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Another snow storm has NH in its path, this one starting Wednesday morningBy KATHRYN MARCHOCKI
New Hampshire Union Leader
February 26. 2013 11:25AM
Got snow? Well, you're in for more.
A storm moving in from the Southeast Wednesday morning could drop as much as 8 to 10 inches of snow from Concord north to the Lakes Region, about six inches in Keene, and 10 to 14 inches in North Conway and the White Mountains, the National Weather Service said Tuesday.
Manchester is forecast to get 4 to 6 inches. The city's snow totals will vary widely, with elevated areas and those on the western side of the city seeing more snow, while riverside and low-lying areas getting less snow and more rain. That's because the rain-snow line is expected to hover over the Queen City during the day-long storm.
"I wouldn't be surprised to see one side of (Manchester) get 6 inches and those on the other side of town get only 2. You are really that close to where the rain-snow line meets," said Margaret Curtis, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine.
Nashua may see some snow at the start of the storm but should get mostly rain. Porstmouth should get all rain.
"It will probably be a pretty wet storm similar to the storm we just had (last weekend). Whenever we get close to freezing, the snow tends to be real damp snow. Snowman snow, that's what I call it," Curtis said.
High temperatures in southern New Hampshire should hover around freezing. Winds are not expected to be high.
The storm is expected to move in to the southwest corner of the state about 6 a.m. and spread throughout southern New Hampshire by mid-morning, Curtis said. Snow should continue all day Wednesday and begin tapering off Thursday. Lingering snow showers are expected Thursday, but should not bring much accumulation.

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When setting up your clustered environment for SQL Server, you have several options for the network setup. Figure A shows what the minimum Microsoft-supported cluster configuration looks like. As you can see, one network adapter card in each server is reserved for a private interconnect. This private connection is only for the cluster's heartbeat—the function that checks the health of the cluster resources. The other network adapter card is reserved for public communications and is a backup connection for the cluster's heartbeat. You always want to have private communications on a private network in its own subnet because communications in a clustered environment use a lot of network bandwidth. The private connection can be either a cross-connect (a special network cable that directly connects the two servers) or a regular network connection. The main drawback to using this simple configuration is that it is vulnerable to a single point of failure. For example, as Figure A shows, if NIC2 fails, all communications to the cluster fail. This single point of failure is an unacceptable risk for most organizations.
The second network configuration option, which Figure B shows, eliminates the primary single-point-of-failure vulnerability in the network by replacing Figure A's NIC2 with a dual network adapter card. As Figure B shows, NIC2 lets the private communications for the network go out one port, and the other port backs up NIC1 for public communications. The only remaining single-point-of-failure vulnerability in this configuration is the switch.
The third possible configuration, which Figure C shows, has no communications single-point-of-failure vulnerability. This configuration adds a third network adapter card to provide full redundancy for the private and public communications connections and adds a second network switch. Such a configuration can be a pricey choice because switches are costly, but if a single point of failure is unacceptable, it makes sense.


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The newly appointed emergency financial manager of Detroit begins the Herculean task Monday of turning the once bustling capital of the car business back from the brink of bankruptcy.
Though Detroit still has its cultural centers, architectural gems, funky restaurants and packed sporting events downtown, the city has suffered an urban blight that has slowly eaten away at its neighborhoods.
"Detroit has become a ghost town," says Russ Wilson, who has lived in Detroit for all of his 47 years. "You can live on one block and live on a real nice block, and then the block over behind you can be so desolate and just deserted. It's horrible."
Wilson, a property owner and landlord in Detroit, says just two decades ago things were very different.
"The blocks were full of people," he says, "children playing, people had jobs. But now people have no jobs; they have no hope."
In the 1940s and '50s, at the height of auto manufacturing, Detroit was a booming metropolis. But as the auto factories expanded, they opened new plants in the suburbs, taking working-class Detroiters with them. Racial tensions also led to "white flight" from the city.
Over time, the suburbs have sucked the population out of inner-city Detroit, it dropped by a million since 1950, leaving empty neighborhoods, abandoned properties and very few residents from whom to draw tax dollars to pay for everything.
Those that remained, says Scott Martelle, author of Detroit: A Biography, are increasingly stuck in poverty.
"In Detroit in the last census, 1 in 4 people hadn't graduated high school," Martelle says. "That compares with 1 in 10 in the state of Michigan. Thirty-six percent of Detroiters live below the federal poverty level, compared with 16 percent statewide."
The city of Detroit is large, about 140 square miles, that's enough room to fit Manhattan, Boston and San Francisco inside with room to spare, Martelle says. But the population has declined to just over 700,000 — that's fewer than the number of people on the National Mall for President Obama's second inauguration.
Imagine that number of people paying city taxes for the roads, public transportation, education and emergency services for a 140-square-mile city. It's just not efficient.
Is Hope On The Way?
Last week, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, a Republican, took a dramatic step by taking financial control away from the city government and putting it in the hands of Kevyn Orr, his chosen emergency financial manager. The move is completely legal under state law.
Some Detroiters, like 56-year-old Keith Higgins, are happy that someone is finally doing something about the city, which has been on the brink of bankruptcy for years.
"There's not decent management taking place in this city," he says. "Financially, there's been misappropriation of funds. There's been stealing, there's been lying [and] there's been cheating." Detroit's former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was recently found guilty of federal racketeering and corruption charges
But other residents are protesting what they see as a violation of their rights, since they didn't vote Orr into government and he now controls their tax dollars.
"I think everybody is of two minds about this," journalist Stephen Henderson tells weekends on All Things Considered guest host Don Gonyea.
Born and raised in Detroit, Henderson has written about the city government and the feelings of residents for the Detroit Free Press, where he is an editor.
"Anyone who lives here can tell you how awful city services have become," he says. "People are literally dying waiting for ambulances. The things that we would expect any city to deliver at a basic level just do not happen here."
At the same time, he says, no one is thrilled about the idea of an appointed financial manager taking away power from the people they've elected. Coupled with the fact that a Republican governor made the appointment for a Democratic city, Henderson says, people are even more suspicious.
At this point, however, he says the law is what it is.
"This is the process that we've chosen as a state to deal with cities and school districts when they get into financial trouble," he says. "It's one thing to say you're not happy about this; I think it's another thing to indulge the unreality of the idea that you can now stop it.
"It's really sort of a distraction from the work that we need Kevyn Orr to start doing on Monday," he says.
Detroit has been dealing with a loss of population and financial troubles for years, but the tipping point, Henderson says, is when agreements made between the Detroit City Council, Gov. Snyder and the state treasurer didn't take place over the last 12 months.
"The governor just had enough," he says.
Detroit's cash problems, Henderson says, are connected to the decline of the city's population and tax base over a very long period of time, and no one has had a great answer for fixing it.
"Detroit right now is collecting half the income tax money that it was just 12 years ago," he says. "We've got to figure another way to either downsize, so that we are only spending as much as we are taking in, or find a way to get more revenue to the table."
A Tale Of Two Cities
Detroit's plight sounds really bleak, but other cities have been in similar positions and have pulled out of the downward spiral.
In 1995, Washington, D.C., faced huge financial, education and crime problems similar to those in Detroit. And like Detroit, D.C. was subject to an emergency financial takeover.
Anthony Williams was the man appointed to handle the district's financial crisis. He went on to become mayor of the city for two terms, but back in the late 1990s, he faced a job similar to the one Orr faces.
