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New Haven, CT - The battle for the top spot in collegiate men's and women's squash takes center stage Wednesday night at the Brady Squash Center as Trinity visits Yale. Both Trinity squads have the No. 1 position with the Bulldogs holding No. 2 on both sides. The women square off at 5 p.m. on the fourth floor of the Payne Whitney Gym, while the men's match begins at 7.
Trinity women's squash, two-time defending collegiate champion, not only holds the top spot in the College Squash Association's national rankings but also has the top two ranked players as of latest poll. The Yale women, led by head coach Mark Talbott, are second in the CSA poll and Michelle Quibell is currently ranked No. 4, while six of the top 10 players listed play for the Bulldogs or the Bantams.
Three of the top-four ranked players in men's squash are from the two perennial powers. Trinity, which has won six straight national titles, has the No. 2 and 3 players with Yale's No. 4 ranked Julian Illingsworth looking to change things this week. Head coach Dave Talbott leads the Bulldogs into the mid-season showdown.


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"Oh, yeah. I did," Witten said, via Carlos Mendez of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. "I think that's a big part of where we're seeing our football team go. I think, more than anything else, I looked at it and said it's showing there's a commitment to this package and growing that.
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Space agency chiefs from the U.S., Europe and Russia are setting up talks aimed at finding a way to work toward a Mars sample-return mission in the face of budget uncertainty in the U.S. that threatens to upend the joint effort worked out by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).
Although NASA will loft the $2.5 billion Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission as early as Nov. 25 to help find the best place to look for samples, and Congress came close to meeting NASA's full funding request for planetary science in its fiscal 2012 appropriation, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has so far withheld its endorsement of joint NASA/ESA missions in 2016 and 2018.
As a result, ESA has turned to the Russian space agency Roscosmos for possible launch of its planned Mars orbiter in the 2016 window. Roscosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin says in principle that Russia will be glad to accommodate ESA, but details remain to be hammered out.
ESA spokesman Franco Bonacina says his agency is exploring the possibility of Russian involvement in its ExoMars program, and is considering launching the 2016 mission on a Proton rocket in the absence of a firm commitment from the U.S. In an unusual move, ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain is organizing a trilateral meeting in December with Popovkin and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden solely to discuss Russian participation in the ExoMars program, according to Bonacina.
"So far, things are going in that direction," he says, adding that the agency does not plan to make a decision before early next year. "We are seeking the involvement of the Russians but we are not, for the time being, doing any negotiations with the Russians."
Bonacina says ESA has until the end of January to decide whether to continue with the 2016 leg of the ExoMars mission or scrap it and press on with a joint ESA-NASA mission in 2018.
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ESA has long experience accommodating its programs to unexpected changes in U.S. space policy, dating back at least to U.S.-initiated redesigns of the International Space Station (ISS) when the orbiting laboratory was designated Space Station Freedom. And it has expensive commitments to future joint efforts, including a planned 2018 Ariane 5 launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
"Strategies to instill cost discipline on expensive missions can certainly be put into place, and we must be careful to avoid short-sighted, bureaucratic decisions that can end up dismantling a highly successful program and skilled workforce, jeopardizing U.S. leadership, and retreating from a carefully constructed international partnership," says Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.), a member of Palazzo's space subcommittee.
The subcommittee hearing came as Congress headed toward final passage of a multi-agency appropriation. Under the compromise funding measure hammered out by a House/Senate conference committee, the $17.8 billion top-line figure for NASA is $648 million less than the agency received in fiscal 2011. And NASA will receive only $406 million of the $850 million it sought for commercial spaceflight, which means the agency probably will have to obtain an exemption in anti-proliferation laws to buy more Soyuz seats from Russia for transporting its astronauts to the ISS (AW&ST Nov. 7, p. 34).
The conference committee set aside $1.2 billion for the Orion-based multi-purpose crew vehicle, and another $1.860 billion for the heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS). That is $161.5 million above the administration request. Strong congressional backing for the vehicle critics call the "Senate Launch System" is also reflected in a requirement that $100 million of the funds for commercial spaceflight become available only after the NASA administrator certifies that the SLS development is under contract and under way.
Even so, the conference report funds NASA science at $5.09 billion, up $155 million from fiscal 2011, and stipulates that overruns in JWST be funded with "commensurate reductions in other programs," according to a conference committee press release.
At the same time, the compromise legislation sets up a showdown with the White House by holding NASA to "a strict adherence to the recommendation [in the National Academy of Sciences decadal survey of planetary exploration priorities] that NASA include in a balanced program a flagship-class mission, which may be executed in cooperation with one or more international partners, if such mission can be appropriately descoped. . . ."
That "flagship mission" is a reference to the Mars sample-return effort, which was chosen as the top priority by the planetary science community for the decade 2013-22 with the caveat that it be descoped to a U.S. cost of $2.5 billion from the current $3.5 billion estimate.
To prepare for sample return while spreading the expense, Bolden and Dordain had tentatively agreed to joint exploration efforts in 2016 and 2018. But in September NASA told ESA it could not commit to the Atlas launch in 2016 because of the budget uncertainty. That cast confusion over the second part of the joint effort, which involves two rovers lofted in 2018—one European and one U.S.—to find and cache samples for return to Earth on a later mission.
Steven Squyres of Cornell University—the Mars expert who chaired the planetary science decadal survey at the National Academy of Sciences—testified that Sally Ericsson, OMB program associate director for natural resources, energy, and science, said "the administration is not ready to make such a commitment" when he asked her if the U.S. intended to follow through on the Bolden-Dordain agreement on Mars. As is typical for OMB staffers called to testify before Congress, Ericsson declined an invitation to testify before the subcommittee.
Jim Green, director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA headquarters, told the subcommittee that while it has not endorsed the NASA-ESA agreement, OMB also has not canceled it. As a result, NASA's planetary science bureaucracy is proceeding as though it remains in force. The outcome of the internal administration debate will not be revealed until the administration submits its fiscal 2013 NASA budget request in February 2012, says Green.
In an unrelated Senate hearing on Nov. 17, Bolden reminded a skeptical Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) that Congress and White House Budget Director Jacob Lew—Ericsson's boss—agreed in September that NASA's three highest priorities will be developing the SLS and its Orion-based multi-purpose crew vehicle, finishing and launching the JWST, and "advancing" the ISS.
"We are adjusting our budget requests now so as to support those priorities," Boldin testified, assuring Hutchison that the SLS/Orion vehicle development will receive enough funding in the 2013 budget request to support an unpiloted first flight in 2017 and a first flight with a crew in 2021. But he acknowledged that times are tight.
"These are very difficult fiscal times, and we all agree that we have to take difficult measures," Bolden said in response to Hutchison's questioning about future funding for SLS/Orion. "We think we have put forth a budget that will enable us to produce a program for exploration."
The fiscal 2012 congressional appropriations language leaves open the possibility that, in keeping a "strict adherence" to the recommendations of the decadal survey Squyres headed, NASA may fall back to the second decadal priority, a Jupiter Europa Orbiter, provided its estimated $4.7 billion total cost can be lowered significantly, "with the goal of minimizing the size of the budget increase necessary to enable the mission." That possibility gained allure with the publication last week of evidence there are "lakes" of liquid water where life might exist bubbling up to within 3 km. (1.8 mi.) of the Moon's frozen surface.
