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The White Sox have shown interest in lefty relievers Mike Gonzalez and Arthur Rhodes, tweets Jon Heyman of CBS Sports.Gonzalez, a Scott Boras client, remains unsigned with the season a few weeks away. Boras told me on Friday his client is "in play with a lot of teams right now," and "sometimes late doesn't mean demand, it just means choice." At this point, however, Gonzalez's ability to secure a Major League deal is in jeopardy. Last week, he turned down a minor league offer to return to the Rangers. The White Sox currently have 37 players on their 40-man roster, so they could add Gonzalez without losing anyone. Rhodes, 42, is more likely to settle for a minor league deal, in my opinion. He aims to pitch one more season before retiring.
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I've been reading about component based entity-system for couple days now and I'm not quite sure if it is worth implementing in my next game. I haven't started making the game yet, but I have bunch of ideas for it. In my imaginations the game will be very similiar to QUBE and Portal (1). 3D puzzler, no enemies, no weapons ( although there may be some "guns", just like portal has portal-gun ). The "basis" of the levels would be constructed from voxel-like data just like in QUBE, but there may be some models aswell ( although, since this is one-man project and I'm no artist, the models will be simple and there wont be many of them ).
I couldn't imagine that I'll ever have more than 20-30 different entities, if even that many.
This is a project that I expect to be working with for a long time, so I'm now trying to properly research all the possible "engine"-architectures before I actually start making the game. I want the game to be flexible and that I could easily implement more features as I progress.
After reading this, do you think I should implement component-based entity system or not? If yes, why?
If I were to implement component-based entity system ( or in a matter of fact, any entity-system at all ), what would "terrain"/"voxel data" be? Would it be entity?
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I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on Firedoglake or at Rethink Afghanistan. The views expressed here are my own.
A few weeks ago, Rep. Darrell Issa, the new Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the House GOP's self proclaimed "chief watchdog," released his agenda for upcoming investigations in the new congress. Some of the issues he intends to focus on are dubious and partisan, but others slated for investigation are very serious.
One of these serious issues is the war in Afghanistan. Politico reported at the time:
Rep. Darrell Issa is aiming to launch investigations on everything from WikiLeaks to Fannie Mae to corruption in Afghanistan in the first few months of what promises to be a high-profile chairmanship of the top oversight committee in Congress. […]
The sweeping and specific hearing agenda shows that Issa plans to cut a wide swath as chairman, latching onto hot-button issues that could make his committee the center of attention in the opening months of the 112th Congress. By grabbing such a wide portfolio — especially in national security matters — Issa is also laying down a marker of sorts, which could cement his panel as the go-to place for investigations.
Great, if there's one thing we need, it's a "go-to place for investigations" in congress, especially concerning national security. Â And certainly most everyone agrees that "corruption in Afghanistan", referring here to waste, fraud, and abuse by US military contractors, could benefit from much stronger oversight in congress.
But here's the problem: the bloody occupation of Afghanistan has been dragging on for ten long years now, the long-term cost is estimated to be in the trillions. The catastrophes we're facing are much, much worse than losing a million or two here or there in graft. Continue reading "War Crimes in Afghanistan? Time To Investigate"


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Kellogg, that cursive-adoring purveyor of fine, sugary breakfast cereals, is recalling one of its most asymmetrical cereals — Frosted Mini-Wheats. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company will shell out a cool $30 million to cover a recall of Frosted Mini-Wheats in the U.S. due to a possible contamination by pieces of Mini-Wheat-esque metal mesh. Dentists across the country are obviously quite pleased with this development, to say nothing of all the cereal-loving robots who, up until now, have been largely ignored by the breakfast cereal market.
The recall will affect about 2.8 million packages of potentially robot-friendly cereal. Kellogg has blamed the contamination on "a faulty manufacturing part," but think about that for a minute: do robots ever break? Of course not, the very idea is preposterous. Obviously what's happening here is that, somewhere in the bowels of the Kellogg factory, a robot cabal has taken it upon themselves to covertly make a cereal specifically for robots.