"My job was to essentially put in place a budget and financial plan that would bring the district back to solvency and ultimately financial recovery," Williams tells Gonyea.
He says financial accountability is key to turning around a city's social and governmental problems. It's also the key to public trust and the willingness of businesses and citizens to live in and invest in a community.
Williams says Orr has a tough job ahead, but that he needs to start taking baby steps immediately and "just start doing things."
"Show people that there is intelligent life, that the light's on and somebody is home," he says. "Putting in place a program that shows people that for the first time, maybe in a long time, there will be every year, not only a budget for the current year, but a financial plan for the out years."
Williams acknowledges Detroit's unique problems, but is confident that this is the right step for the city.
"[The] sense that the city has been victimized over years and years — some of it may be true, some may not be," he says, "[but] ... we have to avoid re-litigating the past and look toward the future."
And if there's one thing Detroiters are good at, it's hanging tough and looking to a better future.
This is WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Don Gonyea.
On the show this week, the latest in service robot technology. Are we any closer to a Sci-Fi world of robot housekeepers? And the story of an integrated baseball team in Bismarck, North Dakota, that broke the color line a decade before Jackie Robinson signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
But first, we all heard the stories about the city of Detroit and its decades-long decline.
RUSS WILSON: Detroit has just become a ghost town.
GONYEA: That's Russ Wilson who has lived in Detroit for all of his 47 years. He's a property owner and landlord so he especially notices the urban blight that has taken over this once bustling industrial capital of the car business. There are still cultural centers, architectural gems, funky restaurants and big sporting events downtown. But in the neighborhoods...
WILSON: Twenty years ago, there was houses, the blocks were full of people, children playing, people had jobs. But now people have no jobs. They have no hope.
GONYEA: That's our cover story today: A look at the city of Detroit, which, by the way, is a place I consider home. What's ahead for the city, and can it be saved?
GOVERNOR RICK SNYDER: Today, I'm confirming my determination that a financial emergency exists in the city of Detroit.
GONYEA: That was Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, a Republican, at a press conference this month. Under state law, Snyder took financial control away from the city government and put it in the hands of an emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, who starts his new job on Monday. Can he make a difference?
On the brink of bankruptcy for years, some Detroiters like 27-year-old Kelli Holt are happy that someone is finally doing something. As she waits at the bus station, Holt says she feels stuck and unsafe in downtown Detroit.
KELLI HOLT: My family's here. And right now, financial difficulty is preventing me from moving anywhere. I was always safe as a kid walking in Detroit. But now, I can't go without walking up the street looking over my shoulder, making sure nobody's trying to rob me.
GONYEA: Also waiting for the bus, 57-year-old Keith Higgins. He thinks Detroit doesn't deserve all the bad press.
KEITH HIGGINS: The news is exaggerating to a degree. It's bad, but it ain't bad as they say.
GONYEA: But he does express frustration with the city government.
HIGGINS: There's not decent management taking place in the city. Financially, there's been misappropriation of funds, there's been stealing, there's been lying and there's been cheating.
GONYEA: The most recent and infamous example of that is Detroit's former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who this month was found guilty of federal racketeering and corruption charges. As for the emergency takeover, many are protesting what they see as a violation of their voter rights. They didn't vote Orr into the city government, and now he controls their tax dollars.
STEPHEN HENDERSON: Well, I think everybody is of sort of two minds about this.
GONYEA: Stephen Henderson was born and raised in Detroit. He's written about the city for the Detroit Free Press where he's an editor. Henderson is also host of "American Black Journal" on Detroit Public TV.
HENDERSON: Anyone who lives here can tell you how awful our city services have become. You know, I mean, people are literally dying, waiting for ambulances. The lights are off in 45 percent of the city. The things that we would expect any city to deliver at a basic level just do not happen here. And I think everybody is getting tired of the idea of that being true and the delay in trying to fix that.
You know, at the same time, nobody is cheering the idea of an emergency financial manager, which sort of wipes away the Democratic process in the city for at least a short time, and takes the people we've chosen to try to fix things here and sets them aside.
GONYEA: And how much does it matter that it is a Republican governor, Governor Snyder, and Detroit, obviously, a hugely Democratic city?
HENDERSON: Well, I think that matters quite a bit. I mean, the fact that Rick Snyder is a Republican has almost everything to do with the people being suspicious of the motives and worrying about this being a political power grab.
GONYEA: The city government, the city council tried to fight this, tried to block it, went to the courts to no avail. It's now happening. There is an emergency manager. Has anything changed at city hall? Is there a sense, OK, this is happening, what do we do?
HENDERSON: You know, as you point out, it's a done deal. Kevyn Orr starts on Monday. It's one thing to say you're not happy about this. I think it's another thing to sort of indulge the unreality of the idea that you can now stop it now that it's happened. I mean, there's no point in that, and it's really sort of a distraction from the work that we need Kevyn Orr to start doing on Monday.
GONYEA: The city has been dealing with loss of population for decades now. And financial trouble - serious financial troubles are nothing new. But what was the tipping point? How did we get here?
HENDERSON: Well, I mean, last year, the city was facing one of its - the cash crises where the governor and the treasurers - the treasurer intervened at that point to say, look, we've got to have a set of agreements to prevent this from happening again. Over the last 12 months, though, what we've seen is that the steps that were agreed to in that agreement didn't take place. So many of the things that we were supposed to do, city council stood in the way of. The mayor, to some extent, was unable to convince them - the governor just had had enough and decided that this was the only way to get things fixed.
GONYEA: But it sounds like there's just a lack of confidence in institution. Certainly, the city government, the city council, but also in the state government and perhaps even this emergency manager.
HENDERSON: Yeah. Well, I think everybody here has heard - you know, I'm a Detroit native. I grew up here in the '70s and '80s. How long we've been talking about the city government turning itself around? The cash problems that we're having now are connected to the decline of the city's population and tax space over a very long period of time. And nobody really has had a great answer for fixing that.
Detroit right now is collecting half the income tax money that it was just 12 years ago. I mean, if you're managing a business that has half the revenue it had 12 years ago, I mean, you'd be looking for a new business to be in. Cities don't have that option, really. We've got to figure another way to either downsize so that we are only spending as much as we're now taking in or find a way to get more revenue to the table.
GONYEA: And that gets us to one of the major problems of Detroit, the so-called donut hole effect. In the 1940s and '50s, at the height of auto manufacturing, Detroit was a booming metropolis. But racial tensions led to white flight from the city. Additionally, auto companies opened new plants out in the suburbs, taking jobs and workers with them. The population of Detroit itself has dropped by a million since 1950, leaving empty neighborhoods, abandoned properties, and too few residents and too few tax dollars to pay for everything.
SCOTT MARTELLE: This is a city that's 140 square miles.
GONYEA: Scott Martelle is the author of the book "Detroit: A Biography."
MARTELLE: The Detroit Free Press, one of the local papers, years ago, did this wonderful graphic where they superimposed a map of Manhattan, the city of Boston and the city of San Francisco over the city of Detroit, and they fit in with plenty of room to spare. So think about that for a second. I mean, that kind of space with 700,000 people in it at this point.
GONYEA: Seven hundred thousand people, that's fewer than the number of people on the National Mall for President Obama's second inauguration. Imagine that number of people paying city taxes for the roads, public transportation, education, police services for a 140-square-mile city. And those people left are increasingly those stuck in poverty. Scott Martelle says the numbers tell the story.