House space subcommittee members expressed frustration with what Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) termed the "damn overruns" that threaten to gut NASA's planetary and other space science programs. Just as the JWST is seriously over budget and behind schedule, agency cost estimates for SLS also are considered "optimistic" by outside analysts (AW&ST Aug. 29, p. 36).
Alan Stern, a former NASA associate administrator for science, says he believes that to maintain cost control, agency managers need to be willing to shut down programs that run over budget. And to prevent overruns in the first place, he advocates what he calls the "rule of one."
"If you expect to control your cost and your schedule, you're generally allowed to have one miracle, in terms of technology development," he says. "But if you throw half a dozen of them in the air, project management is at the mercy of just too many free parameters to really control it."
That was the case with the Webb telescope, he says, and to some extent with the Mars Science Lab, which combined a large, nuclear-powered rover, the "sky-crane" approach to landing that lowers the rover from a hovering descent module, and a highly precise targeted landing (AW&ST Aug. 1, p. 38)
"I'm all for stretching, and I'm all for big breakthroughs, but I believe you can structure the missions a little smarter so you don't get in these boxes," Stern says. "And the agency management has to actually, not just observe costs going up and go find the money, but actually do the control loop feedback which constitutes management." (Ed. Note: This story has been updated to correct the cost figure for the Mars Science Laboratory mission to $2.5 billion.)


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Among many things, my Mom was known for her cooking, I don't know of a person who didn't associated cooking with her. She just had a certain knack with it, so much so that she could take a can of veggies & make them taste like a dish you'd get in a 5 star restaurant. And really, she wasn't a fancy cook, just a down home cook from the South.
One of my favorite meals that she'd make was her homemade soup. It couldn't get any better than that in my book. Of course if we were sick, she'd make it then. But on that first cool crisp day you'd get in the Fall, we knew her homemade soup would be on the dining table ready for us to dig in. :-) Besides her homemade soup, we'd always ask her to make her dressing, peach cobbler, speghetti sauce -- well the list goes on & on. Thankfully before she passed away, I was able to learn how she made them all. Yes, I had to learn, cause you see, Mom didn't use recipes, it was a bit of this, some of that & a whole lot of love that she would put into every meal.
So yes, I can see where recipes can be part of our genealogy. When I think back to the days when families worked hard out in the fields, I'm sure they looked forward to a favorite recipe their loved one would spend time in making for them. Or those Sunday dinners that the family gathered around for. Yep, recipes are definitely part of our history, as those recipes have been handed down from one generation to the next generation.
Mom's Homemade Soup
Roast (be sure to get one with good marbling)
salt/pepper to taste
1 medium onion
2 regular cans (or 1 large) of tomatoes
1 regular can of corn
2 cloves of garlic
4 -5 medium potatoes
Handfull of dried broad flat noodles (optional)
1. Salt/pepper both sides of a large roast & then sear it in a bit of oil in a large heavy pot -- drain off the excess oil after searing
2. Add approximately 8 cups of water....or till the water level comes up to about an inch from the top of the pot
3. Boil roast (covered) on medium heat till done.....about an hour to an hour & a half - take it out & let the roast cool for a bit so you can shred the meat
4. Dice up a medium onion & add to the water you cooked the roast in
5. Cut your tomatoes into bite size pieces....add to the pot, along with the juices
6. Add the can of corn (w/juice) -- I like the white shoepeg corn best
7. While that is cooking, shred your roast -- add back into the pot
8. Peel & slice 2 cloves of garlic....add to the pot
9. Peel & dice into bit size pieces approximately 4 medium potatoes....add to the pot
10. Let the soup cook for approximately 5 to 10 minutes, then do a taste test, you will need to add salt to your taste
11. About 8 minutes before your potatoes are done (folk tender), add the dried broad flat noodles & cook till tender
FYI: I never was that crazy about the noodles, so I just leave them out.
If any of you do try Mom's homemade soup, I hope you enjoy it as much as we do. And psst? It is extra good with a pan of cornbread! :-)
Later, Deb
4 comments:
- Rose Mary said...
Thanks for posting this, Aunt DJ. I love soup and I'm so glad that it's finally 'soup time'~or will be once the weather starts cooperating, LOL!
(my word verification is outom~sort of like autumn!)
- September 22, 2010 at 8:25:00 AM CDT
- Deborah said...
I came across your blog and found your writing very interesting. I too have been doing genealogy since June of this past year after I had attended a family reunion in North Dakota on my dad's side. The things I have found are so fascinating to me and you are right...it is addicting. You have good links too.
- January 16, 2011 at 9:30:00 PM CST
- Deb said...
Thank you Deborah for the kind words about my blog. I am so SO bad about writing only when an idea hits me, that sadly I don't update it very often. As you can plainly see. lol
I'm glad you have found the wonderful world of genealogy! -_- Its fun, interesting, informative, you learn so much...not only about your family but history & what they lived through. You'll laugh, cry & when you break down that pesky brick wall, you'll want to tell everyone about it. And yes, it can be irritating as all get out as well. :-) But we love it....
Later, Deb
- January 17, 2011 at 6:06:00 PM CST
- jenny said...
I stumbled upon your blog a while a go and I could not stop reading! Looking forward to your other posts. Thank you for making this topic intriguing and enjoyable to read for everyone. See also family trees to trace your family heritage. Thanks.
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Police in Atlanta, Georgia have been forced to delay training exercises due to a shortage of ammunition. The police department has put orders for more bullets on back-order, while officers are being deprived of the training that makes them capable of handling weapons.
"When you can't get ammunition, it is very concerning," Sandy Springs Police Chief Terry Sult tells WSBTV. "It affects our ability to be prepared. It affects the potential safety of the officers, because they're not as proficient as they should be."
The Sandy Springs Police Department is facing a shortage of tens of thousands of bullets and is scrambling to restock. The neighboring counties are facing an equally dire situation, with both practice ammunition and duty ammunition in short supply. Douglas County Chief Deputy Stan Copeland predicts it could be 6-8 months before the back-orders come in.
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Accurately transforming pixel positions in NICMOS images to relative or absolute astronomical coordinates involves several considerations.
The distortion of the NICMOS dewar due to the cryogen expansion affected the optical path, pushing the cold well and cameras closer to the field divider assembly and cold mask. This caused the effective focal length, and hence the pixel scale, to change somewhat as a function of time during the lifetime of the instrument. The pixel scale was monitered regularly throughout the entire time.
The NICMOS arrays are slightly tilted relative to the focal plane, and therefore the NICMOS pixel scales along the X and Y axes of each camera are slightly different. I.e., projected on the sky, the pixels are actually slightly rectangular, not square. This is a small effect.
Additionally, the distortion corrections for the NICMOS cameras are small, but for precision astrometry or when registering and coadding images (especially taken with a wide dither pattern, or when assembling mosaics covering a large field) it should be taken into account. See Chapter 5 of the NICMOS Data Handbook for more detailed information on the NICMOS platescale and how to appropriately address geometric distortion.
The documents listed below provide plate scale and geometric distortion information for data taken in the post-NCS era (Cycle 11 and beyond).
- This pdf document shows the calculations for plate scale and geometric distortion from SMOV 3b.
- The field observed and analysis methods used to calculate the SMOV 3b plate scale and geometric distortion parameters are identical to those used for the analogous Cycle 7 measurements, described fully in OSG-CAL-97-007 (pdf).
