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To my knowledge, the evangelical Protestant Francis Schaeffer (1912-1984) and the evangelical Roman Catholic Karol Wojtyla (1920-) never met. Francis Schaeffer, founder of L'Abri Fellowship in Switzerland, was a Christian intellectual and cultural critic, practical theologian, author, noted speaker, and evangelist, whose ministry in the last half of the twentieth century incited worldwide study and discipleship centers. Karol Wojtyla (1920-) is a philosopher, university professor, theologian, priest, bishop, cardinal, author, noted speaker, evangelist, and, last but not least, the man who became Pope John Paul II some 25 years ago.
These two great Christian pastors probably would have liked each other as well as deeply appreciated each other's vision of the Christian life, each marked by intellectual vigor, theological substance, doctrinal orthodoxy, compassion, and a love for people. For them, Christian spirituality is based on the biblical affirmation that "Jesus Christ is Lord" (Phil. 2:11) over the whole of life, including culture, and that the whole of life is under God's blessing, judgment, and redeeming purposes.
Both Michael Novak and James I. Packer have made comparisons between Schaeffer and Wojtyla, but neither Novak's nor Packer's analysis shows exactly where Schaeffer's and Wojtyla's visions of the Christian life are alike. My aim is to present some common themes in Schaeffer's and Wojtyla's thought. I derive these themes from two important books: Schaeffer's 1969 book Death in the City, recently republished, and Wojtyla's book Sign of Contradiction, consisting of his sermons at the annual Lenten Retreat in March 1976 to Pope Paul VI and his co-workers. The vision Schaeffer and Wojtyla express may be summed up in five propositions, each of which is essential to an authentically Christian engagement with contemporary post-Christian culture.
Creation, Fall, and Redemption through Jesus Christ
Schaeffer and Wojtyla consider the Christian faith to be a total worldview, because it embodies the truth about the whole of human life. At the core of this view is an interlocking set of life-orienting beliefs regarding the Creation, Fall, and Redemption. God created the world good. Indeed, the creation, especially humans who are its crown, actually manifests God's goodness. This manifestation of goodness is God's thesis, his affirmation, his yes to the creation (Gen. 1:31).
Now all creation is fallen through original sin. Human nature has lost its original harmony, and humans are wounded at the very root of their being, estranged from God, from themselves, and from their fellow humans, such that to be human means to be sinful, prone to sin, the violation of God's will and purpose. This sinfulness denies God's thesis and has its beginnings in Genesis 3. God's response to sin is yes but also no. Yes, because God, full of love, mercy, and grace, does not abandon the fallen creation. Indeed, Genesis 3:15 contains the first proclamation of the Messiah, the proto-evangelium. But also no, because God, judging humans in the light of his perfect justice and holiness, is the author of the antithesis, of the sign of contradiction between good and evil, between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. As stated by Wojtyla, "Here, in the third chapter of Genesis, at the very beginning of the Bible, it becomes clear that the history of mankind, and with it the history of the world with which man is united through the work of divine creation, will both be subject to rule by the Word and the anti-Word, the Gospel and the anti-Gospel."
The redemption, accomplished through Christ's passion, death, and resurrection, abrogates the antithesis between sin and creation. God's original thesis is not only reasserted and reestablished, but also enriched, fulfilled, and perfected. The redemption restores the very heart of human nature, causing the rebirth of the human self in Christ (Col. 2:13; 2 Cor. 5:17). For Schaeffer and Wojtyla, the redemption in Christ becomes a vision of cosmic redemption for the whole creation, including society and culture, restoring all life to its fullness before the Fall. As Schaeffer writes, "Christian[s] should never give any onlooker the right to conclude that Christianity believes in the negation of life. Christianity is able to make a real affirmation [of life], because we affirm that it is possible to be in a personal relationship to the personal God Who is there and Who is the final environment of all He created. .… Therefore, since God made the whole man and is interested in the whole man, the salvation which [Saint] Paul preaches is a salvation which touches the whole man ... [including] culture ... which flows from people's relationships with each other."
Judgment in History: Word and anti-Word, Gospel and anti-Gospel, Love and anti-Love
Lord Acton observed that the key to interpreting history is religion. Christopher Dawson agrees, concluding, "The religion of a society expresses its dominant attitude to life and its ultimate conception of reality." Thus, penetration into the religious dynamics at work in history is integral to understanding contemporary culture and society. Of course, such analysis does not deny the importance of the economy, social and institutional changes, and psychological and cultural aspects to historical study. Rather, this analysis only acknowledges that religious outlook drives the inner logic or dynamic of history.
That Schaeffer and Wojtyla agree with this analysis is reflected in their similar approaches to understanding the fundamental choices of humans in history as being either their radical affirmation or denial of God. The deepest dynamic of history is, then, the struggle between Word and anti-Word, Gospel and anti-Gospel, City of God and City of Man. This affirmation and denial reflect two kinds of love, referred to by Saint Augustine as "love of God carried as far as contempt of self" or "self-love reaching the point of contempt for God." Anti-Word, anti-Gospel, and anti-Love all refer to denials of God throughout history. These denials manifest a deliberate turning away from the knowledge of God that results in the death of the city, with its fragmented, lost, and disoriented individuals, in the culture of death, with its practices of abortion, euthanasia, and cloning, and, ultimately, in the death of humans. The intellectual, moral, and religious consequences of this denial pervade every area of life. Without God, no basis exists for morality, meaning, the dignity of human beings, knowledge, or truth. Humans cannot reject God and pretend as if everything remains the same without him. In Wojtyla's words, "[t]he tragedy of atheistic humanism ... is that it strips man of his transcendental character, destroying his ultimate significance as a person." Similarly, Wojtyla adds, citing the Second Vatican Council, "when God is forgotten the creature itself is unintelligible." Schaeffer agrees, stating "[m]an, made in the image of God, has a purpose – to be in relationship to the God Who is there. ... Man forgets his purpose, and thus he forgets who he is and what life means." Without God, therefore, humans self-destruct in nihilism.