In Detroit in the last census, one in four people hadn't graduated from high school. That compares with one in 10 people in the state of Michigan overall. Homeownership in Detroit, 54 percent versus 74 percent in the rest of the state. Perhaps the most intriguing number here is the poverty level. Thirty-six percent of Detroit has lived below the federal poverty level compared to 16 percent statewide.
It sounds really bleak, but other U.S. cities have found themselves in dire financial situations. In 1995, the city of Washington, D.C., faced huge financial education and crime problems. And like Detroit, Washington, D.C., was subject to an emergency financial takeover.
Anthony Williams was the man appointed to handle the district's financial crisis. He went on to become mayor of the city for two terms. But back in the late '90s, he faced a job similar to that facing Detroit's emergency financial manager.
ANTHONY WILLIAMS: My job was to essentially put in place a budget and financial plan that would bring the district back to a solvency and then ultimately financial recovery.
GONYEA: Mayor Williams says it all has to start with accountability.
WILLIAMS: I guess there is an understanding that financial accountability is key to public trust, which is key to settled expectations and the willingness of businesses and citizens to live in and invest in a community.
GONYEA: And Mayor Williams thinks Detroit's emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, needs to start by taking some baby steps immediately.
WILLIAMS: Just start doing things, get some points on the board that show people, you know, there's intelligent life, that there's a light on in the house and somebody's home, so to speak. So that's, for example, collecting revenue, just basic receipts, creating an environment where people have an understanding bills are going to be paid.
GONYEA: Mayor Williams also acknowledges Detroit's other problems.
WILLIAMS: There are a lot of racial issues, a lot of alienation from the suburbs, a lot of sense that, you know, the city has kind of been victimized intentionally or unintentionally over years and years and years. Some of that may be true, some of it may not be. I guess the point I'm making is that, you know, we got to kind of like avoid re-litigating the past and look toward the future.
GONYEA: And looking to the future is one thing Detroit is good at, says author Scott Martelle.
MARTELLE: You don't give up. You know, you don't acknowledge weakness. You just keep, you know, soldiering on and on and on. You know, none of you guys from Ohio or Illinois or Florida, you know, can throw rocks at Detroit. That's our job to do.
GONYEA: And speaking for myself as one who proudly wears his beat-up old Detroit Tigers baseball cap all over the country, I can attest to that sentiment. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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TOPEKA — The 29th Annual Kansas Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony will be held Friday, May 6, at noon on the south steps of the Statehouse grounds in Topeka. Lieutenant Governor Jeff Colyer, M.D. and Attorney General Derek Schmidt will present remarks at the ceremony honoring three law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. Prior to this event, the 16th Annual Candlelight Vigil will be held by the Fraternal Order of Police Auxiliary Topeka No. 3 at the memorial located in the northeast corner of the Statehouse grounds at 8:30 p.m., Thursday, May 5.
Franklin County sheriff's deputy Samuel A. Smith was killed en route to a domestic disturbance call near the Pomona on July 23, 2010. Deputy Smith lost control of his patrol vehicle, left the roadway, and struck a tree.
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks ranger Luke D. Nihart was killed when the all-terrain vehicle he was operating went out of control and crashed as he was working an event at Tuttle Creek State Park in the early morning hours of June 26, 2010.
Santa Fe Railroad special officer George W. Greenstreet was struck by a train and killed the evening of Monday, June 17, 1912, while looking for thieves who had been stealing from rail cars in the train yard at Edgerton.
With the addition of Deputy Smith, Ranger Nihart, and Special Officer Greenstreet, the names of 266 law enforcement officers are included on the Kansas Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
In the event of inclement weather, the May 6 memorial ceremony will be held in the south wing of the first floor of the Capitol. For more information, phone Ken Gorman at 785-233-1361 or Sherriene Jones-Sontag at 785-368-7138.


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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Zach Parise delivered on his promise by helping linemate Ilya Kovalchuk enjoy his first three-goal game with the New Jersey Devils.
Better still, Kovalchuk and Co. continued climbing up the standings after winning their season-best fifth straight road game with a 4-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday night.
Kovalchuk, who also had an assist, completed his hat trick by scoring into an empty net. The credit went to Parise, who passed up what would have been an easy goal to set up Kovalchuk in the slot for a one-timer with nine seconds left.
"Zach's got the empty-net breakaway, and I was just thinking he was going to put it in," Kovalchuk said. "That says a lot about his leadership."
No problem, said Parise, who had told Kovalchuk on the bench earlier in the period that he would do what he could to set him up for No. 3.
"Opportunities for hat tricks don't come very often," Parise said. "I don't think he was expecting the pass."
It was Kovalchuk's 12th career three-goal game. His previous one was three years ago with Atlanta.
Petr Sykora broke a 1-1 tie 1:44 into the third period, and Martin Brodeur stopped 29 shots in helping the Devils improve to 6-1-2 in their past nine games. Though still in sixth in the Eastern Conference, New Jersey moved one point behind division rivals Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
It's a different story for the Sabres, whose margin for error grows slimmer as they sit 14th in the East. Jason Pominville scored for Buffalo, which has lost two straight following a 5-0-1 run.
Lack of discipline plagued the Sabres, who drew seven penalties that resulted in the Devils scoring two power-play goals.
"I would say half were bad penalties, just flat-out bad penalties," coach Lindy Ruff said.
Buffalo's lack of offence is also troubling.
The Sabres have scored three or more goals in regulation just five times in 20 games. The only consistent line that is producing features Pominville, who extended his point streak to five games. He has four goals and two assists during the spurt.
"We need pucks to go in for different people," Ruff said. "The big thing would've been getting the lead, forced them out of their game. We didn't. We gave them the lead."
The turning point came with the Devils on the power play to open the third period.
After failing to register a shot during a 47-second, two-man advantage, the Devils capitalized while Sabres defenceman Mike Weber was still in the penalty box for cross-checking Parise during a scramble in front as the second period ended.
Sykora had the puck in the right circle and snapped a shot that deflected off the stick of Buffalo defenceman Andrej Sekera and bounced in over goalie Ryan Miller's right shoulder.
The Devils continued to get production from their power-play unit which went 2 for 7. They have converted 10 of 33 opportunities over nine games.
Kovalchuk sealed the win with 10:13 left by redirecting rookie Adam Henrique's pass to cap a 2-on-1 break after Sekera misplayed the puck at the Devils' blue-ine. His first goal was a beauty, as he and Patrik Elias had the Sabres' penalty-killers scrambling. They twice exchanged passes before Kovalchuk finally flipped a shot into the open left side with 35 seconds left in the first period.
Kovalchuk has 13 goals and 13 assists in 17 games.
"Kovi deserves the hat trick," Sykora said. "He's been a force, generating so much offence out there. He's playing really, really fantastic."
The Devils improved to 17-10-1 on the road this season, matching their win total from last season. They have won five straight away from New Jersey for the first time since last Feb. 3-22.
"We haven't played really well at home, so I think you need to play well somewhere if you want to be successful," Brodeur said. "It's been good on the road. We've just got to keep going."
Brodeur improved to 5-1-1 in his past seven starts, a stretch in which he has allowed 12 goals.
NOTES: Ruff was back behind the bench for the first time in a week since he broke three ribs during a collision with a player in practice. After spending the past three games watching from the press box, Ruff said he intended to wear a flak jacket to protect his sore ribs. … Devils LW Stephane Veilleux made his debut with the team after being called up from AHL Albany. Veilleux played in Europe last season, and last played in the NHL with Tampa Bay in April 2010. … The Sabres finished a four-game homestand and will play at Philadelphia on Thursday. They will then kick off another stretch of four straight at home.


