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I know, we're not supposed to talk about Fight Club, but I think it's ok to talk about Fight Club, as in the book, the movie and the anticipated sequel that author Chuck Palahniuk is penning. We learned this summer that author Chuck Palahniuk was writing a sequel to the 1996 novel Fight Club — a book that was later adapted into the film by David Fincher, starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. What's more, instead of a traditional novel, the follow-up to the story will be a graphic novel series, which is probably what made this news a perfect fit for Comic-Con last summer. At that time, we heard a few details about the plot of the sequel, but Palahniuk has since shared more, which explain how Tyler Durden manages to make his return.
Back in July, we learned that the sequel to Fight Club would be a series of graphic novels that update the story a decade after the events of the first book, which told the story of a discontent man who meets Tyler Durden, a rebellious guy who pretty much turns the narrator's life upside down, including introducing him to Fight Club and eventually, even more destructive activities in the form of Operation Mayhem.
Beyond the changed format being used to tell the story for the sequel, we also have a change of voice this time around, as the narrator is no longer the Narrator. Instead, Tyler Durden will be telling the story, as he awaits his big comeback from inside the original narrator's brain. "Jack is oblivious, Marla is bored. Their marriage has run aground on the rocky coastline of middle-aged suburban boredom," Palahniuk told Movies.com. "It's only when their little boy disappears, kidnapped by Tyler, that Jack is dragged back into the world of Mayhem."
So how does Tyler get out to kidnap his own (technically) kid? That's where this update comes in, and things start to get a bit more spoilerly. ChuckPalahniuk.net shared an excerpt the author did with Hustler Magazine, which points the finger at Marla — Marla. The big tourist. — as the one to blame for letting Tyler loose. It sounds like maybe she was trying to put the spice back in her marriage by loosening her husband's grip on Tyler, and well… things don't go so well.
The sequel will be told from the-- at first-- submerged perspective of Tyler Durden as he observes the day-to-day tedium of the narrator's life. Because 20th Century-Fox created the convention of calling the protagonist Jack, I'm calling him Cornelius. He's living a compromised life with a failing marriage, unsure about his passion for his wife. The typical midlife bullshit. Likewise, Marla is unsatisfied and dreams of accessing the wild man she'd once fallen in love with. She tampers with the small pharmacy of drugs that her husband needs to suppress Tyler, and-- go figure-- Tyler reemerges to terrorize their lives."
There's a part of me that wants to avoid these little spoilers about the plot of the book, but then I consider that everything I've ever enjoyed about Palahniuk's novels is less about the plot and more about the voice of his characters. The gritty, uncensored, almost uncomfortably candid narrative of many of his protagonists are a big part of what make his books stand out from the rest. It should be interesting to see how that translates to a graphic novel format.
Palahniuk had some interesting things to say about re-learning how to tell stories as he works on this sequel for a graphic novel series. Kyle Dowling, the reporter who interviewed Palahniuk for Hustler, posted the full interview on his site, and it's well worth a read, but be warned, the link to the interview is Not Safe For Work (there are graphic images — the kind you might expect to see in Hustler), so I wouldn't recommend clicking the "read the full interview" if you're at the office or you have small kids lurking around your computer at the time.
From the sound of it, it seems the Fight Club sequel is still a work in progress, but hopefully we'll hear an update soon that tells us when the first graphic novel will hit shelves. And then we can resume speculating whether or not this follow-up is bound for the big screen (and whether Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter would be up for reprising their roles.)


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The recent, unusually raucous debate in the House of Representatives over a call for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq may have hurt the chances for the passage of disaster assistance legislation for U.S. farmers.
"Two weeks ago before we came home for the Thanksgiving recess, I would have told you I thought the likelihood of that legislation passing would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 to 70 percent," said Rep. Marion Berry, D-Ark.
"Then we got in one of those disgusting, political, partisan knife fights, and everybody lost focus on anything that didn't amount to a hill of beans. All we did was call each other names, and, as you all know, that was very unproductive and didn't get anything done for anybody."
As a result, he and other farm-state congressmen came home without the disaster bill they wanted, said Berry, speaking at the annual meeting of the Agriculture Council of Arkansas in Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 2.
"It was held back primarily to create some leverage for what we were going to have to do when we get back in session," he said. "I think now that we probably have a 40 percent chance of getting that done. I wish I could tell you that it was 90 percent, but I wouldn't be telling you the truth."
The legislation, which is the companion bill to legislation introduced in the Senate by Sens. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., and Jim Talent, R-Mo., would give producers who experienced a 35 percent loss due to adverse weather in 2005 the option to receive a partial direct payment.
Some have said they favor providing a full payment to growers, but Berry says he doubts that will happen. "It think 100 percent of a direct payment is overly optimistic," he said. "I think 50 percent or 40 percent would be much more likely to happen."
The fight Berry referred to came after Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., a veteran of the U.S. Marines Corps, called for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq in comments on the House floor on Nov. 18. During the ensuing debate, House members began calling each other names.
The proposed disaster bill would be something of a throwback to earlier legislation that gave farmers an additional Agricultural Marketing Transition Act or AMTA payment following disasters in the late 1990s. Subsequent bills have set up disaster assistance payment schedules that were not tied to the direct payments farmers receive under the 2002 farm bill.
Under the current farm bill, producers receive direct payments of 6.67 cents per pound for upland cotton; $2.35 per hundredweight for rice; 44 cents per bushel for soybeans; 28 cents per bushel for corn; 35 cents per bushel for grain sorghum; and 52 cents per bushel for wheat. Direct payments are calculated by multiplying the payment rate times the producer's program yield times 85 percent of his base acres for that crop.
While Berry was still hopeful about the prospects for the disaster bill when he spoke in Memphis, "I wouldn't want anyone leaving here today and making a business decision thinking that it would happen. It may not, but if we get it done, then that will just be something good."
Berry said every farmer in the United States should find some way to say thank you to Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., former chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee and now chairman of the Appropriations Committee.
"I can tell you this," he said. "Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi is a great statesman; he is a great champion of American agriculture; and he has done so many great things for Mid-South agriculture that I can't possibly list them all. If you see him, tell him thank you for what he's done on this disaster bill.
"That's because he is our champion. He does it in a very quiet way — you won't read about it on the front page of
The Washington Post
— but he gets the job done. He deserves our respect and our gratitude."
Cochran reportedly is pushing a plan that would provide $4 billion in disaster relief for agriculture and double President Bush's request for $17 billion for recovery efforts for victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Cochran and Sen. Trent Lott, Mississippi's junior senator, have criticized the Bush administration's lack of response to the needs of hurricane victims, some of whom are still living in tents or in what's left of their homes, and the failure to follow through on the president's promises to help rebuild the Gulf Coast.
Berry also said he would be glad to change the date of the current farm bill, "improve the numbers a little bit and go home and declare victory," if he could.
"I remember so well when we wrote the last one," he said. "I was on the Agriculture Committee at the time, and I was really proud of that. Some of you may not remember that in the House we actually raised payment limits, which almost caused (Iowa Sen. Charles) Grassley to have a heart attack."