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Today's AV news is filled with information on the newest projectors and how they are breaking new performance / price barriers. Yet the press does not spend much time with the other major component of a front projection system, the screen. While perhaps not as sexy as the projectors, screens have come a long way as well. Manufacturers realize this and in fact, SIM2, a long recognized industry leader has recently announced that they will be distributing SmX screens in Europe.
In my system the front row is just over 9 feet from the screen. At this distance I could easily see the holes of a perforated screen. Of the woven screens, SmX had the right amount of gain for my system.
The specific screen I selected was a 110 inch, 16:9 ratio, fixed frame screen with SmX's White CineWeave HD screen material. Smx makes both flat and curved screens in a variety of sizes and screen materials to accommodate nearly system. The frame is made out of a heavy gauge allow and covered in a thick black velvet trim. I notice other thoughtful details in the frame design such as the frame cavity is insulated to minimize acoustic interference form a resonating frame, the radius bevel to absorb light bleed, the frame also accommodates a black backing and the ability to change screen materials. The CineWeave HD material is a white woven material with a gain of 1.16, 160 degree viewing angle and appears to be extremely strong and durable.
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The SmX Pro-Line frame came unassembled. I would allow at least an hour or two for assembly. While the frame was not as easy and quick to assemble as some of the others on the market, the instructions were clear and well written and more importantly the frame was extremely solid upon completion. The frame is made out of four straight pieces that are held together with two brackets in each corner. Once the frame is assembled there are two grooves in the back of the frame to insert the screen material, and if needed the black backing. The screen ships with an oversize piece of screen material which allows the user to install the material at an angle that eliminates moiré. This is usually determined with a smaller, sample piece of material that is also included. Once the proper angle is determined the material is laid over the screen frame, (back side of frame facing up) and methodically inserted into the grooves using a special tool and "T" splines. The procedure appears a bit daunting a first but just follow the instructions and all will be fine. Once the material is secured, mount the bracket on the wall with the built in level and simply hang the screen on the bracket. All in all it is a simple, secure and well thought out system.
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While I have not yet been able to install the in-wall speakers, I have spent many hours watching this screen and find the picture to be quite good. When compared side by side with the industry standard Stewart Studio Tek 130 G3 (a solid screen), the CineWeave HD is slightly softer. Also, with certain light, solid backgrounds such as sky or the white start up screen of my computer, there is a slight herringbone pattern that runs on an angle opposite of that of the weave in the screen material. This pattern is very slight and none of my guests ( including home theater aficionados) have noticed it without my pointing it out.
Screens need to be carefully matched to your projector and room. For those seeking a fixed screen, the SmX screens are extremely well made and competitively priced both in solid and acoustically transparent models. The CineWeaveHD has proven to be a fine match for my system and fulfills my needs. If you are seeking an acoustically transparent screen material for your system I would recommend obtaining a swatch of the CineWeaveHD and trying it out in your system.


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Hi Everyone,
Our recent speaker, Steve Szabados, mentioned at his presentation in our library on February 8, 2011 that he volunteers at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library offering assistance on Polish research. This requires a formal "sign-up" process through the Arlington Heights Memorial Library for a one hour session with Steve. The Polish sessions are offered on the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 3 to 5 PM and from 6 to 9 PM as one-hour sessions.
Here is small text description of the Polish program:
Polish genealogy can be very challenging. Sign up for a one-hour appointment with Steve Szabados and he will show you websites that may help solve your research problems. Bring a flashdrive if you have one so new information can be saved.
Michael Mullholland, the genealogy librarian at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, also confirmed that there is a similar "one-on-one" thirty minute learning session also available for anyone doing Swedish genealogy research. The Swedish sessions are offered on the 3rd Wednesday from 10 AM to 3 PM for 30 minute sessions.
Here is the text description of what is being offered for the Swedish learning periods:
Do you have Swedish ancestors? Kathy Meade from Genline North America will be available to help you with your Swedish research using the Genlines Swedish Church records database. This database contains 300 years of scanned images of birth, marriage, death, and census records. Please come with your research questions to learn more about your Swedish heritage.
Michael Mulholland did indicate the Swedish learning program is now scheduled to only be provided at their library through May 2011. He is uncertain if they will be able to do this after May 2011.