It should not be overlooked that our culture is under the judgment and wrath of God. This means, as described by Schaeffer, that "God is a God of grace, but the other side of the coin of grace is judgment. If God is there, if God is holy (and we need a holy God or we have no absolutes) … there must be judgment." God's wrath is his holy displeasure at sin. Schaeffer explains that one way that God works in history is to judge humans by "allowing cause and effect to take its course in history." While humans are lost, fragmented, and disoriented, they are also great. Schaeffer notes that "man is not just a chance configuration of atoms in the slipstream of meaningless chance history." Rather, humans are responsible for their choices, which are measured against the pure holiness and goodness of God's character. In this light, Schaeffer indicates that "God works into history upon the basis of His character, and He continues to do so." Even now God's judgment is at work in history (Rom. 1:18). Furthermore, Wojtyla adds that "Christ's eschatological discourse [Matt. 25:31-46] makes it clear that at the final consummation of the history of man and the world the 'self-love reaching the point of contempt for God' will still be present, and that type of love will reap its own harvest of definitive condemnation…."
True Knowledge of Humans Depends on True Knowledge of God
Schaeffer and Wojtyla share a Christ-centered worldview. True self-knowledge is not attainable without true knowledge of God. Here Wojtyla cites the Second Vatican Council: "The truth is that only in the mystery of the incarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light. ... Christ ... by the revelation of the mystery of the Father and His love, fully reveals man to himself and makes his supreme calling clear." Schaeffer defines this calling as follows: "Our calling is to enjoy God as well as glorify Him. Real fulfillment relates to the purpose for which we were made – to be in reference to God, to be in personal relationship with Him, to be fulfilled by Him, and thus to have an affirmation of [the whole of] life."
Christianity is life affirming. This is one aspect of the Good News that applies through all generations, but especially now given that the worldview of naturalistic materialism dominates contemporary culture. Schaeffer sums up the worldview of naturalistic materialism by explaining that what is ultimately real "is purely material, everything being reduced to mass, energy, and motion," with humans being just the chance product of matter in motion. Schaeffer then draws the logical conclusion that "[o]ur generation has nobody home in the universe, nobody at all." This outlook begets the death of humans. Hope of purpose, significance, love, conscience, rationality, beauty, sociality, and communication, things that make humans uniquely human, become ultimately unfulfillable and, therefore, meaningless. Thus, humans, being unfulfillable, are dead.
The truth is that humans are meaningful by nature, significant, indeed, intrinsically good, because created by God, in His image, albeit they are now in ruin and broken as a consequence of the Fall. Because of humanity's historic, space-time fall, humans are alienated from God, and, in turn, from themselves, others, and from nature. As suggested by Wojtyla, the Christian faith substantially heals all these alienations, because "everything that is essentially human and constitutive of man is summed up in the mystery of Christ." Wojtyla further adds that Christ is the "revealer of the full mystery of man and of human dignity. ... The incarnation of the Son of God emphasizes the great dignity of human nature, and the mystery of redemption not only reveals the value of every human being but also indicates the lengths to which the battle to save man's dignity must go. ... The price paid for dignity is the blood of the Son of God." Human dignity is then grounded and perfected through the redemption.
These beliefs are true to reality, as stated by Wojtyla: "The dignity proper to man, the dignity that is held out to him both as a gift and as something to be striven for, is inextricably bound up with truth. ... Truthful thinking and truthful living are the indispensable and essential components of that dignity. Thus, it is truth that makes man what he is. ... True knowledge of himself, of the world, of God; truth in conscience, truth in knowing, truth in believing." Schaeffer wholeheartedly shares Wojtyla's emphasis on the importance of truth for our Christian witness, evangelism, apologetics, and scholarship.
The Love, Mercy, and Justice of God
Schaeffer and Wojtyla affirm orthodox Christian teaching that the mystery of the redemption abrogates the antithesis between sin and creation. The Catholic priest prays during Mass: "In love You created man, in justice You condemned him, and in mercy You redeemed him through Jesus Christ our Lord." Redemption is the meaning of the saving death of Jesus Christ. In Wojtyla's words, "He suffered … in all the mystery of His Person, in all the indescribable depth of His nature as God-man, the one and only subject and the one and only author of redemption of the world." Through the mystery of the redemption, the love of the Father is expressed in the gift of the Son and communicated through the movement of the Holy Spirit. For Wojtyla, God's revelation of himself on the cross manifests his justice and mercy, his holiness and love. The mystery of the Redemption, Wojtyla adds, germinates from the confrontation between two kinds of love, "love of God carried as far as contempt of self" and "self-love reaching the point of contempt for God." Jesus Christ's death on the cross is an expression of supreme love, of love's victory, of that "love of God carried as far as contempt of self." Wojtyla affirms that in Christ's death "finally, lies the full truth about man, about man's true stature, his wretchedness and his grandeur, his worth and the price paid for him. 'God loved the world so much that He sacrificed His only Son.'"
