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Look, Historically science and religion have been in competition for the truth, rivals for what is finally and ultimately true. But if this has been historically the way science and religion have related, it does not necessarily have to be that way! They could be viewed as complimentary, needing each other in order to come to the full truth.
In fact, The Center for Theology and Science at University of California Berkeley has as its mission to find the complimentary relationship between science and religion!
|2009-09-24, 13:00
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Presently, we simply lack the means to ascertain the truth, that's all there is to it.
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|2009-09-24, 13:25
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So, explain to me why i know many atheist that are just parasites, while I know some religious people who contribute well to the society whatever their beliefs that they don't expose all the time (at least here, you can see people acting kindly without exposing their beliefs. I think it might be different in the US, since so many people claimed that in the US, religious are all the time on the street trying to convert people. Well, it's not like that here)?
You can be a religious who don't serve the society well, and it's also true for atheists.
|2009-09-24, 15:50
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Ok let's all have a refresher course of what's acceptable in the forum...
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I believe this thread hit that mark today which is why it was closed while the cleaning crew went through it. For now the thread will remain closed, I'll probably open it sometime tomorrow. If when reopened the rules can't be followed the thread might be closed for longer/forever.
|2009-09-25, 18:20
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Here is an interesting thing to ponder when questioning whether or not religious people who believe in an absolute being that dictates right from wrong have a better grasp on ethics then those who do not believe...
The entire premise that to be ethical requires an absolute being rests on the idea that the answer to the euthyphro dilemma is that it is "right because God says so". This makes God an objective being- meaning that all he says is 100% truth and reality. If God were to say leprechauns exist, they would. In comparison, we are subjective beings. Reality is not bended to our will. If we believe that we see a leprechaun during an acid trip, it does not mean that leprechauns exist. It just means they exist in our mind. Our thoughts and opinions on reality are subjective and thus open to question.
To put it in simpler terms, think of God ( Objective ) as a game programmer and us ( Subjective ) as characters in his game ( Reality ). The programmer dictates reality and we have no choice but to go with it.
The thing about being a subjective being is that pretty much everything we experiance or think is subjective. For all we know, everything we hear, breath, touch, and know is an illusion via a system similar to "the matrix". We can "know" things for 99.9999 % but we can never reach 100%. Every piece of knowledge we come accross must first be comprehended by our subjective minds. Which explains why we humans have different opinions on what things mean - different ideals mean different things to two different subjective minds that have experienced reality through other perspectives. Ironically, this is why we even have different religions in the first place.
Now lets take it up a notch and look at the relationship between a subjective being and an objective being. If one of us was to talk to God and God was to tell us the meaning of life, would he then have objective knowledge regarding life's purpose ? Actually, he wouldn't. In order to understand the objective knowledge that is being transferred, the subjective being in question would go through a number of subjective walls.
First: acknowledge that they are talking to an objective being ( God ) - Subjective. How does the person know they are talking to God and not their own hallucination ? Even if He really was talking to God, it doesn't change the fact that his understanding of the situation is still subjective.
Second: Acknowledge and comprehend the wisdom that has been given to you by the objective being. Wake up ! You just got told the meaning of life. So now what do you do ? Simple, the first thing the subjective being would do is attempt to figure out what he has been told actually means to him. whether this is done subconsciously or consciously doesn't matter, if the subjective being has any hope of remembering what he has been told, he goes through this step.
This creates a problem: No matter what, a subjective being cannot gain access to objective wisdom even if it is told directly to you by the almighty one himself, because Just by comprehending what it is you have been told through a subjective mind, the objective wisdom you have gained becomes subjective to your own understanding and thus becomes subjective in the process. Its the same as pouring water into orange juice, no matter how much watter is poured in their will still be some orange juice inside. its that barrier between 99.999999999999999% and 100% that we as subjective beings, by definition cannot ever cross.
In other words, even if an absolute objective being exists that dictates the reality behind ethics...as far as we are concerned and as far as we can comprehend, it doesn't matter. As subjective being's we will always find ourselves turning to our own reason at one time or another, because thats what we ultimately understand. Even if God were to give us Objective knowledge of morality we would still only be able to comprehend that objective knowledge through a subjective mind. Our ethical standards would still be subjective.
If God was to tell us that murder is in fact, morally good, how many of us would honestly just flat out stop thinking about what we feel is right or wrong and go kill everyone we know and love ? Except for the few extremely brainwashed individuals, most of us would try to protect our families from the inevitable onslaught to come. Personally, I would give God the finger. But thats just me.
In conclusion: absolute "Universal Laws" dictating what is right and wrong are as far as we're concerned, nonexistent.
Just my 2 cents.
EDIT NOTE: I am not posting this in an attempt to stir up flamewars. I'm simply posting my personal view of objective vs subjective morality. Take it to mean as you will. There is obviously nothing to stop anyone from flaming me for it, but just be aware that I will ignore any response to this post that I feel would result in this thread getting locked if it was taken seriously. Of course, for those who have something constructive and non flammatory to say, I'm all ears.
|2009-09-25, 21:05
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To me, as far as history goes, by majority, it's pretty clear that humans do have that *good* tendency to actually strive for organization, peace and harmony, as oppose to destruction, chaos and complete violence. (This might not be a very strong point considering how there were world wars.)
....And for my explanation for the *evil* minority: they're either affected by some heavy emotional nurture issues or are/were not mentally/properly "human" anymore----psychological defects.
|2009-09-25, 21:30
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Hina is my goddess
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Ignoring all of that, if god gives me a tool,say free will, and doesn't help me use it properly, say by allowing me to give into temptation or be fooled by a false prophet, and punishes me when i had no chance to do the right thing, then why should i praise him and follow a religion?
I don't believe people are either born good or evil, only someone sees a mutual benefit in helping each other and hence "good" was formed. Otherwise people are motivated by greed. Either greed for acceptance, praise, or material goods.
|2009-09-25, 21:48
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So people see the *benefit* and acts because it? And, after years pass, this forms the societal pressure that creates *conscience*? Good point.
Though I think its *deeper* than mere *benefits*. Just like how its natural for Moms to protect and love their children, Its natural to, in different levels, help others----instinctively(biological reason of life) perhaps, but I'm saying *good* is instinctive as well. My sentences might be too confusing (in fact, it is (a bit) to me, ), so if you want clearance, please don't hesitate.
|2009-09-25, 22:23
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There is no such thing as true altruism in my eyes. All supposed good actions usually benefit the person in question (And all it can be in the end is self-gratification and fulfillment ala Mother Teresa types).
Obviously morality is made by a society. The most typical types of moral values stem from Judo-Christian religions (In Asia I don't know. Perhaps Buddhism, Confucianism, Shintaoism and all that jazz).
Good post.
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Hina is my goddess
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I am not trying to say religion is bad or anything like that. Just as a person growing up in a non-religious house and learning science at a young age makes it hard to believe in a religion or a god who just goes against all laws of nature. I want to see how people deal with all the contradictions that i see in religion.
|2009-09-25, 22:37
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Bittersweet Distractor
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Societies come together because they want to protect themselves. I don't want the caveman 10 feet away to come into my cave, bop me on the head, and take my mate.
|2009-09-25, 22:43
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On the case of how it goes against all laws of nature, there really is no *definite* "laws" of nature. Its just a system created by science for simplifying reasons for others to understand better and faster---which are...in my opinion, actions that are understandable.
My suggestion is to think more *intuitively*, or dwell on the outside of the "boxes"----"boxes" that are science and other practical or "real" issues.
Yes, you could also take that *affection* as a logical way of removing social depression---an *also* necessity towards survivability. But you can't remove that *innate tendency* of man to be "good".
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Before the holiday season gets too sugary, one concert stands out for a program of champagne clarity. Soprano Ruth Wilson-Francisco will give a recital tonight that may prove to be the sleeper of the season. Its the second recital in the Unitarian Universalist series, performed in the beautiful prow-style sanctuary on San Juan Drive.
The program may be light on Christmas music but has many other delights. All in all, it will be a blessing before the onslaught of Frosty the Snowman.
Performing with pianist Nancy Thomas, Wilson-Francisco will open with a group of Scottish songs featuring the poetry of Robert Burns. Shell follow with works by Mozart, Schubert and Handel. A set of five French songs by Fauré will be followed by works from two women composers, Liza Lehmann and Marian Bauer. Lightly brushing the surface of holiday music, Wilson-Francisco will conclude with Judea, Star in the East, and Birth of Christ, three works of early American Christmas music.
For a performer with an extensive cabaret background, this program leans toward Franciscos classical side, with just a touch of astringency. My kind of concert.
If youve missed Wilson-Franciscos occasional San Juan Symphony, Music in the Mountains, or Bach Festival appearances, heres a chance to see and hear a fine recitalist.
Born in Cortez and brought up in Yellow Jacket on her parents farm, Ruth Wilson showed musical talent from an early age. She attended and graduated from the University of Colorado at Boulder and immediately completed a masters degree both in vocal performance.
After a year of teaching in Cortez, she decided it was now or never to fulfill a childhood dream and pursue a professional career as a singer in New York. From the beginning, she said in an interview, her parents supported her dream and her decision.
I spent six years in New York City, she said. I worked with a singing coach, auditioned, sang as a church soloist, auditioned more and hired out as a professional ringer in choral groups.
Like every aspiring New York artist, Wilson worked small jobs, most often as an office temp. Sometimes the auditions paid off, and she turned up some serious singing jobs, like a cabaret gig at Judys. But they, too, were often temporary. Two gigs were noteworthy: performing in Mozarts The Magic Flute and being the first American soprano to be invited to sing at the Academy of Music and Dance in Bratislava, Slovakia. But overall, she admitted, the odds were not great for something more substantial.
One of my college professors, Bib Spillman, told us that for every 75 rejections, you might get one yes. It took me some time to realize that it was not the money and not the fame. It has always been the music.
So Wilson decided to leave the city and return to the West. For a time, she taught at the University of Wisconsin in Green Bay and sang professionally, particularly in Denver. In October 2003, she married Michael Francisco, a childhood sweetheart, and returned permanently to Cortez.
In the last several years, Wilson-Franciscos parents have passed on. Her first CD, On My Way To You, was dedicated to her father, Arthur August Runt Wilson. Her second CD is titled Sometimes. The Franciscos are remodeling the farmhouse in which she grew up.
Wilson-Francisco maintains a private voice and piano studio in Cortez and directs the Southwest Players/Singers. Pianist Nancy Tomas also lives and works in Cortez and serves as organist for various churches in the area.
The UU recital series also features a sumptuous reception following the concert in the newly refurbished Bowman Hall.
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A sweeping pension reform law passed by the legislature in December that was to take effect June 1 was put on hold indefinitely Wednesday by Circuit Judge John Belz.
�I do think it has led to great confusion � almost across-the-board confusion,� Belz said in a Sangamon County courtroom as he issued a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction blocking implementation of the law until further action of the court or resolution of the case. �There�s just too much uncertainty.�
A status hearing in the case is set for May 22.
Lawyers for a variety of organizations representing state workers and retirees said the law, which cuts back on benefits including annual percentage increases in pensions, violates the Illinois Constitution�s pension guarantee.
�The ultimate question of constitutionality has yet to be decided, but I think it�s pretty clear from what we heard today that this law is going away, as it should,� Don Craven, who represents Illinois State Employees Association Retirees, said after the ruling.
Dave Blanchette, spokesman for Gov. Pat Quinn, said the delay in the law would not affect bills in the works to keep state government operating into the new fiscal year, which begins July 1.
�We did not build any savings into this year�s proposed � budget, anticipating that this issue would still be working its way through the court system,� Blanchette said.
Quinn has said the pension fix helps the state�s long-range fiscal outlook.
But lawyers opposing the law said the constitutional guarantee that public pension benefits in the state �shall not be diminished or impaired� trumps such issues.
�The financial underpinnings of the state and the bond rating of the state will be dealt with in a manner that comports with the Constitution of the state of Illinois,� Craven said.
The We Are One Illinois Coalition of public-employee unions had filed the motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction. Michael Carrigan, president of the Illinois AFL-CIO, issued a statement on behalf of the coalition following Wednesday�s hearing.
�We are pleased the court prudently chose to halt implementation of these sweeping changes, which have caused so much fear and uncertainty and are likely to be overturned,� Carrigan said.
Michael Freeborn, a lawyer representing the coalition, argued during the hearing that lawmakers �deliberately ignored the Constitution� with passage of the law.
�It�s positively cynical that they called it pension reform,� Freeborn said, when it was state officials who �didn�t hold up their end of the bargain for decades� by not adequately funding pension systems.
Assistant Attorney General Doug Rees spoke against a full blockage of the law as �way out of line with potential harm� being caused. He said those immediately affected by the law were only people in the midst of making a decision whether to retire or not.
The attorney general�s office had reached a proposed agreement that was much more limited � to delay for a year implementation of the law for university and community college employees.
But Belz�s ruling went further than that proposed agreement.
Aaron Maduff, a lawyer for the State Universities Annuitants Association, said the proposed agreement had been just �half a loaf� compared to the preliminary injunction issued by Belz.
�The critical key that the judge caught � is that people are confused,� Maduff said. Without the ruling, he said, people thought they had to retire quickly or risk getting much smaller pension payments.
�This order now means nobody has to sit there and wonder, �Do I fall into a category that I have to retire?�� Maduff said.
John Myers, lawyer for the Retired State Employees Association, said he was glad Belz showed, through his ruling, that there is at least a fair question of if the pension law violates constitutional rights.
�I don�t think anybody in this room doubts that the act is severely contrary to the Constitution,� Myers said.
He said many people he represents have their pension as a sole source of income, and �they�ve already been whacked� by having to pay health insurance premiums re-imposed after the state had promised to pay for that coverage.
�This latest so-called pension reform act is � the straw that�s breaking the camel�s back,� Myers said.
State Rep. Elaine Nekritz, D-Northbrook, an architect of the pension law, said she �would have been shocked had there not been a stay.�
�Because of the import of this, it should have been stayed and we should wait and see, frankly, what the Supreme Court does,� she said.
Nekritz said she thinks the law is constitutional.
�I think the legislature provided some tools that will allow the courts to find it constitutional in part because of the trying to balance current state services with the pension payment,� she said. �But also we provided some consideration. We reduced the amount that current employees will have to pay.�
Doug Finke of the State Capitol Bureau contributed to this report. Contact Bernard Schoenburg: email@example.com, 788-1540, twitter.com/bschoenburg.