- Simple table of plate scales calculated for all three cameras during SMOV 3b.
Below are plate scale resources from Cycle 7:
For more specific details on the NICMOS plate scale, follow the links to the documents listed below.
NICMOS Plate Scale Documentation
Important updates, discoveries and developments that could potentially affect NICMOS observations, calibration, or data analysis.
Frequently Asked Questions.
Performance Summaries:
Status reports reflecting the current understanding of instrument characteristics, performance and calibration.
Plot of Relative Plate Scale Measurements
Complete Table of Plate Scale Measurements for NICMOS
Table of Absolute Plate Scale Measurements for NICMOS
NICMOS Plate Scale Measures Plot
The NICMOS Instrument Handbook is the primary guide regarding the characteristics and use of the instrument. The HST Data Handbook is the primary guide for calibration, reduction and analysis of NICMOS data.
Instrument Science Reports:
ISRs are technical reports written by members of the NICMOS Group about various aspects of the instrument and data. They usually contain in-depth information about specific topics.
S. Arribas 10 Jul 2002
J. Najita 25 Feb 1998
C. Cox 15 Dec 1997
Papers and Proceedings:
Selected NICMOS related published papers and workshop proceedings.
Cookbook style instructions, prescribed procedures, and helpful tips.
Examples of how to use various NICMOS-related tools, calibration and analysis techniques.
Space Telescope Analysis Newsletters:
STANs contain useful information regarding calibration and data reduction.
NICMOS STScI Analysis Newsletter 19
Temperature dependent synthetic dark image generator
Polarizer Data Analysis Software
NICMOS Histroy Tool
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It's almost the end of the non-league season, so we've got six matches from the tops and bottoms of varying divisions for you this evening. At the top of the Blue Square Bet South, a win for Woking at Maidenhead United would be enough to take the title back to Kingfield, while if they failed Dartford could keep the title race going for another week if they could win at Sutton United. Next up, we're off to the Premier Division of the Northern Premier League, where Hednesford Town wanted to continue to push for a play-off place with a win at troubled Northwich Victoria. Meanwhile, at the other end of that table, Stafford Rangers were at home against Buxton. Next up, the hot favourites to win the Northern League are West Auckland FC, and they were away to Bishop Auckland. Finally, a win for Guildford City against Raynes Park Vale would be enough to win Combined Counties League. Our thanks, as ever, go to those who take the time to record, edit and upload these videos.
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Your first idea of Sen. John McCain might not be of a fierce and witty defender of immigration reform. After watching clips from his town hall meetings this week, though, you might have to change your perception.
With Congress in recess, Sen. McCain spoke with constituents in his home state of Arizona about the bipartisan immigration reform principles he has been instrumental in drafting. They include increased border security, coupled with a roadmap to citizenship for undocumented immigrant — a compromise, if you will, and what most politicians view as necessary to pass a bill.
Some of his constituents are less than happy about this. McCain faced tough questioning during his town halls, with voters calling for everything from army presence to increased border fencing, and accusing him of "doing nothing."
In the face of these accusations, McCain reared his head and shot back his own arguments, pointing out the reality and the morality of the situation.
To the man who wanted to send the army to the border, the Senator explained that the border in question is 2,000 miles long and would require 2 million soldiers to guard completely. To calls to deport the 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the country, he simply replied, "They are not gonna do that!" reminding those who continued to press him on the issue that "I'm in charge, you're not."
One angry constituent asked repeatedly where the "dang fence" that McCain had promised was. The senator turned to a chart illustrating how much fence had been constructed (hint: it's a lot), and the man shot back that it was not a fence. "Oh, it's not a fence?" McCain challenged. "OK, it's a banana. We put up a banana with about $600 million of appropriations."
Wow. Talk about laying down the law.
McCain even alluded to the work of the faith community on changing the message on immigration. Why are we not going to deport immigrants who have been living in the country for over 40 years? "Because we are a Judeo-Christian nation," McCain affirmed. Mass deportation is contrary to our values.
McCain's willingness to stand up to his constituents shows that the work of the faith community to re-brand this issue and push politicians to work for reform has been successful. If a senator from Arizona, a state known for its anti-immigrant sentiment, is able to push back against his constituents, we know that our efforts have been successful.
We need to continue our work, though. Policy alone cannot make us a nation that welcomes our brothers and sisters, and the fear and misunderstanding that many of McCain's constituents displayed shows we have a long way to go. As we thank our political leaders for their courage, let's also remember to bring the message of welcome to our communities and churches.
If John McCain can do it, so can we.
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When its premiered at Sadler's Wells in 1995, Matthew Bourne's triumphant modern re-interpretation of Swan Lake turned tradition upside down, and took the dance world by storm. Swan Lake has been acclaimed as a landmark achievement on the international stage. It has become the longest running ballet in the West End and on the Broadway and enjoyed four hugely successful tours in the UK and thrilled audiences all over the world.
Now firmly established as a modern day classic, this iconic production is perhaps best- known for replacing the traditional female corps de ballet with a menacing male ensemble. A Sadler's Wells Associate Artist, Matthew Bourne blends dance, humour and spectacle with extravagant , award winning designs by Lez Brotherston, to create a provocative and powerful Swan Lake for our times.
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Incredibly, I now have forty ebooks available. Thirty-two are self-pubbed, eight are with publishers.
Here are my latest releases. If you visit this blog a lot and haven't bought any of my books yet, I'll be spanking you later.
I'm pleased to announce my latest release, Flee - A Thriller, co-written with the incredible Ann Voss Peterson (Wild Night is Calling). This one is loaded with actions, suspense, twists, sex, and a body count that makes a Jason Bourne book look like a Disney film.
It is available for the Kindle and on Smashwords. It will very soon be available on the Nook, Apple iBookstore, Sony, Kobo, and in print.
Flee is only $2.99 for a full 75,000 word adrenalin-fueled roller coaster. And it also has Jack Daniels in it.
Speaking of Jack Daniels, she's also part of the story universe I'm creating with the amazing Blake Crouch (who is currently a Top 100 Kindle bestseller with Run).
Those who have read the seventh Jack novel, Shaken, know that it features Crouch's villain from Desert Places and Locked Doors, Luther Kite.
Stirred, the eighth and final Jack Daniels novel will be co-written with Crouch, and it will put a nice cap on our oeuvre.
What is our oeuvre, you ask?
I wrote seven Jack Daniels novels (Whiskey Sour, Bloody Mary, Rusty Nail, Dirty Martini, Fuzzy Navel, Cherry Bomb, Shaken) and Blake wrote two novels and a novella featuring Luther Kite (Desert Places, Locked Doors, Break You).
Then together we wrote Serial Uncut, which featured Jack and Luther.
Since then, we've been writing like crazy.
First came Killers, which brings back the serial duo Donaldson and Lucy from Serial Uncut.
Recently, we wrote Birds of Prey, which features Jack Daniels, Luther Kite, and over a dozen more serial killers from the Konrath, Kilborn, and Crouch novels.
Let me repeat: the three novellas in this trilogy are Serial Uncut, Killers, and Birds of Prey. These are each reasonably priced at $2.99.
But we've also released some lower-priced compilations for you folks who like things compiled.
Killers Uncut = Killers + Birds of Prey, and is only $3.99.
Serial Killers Uncut = Serial Uncut + Killers + Break You + Birds of Prey, and is only $4.99.