Wojtyla's Augustinian description of this mystery originates in the biblical understanding that the redemption presents the antithesis between disobedience and obedience, between sinners and the just. Saint Paul contrasts the disobedience of the first Adam with the obedience of the second Adam (Christ): "For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous" (Rom. 5:19). Wojtyla explains that "[t]he full dimension of the obedience of Christ is determined by the Word and by Love, just as the disobedience of the first man has its source in the anti-Word and anti-Love. ... Jesus Christ took upon Himself the burden of this problem and solved it by going to the root of it. Man first became unjust when he became disobedient to the Creator. For that reason Christ became obedient unto death, thus bequeathing to mankind His own justice to serve as an inexhaustible fount of justification before God."
Sin violates the will and purpose of God, fostering a wrong relationship with him. He is holy and righteous and thus the perfect judge of sin. Schaeffer ponders the question: "Is all lost now that I have sinned?" He answers with a resounding "No!," stating that "God has provided a propitiation, a substitute. The whole of God's answer [to my moral guilt] rests upon the substitutionary death of Jesus Christ. Because of Who He is, His death has infinite value; it can cover every spot; it can remove true moral guilt ... in the presence of God as the perfect Judge of the universe." Salvation, then, removes true guilt before God, effecting the forgiveness of sin.
Because sin is a cancer affecting the whole human, the broader effect of salvation is to make humans whole again, healing their relationships with God and others. Salvation emancipates humans from the power, stranglehold, and bondage of sin. Salvation prompts a conversion, call to holiness, and sanctification of the whole human existence, grafting Christ's Lordship through the whole of life. Finally, salvation demarcates two radically different ways of living one's life. On the one hand, humans can live an unredeemed life, in darkness, being lost, remaining in the grip of sin, and bound by the power of death. On the other hand, humans can live a redeemed life by accepting the gift of being found, of life, of light, of grace made possible through the redemption.
The Church as the Sign of Contradiction
In spite of the Catholic Wojtyla's and the Protestant Schaeffer's differing orientations as to ecclesiological doctrine, they agree that the church should be a "sign of contradiction" in this contemporary culture that has abandoned, both intellectually and practically, its biblical moorings. The church's missionary mandate includes the dissemination of the whole truth in Jesus Christ, who is, as noted by Wojtyla, "both the light that shines for mankind and at the same time a sign of contradiction." Wojtyla further adds that Jesus Christ is not only revealed as the light of the world, but also as "that sign which, more than ever, men are resolved to oppose." Schaeffer rightly indicates that the church ceases being that sign of contradiction in one of two ways: "[O]ne is to compromise the truth, and the other to have a dead orthodoxy." The truth is compromised when the church's message degenerates from the full doctrinal position of historic Christianity to become merely an "echo of the world." Schaeffer pronounces orthodoxy dead at the time it becomes a "dull, dusty, introverted orthodoxy given only to pounding out the well-known cliches." Instead, a dynamic orthodoxy that evinces a living faith in the truth of Christian beliefs is needed. Orthodoxy also turns ugly when Christians lack compassion. Saint Paul teaches that orthodoxy without love is empty (1 Cor. 13:2). However, love without orthodoxy is blind.
The five tenets expressed in Death in the City and Sign of Contradiction can be summed up as: Creation, Fall, and Redemption through Jesus Christ; judgement in history according to Word and anti-Word, Gospel and anti-Gospel, Love and anti-Love; true knowledge of humans depends on true knowledge of God; Love, mercy, and justice of God; and the church as a sign of contradiction. Each of these tenants exhibits a similarity of thought between Schaffer and Wojtyla and an ecumenical worldview that is essential to an authentic engagement of contemporary culture.


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Arvest Bank is pleased to announce Kirk Israel has been promoted to senior vice president and senior client advisor for Arvest Wealth Management (AWM).
Israel, a Certified Trust and Financial Advisor, is based out of the Arvest branch at 201 N. Broadway. His areas of specialization include comprehensive financial planning, retirement planning, asset allocation analysis, and insurance product analysis.
"Kirk is a fine example of our mission statement, which is 'People helping people find financial solutions for life,'" said Paul Krus, an AWM regional manager. "This promotion is well-deserved, and I know both Arvest and our customers can look forward to more great things from Kirk."
A native of Elk City, Israel lives in Shawnee with his wife, Taylor, and their two children. Among other civic endeavors, he is an active member of Faith Community Church of God.
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All Texas community colleges are seeking specific funding amounts — to serve more than 700,000 students — for each of the three major components of state funding for community colleges: Core Operations, Success Points and Instruction/Contact Hours. The total request in new funds for the 2018-2019 biennium is $1.83 billion — a 5% increase for colleges that have grown 62% since 2000.
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Get ready. More than 60,000 ducks are making a splash in the Chicago River for the 9th annual Windy City Rubber Ducky Derby Thursday at the Columbus Drive Bridge.
Participants buy rubber ducks to support training for Young Athletes and the Special Olympics and compete for prizes such as a 2014 Chevy Equinox and an all-inclusive Apple vacation. The duck race starts at 1 p.m.
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World Environment Day (WED) is an annual event that is aimed at being the biggest and most widely celebrated global day for positive environmental action. WED activities take place all year round and climax on 5 June every year, involving everyone from everywhere.
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With a history that stretches back through various periods of Aragonese, Norma, Arab, Roman and Phoenician rule, Palermo has a wealth of different influences on display. Palazzo Reale, the center of Sicily's government, dates back to Norman times. The Cattedrale dates back even farther originally, and mixes Arab, Catalan and Norman architectural quirks. Over time, these diverse influences combined into a unique form of Sicilian architecture perhaps embodied nowhere better than in Palermo's Gesu Church, which is most certainly worth a visit. Palermo is also notable for its fountains and other public works of art, such as the Fontana Pretoria, as well as its public parks, among which Villa Giulia perhaps stands supreme. While the city's history is rich, so too is its present, with modern artistic traditions enshrined at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, among other places. Much of the historic city centre is quite compact, so it is possible to see these important sites - and others - in a short period of time. And by finding Palermo hotels with Hotels.com, you can make it even easier to see all Palermo has to offer.