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This minor adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the study of sport. Students are exposed to a variety of methodologies that relate the study of sport to broader historical, philosophical, political, economic, cultural, and social issues and trends. The flexibility of the minor accommodates a wide variety of special interests, while grounding each student in a common curriculum. Students gain knowledge and skills that will enhance careers in education, business, law, the mass media, social services, coaching, recreational planning, and other professions that relate to the world of sports. The minor also prepares students for work requiring an ability to conduct rigorous interdisciplinary analysis.
The required courses include SPST 200 (Approaches to the Study of Sport), which exposes students to a variety of methodologies and issues as they relate to the study of sport, and SPST 490 (Capstone Seminar), in which each student completes a sports-related project such as a research paper, documentary film, Web page, or community service initiative.
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200 Approaches to the Study of Sport. (3) Foundations course. An interdisciplinary examination of sport in relation to broader historical, philosophical, political, economic, cultural, and social issues and trends. 450 Selected Topics in Sports Studies. (3) Survey and investigation of a particular topic, problem, issue, or disciplinary methodology in sports studies. A total of 12 hours may be earned toward the minor, but no more than 9 in any one semester or term. 469 Sports Internship. (3) Involves assigned duties in a sports-related organization, agency, or business. Written work applying interdisciplinary approaches to the practical experience is required. Prerequisite: permission of the program director. May be taken once for credit. 490 Capstone Seminar. (3) Capstone seminar in which each student completes a sports-related project such as a research paper, documentary film, Web page, or community service initiative. Results are formally presented to peers and faculty. Prerequisite: SPST 200; 9 hours of additional course work in the minor, or permission of the program director. Open only to sports studies minors. 499 Independent Study. (1-3) Sports-related topics for independent study and research to be chosen and investigated in consultation with an instructor with competence in the area involved. Prerequisite: permission of the program director. A total of 3 hours of credit may be earned.


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The DESERTEC concept envisions solar power stations in North Africa and the Middle East providing electricity to those regions and to Europe in a way that is sustainable and cost-effective. The international enerMENA project (energy in Middle East and North Africa) is intended to pave the way for the technical and socio-economic implementation of this concept. enerMENA was launched on 10 February 2010 in Almería, Spain under the direction of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR).
Networks for the construction of solar power stations
enerMENA is a support programme for the development of solar-thermal power station technology in the Middle East and North Africa. One of its most important goals is better networking of all the stakeholders who are participating in the construction of solar-thermal power stations. Research and educational institutions in the partner countries are involved, as are power station operators, project planners and decision makers. enerMENA is financed by the German foreign ministry and led by the DLR Institute of Technical Thermodynamics in Almería.
"DLR has contributed a great deal to the DESERTEC concept. With our expertise and with the feasibility studies, we played a significant part in shaping the project," says enerMENA project leader Louy Qoaider from DLR. "Now we also have a leading role in the critical practical steps." enerMENA aims to promote the establishment of solar power station technologies in the Middle East and North Africa and thus introduce environmentally-friendly energy conversion technologies to regions which have a rapidly increasing rate of power consumption.
Training skilled personnel in partner countries
In addition to DLR's researchers providing technical support in the construction of solar-thermal power stations, the provision of training for specialists from partner countries is an important concern for enerMENA. Lecturers at universities will be informed about solar-thermal power station technology and supplied with teaching materials. They are to act as 'multipliers' by informing students about opportunities and thereby contributing to the goal of meeting the growing need for qualified employees from the partner countries themselves. "We want to make a mark on the technical aspect of the education systems in North Africa and the Middle East and pass on the experience that we have gained in Germany and Spain," says project leader Qoaider.
A workshop for experts was held on 9 February 2010 under the leadership of the Solar Research Department of the Institute of Technical Thermodynamics. In addition to a general exchange of information about ongoing projects in the region, a closer collaboration between enerMENA and other projects in the region was agreed upon and synergies were created. The workshop was attended by representatives from the German Federal Agency for Technical Cooperation (Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit; GTZ) and from Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt, experts from the KfW Bankengruppe (a development bank owned by the German federal and state governments), the University of Kassel and the Jülich Solar Institute, as well as representatives from the German power station industry and the German Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt).


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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Venezuela is partially suspending the issuance of tourist visas because President Nicolas Maduro's recent expulsion of American diplomats has left it understaffed.
The embassy says last month's expulsion of three consular officials and delays by Maduro's socialist government in authorizing the arrival of new U.S. officials makes it impossible to meet demand for visas.
An embassy statement Sunday says first-time applicants will not be able to schedule appointments, but those Venezuelans needing to renew tourist visas will still be allowed to do so.
In expelling the U.S. officials last month, Maduro accused the U.S. of joining with opponents behind near-daily protests in a plot to overthrow his administration less than a year after he was elected to succeed the late Hugo Chavez. Washington denies the charge.


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What's Ahead After TEDMED 2013
John Lynn is the Founder of the HealthcareScene.com blog network which currently consists of 10 blogs containing over 8000 articles with John having written over 4000 of the articles himself. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 16 million times. John also manages Healthcare IT Central and Healthcare IT Today, the leading career Health IT job board and blog. John is co-founder of InfluentialNetworks.com and Physia.com. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can also be found on Twitter: @techguy and @ehrandhit and LinkedIn.
Last week, a number of TEDMED attendees and myself participated in a Google+ Hangout sponsored by Xerox to take a look back at our unique experiences at TEDMED 2013. The discussion included the following people:
- Markus Fromherz, chief innovation officer of Xerox Healthcare
- Benjamin Miller, assistant professor at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
- Nick Dawson, chief experience officer at Frontier Health Consulting
- John Lynn, editor and founder of the Healthcare Scene blog network
We made it a really focused 15 minute discussion of the key takeaways from TEDMED. Some of the topics we discussed included: healthcare big data, multidisciplinary collaboration, citizen science, patient centered care, and a look at TEDMED topics 5-10 years from now. It was a really great discussion, and I encourage you to watch the TEDMED recap video embedded below.
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Gatsas for Mayor: Working hard for ManchesterEDITORIAL
September 21. 2013 10:57PM
Manchester has a reality-based mayor. It should keep him.
Too many politicians pretend that the choices facing elected officials are simple matters of obvious moral clarity. Mayor Ted Gatsas' opponent in the 2013 election happens to be one of those charlatans. Mayor Gatsas, on the other hand, has recognized that running a city effectively requires hands-on, blue-collar type of work.
A good mayor does not offer simplistic solutions to non-existent problems while ignoring large, difficult ones.
Rather, a good mayor identifies the city's most pressing problems, offers solutions, then builds coalitions to solve them. That has been Mayor Gatsas' method.
Under the spending cap imposed by voters, Gatsas worked with department heads to find better, cheaper ways of doing the city's business. He was able to get most of the city's unions to agree to concessions that saved the taxpayers huge sums of money.
He has worked hard to produce the best possible school budget under the cap. He collaborated with school board members to find extra money after having released his own spending proposal. He tried to free up millions more to avoid teacher layoffs, but was thwarted by the teachers union.
As mayor, Ted Gatsas has been a work horse. City government is better run under his management, and it will continue to be ably run if he is reelected this fall.