Serial Killers Uncut is a massive undertaking. Not only is it a double-novel featuring 21 serial killers, but it also explains where these serial killers fit into our other books.
To celebrate the release of these new ebooks featuring Jack Daniels, I've put two more ebooks featuring Jack on sale.
Jailbait (written with Ann Voss Peterson) is now $1.49. Floaters (written with Henry Perez) is now 99 cents.
Now some quick Q & A.
Q: So Flee is a spy novel?
A: It's a spy novel on steroids. It does for spy books what Kilborn does for horror. No-holds-barred action, hot sex, twists, double-crosses, and amazing body count, and a slam-bang ending. I love this book.
Q: Why so many different versions of your novellas with Blake? It's confusing.
A: These days, musical artists will release their songs one at a time. When they get four of them done, they release an EP. When they finish eight of them, they release an album.
Serial Killers Uncut took us over two years to write. It's 120,000 words long, and connects all of our backlists. It features characters from the majority of Konrath's, Crouch's, and Kilborn's novels.
We elected to release the book as we wrote it, in sections. So first came Serial (still free), then Serial Uncut, then Killers, then Birds of Prey, then Killers Uncut, then Serial Killers Uncut.
If you buy Serial Killers Uncut, you get everything. But you can also get each novella separately if you've already bought one or two of them. That way, we aren't making people buy the same story twice.
Q: Do I have to read the Jack Daniels books or Blake Crouch's books to enjoy Serial Killers Uncut?
A: No. But you'd probably enjoy it more if you're familiar with our other novels. Serial Killers Uncut takes place between our novels. It's a chronology of what these serial killers are doing when they aren't in our novels. It's new material, and it does stand alone. But if you've read our stuff, you'll notice a lot of familiar characters and situations.
Q: Are you doing a sequel to Flee?
A: Yes. Spree will be out this summer.
Q: Why so many collaborations?
A: It's fun, and two people can write faster than just one, meaning I can release more books for fans who want them.
Q: How do I buy these?
A: For Kindle: Serial Uncut, Killers, Birds of Prey, Killers Uncut, Serial Killers Uncut, Flee, Floaters, Jailbait.
Nook, Smashwords, Sony, Apple, Kobo, and print will be appearing soon. Keep an eye on those sites.
I'd also like to give a giant shout out to Blake Crouch. His book Run is in the Top 100. If you haven't picked up Run yet, you're missing the best thriller I've ever read.
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Sierra Ancha Wilderness
IntroductionThe United States Congress designated the Sierra Ancha Wilderness (map) in 1964 and it now has a total of 20,253 acres. All of this wilderness is located in Arizona and is managed by the Forest Service.
DescriptionCenturies ago the Salado Indians built and lived in cliff dwellings in this region, and the ruins of many of them still stand today. An "original" Arizona Wilderness, Sierra Ancha was established as a Primitive Area in 1933 and as a Wilderness in 1964. Uranium exploration carved a few roads into this area in the 1950s, roads now being reclaimed by natural processes. Exceptionally rough, scenic, and often inaccessible, Sierra Ancha consists of precipitous box canyons, towering vertical cliffs, and pine-covered mesas. Elevations range from 4,000 feet near Cherry Creek to more than 7,400 feet on several high peaks, with the highest point on Aztec Peak at 7,733 feet. Chaparral covers lower elevations with turbinella oak, manzanita, and mountain mahogany. Some pinion and juniper cloak the east side of the Wilderness, dropping to semidesert brush and grassland below. Several springs usually offer water year-round, but there is no guarantee. Thirteen trailheads give access to a well-maintained network of foot and horse pathways. The Center Mountain Trail climbs 2.5 miles for some excellent views of the surrounding area. Group size is limited to 15 people and 15 head of livestock. Length of stay is limited to 14 days.
Planning to Visit the Sierra Ancha Wilderness?
- Print a fact sheet
- General things to consider when visiting any wilderness
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- Contact the Forest Service
- Visit the National Forest wilderness website
Leave No TraceHow to follow the seven standard Leave No Trace principles differs in different parts of the country (desert vs. Rocky Mountains). Click on any of the principles listed below to learn more about how they apply in the Sierra Ancha Wilderness.
- Plan Ahead and Prepare
- Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
- Dispose of Waste Properly
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As the mortgage and housing crisis wends its way toward an inevitable solution, we've been told all too often that Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs) are either the cause of -- or at the heart of -- the market's failings, putting borrowers and lenders alike out on the street.
These claims have rattled their way across the political landscape, as well, with the Consumer Finance Protection Agency for a time even considering banning all but "plain vanilla" mortgage products. As they of course present different risks than do fixed-rate mortgages -- it's a safe bet that at least certain ARMs -- vilified as they have become -- wouldn't be included in any list of approved "vanilla" products.
However, arguments that ARMs are "evil" or "toxic" simply aren't supported by the facts. While it's true that most subprime products were ARMs and have a spectacular record of failure, and that even some 'prime' ARMs have failed as well, it's also true that many ARMs haven't failed, and may have even provided tremendous value to their holders. Of course, it always helps to fully understand one's mortgage.
It's also a fact that ARMs, in varying forms, have been a part of the residential mortgage marketplace for more than a quarter century. A product with a 25-year history can't be all bad, or it would have disappeared from the market. Some 'flavors' of ARMs today are, in fact, fading from view as consumers have moved away from them -- even old standbys like the traditional one-year ARM. Like every financial instrument, they're not meant for everyone, nor are they always useful.
It's important to note that ARMs were born of a need brought on by high interest rates. They were based on the premise that borrower and lender alike should share the risks in an ever-changing marketplace. In exchange for accepting such risks, the borrower benefits from a somewhat lower starting rate plus a chance at a lower interest rate in the future -- perhaps even declines which might persist for years. This is an important qualifier that you'll want to remember for later in this discussion.
The Product, or the Borrower?
While the forensics into the failure of certain ARMs will go on for years, it's worth noting that there is a distinction which needs to be made between the product itself and how it is utilized.
Suppose one needs to buy a vehicle. There are lots of choices, and all will get you from point A to point B. What type should one get? A buyer must decide what kind of vehicle best suits his or her needs, whether it is a sports car or a dump truck. It goes without saying that the two are meant for different purposes and aren't interchangeable, and a buyer selecting the wrong one will find an ill fit for their needs. This is also the case with financial products, including mortgages, which were developed to address certain time frames, needs and goals.
The oversimplified point is that some, if not many, of the problems with ARMs were not caused by the product, but by how it was applied relative to the user's needs or wants.
It's also worth saying that the sellers (salespeople) at that car lot are interested in selling you something and will try to present you with as many choices as they can in order to make the sale. They can't make a living if they don't make sales, and for the most part, their role isn't to help you decide what kind of vehicle is right for you. This may change in the future.
That said, we agree that, if an ARM borrower failed due to circumstances beyond his control -- malfeasance, steering, predatory lending practices, and such -- then let's expose and, if warranted, prosecute those bad mortgage actors to the fullest extent of the law. But to overly restrict or even ban access to a product which has proven to be helpful and useful to many hundreds of thousands - perhaps millions - of borrowers is just plain nuts. Why penalize all borrowers, now and forever, for the failings of some of yesterday's? It just doesn't make sense.