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George W Cole Mentz, Cayuga New York before 1840 whos his Daddy?
George W (not sure if its Washington or William) was born in NY in abt 1812. Looking for his family of origin. I suspect, but cannot prove yet that its a John C Cole. I have looked at all the available records thru Family Search and Ancestry with the same result. He was married probably abt 1830 to E. Ransier born abt 1815. They had Jonathan 1832, Alphonzo 1834 Watson, Frances, Hellen, George H and twins Adelaide and Adeline. Though Adelaide must have died early because census records for her are not showing. GW is in Mentz, Cayuga, New York in 1840 and 50. Probably in 1858 or so, he moves to Branch county Michigan where the family stayed. Watson did not stay in Michigan, He went to Kansas.
I have a photo of George with Jonathan, Watson and George. Alponzo, my ancestor died in 1864 of typhoid. He had one child born 1862. Would love to find my connection to the next generation. John C Cole is in the area, but Cole is a pretty common name.
Eliza has been a hard one too. but, one thing at a time.
Nellie Cole Smith 1905-?
Nellie is my proverbial brick in the genealogy wall. She was adopted by my great,great grandparents and shes in the census for 1910 when she was five years old. Ive been looking, looking, looking...well, then I run across some information of my Great Grandpa who would have been her adopted brother. He says she married a Walter Smith and moved to New York city! OK, even in the early part of the 1920s and 30s NYC was a BIG place and Smith...really...even Cole has a lot of names! So here I am. Nellie where fore art thou?? My Great Grandpa isn't around anymore. Funny, you get interested in something at my age (50+) and most of the people who could have helped the most are gone. Warning to you 20 somethings...start asking the questions now. Dead people are not really gone, they make up who you are now.
The adoptive parents names were Ellen and Lewis. Lewis and Ellen divorced just after adopting Nellie. Nellie stayed with Lewis and his mother helped care for her. Her name was Esther. They lived in Coldwater, Michigan, then went to Virginia because Esthers brother was sick. They returned to Michigan after that. But after the 1910 census, Nellie disappears.
Shes not a blood family member, but my grandparents cared enough about her to adopt her. That makes her real family to me.
George W Cole Mentz, NY born 1812
Looking for my ggg grandfather. His wife was Elouisa Ransier b 1815 also in NY. They had 7 children altogether. Moved to Michigan between 1858 and 1860 (in Michigan for 1860 census) His oldest sons name is Jon or Jonathan born abt 1834. Any help will be very appreciated.
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Anyone that has ever had a baby and changed diapers can understand what I mean by "What a Stinky Mess!" And those that have babysat an infant or even been nearby when an infant was changed out of a soiled diaper! Wow, can that stink!
But today, I am talking about another stinky mess. One that ALSO involves disposable diapers. In the UK, a company called Knowaste has been recycling diapers for over 5 years. When they tried to fund get a small program in California, it never even got past the pilot stage. And Proctor & Gamble abandoned a pilot program in Seattle In the early 1990s because it wasn't worth the money and effort. No one has succeeded in getting people to recycle disposable diapers in the U.S.
Why would the American parents, Moms, Dads, Grandparents, Babysitters, Caregivers and anyone with an infant NOT want to recycle disposable diapers? This surprised me. You would think that we, as a civilized country, wanting to protect the earth for our babies to enjoy when they grow up, would be more than willing to recycle those stinky diapers. Maybe it is a matter of designing the best way to "hold" the diapers until they are disposed of for recycling purposes. The article I read did not go into alot of detail on the "Why" involved in the lack of support for this recycling effort. But I intend to find out. (I DO love research!)
An average child will use between 8,000 -10,000 disposable diapers ($2,000 worth) before being potty trained. Each year, parents and babysitters dispose of about 18 billion of these items. In the United States alone these single-use items consume nearly 100,000 tons of plastic and 800,000 tons of tree pulp. We will pay an average of $350 million annually to deal with their disposal and, to top it off, these diapers will still be in the landfill 300 years from now. Americans throw away 570 diapers per second. That's 49 million diapers per day!!!
So my question today is this: Would YOU want to recycle those nasty disposable diapers so that they do not fill up in the landfills and pollute the future Earth for your children?
Read more about the diaper recycling companies here.