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The horrific murder in Mattapan last month, which took the lives of a four people, including a mother and her two-year-old child, has touched off a wave of religious vigils and protests in Mattapan. But a great deal of community organizing up and down Blue Hill Avenue takes place unseen and out of the glare of cameras.
Community organizations and institutions in Mattapan, Roxbury and Dorchester are working everyday to change anti-social conditions that undermine neighborhoods, from petty crimes to homicides. And some are even campaigning to expand the very definition of "community." In Part Three of WGBH's "Blue Hill Avenue: If A Street Could Speak," Phillip Martin introduces us to some of these communities.
From Roxbury To Milton: Communities Along Blue Hill Avenue | Jess Bidgood/WGBH
MATTAPAN -- At the Mattapan Branch of the Boston Public Library, the sound of silence is, to some, the very sound of community engagement.
At least, the branch librarian, Maurice Joshua Gordon, thinks so. The New Mattapan Library on Blue Hill Avenue attracts thousands of first time visitors each month. And over the past two years it has had one of the highest increases in circulation of any branch library in the city.
"I think if it weren't here, there would be a gap just in terms of the intellectual and educational life of the community," Gordon said.
The library is also a principal gathering place for community events. One Saturday, Hand in Hand Boston, a sports and education program for young people, is holding its Fall orientation.
About 150 kids from this multi-cultural neighborhood are watching a slide presentation by Rich Humber. Another group of Haitian, Dominican and African American youngsters queue up at the door, hoping to get in. Stepping outside for a moment, Humber says the most important aspect of the program is mentorship, and emphasizes that the program is not just for kids in trouble or at risk.
"All kids have certain goals and visions for themselves and what we want to be able to say is 'Okay, this is your goal. These are the steps its going to take to get there," Humber explains.
Seventeen-year-old Jason Leonore, a waiter, wants a better salary. So he's at the library, too.
"To use the computers. To try to find a new job. See what I can do to pursue my dreams and careers. SoI want to look into it to see how much information I can get," Leonore said.
Also visiting the library today is a sixth-grader named Stanley, who sits quietly at a desk writing a paper on his favorite topic.
"(It's on) social studies, geography," Stanley whispers –- since, after all, you can't talk in the library.
Stanley's mom, Trudy Benoit, brings her two sons here on a regular basis. The family lives just off Blue Hill Avenue. Benoit says the Library -- built with city funds and pushed by City Councilman Charles Yancey -- is the very epitome of community.
But Benoit says community doesn't stop at the library. She say her neighbors watch out for one another. And that community spirit, says Benoit, makes her feel secure in Mattapan, even after dark.
"I actually take a couple of walks in the summertime because there are a lot of hills and parks on this side of River Street," Benoit says, acknowledging that most people don't realize that.
"They don't see beyond the main route through the city, which is Blue Hill Avenue. They pretty much pass through and they don't look as if they're interested. They just look cautious, especially at the red lights."
In Mattapan Square
Hilda Fernandez is using one of those red lights – this one in Mattapan Square – to try and drum up some community spirit of her own. She has a sign urging passersby to vote "no" on Propositions One, Two and Three on Election Day. With the wind at her back, she's pushing to keep the sales tax the way it is and is fighting against a measure that would negatively affect the development of local housing.
"Educating the community to make sure they no to vote, no, no, no. To Save Our community," Fernandez said.
Fernandez, who lives in Dorchester, says it's her civic duty to try to educate voters and potential voters about what's at stake in this year's elections. But she says trying to get folks to pay attention in this election year is like pulling teeth.
"I'm looking around and I see so many people taking the buses and I'm passing out flyers and no one wants to take a flyer," Fernandez said.
But she's not discouraged.
"I love my community. I was born and raised in Boston. And speaking to so many people and I realize they just don't know. And when you don't know. You don't know. And I strongly believe in each one, teach one," Fernandez said.
In Roxbury, A Group Effort
Between Dudley Square and Grove Hall, there's an empty lot on Blue Hill Avenue. But unlike one just up the street that's been strewn with wine bottles, it's been cleaned up -- not by the city, but by neighbors organized by the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative.
Community organize Carlos Henriquez is working to bring individuals to address blight, prostitution and other issues in this Blue Hill neighborhood. Henriquez, who presides over Dudley Street's board and is also running for state representative, says the goal is to take back this area from pushers, pimps and polluters.
Henriquez says some of the crime in his neighborhood is due to an accumulation of little things, like absentee landlords.
"They don't know who's loitering. They don't put up "no trespassing signs" and empower the police to make arrests, and things of that nature. They're not keeping up lighting on their front porch," he said.
Clementina Cherry says community engagement to fight these issues is often overlooked. "When violence is down or when they say its down, the city, the ministers, the police get the credit," says Cherry, the head of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute.
The conflict over funding resources, other prominent voices also express concern that the public response to crime and violence, including news media coverage, seems to follow a predictable, formulaic pattern in Boston. There is outrage from politicians, a police investigation and condemnation by black ministers -- especially the Reverend Eugene Rivers, a perennial voice on radio and television.
"What's missing from the narrative is that every week, Wednesday morning from 9:00 to 10:00, I meet with over twenty community-based agencies that focus on collaborative responses, as well as prevention and intervention strategies for dealing with crime," Rivers said.
Expanding The Conversation
Still, some community activists, and others interviewed for this series, say that they feel left out of the discussions about violence and development along Blue Hill Avenue. And that "exclusion" by black ministers, politicians and the news media, they argue, limits both the definition and understanding of "community", and thus affects public perceptions of not only what can be done, but what has been accomplished.
"I think everyone has to be part of the conversation," said Russell Holmes, who is unopposed in his race to be the state representative for the 6th Suffolk District, which includes the neighborhoods through which Blue Hill Avenue runs.
"I've reached out of course to neighborhood groups. I've reached out to gangs, No one should be excluded," Holmes said.
Back in Mattapan Square, 15-year-old Cass—that's his street name from Puerto Rico--pulls his hood slightly over his head as the wind picks up. Asked if he feels included in any of the discussions taking place in this community about crime, violence and youth, he offers firsthand knowledge.
"I've had a lot of family members who've been in trouble," Cass says. He says he's had talks with community youth workers from StreetSafe Boston -- the $20 million initiative set up to keep guns and drugs out of the hands of kids. And he added that his mother raised him right.
"And when my father got out of jail he always kept me in the right direction. Like all those guys that come to our school and try to keep us in the right direction. But I have known a few people that got in trouble because of violence and drugs," Cass says.
Now he's looking for a job, a difficult task -- especially for black and Latino youth -- here along Blue Hill Avenue.
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Crane School of Music Becomes First in SUNY to Offer Ongoing Live Videostreaming of Concerts from the SUNY Potsdam Stage
SUNY Potsdam is now the first campus in the State University of New York system to offer comprehensive ongoing videostreaming of concerts and performances—live from The Crane School of Music stage to the world.
Thanks to a generous and visionary gift, Crane can now broadcast performances by major ensembles, faculty recitals, guest artist concerts and more, live on the College's website.
Gail Haynes Stradling '64 and Richard F. Stradling Jr. (St. Lawrence University Class of 1964) recently provided a substantial gift to purchase state-of-the-art video equipment in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall and the Sara M. Snell Music Theater, and, additionally, are establishing an endowment fund to maintain and replace the equipment in perpetuity. The Gail and Richard Stradling Technology Endowment for The Crane School of Music will bring Crane's music to audiences around the world in an unprecedented way.