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Party Fun: DIY Mini Piñatas
By now you know I'm immersed in all things related to children's parties. This week, whilst searching for other things, I came across some DIY projects to share. I'm not doing a piñata for my niece Lu's birthday, but I sure do love these miniature ones...
- I mean, come on. How great is this happy camper-themed one from Etsy?
- This one from Happy Thought uses a clever pull string, so no need to get out a mini baseball bat to break it open.
- Evite shares some traditionally themed - albeit pint-sized - piñatas.
- Crafts Unleashed does a quick and colorful version out of cardstock.
- Oh Happy Day couldn't resist making some egg-shaped versions out of tiny balloons.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he is directing federal regulators to develop a plan to end the "limitless dumping of carbon pollution" from U.S. power plants.
In a closely watched climate change speech, Obama said as part of a new national climate action plan, the Environmental Protection Agency will come up with new standards governing power plant carbon standards.
Speaking at Georgetown University, Obama said he wants to see a market-based solution to climate, but that the problem demands attention now. He said there are no federal limits to the amount of carbon emissions that power plants can pump into the atmosphere.
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FERRISBURGH — Ferrisburgh selectmen have a preliminary legal opinion that a recent petition to change zoning along parts of Route 7 cannot block a Champlain Oil Co. (COCO) proposal for a truck stop with a McDonald's Restaurant, Jiffy Mart and fuel pumps.
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BRANDON — In the wake of a Sudbury vote that derailed plans for a Leicester/Sudbury/Whiting community school, parents and school officials from Leicester and Whiting are heading back to the drawing board to chart courses for their respective schools.
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MIDDLEBURY — The developers of a proposed small-scale hydroelectric operation at the base of the Otter Creek Falls in Middlebury have secured a federal OK to ramp up planning for the project, but that planning has apparently hit a snag at the local level.
MIDDLEBURY — The red-hot Middlebury College men's basketball team opened its NESCAC schedule at home this past weekend with two more wins, bringing their streak to 10 games and their record to 14-2.
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Berzelius Symposium 87 - The Fifth European Alcohol Policy Conference
18 – 19th October 2012
Stockholm - Sweden
The AMPHORA project and the Swedish Society of Medicine jointly organised a symposium, 17-19 October 2012, to support dialogue between alcohol science and policy and inform the future directions of European action.
This European conference was the final event of the AMPHORA Project, and as such aimed to share the outcomes of the project and discuss their value for national and local policies and practice, and future research. The event also succeeded in stimulating debate and creative thinking among the many and varied delegates from European countries and networks about the best opportunities and innovative strategies for tackling alcohol-related problems. The meeting further offered a major opportunity to share learning experiences and innovative ideas across countries about ways to enhance and promote evidence-based policies and practice.
Video of the AMPHORA Manifesto: for effective alcohol policy in Europe
Read the full AMPHORA manifesto document
Download the press release of the AMPHORA Final Conference
The rapporteur's report by Professor Ross McCormick
Evaluation report of the conference
View presentations from the conference in the programme below:
Thursday 18th October
Drinking environments - Dr. Karen Hughes, Liverpool John Moores University, England
Alcohol/policy legislation in drinking environments
Bar Smart - Where science meets practice
Brief interventions - Professor Colin Drummond, King's College London, England
Monitoring European policy - Professor Jürgen Rehm, Dresden Technical University, Germany
Price and availability - Mr. Esa Osterberg, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
Planned and unplanned determinats - Dr. Allaman Allamani, Tuscany Regional Health Agency, Italy
Advertising - Professor Peter Anderson, AMPHORA
Friday 19th October
Relocating dislocated spirits - Dr. Allaman Allamani, Tuscany Regional Health Agency, Italy
Psychoactive substance use and preventing alcohol problems - Professor Robin Room, Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm, Sweden
Innovation in youth involvement in alcohol policy - Dr. Sofia Ribeiro, Vice President for Alcohol Policy and Advocacy, Alcohol Policy Youth Network
Getting the alcohol industry out of alcohol policy - Dr. Aurelijus Veryga, Lithuanian National Tobacco and Alcohol Control Coalition, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
New ideas for alcohol policy. Widening the scope - Ms. Jillian Reynolds, Scientific Officer, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain
New York, New York - Professor Peter Anderson, University of Maastricht, Netherlands and Newcastle University, England
Mr Lauri Beekmann, Chairman, Estonian Temperance Union, vice-president of Eurocare , board member of NordAN and BTACC
Krzysztof Brzozka, State Agency for Prevention of Alcohol-Related Problems (PARPA)
Evelyn Gillian, Alcohol Focus Scotland
Maja Stojanovska, Active - youth organisation
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2014 Conference
Workshop on Religious Law in Civil Courts
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Women's Studies Research Center, Epstein Building
515 South Street, Waltham, MA 02454
This workshop focuses on the role of religious law and tribunals in the U.S. in both family law and criminal law settings. We will explore the complexity of women's legal lives and the ways in which policy might help them negotiate this pluralist legal horizon to their best advantage.
This event is co-sponsored by the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life. The Project on Gender, Culture, Religion and the Law is funded by a generous gift from the Sylvia Neil and Dan Fischel Philanthropic Fund.
This workshop is part of a collaboration between Brandeis University and the School of Oriental and African Studies, Gender, Religion and Equality in Public Life: Perspectives from the United States and the United Kingdom, supported by a grant from the British Council, Bridging Voices Program.
8:30 a.m. Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Introduction
Lisa Fishbayn Joffe
9:15 a.m. Advocacy for Women in Religious Courts
Hauwa Ibrahim, Harvard Divinity School, lawyer in shariah courts, "Practicing Shariah Law"
Esther Macner, practitioner in civil courts and Hassidic batei din in the US, "What Powers, If Any, are Assigned to Rabbinic Courts in American Civil Law?"
Rivkah Lubitch, GCRL visiting research associate and advocate in Israeli rabbinical courts, "The Clash Between Civil and Religious Courts in Israel over the Get"
11:00 a.m. The Interweaving of Civil and Religious Law in Processing Family Law Disputes
Aryeh Klapper, Centre for Modern Torah Leadership and Boston Beit Din, "Problems of Jurisdiction at the Intersection of Jewish and Civil Law"
Anne Saris, Université du Québec à Montréal, "What Do Montreal Imams Tell Us about Family Law?"
Celene Ayat Lizzio, Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological School, "Civil Legislation and Shariah Paths in America: Epistemic Dissonance and Untraversable Divides or Integration and Workable Solutions?"
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Religious Law, Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
Hella Winston, senior fellow at the Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism, "Child Sexual Abuse in the Ultra-Orthodox Community"
Steven Resnicoff, DePaul University, "The Sexual Abuse of Children: The Interrelationship Between Mandatory Reporting Laws and Jewish Law"
Aisha Rahman, Executive Director, Karamah-Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights, "An Islamic Perspective on Addressing Domestic Violence"
3:00 p.m. Closing Remarks
Lisa Fishbayn Joffe
Hauwa Ibrahim
Hauwa Ibrahim's journey of accidental legal education started 20 years ago. She was a prosecutor in the Ministry of Justice, in Northern Nigeria for eight years. In October 1996, she established the first indigenous female legal firm in the State of Bauchi, where she served as defense counsel until 2008 when she came to Harvard University where she currently teaches and conducts research. Ibrahim has defended over 100 Shariah related cases both in the courtroom and prisons. Her professional accomplishments also include election as the first female National Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association in 2000 and authorship of the first draft of the constitution for the Pan African Lawyers Union in 2002, She has consulted for the United Nations Development Program, the European Union's Commission, ambassadors in Nigeria and Lawyers without Borders. In 2005, she won the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize. Most recently, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan appointed her to the 17-person Presidential Committee assembled to investigate the mass kidnapping of girls from a Nigerian school.
