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"What is your favourite book/novel?"
I sit, my expression blank, my hands going clammy. My eyes darting around the room, and really, exploring the darkest crevices in my imagination. I've read hundreds of books, that's a given. I don't ever tend to read a novel more than once, unless it's for revision purposes, i.e. By force rather than choice. So when someone asks me which is my preferred book of all time, I don't know what to say.
It's problematic. I could be literary and cliché and slump for Fitzgerald's Gatsby, or Pride and Prejudice because okay, it's kind of brilliant. I could drift back to Joanna Nadin's brilliant series I've been following for about six years: Rachel Riley, although then I can't pick one. I could voice my appreciation for Bram Stoker's Dracula and watch people's eyes devour my hint: the dark stuff excites me. So, maybe I can't pick one. Or two, or even three. But here are aome books, off the top of my head, that I will continue to recommend to others;
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë
the End of Alice- A.M Homes,
We Need to Talk About Kevin- Lionel Shriver,
100 Reasons Why- Jay Asher,
Looking For Alaska- John Green, Revolutionary Road- Richard Yates, Lolita- Vladamir Nabokov,
JUNK- Melvin Burgess,
Candy- Kevin Brooks,
Just Listen- Sarah Dessen,
Jekyll and Hyde- R. L Stephenson,
The Dinner- Herman Koch,
One Day- David Nicholls,
Summer House with Swimming Pool- Herman Koch,
The Fault in Our Stars- John Green,
The Post-Birthday World- Lionel Shriver,
The Shock of The Fall- Nathan Filer,
Black Rabbit Summer- Kevin Brooks,
Paper Towns- John Green,
Nine Uses For An Ex-Boyfriend- Sarra Manning,
Room- Emma Donoghue,
and one I'm currently reading;
Follow Me Down by Tanya Byrne.
Any book recommendations I welcome with open arms and wide eyes, the stranger, darker, weirder, the better. Also, total black comedic elements are my favourite. Moody novels, good conversations and tension.


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One with the ability to perceive things imperceptible to the normal human senses. Clairvoyancy is often referred to as a "sixth sense." As her name suggests, Clara is a clairoyant.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines Communism as: "a system of government in which the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in which all goods are equally shared by the people."
The tendency to maintain the existing order or tradition rather than accept radical changes. In terms of politics, Esteban Trueba is a conservative.
A representation of the Nativity scene, traditionally with figurines. Blanca's unusual pottery crèches are a successful commodity.
In Spanish, a large plantation or estate. Tres Marias is Esteban Trueba's hacienda, of which he is patrón.
Holy Thursday
The Thursday before Easter, which commemmorates the Last Supper. The novel begins on Holy Thursday when we find the del Valle family in church.
A period of forty weekdays that spans from Ash Wednesday until Easter. It is a time of fasting during which Christians express remorse for their sins in preparation for Easter.
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines Marxism as: "The political and economic philosophy of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in which the concept of class struggle plays a central role in understanding society's allegedly inevitable development from bourgeois oppression under capitalism to a socialist and ultimately classless society." Esteban Trueba uses the term "Marxism" to refer to Communism, Socialism, and any other doctrine that opposes his own conservative views.
An antiquated term for a mentally disabled individual. Blanca starts a weekly pottery workshop for "mongoloids" as an act of charity.
The Spanish word for the master of a hacienda. Esteban Trueba is the patrón of Tres Marias.
One involved in promoting a woman's right to vote.


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Why I Will Never, Ever, EVER Get a Tattoo
Would I have to start planning outfits around the tattoo like I plan for weather?
Move over Baby Blue Ivy, the best news Twitter brought me recently was that Tulane law professor Melissa Harris Perry will to be hosting a weekend show on MSNBC starting next month. I'm being serious.
Don't invite me to any brunch before noon from this point forward. Listening to me scream "YES!!!" in response to Harris Perry's guest political commentary on the Rachel Maddow Show, you'd think I was watching the Redskins play, or a firey televangelist.
I ADORE her. I once bought a $50 ticket to a fundraiser for Melissa's husband's mayoral campaign. I didn't not support Mr. Perry or his plans for New Orleans (whatever they may have been) but I was there for other reasons. To shake MHP's hand (yes, I have a nickname for her) and, later, to be able to say we were in the same room.
For as long as I can remember my interest in "real" celebrities has always been below average. I don't have a favorite actor. In waiting rooms, I'll take a trip down memory lane with "Highlights" before scanning "US Weekly." I just recently learned that Lil Wayne and Weezy are the same person. I didn't even get emotionally invested in Jay-Z and Beyonce's little Blue Ivy until today when I heard "Glory" for the first time and might have teared up just a little bit (I am, after all, human).
But the fact that I don't have TMZ in my browser history doesn't mean I don't know what it's like to rent out disproportionate chunks of my mental space to lives and work of people I've never met and might never meet. I just do it in my own, slightly nerdier way, in which infatuation is based on words and ideas versus beauty or fame.
Write something moving, say something smart (extra points if it's about race or politics or a beautifully crafted memoir) and be someone to whom I can relate at least a little, and I'm pretty much yours. In these imaginary relationships, I don't adhere to "The Rules" -- I commit immediately. I'm always available to read, re-tweet, and rant to anyone who'll listen about how brilliant you are. Basically I'm the super nerd fan every NPR host wishes they had.
These "relationships" are something like "girl crushes" because they're rooted in admiration versus romance. Except it's not that I want to emulate the objects of my infatuation. I just think it'd be nice to absorb a little of their talent, insight or charisma. And, on an even simpler level, I like that they exist.
It can take as little as one essay. Ava DuVernay gave me chills with the poetry of an essay on "Watch the Throne." Dream Hampton hooked me with a series of thoughtful tweets. Rachel Maddow slowly seduced me with multiple evenings of on-point snark during the run-up to the 2008 election. I was hooked up with The Atlantic's Ta-Nahesi Coates by a friend, on a blind date with his blog, and fell fast. I gave that fling the seal of legitimacy by subscribing.
I like to think this makes me the exact opposite of a hater. Instead of resenting those who currently outpace me in talent or fame or success, I let them give me energy. But it's important to note that I don't like them instead of liking myself. I'm both grateful and excited for the little reminders they offer me about my own potential.
