice man grilled a huge piece of thin dough on a hemispheric griddle. He topped it with ground meat, scatterings of very fresh coriander, chives and small-cut tomato. He may have squirted some fresh lime on it. I don't know, because at first bite, a delightful delirium set it. It was a Parisian gastronomic epiphany – great food, cheap, exotic. The crust was crisp and charred, the topping full of exciting flavours. We ate it at a tiny table on the sidewalk.
Not exactly a Michelin three-star.
And nor is Pizza Pide, the Toronto equivalent of my new favourite place to eat in Paris. Pizza Pide, also a purveyor of Turkish pizza, is on Gerrard just east of Pape. The best to be said about its ambience is that you can park on the street. There are five small Formica tables but most people get takeout. The good thing about takeout is that your dining room is likely nicer than theirs. The good thing about eating it there is that the pizza crust is at its absolute best fresh out of the small gas-fired pizza oven.
But you will be glad to know that with experimentation I have discovered that if you put Turkish pizza in a very hot (450F) oven for 20 minutes, directly on the oven rack (not on a cookie sheet or pan of any kind!) it will crisp right back up to almost its original crunchy splendour. Even the next day, after a night getting soggy in the fridge!
In my experience, the pizza pide that gets the soggiest is also the best one. The #16 is assorted vegetables and feta cheese. Even if you take it out, don't worry about the soggy part because it recovers just fine in a hot oven. The vegetables are green pepper, almost-raw onion, raw tomato, green and black olives and parsley. All of which melds like magic with the sharpness of the feta. It's a partially folded pizza, with the ends folded rather like a turnover and the middle open so you can peer in at the veg.
I am infatuated with Pizza Pide's thin, crisp crust, so fragile it cracks on the tongue. That same crust does an equally great job of singing backup to the round pizzas, the most lovely being #1. (They like you to order by number.) The #1, lahmacun, is very finely ground beef mixed with small fragments of sweet/hot red peppers, parsley, garlic and onion. It, like all the other pizzas, is served on a long plastic tray with big fat slices of raw onion, tomato quarters, parsley sprigs, small vinegar-pickled hot peppers and a few lemon wedges. There are also two squeeze bottles. They look like ketchup and mustard, but no. They're hot sauce and garlic sauce. The hot sauce is searing and the garlic sauce is like ranch plus garlic. I like it. Your job is to pick up a piece of pizza, decorate it with the garnishes, maybe some sauce, roll, eat and wipe your chin. This ends up tasting almost as good as the Turkish pizza I had in Paris, although coriander is more exciting than parsley as a garnish.
After #1 and #16, I am also in love with #11. This is the turnover-style pizza with Turkish sausage and melted mozzarella. I don't know why, but what at first glance could be plain ol' pepperoni on cheese turns out to be so much lighter and better than regular pizza. Turkish sausage is slightly more delicate than pepperoni, and the effect of melting a thin layer of mozzarella on the Turkish dough, which is so much thinner than its Italian cousin, is delightful. Not heavy.
That the plates are paper and there's no cutlery doesn't seem important. That the baklava does not really taste very buttery also doesn't seem important, because after all that fabulous thin, crisp Turkish pizza dough, one does not really need more dough for dessert.
Having a leftover lahmacun in the fridge is a little bit like having lots of money in the bank: It may not buy happiness, but it sure as hell will cheer you up for a day or two.


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One of the most common questions or emails that we receive here are in regards to BMW sales numbers, worldwide and not only. BMW personnel is another topic that comes into our mind these days when majority of the companies go through round and rounds of workforce reductions.
Looking at the BMW Annual Press Conference statement released today, I figured I would extract those information and post them here, rather than have you read 10+ pages till you get to the "cool" things.
The number of employees was reduced over the past year as a result of the previously reported personnel-related measures, the sale of business units, normal staff attrition and the expiry of temporary contracts. At the end of 2008, the worldwide workforce comprised 100,041 employees (31 December 2007: 107,539 employees), 7.0% fewer than one year earlier.
Approximately 4,000 voluntary employment contract termination agreements had been signed by the end of December. In addition, almost 1,800 posts were reduced following the sale of the Cirquent Group to NTT Data. The number of trainees at the year-end (4,102) remained at a high level (31 December 2007: 4,281).
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Curtis Morrison, one of two left wing activists associated with Progress Kentucky that Jefferson County Democratic Executive Committee member Jacob Conway alleges made the surreptitious recording of a private campaign meeting of Senator Mitch McConnell, was one of the organizers of the 2011 Occupy Louisville protests.
In this October 2011 video, Morrison describes his role as an Occupy Louisville leader:
In 2012, Morrison co-founded the Progress Kentucky SuperPAC, along with Shawn Reilly, the organization's executive director. Reilly is the second activist Conway alleges was involved in the McConnell recording.
Morrison resigned from his role at Progress Kentucky on March 1, 2013 as a result of fallout from attack tweets sent out by that organization against Elaine Chao, wife of Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY).


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HANOVER PARK, Ill. (Blugolds.com) – Facing two teams in Illinois, the UW-Eau Claire men's tennis team started the day with a loss but then bounced back with a win, the Blugolds' first of the year, to finish 1-1 at the Centre Court Athletic Club today.
Wheaton Results | Judson Results
Eau Claire opened the day with a 7-2 loss to Wheaton College (Ill.) on its home court, then beat Judson University (Ill.) 8-1.
Conrad Felten (Fr.-Wausau, Wis./East) and Josh Chuba (Fr.-Elk River, Minn.) won at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, respectively, against Wheaton to record the Blugolds' only wins. Felten played a close match but came out on top, 1-6, 7-5, 10-5, and Chuba won 6-4, 6-3.
Later in the day against Judson, the Blugolds experienced just one loss at No. 2 singles.
The Blugolds' No. 5 and No. 6 players again finished strong, not losing a single game as they both won 6-0, 6-0. This time is was Nathan Tretsven (So.-North St. Paul, Minn.) and Michael Mauthe (Fr.-Neenah, Wis.) playing at No. 5 and No. 6 singles.
In doubles play, Mauthe and Austin Auleta (Fr.-Eau Claire, Wis./Memorial) didn't lose a single game as the pair won 8-0 in the No. 3 spot.
Eau Claire is now 1-2 on the season.
Next Saturday the Blugolds will be in St. Peter, Minn. to face Gustavus Adolphus College (Minn.) and Hamline University (Minn.).


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The Wellness Champion award is granted to an individual or, in this case, a couple that fits the following definition:
"A champion, one who fights or defends any person or cause."
A champion sometimes arises because she or he has had to fight for themselves and later uses this knowledge to fight for or defend others. More selflessly and much more rarely, a champion is in the midst of fighting for others only to learn that those very skills become vital in helping themselves personally. Our 2016 Champions are very rare in that they fit this latter category.
In the past two years, they have demonstrated excellent, thoughtful, and caring leadership of others, helping their staff become healthy and well through the $2K Program. When personal circumstances demanded, they engaged in a decisive pattern of learning which health behaviors help to prevent disease and promote health. The application of these lessons in their lives has given all of us a model of courage and smarts.
The biggest challenges of wellness are not faced in the public sphere of a worksite program. They are met at home, with our food choices, in taking time out for self care, and sometimes in the patient generosity of amazing people who take on support and service roles.