Esther Macner
Attorney Esther Macner is founder and director of Get Jewish Divorce Justice in Los Angeles, dedicated to the prevention of abuse in the Jewish divorce process through education, advocacy and individual counseling. Ms. Macner, a New York trial attorney, divorce mediator and former assistant district attorney, specializes in family law, domestic violence and rabbinic court representation. She has presented continuing legal education (CLE) seminars on rabbinic courts, divorce law, constitutionality of the New York get laws and Jewish arbitration agreements, in New York, New Jersey and California. With fluency in Yiddish, Hebrew and rabbinic texts, she is one of a handful of women who practice before rabbinic courts. She received her J.D. from Cardozo Law, her M.A. from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and her B.A. from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Rivkah Lubitch
Rivkah Lubitch has a B.Ed. from the Jerusalem College for Women, an M.A. in Jewish History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a diploma as a Rabbinic Court Advocate (Toenet Rabbanit). She is one of the leading activists on the agunot issue in Israel and presently serves on the board of the Center for Women's Justice (CWJ). Lubitch is research associate at Hadassah-Brandeis Institute and an active columnist in Israel, writing a weekly column in YNet (internet edition of the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot) and NRG (internet edition of the daily press Maariv). She successfully handled a case widely known as "the decision to void Rabbi Drukman's conversions" and actively challenges issues relating to mamzerut. Rivkah has worked as a rabbinic advocate at Yad L'Isha, and been active in ICAR's women's coalition for agunot. She is a founder of Bet Midrash Niggun Nashim at Oranim, and is a key speaker in all the Kolech conferences. Lubitch has established and led various women's groups such as a multi-denominational women's Rosh Chodesh group in Haifa.
Aryeh Klapper
Rabbi Aryeh Klapper is Dean of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership and Rosh Beit Midrash. He is an instructor of rabbinics and medical ethics at Gann Academy, and a member of the Boston Beit Din. He previously served as Orthodox Adviser and associate director for education at Harvard Hillel and as Talmud curriculum chair at Maimonides High School. Rabbi Klapper has published in Tradition, Meorot, Dinei Yisrael, Beit Yitzchak and other journals and presented at numerous academic and community conferences. He is a popular lecturer who is consulted internationally on issues of Jewish law and whose work is cited regularly by both academic and traditional scholars.
Anne Saris
Anne Saris is a law professor at Université du Québec à Montreal. She holds a DCL from McGill law faculty. She is interested by questions of internormativity, most notably in civil rights law and family law. She has authored articles with Samia Amor and Jean-Mathieu Potvin on Canadian Muslims and their interactions with civil and religious actors in Montreal, with Sophie Daoust on the impact of the dangerosity presumption inherent in polygamy in Canada (Bountiful Case), and with Gaële Gidrol-Mistral on the construction in civil law of the embryo by means of the concept of 'infans conceptus', as well as on the comparison of civil and feminist legal theories regarding frozen embryo. Saris has also authored an article on the issues raised by the burqa in Canada, and is interested in the reglementation of religious activities by municipalities.
Celene Ayat Lizzio
Celene Ayat Lizzio is recognized as a leading representative of the new generation of American Muslim thinkers and leaders. A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Divinity School, she is a Ph.D candidate at Brandeis University in Arab and Islamic civilizations. She has written over 20 articles, book chapters, and encyclopedia entries exploring Muslim family law, Muslim feminist theology and women's religious leadership, among other topics. Her current research explores ritual, sacred healing, and wellness practices in Shadhiliyya Sufi communities in North America. Lizzio is also lecturer on Islam, gender, and interfaith relations at Merrimack College, where she serves as an advisor to the Center for the Study of Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations and a fellow of the Center for Inter-Religious and Communal Leadership Education at Andover Newton Theological School and Hebrew College. She has published widely and has been recognized as a Harvard Presidential Scholar and a fellow in Religion, Diplomacy and International Relations at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School, among other distinctions.
Hella Winston
Hella Winston is an independent journalist whose primary focus is on issues of suspected social injustices within some Orthodox Jewish communities and political systems, most notably Brooklyn, New York, within which they reside. Her investigations are published by The New York Jewish Week. The American Jewish Press Association awarded her first place in the category of Excellence in News Reporting for "In Lakewood Abuse Cases: A Parallel System of Justice," and second place for "Tragedy in Borough Park Puts Shomrim Under Scrutiny." The Journalism Center on Children and Families honored her with a 2012 Casey Medal honorable mention for these articles and others in the series "Child Sexual Abuse in the Ultra-Orthodox Community." She is the author of the book "Unchosen: The Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels" (Beacon Press, 2005). Winston's appointment is through the Schuster Institute Fund for Investigative Journalism Fellowship.
Steven Resnicoff
Steven H. Resnicoff is a professor at DePaul University College of Law, where he has received numerous awards for his teaching and scholarship, and co-director of its Center for Jewish Law and Judaic Studies (JLJS). Former chair of the Association of American Law School's Section on Jewish Law and chair of the executive board of the Jewish Law Association, Resnicoff earned a B.A. at Princeton (Phi Beta Kappa) a J.D. at Yale, and received advanced rabbinic ordination (yoreh yoreh yadin yadin) from the late sage, Rabbi Moshe Feinstein of blessed memory. He is the author or co-author of five books, including Understanding Jewish Law, published by LexisNexis, and more than 50 articles and book chapters. Much of his work focuses on the interrelationships between Jewish and secular legal systems, and he also teaches in the doctoral program at the Spertus Institute for Jewish Leadership and Learning in Chicago. An internationally known scholar and lecturer, Professor Resnicoff's expertise is in the areas of bankruptcy, commercial paper, contracts and professional responsibility.
Aisha Rahman
Attorney Aisha Rahman is executive director of KARAMAH: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights and also serves as the head of the organization's Family Law Division.
She received her higher education at Emory University and The University of Tennessee College of Law, where she was a staff editor of the Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy and headed the Muslim Law Student Association. Ms. Rahman came to KARAMAH from Legal Aid of East Tennessee where she was a staff attorney litigating cases on domestic violence. In her hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, Ms. Rahman chaired the Social Justice Committee of the Shura (consultative council) at the Muslim Community of Knoxville, an important leadership position.
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Spiritualized | 02/07/12
Do you like great pop songs? How about beautiful, narratively engaging and emotionally devastating videos? How about MOTORCYCLE STUNTS?! Well yes, obviously you do. Then you're in luck, because the video for "Little Girl", the wonderful soaring ballad and new single from Spiritualized is out, and it's pretty amazing. Featuring familial trauma, recreational drug use and the aforementioned MOTORCYCLE STUNTS, it's directed by Vincent Haycock and is well worth 4.5 minutes of anyone's time. Check it out:
The single itself is out on August 6th, and is released digitally and on 7". It's included on the album Sweet Heart Sweet Light, which was released earlier this year and is available digitally, on CD and 2xLP right here.