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Most of the places to be, as well as most of the accommodations in Palermo, are fairly close together, so the city is easily walkable. The warm Mediterranean climate means that the more than adequate bus network may well be necessary from time to time, though, depending on when you are there. Staying in and around the historic city centre is generally recommended. For nightlife, the locals tend to congregate along Via Isidoro la Lumia, Via Ruggero Settimo, and other nearby areas, so seek out - or avoid - those places with this in mind. When it comes time to eat, be sure to try out local staples such as panelle, panino con la milza, and other street food offerings. You can get pretty much anything wrapped in a roll or bread in Palermo - even ice cream! Additionally, while not receiving perhaps as much publicity on the matter as other destinations, Palermo - as well as the rest of Sicily - is a budding wine region, and trying out some of the local vintages while there is an excellent idea. Most importantly, though, be sure to get the best deal possible by finding Palermo hotels with Hotels.com - we'll make sure that you have an excellent experience in Sicily.
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Commitment is a large word, or perhaps, I should say a difficult word. It's a word that conjures up many different shades of meaning for many different people. I've thought of myself as a commitment phobe for most of my adult life. I suppose you could say I was soured on the word early on when my marriage — married right out of college at the tender age of 22 — failed spectacularly and painfully. And without much conscious thought, I found myself scared to commit. Didn't like a job? I'd leave it. A relationship … or first date(!) … not working? I'd leave it. Not happy about where I was living? I'd move. By the time I hit my mid-thirties, I was exhausted. Read the rest of this entry »


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Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care facility takes in bear cubs
The Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care family got a bit bigger Friday when two orphaned black bear cubs from Nevada City arrived.
The Department of Fish and Game rescued the 5-month-old cubs in a Nevada City neighborhood after determining that the mother was dead. Officials caught and transported them to LTWC last week. Once the cubs are lice-free, they'll be moved to another pen to join the three other cubs currently at the facility, two of whom came from North San Juan.
The North San Juan cubs arrived in early June after the DFG recieved a tip that a man was trying to sell bear cubs at a Sierra Super Stop gas station. When the investigation broadened, the man revealed that he had shot the mother bear earlier in the week.
From the outside, Tom and Cheryl Millham's home looks much like the other houses on the street. But wander into the backyard, and the similarities end. Not many other houses have rehabilitation pens for river otters, eagles, hawks, raccoons, bobcats, and bears just behind an unassuming white picket fence.
The Millham's run Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care, a nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to returning injured and orphaned animals to the wild, from their home. Over the past 34 years, they've rescued 24,000 animals and released 14,000.
Tom Millham, a mortician and embalmer by trade, is no stranger to bears. He's seen 46 of the animals come through the facility in the past 12 years, and has released 100 percent of them.
"This is a temporary home for them. If it wasn't for us right now, these cubs would be dead. So we're giving them a second chance at life," Millham said.
LTWC is the only certified bear rehabilitation facility in California. No matter how cute and cuddly the animals look, staff at the facility keep human contact – with the exception of the friendly river otter – to a minimum. The animals don't have names since that would show ownership, Millham said.
The first step in the rehabilitation process is putting some weight on the 25-pound cubs. Plums, grapes, peaches, Rice Krispies – a true favorite, according to Millham – and fish from local fishermen all make up the bear's diet.
"It's pretty well-balanced," said Sandy McKnight, a LTWC volunteer who's worked at the facility for 10 years.
LTWC will continue to feed the cubs until about the middle of November at which point they'll begin the hibernation process. Staff will slowly begin to withdraw the amount of food, simulating what the bears would experience in the wild as the winter set in. Finally, the bears will get tree branches to chew on. The bark plugs them up, Millham said. Come spring, the bears will eat the new grass, mother nature's laxative, he said.
"The last thing that they eat is tree bark. They eat the grass in the spring, and here we go again. Scientists have no idea why this happens. If human's did this, it would kill us," Millham said.
In January, the DFG will release the bear cubs in separate dens within a 50 mile radius of where they came from. All the bears will be planted with a transmitter with a one-year battery life so the DFG can track the animals.


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Of all the purposes for which you might put U.S. taxpayer dollars at risk, helping wealthy petro-states borrow millions to buy Boeing jets would not rank among the most urgent.
Yet that is what the Export-Import Bank does: In fiscal 2013, Ex-Im backed $8.3 billion in aircraft and related sales, including a $117.5 million loan guarantee to support Boeing 737 purchases by Dubai — a typical transaction for an agency that has, over the years, earned the sobriquet "Bank of Boeing," though it does also support Caterpillar and General Electric, among others.
Now Ex-Im suddenly faces extinction: Its charter expires Sept. 30, and the agency's best friend in the House Republican leadership, former majority leader Eric Cantor (Va.), who shepherded a bipartisan reauthorization bill in 2012, lost his GOP primary this month. Ex-Im must contend instead with free-market Republicans such as Jeb Hensarling (Tex.), chairman of the committee that oversees Ex-Im, and a new majority leader, Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who has abandoned his past support for Ex-Im in deference to the tea party.
Say what you want about the tea party, its critique of Ex-Im Bank as "crony capitalism" has a lot going for it; President Obama himself singled out Ex-Im as an example of "corporate welfare" when he was running for president in 2008 — although his administration, and most congressional Democrats, support it now.