Enhancing their championship qualities, this couple exemplifies the characteristics of being continuous learners in health and well-being despite full and busy lives. This learning has had to occur in the course of hectic, busy days that are peppered with many other kinds of stresses and demands. This is the very reason why their example is so important to those around them and all who know their story.
People are unpredictable. Normally that's a bad thing, right? Well, the folks at Wes Finch Auto Dealership of Grinnell surprised us in a good way. If you've worked with Lean and Green before, you know that there are a handful of healthy lifestyle areas in which our participants strive for progress. One of these is nutrition. During their health consultations of 2014, Wes Finch Wellness participants articulated a need so clearly, that we were compelled to respond with a tool that fit.
The collective inspiration went something like this:
"We definitely know what we should be eating, even how we should be preparing it. But we don't have the time each day/week to search for healthy recipes, create the grocery shopping list, and then cook, hoping the recipe we chose doesn't take FOREVER to make and clean up. If all that was done for us, we would definitely be eating better." (Trust me, if you've seen this workplace in action, you can imagine how true this statement is because the staff take servicing their clients at all strange hours of the day so seriously!)
And so the L&G Recipes app for iPhone was envisioned, designed, coded, and rolled out in a warm launch to all our corporate participants and QuickFit! members in July 2016.
Thank you, Wes Finch Wellness, for your inspiration, your steadfast work ethic, and the way you team up for your customers. We at Lean and Green, Inc. feel fortunate to have connected with you in such a significant way over the past 7 years. You have inspired us in our own work because you are complete ROCK STARS when it comes to servicing your customers and meeting their needs in a timely manner.
"Insure Your Health," the wellness program at Ramsey-Weeks, Inc. real estate and insurance agency has taken things a step further! Maybe it's their eye for detail appraising risks. Maybe it's the way they plan and think ahead. Or maybe it's just an instinctive streak of interest in valuation.
In this case, the employees at Ramsey-Weeks demonstrated a high level of interest in a health standards research and development effort already underway at Lean and Green at the time of their annual program. Spurred in our efforts by their questions such as "Why is this health variable weighted more heavily than THAT one?" the participants of Insure Your Health have demonstrated an interest and desire to become more involved in their wellness program.
Their fingerprints have influenced the presentation of results and values that come out of the L&G Survey, the Lean and Green self appraisal tool used in consultations on each participant's health and wellness status.
Thank you, Ramsey-Weeks! We appreciate your thoughtfulness and how you go above and beyond for your clients, customers, and even for your wellness provider!


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Mark Pogue is the Executive Director of the Clifton Strengths Institute at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Business. In this role, he creates strengths-based programs at the university to empower students, staff and faculty to lead successful, self-directed lives with the knowledge of their talents and how to apply them. Prior to coming to Nebraska, he was the senior director of strengths development in the education division of Gallup Inc. In his 15 years with Gallup, Pogue was a consultant and speaker to higher education institutions, K-12 school districts and Fortune 500 companies on building strengths-based organizations. He has shared his message of moving from strengths to thousands of educators and students at more than 250 campuses and national conferences. Pogue also led the design and implementation of StrengthsQuest, a campus-based human development and engagement program, created to help students apply their strengths in academics and career. Under his direction the program grew to more than three million participants in a wide range of settings on over 600 campuses.
Pogue earned his master's degree in leadership from Nebraska and his bachelor's degree in management science from Oklahoma State University.
Pogue and his wife, Jami, have two daughters, Paige and Reilly, attending Nebraska. In his spare time Mark is an avid sailor, runner, photographer and plays the guitar.
Pogue's Top Five Strengths are: Self-Assurance, Activator, Ideation, Intellection, and Command
Samantha Kennelly is the Assistant Director of the Clifton Strengths Institute and a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach. She recently earned her M.A. in Educational Administration-Student Affairs at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2016 and was a graduate student in the Institute as one of the original team members. Prior to attending graduate school, she graduated from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa with a B.S. in Psychology in 2013 where her interest in positive psychology and strengths-based psychology began. Throughout Kennelly's undergrad, she performed roles as a student leader helping students discover their passions and true potential to create meaningful experiences to create an impactful life for themselves. She is originally from St. Paul, Minnesota.
In her free time, Kennelly enjoys being with her family and friends, spending time at her cabin in Wisconsin, karaoke, traveling to new cities and countries, and capturing "moments" on her camera.
Kennelly's Top Five Strengths are: Harmony, Input, Responsibility, Maximizer, Positivity


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George Taylor concentrates his research and writing on evaluating the methods by which judges and lawyers interpret statutory and constitutional law. His articles proposing alternatives to current interpretive approaches have been praised by many legal scholars. In his legal scholarship he brings to bear his graduate training in hermeneutics, which studies interpretive methodology more generally. A special interest in his current research is the nature of legal creativity. His courses provide students a broad background in these subjects.
Professor Taylor also studies the role religion plays in contemporary American law and politics, and in some recent work he has applied theological vocabulary to help frame the work of critical race scholar Derrick Bell. Students explore these topics in his Race, Religion, and the Law Seminar, originally co-taught with Professor Bell.
Teaching 2018-2019
Teaching 2017-2018
Teaching 2016-2017
Statutory and Constitutional Interpretation
- Paul Ricoeur, Lectures On Imagination George H. Taylor, ed. (in progress).
- Ricoeur and Law: The Distinctiveness of Legal Hermeneutics, in Ricoeur Across the Disciplines 84-101 (Scott Davidson ed., Continuum, 2010). Available on SSRN.
- Law and Creativity, in Philosophy and American Law (Francis J. Mootz, III ed. March 2009). Available on SSRN.
- George H. Taylor, Law and Creativity, in Philosophy and American Law (Francis J. Mootz, III ed. March 2009). Available on SSRN.
- George H. Taylor, Racism as 'the Nation's Crucial Sin:' Theology and Derrick Bell, in The Derrick Bell Reader 433 (Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic eds. 2005). Available on SSRN.
- George H. Taylor, Editor's Introduction, in Paul Ricoeur, Lectures On Ideology And Utopia (Columbia University Press 1986).
- Legal Interpretation: The Window of the Text as Transparent, Opaque, or Translucent, 10 Nevada Law Journal 700 (2010).
- Equality and Diversity: Some Jurisprudential Considerations, solicited paper for Law and Social Theory Workshop, Law Department, London School of Economics, October 27, 2008.
- George H. Taylor, The Distinctiveness of Legal Hermeneutics, in Ricoeur Across the Disciplines, Scott Davidson ed., The Continuum International Publishing Group, December 2009. Available on SSRN.
- George H. Taylor & Michael J. Madison, Metaphor, Objects, and Commodities. (Symposium: Cyberpersons, Propertization, and Contract in the Information Culture), 54 Cleveland State Law Review 141 (2007). Available on SSRN.
- George H. Taylor, Derrick Bell's Narratives as Parables, 31 New York University Review of Law and Social Change 225 (2007). Available on SSRN.
- George H. Taylor, Ricoeur's Philosophy of Imagination, 16 Journal of French Philosophy 93 (2006). Available on SSRN.