You can also catch Mr. Spaceman et al live:
- 12-14 August - Wilderness Festival, Cornbury Park
- 6-9 September - Bestival, Isle of Wight
- 14 September - Festival No. 6, Port Meirion
- 1 November - The Sage, Gateshead
- 2 November - Junction, Cambridge
- 3 November - Metropolitan University, Leeds
- 4 November - Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
- 5 November - Roundhouse, London, Roundhouse
- 6 November - Corn Exchange, Brighton


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KTouch is a program to learn and practice touch typing. Every finger has its place on the keyboard with associated keys to press. Starting with only a few keys to remember you will advance through different training levels where additional keys are introduced. Because you no longer need to search for the keys on the keyboard you will be able to type quickly and accurately.
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For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Radicals create radical opposition.
Such was the case when antigun activists threatened the hunting and shooting traditions of law-abiding American citizens, underestimating their vast numbers (20 million to 40 million) and potential power.
The National Rifle Association, which no longer focuses on just rifles, not long ago had moderate influence. It was reborn like a phoenix from the flames, ignited by antigun groups who were perceived as a threat to personal protection and American freedom.
The NRA's first foray into influencing presidential elections was back in 1980, when it backed Ronald Reagan over Jimmy Carter because the latter appointed an opponent of gun rights to a federal judgeship and supported an Alaska Lands Bill that closed massive acreage to hunting. It reportedly spent $10 million in 2008 to prevent President Obama's election and is now committed more than ever to unseating him.
Richard Nixon, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, even John F. Kennedy were among eight presidential members of the NRA. Not all of them would want to be members today. Ever since the NRA — with a current membership of more than 4 million — amassed considerable public support and political leverage, momentum on gun rights has continued in almost one direction — far right. Antigun forces can partly blame themselves for the overpowering giant they helped create.
The NRA has done much good. Those of us who take our shotguns to the trap range, on deer drives, in the pheasant fields, or enjoy shooting firearms at gun ranges — or who gain peace of mind knowing that we have recourse if a felon threatens our families — forever owe the NRA a debt of gratitude for protecting our Second Amendment rights.
The organization was founded in 1871 by Civil War veterans wanting to improve the skills and readiness of American shooters because the accuracy of Union soldiers had been appalling. Presidents of the association included Gens. Ulysses S. Grant and Philip H. Sheridan, which explains the organization's affinity for the military.
From 1916 to 1996, the period in which the NRA garnered arguably its most widespread respect, it teamed with the Army in the Civilian Marksmanship Program, helping get obsolete military firearms to civilians to develop shooting skills that could strengthen America in the event of war.
The NRA also has helped provide hunter-safety programs. It supports the National Rifle and Pistol Matches, and the National Muzzle Loading Championships.
It stopped being the governing body for Olympic shooting in 1992, however, and left the National Three-Position Air Rifle Council in 2000. The NRA has become — for better or worse — extremely political, focusing on other targets.
Some argue the organization has contributed significantly to the divisiveness hurting America today. Power can feed on itself and grow out of control. With power should come reason, moderation, restraint and beneficence, but the NRA sees the world as largely black and white. You're with us, or you're against us.
For some sportsmen, judging the NRA is tantamount to a blasphemous critique of the church or the Boy Scouts. I've had to explain on several occasions why I've long been and remain a member of the NRA. That explanation has gotten more complicated and less easily defended.
Only a few local sportsmen complain of the NRA's constant requests for money, incessant inflammatory and sometimes dubious political assertions, and unrealized prognostications. There is also the money factor.
The NRA has evolved into an enormous nonprofit business. Reportedly taking in annual revenues of $205 million from American hunters and shooters, the NRA has become the most powerful lobbying group in America. The American Institute of Philanthropy reports that NRA CEO Wayne Lapierre's salary was $970,300, and Kayne Robinson, the executive director of general operations, is reported to have a base salary of $1,027,217. The U.S. president, by comparison, earns $400,000 a year. It pays to inflame us hunters and shooters.
Of course, on the other side are the antigun organizations like the Brady Center, with their well-compensated lawyers and executives earning good salaries from their fearful donators.
The NRA could have, and should have, accepted President Obama's invitation to sit together to discuss gun-rights legislation in 2011. The organization disappointingly refused the invitation for cooperation.
A powerful executive in the gun industry, one who deals with radicals on both sides of firearms issues, said on condition of anonymity that, "Sensible gun laws aren't likely any time soon. There are too many paychecks depending on unresolved conflict."
There may be just too much money and power at stake for reason to prevail in the foreseeable future.
How do we stop the vitriol and get sensible gun laws? Antigun-rights forces need to understand unequivocally that Second Amendment rights must never be taken away, and that the basis for gun violence is not guns, but all the elements that cause social problems — poverty, ignorance, criminality and mental illness. These complex problems can't be solved by just outlawing firearms.
And sportsmen need to understand that in addition to Second Amendment gun rights, these very same elements must be addressed if we're to truly ever have safety and freedom in America. That means support of education, health care, and other social efforts that effectively diminish crime and violence.
Without this understanding and a new attitude of cooperation, we can expect the pendulum of animosity to continue swinging extremely, and two American factions to continue fearing each other and dividing America.


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My latest In her shoes featured lady really needs no introduction. In my eyes she is pure blog royalty. She has quite the following with her witty, honest and stylish posts. One of my favorite things on her blog is her bookcase of the day images. Totally something I adore as well. My dream has always been to have my own library in my home so I totally relate.
I now love logging on to her blog even more, because she is living the dream. First she started out as a design blogger that then led to her own interior decorating company, which has now lead to a store front!!!!!!
I'm so excited for Jamie and wish her nothing but the best! Today she has graced us with a typical day in her life now as an almost shop owner. The store is set to open at the beginning of Nov!
Check back in the coming weeks, because once this shop is up and running we will be featuring a new IN HER SHOES with Jamie so that we can how things have changed!
i wake up, angry. i hate waking up. every single morning. everything about it. sucks. i'd rather be sleeping.
pull on my gross painting clothes and come downstairs to find rowdy still asleep with his hippo
pile in the car, rowdy in squirrel costume, head to shop
we get there – yes the store is 4 minutes from my house. such a better commute than my last job of despair and stress.
my mom has driven up for the day to help me paint. she starts with a desk we're turning red, and i head to starbucks for breakfast.
time to check on almost finished pieces
i put the hardware back on this credenza – i took it home to shine up with magic potion. now all it's lacking are the doors
table i polyurethaned the night before is dry. this will be used for display (and is for sale too!)
then i vacuum, b/c i'm ocd and it makes me feel better
my sign man shows up with window decals ready to install! i've been sooo excited about this
my mother-in-law stops in with plants for my pots on the front stoop. she plants. i admire.
the street is lovely with fallen leaves
head down to basement to work on a second coat for a pair of purple dressers
dog park break. it's right around the corner.
back to painting. second coat on a turquoise coffee table
i head to anthro to check out their knobs on sale.
i find a few, plus some other delights (for the store of course – i no longer have personal needs)
to target. just looking for a trash can for the bathroom in the store. fail.
this was the only thing i was drawn to, but it didn't make the cut.
i did, however, find these delectable little victoria hagan lamps for a client. done.
to homegoods. need a mat for the front door. again: fail. but DID see these cute lamps.
consider them for a client, but decide against them b/c of the shade
oh!, and there was this sexy etagere
home, get brian meares, head to K&W – dinner of champions.
back home. new project. i'm going to hang a few inspiration boards in the shop. i'm using the god awful drop ceiling tiles that i ripped out, and covering them in linen. i am presented with a problem early in the process
linen stapled on. with brian's help, who complained the entire time
then i add pink velvet ribbon.
i need to criss cross the other way, but i'm spent. tomorrow night, maybe.
interneting. project runway. brownie eating. back hurting. super glue on my finernails. living the dream.