No one could have predicted $3 per gallon diesel fuel at the time Congress passed the 2002 bill, he said, noting that that and one of the driest production seasons on record and the lasting effects of hurricanes Katrina and Rita had combined to put Arkansas' farmers in dire straits.
He said the outcome of the next farm bill, due to be written in 2007, hinges on the outcome of the 2006 mid-term, congressional elections.
"If the next election yields the same results as the last one, I don't think we will have a farm bill that you can recognize," he said. "I think that it will be almost insignificant in the support it will provide in the traditional ways that we have viewed farm programs."
He said the outcome of the Doha Round of the World Trade Organization negotiations, which are scheduled for completion in 2006, will also have a major impact on the next farm legislation.
"With the election and the WTO negotiations in front of us, it will take a lot of heavy lifting for us to come out in any kind of decent shape," he said. "We still have a good group of members of Congress from the Mid-South and the Mississippi Valley, and that will be a big plus for us as we start the process."
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Porto Seguro is a small town of 100.000 inhabitants; several European flights serve its airport, generally via Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo or Salvador da Bahia (55 minutes flight between Salvador da Bahia and Porto Seguro)
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The hotel - Residence Porto Verano is located in a privileged area, at 150 meters from the beautiful beach of Taperapuan and 7 km from the centre of Porto Seguro.
It has the immense advantage to have a calm and peaceful environment, contrary to the centre which can be extremely noisy, especially during the peak season.
A small supermarket is at few meters from the residence, and one bigger is located at approximately 1 km, as well as a pharmacy and restaurants.
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Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's and women's track and field teams continued weekend action on Saturday (April 20) with competition at two different meets.
The majority of the Bulldog teams were in action at the Al Owens Classic hosted by Grand Valley State in Allendale. However, for the second-straight day, weather affected the event.
While the throwing events were held outside at the Laker Track & Field Stadium, the rest of the event was moved indoors to the Kelly Family Sports Center.
On the women's side at GVSU, Jessica Pilling placed second in the hammer throw (180-10) while reaching the national provisional qualification standard.
Meanwhile, Christa Cwiek took fourth place in the javelin (96-1).
Alison Busick wound up sixth overall in the shot put (35-10.50). She was also 12th in the hammer throw (116-6).
On the men's side, Lucas Johnson earned runner-up honors in the hammer throw (171-1) while Austin Grant placed fifth (152-5), David Jimpkoski came in sixth (152-4) and JJ Vandenberg was seventh (150-2) in the same event.
Connor LaRowe took sixth place in the 800 meters (1:55.43).
Alex Bladecki came in eighth overall in the 1,500 meters (3:58.04) for FSU.
Ryan Stankey finished sixth in the discus (150-0) and was eighth in the shot put (44-11).
Ferris State was also eighth in the men's 4x400-meter relay (3:32.16).
In addition to the athletes competing at GVSU on Saturday, both Ryan Chute and Alyssa Osika along with Shea Van Klompenberg all took part in the Beach Invitational in California.
Chute placed 15th overall of more than 100 runners in the men's 1,500 meters with a time of 3:53.28 in the event. Meanwhile, Osika came in 39th overall in the 800 meters (2:14.78) while Van Klompenberg finished 75th (2:19.06) in the same event. The Beach Invitational is hosted by Long Beach State University on the campus of Cerritos College in Norwalk, Calif.
Next weekend, the Bulldogs take part in the Hillsdale "Gina Relays" on Thursday and Friday, April 25-26, in Hillsdale, Mich. FSU also will compete in the Central Michigan Lyle Bennett Open slated for Saturday, April 27, in Mt. Pleasant, Mich.


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Long Island's housing market got a boost last month, as interest rates jumped and the supply of available homes shrank.
Across the Island, prices rose by about 6 percent compared with the previous June, according to a report Monday by the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island. The median price was $425,000 in Nassau County and $340,000 in Suffolk.
The number of homes changing hands ticked up 9 percent in Suffolk County, while Nassau saw a 3 percent bump in transactions.
"We've been in this funk for a long time; it had to end eventually," said Irene Lockel, an associate broker with Netter Real Estate in West Islip. "I actually hear buyers say, 'It's time. We've waited long enough. Rates are starting to go up.' "
Mortgage interest rates rose last week to an average of 4.51 percent for a 30-year fixed-rate loan, according to the most recent report by Freddie Mac. In early May the rate was 3.35 percent. Rates hit a record low of 3.31 percent in November 2012.
The housing market was strongest in the $300,000 to $400,000 price range, as first-time buyers competed for "starter" homes, brokers said.
The number of homes going into contract surged last month compared with the previous June, rising by 21.5 percent in Nassau and 15.8 percent in Suffolk, the listing service reported.
However, mortgage lenders were not as enthusiastic. Many would-be sales were scuttled when appraisals came in lower than the agreed-upon price and the buyer could not get a large enough mortgage loan, real estate agents said.
"The banks apparently are still being cautious," said Marlena Schein, an associate broker with Coldwell Banker Homes Realty in Wantagh. "It's hard for the seller to understand that they can't sell the house for what they want. Everybody's frustrated."
Other hoped-for sales fell apart when buyers were unable to sell their own homes, brokers said. Few homes listed for $700,000 to $1 million are changing hands, Lockel said. As a result, she said, open houses for homes over $1 million are bustling with would-be buyers, "but they're not selling that middle house that they're trying to sell to buy the bigger house."
In both counties, the supply of homes -- as measured by the number of months it would take to sell all listed homes, at the current pace of sales -- was the lowest it has been in at least a year. In June, Nassau had a 7.4-month supply of homes and Suffolk had a 9.6-month supply. A healthy real estate market has a six- to eight-month supply of homes, brokers say.
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December has arrived, delivering its bounty of holiday frenzy and frozen precipitation. Your experience of this month may of course differ, but mine is colored (white) by the snow already deposited upon my doorstep. But December is a festive month, rich with holiday cheer. It's also a birdy month in many parts of the world. Are you prepared to embrace the extremes of December? How will you be doing that this weekend and will birding be involved? Share your plans in the comments below!
I'm headed down to NYC this weekend to take in the Giants-Redskins game and watch Donovan McNabb get mauled by the Big Blue defense. My New York Metro excursions usually augur avian-aspirational adventures with my former friend Corey, but he decided to head down the North Carolina to chase birds with Nate (still my friend, but if Corey finds a Bachman's Sparrow, I may reconsider.)
Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday. Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend!
Keep your eyes to the skies for exclamatory cloud formations like this one Duncan snapped over New Zealand!
I will be birding in Centre County, Pennsylvania. I am hoping for a good waterfowl fallout on the lakes after the storm systems move through the state.
Love those clouds!!!
What a great capture..amazing cloud formations and great colors.
Very beautiful photo!Love those clouds!
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amazing clouds!!! wow!
Blackie Spit tomorrow, perhaps Maplewood Saturday, maybe Stanley Park Sunday: all relatively local. But the appearance this noon of a Northern Hawk Owl at Reifel may change that; I've only ever seen one in BC, and it would be a 'lifer' for Alison.
I will be trying for some raptor pics in Midland MI U.S.A.
Great sky!
I love the color and motion that is captured here. Really well done.
Have a great week-end.
If the weather cooperates, I hope to look for cloud forest birds on the slopes of Volcan Poas, Costa Rica.