I can tell you that the "learning sessions" are filling up fast. You will have to spend some time at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library Genealogy Events and Research Help Appointments to register yourself for a time period with either Steve Szabados for Polish or Kathy Meade for Swedish.
I did some quick checking using their sign-up session and was having a hard time finding any near term availability for a session with Steve Szabados. When you want to select a time to sign up and register the system will tell if the individual time spot has already been filled. If so, you just have to keep clicking on each link for a session until you find one that is open.
These seem to be incredibly popular and you will have to be patient and work your way through the scheduling process.
Be patient and work the sign-up calendar until you find an opening.
What a way to get a one-on-one personal experience in learning a lot more for Polish or Swedish research.
Check out the link above within this post to register your intent at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library to meet with either Steve or Kathy. Ratchet up your Polish or Swedish genealogy experience by learning a lot more from two great experts in a one-on-one setting.
Tony Kierna
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Schaumburg Township District Library


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Review: 'Hobbit' movie more interesting than story itself
Director Jackson makes history with release
Perhaps if there was nothing to compare it to, "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" would be a triumph of filmmaking, CGI at its finest, a world of wizards, dwarves, trolls and other fascinating fairy tale creatures that spring off the page of a J.R.R. Tolkien novel and on to the big screen.
The most glaring problem, however, with Peter Jackson's latest Tolkien transfer is the foundation on which it is built. Tolkien wrote "The Hobbit" in 1937 from what began as a children's bedtime story, and it is from this that the masterwork "The Lord of the Rings" was launched. "The Hobbit" is a lightweight story and somewhat goofy at times (like a too-long scene in the film when the dwarves take over Bilbo's house for their come together meeting, eating him out of house and home and basically wrecking his personal sanctuary).
Jackson started his Tolkien film series with the heavyweights, "Rings" and "Return of the King," and now goes back to "The Hobbit," which he'll release in three parts. "The Hobbit" covers events that precede the aforementioned tales.
The adventure follows the journey of hobbit Bilbo Baggins (a perfectly cast Martin Freeman), who is recruited by wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen) to help 13 dwarves who survived the destruction of their beloved homeland reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. While the hobbit prefers the safety of his comfortable hobbit hole, he's due for an adventure. But only after some coaxing does he join the dwarves on a journey into the wild, where they encounter trolls, sorcerers, gigantic wolves and hostile elves. At least more than half of the movie is some sort of battle scene or another, and there's a lot of hiking by the hobbit and dwarves (hi-ho, hi-ho) over computer-generated mountains.
It is on this adventure, however, that Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever, Gollum (Andy Serkis), and, where Bilbo gains possession of a precious gold ring, which is so crucial in "The Lord of the Rings." For Tolkien fans, Gollum's appearance is vital, especially since he's 60 years younger than in "Rings." Serkis, whose Gollum performance is enhanced by cutting edge digital technology, will most likely not be considered for an Oscar due to the help of the computers, but he gets my vote in the Best Supporting Actor category. His hyperactive cave dweller is worth sitting through the 167 minute film.
Despite its shortcomings, it's difficult not to be dazzled by Jackson's artistry. "The Hobbit" will go down in film history as being the first movie to be shot at 48 frames per second (fps), which projects 48 individual static shots every second, and offers the brain twice as much visual information than the standard 24 fps. Most moviegoers won't see the 48 fps version -- in all of North America only about 450 theaters will be projecting "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" in 48 fps (the screening I attended was 3-D, but not 48 fps). Reviews are mixed from those who have seen this extremely high-definition version that the picture is so clear that the make up on the actors is visible and that movie sets actually look like sets, which takes away the "cinematic magic." Still, Jackson's dedication and deft direction never ceases to amaze. He's always been world's ahead (does anyone remember his film "Heavenly Creatures?").
The second part, "The Hobbit: There And Back Again," has already been slated for a December 2013 release. Maybe by then 48 fps will be an industry standard.
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Convicted felon arrested after detectives find child porn, guns in home
Investigators with the Washington County Sheriff Sheriff's Office arrested a man in Prairie Grove Wednesday on several counts of Computer Child Pornography.
Officials executed a search warrant at the home of 64-year-old Francis Joseph McCourt at 15291 Brown Road and found images and other articles of child pornography. Several computers, hard drives, storage devices and actual photographs were seized, they said.