A big thank you to Jamie for participating! I know the grand opening is going to be a huge success! If you are in the Raleigh, North Carolina then you must stop in and give Rowdy a big smooch from me!
I hope you all have a lovely weekend!
I'm busy, busy today with prep work for a client meeting this weekend and then it will finally be the weekend!!!


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I'm a nurse in a facility that cares for medically fragile and technology dependent children, I have worked here for eight years and really enjoy my work... well for the most part at least. One of the kids I have worked with since I started at this facility is now thirteen, a very mature thirteen year old boy, Wise beyond his years as some people would say. I have become very attached. His mother's once frequent visits, she lives forty miles away, are now down to about twice a year. He spends his days tapping at an I-Pad and a video game with a stick in his mouth.
This child was hit by a truck at the age of five, and has been a complete ventilator dependent quad ever since. Through the years we have become very close. Last night, we talked and he told me that he just wished that he would die, He explained if he ended up in heaven, or if he ended up in hell, it would be much better than the life he has now. I have always given the same stock response when a sick kid asked me about death and dying; That you need to make the most out of the life that you have now and on the flip-side, what a wonderful place heaven is going to be. I hate doing this, but I just don't know how to tell a dying kid the truth. I did this last night and he was having none of it. He told me that their probably was no God, and if there was, he must be evil to do this to a little kid. He also said that he really did not have any good friends, because a good friend would help him end his life and thus end his suffering. He said he did not expect me to it, because he said he knows that I would loose my job.(for starters) I got home from work this morning and felt this kid deserves for me to at least be truthful with him, I feel like I am really avoiding being truthful with him on how I really feel. I think like most people, if I was in his shoes (pardon the pun) I would want someone to pull the plug too.
Getting this Kid any kind of psychiatric care is never going to happen, this is do to the state of publicly funded healthcare.
I'm just wondering if anyone has ever been in this situation or has any advice on exactly how truthful I should be, or any little nuggets of wisdom I could give him?
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He sounds kind of too smart for the usual god loves you and heaven is awesome nonsense. Then again he is very clearly looking for comfort. Tough job you got there, attaching yourself is never good.
I'm honest, I'm not the kind of person you'd want to get advice from. But for me it has always been that truth is more important than comfort. But comfort can be found in many things. Sometimes you may find it when something uncomfortable just ends. This kid is obviously not comfortable living. Many people may think I'm awful for saying this, but sometimes death is something that a person can look forward to. It's solace, freedom from pain. In his place I would probably wish to die as well, since it's the only thing I'd have to look forward to. That doesn't make it a bad thing. Too bad, for him, that he is forced to live as a prisoner of live.
I've volunteered with disabled kids and it can be a tough situation. Many cling to heaven as a chance to experience the life on which they know they are missing out. Others become dark and can be rather frightening in their pragmatism.
I have no problem withholding my thoughts about heaven when it brings some satisfaction to a child in a rough situation. I also avoid lying when the same child asks me directly what I believe.
This kid sounds mature and intelligent enough to handle your thoughts. Telling him that you don't believe in heaven either is the easy part - what do you tell him after that? I'm not sure what I would have to say, but I know I would want to think it out very clearly before I engaged. That kid is likely to have thought things through far better than you could possibly imagine - and could crush you as you try to flail for answers.
I don't know what else to say other than I'm glad I'm not you right now.
It's not a matter of losing your job. Does he understand that euthanasia is murder, even with the consent of the "victim"? It's a theoretical death penalty for premeditated murder in some places (though a lengthy prison term is more likely). The best you can do is to be a friend, I think. Someone who's willing to listen and empathize.
You can tell him that once he's old enough, perhaps he can get himself moved to Oregon where assisted suicide is legal.
read to him some Stephan Hawkins and see about getting him an neural actuator...
Oregon's assisted suicide law would not help this boy unless it changes by the time he's 18 or unless the boy develops a terminal illness.
127.805 s.2.01. Who may initiate a written request for medication.
(1) An adult who is capable, is a resident of Oregon, and has been determined by the attending physician and consulting physician to be suffering from a terminal disease, and who has voluntarily expressed his or her wish to die, may make a written request for medication for the purpose of ending his or her life in a humane and dignified manner in accordance with ORS 127.800 to 127.897.
(2) No person shall qualify under the provisions of ORS 127.800 to 127.897 solely because of age or disability. [1995 c.3 s.2.01; 1999 c.423 s.2]
Oregon has assisted suicide, but it's for adults of sound mind. If he can control a wheelchair as, I believe, Stephen Hawking can, there will be many ways of committing suicide.
You might want to explain that as an adult of legal age he will have more options if he still feels the same way then. His feelings are probably not going to change but I would not volunteer any information about your lack of belief as this might only reinforce his desire to end his life. Just being a friend who tries to humor and engage his mind is the most important thing you could be for him.
Your position while understandable is not from his point of view. I can envision circumstances where I become severely handicapped physically and would not want to deal with the miserable existence of depending on others to feed me, change my diaper, comb my hair, etc. I have already expressed my desires with my spouse if I should end up looking like something out of the vegetable garden.
He may eventually choose suicide but he needs hope for now. That hope lies in science and the possibility of medical advances that will cure or alleviate his situation. If you get him to focus on that, it will both give him hope and maybe give him something more to do than play video games. He can focus his mind on learning about the research that might help those in his situation. I don't know if it is safe for you to mention your non-belief at this job, even to a child, but you could certainly say that you understand how he feels. Kudos to you for being his friend.
The kid is 13 years old and has clearly thought about the topic of god before and is tired of the stock responses. Be honest with the kid and tell him what you think when he asks. Maybe having a person who is actually truthful will help him to deal a little better with his situation. If I were in that boy's situation I certainly wouldn't want to hear "make the most out of the life you have." I'd want to punch the person who said that to me in the face because they either can't emphasize with the situation/feelings or they are just saying that because they are supposed to. I'd much rather have a person I could bounce ideas and questions off of and trust that I am going to get an honest response. At least an honest person would engage my mind and maybe take my mind off of the situation briefly.


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Sanaz Mazinani – SF Camerawork
Site-specific exhibition at SF Camerawork created by artist Sanaz Mazinani, combining multi-media artwork and installation including large hanging prints, sculptures, and video in an immersive visitor experience.Find out more »
Leaving the Blues, A World Premiere
Celebrated Blues singer-songwriter Alberta Hunter (1895-1984) is backstage preparing for a professional comeback, knowing just how many doors to the past it may open. Spanning 60 years, this world premiere play imagines a journey through the public life Hunter led,…Find out more »
Foreign Language Magic Word Mother Tongue
FOREIGN LANGUAGE MAGIC WORD MOTHER TONGUE (MAGIC WORD) is a poly-lingual exhibition, public workshop and performance series featuring artists and performers investigating the ways in which language forms our culture, society and sense of self. Exhibition: March 9–April 8, 2017,…Find out more »