Ex-Im defenders from the International Association of Machinists union to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are bombarding Congress and the media with the message that Ex-Im is a realistic instrument of national policy, without which Boeing and other U.S. firms could not compete against heavily subsidized European companies, such as Airbus.
Hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs depend on these exports, the argument goes, and Ex-Im made $1 billion last year from fees for loan guarantees and the like, so the U.S. economy gets all those benefits and it doesn't cost taxpayers a dime.
Has Ex-Im finally discovered the elusive free lunch? Suppose it's true, as the bank reports, that 205,000 U.S. workers owed their employment to Ex-Im-supported exports in fiscal 2013. This is not evidence of job creation; it's evidence of governmentally-assisted job allocation. Resources that Ex-Im helped steer to Boeing, et al., might have created the same number of jobs, or more, at other firms.
Indeed, the first crack in a formerly united front of business support for Ex-Im appeared when Delta Airlines complained — plausibly — that Ex-Im-backed sales of Boeing jets to state-owned competitors abroad put Delta and its workers at a competitive disadvantage.
To fight the "bank of Boeing" stigma, Congress has required Ex-Im to allocate more of its portfolio (up to $140 billion under current law) to small business and "green" exports. No doubt these quotas spread Ex-Im largesse among more businesses — and congressional districts — thus broadening its political base.
Economically, though, nothing changes. Government is still picking winners and losers; it's just picking more of them, in more markets, with more opportunities for bureaucratic decision-making, lobbying and, now and then, corruption — like the alleged bribery of an Ex-Im official by a construction-equipment exporter that the Ex-Im inspector general is investigating.
The no-cost-to-the-taxpayer argument is overblown, too. If Ex-Im backs loans that the private sector would not otherwise make, then, by definition, its portfolio is risky. Yet under existing law the federal budget accounts for Ex-Im's loans as if they were as safe as Treasury debt. According to the Congressional Budget Office, a more accurate measure known as "fair value accounting," which factors in foreseeable business cycle downturns, would show that Ex-Im adds $2 billion to the deficit over the next decade, rather than reducing it by $14 billion, as currently claimed.
The strongest argument for Ex-Im is that the United States can't unilaterally disarm in a world where both buyers and sellers expect government intervention — not only from Europe, but also China and Japan — in the market for big-ticket items such as planes, nuclear reactors and locomotives.
It is an undeniably realistic contention, if not a principled one — all the more reason it might yet prevail. The Senate leans pro-Ex-Im. Forty-one House Republicans have signed a letter promising to back a bill if GOP leaders bring it to the floor, and most House Democrats are already on board.
Even if abolition is impossible, Ex-Im's critics might have leverage to win real reforms, starting with fair-value risk accounting in the budget and an end to quotas for small business and green energy.
Ultimately, the best hope may be to negotiate tougher international rules against export subsidies, so every country's companies can compete on their merits — and no country's taxpayers are on the hook.
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We're not sure how useful motion sensing controllers are for Xbox 360 since none of the games are, you know, designed for it. But if you're into keeping up with the Sonys in the world, Talismoon's Tilt Board mod will bring motion detection to your Xbox 360 controller.
The tilt board costs $39, and requires you to actually solder seven wires and install the thing inside your controller yourself. If you're not comfortable with that, we'd suggest you skip this. And to Talismoon? You should sell these things pre-installed if you want more than just a few hundred nerdy customers.
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text: Cloud Atlas is a huge, sprawling novel, so it wasn't much of a surprise that the movie version clocked in at 172 minutes — but Chinese audiences will get a much tighter version of the film, lasting just 137 minutes. Unfortunately, thanks to state censors they're losing some of the good parts, including the gay love scenes between Ben Whishaw and James D'Arcy, plus some of the most bloody and sexual stuff elsewhere in the film. In any case, it'll be interesting to see how the concise Atlas does in China — it has to make a ton of money there to make the film profitable worldwide. [South China Morning Post]


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Auctioneers in the state of Vermont are governed by the "advisor" model of regulation, created by the legislature. Two licensed members of the profession are appointed by the secretary of state to advise the director of the Office of Professional Regulation (OPR) on matters relating to the profession. Their mission is public protection. The director and the advisors carry out this mission by: ensuring that applicants are qualified for licensure; setting standards for the profession by proposing statutes and adopting administrative rules; and, with the assistance of OPR staff, investigating complaints of unprofessional conduct, taking disciplinary action against a licensee when necessary to protect the public. Our website provides links to the laws governing this profession, as well as resources for applicants, licensees, consumers, and employers.
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I had the treat of getting an advanced copy of the book Cloth by Cassandra Ellis. I am in love with it's gorgeous photos and simple beauty of the projects.
Please read below for a review and make a comment as to what is your favorite textile to use or maybe one that you've always wanted to make something out of. One lucky winner will be picked to win Cloth by Cassandra Ellis.
Plus, stay tuned to the Sew News blog for a Meet the Designer interview next week with Cassandra Ellis and get another try at winning this book.
Cassandra Ellis is a designer and maker of high-end quilts and home wares. Originally from New Zealand, she now runs her own design studio where she teaches contemporary craft and interiors workshops.
This is a beautiful book. Not an ordinary DIY, craft/home dec book with spare, white back drop photos and cheeky text. Cloth is lush with rich, dreamy photos by Catherine Gratwicke and intelligent, thoughtful text (how may craft books open with a poem by Yeats?) It was a visual pleasure to look through the book. And, easy to image that I could and more importantly, would make the projects Ellis offers. Cloth is broken down in five sections: Cotton, Wool, Silk, Hide and Linen. There is a brief introduction to each textile followed by a short history, making this book part textbook, but in no way written in a dry, dull manner. Ellis tell the reader of the individual textiles production, current and past uses and as in the case of silk the different types. Of which there are many.