What and image…well timed 🙂
New Zealand always has a great deal of 'weather'. Great cloud shot.
If all goes as planned, an organized walk tomorrow morning at Tibbetts Brook Park in Yonkers, NY. (Mike, you're welcome to join us——meeting there at 8:20!) That's probably all the birding I'll be able to fit in until I get to Atlanta.
my backyard feeders. the wife is out of town and i'm spending quality time with my twins.
Oh wow! An exclamation point in the making. I've never seen such a combination of red, black, and grey.
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Undoubtedly, you're doing a little renovating and remodeling to your domicile this winter in order to make your Thanksgiving and holiday season guests feel more at home. But have you considered making a few changes to accommodate your four-legged friend as well? For many folks, having a pet friendly home is just as important as having a great living room in which to entertain guests and throw parties. After all, you can't pick your family - except the pets! Whether you're taking the leap with adopting or just want to pamper your pooch and improve your interior design in one fell swoop, consider some of these dog-friendly additions and renovations.
Engineered hardwood flooring
While solid wood has a lot of traditional advantage in the market of flooring styles, engineered wood - which is often made from thinner planks adhered together to create a larger board - offers a number of advantages. First, it's cheaper without losing any of wood's classic durability or elegance. And being resistant to scratching and scuffing means it's perfect for your pets (trimming your dog's toenails helps too). Even better, engineered flooring is compatible with radiant heat!
Radiant floor heating
Leading the pack of green energy initiatives in the home, radiant floor heating is an ideal way to keep you, your family and your pet warm. Luckily, radiant heat systems and engineered hardwood floors go hand in hand, as solid hardwood and radiant heat don't mesh. So not only can you go green with radiant heat in the home, but you can do it with gorgeous new flooring. Furthermore, radiant heat improves air quality because it doesn't require vents or ducts, meaning both you and your pet will be breathing better.
All natural and non-toxic cleaners
Want to take another green step forward for the sake of your pooch and the environment? Investing in all-natural and non-toxic cleaning products means that you don't need to worry about your dog getting into chemicals like drain or window cleaner.
A dog bed
We all love cuddling with our favorite pets, but it's imperative that your dog have his or her own bed. Not only does this cut down on the amount of laundry you'll have to do, it delineates a space that's your dog's alone, which is important.
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DURHAM, N.C. – A Durham, N.C.-based educational testing company will pay $110,000 to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
The EEOC had charged that Measurement Incorporated discriminated against Jacqueline Dukes when it fired her for refusing to work on her Sabbath. Dukes is a member of a Christian denomination called Children of Yisrael which prohibits its members from working on the Sabbath, from sunset on Friday until sunset on Saturday.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against employees and applicants because of their religion and requires employers to reasonably accommodate an employee's sincerely held religious beliefs unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the employer.
In addition to the $110,000 in back pay and compensatory damages, the three-year consent decree resolving the case (EEOC v. Measurement, Inc., Civil Action No. 1:10-cv-00623 in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina) includes injunctive relief enjoining Measurement Incorporated from engaging in further religious discrimination and requiring anti-discrimination training; the posting of a notice about the EEOC and its lawsuit against the company; and regular reporting by the company on its handling of religious accommodation requests .
"Some employers still need to be educated that they are required by law to explore reasonable accommodations to solve situations like this," said Lynette A. Barnes, regional attorney for the EEOC's Charlotte District, which includes the EEOC's Raleigh Area Office, where the charge was filed. "No person should be forced to choose between her religion and her job when the company can provide an accommodation without suffering an undue hardship ."
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws against employment discrimination. Further information is available at www.eeoc.gov.


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Wymondham (Windham), Norfolk survives today as a historic market town and civil parish. "This town derives its name from the Saxon Win Munde Ham, signifying 'a pleasant village on a mount;' and is indebted for its importance to the foundation of a priory of Black monks, at first a cell to the abbey of St. Alban's, by William d'Albini or Daubeny, in 1130. " [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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New York - Help For Genetic Testing Before A Shiduch, Also In Pataki's Budget
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New York - Orthodox and Hasidic Jews would get additional help from the state before they do a shiduch for arranged marriages under Gov. George Pataki's proposed 2006-07 spending plan. The state would provide $500,000 for premarital genetic screening of Orthodox and Hasidic Jews as part of a move to minimize genetic diseases common to their culture.
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All matriculated students placing in remedial Reading, English and Math are offered a place in the Basic Education Program (BEP). Students are required to successfully complete this program before being permitted to register for the next level of courses in Reading, English and Math. All students who take the placement test and score RDG 001 or RDG 002 are required to enroll in the course in the first semester of attendance. Successful completion of each course is required. If RDG 001 is the original placement, RDG 002 is required unless the student is exempted by meeting Department standards.
For students who speak English as a second language, the Department of Reading and Basic Education offers a reading course at the college preparatory level of instruction. This reading course is part of English as a Second Language Program at the College. See the English Department for writing courses and Communications Department for conversation and pronunciation courses. Students are placed individually at appropriate levels through a reading placement test. The Department also offers credit reading courses.
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WASHINGTON — By this time next week, the White House will have quite an accomplishment topping their list of early victories — passage of a massive economic stimulus package in less than a month.
Other political news of note
Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
- Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015
- Senate readies another volley on unemployment aid
- Obama faces Syria standstill
- Fluke files to run in California
- Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
And for the White House, next week can't come soon enough.
They know they will figure out a way to pass this package. But more importantly, passing it will give them a chance at a fresh start. And it will teach them some important lessons about how to move forward when they present even tougher asks to Congress and the American people.
A couple of things have struck me while watching this White House attempt to pass this first big bill.
First, they seemed to stop using the tools that got them to the White House in the first place. President Obama gave very few direct speeches to the American people and made few attempts to go local with supporters. It's been a top down approach to governing in these first few weeks.
Second, the Obama White House forgot a few things about what it's like to have nothing left to lose – the exact position the Republicans found themselves in.
It not hard to find something wrong with a bill as large as this stimulus package. Republicans (with the help Matt Drudge) did a great job at finding what I call the bumper-sticker negatives, be it contraceptives or STD treatment or sod for the National Mall.
But what should have the Obama administration been prepared for?
Extra Scrutiny
First, the administration should have expected extra scrutiny for their first bill.
Obama never should have allowed his first major piece of legislation to be written largely by a man elected to Congress when the president was only 8 years old. I'm referring to House Appropriations Chair David Obey.
I've noted many times here and in "First Read" the stunning lack of change inside the leadership of the House Democratic caucus. The roster of current committee chairs is not exactly a profile of change Obama outlined during the campaign.
Some day the public might actually revolt against the undemocratic system of seniority that allows Congress to keep the old ways of Washington engrained into the culture of Congress.
My guess is the White House will be much more involved in crafting future legislation facing this much press and scrutiny. They will either find support from members of Congress who don't have as many pet projects, or they will convince the leadership that they ought to show some signs of change.
The GOP has nothing left to lose
Obama's efforts at bipartisanship are in many ways just what he promised throughout the campaign. If he weren't talking bipartisanship now he'd be facing even more criticism about Republican involvement in this stimulus.