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RANDOLPH — A quartet of Middlebury Union Middle School students kept their thinking caps on Saturday, March 16, and earned fourth place as a team in the 30th Vermont State MathCounts competition.
One of them — eighth-grader Ronan Howlett — won the individual championship and will represent Vermont at the national contest.
His teammates were seventh-graders Greta Hardy-Mittell of East Middlebury, Laura Whitely of Weybridge and Julian Schmitt of Middlebury. Their coach is Diane Guertin.


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text: Dr. King writes notes on how his mind has changed in recent years. King states that while his main focus was on theology and philosophy, he also focused on social ethics. According to Dr. King, segregation is a tool that exploits the Negro and poor whites. He saw similarities with the liberation of India's people from Britain and asserts that his trip to India cultivated his ideologies on nonviolence.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Clinton's in, George W. Bush is out. Jimmy Carter gets only a cameo. Ronald Reagan is ever-present, almost a quarter century after his presidency and eight years after his death. The way Democrats and Republicans treat their ex-presidents at convention time reflects each man's personal popularity — and how well he's weathered changing party politics.
It helps to be a dynamite speaker, too.
Clinton scores on all three: His speeches are rousing, if long; his popularity extends to coveted independent voters; and his centrist appeal plays well across today's Democratic Party. It's no wonder Democrats have forgiven, if not forgotten, that business about Monica Lewinsky and impeachment that seemed to have permanently marred his presidency as it ended a dozen years ago.
"Expect Clinton to deliver the most powerful case for re-election that is made at the Democratic convention," predicted Kathleen Hall Jamieson, an authority on political speech and director of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center.
President Barack Obama is entrusting Clinton with a convention slot of strategic importance — introducing Obama's name for nomination during prime-time TV on Wednesday night. It seems like a safe bet: Two-thirds of Americans rate Clinton favorably, according to a Gallup Poll. Half of Republicans do. He could help especially with groups where Obama needs a boost, including men, working-class white voters, Southerners and senior citizens.
This year's address will be freed of the drama surrounding Clinton's convention speech four years ago, when his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, had just lost to Obama in a bruising primary battle littered with hard feelings. Now she is Obama's secretary of state. And Bill Clinton can do a little burnishing of his own legacy in Charlotte, N.C.
"Clinton's not just a successful president for the Democrats," said GOP pollster and strategist Mike McKenna. "He's the guy that led them out of the wilderness. He's their Moses. ... He was the one who sort of settled the issue of what kind of party they were going to be, how they were going to proceed.
"And people like him," McKenna added.
Not so much the Republican president who followed him, George W. Bush.
Americans are just as likely to view Bush unfavorably as favorably, according to polling over the past year, and many blame him for the Great Recession. Tying Republican nominee Mitt Romney to Bush is a favorite strategy of Obama's re-election campaign.
Even among Republicans, reviews of Bush are mixed. The tea party and other fiscal conservatives have pushed the party to reject Bush's record of spending hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to expand Medicare and rescue banks during the fiscal crisis.
"As long as the tea party is rising, Bush is hard to characterize as anything within the party except a divisive figure," McKenna said.
Neither Bush nor his father, President George H.W. Bush, spoke at the GOP convention last week in Tampa, Fla. Instead, the father-son duo appeared in a video tribute to each other that was more folksy than partisan. The only other prominent mention of George W. Bush came from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who said he felt obligated to defend his brother's White House record before launching into a speech on education.
Other Republican speakers preferred to recall their beloved icon Reagan, one of the nation's most popular presidents, whom they also lauded with a video tribute.
In Charlotte, it was Carter who got short shrift. His remarks were relegated to a long-distance appearance by video, hours before most viewers had tuned in Tuesday.
Republicans are eager to link Obama to Carter — as presidents who left Americans feeling they were worse off than four years earlier.
"I'm not sure why they're having him have a role at all," Republican consultant Matt Mackowiak said of Carter. "It just makes those comparisons so easy."
The parties aren't sentimental when a former chief becomes more of a burden than a blessing. "Failed presidencies are buried at conventions," Jamieson said. "Richard Nixon doesn't even exist in the Republican rhetoric."


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Philippines studies specialist to join Asian Studies ProgramUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Posted: Aug 5, 2011
The Asian Studies Program in the School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa welcomes a new faculty member, Dr. Patricio Abinales. He will teach courses in Philippines Studies beginning in the Fall 2011 semester.
Abinales grew up in a frontier town in the Philippine island of Mindanao. He majored in history at the University of the Philippines, and later received his PhD in Government and Southeast Asian Studies from Cornell University. After working for five years as an assistant professor at Ohio University, he moved to Kyoto University's Center for Southeast Asian Studies, and was affiliated with the Center for 10 years.
"Dr. Patricio Abinales is a valuable addition to the Asian Studies Program faculty at UH Mānoa with his broad expertise in Philippine Studies and outstanding interdisciplinary scholarship on Philippine history, culture, politics and society," said Dr. Lindy Aquino, former Director of the Center for Philippines Studies. "In addition to his solid research record, he is also a dynamic teacher who engages colleagues and students with his provocative intellectual style."
His written works include Making Mindanao: Cotabato and Davao in the Formation of the Philippine State (Ateneo: 2000); State and Society in the Philippines, co-authored with Donna J.Amoroso (Rowman and Littlefield, 2005); and Orthodoxy and History in the Muslim Mindanao Narrative (Ateneo, 2010).
"Professor Abinales strengthens and enhances the University's commitment to Philippine Studies through his expertise in the southern and central Philippines. Mindanao is increasingly important for understanding the Philippines as a modern global player and as part of contemporary Southeast Asia's cultural and religious dynamic," noted Ricardo Trimillos, professor of Asian Studies and former Director of the Center for Philippines Studies. "His experience in Japanese higher education brings yet another perspective to the diversity of the Asian Studies faculty at UH Mānoa."
Abinales' current research includes a field-based study of American economic assistance in the conflict-affected areas of Muslim Philippines, the relationship between agricultural infestations and insurgencies, and violence amidst the elite and middle classes of the Philippines. He was recently a visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.


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On 08/22/2011 03:47 PM, Christophe Varoqui wrote:
On jeu., 2011-06-30 at 14:10 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:Is anyone taking a look at porting the multipathd legacy sysv init script to native systemd unit file? I filed 690828 on 2011-03-25 and yet to receive somekind of response on it and unless some action is taken then a) device-mapper-multipath will be blocking the Fedora 16 alpha release or b) be ripped out of @base and be made sure it does not get installed on the official livecd.What is the status of this request ? Has anyone stepped-in to the job ? If not I'll look into it. If you have Fedora-specific systemd implementation guideline, please point me to the appropriate documentation.
I have talked with Kay & Lennart about this.The main problem here is that we don't / can't know if a device is multipathed or not; this is basically a policy decision. Even a simple switch (multipath on/off) wouldn't suffice here, as this particular device might be excluded via the configuration file.
Idea here is to modify the 'multipath' program to determine if a particular device is handled by multipath or not. If so, _no other_ configuration must be done in that device. The multipathd daemon itself already listens on events from the udev socket; it should be pretty trivial to convert that to socket activation.
And, of course, we need to solve the mount problem. Last I've heard was that systemd _won't_ be handling mounting, which in effect means we cannot mount any systems provided via multipath ...
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Crystal A. Johnson, Ph.D.
B.A. Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1979
M.A. International Relations, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, 1981
Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, The Wright Institute, 1997
Dr. Johnson is a licensed clinical psychologist with extensive experience in business management and finance, as well as clinical management and supervision. In her career as a psychologist she has successfully run a non-profit clinical treatment program and consulted in corporate and non-profit settings regarding individual and team behavioral health issues, and is experienced in crisis assessment and intervention. Her theoretical orientation integrates systems, psychodynamic and social justice theories with developments in positive psychology and mindfulness approaches. Her clinical interests center around at-risk school-age children and community mental health clients including homeless adults and families, and adults with serious and persistent mental illness.
Dr. Johnson is the director of The Wright Network, which was established to further the Institute's mission of educating Clinicians to Society by: 1) establishing clinical service and training programs that foster psychological flourishing in underserved communities, and 2) educating Wright students to apply psychological knowledge and skills, not just to treat clinical problems, but also to appreciate and cultivate the capacities of underserved communities to promote wellness, recovery and resiliency. In so doing, the Wright Network seeks to strengthen students' ability to build a culturally diverse perspective grounded in their own developing experience. Through its evaluation program, the Network also provides dissertation opportunities for Wright students.
The School-Based Collaboration (SBC) is one of the Wright Network projects. The SBC is a strategic response to a confluence of systemic barriers--including discrimination, violence, racism and poverty--that affect the academic performance and social-emotional development of youth in Oakland and Emeryville. Its mission is to foster academic and life success in children from multiply-stressed communities through provision of culturally competent, evidence-based psychological services to the school community. Through these and other projects, Dr. Johnson and her team seek to provide students with unique training opportunities to build the sophisticated clinical knowledge and skills that will help them develop a multi-faceted approach to meeting the needs of underserved communities.