My craving for contact with these writers and thinkers is charged with the same energy that fueled crushes of the middle school variety. Back then, two friends and I were in love with Billy Joe Armstrong, the scrawny lead singer of Green Day. We heard that he'd visited Amoeba Records in Berkeley, so we went in there and touched everything on the theory that he must have touched something, so if we ran our fingers over every single row of records we'd find real intimacy in doing what he'd just done.
In law school, when I first came in contact with a big shot professor whose public profile and books put her at the top of my nerd crush list, I overcame my star-struck nerves and sought her out to become a teaching assistant. Two years later, when she cited a paper I wrote in one of her law review articles, it was like a grown up, academic, record-store-touch.
I doubt I'll ever get to know some of the people on my list personally. Like Joan Didion, or even author Anne Lamott -- who actually lives in my hometown and drives around in a little VW bug. I thought it'd advance our relationship if she noticed me waving out the window that one time I made my mom speed down the road so we could pull up next to her at a red light. It did not. I'll just have to be satisfied with occasional g-chats with a friend who shares my obsession ("Do you think she still gets writer's block, like for real for real? Do you think she's nice?")
More often, these days, the people whose work hooks me are close enough to be accessed through the miracles of the Internet. I knew both Helena and J.F. Mceachin's words before I knew them. Now, I only remember when someone asks that the explanation for "How did you meet?" is "She wrote this thing and, um, I got in touch with her. "
The added bonus of nerd-crushes-turned-friends is they can remove one degree of separation from current nerd crushes.
"Word on the Twitter streets is that you're hanging out with REBECCA WALKER tonight!! Why did I not know this??" I texted Helena last year. I think I got an "LOL, sorry. We're in Baltimore." Progress? Maybe.
According to Feng Shui or Oprah, or some self help book I read, I'm supposed to make a vision board with pictures of all these "helpful people" (or "nerdy stalking targets" – take your pick) and put it in some particular corner of my home, visualizing them offering guidance for my of career and personal development. But, for some reason, that crosses the creepy line for me. And anyway, something tells me they're already "offering guidance."
So what about you guys? Any smarty pants on your Celebs to Make Out With list, which in nerd fan speak translates to something like Celebs to Go Hear Give A Lecture list?


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OLYMPIA - The conclusion of an 11-month inquiry into alleged violations of humane slaughter, worker safety and food safety laws at the IBP, Inc. beef
IBP Investigation
packing plant in Wallula was announced today by Jim Jesernig, director of Agriculture; Gary Moore, director of Labor and Industries; and Attorney General Christine Gregoire.
Gov. Gary Locke initiated the investigation in response to a petition, affidavits and a video submitted by the Humane Farming Association and 11 other groups alleging that animals were being improperly handled at the IBP plant. The Department of Agriculture was instructed to assemble an investigative team that also included the Department of Labor and Industries and the Washington State Patrol. The Attorney General's Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service, and Walla Walla County Prosecutor's Office were also asked to participate.
The Washington State Patrol investigated the allegations of criminal violations of the humane slaughter and animal cruelty laws on behalf of the investigative team. The results were turned over to Walla Walla County prosecutor Jim Nagle, as provided in state law. Nagle, assisted by a group of other prosecuting attorneys, reviewed the case and determined there was not sufficient evidence to bring criminal charges.
Nagle was especially impressed by a comparison video prepared by investigators, which shows sequences from the five-minute videotape provided with the petition side-by-side with portions of unedited video footage obtained during the investigation. The short videotape appears to have been edited to delete footage showing that IBP employees promptly corrected several "bad acts."
In a separate development, an agreement was reached between the state Department of Agriculture and IBP that allows the department to monitor animal slaughtering practices at IBP's Wallula plant. The company also agreed to cooperate with Agriculture's goal of improving livestock handling practices at the plant. Under the agreement, Department of Agriculture staff will be allowed immediate, unannounced access to the IBP plant. Among other things, the department will verify that IBP:
Continues existing training programs for employees and supervisors responsible for handling live animals. These programs address stunning, handling live animals, signs of sensibility in animals, and legal requirements for handling live animals.
Continues hands-on training for stunners to ensure that only experienced, well-trained employees carry out stunning operations.
Implements a training program to educate employees down the line from stunning and sticking operations on signs of sensibility in animals.
The agreement allows the Department of Agriculture to inspect relevant IBP records and videotapes. It is effective through Sept. 30, 2002 and can be extended.
In response to allegations of worker safety violations, the Department of Labor and Industries conducted an extensive review of the IBP plant and its operations in February 2001. The inspection team included two industrial hygienists who spent four days on-site, and two safety and health specialists who spent three days on-site. No violations were found related to the allegations in the petition. Six serious violations of worker safety laws were identified in other parts of the plant, and $8,960 in penalties was assessed.
Labor and Industries reported that, while the findings are significant, particularly in relation to the exposed employees, they are not extraordinary in an operation this size. In addition to the investigation, L&I has continuing responsibility to investigate worker complaints and conduct worker safety compliance inspections.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has inspectors in the plant whenever it is operating to enforce food safety standands. USDA did not note any significant food safety violations during the investigation period.
Gov. Locke thanked the task force members for their hard work on the case. "This investigation required months of work and I appreciate the dedication demonstrated by team members from the state and federal governments. I'd also like to thank Prosecuting Attorney Jim Nagle and his staff."
"The accusations brought forward were very serious," Locke said. "The case report indicates a thorough investigation. I believe that the agreement reached between the Department of Agriculture and IBP, after the investigation was concluded, will well serve the public interest."
Jesernig, Moore and Gregoire all expressed support for the decision of the Walla Walla County Prosecuting Attorney. "The Washington State Patrol did an outstanding job on a difficult case," Jesernig said, "Our agreement was designed to address concerns about the humane treatment of animals during slaughter, whether criminal charges were filed or not. Under the agreement, we will be monitoring the situation at IBP to help ensure animals are properly handled."
For more information about the IBP investigation, visit the Department of Agriculture's Web site.