- George H. Taylor, Race, Religion, and Law: The Tension Between Spirit and Its Institutionalization, 6 U. Md. L. J. Race, Religion, Gender and Class 51 (2006). Available on SSRN.
- George H. Taylor, Can a Theory of Interpretation Make a Difference? 5 Graven Images 15 (2002).
- George H. Taylor, Critical Hermeneutics: The Intertwining of Explanation and Understanding as Exemplified in Legal Analysis, 76 Chicago-Kent Law Review 1101 (2000). Available on SSRN.
- George H. Taylor, Structural Textualism, 75 Boston University Law Review 321 (1995).
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The land of the ancients – cliff-top castles, standing stones and Rob Roy. Travel from Scotland's literary capital, Edinburgh, to feisty Glasgow, the heart and home of golf, St. Andrews, and the battlefields of Culloden and Glencoe, as your quest takes you past the lochs and glens of the Scottish Highlands and Glengoyne Whisky Distillery for a well-deserved wee dram.
Arrive Edinburgh (2 Nights)
Get lost among the enchanting cobbled lanes of Edinburgh – the quirky Scottish capital with a mystical air that combines ancient heritage with the verve of a modern city. Spend your day at leisure exploring its rich history and embracing the warm culture of the Scots before joining your travel companions and Travel Director for a Welcome Reception with a light meal and drinks.
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HOTEL: Laggan Gaskmore Authentic Accommodation/Highlander
MEALS: Full Breakfast – Dinner
Isle of Skye, Culloden and Scenic Highlands Excursion
Meandering to the coast, we arrive in Mallaig where we'll board our ferry and cross to Armadale on the Isle of Skye. Heather-clad peaks provide a stunning backdrop for our scenic drive around the breathtaking Sleat Peninsula where we will have some free time to enjoy lunch before crossing a road bridge back to the mainland. The rugged beauty of Eilean Donan Castle will leave you speechless before you continue your journey past the lochs and glens of the Highlands to the tragic battlefield of Culloden. Pay tribute to the brave men who lost their lives in the fierce final battle of the Jacobite Uprising before returning to your hotel this evening.
MEALS: Full Breakfast – Dinner
Scottish Highlands – Glencoe – Glasgow (2 Nights)
Our first stop today sees us commemorate World War II history at the Commando Memorial near Fort William, where we admire spectacular views of Britain's highest peak – Ben Nevis. We journey through the volcanic ruins and precipitous mountains that lie just beyond the quaint village of Glencoe to see the "Glen of the Weeping" and remember the MacDonald clansmen who were massacred in 1692. Continuing towards the River Clyde, we arrive in our final stop for the day – Glasgow.
HOTEL: Crowne Plaza
MEALS: Full Breakfast
Glasgow Orientation and Stirling Castle Excursion
Madainn mhath! While your Gaelic may be a little rusty, your fascinating orientation tour around this edgy city will be anything but. Begin your day seeing Glasgow's iconic sights. Enjoy views of the People's Palace and Winter Gardens, the regal George Square and River Clyde, for over 200 years the epicentre of shipbuilding. Spend some time at leisure before we travel to visit the hilltop fortress of Stirling Castle. Today a symbol of national pride, the royal residence was once the seat of Scottish kings and queens, including Mary, Queen of Scots. View the Wallace Monument from the castle walls, paying tribute to the Scottish hero who fought for Scotland's independence. Later, we indulge in a Cultural Insight at Glengoyne Whisky Distillery and enjoy a wee dram before we join the Wood family at their 15th century historical farms on the shores of Loch Ard for a home-cooked Be My Guest Farewell Dinner, tales of Rob Roy and a few foot-taping Ceilidh tunes.
MEALS: Full Breakfast – Be My Guest Dining
Depart Glasgow
The rugged beauty and warmth of Scotland's people forever in your memories, we enjoy one last hearty breakfast with our travel companions before wishing them and your Travel Director a fond farewell. Transfers are available. Conditions apply.
MEALS: Full Breakfast
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Should our faith weaken if the Bible is proven to be with errors? Isn't the Bible the core of Christianity? If the core of Christianity is erroneous, shouldn't Christianity crumble?
If these thoughts resonate in you, you are not totally off the mark.
To relentlessly assault the Bible is the fervent passion of many. To rattle the faith of the Christians is their vocation.
As if to add to this predicament, quite a few evangelical Christian scholars and institutions are migrating away from committing to inerrancy i.e. the Bible is without errors. But interestingly, they commit to Bible's infallibility i.e. the Bible is incapable of failing.
Broadly there are two categories of Christians in the context of Historic Christianity and biblical inerrancy. The biblical inerrantists defend the view that the Bible is without errors with all their intellect and might.1 The other group, the non-inerrantists, is rather lenient in this position. They consider the Bible as a document that is susceptible to errors, but not in the matters pertaining to the redemptive (salvation).
For instance, the National Association of Evangelicals, in their statement of faith, do not commit to inerrancy of the Bible, "We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God." 2 In this view, biblical inerrancy is limited to matters pertaining to salvation and not the entire content of the Bible.
The limited inerrancy view offers room for the Bible to err in non-redemptive matters – matters that are not salvific by nature e.g. geographical, historical, scientific etc. The proponents of this view state that the main purpose of the Bible is "spiritual transformation" – to bring the lost man into a saving relationship with God. They then affirm that "If the Bible contains some errors, some discrepancies, that do not affect its power to transform lives through faith-filled communion with God, that is not important." 3
But the unlimited or total inerrancy view does not offer any room for the Bible to err. The unlimited inerrancy view affirms that the Bible is true in all its content, be it redemption, history or science.
Those who defend total inerrancy state, We deny that Biblical infallibility and inerrancy are limited to spiritual, religious, or redemptive themes, exclusive of assertions in the fields of history and science" (Art. 12). It further declares that: "The authority of Scripture is inescapably impaired if this total divine inerrancy is in any way limited or disregarded, or made relative to a view of truth contrary to the Bible's own (A Short Statement, 5, emphasis added)."4
The picture becomes rather clear now.
Those who believe that the Bible contains no errors or the biblical inerrantists or those subscribing to the unlimited inerrancy view hold the doctrine of biblical inerrancy as an essential doctrine of Historic Christianity.5 The non-inerrantists or those who hold to the limited inerrancy view do not consider the doctrine of inerrancy as a core tenet of Historic Christianity.
If the Bible is proven to be with errors, you and I could respond in two broad ways. These options are predicated on whether we hold the doctrine of inerrancy as an essential doctrine to Christian faith or not.
If you consider inerrancy as an essential doctrine, and, if the Bible is proven to be with errors, then your faith could weaken. But if you consider inerrancy as a non-essential doctrine, and, you consider the Bible as a document that is not erroneous in the redemptive but otherwise susceptible to errors, then your faith would not weaken.
Easier said than done!
Those who consider the Bible to be without any errors (biblical inerrantists) argue against the argument that the Bible has errors but is infallible (biblical non-inerrantists).6 Their argument is predicated on two very strong facts:
A. God cannot lie either intentionally or unintentionally. If the Bible is God's Word, and if God cannot lie, then the Bible ought to be without error.
B. Christ (God-incarnate) proclaimed that God's Word is without any errors (cf. John 10:35 & Matthew 5: 18).
So it is quite plausible that the Bible cannot or should not err.