The cynical question should be what do the Republicans accomplish politically by cooperating with Obama? Will the 15 or so Republicans in the House and perhaps five in the Senate who support Obama on the stimulus get a free pass from voters? Or will the Democrats get the credit while collectively the Republicans gain nothing?
If the stimulus does not work, and the Republicans are seen as the party that offered an alternative, they stand to benefit.
We may like to think politics is a battle of ideas and that the best idea wins out. But that's not true in most elections. Most elections are about the worst ideas losing, not the best ideas winning. Democrats have control of both houses of Congress and the White House because the country got fed up with the Republican rule, not necessarily because voters saw more merit in the Democrats. Eventually our country rewards the party out of power – those seen as not responsible.
Over time Democrats have a chance to reinforce their majorities and political dominance if they prove that their ideas work. The economic numbers in four years could have a lot to say about that.
They believed their own hype
My colleague, Andrea Mitchell, refers to this syndrome as an inauguration sugar high. Perhaps it was burnout. Perhaps they watched a little too much TV and forgot how they got to the White House.
Regardless, the Obama team, starting with the president, certainly seemed a tad haughty, acting as if their lofty rhetoric was enough to cause Congress to bow and the stimulus bill to magically pass. Obviously, that's not the way Washington works. Ironically, the Obama folks spent two years telling voters change wasn't going to be easy, only to act in their first two weeks as if passing an $800 billion stimulus bill should be easy.
The Good News?
The Obama White House has learned these hard lessons in their first month in office and, more importantly, learned these lessons without sacrificing a major piece of legislation. The White House won't be caught flat-footed again as they move to sell the massive financial bailout (to be announced on Monday). Nor will they again believe they can get Congress to simply bow to health care or energy reform without a serious campaign-style effort.
History will one day record the administration's effort to pass the stimulus package as an amazing feat, especially given the size of the bill. In our 24/7 news cycle, everything is nit picked, something it seems the Obama White House forgot.
Keep in mind, Obama has been caught flatfooted before, only to recover without suffering a major setback. Remember the summer of '07, the Rev. Wright fiasco, or the start of the general election?
Obama will be best served if he embraces his own campaign rhetoric and remembers the sophisticated operation he built — the one which got him elected.
Carrying Indiana was hard. So is passing a bill in Congress.
The smart White Houses put the same efforts into winning an election as they do into passing an agenda.
The Obama folks may be getting that now… now that they are off their inauguration sugar high.
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I see many or most topics here are about watching sports, so now it's time to talk about our own hobbies as well. So I'd like to ask: what kind of sports do you do on your free time? Do you go to gym, attend group classes or swim every once in a while? Or maybe you like to ride your bicycle or simply take walks in fresh air?
I've had many hobbies in the past, but at the moment I mostly do bodypump. I used to prefer aerobics to muscle training, but somehow this really works for me. I think it's a great idea to combine exercise with music in such a strong way and make the muscle training feel like it's part of the song. And although the music and choreography are the same internationally, it's amazing how different the classes can feel depending on who's instructing them.
By the way, if someone else here does bodypump, too, please share your thoughts about the latest releases. What do you think about BP81? My favourite tracklist so far was in 79, definitely. I wonder if they'll ever end up using a QUEEN song..
In addition to bodypump, I enjoy occasional walks in fresh air, like most people. Summer is obviously great for swimming, but I regret I haven't done any winter sports like skiing or skating this year (I'm in a hurry if I want to make it before the snow melts). At the moment I'm looking forward to the spring weathers, though. I was listening to Bicycle Race the other day, and (it doesn't always affect me like this) really started to feel like taking a nice bike tour with friends.


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Immerse yourself in Cuba's history, culture, music and cuisine with this $1999-per-person trip that includes nonstop air from Miami to Havana and a visitor's visa.
The ban on travel to Cuba was eased for U.S. citizens in the past two years, alllowing a small number of companies to hold "people-to-people licenses" to legally bring travelers from the States; this is what allowed Beyoncé and Jay-Z to visit Cuba this month.
This five-night package fosters interaction with Cuban residents through daily cultural and educational events. Overall, travel to Cuba costs more than trips to other Caribbean destinations, but this package is at least $760 per person less than similar Cuba offers from other government-approved U.S. companies.
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Highlights include a stop at Ernest Hemingway's mansion; a visit with artists in a Afro-Cuban neighborhood; a trip to an elementary school to learn about the Cuban educational system; a performance from a vocal group and ballet school students including discussions on music and dance opportunities in Cuba; a meeting with experts on U.S.-Cuban relations; and a visit to a medical clinic in the rural Las Terrazas farming area.
Depart on Sept. 6 or 10 for the $1999 price. For $2099 per person, leave on Sept. 24; or Oct. 4, 8, 15, 25. Other dates -- July 2; or Aug. 2, 16, 27 -- cost $2299 per person.


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With James Tupper on board and the latest addition of James Van Der Beek to the cast, the hospital drama "Mercy" could market itself as a Wednesday evening hunk-alternative to "Grey's Anatomy."
Tupper laughingly remembers the time when his former show "Men In Trees" went that route.
"I used to be McTreemy," he tells Popcorn Biz. "They advertised that for like three weeks. There was a McDreamy, a McSteamy and I was McTreemy."
Tupper has happily made the transition to hospital scrubs from the show which had him playing an outdoorsy biologist and Anne Heche's love interest in small-town Alaska. Still part of his heart remains on the sitcom. "Underneath it all, I'm still wearing flannel," he admits. "Even if it's flannel undies."
He adds that viewers get a real version of medical life on "Mercy" which is shot in an actual New Jersey hospital, far away from Los Angeles and real-life wife Anne Heche. Meanwhile "Grey's" only pretends to be in Seattle.
"It's not Seattle. The wettest (the actors) get is taking a hot shower or getting into their jacuzzi at the end of the evening," he laughs about the other medical drama. "They shoot in a backlot in Hollywood."
"We shoot in New Jersey. It's a tough drama about people. We're going for authenticity."
Another light-hearted swipe: "(Grey's) is so serious. Every single scene there's a sad song in the background. We have more of a sense of humor."
As far as the hunk appeal, Tupper won't fight it but isn't going to work for it. With baby Atlas on board and cross-country commutes, he doesn't have time to worry about looking good.
"I try to keep the sit-ups to a minimum," he laughs. "I don't have a chance for all that. Atlas is my new project."


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IEEE1346-1998: A New Tool To Combat Voltage Sags
Mar 1, 1999 12:00 PM, By R. Larry Morgan, P.E.
Recently approved, this new standard provides a method of determining compatibility between utility-caused voltage sags and your electronic devices. It also provides guidelines for corrective action.
Downtime and lost money: That's what many companies face when their electronic process control devices experience voltage sags. Recognizing this common problem, IEEE developed a tool you can use to minimize such occurrences: IEEE1346-1998, Recommended Practice for Evaluating Electric Power System Compatibility with Electronic Process Equipment. You can find information on its availability through the www.standards.ieee.org website.
The standard also addresses the age-old quandary: "I know how to solve this problem, but the money isn't available. This is a low bid job, I'm on a budget, and I can't deviate from established goals."
In response, the standard provides information on how you can determine a statistically valid up-front cost impact of plant downtime for your site and equipment.