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Kristin Davis and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin have split after just a few months of dating.
The Sex and the City star was first linked to Sorkin in May (12) and they went public with their relationship a month later (Jun12), making their debut as an item on the red carpet for his new TV show The Newsroom.
However, the pair has now reportedly gone its separate ways.
A source tells the New York Daily News, "They're very different people. She's focused on raising her daughter, Gemma, and he's working on his show. They'll definitely remain friends."
Davis adopted little Gemma Rose as a single parent earlier this year (12).


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Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Adams Claiming Gold
The news came with a terrible cry Belarus shot putter Ostapchuk got stripped from the gold medal after getting tested for drugs. The test said she was positive of using steroids, she crashed to the floor bursting in tears. When they called Adams her eyes flooded she was promoted for the gold, interviewing was everywhere around her.
Adams agreed, telling Radio Live the replacement ceremony would ease her disappointment at not having her win honoured during the games. happiness surrounded Adams as she was still bursting into tears. She said "She wants nothing to do with Ostapchuk."
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IT LOOKS as if music legend Lionel Richie's daughter Nicole is finally going to make it down the aisle.
He was happy to break the news to 3am on a stellar night at the Prince's Trust's 30th anniversary concert at Tower Hill in London on Saturday.
Chatting backstage to Kiki, he confirmed that wafer-thin Nicole is to tie the knot with Adam Goldstein, alias DJ AM.
"I told her: 'Honey, you do what you want and just send me the bill,'" the 56-year-old former Commodores star revealed before he went on stage for the show's finale.
"Of course I'm going to be there for her, and I'll be singing - there's no way I couldn't. I'm really happy that it's working out for her."
Nicole and Adam had been going out since 2003. She ended it in December, but three months later they were back together.
Now the wedding is on - but Lionel also hinted that he still worries about his adopted daughter.
"I really wanted to bring her with me for tonight's gig because it's such a special night, but she couldn't get away," he said. "She's in LA at the moment, but she really needs a vacation. She's a great girl and she's really been through a lot."
Simple Life star Nicole recently told Vanity Fair: "I know that I'm too thin. I have a problem and I want to fix it." A few weeks later Lionel, too, broke his silence on her ultra-skinny look.
"When I saw how thin she was, I was concerned and worried," he said. "I would love to see her with more meat on her."
Before singing a string of his hits on Saturday, he said of Princes William and Harry: "They're great boys. You can really see that. I do hope they get to misbehave sometimes - but they have good hearts."
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Don't Beat Yourself Up
Previously, I discussed how comparing yourself to other writers can be valuable. This week, I wanted to say something about how you shouldn't make such comparisons. This is the point where any robots reading will have a paradox-inspired meltdown, but as Emerson once said, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Or, as I once said, "I'm contradicting myself? Huh. That's very interest… LOOK OVER THERE." [Footsteps. Car peeling away. Car crashing. Sirens.]
Self-doubt hampers the trancelike flow that generates great writing (or even the painful stop-start that generates pretty good writing). Why do we doubt ourselves? One reason: because—and here comes a controversial statement—writing is easy.
Calm down. Don't revoke my guild card. I've come to rely on it for my steady diet of films about Leonardo DiCaprio's wife issues. Writing is also incredibly hard (Contradiction two! I'm doubling down on that foolish consistency thing.) A brilliant script requires a rock-solid understanding of structure, a keen ear for dialogue, and a superhuman ability to stare at a glowing screen through twelve revisions. A great joke requires a lateral mind and a theasauran's ability to pick exactly the right word. Or to make the right word up—a word like, say, "theasauran."
And most folks can't write at all. Believe me, my dad was a professor. I saw him suffer through enough papers to know. (Actually, for proof just read any YouTube comments section. We're all professors' sons now.) But for writers, writing is just a little bit easy. If it wasn't, we'd get into something more stable, like dictator of Egypt. We started writing. We had a knack for it. We enjoyed it. So we wrote more and more, and got better and better.
Hard? Hard is talking to strangers on the phone about anything that requires a confirmation number. When it comes down to basic life skills like knowing how to fill out an insurance form, I thank God I have a wife who's willing to take lead. I'd rather imagine a hundred imaginary worlds and write a script about each than to deal with the daily nonsense of the real world.
Add to this the pervasive myth that writing skill comes from talent and not practice, I think it's easy to internalize the feeling that you're getting away with something—that writing is some sort of racket. Writers find all sorts of ways to beat themselves up (yes, there are arrogant writers, but arrogance usually masks poor self-esteem). If you devalue writing in general, you begin to devalue your own writer's instincts. You begin to look at other people, convinced they have it figured out. Instead of tapping into the flow within yourself, you worry that you need to be doing what your peers are doing. They know something you don't. They're really working.
Maybe they are. If comparing allows you to diagnose deficiencies in your own work, then by all means draw on that and improve. You're not going to find all the answers magically waiting within. But don't indulge a counterproductive wallow, either. Don't allow an obsession with exterior things to drown out your own voice, and don't let other people devalue your worth. There's a lot of noise buzzing at us, all the time, and one of the ways to get to a place where writing is fun and—yes—easy, is to give yourself permission to zone out those distractions. To not worry, for once.
After all, you'll have plenty of opportunities to compare yourself unfavorably to your friends without actively going and looking for them. I'm sure they'll helpfully post all their successes to Facebook.
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This is great (as is the complementary Part I)!
Beyond getting over comparison to others, I find I have to get over all kinds of generalized anxiety about topic choice and the quality of the end product before I can start writing. My mantra, just to get myself to open the dreaded blank word doc and spit something out, is, "nobody will ever read this." Then usually, it turns out okay, and plenty of people do.


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Federal prosecutors have been granted an extra three months to seek an indictment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich.U.S. Chief District Court Judge James Holderman entered an order allowing the indictment deadline to be extended from Jan. 7 to April 7, according to the court docket in the Blagojevich case. Prosecutors had sought the extension last week, citing the complexity of their investigation of pay-to-play politics in the Blagojevich administration.