But think from another vantage point.
Would an erroneous Bible entail the non-existence of God? No, not by any chance!
God exists necessarily. God's existence is not predicated or intricately linked to the veracity of the Bible. In other words, God will not cease to exist if the Bible is erroneous.
In fact, God existed even before the Bible was written. It was God who inspired the human authors to write the Bible. Bible reveals God. However, the Bible is not the only source that reveals God (cf. Romans 1: 19-20).
The Lord Jesus Christ, the means to salvation of mankind, existed independent of the Bible's veracity. For instance, history affirms Christ's existence and resurrection.
Dr. Gary Habermas asserts that Jesus death by crucifixion, HIS postmortem appearances to HIS disciples, and Paul's vision of the resurrected Christ, are the most affirmed historical facts by both Christian and non-Christian scholars. 7
Therefore, if the Bible is proven to be with errors, neither would God cease to exist nor would Christ. If history affirms Christ's resurrection, then salvation through Christ is also a fact that remains independent of the Bible.
This is not an exercise to undermine Bible's authority. This is a mere exercise to affirm the independent existence (apart from the Bible) of God, the Lord Jesus Christ and salvation of mankind through Christ.8
Therefore, even if the Bible is proven to contain errors, it would not and cannot undermine God, Christ and salvation of mankind. In other words, Christianity would not crumble if the Bible is proven to be with errors.
God is at the core of Christianity. Christ and the salvation that HE offered to mankind are at the core of Christianity.
But inerrancy of the Bible need not be at the core of Christianity. If inerrancy of the Bible is to remain at the core of Christianity, then it would presuppose that inerrancy of the Bible is far superior in value to God, Christ and salvation. However, since God is the source of the Bible, God ought to be at the core of Christianity and not the inerrancy of the Bible. Inerrancy is the corollary of God's nature.
Unfortunately, this is not what Bart Ehrman thought. Bart Ehrman, the James A. Gray Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, lost his faith in Christ because he apparently discovered one minor error in the gospels. It seemed Professor Ehrman held the doctrine of biblical inerrancy as the core of Christianity.
When a particular passage in the Gospel of Mark befuddled Bart Ehrman, his strong belief in inerrancy of the Bible was shaken. He became a liberal Christian and then ended up as an agnostic atheist after being unable to reconcile the philosophical problems of evil and suffering.9
So should inerrancy be an essential doctrine of Christianity? Maybe so. However, God who is the source of the Bible ought to be at the core of Christianity and not the inerrancy of the Bible. Disputing inerrancy would not and cannot damage God or Christ or salvation of mankind.
The theme of this article is intended to touch the scores of ordinary Christians. By ordinary Christians, I refer to Christians who are not into serious Christian pedagogy or academics.
The full blown wrath of Christianity's detractors, such as the New Atheists, is aimed to rattle the faith of these ordinary Christians. At the first instance, when you hear the relentless tirades of these detractors, your faith in Christ may shake.
The scope of this article is only to emphasize that the inerrancy of the Bible is not the beginning and the end of Christianity. The scope of this article excludes a defense of inerrancy.
So, fear not!
God is at the core of Christianity. Christ and the salvation offered to mankind are at the core of Christianity. The Bible reveals our triune God. The Scripture cannot be broken. Let us continue to totally trust and study God and HIS Word. Amen.
1 http://defendinginerrancy.com/
2 http://nae.net/statement-of-faith/
3 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/rogereolson/2015/11/is-the-bible-inerrant-or-infallible/
4 http://defendinginerrancy.com/unlimited-vs-limited-inerrancy/
5 http://defendinginerrancy.com/why-is-inerrancy-important/
6 http://defendinginerrancy.com/roger-e-olsen-is-the-bible-inerrant-or-infallible/
7 http://www.garyhabermas.com/articles/southeastern_theological_review/minimal-facts-
8 I personally subscribe to the 3-ins – inspiration, inerrancy and infallibility of the Bible.
9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_D._Ehrman


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The standoff continues for the NHL and NHL Players' Association.
Another day passed without communication between the sides, who have no plans to return to the bargaining table and appear to be digging in. Both say they are prepared to meet but neither seems willing to make the first move.
"We've always been willing and ready to bargain," NHLPA special counsel Steve Fehr told The Canadian Press on Monday night. "It seems like the league has … paused or cut the process off several times over the last few months. I don't know that we ever have.
"We're ready to meet whenever they're ready to meet."
According to Fehr, he and deputy commissioner Bill Daly last communicated with one another via email on Friday night. Daly indicated that there had been no miscommunication between the parties.
"They know where we are and we know where they are," he said. "We are still a long way apart. I'm sure if either one of us has a new idea for moving the process forward, we know how to get in touch."
Fehr was unwilling to discuss the possibility of the NHLPA filing for a "disclaimer of interest"—"I'm not talking about private internal union matters," he said—something that could happen as soon as the end of the week depending on how a vote of the membership goes.
Players began casting electronic ballots Sunday on whether they would give their executive board the authority to dissolve the union, which would allow them to challenge the legality of the lockout in court and file anti-trust lawsuits against the league. Two-thirds of union members must vote in favour by Thursday.
It comes just days after the NHL filed a class-action complaint which asked a federal court in New York to make a declaration on the legality of the lockout. In the 43-page complaint, the NHL argued that the NHLPA was only using the "disclaimer of interest" as a bargaining tactic designed to "extract more favourable terms and conditions of employment."
The league also filed an unfair labour practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board on Friday.
The NHL and NHLPA spent two days with a U.S. federal mediator last week in New Jersey but didn't report any progress. However, the union continues to believe the gap between the two sides isn't insurmountable.
"At times, we felt we were very close and had momentum towards a deal but something always seemed to happen to derail it," said Fehr. "Clearly we seemed to be making progress and were close the week of Dec. 4-6 in New York. As (executive director) Don (Fehr) has said, in some ways we're very, very close.
"It seems unfortunate that we get stuck in the mud and can't seem to move forward and finish it off."
The lockout is into its 14th week and has already resulted in the cancellation of 526 regular-season games through Dec. 30. It's only a matter of time before more games are wiped off the schedule.
Exactly when the sides will meet again remains up in the air.
"I guess we're just waiting for talks to resume," said Fehr. "Hopefully, it will happen very soon."


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man, someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed. the new york post, never a bastion for common sense or mild manners, has managed to out-stupid itself. (ok, ok, i know stupid isn't a verb.) in a december 29 column one of its writers says the stock owners of the world should sell their take-two interactive stock because the company makes evil games. the writer likens gta to child molestation and perjury, saying that the game is "10,000 times worse than the worst thing anybody thinks michael jackson ever did to a little boy," and that take-two is "spewing the glorification of mass murder and the celebration of death." i don't know which is worse: this idiot's opinion or that fact it is so horrendously outdated. i mean, if you're going to whine about take-two and violent games, whine about manhunt, which makes gta look like a particularly sedate episode of sesame street, or whine about gta: vice city at least a few months after its release–not more than a year. the writer goes on to attack the father of take-two's founder and points out the sec issues the company has run into. this guy must have had quite a shock last week when he finally chucked his atari and got a gander at modern games.