Predicting a cost impact. How do you go about this? The answer has two parts:
- By predicting a statistically valid rate of occurrence, magnitude, and duration of each voltage sag for your plant site over a period of one year; and
- By characterizing the susceptibility of your sensitive electronic devices to such electrical events.
Basically, you put this data into a financial format. Then compare the up-front cost of installing equipment that will allow your electronic devices to ride through voltage sags with the cost of inevitable plant downtime. Management can use this tool to determine the best course of action.
A look at the details. First, turn the utility event into a statistical plot. (See Fig. 1, original article) Note: The plot is a hypothetical site, served power by a local utility. All events in the light blue area have an equal chance of occurrence. A voltage sag down to 80% of normal and lasting 20 cycles has the same chance of occurring as one down to 30% and lasting two cycles. Also, consider the majority of events are over in 15 cycles.
Likewise, you can characterize sensitive electronic equipment by seeing how low a voltage it will operate on, as well as how long it can ride through an electrical disturbance. You can identify these characteristics in the susceptibility chart. (See Fig. 2, original article.) Any event longer and deeper than the dropout box boundaries will inevitably cause problems. Now, overlay the two curves, as shown in the Fig. 3, on page 33, original article.
The star indicates voltage sags will cause the sample 24V (output) power supply serving a critical control device to produce five to 10 process shutdowns per site per year.
The next step is to predict the cost of the process interruptions for the year and end up with the cost of using this power supply in your process equipment. You can then do an analysis of the options available to alleviate this problem and evaluate the associated investment choices.
Once you can predict the cost of an interruption to your process, you can determine what investment options are best for voltage sag ride-through. To find the probability of a sag's impact on your equipment, you should request voltage-sag characteristic plots for your site from your utility. Also, ask the manufacturer for plots on its equipment's susceptibility to sags. After adjusting the two charts so they have the same scale, overlay one over the other to observe where impacts occur.
Getting voltage sag activity. Your utility may not have voltage sag information, especially for specific areas of its service territory. Instead, you may have to rely on sag information from actual measurements, predicted performance, or "typical" data. Nevertheless, you'll need reasonably accurate data for a good financial analysis.
Actual measured voltage information for the facility gathered over several years is accurate, so long as the supply system won't change significantly in the future. However, some utility engineers believe several years can be too short. Even specific data gathered by the utility varies somewhat for each year, each season, and each location. Voltage level and other factors will also influence data. Making projections from history may not be any more accurate than typical data, since many utilities frequently reconfigure distribution circuits.
Where to measure sags is important. Utility data (when provided) may be at the utility connection to your facility, at the substation, or a representative nearby site. But you may have sensitive equipment connected at a location inside your plant, where the sags may not be identical to those at the utility feed (due to the facility's electrical design). Your best approach is to measure sag data as close to the actual feed of the proposed equipment as possible. If you don't have actual location data, you'll have to use your best judgment for the data you can obtain.
If measured data isn't available, you can install monitors and collect the necessary sag data. In such a situation, the longer you collect it, the more reliable the data will be. You can find information on recommended methods and suggested equipment to collect power quality data in IEEE1159-1995, Recommended Practice for Monitoring Electric Power Quality.
The biggest influence on the frequency of sags is weather. A year with above average storms can significantly skew the data. Therefore, it may take a number of years of accumulated data to obtain an accurate picture of sag conditions at your site.
Predictive techniques use historical power failure rates to estimate the supply sag characteristics. IEEE 493-1997, Recommended Practice for the Design of Reliable Industrial and Commercial Power Systems (The Gold Book), provides guidance on predictive techniques for voltage sags. Such techniques allow you to analyze a variety of scenarios, while providing a means to estimate performance at new sites where there's no historical sag data. Predictive techniques may be helpful. But in almost all cases, utility data (if available) is more likely to be correct.
Without measured data and where lack of time or information precludes predictive analysis, you can use example data (someone else's utility sag data, national data, or other site data). Yes, such data doesn't establish a particular utility's service reliability. However, it does represent a sample of power system performance data.
Understanding the standard's methodology. IEEE1346-1998 does not intend to set performance criteria for utility systems, power distribution systems, or electronic process equipment. Instead, it shows how you can use the performance data for each of these to evaluate their compatibility as a system, in financial terms. The recommended methodology also provides standardization of methods, use of data, and analysis of power systems and equipment in evaluating compatibility within a common frame of reference.
You should apply the methodology at the planning or design stage of a project, when power supply and equipment choices are still flexible. The cost of trying to fix an incompatible system after equipment installation is more expensive than addressing the issue during the planning stage of a project, before specifying equipment. As such, this document does not discuss troubleshooting or correcting existing power quality problems.
Since voltage sags present the greatest financial loss due to compatibility, this first edition of the standard develops a compatibility methodology specifically for these events. However, compatibility encompasses many other issues, such as harmonics, surges, radiated interference, etc. As better information becomes available on power environment/equipment sensitivity response (and we gain experience with this approach), IEEE will develop compatibility methodologies for other issues.
This standard does not discuss technical options to improve compatibility. References and bibliographic listings in the standard provide detailed discussions of alternative methods. The corrective alternatives are so numerous and the sensitive equipment impacted by voltage sags so specific, such a listing would detract from the basic purpose of the document, which is to plan for compatibility.
Importance of equipment sensitivity to power anomalies. The new standard provides some information on the reaction of sensitive industrial and commercial equipment to voltage sags.
To cover a wide variety of equipment, it makes some broad generalizations. Therefore, we recommend you perform a detailed study of possible problems caused by installing sensitive electrical apparatus in a facility's electrical system during the initial design stage. Application needs and financial trade-offs will determine final equipment specifications and installation practices.
Your best source for information on voltage sag impact on electrical/electronic apparatus is the equipment manufacturer. Additionally, some independent sources, such as the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), test and collect data on various devices under voltage sag conditions. (See the new IEEE Standard's appendix.)
Test your sensitive equipment. These tests should relate to susceptibility of malfunction from the effect of single-, 2-, and 3-phase sags, phase shifting, and point-on-wave transition angles.
Since most electronic equipment achieves its voltage sag performance by capacitive energy (based on the peak sine wave value), the effect can be multiplied. For instance, a peak voltage depression of 10% will result in a 20% loss in energy storage capability, thus a lessening of voltage sag performan ce of the affected equipment.
Acknowledgment. The authors wish to recognize contributions made by members of IEEE Working Group 1346 toward the development of this standard. Special credit goes to Van E. Wagner, Staff Power Quality Engineer, Square D Co., who served as Chairman of the Working Group; and Larry E. Conrad, Manager of Operations Engineering/Power Quality, Cinergy Corp., who served as Chairman of Chapter 9 of IEEE 493-1997 (The Gold Book).
Sidebar: Compatibility Guidelines
When reviewing equipment specifications with a manufacturer, you should ask the following questions. Appropriate or inadequate answers usually indicate how knowledgeable the person is on the effect of compatibility.
• How much can the supply voltage sag (and for how long) before equipment malfunctions?
Inadequate: A fixed value of some magnitude (e.g. 20% to 30%) with no mention of duration, phase shift, or unbalanced sag.