The government charged Blagojevich in a criminal complaint, citing the need for speed to keep him from allegedly making a deal to sell his appointment to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack Obama to the highest bidder. But it must seek a formal indictment because defendants cannot be tried on criminal complaints, which can only initiate a federal criminal case.In making its case for the time extension, prosecutors had noted that "thousands of phone calls were intercepted between late October 2008 and early December 2008. In addition, multiple witnesses have come forward in recent weeks to discuss their knowledge of criminal activity in relation to the ongoing investigation" of the governor and and John Harris, the governor's former chief of staff.


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Syms may soon be forced to educate at least one of its disgruntled shareholders.
A New Jersey judge has ordered the off-price clothing chain — whose slogan is "an educated consumer is our best customer" — to turn over confidential books and records to a hedge fund that has raised questions about possible mismanagement at the company.
The judge ruled yesterday that hedge fund Esopus Creek Advisors, which sued last month to gain access to the documents, has produced "some credible evidence of potential mismanagement."
People close to the situation said Syms is expected to appeal the ruling, which would compel it to turn over minutes of board discussions of key strategic decisions, including the company's 2009 acquisition of Filene's Basement and its hiring this spring of investment bank Rothschild to explore a possible sale.
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The report, released Thursday, further disclosed that examiner decisions were upheld by the PTO's patent appeals board 69% of the time, up from 51% two years ago. Meanwhile, quality compliance was at 96.5%, the best result in a quarter century, the report said.
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The staff, families, and community of Catharine Blaine K-8 School envision a creative,student-centered school environment. We encourage every child to develop a love of learning, to appreciate diversity and to reach his or her highest potential intellectually, socially, physically, and emotionally.
You want the best for your child—and so do we. At Catharine Blaine K-8 we encourage every student to develop a love of learning, to appreciate diversity, and to reach his or her highest potential intellectually, socially, physically, and emotionally. By offering a challenging, well-rounded academic program blended with a variety of dynamic enrichment opportunities, we believe we can make success happen for each and every one of our students.
We start small. At Catharine Blaine we strive to limit our four kindergarten classes to 20 students each, providing an outstanding teacher/student ratio to launch your child's academic career. The small class size pays off, too. 2016-2017 snapshot of Blaine's performance as measured by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).
Catharine Blaine also offers the only middle school program in Magnolia. Our K‑8 structure allows us to nurture and support our students in a personal, in-depth way for nine years. Continuity in curriculum, facilities, staff members and programs means a seamless transition from elementary school to middle school at an important point in your child's academic career. It is a unique opportunity to prepare for the rigors of high school by adjusting to a set of teachers and changing classrooms throughout the day in a familiar, supportive environment. Catharine Blaine is the kind of school where the principal knows every student by name, from kindergarten through promotion onto high school.
The staff at Catharine Blaine is a highly dedicated,well-trained group of academic professionals. The majority of our teachers have advanced degrees in education and are specialists in their fields of instruction. Our administrative team brings their combined expertise in leadership, curriculum, and instruction to bear on all collaborative efforts with staff and families. Staff bios and e-mail contact can be found on the left-hand side of this page under the "Staff" tab.
Blaine K‑8 benefits from a tremendously supportive volunteer community and PTA. Parents, grandparents, caregivers, and community members regularly volunteer countless hours each year, doing everything from tutoring to working in the classroom to creating fundraisers for enrichment programs. We enjoy strong collaborative relationships with the Magnolia business community and civic groups such as the Magnolia Rotary Club.
Our strong academic curriculum emphasizes reading,writing and mathematics at all grade levels. We also offer an inquiry-based science curriculum, developed by the National Science Foundation, which begins in kindergarten and continues through eighth grade. The entire curriculum is integrated across subjects, using the Washington State Grade Level Expectations to guide our instruction. The newly developed Common Core Standards will be phased in over the course of the next three years.
Differentiated instruction at Blaine means that each child is challenged at his or her individual level. This contributes greatly both to student achievement and to individual confidence and self-esteem. 2010-11 MSP results document our 3rd, 4th and 5th graders scoring 86% in math - one of the top scores in the district - and 85% in reading. Our seventh graders posted an 87% in writing, placing them in top percentiles for the Seattle School District. View the latest achievement data.
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NCSE is pleased to announce that the latest issue of Reports of the National Center for Science Education is now available on-line.
NCSE's Minda Berbeco contributed "Getting the Science Right: Teaching Climate Change in the Classroom" to California Classroom Science, a publication of the California Science Teachers Association.
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of Rudolf A. Raff's Once We All Had Gills (Indiana University Press, 2012).
NCSE's Joshua Rosenau's invited essay "Science Denial: A Guide for Scientists" was published in Trends in Microbiology 2012;20(12):567-569.
Molleen Matsumura, a former employee of NCSE, died on October 30, 2012, at the age of 64.
NCSE is delighted to congratulate J. William Schopf on receiving the Paleontological Society Medal, the most prestigious honor bestowed by the Paleontological Society, on November 4, 2012, at the Geological Society of America's annual meeting.
NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of James Hansen's Storms of My Grandchildren (New York: Bloomsbury, 2009).
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NCSE is pleased to offer a free preview (PDF) of Carl Zimmer and Douglas J. Emlen's Evolution: Making Sense of Life (Roberts & Company, 2013).
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Sun represents our central focus and consciousness. In astrology, the Sun is the most dominant consideration - it influences our will to live, our creative life force, and it reflects the present or the "here and now".
With Sun in your own sign, your 1st House of individual personality and projected self - you will experience a renewal of energy and vitality now, and it is a strong time for increased personal confidence. You are likely to be more decisive and forward-looking during this cycle, and you tend to put more faith in your own abilities. Physically, you are likely feeling strong. This is an excellent cycle for making personal changes in your manner or appearance, and for any self-improvement endeavours - until around 20th January. From then, Sun enters your 2nd House, and you are more attracted to objects and possessions that give you a sense of comfort, status, or luxury. You might have a more materialistic view of life during this cycle, or you have an increased interest in your own possessions. You are unlikely to take many risks, however, and you can be quite resistant to change.
- All predictions are based on the assumption that you are born with Sun in Capricorn. Since, the positions of the other planets in your Natal Chart are not considered, we expect the predictions above to be 70%-80% accurate. Based on the other planets, there may be some minor variations, suppression or even elevation of certain trends. More accurate predictions may be interpreted only with personalized Natal Charts.