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|i should (8:37am est mon jan 05 2004)
get this game, and maybe buy some stock…if that right wing rag says no, i say yes – by not so
|we're doomed. (8:41am est mon jan 05 2004)
before you even think about debating this guys ignorance, just ask yourself "is really worth my time to comment on this?"
its not. you'd probably have better spent your time by reading a preview at gamespy.com or a neat article about something else at slashdot.com, but don't waste your time posting an comment about how stupid this guy is. most humans are ignorant, this guy is just the cream of the crop. – by /me sighs
|food for thought: (9:02am est mon jan 05 2004)
1) the post writer was just trying to make some publicity for his paper by publishing an extremist review. looks like he succeeded.
2) it's the post, for crying out loud!
3) the review may be coming out late, but i seem to recall a lot of gta commercials on tv the last couple of weeks. maybe people should be worrying more about take-two not introducing new games recently? – by jrink
|it was just released… (9:21am est mon jan 05 2004)
for the x-box, that's why your are starting to see more reveiws/talk about it. see the x-box is not only a gamers gamebox, but all the non-gamers bought it as well. gta didn't make that much of a stick when release on ps2 as it did when released on x-box. – by inahandbasket
|fools! (9:23am est mon jan 05 2004)
i have been playing gta3 for over a year now and not once have i ever "had the urge" to go out and run over someone with a tank, or steal their car… – by aaaaaah!!!
|just to clarify (9:26am est mon jan 05 2004)
in my previous comment titled "fools!" i was referring to the writer of the new york post – by aaaaaah!!!
|hmmm (9:28am est mon jan 05 2004)
correct me if im wrong but when i played any of the gta's i never heard anything about child molestation – by …
|i'm seriously (9:29am est mon jan 05 2004)
aaaaaah!!! has got to be the dumbest m0th3rfuck3r this side of the mississippi. anyone who has played gta and hasn't "had the urge" to go out and run over someone with a tank is not really human. if theres two things any red blooded american male wants, its sex and violence. – by aaaaaah!!! is dumbf0
|y'all a buncha trailah pawk trash (9:38am est mon jan 05 2004)
if yall's don't like gta then yall's shouldn't play it. yall's gots'ta stop wurry'n bout cruptn' 'mericas youth. 'mericas already crupt and ther ain't damn thang we c'n do bout it. violence is whats regulatin the populatin of 'merica and the rest a'the world. so y'alls shut up please. – by y'alls worry'n 2much
|inapropriate games for kids! (9:41am est mon jan 05 2004)
i am a proud mother of two and when i found out that my son was playing such a violent game i nearly sent him to his room! i mean, what is this world coming to, what are we teaching are kids? guns and violence!? i would take this game to court if i did not have my sense of humannity people! – by jenna
|thats odd (9:41am est mon jan 05 2004)
well for such a hick i agree but isnt it odd that he has all his punctuation correct?
– by mr.q
|someday… (9:42am est mon jan 05 2004)
someday people are going to realize that the u.s. is the most uptight country besides iraq. this is just another example of human worthlessness and filth. – by mr. geek himself
|retarded people…. (9:49am est mon jan 05 2004)
man.. there's nothing at all wrong with the game, i play it all the time, and i am in no way affected by it. my 11 year old brother plays it. its not the game thats doing it to people, its how they interperate it. – by oouter
|jenna (9:52am est mon jan 05 2004)
its just a game! it has no influence on our lives at all, except for talking about how far you are into it with your friends im 16 i play it, i have never even thought of running around with a chainsaw or stealing a car. my little brother is 10 he loves it, i let him play it and as long as he knows the difference from reality and games it dosent matter, even my liitle sister who is 8 plays it she just like driving around and running over people. it may be different seems that you are in america and you have all those school shootings and stuff but here in australia i talk to the little "1st and 2nd graders" about games such as gta:vc after school while waiting to pick up my little bro. and also your son is just gonna play it at friends houses. and to the guy who wrote the article "wh@+ a fu(k //!+" – by meech
|meech (10:10am est mon jan 05 2004)
christ almighty, you must have incredibly high blood pressure for a 16-year-old! – by dr. atkins
|gta : vc (10:13am est mon jan 05 2004)
umm meech i dissagree, i just got out of "gta rehab", gta:vc got me hooked on violence and sex but now im ok… but any ways it may be fun but it may effect some people. – by mr. lled
|just a game?!?! (10:16am est mon jan 05 2004)
i am a very mad mother. my 16 year old son is in juviee right now because of a felony he commited. he told the police that his influence was grand theft auto. i would like to make this a point to the creators of the game. i would also like to say that they have sick minds. – by martha
|just a game?!?! (10:16am est mon jan 05 2004)
i am a very mad mother. my 16 year old son is in juvenille jail right now because of a felony he commited. he told the police that his influence was grand theft auto. i would like to make this a point to the creators of the game. i would also like to say that they have sick minds. – by martha
|martha (10:17am est mon jan 05 2004)
you tell them sista – by mr. lled
|story (10:22am est mon jan 05 2004)
hey i was playing gta one time and ther was a nock at the door and guess who it was it was the po po and they was like can i talk to you and i was like can i finish this mission and they was like nah and i was like ok and they was like have u seen this dude and i was like nah and they was like k cool bye just goes to show you absolutly nothing – by daniel
|daniel (10:24am est mon jan 05 2004)
well thanks for that interesting display of nothing
– by mr.q
|danger (10:27am est mon jan 05 2004)
this is like a big playground brawl, someone get a teacher and stop this fight! – by the ch33t
|you're under arrest (10:58am est mon jan 05 2004)
"" – by the po-po
|sorry martha….. (11:11am est mon jan 05 2004)
sorry to hear about your 16 year old son, martha. it almost begs the question: why was a 16 year old playing a 17+ game.
i think if more parents took a more active role in knowing what their kids play there would be less of these "influence" instances.
i also believe if kids are taught early the difference between reality and polygons and how take responsibility for their own actions, there would be less instances of people blaming "influence"s of games.
on the flip side: killing in video games has always been present and has usually had a rationale behind the killing (saving the world, princess, spies, war, etc, etc, etc).
however, gta offers the choice killing with no explanable rationale (outside of the missions) and is prolly why this is on the burner so often.
aside from that: it's the post!!!!! who cares?!?!??!?!
i'm starting to feel bad for rockstar. seems like everyday they face another lawsuit. – by exps2player….
|martha… (11:18am est mon jan 05 2004)
stop blaming video games for your crap job raising your son. if you were a decent mother. he would have known the difference from right to wrong. i get so sick of hearing people blaming video games instead of their bad parenting. – by get a life
|parenting (11:59am est mon jan 05 2004)
whether you think you have good parents or not. whether they have taught you extremely well the difference between games and reality. even if you never go out and kill someone. if they allowed you to play this game and you are of teenage or under then they didn't understand or care that it will desensitize you to violence and other people suffering. wonderful parenting? – by someones dad
|parenting (11:59am est mon jan 05 2004)
whether you think you have good parents or not. whether they have taught you extremely well the difference between games and reality. even if you never go out and kill someone. if they allowed you to play this game and you are of teenage or under then they didn't understand or care that it will desensitize you to violence and other people suffering. wonderful parenting? – by a dad
|re: jenna and martha (12:14pm est mon jan 05 2004)
oh this is a load. why dont you stop blaming the game and admit you failed as parents or your kids are just misguided!
jenna, how did your son get the game? if you bought it, shame on you – you have none to blame but yourself. if he bought it the blame lies with the retailer….much like if he bought beer, cigs, porn, or got into an r rated movie unsupervised.
martha, c'mon! your son plays the game and goes out and starts jacking people all of a sudden? bs! the signs were there. was he hanging out with the wrong crowd? doing poorly in school? perhaps his crimes was due to a lack of morals or attention?
video games are the new d&d/judass priest scapegoats for juvinile delinquents who were bound to mess up anyway – by buttercup
|oh btw (12:19pm est mon jan 05 2004)
guess what? if it werent video games it would be something else.
i wonder what parents excuses were back in the wild wild west? "its those damn indians with their drums and peotie" – by buttercup
|omg (12:22pm est mon jan 05 2004)
now you are getting it, martha, jenny, a dad…..