The projects are all relatively easy, from bags, to oven mitts, sachets, pillows, aprons, bedding and more. Many of the projects focus on reclaimed, vintage or thrifted fabric and textiles. But, all the projects would work well with modern fabric with clean, bold lines. Patterns are included in the book and the instructions are written in a clear and uncluttered tone. Measurements (for the advanced copy) are in metric. Each project ends with "Design Thoughts" with tips, ideas and ways to further embellish the project.
Also included is a helpful dye and tool kit section. Listing items needed to make the projects as well as equipment needed to dye textiles.
The sections are layout according to fabric type
The section on cotton has eight projects. Tote bag, gauze tent, rug, apron, Furoshiki a Japanese carrying device, chair cushion, pillow, bedding and small purses.
Projects include hand dyed guaze panel, overnight bag, wool blanket pillows, pet bed, a pouffe (not a chair, not a cushion but a pouf!) and oven mitts.
The lovely silk projects include the following: silk wheat bags, sachets, kimono silk quilt, sari curtains, tea stained drawstring bags, and a shawl.
HideThe Hide section is particularly nice bringing attention to working with leather and sheepskin. There are five projects here; a journal, 3 bags, and a covered ottoman.
LinenHeadboard or curtain panel, hand dyed cushions, slippers, duvet cover and pillowcases, Hemp napkins, and how to reupholster chairs.
All the projects in the book make the most of the textile being highlighted. The instructions are easy to follow and there is a wonderful resource guide that contains links and addresses to further research textiles, antique fabrics and sources to find extraordinary fabrics to use for your own projects.
Cloth would be a welcome addition to any sewing or home decor library. If you would like to be entered to win a copy of Cloth please make a comment on what your favorite textile to work with is. One winner will be picked and announced next Friday.
Good Luck!
Cloth by Cassandra Ellis – Published by Abrams | STC Craft – A Melanie Falick Book
And, last week's winners of the Cuddle Fabric Kit giveaway are Sandi G and Sue C. I will be in touch with you shortly to tell you how to get your prize!


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Froggy's Thanksgiving Family Fight... Who Do You Side With? (Listen)
Froggy admitted that he got into a little bit of a fight with his Dad over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. They eat their big turkey meal early in the day, so on Thanksgiving evening Froggy was feeling a little bit hungry and didn't want turkey. He was all 'turkey-ied' out.
While he was looking for a place to get food, Dad started yelling that they had all the leftovers and was mad that Froggy didn't want to eat them. Ha! He eventually ended up at Steak 'n Shake!
Listen to our on-air debate and let us know who you side with!
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So I went through a phase of deciding I had to have lots and lots of things from the Scott Barnes collection so I picked up several of these Eye Ice pigments too from StrawberryNet.
These loose pigment eyeshadows come in a number of jewel tones. Like with all loose pigment eyeshadows, one needs to take more time with application, and needs to be careful incase of fall out.
Each of the shadows come in one of these 'cubes':
Rather snazzy but a little impractical. You can tip a bit into the lid, or tap a bit into your hand/tissue or dip a narrow brush in. At least you won't loose lots of product if you accidently drop it but still…I would have liked a wider 'neck' to stick my brush in.
I picked up 6 shades in the end.
Lame: A white gold
Imperial Gold: A rich antique gold
Treasure: A brown with blue highlights
Serpentine: A dirty chocolate brown
Empress: A dark aubergine
Fever: A light gold peach
Whoops, forgot to photograph Fever, here it is:
The pigmentation is excellent (as you can see), the powders are very fine texture, not bitty or chunky at all which makes them nice to use. All in all, recommended. I paid about £8 each for these.
I'd highly recommend Imperial Gold, followed by Serpentine, then Treasure (although the blue brown thing has been done a million times before). Gah – what the heck, just buy all of them!


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Teams utilise communication, project management skills, creativity and ingenuity to construct, decorate and race a giant bus.
Teams construct, decorate & race their very own cardboard bus!
Using detailed construction plans; each team has to manage time and resources effectively to turn a 'flat-pack' kit into a giant cardboard bus!
With a clear understanding of the end result, teams soon realise that they need to employ excellent project management skills to complete the project on time and with limited resources. They may choose to create sub-teams breaking down the overall complex project into smaller steps and which need to be defined, delegated and communicated with each individual's effort being essential to the final result.
Once constructed teams decorate their bus with "advertising" which can be aligned to reinforce your brand message or conference theme. Prizes can be awarded for the best themed bus.
The challenge concludes when teams get "on the buses" and race against each other using speed and control to the next bus stop. Being such big, broad forms of transport, fun and laughter accompanies good-natured competitiveness.
Learning and development outcomes
In On the Buses, teams learn to collaborate and employ critical resource and time management skills. They need to understand the overall objective and divide this complex project into time effective, clearly defined sub-tasks. Ensuring that everyone on the team has a role and understands that role and their importance in the whole project through careful task definition and communication is key to a positive end result – all essential project management skills. The teams discover that the seemingly impossible becomes achievable when individuals aspire to a common goal and effectively collaborate and co-ordinate their efforts as a team. They may even find out that true leadership and great ideas can often come from those you least expect.
Corporate Social Responsibility ideas
"On the Buses" is ideally suited to raising money for schools and other charities. Teams can place bets on the race or, take it to the next level and prior to the event seek "sponsorship" for the advertisements on their bus with the money going to your chosen charity.