- Please also remember that many trends of one week tend to slip into another (next week) like "dye, that bleeds" - especially for those born later, in 2nd and 3rd decans. This is because the planets stay in the same combination of positions for a period of time, and thus, so does the emotions at play.
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The Shrinking Aisles
If you've been a customer of Best Buy over the last few years, you've probably noticed the ever-shrinking floor space devoted to selling PC software. Back in the hay-day of Windows 95, Best Buy devoted aisle after aisle of space to the Software of all kinds, from video games to virus software to CD crammed full of clip-art. But the amount of floor space has decreased over time, giving way to a plethora of DVDs, walls of intimidating HDTVs, and even miniature Apple stores. Although some PC enthusiasts seem to be convinced that the reduced floor space for PC software is the result of a hidden contempt on the part of big retailers, the truth is a matter of business sense. Big box retailers like Best Buy don't devote as much floor space to selling software because they don't sell enough of it.
In the past, the receding tide of retail software has been due to major online retailers, capable of providing a larger selection and better prices. More recently, however, the erosion has been accelerated due to the arrival of digital distribution, a new way of buying software which poses the threat of ending retail software sales.
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What Is Digital Distribution?
Digital distribution simply means the distribution of a digital copy of software devoid of any physical media such as a DVD disk. Rather than going to a store and buying software there, you simply go to the website for the company that makes the software you want to purchase, or to the website of an online vendor, and download it from them. You typically pay by credit card, and once you've paid, you receive a secure link that allows you to download the program you purchased. Once you've downloaded the program, you install just like you would any other software. However, the only copy of the program in your possession is the one on your hard drive.
As a consumer, there is very little difference between the program that you receive through Digital Distribution and the program that you receive in retail. The two copies of the same program obtained through the two different methods will functionally be identical, generally speaking.
That, however, does not mean that a digitally distributed copy with be of the same quality of a retail product, and vice-versa. There are advantages and disadvantages to each, and deciding how to purchase your software depends on your needs.
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The Digital Edge
The biggest advantage to digital distribution is cost. In most cases, digitally acquired versions of products are less expensive than those bought at retail. There are exceptions, mainly in the cases of popular software. Critically acclaimed video games, for example, often have shared pricing between digital and retail copies. But in most cases, a digital copy will be a little bit less than a retail copy. The sale prices available for digital copies are also notable - often times, you'll be able to find related programs from the same company available as a digital bundle, with a price discount attached.
Besides price, the ease of buying digitally distributed software is an advantage. When you step into a retail store, you can't buy anything the store doesn't have. If the software you want is sold out, you'll need to go somewhere else. Digitally distributed copies, on the other hand, are always in stock, and the whole Internet is your store. The convenience of this is surprising. Before digital distribution, I never thought of going to retail stores a chore - but once I realized I could download any program I wanted without spending an hour driving to the shop, buying what I wanted, and driving back, I was hooked.
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Digital Distribution & Online Sales Becoming the Norm? Retail sales of software have not been doing well lately. Floorspace for software seems to be shrinking in nearly every big-box retailer. The reason is digital distribution, a new way of acquiring software which doesn't require a visit to your favorite store. Instead, all you need to do is download the software you want direct from the website of the publisher or from an online retailer. Digitally distributed copies are easy to acquire and often cheaper than retail versions, but wait; there may still be reason to visit your favorite big-box retailer. Digital Distribution, Digitally Distributed Software, software download, software registration
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Dead Hard Drives: Retail's Reason To Live
While the advantages of buying digitally distributed software are obvious, there may yet be hope for retail. Digital distribution is easy, but only up until the point where your hard drive kicks the bucket. Because the only copy you own exists on your hard drive, there is nothing from which to install if you lose your copy. It is up to you to back up the software or else suffer the consequences. This risk is mitigated by purchasing a portable hard drive, but buying a portable hard drive to back up your digitally distributed software negates the lower prices, and it also negates some of the convenience.
Of course, many companies that offer digitally distributed copies of their software provide you with some way to download a program a second time if you do lose your data. But the amount of support available varies greatly from company to company. Some companies will allow you to re-download any product you've purchased an unlimited amount of times, but others implement caps. And there is always the risk that the company you bought the product from will go out of business, meaning that there is no one available to offer you support.
More restrictive DRM (digital rights management) can also show its always-ugly head in digitally distributed software. For example, Impulse, Stardock's video game distribution service, makes it easy to download numerous games for very low prices. But all your purchases are tied to a single account, and cannot be transferred. If you for some reason lose your account information, you'll have to call or email support and be able to provide evidence that the account belongs to you. These inconveniences are not insurmountable, and perhaps even preferable to a system like Valve's Steam, which ties both retail and digital copies to an online service. But they are inconveniences which could be avoided by buying retail.
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The Choice
Deciding between a digitally distributed copy and a retail copy boils down to your personal preferences and needs. Digital distribution is easy and convenient, making it a solid choice if you simply don't have the time or inclination to hunt through retail stores. The better pricing also means you can get more for your hard earned dough.
But retail copies provide a sense of security not easily available from digital distribution. When you buy a retail DVD, you have that copy at least until the DVD is destroyed, which is unlikely even after years of constant use. If your hard drive crashes, you don't need to worry about remembering the login and password you chose for the website of an obscure company you purchased from two years ago. There is also the simple, physical reassurance. Some people - myself included - simply like ripping open a box and inserting a disk.
In any case, if you haven't been aware of digital distribution, you should give it a try at least once. Digitally distributed software isn't for everyone, but it offers many benefits.


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Most network security systems rely on single-factor authentication. With this type of authentication, end users need only one item to verify the username they enter when they log on. This one item is usually a password, which often remains the same for a significant amount of time.
Most end users don't know what authentication refers to in the realm of computer security, but when you ask them about passwords, they know what you mean. Passwords are a battle. End users want passwords that are short and easy to remember. Security administrators want passwords that are long and difficult to crack. Even if the security administrators have their way, nothing will stop the proverbial Post-It note from appearing on a user's monitor with a long and difficult-to-remember password written on it.