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Is there a network scanner for Linux that is anything like GFI LanGuard?
I have nmap and nessus and hydra, but I'm just looking for a discovery tool with a gui that comes close to languard.
Any sugestions?
You can\'t squeeze cheese from a goat before it\'s hatched.............
Opps.......I didn't mean to include Hydra in that list. Damn merlot is going to my head.
I'm guessing samba will do what I want but even with the lisa deamon started the LAN browser isn't responding.
Mabey I'm not being patient enough..........
Nessus is probably the closest thing you'll find to Languard. Both are more than scanners, they're really vulnerability assessors.
For scanning, it's hard to beat nmap. Just learn a few switches. I use it on both Windows & Linux.
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. Will Rogers
NMAP has a GUI front-end (nmapFE). Visit www.insecure.org and you can grab the tarball or the RPM.
Agreed. Nessus is a beast. Seeing that you can write your own NASLs, it is exceptional. There are two GUI interfaces for Nessus too. One for *nix and one called NessusWX which runs on windows while your scan engine runs on *nix.
Good luck.
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Davis hits 28th homer as O's double up Indians
Casilla also homers in Baltimore's 6-3 win
Davis hits 28th homer as O's double up Indians
Casilla also homers in Baltimore's 6-3 win
Chris Davis and Alexi Casilla homered in a five-run seventh inning, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Cleveland Indians 6-3 Tuesday night to end a four-game losing streak.
Davis tied the game at 3 with his major league-leading 28th home run, a two-run shot, and Casilla added a three-run drive. Both homers were off Justin Masterson (9-6), who took a three-hitter into the seventh.
Chris Tillman (9-2) gave up three runs, four hits and four walks in seven innings to win his fifth straight start. The right-hander is 6-0 in seven starts since May 19.
Jim Johnson pitched the ninth for his 27th save.
Jason Kipnis homered, walked twice and singled for the Indians, who were seeking a fourth straight road victory for the first time since April 2012.


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The Planning Committee for the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce's Citizen of the Year Awards Banquet met with Mark Raepple, owner of John's Pizza & Subs, as he presented a bronze sponsorship for the Citizen of the Year event. The chamber thanks John's Pizza & Subs and all of the other local businesses that have stepped up this year to help with this community event.
Pictured from left, are Zaccaria, Wilbert, Raepple and McMahon.
Tickets and Sponsors
Tickets to the Citizen of the Year Awards Ceremony are $45, a children's ticket is $18, and available for purchase at the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce Office, located at 2257 Grand Island Blvd., or by calling in a reservation to 716-773-3651. A cash bar will be open at 6 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m.
The chamber thanked the following businesses for supporting the event: platinum sponsors the Holiday Inn Grand Island, Niagara Frontier Publications (consisting the Island Dispatch, Niagara-Wheatfield Tribune, Lewiston-Porter Sentinel, the Grand Island PennySaver and www.wnypapers.com); Fuccillo's Hyundai, Toyota, Scion and Chevy dealerships; gold sponsor Life Technologies; silver sponsors Toshiba Business Solutions and KeyBank; bronze sponsors Aceti's Wine and Spirits; Sam Long Landscaping and Excavating; Liz Wilbert of Realty USA; Creative Leather Concepts and Island Ship Center; McMahon's Family Restaurant; Mr. Best Wrench; Riverside Federal Credit Union; Citizens Bank; SNAP Fitness; First Niagara Bank; Grand Island Optical and Four Points by Sheraton Hotel; Elderwood Health Care at Riverwood; Tops Markets and Certified AutoBrokers.
If a business would like to join these businesses in supporting the Citizen of the Year Awards Ceremony with a platinum sponsorship of $2,000, gold sponsorship of $1,000, silver sponsorship of $500 or a bronze sponsorship of $300, it can contact the Grand Island Chamber of Commerce at 716-773-3651.


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In landing DeMeco Ryans, Eagles coach Andy Reid said he believes the team now has one of the top 4-3 middle linebackers in the NFL, a player who can be a "quarterback" of the defense.
"We're very excited to have him join our young linebacker corps and bring some senior leadership in there," Reid said.
Ryans, wearing a bright green tie, sat between Reid and general manager Howie Roseman at the NovaCare Complex, and talked about leadership, his health and the perception from some reporters that he'll be seen as a "savior" to a fan base starving for a play-making linebacker.
"Let's not put the savior on it," Ryans said with a laugh. "I'm just looking to step in and do my job."
But Ryans and the Eagles brass made it clear that they expect him to have a major impact as he returns to a 4-3 defense and away from the 3-4 he played in last season, when his production dropped and he was taken off the field in nickel situations.
"That's the defense I've been playing since high school," Ryans said. "It's back to what I do naturally, I'm a natural middle linebacker. I feel like this is what suits my ability."
Ryans said he was slowed early in 2011 by the Achilles tendon tear he suffered in 2010, but felt back to normal by the end of the season.
"I was moving around feeling like myself again," he said.
Roseman said Ryans was at his best in the playoffs last year.
Ryans will be the team's starting middle linebacker and play all three downs for the defense, Reid said. He wouldn't say who the starting outside linebackers will be, but sees the veteran captain as a leader that the defense needs.
"Bringing in somebody with experience I thought was important right now to this football team, really to have a quarterback on that side of the ball I think is good for (defensive coordinator) Juan (Castillo)," Reid said. "I think it's good for players around DeMeco. He's a player that has made people around him better."
Ryans said he won't force his leadership on the team, but that teammates in the past have always gravitated toward him.
"I'm a natural leader," he said. "I'm not going to change anything about myself or my approach to how I go about my business."
Ryans faces one challenge in learning his new team: under new CBA rules he can receive a playbook, but can't meet with coaches until April 16.


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Page 1 of 4Online Learning Helps Student Find His Voice
By Susannah Felts
When Paul Janeway (above, left) walks onstage, audiences snap to attention. They stand up, they get down, they holler and shake as Janeway, a bespectacled blond clad in one of his father's old suits, and his bandmates—a.k.a. St. Paul and the Broken Bones—crank out one soulful song after the next. Janeway might pause to mop his brow with a towel or bust dance moves that have earned comparisons to none other than James Brown, the Hardest Working Man in Show Business. "A little hyperbolic," he says. "But I'll take it."
Not bad for a 28-year-old UAB accounting student, who seems thrilled and surprised by the turn his life has taken in recent months.


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Video surveillance from inside the Two Keys Tavern shows one man crack a pool cue against another man's skull.
The stricken man collapses to the floor and another man rushes to his aid.
Goose Creek police released the video that they reviewed before arresting three bar employees in connection with the April 21 incident, in which employees allegedly beat one customer with a broken pool cue, held patrons against their will and took their money.
Police arrested 41-year-old Summerville resident Gary Eugene Long, 30-year-old North Charleston resident Golden Luis Deleon and 35-year-old Summerville resident Timothy Dale Lawhorn on six counts of kidnapping and two counts of armed robbery with a deadly weapon.
Long and Lawhorn also face two counts each of first-degree assault and battery, according to police. Two Keys Tavern owner Mark Keller released a statement Friday announcing that all three men had been fired.
Keller invited friends and neighbors to come in so he could personally demonstrate his commitment to preventing "this type of behavior." He released another statement Monday, promising to work with authorities as the invesigation continues.
"After watching the video, Two Keys Tavern is deeply concerned that such a mindless act could have ever happened in our establishment," Keller said. "We want all of our patrons to know that this was in no way sanctioned by the ownership."
One of the former employees, Long, tried to collect money bet on billiards games about 6 a.m. April 21 and ordered bouncers not to let anyone leave, according to warrants. Police reports say the men locked about 20 people inside the bar, as they demanded that someone come up with the money.
One of the bouncers grabbed a pool cue and broke it over a pool table, then took the thicker end of the stick and hit 24-year-old Robert Drawdy in the back of his head, police reports say. The hit knocked Drawdy temporarily unconscious and left him with a 5-inch gash in his head, according to the report.
One patron told police he left $100 on a table, even though he never bet on the games. The man said the manager eventually unlocked the front door and told the patrons to get out and "not to (mess) with Two Keys."
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The Fire Facilities & Emergency Response Levy supported the Seattle Fire Department's Marine Program with the addition of two new fireboats, the Leschi and Marine One, and the retrofit of the Chief Seattle. Separate of the Fire Levy, the Seattle Fire Department also is acquiring the 50-foot fast attack boat Marine Two, which will complete the fireboat fleet upgrade when it launches in fall 2014.
The new boats increase the ability of the Seattle Fire Department to respond with greater power, speed and pumping capacity. Together, the boats will provide greater safety on the water by getting firefighters to fire and water rescues faster. All of the fireboats are designed to respond on both salt and fresh water around Seattle.
In addition to fire suppression, the newest additions to the fleet accommodate Emergency Medical Service, rescue and salvage in toxic environments, and have the ability to pump water for land-based firefighting if water mains break during earthquakes or other disasters.
About the Fireboat
The Leschi, built in 2007, is a 108-foot fireboat that can shoot 22,000 gallons of water per minute and travel at 14 knots. Features include a 55' crane with a telescoping fire line and ladder, an infrared (thermal imaging) camera, and a medical treatment center. As a CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive) response vessel, the fireboat offers pressurized toxic-free areas with interlocked compartments that enable contaminated persons to enter from the outside, be decontaminated via shower and air, then enter the toxic-free area.
Jensen Maritime Consultants, naval architects, designed the boat, and Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, WA built the vessel. Click here to view photos of construction and naming ceremony.
In honor of the Chief of the Nisqually Tribe, the new vessel was named the Leschi.
Current Status
Docked on Elliott Bay at Fire Station 5, the Leschi has replaced the Chief Seattle as the City's primary saltwater firefighting vessel.
- April 2007: Dakota Creek Industries delivered the Leschi to Elliott Bay from Anacortes.
- February 2007: Sea trials were completed.
- October 2006: The boat was launched in mid-October.
- August 2006: The boat modules were completely welded together, and the boat was assembled in the shipyard.
- May 2006: The event announcing and blessing the name of the boat took place.
- December 2005: Dakota Creek Industries was awarded a contract to build the boat.
- October 2005: Design for the Leschi was completed.
- October 2004: Jensen Maritime Consultants were selected as the naval architects.
About the Fireboat
Marine One provides speed, agility and the back-up to ensure adequate coverage even when one of the other boats is in dry dock for annual maintenance. The fireboat was completed in 2006.
The 50-foot fast attack boat has the capacity to pump 5,000 to 6,000 gallons of water per minute and a top speed of about 30.5 knots. As a CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, explosive) response vessel, the fireboat include a pressurized cabin with interlocked compartments that enable contaminated persons to enter the cuddy from the outside, be decontaminated via shower and air, then enter the toxic-free main cabin. This boat also has a thermal imaging camera that can assist detecting people in the water and pinpoint the location of hot spots in a fire.
Jensen Maritime Consultants, naval architects, designed the boat. Metalcraft, in Kingston, Ontario, built the vessel.
Click here to view photos of the boat construction and launch.
Current Status
Marine One is stationed at Fisherman's Terminal. During the retrofit of the Chief Seattle, January 2012-February 2013, Marine One was stationed on Elliott Bay.
- July 2006: Marine One was delivered to Seattle from Ontario. Mayor Nickels held a press conference and welcoming event.
- May 2006: The boat was launched, and sea trials began.
- April 2005: Metalcraft was awarded a contract to build the boat.
- January 2005: Jensen Maritime Consultants were selected as the naval architects.
About the Fireboat
The Chief Seattle, built in 1983 and returned to service in 2013 after a retrofit, is a 97-foot fireboat docked at Fisherman's Terminal in Interbay. It can pump 10,000 gallons of water per minute and travel at speeds up to 22 knots. The retrofit included new, larger engines; an enlarged pilot house and deckhouse; modernization of the electrical system; and an added FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared Surveillance) system. The Chief Seattle has replaced the Alki, now retired from service, as the City's primary freshwater firefighting vessel.