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Put your career in motion media into full effect
Find a global audience for your motion media designs at SCAD. Recently, our students created the opening visual for the Super Bowl — the most-viewed television broadcast in U.S. history. More experiences just like these await you here, as do countless opportunities to interact with visiting experts, study under a staff of motion media masterminds and be recruited by the world's biggest brands. You'll land your dream job with the power of the world's first specialized degree program in motion media design behind you.
Motion media degrees
SCAD's motion media degrees are offered in Atlanta, Savannah and online via eLearning.
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Creative collaborations
SCAD emphasizes collaboration between departments and with international brands, like FOX Sports, that seek to benefit from our students' diverse creativity. These opportunities offer you the chance to broaden your artistic perspective and gain valuable experience working on real-world projects.
See the results of our Super Bowl collaboration with FOX Sports
"Teaching is the most stimulating, rewarding activity possible. The ways that students engage with ideas and take established concepts and then do something new with them provides a continuous source of energy and inspiration. Teaching engaged students requires a constant questioning and rethinking of one's assumptions and opens up new ways of looking at and encountering our shared world."Michael Betancourt | Motion media design professor
Related majors and minors
Motion media is an ever-evolving field. In order to thrive in such an industry, many students choose to pursue a double major or related minor while they are here. You can explore new perspectives, harness diverse creative approaches, and develop a unique, well-rounded style — all while earning multiple degrees.
Related majors that may interest you:
Minors that complement this program:
- Motion media design
- Visual effects
- Sequential art
- Interactive design and game development
- Technical direction
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Oracle Hospitality OPERA Sales and Catering is a full-featured customer- and event- management application that seamlessly integrates with Oracle Hospitality OPERA Property to maximize group sales and streamline execution of meetings and events.
Account Dashboard: Displays account information, including contacts, activities, event and group bookings, and production statistics.
Group Rooms Control (Summary view): Provides a single point access to key information to help manage group business.
Event Billing: Functionality provides a quick and easy way to ensure event charges are posted correctly.
Function Diary: Graphical display of events with drill-down functionality for in-depth detail.
The Salesrep Dashboard provides an overview of activities, bookings and events - along with production or arrival goals belonging to the salesperson.
Oracle Hospitality OPERA Sales and Catering offers enhanced event-management and customer-relationship-management capabilities. Reporting tools deliver a comprehensive account of all business operations and numerous built-in options allow for flexible configuration to fit the individual needs of your hotel.
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Stephen Strasburg: Spotlight on the Washington Nationals' starting pitcher
Spotlight on… Stephen Strasburg, RHP, Nationals
What's up: The Nationals' prized right-hander was rolling this year. He compiled a 2.15 ERA in 10 starts and was a big reason his team was battling the Braves atop the National League East. But Strasburg is out of sync right now. The former San Diego State star hasn't won since June 9; the Nats have lost the past three times he's taken the hill.
Background: Strasburg has a terrific arsenal of pitches. When he's on, he dominates. He started slowly this season, then pitched very well, but now he looks ordinary. He lasted just 4 ⅔ innings in a loss to Milwaukee in his most recent start, giving up seven runs (tying a career high), eight hits and three walks. In his previous outing, Stras- burg allowed nine hits and four runs in six innings.
Saunders' take: Strasburg is scheduled to pitch against the Rockies on Tuesday night at Nationals Park. There was a time when the prospect of facing him on the road would be a daunting task for the Rockies.
"I'm not right mechanically right now, and I think it's causing (hitters) to see the ball a lot better," he told Nationals beat writers. "It happens to everybody. I'm going to keep working hard, and it's going to turn."
Strasburg's 3.70 ERA this year tells you he's still a good pitcher, but he's not the dominant pitcher he was projected to be. The struggling Rockies could be catching him at the right time. Then again, knowing the Rockies' fortunes of late, Strasburg likely will find his stuff and shut them down.


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John McAfee Under Arrest in Guatemala
Barely a day after John McAfee resurfaced in Guatemala, the software pioneer is under arrest in the Central American country. McAfee went to Guatemala from Belize, where he's wanted for questioning in the shooting of an American. Photo: Getty Images.
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Just looking for former classmates from CPHS. My maiden name was Ejel Kimmel. Lost touch with quite a few of my friends over the years. Unfortunately I cannot remember some of their last names. Some were a couple of years older than me.
I've lived all over the country and never forgot my roots in Crown Point. Some good and some bad memories. Anyway, if you remember me feel free to say hi!
I've done everything from waitressing, truck driving and to getting a BA in Biochemistry and a Master's Degree in Chemistry. I currently live in Colorado with my husband and daughter. Our son is a Marine who will be leaving Afghanistan this week after being deployed their in March of this year (2009).


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Decorative Arts
The WAG began collecting in the field of decorative arts in the 1950s when it accepted a collection of objects, the bequest of Melanie Bolton-Hill.
Since then, the Gallery has amassed over 4,000 objects in ceramic, glass, metal, and textile, which document and exemplify the aesthetics, techniques, and social import of the decorative arts from the 17th to the 21st centuries. Like painting and sculpture, objects of ceramic, glass, and metal are valuable social documents of their time. Beyond their obvious strong aesthetic qualities, these objects had intimate connections to the daily life of their owners, and to social custom, contemporary taste, class distinction, and fashion.
The strength of the decorative arts collection lies in its holdings of 18th and 19th English ceramics, one of the finest collections in the country. Over 1,500 objects tell the story of the development of the British potteries, the discovery of the porcelain formula, as well as the influence of Chinese patterns on European production.