Even if users keep their password secret, accessing passwords is possible if you do not change them regularly. A protocol analyzer can capture static passwords off the network. Someone with enough computing horsepower can break an encrypted password.
Security experts agree that the current password-generation method that corporate computing uses is not effective. The tremendous growth in the Internet (and intranets), telecommuting, and the soon-to-be ubiquitous market of electronic commerce magnify password confidentiality and security concerns.
Two-Factor Authentication
An alternative to the current security approach is two-factor authentication: The user provides two items, a personal identification number (PIN) and a token code. The PIN is unique to each user and is encrypted when it is transmitted over the network or WAN. Think of the PIN as the security-equivalent of the PIN you use with your ATM card or credit card. A physical device called a token generates the token code. The token displays a new code every 60 seconds; therefore each token code is used only once.
Token-based authentication eliminates nearly all the risk involved with validating users in a network. Token-based schemes improve security, lower per-user cost, centralize and reduce administration costs, and minimize unauthorized access to services. A few major players that produce token-based authentication solutions for the Windows NT environment are listed in the contact box.
The ACE System
Security Dynamics is a leading vendor of token-based authentication solutions. To give you an example of a typical token-based authentication system, this article will explore the uses and functionality of Security Dynamics' ACE/Server software and SecurID token.
ACE/Server provides authentication services for network resources; audit and reporting utilities; realtime monitoring of logon and administrative activity; and GUI-based tools for administering the ACE system, the users, and the PIN and token-code database. The ACE/Server software runs under NT Server or various UNIX implementations and works with a client-side module, the ACE/Client. The software is optimized for NT, and you can perform all security management functions from the server or from an NT workstation. ACE/Server provides enhanced security for both local network logons and remote logons via Remote Access Service (RAS).
The SecurID token is about the size of a credit card, but thicker. It contains an 8-bit microprocessor, memory, a clock chip, and a lithium battery, and provides LCD output for the token code. The token is a sealed device that does not require battery changes. A token that lets you unlock it and replace the batteries is a significant security risk, so the microprocessor is designed to erase its memory if the token's casing is breached or otherwise subjected to attack.
The code a SecurID token displays is a pseudo-random number that changes every 60 seconds. No one can calculate, guess, or otherwise determine the next or future codes from a record of past codes from that SecurID token. Determining a code is computationally impossible if you don't know the seed numbers that were entered for the proprietary one-way function (OWF) hash algorithm that calculates the code. The standard SecurID token runs for up to four years. During this period, it generates 4 million to 8 million sequential calculations. You can also preprogram tokens to terminate at a given date and time.
Each user is assigned a PIN that corresponds to the token. The PIN is between four characters and eight characters long and can be all numeric or a mix of numbers and alphabetical and typographical characters. Longer PINs obviously provide greater security against an attacker who tries to guess a user's PIN or who tries to read a PIN over the shoulder of a user working at a keyboard.
ACE/Server also supports a duress PIN in addition to the normal PIN. Users can enter the duress PIN if they're logging on under coercion. With a duress PIN, the user is granted access and sees no apparent difference in the system's response. But the system records the access in the audit trail, and the ACE/Server administrator's account is immediately notified of the event. The administrator sees a pop-up message or a message on a beeper. The administrator can then take appropriate action.
So How Do You Use a Token?
An ACE logon is similar to a standard NT logon. Users press Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up the NT security box, and enter a logon name and a password. The ACE/Client presents a second window, as Screen 1 shows, to prompt for a passcode, which is the user's PIN plus token code.
Authentication occurs when the ACE/Server recognizes the passcode. The authentication server knows the SecurID hash algorithm and has a database record of the secret key (the numeric seed) each token uses. When the server receives the authentication request, it validates the user's PIN from the server database and then independently computes the code for that user's SecurID token for the current 60-second window of time. The server then matches the resulting passcode against the passcode the user entered.
The ACE/Server system is time based (each passcode is valid for only 60-seconds), and each SecurID token has an internal timestamp. If 60 seconds is too large a window, you can implement 30-second passcodes instead.
Time synchronization is critical to prevent the ACE/Server system from calculating the wrong passcode. To allow for imprecision in the token's measure of the current time, the authentication server tracks, records, and adjusts for any historic time drift in each token's clock-chip. The server calculates a passcode not only for that current time but also for the 60-second time slot that preceded it, and the next time slot in sequence.
End-User Responsibilities
For a token-based authentication system to operate effectively, end users must know that the system is not a panacea. The ACE/Server system assumes the users will protect their PIN. After someone has the user's PIN and physical token, that person can masquerade as the legitimate user and gain system access.
Why Trust the System?
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During its first Operational Plan (OP1 2008– 2013), ASARECA scored remarkable achievements in transforming agriculture to improve livelihoods in the region. After receiving approval from development partners including the European Union, USAID East Africa, Swedish International Development Agency and the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, ASARECA plans to build on successes from the just concluded first Operational Plan (OP I) by commissioning projects to scale out the successes.
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ASARECA Sets Stage For New Research Projects
Agriforum Newsletter - November 2013 Issue
In this issue: A big thank you to all ASARECA development partners; Innovations that yield higher incomes; We want more private sector - stakeholders tell ASARECA; Smallholder farmrs embrace commercial AIV farming; Rwandan youth embrace farming for the market; Counting the gains from water and soil management innovations in Eastern and Central Africa; Farmers benefitting from weather forecasts; and many more.
Agriforum Newsletter - May 2013 Issue
In this issue: ASARECA gets new Executive Director; Controlling the deadly banana wilt disease; Promoting banana juice processing innovations; Ensuring that livestock gets adequate feeding even in drought; Empowering farmers to effectively respond to climate change; Promoting sorghum- legume interaction for better yields; Takin the fight against Striga a notch higher; Investing in pearl millet; Burundi research gets injection of young well scientists -
Agriforum Newsletter - November 2012 Issue
In this issue: Making good out of climate change; Pen-size kit to check epilepsy; Four Striga resistant sorghum varieties released; Quality protein maize spreads in Democratic republic of Congo; Rwanda deploys SCARDA scientists to drive strategic research; Experts share lessons on technology dissemination
Agriforum Newsletter - November 2011 Issue
In this issue: Launch of 1st ASARECA General Assembly; Improving indegenous vegitables to boost incomes; Processing dry amaranth leaves; The darling orange flesh sweet potato; Livestock feed information; and many more.