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Psychiatric Times January 2005 Vol. XXII Issue 1
Original release date 1/05. Approved for CME credit through 12/31/05.
Educational Objectives:
After reading this article, you will be familiar with:
- The needs of special populations with bipolar disorder with regard to long-term compliance with pharmacotherapy.
- Gender and ethnic differences in the treatment of various forms of dementia.
Who will benefit from reading this article?
Psychiatrists, primary care physicians, neurologists, nurse practitioners, psychiatric nurses and other mental health care professionals.
Continuing education credit is available for most specialties. To determine if this article meets the CE requirements for your specialty, please contact your state licensing board.
Dr. Pies is clinical professor of psychiatry at Tufts University. His most recent books include Creeping Thyme, a collection of poetry (Brandylane Publishing); Zimmerman's Tefillin, a short story collection (Publish America); and Handbook of Essential Psychopharmacology, 2nd ed., forthcoming from American Psychiatric Publishing.


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It's hard to believe Miranda Kerr ever gave birth — because her body shows absolutely no sign of it on the cover (below) of Harper's Bazaar UK's August issue.
"I didn't feel pressure to snap back into shape," the supermodel tells the glossy. "My priority was just having my son and breastfeeding, which was something I really wanted to do, and it came easily."
Although she didn't feel pushed to get fit, she certainly is in better shape than ever. "I do these exercises in the morning, they're called chakra exercises," she says in a behind-the-scenes video. "They're a series of twists … It only takes about 10 minutes. It's a great way to get your waistline back after having a baby!"
Photographer Giampaolo Sgura shot the equestrian-themed spread at Mike Tyson's former estate in New Jersey, with the Victoria's Secret model striking poses in blazers and corsets by Azzedine Alaïa and Hermès (among others).
Kerr also admits that while she loves her doting hubby, Orlando Bloom, she's not thrilled that he attends her fashion shows. "I never really want Orlando to be there [in the audience of a show] because it makes me nervous," she explains. "But last year, he was like, 'You have no choice, I'm coming'. And the one time he was attending the show, my shoe decided to fall off."
The full interview is in the August issue of
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The views from the top of Mount Kilimanjaro--a 5,895-meter (19,341-foot) dormant stratovolcano in Tanzania--are as surreal as they are spectacular. After ascending through multiple ecosystems, including cropland, lush rainforest, alpine desert, and a virtual dead zone near the summit, climbers can find themselves peering down on a thick blanket of clouds below that seems to stretch endlessly in the distance.
But in the immediate foreground, ice dominates the view. Looking north, a shelf-like block of ice with a sharp vertical cliff sits on an otherwise featureless, sand-covered plateau. In the other direction, a second ice field spills off the edge of the plateau, down the mountain's southern face.
Kimberly Casey, a glaciologist based at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, was savoring the views from Kilimanjaro's summit and caldera when she snapped these panoramic images of Kilimanjaro's northern (middle) and southern (bottom) ice fields. The Advanced Land Imager on NASA's Earth Observing-1 satellite acquired the top image, which shows some of the same ice fields from above on October 26, 2012.
Casey was taking part in a September 2012 research expedition to Kilimanjaro to study the ice at the summit. For scale, bright tents that were part of the scientists' base camp are visible in the lower left of the northern ice field image.
Despite Mount Kilimanjaro's location in the tropics, the dry and cold air at the top of the mountain has sustained large quantities of ice for more than 10,000 years. At points, ice has completely surrounded the crater. Studies of ice core samples show that Kilimanjaro's ice has persisted through multiple warm spells, droughts, and periods of abrupt climate change.
But trends beginning more than a century ago suggest Kilimanjaro's peaks may soon be ice-free. Between 1912 and 2011, the mass of ice on the summit decreased by more than 85 percent. Researchers say it's no longer a question of whether the ice will disappear but when. Estimates vary, but several scientists predict it will be gone by 2060.
Rising air temperatures due to global warming could be contributing to the ice loss, but a number of other factors are just as important, if not more so. An increasingly dry regional atmosphere, for example, is starving the mountain of the fresh snow needed to sustain the ice fields. Drier air is also reducing cloud cover and allowing more solar energy to warm the ice surfaces.
Casey and colleagues noticed yet another ominous sign during their 2012 expedition. The northern ice field, which had been developing a hole since the 1970s, has separated. "This was the first year that the northern ice field completely divided into two," said Casey. "We were able to walk on land--or we could have even ridden a bicycle--directly through the rift."
See more images of Casey's Kilimanjaro expedition on Flickr.
* Cullen, N. (2012, October 1) A century of ice retreat on Kilimanjaro: the mapping reloaded.The Cryosphere Discuss.
* Earth Science Picture of the Day. (2012, October 18) Kilimanjaro Icefield in September. Accessed November 7, 2012.
* Hardy, D. (n.d.) Kilimanjaro climate and glaciers. Accessed November 7, 2012.
* NASA. (2012, April 2) Meet Kimberly Casey: Studying how debris influences glaciers. Accessed November 7, 2012.
* NOVA. (n.d.) Volcano above the clouds. Accessed November 7, 2012.
* Thompson, L. (2009, September 29) Glacier loss on Kilimanjaro continues unabated. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
* UNEP. (2012, August) Africa without ice and snow. Accessed November 7, 2012.
NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using ALI data from the NASA EO-1 team. Photos by Kimberly Casey. Caption by Adam Voiland.
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How to Shoot Yourself In the Foot
C - You shoot yourself in the foot.
C++ - You accidently create a dozen instances of yourself and shoot them all in the foot. Providing emergency medical assistance is impossible since you can't tell which are bitwise copies and which are just pointing at others and saying "That's me, over there."
FORTRAN - You shoot yourself in each toe, iteratively, until you run out of toes, then you read in the next foot and repeat. If you run out of bullets, you continue anyway because you have no exception-handling facility.
Modula-2 - After realizing that you can't actually accomplish anything in this language, you shoot yourself in the head.
COBOL - USEing a COLT 45 HANDGUN, AIM gun at LEG.FOOT, THEN place ARM.HAND.FINGER on HANDGUN.TRIGGER and SQUEEZE. THEN return HANDGUN to HOLSTER. CHECK whether shoelace needs to be retied.
Lisp - You shoot yourself in the appendage which holds the gun with which you shoot yourself in the appendage which holds the gun with which you shoot yourself in the appendage which holds...
BASIC - Shoot yourself in the foot with a water pistol. On big systems, continue until entire lower body is waterlogged.
Forth - Foot yourself in the shoot.
APL - You shoot yourself in the foot; then spend all day figuring out how to do it in fewer characters.
Pascal - The compiler won't let you shoot yourself in the foot.
Snobol - If you succeed, shoot yourself in the left foot. If you fail, shoot yourself in the right foot.
HyperTalk - Put the first bullet of the gun into foot left of leg of you. Answer the result.
Prolog - You tell your program you want to be shot in the foot. The program figures out how to do it, but the syntax doesn't allow it to explain.
370 JCL - You send your foot down to MIS with a 4000-page document explaining how you want it to be shot. Three years later, your foot comes back deep-fried.
FORTRAN-77 - You shoot yourself in each toe, iteratively, until you run out of toes, then you read in the next foot and repeat. If you run out of bullets, you continue anyway because you still can't do exception-processing.
Modula-2 (alternative) - You perform a shooting on what might be currently a foot with what might be currently a bullet shot by what might currently be a gun.
BASIC (compiled) - You shoot yourself in the foot with a BB using a SCUD missile launcher.
Visual Basic - You'll really only appear to have shot yourself in the foot, but you'll have so much fun doing it that you won't care.
Forth (alternative) - BULLET DUP3 * GUN LOAD FOOT AIM TRIGGER PULL BANG! EMIT DEAD IF DROP ROT THEN (This takes about five bytes of memory, executes in two to ten clock cycles on any processor and can be used to replace any existing function of the language as well as in any future words). (Welcome to bottom up programming - where you, too, can perform compiler pre-processing instead of writing code)
APL (alternative) - You hear a gunshot and there's a hole in your foot, but you don't remember enough linear algebra to understand what happened.
@#&^$%&%^ foot
Pascal (alternative) - Same as Modula-2 except that the bullet is not the right type for the gun and your hand is blown off.