Gallery Hours
- Tuesday 11am-5pm
- Wednesday 11am-5pm
- Thursday 11am-5pm
- Friday 11am-9pm
- Saturday 11am-5pm
- Sunday 11am-5pm
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The Higgs Boson: Another Feather in Linux's Cap
Jul 9, 2012 5:00 AM PT
It's not exactly any secret that Linux dominates the world of high-performance computing, so perhaps it should go without saying that last week's exciting Higgs Boson announcement would involve Linux in some not-insignificant way.
The reality, however, turns out to be far greater than marginal significance.
In fact, "Linux Played a Crucial Role in Discovery of 'Higgs boson'" is the headline of a story calling attention to the real role Linux played, and it's an inspiring tale.
'Throwing Linux Some Love'
"I want to mention how Linux (specifically, Scientific Linux and Ubuntu) had a vital role in the discovery of the new boson at CERN," reads a quote by an unnamed physicist at CERN in the Ubuntu Vibes article.
"We use it every day in our analyses, together with hosts of open software, such as ROOT, and it plays a major role in the running of our networks of computers (in the grid etc.) used for the intensive work in our calculations," the official adds.
"Yesterday's extremely important discovery has given us new information about how reality works at a very fundamental level and this is one physicist throwing Linux some love," the quote concludes.
Also mentioned in the story is a dedicated support site for Linux at CERN.
'Nothing Helps More Than Coffee!'
Did Linux fans seize upon the news with all the tenaciousness of a Higgsian boson-hunter? You bet they did. And in the Linux blogosphere, the conversation hasn't died down since.
"The only thing that would be newsworthy is if you managed to do something highly technical without having Linux play a vital role," said blogger eldavojohn in the discussion on Slashdot, for example. "For everyone who thinks that a complete absence of Linux is the norm: Did you use the internet?"
Indeed, "didn't we already prove linux has a place in the world? Why are we still getting these stories still trying to validate linux," mused detain.
Then again: "Let's not forget THE most important members of the team: the folks who made the coffee!" quipped Anonymous Coward. "NOTHING helps more with analysis than fresh pots and pots of coffee! C++ and Linux -- pffft! Gimme enough coffee and all I need is an abacus, some graph paper and colored pencils!"
'It Has Become the Standard'
The conversation quickly devolved from there, so Linux Girl knew it was time to take to the streets of the blogosphere for some fresh insight.
"When you need to do serious computing you need serious software, and Linux is practically synonymous with High Performance Computing," noted Google+ blogger Kevin O'Brien down at the blogosphere's G+ Grill. "No one should ever be surprised at seeing Linux used for important scientific work; it has become the standard."
Indeed, "it is always good to be reminded that there are some industries (HPC) that Linux completely dominates," agreed consultant and Slashdot blogger Gerhard Mack.
'Go, GNU/Linux!'
And again: "When you have work to do, there's no better OS than GNU/Linux," concurred blogger Robert Pogson. "It has no other purpose than to manage your resources.
"That other OS, on the other hand, is out to get you to buy yet another license," Pogson asserted.
Then, too, there's the fact that "the data-analysis needed at CERN for the Higgs boson is immense," he pointed out. "No scientist at a time like this wants an OS that wants to re-re-reboot, slow down, welcome malware or phone home."
In short, "the fact that that other OS charges more to do less makes the choice of OS for number-crunching easy," Pogson concluded. "Go, GNU/Linux!"
'This Shouldn't Surprise Anyone'
Chris Travers, a Slashdot blogger who works on the LedgerSMB project, took a similar view.
"Linux has been the de facto choice for supercomputer clusters for a while, so this shouldn't surprise anyone," Travers noted.
"What has surprised me, though, has been CERN's role in the Linux community," Travers added. "They haven't been merely a major Linux user in their supercomputers but have played a major role in bringing together scientific technologies and know-how regarding Linux in their Scientific Linux project, which acts as a clone and extension of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
"This goes *way* beyond the normal high performance computing usage of Linux," Travers concluded. "CERN is in the forefront of bringing Linux to the scientific community."
'A Tool That Was Made for the Job'
Last but not least, Slashdot blogger hairyfeet was similarly unsurprised.
"I never understood why using a tool that was MADE for a job is supposed to be a big deal," hairyfeet told Linux Girl.
"It's really very simple," hairyfeet explained. "Linux is good at embedded OSes and clustering (like I'm sure CERN uses extensively) while Windows is good at desktops, laptops, and SMB internal servers, while Apple is good with consumer devices like smartphones and tablets.
"To quibble over this is like arguing a moped can replace a truck, or a sports car can replace a boat," he added.
'CERN Uses Best Tool, News at 11'
"Despite the FUD and hyperbole on BOTH sides, Linux really doesn't have much overlap with MSFT," hairyfeet suggested. "Windows just isn't good at what Linux is good at, such as small footprint embedded OSes like in every router, printer, etc., and making huge clusters with no GUI and almost no overhead that can crunch massive amounts of data, which is EXACTLY what they had to do to find the Higgs Boson."
Last week's story, then, "might as well have said, 'CERN uses best tool for a specialized task, news at 11," hairyfeet concluded.


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Tracy preaches patience with struggling CarGo
Despite Carlos Gonzalez's struggles at the plate – 12 strikeouts in his last 24 at-bat and a .212 average with runners in scoring position – he is back in the starting lineup for tonight's fireworks game against the Diamondbacks. He starts in left and hits eighth.
Manager Jim Tracy gave CarGo a verbal boost this afternoon, pointing out how CarGo's defense has saved runs and saying he's going to be patient with the outfielder at the plate.
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SS Stephen Drew
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