Agriforum Newsletter - May 2010 Issue
In this issue: QPM the crop of hope; practical experiences from doctors of the soil; Stop Cassava brown streak disease; The promise of high value non-staple crops.
Agriforum Newsletter - May 2012 Issue
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Eyes on drought tolerant maize:The announcement at the close of 2011 of the successful transformation of nine transgenic maize lines by scientists supported by ASARECA has generated excitement across the continent. Plants transformed with drought tolerance genes, show more tolerance to water shortage. Some of the genes once incorporated into the maize genome, are capable of helping maize to return to full recovery after completely drying up; Climate smart initiatives; Call for more relevant agricultural institutions
Agriforum Newsletter - November 2010 Issue
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Cheetahs cost themselves
Cheetahs captain Adriaan Strauss was left disappointed with his side's erratic performance against the Bulls on Saturday.
The Cheetahs, enjoying their best Super Rugby season since becoming a franchise, challenged the Bulls in every area, particularly at the scrums, but had to be content with a losing bonus point at home.
That puts the Bloemfontein outfit in fifth place overall on the log, well in contention for a spot in the knockout stages, but eight points adrift of the Bulls at the top of the South African conference.
Strauss said that his side had cost themselves by allowing the Bulls to dictate terms, and grab the initiative.
"We knew before the game that we needed to get out of our own half but, especially in the first half, we couldn't do that.
"We also gave the Bulls the opportunity to run at us the whole game. We made it quite tough on ourselves.
"We are an attacking side and we couldn't get into their half and start running with the ball."
Some ill discipline also cost the hosts, with Steyn's accurate kicking boot punishing the Cheetahs for any offences within striking distance.
"I must admit that a lack of discipline at crucial moments did cost us a fair bit," Strauss said.
"Our line-outs were also a big problem as we couldn't get any platform to play from there, especially when we got the line-out in their half. We couldn't capitalise on that.
"There are some positives, but in general we are very disappointed with the outcome," he added.


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The American Medical Association has enhanced its interactive geospatial mapping tool, designed to identify health professional shortage areas and other related workforce trends, to now provide population health data by geographic location.
Developed in collaboration with the American Academy of Family Physicians Robert Graham Center and vendor HealthLandscape, AMA's interactive Health Workforce Mapper includes a new "Population Health Explorer" feature providing data on a variety of population health factors, including healthcare access and quality, health behaviors such as smoking and alcohol use, demographics, as well as social environment factors.
The tool can layer information on geographic and health policy data, such as hospital locations or health professional shortage areas, on top of population indicators, landmarks and other topographical features. The AMA Health Workforce Mapper also can display the ratio of physician or non-physician clinician to populations in any given region or nationally.
In addition, the tool can be used by new physicians in closing the gap in patient access to care by enabling residents and medical students to view where shortages exist in certain medical specialties. By looking at state, county or metropolitan area data, users can filter physicians and non-physician healthcare professionals by specialty and employment setting.
"Improving patient access to quality care is a core mission of the AMA, and this mapping tool will show physicians and healthcare professionals precisely where their skills can most benefit populations in need," said AMA President Andrew Gurman, MD, in a written statement. "Knowing where healthcare services are needed most can help providers make the best decisions on where to locate or expand their practices to reach patients in greatest need of access to care."
The enhanced tool is available to the public free of charge here. However, AMA members can view a comprehensive version of the mapper that includes the ability to export a customizable Excel file that ranks health workforce and demographic data by county.
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Our own Amy Terai tells her story of finding her way around the field with expert help from good friend, Scott Linden. She ended up with a few pheasants, a new confidence and special memories that she will never forget.
Bird Hunting has always fascinated me, especially the dogs involvement in the activity. A few
months ago, the only "bird" I was comfortable shooting was a clay pigeon. But that has all
A dear friend of ours, Scott Linden, invited me out for my first pheasant hunt at Double
Barrel Ranch in Rockford, WA. I was fortunate to be
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didn't know if I was ready to down a rooster. Scott and Ron, the owner of Double Barrel,
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The minute we walked into the brush the Griffons we were hunting behind got really
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When the communications industry talks of new gadgets and technology it's usually in reference to the latest handset, operating system or mobile Internet devices such as tablets. Mobile phone tariffs, contracts and corresponding sim cards are usually overlooked.
Although new mobile phone tariffs, packages, contracts and their sim cards come out on a regular basis, the actual technology behind it all changes very little. The only changes are to costs and what's included, most recently in terms of download amounts and times. However, mobile tariffs are usually used as a make or break factor between one contract or mobile phone plan over another and they are definitely used to compare competition between operators such as O2, T Mobile, Orange and Vodafone.
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Gossip Girl Caption Contest 189Steve Marsi at . Comments
Welcome to the 189th Gossip Girl Caption Contest at TV Fanatic, where readers submit their best caption(s) for a photo from the CW drama! Ready to see who came up with the win?
This week's Caption Contest winner is LoverlyLola. Congratulations!
The winning entry appears below. Honorable mentions go out to Mehr and AmyGirl. Thanks to all for playing and best of luck again in next week's edition of the GG Caption Contest!
Serena: See? If you tilt your head to the side, she kinda looks like she's pregnant.
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Published on August 20th, 2013 | by Backyards Made Better
Is This A Blue Moon?
You can't miss it in the sky. Tonight there's a full moon and it's big and bright.
And in fact it's the second full moon in this calendar month of August 2013, which makes this one a blue moon.
Don't worry, we won't start singing or get romantic here, but feel free to do so wherever you are.
In actuality, the term blue moon really doesn't have anything to do with the color. In fact if you go outside right now, the moon will probably look quite normal.
Maybe it will be gray, or in our case slightly orange, but it's definitely not blue.