"We haven't even begun to discover the potential of this gift," Crane School of Music Dean Dr. Michael Sitton said. "For our students, family members and friends from other places who are unable to attend performances can now experience concerts from home; a current student's parent reported to me with delight that her son's grandmother was able to see and hear his first performance with one of our ensembles, something she could not have experienced otherwise. Our alumni, donors and friends from across the globe are now able to connect with the artistry and music making at Crane in a new way. Prospective students can see our conductors and artist faculty, hearing what's in store for them at Crane. Some students will obtain hands-on experience learning to work with state-of-the art video and audio equipment, under faculty supervision, and many other educational and outreach possibilities remain to be explored. We are deeply grateful to Gail and Dick Stradling for this gift, whose immense benefits will reach far into the future and around the world."
Joshua Emanuel '11 knows firsthand just how transformative the technology will be for the Crane community. After graduating from SUNY Potsdam with his bachelor's degree in music education and percussion studies, with a minor in jazz, he went on to earn his master's degree in music technology at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. After working as a music teacher for a year, he took a position as a visiting instructor and music technology coordinator at his alma mater this year, while Dr. Peter McCoy is on sabbatical. Now, he's in charge of the video broadcast equipment for the 2013-14 academic year, and with training three student assistants from Crane to film concerts throughout the year.
"When I was a student, my family could only visit once or twice a year because they were a six-hour drive away. They would have been watching all the time to see my performances throughout the year. I think for our students, this will really build excitement for concerts," Emanuel said.
Backstage in Hosmer Hall and Snell Theater, now you can find sophisticated control panels where Emanuel and the student assistants can control the cameras aimed at each stage. Each venue has four cameras—three pointed at the stage from the audience's perspective, facing toward center stage, stage left and stage right. Hosmer's fourth camera is pointed toward the conductor's podium, while Snell's final camera is portable so that it can be moved on stage or in the pit, depending on where the performance is being conducted. From their perch backstage, operators can pan, zoom and switch views for the online viewers.
The audio feed comes from Crane's existing audio livestream equipment, which has been used to concert sound online for the past several years. The sound is balanced and recorded by Crane audio engineers and trained students.
The Stradlings' gift hasn't just brought Crane performances to the world—it has also improved the concert experience for performers and audience alike.
The video operators also have the ability to control which image is displayed on brand-new television monitors that are mounted backstage in Hosmer and Snell, so that performers can see what's happening on stage while they wait to go on.
In addition, there are also new monitors in the hallways and lobbies for the concert hall and music theater, so that patrons who arrive late or have to step out can watch the performance while they wait to return to their seats.
Finally, the infusion of technology offers an unparalleled educational experience for the students who are training to film and broadcast concerts online, as they learn not only about the equipment needs and visual presentation, but also how best to work with the directors of ensembles, with whom they will consult before streaming an event.
The student assistants this semester are Bridgid Bergin, a junior musical studies major with a concentration in viola, and Sean Lucas and Andres Vahos, who are both junior music education majors focusing on percussion.
"We are learning a lot about score reading, as we follow the piece to know when to switch shots. This involves a lot of artistic planning," said Lucas.
For a list of upcoming performances that will be broadcast live on the College's website, including concert programs, visit www.potsdam.edu/academics/Crane/streaming.
Founded in 1886, SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music has a long legacy of excellence in music education and performance. Life at Crane includes an incredible array of more than 300 recitals, lectures and concerts presented by faculty, students and guests each year. The Crane School of Music is the State University of New York's only All-Steinway institution.


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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Five Indian sailors kidnapped off Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta and held captive for more than a month have been released by their abductors, a spokesman said Saturday.
The sailors had been seized Dec. 17 as their ship, the SP Brussels, sat about 40 miles (64 kilometers) off the coast of the Niger Delta.
The men were in good health after their release and received medical checkups before being flown back to India, said a statement released Saturday on behalf of the ship's operator, Medallion Marine.
"Medallion Marine wishes to express their admiration for the crew and their families who have shown great courage and fortitude throughout this very difficult situation," the statement read.
Martin Baxendale, a spokesman for Medallion Marine, declined to comment Saturday on the exact circumstances of the sailors' release. Typically, most foreign hostages are held for days or weeks until a ransom amount is negotiated. Foreigners can attract ransoms into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Foreign oil companies have pumped oil out of the Niger Delta, a region of mangroves and swamps the size of Portugal, for more than 50 years. Despite the billions of dollars flowing into Nigeria's government, many in the delta remain desperately poor, living in polluted waters without access to proper medical care, education or work. The poor conditions sparked an uprising in 2006 by militants and opportunistic criminals who blew up oil pipelines and kidnapped foreign workers.
That violence ebbed in 2009 with a government-sponsored amnesty program that offered ex-fighters monthly payments and job training. However, few in the delta have seen the promised benefits and sporadic kidnappings and attacks continue. The end of the year in Nigeria usually sees an increase in criminal activity, as criminal gangs target the wealthy returning to the country to celebrate the holidays.


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School may still be in session, but the summer is looking particularly bright for Max David and Emme Maribel; Mom Jennifer Lopez is gearing up for her tour — and she's bringing the twins along for the ride!
"I don't know how that's all going to work. This is my first time. I'm going to see," the songstress, 42, told reporters during her Mega 2012 Tour press conference in Los Angeles on Monday.
"They'll get on the bus with me and it'll be a learning experience for both of us."
And while Lopez's little groupies may love life on the road, she explains it's off to grandmother's house the 4-year-olds will go if they need a breather.
"Luckily, there's always Grandma's house if they get really tired and stir-crazy," the American Idol judge shares. "They can go with their grandma for a few days and then come back."
Admitting she plans to "feel that out as I go," Lopez's love for her children leaves one thing clear: "I can't be away from them for too long, so they'll be with me most of the time," she adds.
— Anya Leon with reporting by Jessica Wedemeyer


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From WatsonGuptil/ Random House- A Guide to Crafting and Producing Your Own Animated Series or Film
Joe Murray's comprehensive guide to creating and producing a successful animated series or short film for television, festivals or the web. Honed from over 20 years in the business of creating and producing characters and stories in an authoritative yet conversational narrative that answers such questions as: How do you create good characters? How do you make them live, breathe and act? How do you conceive the world they inhabit and tell their stories?
Packed with never before seen art and behind the scenes stories from Murray's many film and television projects, as well as anecdotes and insider advice from such highly successful contemporaries such as Steve Hillenburg, Creator of Spongebob Squarepants, Craig McCracken, Creator of Powerpuff girls and Fosters Home for Imagainary Friends, Everett Peck, Tom Kenny, Tom Warburton and more!
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NAFTA is 15 years old and scheduled for full implementation in January 2008.
The North American Free Trade Agreement took effect in 1994, says Texas Extension professor and economist Jose Pena, Uvalde, and during that time, "agricultural trade with Canada and Mexico has more than doubled. Canada and Mexico are now the number one and number two U.S. trading partners, moving ahead of Japan," Pena says.
The importance of NAFTA and other regional trade agreements takes on added significance, he says, in light of the suspension of the Doha Round of trade negotiations. He says NAFTA and the Central American Free Trade Agreement-Dominican Republic, implemented in 2007, offers "mew trade opportunities and challenges."