17+ is only a suggestion. it is your responsability to raise your kids, computers don't do that (yet) you irresponsibles fools. a 16 year old kid takes a gun, shoots some1, blames vice city and what do you do, ….. the same….. let me tell you, that 16 year old is way ahead of you … i was 10 playing doom and doom 2 when it came out, and i never turned out mad …..if you are gonna blame vice city for the education of ur kid you should have used a condom.
sit with them and talk/listen, dont just yell……. – by daspecialist
|omg2 (12:36pm est mon jan 05 2004)
you wouldn't happen to be a hispanic housemaid that doesn't speak fluent english would you? – by daanti-specialist
|re:daanti-specialist (12:53pm est mon jan 05 2004)
ha ha xa!!. you're the best. jenna and martha,you're right.i'm not blame you.you & the 80% of the world have the same mind.maybe someday can understand where you are living & what yourself is, after you born & die 18 times, who knows. a normal human – by with a normal mind!
|with a normal mind! (1:03pm est mon jan 05 2004)
and daanti-specialist tought i had a bad english. wow…
being crazy and having a normal mind is a majority thing, much like democraty…. if every1 were to piss their pants for fun at lunch every day as a tradition, and you don't, guess who would be crazy … same with games, not because 80% of you think a normal mind dosen't play video games that you are obviously right, not only that it means something or thats it's even worth attention.
wasen't it socrate that said only the expert's opinion counts …. so who cares if 80% of the people sayz some1 has a flu, if 1 doctor sayz it's something else, then it's something else period.
so don't show off meaningless statistics you propably made up. – by daspecialist
|piss my pants? (1:19pm est mon jan 05 2004)
first of all…it's democracy, second of all, how is pissing your pants relavent to gta:vice city…don't forget, that's where this conversation started…if you didn't notice, my name is a mock of yours, daspecialist! – by daanit-specialist
|i shat on your fafe hole beyach (1:19pm est mon jan 05 2004)
d00d3rz its not funny to joke about the flu. my brother is in the hospital with the flu and he is at risk of dieing. – by turd furgeson
|i shat on your fafe hole beyach (1:20pm est mon jan 05 2004)
d00d3rz its not funny to joke about the flu. i find some of the posts on this website, particularly the ones above to be extremely offensive! – by turd furgeson
|da specialist (1:21pm est mon jan 05 2004)
its not the worry about copying a game so much as the influence on a child's outlook on the world. that is affected by everything in your environment. you seem affected for sure. you seem at least very rude and immature for example. jumping to conclusions about how some are raising their kids are we? of coarse parents should talk/listen and educate their children. part of educating is teaching your children what is garbage and to not be drawn (suckered) into every loud noisy flashy thing that is thrown at you. rock star games knows there is a sucker born every minute who cant resist the lowest common denominator. if you are a good parent and taught your children well, your kids wouldn't want to play such garbage. don't compare mario bashing a koopa to people running around with chain saws. please. i love it when its said that people are not too influenced by what they see. tell that to madison ave., and that is passive viewing. in the future things will be so much more realistic. would a game that is indistinguishable from reality where you go around violently killing people still be compared to mario? no. – by a dad
|i agree (1:24pm est mon jan 05 2004)
to: a dad,
i completely agree with you, i was not trying to judge your parenting skills, and seeing as your response went through a long, well thought-out process, i will set my immaturaties aside. – by daanti-specialist
|daanit-specialist (1:25pm est mon jan 05 2004)
or wd …. if you didin't noticed i wasen't replying to you …..
it deos not mtaetr how mnay mskteias i mkae you can siltl raed. – by daspecialist
|re: daanti-specialist (1:26pm est mon jan 05 2004)
he was talking about daspecialist not the anti one, so you dont have to worry – by :)
|stupid mistake (1:27pm est mon jan 05 2004)
i realize spelling my own "name" probably reflects poorly on my grammar skills, and yes i noticed it after i wrote the comment, but the man i just replied to seems to be very serious, therefore i am going to ignore any furthur statements you have to make… – by daanti-specialist
|this is all nonsense (1:29pm est mon jan 05 2004)
i am a rockstar games employee and i am part of the team that created the gta series. i would like to point out that gta3 and gta vice city are both rated m by the esrb (entertainment software rating board, ) which means they are intended for those 17 years of age or older. most 17 year olds can differenciate the game from real life, while some might not be mature enough to yet. it doesn't matter what age you are. if you are still in your teens, then your parents should still be somewhat responsible for their kids and make sure they do not get in trouble. we are tired of being blamed for violence related acts "cause by grand theft auto". there are other violent games out there, some much more violent than gta. we are not trying to create violence. we are trying to create entertainment for those mature enough to handle it. – by travis or rockstar
|this is all nonsense (1:29pm est mon jan 05 2004)
i am a rockstar games employee and i am part of the team that created the gta series. i would like to point out that gta3 and gta vice city are both rated m by the esrb (entertainment software rating board, ) which means they are intended for those 17 years of age or older. most 17 year olds can differenciate the game from real life, while some might not be mature enough to yet. it doesn't matter what age you are. if you are still in your teens, then your parents should still be somewhat responsible for their kids and make sure they do not get in trouble. we are tired of being blamed for violence related acts "cause by grand theft auto". there are other violent games out there, some much more violent than gta. we are not trying to create violence. we are trying to create entertainment for those mature enough to handle it. – by travis of rockstar
|re:daspecialist (1:37pm est mon jan 05 2004)
i can�t write in greek here. so i�m trying to write english. do you know greek?
i didn't say that a normal mind and the other 80% of the world don�t playing games. i said that jenna and martha and the other 80% of the world (in my opinion) have the same minds. i'm beginning to feel that i am an alien on this world. why i thing so differently from other people? every day i see & hear many crazy things by the other peoples, and now that with gta. eehee. so with that logic, if my kid dreams the night that he killed his mother, the morning he will wake up and he will try to kill her???? they are going to make me crazy. i will start to search on google to find where my ufo droped! i repeat this:
|see (1:42pm est mon jan 05 2004)
travis or rockstar "the expert" has spoken ….
daanti-specialist, why don't you go post on french or german boards only to see who has poor grammar skills.
a dad, there is way more to blame then video games for violence … violence was there before video games…. so were violent kids betting people up for lunch money, way before video games … hey !! why don't you blame schools … all kids go to schools, they pick up fights and frustrations from bad grades or other kids at dodge ball or not getting laid or whatever, school could be blamed as bad as video games for violence … hell it makes sense, better yet blame bowling !!!
sorry if i have been rude earlier a dad … u seem to be looking for an intelligent conversation …. unlike other people .
my apologies again ( a dad ) ! – by daspecialist
|its only a game (1:47pm est mon jan 05 2004)
though i must admit that the game "uru" makes me want to b*tch slap the game designers for making such a barely modifible user interface.
gtavc is a gamers delight. the environment, action, etc., is only a part of what makes it a fun game. and no, one doesn't have to run over, shoot and maim everything in sight….although accidents can happen 0
computer games offer a moment of escapism for some, but there are those who are afraid of the consquences on the human condition from being immersed into these alternate subrealities.