Preferred: A valid response would be in the form of a graph showing acceptable sag tolerances via magnitude (from nominal to 0) and duration (from 0 sec to 5 sec), as well as sensitivity to phase shift, voltage imbalance, and point on wave transition angles. On-site testing relating to sags (as a part of the acceptance testing of the installed complete process/machine) should be part of the purchase contract.
• What are the steady-state voltage tolerances?
Inadequate: Plus or minus 5%. Typically, tight tolerances of this nature indicate someone is trying to improve ride-through characteristics using unrealistic criteria or covering for equipment containing parts with different nominal voltages.
Preferred: Values should be a minimum of +/-10% of the equipment rating. You must base all machine components on the same nominal voltage.
• A 100V Asian-made computer with a 120V U.S. contactor having a 200V European drive will work; but only over a narrow-voltage bandwidth. How long can the composite machine tolerate zero voltage?
Inadequate: A time value without load or process dependency.
Preferred: The manufacturer should provide test results having graphs of the composite machine's operation. On-site tests covering this criterion (as a part of the acceptance testing of the installed complete machine) should be part of the purchase contract.
• What is the machine's transient voltage withstand capability?
Inadequate: MOV arresters with "____" joules of protection protect this machine.
Preferred: The equipment has a fully coordinated transient suppression scheme, as demonstrated by curves of let-through voltage per amp of transient energy versus the withstand curves of electronic components and the BIL (Basic Impulse Level) of the internal circuitry. This scheme is adequate in an industrial environment with grounding sufficient for a frequency range of 3kHz to 1gHz.
• How much voltage distortion can the equipment tolerate?
Inadequate: The equipment meets all standards, such as IEEE 519 and IEC 555.
Preferred: Voltage distortion tolerance of ,__%, crest factor of __, and notching of ,__volt-microseconds can be tolerated without affecting the equipment over a source impedance range of ____ohms.
Sidebar: Terms to Know
Notching: A switching (or other) disturbance of the normal power voltage waveform, lasting less than 0.5 cycles, which is initially of opposite polarity than the waveform and is thus subtracted from the normal waveform in terms of the peak value of the disturbance voltage.
PU: You use a per unit (pu) system where voltages and currents are expressed in percent or per unit of rated values. The corresponding base for expressing per unit reactances is the ohm producing a voltage drop of rated volts per phase, when rated current flows through the circuit. This procedure allows ease of comparison between electrical circuits or machines of different values. Time constants are expressed in seconds.
Phase shifting: The displacement in time of one waveform relative to another of the same frequency and harmonic content.
Point on wave transition angles: The points on a sine wave where the actual waveform deviates from the ideal waveform and returns to the ideal waveform. This has great impact on dropout magnitudes for magnetic contactors, relays, solenoids, and SCR-controlled equipment.
Sag (dip): A decrease in voltage or current at the power frequency for durations of 0.1 cycle to 1 min. Typical values are 0.1 to 0.9 pu. Note: To give a numerical value to a sag, the recommended standard usage is "a sag to 20%," which means the line voltage is reduced by 80%, to 20% remaining voltage (e.g. from 480V nominal, the voltage will be reduced to 96V). Using the preposition "of" (as in "a sag of 20%" or "a 20% sag") is discouraged.
Transient: Pertaining to or designating a phenomenon or a quantity that varies between two consecutive steady states during a short time interval compared with the time scale of interest. A transient can be a unidirectional impulse of either polarity or a damped oscillatory wave with the first peak occurring in either polarity.
Voltage magnitude imbalance: (As Applied To Sags Relating To Voltage Magnitude In Unbalance Polyphase Systems.) This is the absolute voltage difference between the highest and lowest phase voltages. This greatly affects 3-phase diode bridges and thus variable speed drives, including power supplies during single-phase sags. This differs from motor unbalance, which is maximum deviation from average.


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This week's stories range from a look at the first State of the City address in Framingham and a story about how a social media post from the librarians at the Framingham Public Library went viral. They also look at two stories about how local residents and towns are dealing with the opioid crisis. Jeff talks with Anne about the 3rd Congressional District forum held with 13 of the 14 candidates running for the Democratic nomination.
The episode also looks a popular story about a Framingham police officer who delivered a baby and how one town is looking to institute recess for students at the middle school.
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It is also unique in that recipes almost always call for a cake mix, and many will argue that this is the "traditional" method of preparation—and yields the best end result.
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When to Plant Spinach in Loranger, Louisiana, United States of America
Planting vegetable seeds at the correct time is the most important step for getting the most out of your garden. Knowing exactly when to plant spinach in your garden in Loranger, Louisiana, United States of America will increase growing success and provide better yields.
Check optimal planting dates regularly for best results because the weather, and our results, change daily.
The optimal time to plant spinach in Loranger, Louisiana, United States of America is - . The best day is with a success rate of %.
Anywhere between 70-100% is great. If consistently below that you may want to start growing from seedling or young plant, or possibly grow in sheltered environment
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True or false: A 170 gram hamburger has more iron than 180 grams of boiled spinach? False! According to the US Department of Agriculture 180 grams of boiled spinach has more iron than a 170 gram hamburger! To many, spinach automatically brings up images of Popeye, the popular cartoon character, eating it to boost his strength, due to its high iron content. It turns out that much of this was based on a mathematical error. In 1870 a German chemist by the name of Erich von Wolf made an error calculating the amount of iron in a 100 gram serving of spinach and instead of logging 3.5 milligrams of iron, he wrote 35 milligram. This error lead everyone to believe that eating lots of spinach will make the body stronger, which was the basis for the Popeye cartoon. This error was corrected 67 years later. Spinach originates from the Middle East, specifically from Persia or modern-day Iran. Despite the hot climate of the Mediterranean spinach was successfully cultivated in the hot climate through the use of irrigation techniques introduced by early Arab agronomists. The Persians introduced spinach to Spain and then Europe during the twelfth century. Spinach has twice as much iron, calcium, potassium and protein as other leafy greens. It is an excellent source of vitamins A, B and C and folic acid. There are three main varieties of spinach, savoy, semi-savoy and flat/smooth leaved.
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Use these images to know if your spinach is heading in the right direction and growing properly. Exact number of growing days varies for each spinach variety. Below is the average number of days for each stage gathered from many different varieties.
Spinach Germination Guide
(Stage 1: Germination)
Germination is the process by which a plant grows from a seed. It is the first stage of the plant growing process and it begins when the seed is sown and ends when the radicale emerges out of the seed.
All seeds require proper soil temperature, moisture, air and light conditions to germinate successfully. However, during the germination stage the seeds require more soil warmth and moisture than light exposure.
Seeds respire just like any other living organism, requiring oxygen and producing carbon dioxide (CO2), so it is crucial to use a soil media that is sufficiently aerated so that the seeds do not "suffocate".
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Required germination period
5-9 days
Optimal germination period
6-15 days
Required soil temp.
38.9º-76.4ºF / 3.8º-24.7ºC
Optimal soil temp.
54.5º-69.3ºF / 12.5º-20.7ºC
Required day temp.
46.4º-89.6ºF / 8º-32ºC
Optimal day temp.
52.9º-63.4ºF / 11.6º-17.4ºC
Required night temp.