Pena says NAFTA has provided benefits to all three participating countries. "Almost all agricultural trade within the NAFTA region is free of tariffs and quotas. Numerous restrictions were eliminated immediately after NAFTA's implementation; others were phased out over five to ten years."
He says the region has become a "single market. Agricultural imports from NAFTA trading partners increased nearly 800 percent since 1980. Canadian and Mexican industries, which rely on U.S. agricultural inputs, have expanded U.S. feedstuffs and facilitated a marked increase in Mexican meat production and consumption. The importance of the Canadian and Mexican produce to U.S. fruit and vegetable consumption is growing."
He says U.S. agricultural exports to Mexico have tripled to about $10.6 billion since NAFTA was implemented. Agricultural exports to Canada have more than doubled, reaching $11.9 billion in 2006."
The United States also buys more from both countries. "Imports from Mexico tripled to $9.4 billion and imports from Canada have doubled to $13.4 billion."
That was in 2006 and the U.S. had an agricultural trade surplus with Mexico of $1.4 billion and an agricultural export deficit of $1.5 billion with Canada that year."
Pena said NAFTA is in its final stage of implementation. Trade restrictions remain on a few products: corn, dry edible beans and nonfat dry milk from the United States to Mexico and Mexican exports of sugar, cucumbers and sprouting broccoli to the United States."
Those restrictions are set to expire early in 2008. "Similar but not identical restrictions on Canada-Mexico trade also will be removed in 2008," Pena said.
He said the agreement benefits all three countries and for the United States the advantages go beyond the farm gate to consumers who have lower food costs and lower inflation.
"According to a recent USDA-ERS research report, an input-output analysis suggests that U.S. agricultural exports to Canada and Mexico supported about 268,000 jobs throughout the U.S. economy in 2005."
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Burden of Proof.
Burden of Proof.
So I'm currently a High School student, and I've had to deal with creationists giving me the burden of proof many times.
I decided to make a video on it and hopefully get some feedback from the atheist community.
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RE: Burden of Proof.
Hey, Jas.
I thought it was good. Full points for using Chewbacca, but you mispronounced Wookie
You lost me around the penis section. Lost my attention I mean. You have a good grasp of the ideas and a firm grasp of wit. I think your anger and frustration crept into the monologue a little and that was off-putting. I think that you would benefit from removing some of the petulance from your tone and your writing, and frankly, you seem smart enough to not need it.
The argument "You can't prove there is no God THEREFORE God exists" is pretty fucking ridiculous. You did a great job of illustrating that with the Wookie bit. I don't think you needed to be such a smart ass after though. I think it undermined an otherwise stellar point. Shatter the illusion with the gag and then tell us your point straight up. I think that approach would work better.
I thought that you explained your personal belief in a very simple, very clean, very reasonable and very understandable way. I think you could have spent just a little more time laying that one down.
Shlong is probably the worst sounding word in the English language and the video ended on an angry note. Both of those things turned me off. Don't get me wrong, I'm on foul mouthed mother fucker. I'm not against swearing. I just though it was a little ungoverned. And always remember, people always remember the last thing you said. So ending angry makes the whole thing sound angry, which is unfortunate because you had some great points.
Overall, I think it was a good video. Just trying to offer some constructive criticism. Gotta say though, I sure as shit wasn't doing anything so thoughtful when I was your age. Good stuff, brother.
Peace and Love and Empathy,
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27-01-2013, 08:40 PM (This post was last modified: 27-01-2013 08:56 PM by Rahn127.)
RE: Burden of Proof.
I really think in high school, you're better off making up strawmen and laughing at your peers instead of trying to reason with them. They are in a religion. Obviously they don't use reason.
Mock their beliefs
"You believe in talking snakes and magical men in the sky"..... then just laugh and walk away.
Pick a day and sell magical stones for $50. "Given the amount of money you're giving up every sunday, this is a much better deal. My stone has all the powers of your god at 1/10th the price. Plus you'll believe anything. So buy the damn rock"
"You do realize that Jesus wasn't a real guy right ? ".....then produce a spiderman comic.
"See new york city. It's a real place, but the characters in the book are fictional....I know I know, hard to wrap your head around that concept, but i believe with all my heart that you can do it"
"You seem to think you know who created the earth, but do you know who made the first bible and when was it made ? Go do some research. I'm not going to give you the answers to your own religious beliefs. You should know these things. Ask your preacher man who lies to you every sunday. I bet he doesn't know."
"Hey look it's the magic men. Tell your god to pull a rabbit out of his ass."
etc etc
When they say "You can't prove their isn't a god", just reply "You can't prove prove that my cock isn't in your hand", then when they show their empty hand, you point to the sky and the universe. "Just like there is no evidence of my cock in your hand, there is no evidence of a god in this universe. So it's ok to believe that my cock is in your hand when you actually have evidence of it being there. And if someone 70 years from now writes a book about my cock in your hand with millions of people believing it, that doesn't mean that it's true"
If someone wants to believe that my cock is always in your hand, then they are free to believe it, but that would be a delusion.
Go google the word delusion if you don't know what it means.
Insanity - doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results
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RE: Burden of Proof.
I'm a simple person and I liked it. It made me laugh.
RE: Burden of Proof.
I thought it was hilarious !
Godless in the Magnolia State
RE: Burden of Proof.
Hey man. I know what it's like to be a high school atheist and I too have been bombarded by stupid and very redundant questions.
I liked your video.
Credit goes to UndercoverAtheist.
RE: Burden of Proof.
Lol Egor
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RE: Burden of Proof.
It's quite good but I noticed a few times you would start hurrying the end of sentences - I don't know if that was due to nerves or not but in my opinion it would be worth you practicing the speech a few times before doing the actual recording, so that you can iron out things like that and get it just how you want it.
I'd also suggest a few more effects on the graphics than just changing images every few minutes, and perhaps using video footage of religious people to demonstrate the kind of arguments you are talking about - take a look at videos by TheLivingDinosaur or potholer54, they do that kind of thing well.
(28-01-2013 02:57 AM)Egor Wrote: The fact is there is no atheist argument. It is necessarily a position of ignorance and its sole purpose is the devolution of humanity. You think you're being smart by throwing out superstition, but when you replace it with just darkness. There's no net gain.Ah, Egor. Your trolling is getting old fast. You're overdoing it. If you want people to actually believe that you believe all your Veridicanism shiz then you might want to hold it back a little when you are in our company instead of that of potential converts open to brainwashing.
I know you are trying to follow L Ron Hubbard's get rich quick idea but you need to hone your craft a bit first.
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28-01-2013, 06:08 AM (This post was last modified: 28-01-2013 06:12 AM by Adenosis.)
RE: Burden of Proof.
(28-01-2013 02:57 AM)Egor Wrote: The fact is there is no atheist argument. It is necessarily a position of ignorance and its sole purpose is the devolution of humanity. You think you're being smart by throwing out superstition, but when you replace it with just darkness. There's no net gain.
Why is Zeus not the one true god? Why not Mythra? This is the problem with religion, you can create an infinite amount of god heads but none of them relate to reality. Tell me something, what seems more ignorant, to assume you were right and chose and follow the one true god, or that we don't even know if there is a god?
Being smart by throwing out superstition? OBVIOUSLY! there is no reason to believe anything superstitious, and not believing in something because of lack of evidence is the smart thing to do
What's the net gain in pretending to know something that is unknoweable?
All you do is tell us your own spin on the Christianity fairy tale, what's the point? Is your life really that meaningless and empty that you need to turn in into a fairy tale? I don't think it would be hard to find something more productive...