–reflecting on the boys/people who make the "game/music/twinkies/band/devil made me do it" defense… is about as ludicrous as can be.
before you let your child play these types of games, take a long hard look at the subreality you are providing for your child…. – by nuffsaid
|geek.com (2:01pm est mon jan 05 2004)
you mean women read this stuff
oh your kids shouldn't have been playing it … you did buy this game right because i remember when i went to the store i got carded..(first time i ever got carded for a game) so really its your own fault your stupid child is in jail thumbs up for you mom! – by the a554ol3
|re: (2:09pm est mon jan 05 2004)
well i think you're all morons…..lol
you people can start whining about how violent games affect the world when we have the technology to make games so life-like that you can't tell them from the real world, then and only then might someone be able to use the excuse "it was the games fault":) – by ………………..
|re:see (2:13pm est mon jan 05 2004)
daspecialist, just because they speak another language doesn't mean they have poor grammar… – by daspecialist
|i'm wrong, sorry (2:15pm est mon jan 05 2004)
i am so dumb look at me, da anti-specialist was right all along – by daspecialist
|history lesson (2:26pm est mon jan 05 2004)
i've said this before, and i'll say it again:
did bin laden and saddam pull all nighters around their ps2/xbox? did they play a little too much gta:vc. is that what their fucking problem is?
what about hitler? al capone? lizzy borden? jack the ripper? video games weren't around back then. so what the hell were these sociopaths excuses?
the point is, sociopaths have always been around. they always will. – by doob
|kids are people too (2:26pm est mon jan 05 2004)
some 20-25 year olds angry at their parents seem to be writing in this forum.
every parent tries to raise their kids to the best of their capability. it is not easy to guide kids to go the "right" way in life, so show some understanding.
lets say you hear about a violent game. as a parent do you:
a) let the kid do what he/she wants because you believe that individual freedoms are important …
b) prohibit the kid from playing, because you believe it is best. keeping in mind that they may just rebel against this later …
c) talk to your kids and ask them politely not to play. (yeah right!)
d) sit and play the game with your kids. this assumes you have lots of free time to watch someone else play a game.
there is no easy answer, because we are not dealing with dogs peeing on the carpet, but a more complicated situation. – by wally
|ok (2:26pm est mon jan 05 2004)
nuffsaid : do you mean we should take 5 minutes once in our lives to well educated our children on the effect of these games and point out reality from not reality… wow my point exactly :)
hell for 5 more minutes we could even do the same thing for movies, hell we could even play baseball with them.
wow we're parenting now, how easy is that, i bet it's easier then to come up with an excuse like "it's gta's fault!"
you may take the condom off :)
a554ol3 : yes women are turning into geeks (slowly), we are not doomed :)
|everything has an effect (2:31pm est mon jan 05 2004)
i think better research is needed before we can cannonize or condemn games. most i have seen so far seems kind of flaky.
they definately have an effect though.
the myriad of images, commercials, sounds that assault us each day have an effect on our minds – both subconscious and conscious.
if this were not the case, we would not have a preference for name brands, tv ads would have no effect on us, and video games would be pretty boring.
boring? yes – one reason we find games fun is that they effect our emotions and engage our minds.
it would seem that some people are just more passionate about things than others. – by wally
|jenna your fault (2:51pm est mon jan 05 2004)
if your kids where playing the game it is your fault they should not be buying or playing games that you have not screened or ok. concedering the game is rated mature with a big ma on the front you should have atleast whatch your kids play before you let them get into it. – by bigjerm
|martha… (3:11pm est mon jan 05 2004)
the best part of your kid ran down the crack of your ass… – by your momma
|yo (3:25pm est mon jan 05 2004)
my brother was 4 years old when he started to play gta. he is now a normal 6 year old. – by duh!!
|bigjerm (4:11pm est mon jan 05 2004)
ok the game doesn't have an ma on it. it has an m. get your gawd damn facts straight – by bostonian
|take care of your own responsibilities. (5:27pm est mon jan 05 2004)
today everyone wants to blame someone else for their actions. take some responsibility for yourself and the children you are responsible for. parents who blame games, tv or friends for the actions of their children are living a fantasy. parents that believe their criminal children "it was because of a game they took pot shoots at cars", are naive and should not have been allowed to reproduce.
– by grow up
|i'm through (7:32pm est mon jan 05 2004)
we seem to have lost the point of this entire discussion. just look how it started! – by da anti-specialist
|my brother (8:56pm est mon jan 05 2004)
i have a 5 year old brother, he is now a deranged psycho serial killer. it was all because of gta:vc. i am telling you, he ran around with a chainsaw and started to hack cars with it. – by asdaf
|another example of bad parenting (9:43pm est mon jan 05 2004)
asdaf, that's why the game is intended for a mature audience (17+). of course kids are influenced by what they see in video games. but guess what, they're also influenced by movies, news, music, peers, etc. blaming the video games is not the answer, nor is blaming just the parents.
i'm 22 and i love gta, but i know its not real, it's just an outlet so i don't do stupid sh*t in real life (i wasn't and angel in my younger years). there's a point where you have to realize you can't say no to you kids flat out, because they'll resent you however, you also can let them do whatever they want just to make them happy. teach your kids right from wrong, do not buy games for them which they can't buy on their own (like gta where they'd get carded), and please, please, do not let a 5 year old play gta.
oh yeah, what about manhunt, that game is 10x more gory (not to mention it is a bueatifully put to gether game). – by my $.02
|one more thing (9:46pm est mon jan 05 2004)
in the middle of the second paragraph, it typed "however, you also can let them…" should have been "you also cannot let them". lets not be spelling/typo nazzis…everyone makes mistakes – by my $.02
|i played pac man as a kid (10:52pm est mon jan 05 2004)
now i run into walls in the dark – by and eat pellets
|i played pac man as a kid (10:52pm est mon jan 05 2004)
now i run around in the dark – by and eat pellets
|re: martha (10:59pm est mon jan 05 2004)
i'm sorry that you didn't see the nice big m in front of the game box and i'm also sorry that your son couldn't distinguish reality from game, maybe he needs some help(medical).
i played "doom" when i was 6 and in my class computer we got it installed. i played gta3 at my friends house and i didn't feel like killing/raping someone. i agree it's a violent game but the graphics and gameplay are not realistic.