Snobol (alternative) - You grab your foot with your hand, then rewrite your hand to be a bullet. The act of shooting the original foot then changes your hand/bullet into yet another foot (a left foot).
Prolog (alternative) - You attempt to shoot yourself in the foot, but the bullet, failing to find its mark, backtracks to the gun, which then explodes in your face.
COMAL - You attempt to shoot yourself in the foot with a water pistol, but the bore is clogged, and the pressure build-up blows apart both the pistol and your hand.
Scheme - As Lisp, but none of the other appendages are aware of this happening.
Algol - You shoot yourself in the foot with a musket. The musket is aesthetically fascinating and the wound baffles the adolescent medic in the emergency room.
Ada - If you are dumb enough to actually use this language, the United States Department of Defense will kidnap you, stand you up in front of a firing squad and tell the soldiers, "Shoot at the feet."
The Department of Defense shoots you in the foot after offering you a blindfold and a last cigarette.
After correctly packaging your foot, you attempt to concurrently load the gun, pull the trigger, scream and shoot yourself in the foot. When you try, however, you discover that your foot is of the wrong type.
After correctly packing your foot, you attempt to concurrently load the gun, pull the trigger, scream, and confidently aim at your foot knowing it is safe. However the cordite in the round does an Unchecked Conversion, fires and shoots you in the foot anyway.
Eiffel - You create a GUN object, two FOOT objects and a BULLET object. The GUN passes both the FOOT objects a reference to the BULLET. The FOOT objects increment their hole counts and forget about the BULLET. A little demon then drives a garbage truck over your feet and grabs the bullet (both of it) on the way.
Smalltalk - You spend so much time playing with the graphics and windowing system that your boss shoots you in the foot, takes away your workstation and makes you develop in COBOL on a character terminal.
You send the message shoot to gun, with selectors bullet and myFoot. A window pops up saying Gunpowder doesNotUnderstand: spark. After several fruitless hours spent browsing the methods for Trigger, FiringPin and IdealGas, you take the easy way out and create ShotFoot, a subclass of Foot with an additional instance variable bulletHole.
Object Oriented Pascal - You perform a shooting on what might currently be a foot with what might currently be a bullet fired from what might currently be a gun.
PL/I - You consume all available system resources, including all the offline bullets. The Data Processing & Payroll Department doubles its size, triples its budget, acquires four new mainframes and drops the original one on your foot.
Postscript - foot bullets 6 locate loadgun aim gun shoot showpage
It takes the bullet ten minutes to travel from the gun to your foot, by which time you're long since gone out to lunch. The text comes out great, though.
You stab yourself in the foot repeatedly with an incredibly large and very heavy Swiss Army knife.
You pick up the gun and begin to load it. The gun and your foot begin to grow to huge proportions and the world around you slows down, until the gun fires. It makes a tiny hole, which you don't feel.
Assembly Language - You crash the OS and overwrite the root disk. The system administrator arrives and shoots you in the foot. After a moment of contemplation, the administrator shoots himself in the foot and then hops around the room rabidly shooting at everyone in sight.
You try to shoot yourself in the foot only to discover you must first reinvent the gun, the bullet, and your foot.or
The bullet travels to your foot instantly, but it took you three weeks to load the round and aim the gun.
BCPL - You shoot yourself somewhere in the leg -- you can't get any finer resolution than that.
Concurrent Euclid - You shoot yourself in somebody else's foot.
Motif - You spend days writing a UIL description of your foot, the trajectory, the bullet and the intricate scrollwork on the ivory handles of the gun. When you finally get around to pulling the trigger, the gun jams.
Powerbuilder - While attempting to load the gun you discover that the LoadGun system function is buggy; as a work around you tape the bullet to the outside of the gun and unsuccessfully attempt to fire it with a nail. In frustration you club your foot with the butt of the gun and explain to your client that this approximates the functionality of shooting yourself in the foot and that the next version of Powerbuilder will fix it.
Standard ML - By the time you get your code to typecheck, you're using a shoot to foot yourself in the gun.
MUMPS - You shoot 583149 AK-47 teflon-tipped, hollow-point, armour-piercing bullets into even-numbered toes on odd-numbered feet of everyone in the building -- with one line of code. Three weeks later you shoot yourself in the head rather than try to modify that line.
You shoot yourself in the foot
% ls
foot.c foot.h foot.o toe.c toe.o
% rm * .o
rm: .o: No such file or directory
% ls
370 JCL (alternative)
You shoot yourself in the head just thinking about it.
You first find the building you're in in the phone book, then find your office number in the corporate phone book. Then you have to write this down, then describe, in cubits, your exact location, in relation to the door (right hand side thereof). Then you need to write down the location of the gun (loading it is a proprietary utility), then you load it, and the COBOL program, and run them, and, with luck, it may be run tonight.
%DCL-W-ACTIMAGE, error activating image GUN
-CLI-E-IMGNAME, image file $3$DUA240:[GUN]GUN.EXE;1
-IMGACT-F-NOTNATIVE, image is not an OpenVMS Alpha AXP image
%SYS-F-FTSHT, foot shot
(fifty lines of traceback omitted)
sh,csh, etc
You can't remember the syntax for anything, so you spend five hours reading manual pages, then your foot falls asleep. You shoot the computer and switch to C.
Apple System 7
Double click the gun icon and a window giving a selection for guns, target areas, plus balloon help with medical remedies, and assorted sound effects. Click "shoot" button and a small bomb appears with note "Error of Type 1 has occurred."
Windows 3.1
Double click the gun icon and wait. Eventually a window opens giving a selection for guns, target areas, plus balloon help with medical remedies, and assorted sound effects. Click "shoot" button and a small box appears with note "Unable to open Shoot.dll, check that path is correct."
Windows 95
Your gun is not compatible with this OS and you must buy an upgrade and install it before you can continue. Then you will be informed that you don't have enough memory.
I remember when shooting yourself in the foot with a BB gun was a big deal.
You finally found the gun, but can't locate the file with the foot for the life of you.
You shoot yourself in the foot, but can unshoot yourself with add-on software.
You try to point the gun at your foot, but it shoots holes in all your Borland distribution diskettes instead.
Not only can you shoot yourself in the foot, your users can too.
You squeeze the trigger, but the bullet moves so slowly that by the time your foot feels the pain, you've forgotten why you shot yourself anyway.
You buy a gun. Bullets are only available from another company and are promised to work so you buy them. Then you find out that the next version of the gun is the one scheduled to actually shoot bullets.
DBase IV, V1.0
You pull the trigger, but it turns out that the gun was a poorly designed hand grenade and the whole building blows up.
You cut your foot off, send it out to a service bureau and when it returns, it has a hole in it but will no longer fit the attachment at the end of your leg.
Insert into Foot
Select Bullet
From Gun.Hand
Where Chamber = 'LOADED'
And Trigger = 'PULLED'
You grab a bullet, get ready to insert it in the gun so that you can shoot yourself in the foot and discover that the gun that the bullets fits has not yet been built, but should be arriving in the mail _REAL_SOON_NOW_.
The menus for coding foot_shooting have not been implemented yet and you can't do foot shooting in SQL.
You put your foot in your mouth, then bite it off. (For those who don't know, English is a McDonnell Douglas/PICK query language which allegedly requires 110% of system resources to run happily.)
Revelation [an implementation of the PICK Operating System]
You'll be able to shoot yourself in the foot just as soon as you figure out what all these bullets are for.
Starting at the top of your head, you aim the gun at yourself repeatedly until, half an hour later, the gun is finally pointing at your foot and you pull the trigger. A new foot with a hole in it appears but you can't work out how to get rid of the old one and your gun doesn't work anymore.
You put your foot in your mouth, then echo it internationally.
PicoSpan [a UNIX-based computer conferencing system]
You can't shoot yourself in the foot because you're not a host.
or (host variation)
Whenever you shoot yourself in the foot, someone opens a topic in policy about it.
You put your foot in your mouth, shoot it, then spam the bullet so that everybody gets shot in the foot.
rmtroff -ms -Hdrwp | lpr -Pwp2 & .*place bullet in footer .B .NR FT +3i .in 4 .bu Shoot! .br .sp .in -4 .br .bp NR HD -2i .*
Genetic Algorithms
You create 10,000 strings describing the best way to shoot yourself in the foot. By the time the program produces the optimal solution, humans have evolved wings and the problem is moot