2.5 billion seconds total
1.67 billion seconds conscious
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — His spot on the ballot now guaranteed, Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin began rebuilding support Wednesday among fellow Republicans who shunned him after a remark about "legitimate rape" while Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill honed an election strategy that will use Akin's own words to portray him as an extremist.
Akin won a pair of high-profile Republican endorsements Wednesday from former presidential candidate Rick Santorum and tea party favorite Sen. Jim DeMint. Perhaps just as importantly, the National Republican Senatorial Committee — which had pulled millions of dollars of planned advertising after Akin's remark — said Wednesday that it hopes Akin wins and cracked open the possibility of again getting involved in the Missouri campaign.
While Akin attempts to shore up support among the Republican base, McCaskill is incorporating Akin's rape comments into a strategy courting politically independent voters and more moderate Republicans. In the coming days, for example, she plans to roll out a "Republicans for Claire" initiative featuring individuals such as Kansas City businessman Warren Erdman, who once served as chief of staff to former Republican Sen. Kit Bond.
McCaskill's goal is "to help folks realize that this election is about more than just party identification," said McCaskill spokeswoman Caitlin Legacki. "It's about a clear choice between Claire — who is a moderate, independent senator for Missouri — and Todd Akin, who is not just too extreme for Missouri, but in a lot of ways too extreme for his own party."
While McCaskill highlights a middle-of-the-pack ranking on a conservative to liberal scale, Akin is attempting to shift the focus away from his own remarks to McCaskill's ties to President Barack Obama and her support for his stimulus act and federal health care overhaul.
"For Akin, the strategy is to try to bring all the Republicans back home — to try to remind Republican voters that he's their candidate and the alternative is electing Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, that many of them don't like," said Peverill Squire, a political science professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Akin got off to a good start on that Wednesday, a day after the deadline passed for Missouri candidates to get a court order to withdraw from the Nov. 6 ballot. Santorum and DeMint issued a joint endorsement describing Akin as a "principled conservative" and describing Missouri as an important battleground in Republican efforts to gain the four seats necessary to win control of the Senate from Democrats.
"We support Todd Akin and hope freedom-loving Americans in Missouri and around the country will join us so we can save our country from fiscal collapse," Santorum and DeMint said.
Santorum's Patriot Voices political action committee plans to donate to Akin and has hired staff for an on-the-ground effort in Missouri, said spokeswoman Virginia Davis. The Senate Conservatives Fund, which DeMint helped build, now also is considering coming to Akin's financial aid.
In a fundraising email, Akin said the Santorum and DeMint endorsements "are huge for our campaign and show that real conservative leaders are stepping up."
Akin has apologized repeatedly since a TV interview aired Aug. 19 in which he said women's bodies have a natural defense against pregnancy in cases of what he called "legitimate rape." He rejected calls from top Republicans — including presidential candidate Mitt Romney — to quit. Yet the National Republican Senatorial Committee and Crossroads, a group affiliated with Republican strategist Karl Rove, dropped plans to spend millions of dollars on ads that could have aided Akin.
On Wednesday, NRSC Executive Director Rob Jesmer hinted at the potential to reconsider that decision.
"There is no question that for Missourians who believe we need to stop the reckless Washington spending, rein-in the role of government in people's lives, and finally focus on growing jobs in this country that Todd Akin is a far more preferable candidate than liberal Senator Claire McCaskill," Jesmer said in a statement. "As with every Republican Senate candidate, we hope Todd Akin wins in November and we will continue to monitor this race closely in the days ahead."
Sen. Patty Murray, chairwoman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, described the evolving position of the Republican committee as "absolutely shameful." The Democratic committee already has spent about $1 million on TV ads in Missouri and has reserved $4.3 million of additional advertising between Oct. 9 and Election Day.
As the dropout deadline passed, McCaskill began running an ad in Missouri highlighting Akin's remark about rape as the culmination of comments he made over the past year-and-a-half expressing criticism of Social Security, Medicare, the federal minimum wage and federally financed student loans. But McCaskill's campaign may not pummel TV viewers by repeatedly re-broadcasting Akin's rape remark. Rather, McCaskill plans to use it to help illustrate a broader narrative against Akin.
On Wednesday, for example, Democrats were highlighting Akin's position on earmarks instead of his rape remarks. Missouri Democratic Party Chairman Mike Sanders, a former prosecutor, said he had filed complaints with the Federal Election Commission and the Office of Congressional Ethics alleging Akin had solicited financial support from the Senate Conservatives Fund in exchange for switching his position on earmarks.
Akin has used earmarks in the past, and the Senate Conservatives Fund supports a ban on earmarks, which allot specific amounts of money to specific purposes in a specific state or congressional district. Akin said earlier this week that he supports the earmark ban.
Akin campaign adviser Rick Tyler said the Democratic complaint was "baseless" and "designed to distract voters from Claire McCaskill's liberal voting record."


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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says the massacre of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn., obligates the nation to finally act to reduce gun violence. He's outlined only a broad plan so far, leaving specific proposals until next month.
A look at Obama's call for action Wednesday:
Obama urged the new Congress that convenes Jan. 3 to vote rapidly on measures that he says a majority of Americans support:
—Ban the sale of military-style assault weapons.
—Ban the sale of high-capacity ammunition clips.
—Require criminal background checks for all gun buyers by removing loopholes that cover some sales, such as at gun shows.
—Confirm his nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms after years of delay.
Obama assigned Vice President Joe Biden to lead an effort to come up with other concrete proposals, due no later than January. In addition to gun restrictions, Obama said Biden would consider how to:
— Improve access to mental health care.
— Protect schools.
— Change an American culture that glorifies guns and violence.
Obama said he was looking for ways not only to deter mass shootings but also "to reduce the epidemic of gun violence that plagues this country every single day," killing 10,000 people each year. He noted other deaths that occurred Friday, the day of the Newtown attack, and in the days since:
— A Memphis, Tenn., police officer, Martoiya Lang, was killed Friday morning during a shootout that began when officers arrived to search a home as part of a drug investigation.
— Jessica Corinne Kenny was shot late Friday while working at the concierge desk of a Las Vegas casino. Police said the man who killed her committed suicide with the same revolver.
— A man who opened fire in a Birmingham, Ala., hospital Saturday morning, wounding a police officer and two employees, was fatally shot by another police officer.
— A 4-year-old boy, Aydan Perea, was shot while sitting in a car outside a Kansas City, Mo., home Saturday night by what police described as gang-related gunfire.
— Two Topeka, Kan., police officers — David Gogian and Jeff Atherly — were gunned down Sunday night while investigating possible drug activity in a grocery parking lot. Police said their killer fled and later died in a shootout with police.
The meaning of the Constitution's Second Amendment has been hotly debated for decades. It reads: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
The Supreme Court has ruled, beginning in 2008, that Americans have the right to own a gun for self-defense. Previously, the Second Amendment had often been interpreted as protecting the right of states to keep an armed militia, rather than an individual's right to gun ownership.
Obama said he believes the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms but also allows for gun regulation.
The Supreme Court's ruling signaled that some gun control laws could survive legal challenges, but the justices have yet to resolve which regulations are permissible.
While acknowledging that gun rights stir deeply held passions, Obama said there are sensible steps that can be taken "if those of us who were sent here to serve the public trust can summon even one tiny iota of the courage those teachers, that principal in Newtown summoned on Friday."
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