38º-69.7ºF / 3.3º-20.9ºC
Optimal night temp.
43.2º-45.7ºF / 6.2º-7.6ºC
Optimal seed depth
0.9 inches / 2.2 cm
Optimal plant spacing
3.6 inches / 9 cm
Optimal row spacing
17 inches / 43.2 cm
Spinach Growing Guide
(Stages 2-5: Growth)
Once seed has germinated and radicale has emerged the second stage of the plant growing process begins, developing from radicale to cotyledon -the embryonic first leaves of the seed forming a young seedling.
During the third stage of plant development cotyledon develops to 3-4 true leaves, stem begins to grow, becoming a mature seedling.
In the fourth stage the mature seedling develops to a young plant, ready for transplanting.
The fifth stage of plant development the plant is fully mature bearing fruit and/or flower.
The following guidelines apply to all of the spinach plants' needs during stages 2-5 from radicale emergence to full maturity. During these stages sunlight becomes a more active participant in plant growth and development than in the germination phase.
Soil pH is an important factor during these stages as well. What is pH and why is it important?
Required soil temp.
47.5º-70ºF / 8.6º-21.1ºC
Optimal soil temp.
58.5º-65ºF / 14.7º-18.3ºC
Required day temp.
46.4º-89.6ºF / 8º-32ºC
Optimal day temp.
52.9º-63.4ºF / 11.6º-17.4ºC
Required night temp.
32º-53.6ºF / 0º-12ºC
Optimal night temp.
43.2º-45.7ºF / 6.2º-7.6ºC
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Optimal sunlight hours
Required soil pH
Optimal soil pH
Required watering amount
0.9-1.1 inches / 2.3-2.9 cm (per week)
Optimal watering amount
1-1.5 inches / 2.5-3.7 cm (per week)
Optimal depth
0.5 inches / 1.3 cm
Optimal plant spacing
5.9 inches / 15 cm
Optimal row spacing
18.2 inches / 46.3 cm
How difficult is it to grow spinach?
Growing spinach, or any other vegetable for that matter, is not hard, however some plants require more attention and care than others depending on the following factors:
Are you starting to grow your plant from seed? seedling? young plant? Depending on what stage plant you choose to plant will impact growing difficulty and patience.
The length of the growing season for your exact garden location.
If you have a short growing season and you want to start growing from seed then you may need to start the growing process in a sheltered environment (greenhouse or inside your home) which will require more involvement in the growing process.
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I went down by the river before the gates open to try and snag a ball. Usually one or two per day will sail out of the stadium.
Ballhawking by the river takes a lot of patience and concentration, because you can't see the ball until the last moment, so you have to be extremely focused. It doesn't help that seemingly every passer by feels the need to stop and ask you what you're doing.
After ten minutes of standing motionless starting at the sky, I saw a ball flying towards me. I moved quickly to my right, but the ball was over my head and landed in the river, on the fly.
YES! I'd finally get to use my new device to snag a ball. I took out a golf ball retriever and unfurled the 14 foot pole. I laid on my stomach and reached out at the ball. I was about a foot short.
I could've repositioned my body, waited for the ball to drift in towards the shore, or double checked to made sure that the pole was fully extended. However, some guy on a jetski comes motoring up and reaches over to grab the ball.
"Can you just move it a bit closer," I asked. Not listening, he picked up the ball and flipped it to me (as I was laying on my stomach, fully extended.)
Since the guy grabbed the ball and tossed it to me, I couldn't count the ball in my stats, and I was furious about it.
Here's the ball:
Notice where the water started to seep underneath the rawhide.
That was the only ball that would exit the stadium.
I would eventually get ball #1 off the bat of Jason Jaramillo. He hit a home run that landed on the left field rotunda, which I sprinted up and picked up the ball as it was rolling down the ramp.
Ball #2 was a home run that Pedro Feliz would hit. It was an easy catch. Little did I know that I would encounter poor luck and be shut out the rest of the day.
During the second Phillies group, I went to right field, where I had a ball hit the heel of my glove and fall to the floor. Some Phillies fan scooped it up. Since I have a glove trick, I have a large ball of string tucked into the bottom of my glove. Usually, I catch balls in the webbing. However, this ball hit on the heel, and I wasn't able to close my glove around the ball thanks to the big ball of string.
It was a glaring, awful error. After it happened, my attitude soured, and I didn't even want to be there anymore.
It didn't help that there were Phillies fans everywhere. Seriously. They outnumbered Pirates fans by at least a 3 to 1 margin.
Game: 2 balls (2 hit)
Season: 319 balls (166 hit, 93 thrown, 59 device)
Games: 67 games (7 of which didn't have BP)
Average: 4.76 balls per game
Career: 485 balls
Streak: 82 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
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His Christmas gift to his 37 employees at Loanbright.com on Meadow Drive not only made the season bright for them, but also for downtown Evergreen businesses.
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"They have decided that the culture doesn't reflect their values, and so they are going to use a law school to inculcate their values."
18 comments:
- Menlo Bob said...
Providing substance to the phrase "God save the United States and this Honorable Court".
- XWL said...
I am not Christian, the blood of Jesus hasn't washed away any of my sins, (I'm Smithian in this regard my sins are mine, they belong to me) but I don't have any problem with faith based law schools and I don't see any inconsistency so long as they respect the laws as they are currently written, even as they advocate changing those laws.
Noting the source of this article, I think this is a case of pots and kettles accusing each other of having ebon hues.
PBS, or NPR don't occupy a moral high ground with regard to indoctrination.
At least Christian law schools are self selecting and largely self financed whereas PBS/NPR not only suck at the teat of public money but also schedule frequent begathons to browbeat the public into supporting and financing their causes.
That quote when applied to PBS/NPR could easily be:
"They have decided that the PEOPLE don't reflect their values, and so they are going to use MEDIA to inculcate their values"
Personally, I have a larger problem with the seeming anti-evangelical bias of PBS than I do evangelicals mixing their faith with their law instruction.
- downtownlad said...
I have major qualms about this. As a gay man, would I stand any chance before a judge that graduated from this school, no matter what the facts of the case were?
I doubt it. The judge would be pretty much think - gay man - God must make me rule against him.
But I guess if you're a straight, Christian - then you wouldn't have anything to worry about.
- Robert said...
Downtownlad, the answer to your question would be the same answer faced by any person with any controversial or unpopular viewpoint, characteristic, or attribute - is the judge I am about to go in front of an honest arbiter of the law, or not?
- Troy said...
What's the big deal?
Downtownlad... how do you think a Christian feels knowing (or "feeling" to go with the Feinsteinian issue) his judge, who went to Harvard or Yale or hell take your avergae 3rd tier state school is so out of whack with your beliefs as to say "under God" is unConstitutional or that Boy Scouts can't use a public park?
Sucks doesn't it? We all put our "faith" that judges are people of good will who, when they take the oath of office, will actually uphold it. Besides, you can always forum shop.
- aidan maconachy said...
I see this discussion from a couple of perspectives.
I agree with leroyw on his point about the financial independence of such institutions helping to take pressure off the public purse - always helpful.