But there are times when it actually can turn blue. It's said that the most notable time for the color change was actually way back in 1883 when a volcano named Krakatoa blew it's top and spewed a much of volcanic dust in the air. These ash clouds actually caused the moon to turn blue and it would remain that way for years after the eruption.
Yet despite the lack of a blue color we can enjoy the moon, this evening's blue moon, no matter what it may look like. It's just cool to look at it!
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I wrote this a month or so ago and decided to save it for Mother's Day. Thankfully, I'm not up in the wee hours much anymore, but I tried to cherish that time of just me and Kate with all the world asleep.
Kathryn Fae on her blessing day/Mother's Day/today
Kate is five weeks old today. Her birth marked a baptism by immersion, a complete consecration of all I have and am. No one told me it would be like this. Nothing prepared me for the hugeness that is motherhood: that, for now, I am only one percent Lindsay, one percent Jay's wife, and 98 percent Kate's mom. That even though the cord binding us together was cut at birth, we are still very much connected. My body continues to sustain her in an intimate way, but our bond is much more than just that. I sleep when she sleeps and wake when she wakes. W hen I rock her, I am soothed. When she yawns, I yawn. When she is hungry, my breasts are full for her. More often than I care to admit, when I pat her tiny back to try and coax out a bubble of air, I'm the one that burps. When she smiles in her sleep, I smile back. And sometimes, when she cries, I cry, too. I am completely attuned to her and utterly transfixed by her.
When I look into her eyes, wide, deep, and wise, I see my own. And I have realized sometime during the nighttime feedings, the endless diaper changes, the mountains of laundry, the moments I am consumed by insecurities and by love, that motherhood is quickly becoming my favorite layer of myself. Because of my daughter, this part of me that had lain sleepy and dormant now completely engulfs me. She is the best of me.
I am typing this with one hand as I slowly rock my baby in the wee hours of morning. Kate is nursing with abandon, her arm flung over her face, her sweet body clothed in the smallest floral-print long johns, her breathing deep and even. She sighs and closes her eyes, and even though my body begs for sleep, I take a moment to stare at her, to stroke her wispy hair, to try and memorize the feeling of her tiny form pressed into me. She grips my finger with a strong hand and opens a sleepy eye when I move her.
These past five weeks have been more difficult, more draining, more all-encompassing than I ever could have imagined. But the seeming chaos has been tempered by an ever-increasing capacity to love and a quiet peace that passes all my understanding. I have realized, in moments of chaos and in moments of peace, that Jay and I cannot raise this child on our own. But I am learning, with reverence and gratitude, that motherhood is a partnership with God, and so I place my sweet Kate and my trust in His hands. With a certainty only faith can bring, I know I need not fear.


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In response to 'Keep your plan' bills are the beginning of repeal:
Sadly, many of the same Republicans who opposed the Ted Cruz and Mike Lee strategy of defunding ObamaCare, are now playing footsie with Dems on these phony "fixes" that are lose/lose situations for the GOP.
In fact, Erick Erickson is warning that the Landrieu fix is a trap.
Senator Mary Landrieu has written legislation in the United States Senate that the Democrats love. It mandates insurance companies have to keep people on their present insurance. The GOP is supposedly against mandates and against government forcing private businesses and individuals into contracts they don't want.
Erickson says Democrats will switch the toothless House plan with the Landrieu plan, and then the House will be forced to either vote for something they are philosophically against, or look like big meanies siding with the evil insurance companies and against the people. "The GOP are walking right into a trap," he declares.
Folks are arguing that it doesn't matter – the Landrieu plan doesn't stand a chance of being signed into law by Obama, anyway. But if the ultimate goal is to put private insurance companies out of business, wouldn't this be a good way to do that?
What Republicans should be doing is staying clear of any ObamaCare "fixes" that give Dems political cover, and talk up full repeal while the public is in full recoil mode.
And it would really, really help A LOT if they could unify behind a health care plan of their own to replace ObamaCare with.
I was informed by @FakeSamRosado that there has been a House GOP plan since late Sept: The American Health Care Reform Act.
But if I (someone who pays pretty close attention to the news), didn't know about it, I'm sure the average Joe hasn't.
Republicans need to be out there talking up this health care plan, every day. One of the left's favorite talking points has been that the GOP haven't offered any ideas of their own on how to fix our health care system.


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Philosophical esotericismathe practice of communicating oneas unorthodox thoughts abetween the linesaawas a common practice until the end of the eighteenth century. The famous EncyclopAcdie of Diderot, for instance, not only discusses this practice in over twenty different articles, but admits to employing it itself. The history of Western thought contains hundreds of such statements by major philosophers testifying to the use of esoteric writing in their own work or othersa. Despite this long and well-documented history, however, esotericism is often dismissed today as a rare occurrence. But by ignoring esotericism, we risk cutting ourselves off from a full understanding of Western philosophical thought. Arthur M. Melzer serves as our deeply knowledgeable guide in this capacious and engaging history of philosophical esotericism. Walking readers through both an ancient (Plato) and a modern (Machiavelli) esoteric work, he explains what esotericism isaand is not. It relies not on secret codes, but simply on a more intensive use of familiar rhetorical techniques like metaphor, irony, and insinuation. Melzer explores the various motives that led thinkers in different times and places to engage in this strange practice, while also exploring the motives that lead more recent thinkers not only to dislike and avoid this practice but to deny its very existence. In the bookas final section, aA Beginneras Guide to Esoteric Reading, a Melzer turns to how we might once again cultivate the long-forgotten art of reading esoteric works. Philosophy Between the Lines is the first comprehensive, book-length study of the history and theoretical basis of philosophical esotericism, and it provides a crucial guide to how many major writingsaphilosophical, but also theological, political, and literaryawere composed prior to the nineteenth century.See also Abram Shulsky, aThe a#39;Infrastructurea#39; of Aristotlea#39;s Politics: Aristotle on Economics and Politics, a in Essays on the Foundation of Aristotelian Political Science, ed. ... University of Chicago Press, 2013); Harry Jaffa, Thomism and Aristotelianism: A Study of the Commentary by Thomas Aquinas on ... Peace Corps, Culture Matters: The Peace Corps Cross-Cultural Workbook 378 Notes to pages 44a48.
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