talk to your son and tell him to stop blamming games and make him tell why he did that, even if his answer could be "you said that killing is wrong, but you never said that stealling a car was…" or "i killed her because she told me to "f*** off" when i was trying to rape her" if he says anything like that he needs help, if he doesn't he also needs help. talk to him and make him spill all the crap about how and why he commited his crime. – by magnet
|uhm people! (11:33pm est mon jan 05 2004)
doesn't everyone on here realize that all the people on here claiming to be angry parents are just poeple pretending to be that just to mock those idoitic parents like that in the real world. – by cantyourealize
|gta is from satan (11:58pm est mon jan 05 2004)
the grand theft auto games are so evil!!! we should ban them for kids as well as everything else that has violence, sexual content, nudity, bad language and non-education polically uncorrect material so that they become pussies and when they finally become adults they will no absolutly nothing about how the real world works and will fall down flat on their asses and fail. keep your children's eyes and ears covered people!!!!!! – by lieberman
|martha (1:28am est tue jan 06 2004)
if a kid that was about 3 years old and picked up a gun cos he seen his older brother playing vice city and shot him, i wouldnt blame the kid at all . but since a kid is over 16+ i would say if a kid wants to shoot sum1 or run some1 over after he played the game.
he/she has some issues. and really need to get thearapy.
you cannot blame movies or games for peoples actions unless the kid or adult has something wrong with them , and in that case they shouldnt be alllowed the game and that goes down the gaurdian or parents fault.
– by matt
|i mean (1:30am est tue jan 06 2004)
even a 12 year old should understand what is right and wrong !
– by matt
|jenna and martha are just fakin it! (1:59am est tue jan 06 2004)
my super-cool uncle would kill me if he found out that i stopped gaming just because the games were violent.
come to think of it, if i stopped gaming i'd hack myself w/ a chainsaw – by seriously, women
|the world is worse! (4:07am est tue jan 06 2004)
what's so bad about a game showing the kind of violence that happens in real life?
you can see all the car-chases live on tv, plus corrupt politicians, police violence, people accused of about everything from rape and murder to fraud and bank robbery…
and if that's not enough, you can see it in real life, too. gangs running around, people getting shot, shops looted, cars stolen…
so wake up, the world is a mess, who cares about a bloody video game? – by realitysucks
|yup, still doomed…. (7:21am est tue jan 06 2004)
71 people who could'nt find anything better to do (see second post). just to think about this for a minute, if 71 people spent an average of about 10 minutes making a comment, that would be like almost 12 hours. i think i could have gotten have way through gta or vice city. wow, thats american production value for ya. – by /me sighs
|im for the parents (11:29am est tue jan 06 2004)
i still don a yellow fat-suit and chase and chomp on anyone wearing a colorful moo-moo or dashikie, due to years of playing pac-man.
oh and if i see a turtle by a sewer? you know im jumping on his back till he skimms across the floor! may even ride that b!tch!!!!
oh and after years of playing rushin-attack on nes i still gun-butt russians as i run down the block – by l,l,r,r,up,down,a,b
|to the l,l,r,… dude (6:19pm est tue jan 06 2004)
relax man, you seem tense. – by magnet
|to eva1 (9:33am est wed jan 07 2004)
shut the h3ll up! u ppl whine so much over sumthing so lil. no matter wat happens kids will still play the game 1 way or another. all u mad moms out there are just whiners. like i said you all should shut up. – by death
|postal 2 (9:43am est sat jan 10 2004)
has anyone played postal 2? any of you mums out there? now thats a game much worse that gta:vc but do you see ppl complaing bout that? nooooo! also dont blame the games for your screwed up children!!! your the screwed up parents who made them turn out like that!!! f%$# you all!!! long live gta:vc & postal 2! muhuhahahahahaaaa
(see my comments at start of thread) – by meech
|on thought (5:14pm est mon jan 12 2004)
cheese spread is tasty – by mr. donato
|on thought (6:55am est tue jan 13 2004)
cheese spread is vomit condiment – by meech
|well i'll be…gorsh (9:14pm est tue jan 13 2004)
"you ever been down south?" – by hooker from gta3
||-=-| (10:01pm est tue jan 13 2004)
come heer and sit on my knee! – by old man
|???????? (5:42pm est thu jan 15 2004)
man what is this, a convention of morons?! you don't make any sense " cheese spread is good.."
you should be doing something more interesting other than wasting time. – by magnet
|wow (2:20pm est fri jan 23 2004)
this guy is fu**ing retarted – by 420partyboy
|who cares (2:25pm est fri jan 23 2004)
anyone who is against gta needs to be punched in the face! the game dose not make people do stupid shit its the dumbas people who do stupid stuff and the go and blame the game for it. – by devin
|to violent (11:43pm est sat apr 24 2004)
the game is being talked about every where some say it is to violent for young children well it was not made for children you dumass, people are trying to outlaw it look if you dont want your kids to play it thats all right but other people do dont try to change the game development – by darkassassin
|easy excuse (11:51am est fri dec 10 2004)
your kid was caught doing something he knew he shouldn't have. your kid is shifty, that is obvious. any shifty kid could simply say that the game affected him to get out of himself being to blame. i can't see why people cant see that. the kid is just using the game as a scape goat and you ate it up. 'my baby can't be a manace, the game made him that way'. i dont think so. – by nathan
|easy excuse (11:51am est fri dec 10 2004)
your kid was caught doing something he knew he shouldn't have. your kid is shifty, that is obvious. any shifty kid could simply say that the game affected him to get out of himself being to blame. i can't see why people cant see that. the kid is just using the game as a scape goat and you ate it up. 'my baby can't be a manace, the game made him that way'. i dont think so. – by nathan
|gta (8:11pm est sat jun 11 2005)
my son who is 12 was begging me for this game, and there's been alot of controversy around it. he didn't buy it. i being his mother of over 18 bought it for him. thinking he would be okay on it. he plays it for hours and hours. so, i took the game away. so, now what? all the boys in his class have it. now, i only give him an hour. which is probably plentyright? kids know how to control parents now? where there's a will there's a way, i will make sure the game doesn't warp my child. my child thinks he knows the difference between real and not real but, i totally wonder, looking at his everyday behaviour. he almost has a mafia member outlook on life. – by katherine
|kidz (9:58am est mon jun 27 2005)
the game is not for kids, bottom line. if you're not mentally stable enough to know it is just a game you shouldn't be playing it – if you're a mother you shouldn't be letting your kids play it either – what happened to discipline, just don't let you kids buy the game, simple. kids are impressionable, easily influenced and disturbed by things of this sort. there's no doubt about it, this game is sexist, violent, sick and twisted – but i like playing it. you don't have to go around killing people, you can be a taxi driver or a bus driver and be a good citizen, but whats the fun in that? after all it's my relaxation time and what better than to cut a few coppers up! haha not that i would do it for real but it's nice to pretend especially when you just got a fine for speeding 1 mile over the limit and you gotto feed your kids with that money. however i am an adult, i have been through my life, i wouldn't have wanted to be influenced by this game when i was 4, 5, 6, 7 or 15 years old, so i'm not going to expose my kids to it – they have there whole lives to mess around with these games once they are 18, i'm not going to risk screwing up their brains after i have put so much effort into bringing them up right – but that is my choice and i love my kids enough to make that choice and not be a pussy wimp and let them get whatever they want. in the long run, they will thank me for it. – by s h uk