To those who claim to be concerned about the moral and Christian biases inherent in such institutions, I would point out that those values will never be as dominant as the secular humanist values that have been driven by academia and the media to the point where a PC climate reins supreme. It has resulted in an oppressive ethical elitism that places limits on speech and behaviour - less one offend the sensitivities of the various "isms" that have been accorded a status based upon their "distinctiveness" - be it biological, medical or merely cultural.
The result is that this secular bias in our society has forced public expressions of faith into retreat; it has cast aside traditional values and ethics and embraced a society in which porn for example, has virtually been "normalized" without any authority ever bothering to run a referendum on the matter. We have essentially been unwittingly co-opted by a secular heterodoxy.
This offends me on some level, because I was never consulted. Activist groups and "progressive" judges brought about these changes by stealthy increments, and now here we are. There is a very real sense of being suckered.
I am not a practicing Christian, however I am nominal Christian. By that I mean I identify with the civilization that has evolved from an ethos loosely characterized as Christendom. I identify with the symbols and the myths associated with this civilization, and I have no wish to see it reduced to playing servant at the throne of an atheistic and secular culture.
It frankly angers me deeply, that Christian nativity pageants have been banned in predominantly Christian schools and other emblems and symbols of our great civilization, attacked and belittled. This progresses apace while Islam makes inroads into our democracies and shows little inclination to bow, as we have done, to the secular make-over.
I would argue that such institutions certainly do have a right to exist and that their sense of being at odds with our culture as presently constituted is entirely legitimate. A lot of us privately feel the same way.
If, as it seems, Christian organizations and institutions have lost a sense of context, then such satellite endevours will likely become more prevalent in the coming years
- Jake said...
They are trying to create lawyers with ethics and values.
An impossible task.
- Freeman Hunt said...
I'm with Leroy W: as long as they respect the law, I don't see the problem.
Downtownlad, you give away your own prejudices with your post.
- vbspurs said...
Some people are Conservative Christians.
And then some people are Christians who are Conservatives. One would find me in the latter category.
And the only thing of note that strikes me about this idea is, "Huh. Cool."
Maybe it resonates with the legal field, but not me. I suppose I view it as a Medical School being Christian/Catholic-based -- a curiosity and nothing more.
If it were a Yeshiva Law School, or a say a Catholic Medical School, I don't think I'd have any the more qualms about it.
- vbspurs said...
I doubt it. The judge would be pretty much think - gay man - God must make me rule against him.
Come on, Downtownload. This sounds overly simplistic.
Do you think there are not Conservative Christian judges already on the bench? No Orthodox Jewish judges, whose own moral laws are older, and stricter than ours, such as those based on ritual purification, etc.??
Your remark reminds me of Ann's comment about Judge Roberts when his name was first announced for Justice, when she said, "What does a man like that [referring to being an ex-altar boy] know about the world?".
It was the only miscue I have ever read her write in this blog thus far, because it presupposed so many many things...and some were insulting to people like me.
But hey, Ann. It happens.
- vbspurs said...
Finally, here's your gratuitous female catty remark du jour:
Did you get a load of Miss Emily Joy Smith, in the left-hand side of the page?
Dude looks like a lady...
To illustrate Victoria's point (Do you think there are not Conservative Christian judges already on the bench?), Judge George Greer of the Terri Schiavo case was in all respects a conservative Christian when he decided the case. He didn't exactly go with what most conservative Christians thought he should have decided.
- downtownlad said...
Our Constitution quite clearly states that it is NOT a Christian Document. The establishment clause makes that clear.
So when you have people trying to interpret Christian beliefs into a document that is supposed to treat all religions equally, then basically, they are teaching them to LIE.
How very Christian of them.
And the pledge of allegiance is a perfect example. It is CLEARLY unconstitutional, as it is a violation of the establishment clause.
But, oh, let's not get the Constituion get in the way of forcing our religion down other people's throats.
Why can't you just practice your religion in your Church? Why are you so intent on forcing it on everyone else.
I'm Jewish - and honestly - I've never felt any need to make other people practice my religion.
Christianity must be a really dumb religion if everyone feels so insecure about it, that they feel that they need the government to prop it up.
- leeontheroad said...
The Dean says they are "adding something in addition to what you would get in another law school, and that is Christian thinking on the substance of law and Christian thinking on how to practice law."
The latters makes complete sense to me. Institutions of merit are transparent about their mission and goals. And Christian thinking on the practice of anything is what Christians are supposed to talk about. (I think it matters little whether this is in schools or in church groups; I choose the latter.)
But the former "Christian thinking on the substance of the law" is less clearly a public good. The Dean says that it's "in addition to what you get at other law schools." I suppose he means that the offered perspective is in addition to teaching the the law as it is written, which is surely what public institutions purport to do. But I would argue that offering but one perspective of anything is narrow, transparent activism and, therefore, suspect.
I recognize that a) it's a private instituion; and b) many folks see it as a counter to instutions of supposed liberal humanist indoctrination. But the bulk of these comments sound as though folks are agreeing that in principle schools should be lauded for offering one perspective on the substance of the law.
I'm not going to rush onto that bandwagon.
- vbspurs said...
Christianity must be a really dumb religion if everyone feels so insecure about it, that they feel that they need the government to prop it up.
If I had prejudices against gays, that you have against Christians, I'd be called a bigot.
And rightly so.
- PatCA said...
Beware of arguments that state an assumption that begins with CLEARLY. Most people would argue that the pledge does not CLEARLY violate the establishment clause, but we shall see soon what the Supreme Court says. What you are arguing for yourself is unconstitutional: a privileged status due to the fact that you are gay and non-christian.
As for the main issue, I agree with Leroy. A friend who just started law school has learned in Con Law that we have no right to bear arms and all women have a right to abortion on demand. Those are, however, mere opinions, and in a free society it was only a matter of time before a conservative law school emerged. And so it goes. It's healthy.
- josil said...
i find it difficult to understand a reading of the constitution which plainly forbids the establishment of a public religion but would require the establishment of atheism or agnosticism...which are obviously special views of the divine. the fact that the majority of citizens have adopted some form of christianity disturbs me (as a non-christian) not at all. now if the majority were muslim, then we'd be in trouble. while that's not PC, it's as plain as day.
- Bruce Hayden said...
Overall, it is hard to believe that you could find a more politicially correct organization today than the average law school.
I suspect that there are plenty of Con Law profs (presumably like Ann) who would teach both sides of the 2nd Amdt. debate. But there are plenty who give the individual rights position short shrift. And ditto with abortion. I was interested to discover years later that my Con Law prof was quite liberal on these subjects - but we luckily didn't get this in class. But many these days only get the one side.
Add to this the hiring. A friend of mine has been on a faculty selection committee, and his complaint is that if you are "white bread", i.e. white male, you have a significantly lower chance at being hired at a law school as opposed to almost anything else. He esp. condemned one hire, when one woman was hired, with almost no credentials, because she was the lesbian partner of another prof.
What is interesting to me is that Ann now days is sometimes referred to as a conservative law prof. Would I call her conservative? No. Rather, one of the few real moderates around. But she made the mistake of going off the reservation and voting for Mr. Bush this time, and is now considered a conservative law prof by many because of it.
My point is that legal academia is quite liberal today, and we need a counterweight. This law school may do a little in that direction - but very little.


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