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Evolving Beliefs
Bloggers punch fist-sized holes in Sen. Sam Brownback's thoughts on evolution, are mixed about Jack Kevorkian's parole, and say buh-bye to loyal Bush staffer Dan Bartlett.
Evolving beliefs: In a much-discussed op-ed for the New York Times, evangelical Sen. Sam Brownback outlined his views on evolution, which came up during a recent Republican presidential debate. Brownback says he believes in microevolution—small forms of species changes over time—but can't fathom a cosmos absent a grand designer. Another Kansan dukes it out with Darwin, reaping a storm of scientific censure.
Secular Skeptic takes issue with Brownback's endorsement of microevolution: "[W]hat makes it so obvious that Brownback has no understanding of evolution, is that microevolution and macroevolution are the same thing! Macroevolution is what happens when microevolution goes on long enough. 'We weren't around back then so we can't know for sure' is not a valid argument. We do know for sure."
Rick Garnett at Catholic legal-theory blog Mirror of Justice respects Brownback but is wary of his intentions: "Maybe the Senator is trying, in his op-ed, to simultaneously (a) assure the New York Times that he is not an ignoramus and (b) assure those Christians for whom it is important that evolution involve no more than 'small changes over time within a species' of his bona fides, but I hope not."
Lee, a "mainline Protestant" at A Thinking Reed, responds to Brownback's concern that macroevolution diminishes the value of human life: "Each individual human being comes into existence by way of natural processes, but that in no way justifies treating their individual worth as somehow diminished. So why should the fact that the species came into being by natural processes diminish the worth of human beings as such? If we can say that God intends my particular existence, even though I came into being through natural processes, then why can't we say that God intended to bring human beings as a species into existence by means of natural processes?"
Conservative John Derbyshire at National Review's The Corner snarks, "Here is Sam Brownback talking about evolutionary biology. That's a bit like saying: 'Here's Paris Hilton talking about partial differential equations.' … What's going on here is that Brownback has got a whiff of the notion that living species indisputably do change over time. This is so well established that the old creationist position—that species do not change over time—has had to be abandoned."
Read more about Brownback's thoughts on evolution.
Death walked out: Suicide helpmate Dr. Jack Kevorkian was released from prison after serving an eight-year sentence for second-degree murder. Even those sympathetic to physician-assisted suicide can't help but remember the creepy monomania of "Dr. Death."
At Assisted-SuicideBlog, Derek Humphry, the founder of the right-to-die Hemlock Society, thinks Kevorkian's media aura is bad for the movement: "Many in the health professions were and are skeptical about Kevorkian's style of assisted deaths back in the l990s. … Claims that he launched the right-to-die movement, and was responsible for the introduction of 'Living Wills' are inaccurate. The Hemlock Society was already ten years old with 20,000 members before Kevorkian surfaced publicly in l990. California passed the first Living Will law in l976. There is no further need for Dr. Kevorkian's services."
Libertarian Nick Gillepsie, the editor in chief of Reason, posts at Hit & Run: "Whatever your position on assisted suicide is, I suspect we can all agree: Kevorkian was creepy with a capital K."
Conservative Alan Burkhart at Burkhart's Blog sees Kevorkian as "a dangerously eccentric old man with a penchant for playing doctor," but nonetheless concludes: "From a purely humanist standpoint, one might conclude that each person owns his or her life. We create living wills so that a family member has the power to 'pull the plug' if we become permanently incapacitated. How is it then, that a doctor can be authorized to disable a life support device when I'm a vegetable, but cannot enable a device to stop my heart under other circumstances? In both cases, it is a matter of a physician flipping a switch or prescribing a drug to end a life."
Read more about Kevorkian's parole.
Bartlett says goodbye: Dan Bartlett, a senior aide in the Bush White House, announced that he'll resign in July after six years of executive service. Depending on whom you ask, he's either another rat abandoning a sinking ship or someone stainless who deserves to call it quits.
Lefty Steven Taylor at Outside the Beltway says: "[C]ouldn't these guys (politicians, coaches, whomever) come up with a better explanation than the ol' 'time with family' bit? One guesses he isn't going to become Mr. Mom."
At Political Punch, ABC News correspondent Jake Tapper reminisces: "I first got to know Bartlett in 1999 when he was director of Rapid Response for the Bush for President campaign—'rapid response' being the term of art for having responses to any serious questions about the then-governor's draft record, DUI, etc etc. If you had a question about anything uncomfortable or untoward, you were referred to Dan."
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Series Preview: Cubs v. Reds, April 22 – April 24, 2013
The Cubs will head to Cincinnati to lick their wounds and eat some chili. I'll be at Wednesday's game, and it would be nice if the Cubs played well …
By way of reminder, the Series Preview hooks you up with what you need to know about every series this year – streaks, broadcast information, pitchers, expected lineups, etc. That way, if you want to check only one place to get a sense about an upcoming series, or to plan ahead, you've got it. There's also some fun stuff, because fun stuff is fun.
We're Going Streaking
The Cubs were just swept in Milwaukee, and have lost six of seven. At 5-12, the Cubs are the only team with a losing record in the NL Central. They are in the cellar by a relative country mile.
The Reds have won seven of eight after losing five in a row to the Cardinals and Pirates. But they only won three out of four against the Marlins in their last series. So, I mean, clearly they're beatable.
Game Times and Broadcasts
- Monday, April 22 at 6:10 CT on CSN.
- Tuesday, April 23 at 6:10 CT on WGN.
- Wednesday, April 24 at 11:35 CT on CSN, MLBN.
Expected Starters and Lineups
These lineups are likely to be pretty close to what actually gets fielded, but you'll want to check each day's Pre-Gamin' post for the actual lineup.
Starters: Travis Wood (1-1, 1.83), Carlos Villanueva (1-0, 1.29), Jeff Samardzija (1-3, 3.38)
- David DeJesus, CF
- Starlin Castro, SS
- Anthony Rizzo, 1B
- Alfonso Soriano, LF
- Nate Schierholtz, RF
- Welington Castillo/Dioner Navarro, C
- Luis Valbuena, 3B
- Darwin Barney, 2B
- Pitcher
Starters: Mike Leake (1-0, 4.26), Tony Cingrani (1-0, 1.80), Mat Latos (0-0, 2.73)
- Shin-Soo Choo, CF
- ZacK Cosart, SS
- Joey Votto, 1B
- Brandon Phillips, 2B
- Jay Bruce, RF
- Todd Frazier, 3B
- Chris Heisey, LF
- Ryan Hanigan/Devin Mesoraco, C
- Pitcher
Hot or Not and Whom to Watch
It's hard to find positive performances from the last series against the Brewers. Although the Cubs out-hit the Brewers, they were just 1-17 with runners in scoring position. Their numbers in that regard have reached epically bad proportions.
At least this series will see the two brightest bright spots on the team this year so far, starters Travis Wood and Carlos Villanueva. Each has had three straight great starts to begin the season.
The Cubs lead the league with 17 errors, and they've allowed 14 unearned runs – almost one unearned run per game (which is nuts).
Starlin Castro has a 13-game hitting streak.
It's hard to pick what stat is most impressive for Shin-Soo Choo this year, but, since he's the leadoff man, I guess you'd have to say it's the .523 OBP. It almost makes Joey Votto's .522 OBP look bad.
(Yes, the Reds have two players with an OBP over .500. By contrast, the Cubs have just one regular – Welington Castillo at .400 – with an OBP over .365.)
Aroldis Chapman's early season numbers are once again silly, stupid, crazy good. The key to beating Chapman is never facing him.
Series She-View
The Series She-View is one beautiful woman representing the Cubs taking on another (usually) beautiful woman representing the opponent. The Cubs' representative will change as the team's needs change – in other words, if the Cubs are winning, the rep will stay the same. But if the Cubs' performance calls for a change, someone new will step in. The opponent's representative will change from series to series, at my whim. But at least she'll probably be wearing the opponent's colors or have some connection to the team or something like that. It is immature, and the connection to baseball is tenuous at best. These things, I know.
This year, the Series She-View will live over at the Message Board. Here's your She-View for the Reds series.
Caption the Enemy
A new feature for the Series Preview this year – since folks on the Internet can't get enough of cracking wise about pictures, I thought it might be a fun addition to the Series Preview. I'll drop in a picture (hopefully one ripe for captioning), and you'll drop in your clever captions into the comments. Then, if there are good ones, we can meme-ify them for use down the road.
Today's picture offers you the opportunity to do what I did with a Darwin Barney-Brandon Phillips tri-pic. He could be unhappy about any number of things, though, and it doesn't have to be the Gold Glove thing. Brandon, in this photo from SI, seems bummed about something:


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Las Vegas may be known as a destination for gamblers, but there's more to the city than just gambling (which, of course, is still plentiful). Modern Las Vegas is also one of the world's top dining destinations, home to America's most successful nightclubs, and a retail paradise for both high-end and bargain shoppers.
Must see in Las Vegas
Frequently cited as one of the top tourist attractions in the world, the Bellagio fountains are a gorgeous water fixture featuring intricate choreographed water shows multiple times a night, with constantly rotating designs set to a range of music. There are eight Cirque du Soleil shows at various hotel-casinos in town, ranging from celebrations of the music of The Beatles and Michael Jackson to a collaboration with magician Criss Angel to a risqué cabaret-style revue, and you can't go wrong with any of them. Heading downtown, the Fremont East entertainment district is a hotbed of up-and-coming bars, restaurants, music venues and boutique shops, catering to a younger, hipper crowd.
Where to stay in Las Vegas
If you're bringing the family (including young children) to Vegas, you may want to stay off the Strip (the central hotel-casino district) in a more locals-oriented hotel-casino in Summerlin or Green Valley, both of which are family-friendly, suburban neighborhoods. For young adults and those looking to party, the Strip is the hub of most of Vegas' nightlife, including the most high-profile nightclubs, the most upscale restaurants and the most lavish production shows. If you're on a budget, check out downtown, where hotels are cheaper but there's still plenty to see and do, with bars and music venues within easy walking distance.
Best and worst times to go to Las Vegas
The best time to visit Las Vegas is in the spring, from late March to mid-May, when temperatures are warmer than most of the country but have yet to become unbearably hot. The worst time to visit Las Vegas is at the height of summer, from mid-June to late August, when temperatures regularly top 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and even ubiquitous air conditioning can't always save you from sweltering.
Where to get lost in Las Vegas
Downtown, with its cluster of hotel-casinos under the Fremont Street Experience, its bars, restaurants and boutiques (including the retail hub of the Container Park) in the Fremont East district, and its art galleries, coffee shops and antique stores in the 18b Arts District, is the ideal area of town for wandering and discovering something new and unexpected.
The best deal in Las Vegas
Some of the most dazzling sights on the Strip are totally free, including the Bellagio fountain show, the Mirage volcano, the animatronic statues at Caesars Palace and the millions of dollars of fine art on display throughout CityCenter.
Transportation in Las Vegas
Las Vegas is a pretty car-dependent town, but if you stay on the Strip and don't intend to venture away from there, you can get by with cabs, the bus system and relatively short walks (or use the fairly inefficient monorail if necessary). For longer distances or to head away from the center of town, renting a car is key.
Getting in from McCarran International Airport
Cabs are plentiful and eager to take you to your hotel, but check first to see if there's a complimentary shuttle to where you're staying. You can also take the bus, but make sure to check the schedule and the nearest stops, or you may be in for long waits.
Local tip for visitors to Las Vegas
Don't try to hail a cab on the street, since it's actually illegal for drivers to pick up passengers roadside. Instead, head to a taxi stand at a hotel-casino, or call a dispatch to pick you up at a specific location.
Planning a trip to Las Vegas? Find out how to blend in like a local with our travel tips by clicking here.
Author's bio: Josh Bell is a Las Vegas-based writer (and 20-year resident) and the film and TV critic for Las Vegas Weekly. Find him on Twitter and Facebook.


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LAKELAND | Publix is bringing a new digital coupon system to a store near you.
The free, online program will be launched in parts of the Tampa Bay area this week and expanded throughout Central Florida in the coming weeks, according to spokeswoman Shannon Patten.
The service allows customers to choose coupons from a Publix website, publix.couponselectionpage.com, and save them to an account. Shoppers then redeem the paperless coupons at checkout by entering their registered phone number.
"We are always striving to enhance the shopping experience for our customers and want them to be able to take advantage of any cost savings available," Patten said. "By allowing our customers to utilize digital coupons, we're offering them savings that are just a click away."
Publix will continue to accept traditional paper coupons, Patten said.
The company expects to have the digital coupon system in place at all stores by the end of March.
Publix began testing digital coupons last year at select stores in the Ocala area and Alabama, and officials have noted the widespread popularity and use of coupons in recent years.
Melissa Williams, a regular Publix shopper and avid coupon user from Lakeland, said the grocer's new digital system will be a �welcome complement to paper �coupons.
Tying online coupons to an account should also reduce costs from printing Internet coupons, Williams said.
"Friends I know that print coupons, they're buying ink cartridges left and right," she said.
Another bonus: You won't forget digital coupons at home, Williams said.
Some 3 billion coupons for packaged consumer goods were redeemed in the U.S. last year, down from 3.5 billion in 2011, according to Inmar, a North Carolina-based retail technology firm.
A report from Inmar said the drop in coupon redemption last year might have been the result of "belt-tightening" measures by marketers.
On average, coupons in 2012 had a shorter redemption period, lower face value and higher purchase requirement compared to 2011.
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Jim Veldheer, the father of Raiders tackle Jared Veldheer, tweeted Friday "Jared is in recovery. All went well. Praise the Lord.''
Veldheer underwent surgery to repair a torn left triceps and likely be placed on the designated for return injured reserve list, meaning the earliest he could return would be in the eighth game of the season on Nov. 3 against the Philadelphia Eagles.
The Raiders won't make that move until cutting the roster to the final 53, with Veldheer included in that number. He would then be placed on injured reserve, taking him off the roster, and the Raiders can add another player.


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by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (selected by Frank Cumbers)
Forgetting the things which are behind...
I press on toward the goal unto the prize
of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus
If you really do bemoan the fact that you have wasted so much time in the past, the thing to do is to make up for it in the present. Is not that common sense? Here is a man who comes in utterly dejected and saying: "If only&mddash;the time I have wasted!"
What I say to him is this: "Are you making up for that lost time? Why are you wasting this energy in telling me about the past which you cannot undo? Why don't you put your energy into the present?" I speak with vehemence because this condition has to be dealt with sternly and the last thing to do with such people is to sympathize with them.
If you are suffering from this condition, take yourself in hand and examine yourself from an ordinary common sense point of view. You are behaving like a fool; you are irrational; you are wasting your time and your energy. You do not really believe what you are saying. If you bemoan a wasted past, make up for it in the present; give yourself entirely to living at this present moment.
That is what Paul did. He says: "And last of all He was seen of me also as of one born out of due time." He says in effect: I have wasted a lot of time; others have got ahead of me. But he is able to go on and to add: "I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me."
Spiritual Depression, pp. 83-4
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June 28, 2012
The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act in a complex ruling. In March, WGBH News followed the case as it was argued with a full week of oral arguments, analysis and features. Today, we have a full day of coverage to help you make sense of the decision.
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Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law at The George Washington University; legal affairs editor at The New Republic
Emily Rooney Show, noon
Jonathan Gruber, MIT economist and one of the chief architects of the Affordable Care Act
Kerry Healey, Lt. Gov. of Massachusetts under Mitt Romney
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I normally don't like to copy paste, but oh well. Got this from bugtraq and thought a few people might be interested. Now that securityfocus is owned by symantec, they are making even more mailing lists for you to subscribe to and have a harder time keeping up with the latest....
In an effort to cater to the community, I'm pleased to announce the launch
of two new security discussion lists here at SecurityFocus.
Our first new list is aimed at the BSD series of operating systems. This
includes the operating systems NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and BSD/OS. This
will be the focus-bsd list, and is accessible at the address
email@example.com. You may join by sending an email to
The next list we're introducing is the unix-other list. This list is
designed to handle security discussion for Unix operating systems not
covered in the focus-sun, focus-linux, and focus-bsd lists. These
operating systems include but are not limited to AIX, HP-UX, Tru64, and
IRIX. This list will be the focus-unix-other list. You may subscribe by
sending an email email@example.com
I will be your moderator, and am looking forward to hearing your thoughts,
concerns, and opinions.
Without further ado, let me welcome you to our new lists!
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- What makes your small kitchen so cool:
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- Describe a challenge you've overcome or a smart resource you've found for your kitchen.:
- When we moved in, the kitchen was stacked full of cupboards. We couldn't afford to knock through into the room next to it and extend immediately, so we did a mini makeover on it to keep us going until we could! We replaced the worktops, repainted and put new handles on the doors. We took all the cupboards down and replaced them with shelves and whitewashed the walls. The challenge is that the kitchen is so small that the fridge freezer has to be kept in the utility room which is an even tinier space.
- What's your favorite meal to cook here?:
- Lebanese lemon chicken with rosemary, chilli and bulgar wheat which is an all time favourite! Although my kids would say pizza...


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Located about 45 miles south of Baton Rouge, Assumption Parish carries all the charms and curses of southern Louisiana. Networks of bayous, dotted with trees heavy with Spanish moss, connect with the Mississippi River as it slowly ambles toward the Gulf of Mexico. Fishermen and farmers make their homes there, and so does the oil and gas industry, which has woven its own network of wells, pipelines and processing facilities across the lowland landscape.
The first sign of the oncoming disaster was the mysterious appearance of bubbles in the bayous in the spring of 2012. For months the residents of a rural community in Assumption Parish wondered why the waters seemed to be boiling in certain spots as they navigated the bayous in their fishing boats.
Then came the earthquakes. The quakes were relatively small, but some residents reported that their houses shifted in position, and the tremors shook a community already desperate for answers. State officials launched an investigation into the earthquakes and bubbling bayous in response to public outcry, but the officials figured the bubbles were caused by a single source of natural gas, such as a pipeline leak. They were wrong.
On a summer night in early August, the earth below the Bayou Corne, located near a small residential community in Assumption, simply opened up and gave way. Several acres of swamp forest were swallowed up and replaced with a gaping sinkhole that filled itself with water, underground brines, oil and natural gas from deep below the surface. Since then, the massive sinkhole at Bayou Corne has grown to 8 acres in size.