Investigators said McCourt admitted during questioning that he had downloaded naked photos of children from an internet website. McCourt faces ten counts of possession of child pornography, computer exploitation of a child and viewing, possessing and distributing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child.
Detectives also located a judgment from North Dakota, convicting McCourt of stolen property. As a convicted felon, detectives seized 49 guns from his home.
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Conversation with a straight Presbyterian ally
Over the holidays I had the opportunity to speak with an old friend who is on staff in a Presbyterian church (PCUSA) in northern New Jersey. She's been a straight ally for over 30 years, so I was curious to know how her allyship might play out in her church and if it doesn't, what are the roadblocks. She teaches in the church's pre-school and directs the children's choirs, so her job description doesn't necessarily put her in a natural advocacy role that, say, a pastor's or youth leader's might.
I invite you to eavesdrop on our conversation with an eye towards respectful understanding that every congregations is different, and that there are complexities involved in being an LGBT advocate in a denomination that like President Obama "isn't quite there yet". My take away from our conversation is that for my friend's congregation, internal politics and lack of leadership are barriers to developing a new mission of active LGBT inclusion and advocacy.
This is not to say that I am looking to make excuses for the silence of some of our allies, but that the potential for progress always looks clearest to those farthest away from the action. If you have straight allies who are people of faith but have faced roadblocks to living their allyship as people of faith, how have you helped them strategize ways around those roadblocks? Please share your experiences in the comments.
A note on where LGBT people stand in relation to PCUSA
From what I can tell, PCUSA doesn't have any set policies regarding transgender people. PCUSA seems to view everything through the lens of sexual orientation. The document The Church and Homosexuality published in 1978 and augmented by a 2005 study guide is the denomination's guide for how "homosexuals" should be viewed by and treated in the church. The Church and Homosexuality essentially says that gays are to be lovingly included into the life of the church and if celibate may be ordained as lay leaders or clergy, but that sexual relationships between two men or two women are sinful.
In 1997 PCUSA amended the denomination's constitution The Book of Order (pdf) to ban the ordination of "unrepentant" lesbian, gay or bisexual lay leaders or clergy.
Those who are called to office in the church are to lead a life in obedience to Scripture and in conformity to the historic confessional standards of the church. Among these standards is the requirement to live either in fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman, or chastity in singleness. Persons refusing to repent of any self-acknowledged practice which the confessions call sin shall not be ordained and / or installed as deacons, elders, or ministers of the Word and Sacrament. (G-6.0106b)
"The confessions" referred to above is the part of The Book of Confessions called the Heidelberg Catechism which lists "homosexual perversion" as a sin. The current version of the Heidelberg Catechism reads:
Q. 87. Can those who do not turn to God from their ungrateful, impenitent life be saved?
A. Certainly not! Scripture says, "Surely you know that the unjust will never come into possession of the kingdom of God. Make no mistake: no fornicator, or idolater, none who are guilty either of adultery or of homosexual perversion, no thieves or grabbers or drunkards or slanderers or swindlers, will possess the kingdom of God."
The original Heidelberg Catechism was written in the 16th century and made "no mention of homosexual perversion or of same-sex relations in any terms", according to scholars. "Homosexual perversion" was added in 1962.
Efforts have been underway for about 10 years to remove the 1997 rules barring partnered LGB people from ordination. In July, 2010 at the 219th PCUSA General Assembly the church's legislative body voted 373 to 323 to replace the 1997 anti-gay ordination language with text that ignores the sexual orientation and relationship status of the candidate. This vote must be ratified by 2/3 of the presbyteries (local governing bodies) and then again by the next General Assembly in 2012 to go into effect. A similar effort was defeated in 2008 when the presbyteries declined to ratify the change.
At about the same time "The Church and Homosexuality" was adopted, the kernel groups of what would later become More Light Presbyterians formed. More Light Presbyterians is a "network of people seeking the full participation of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people of faith in the life, ministry and witness of the Presbyterian Church (USA)." They maintain a listing of Welcoming Churches.
My conversation with a straight Presbyterian ally
You've been a member of this church for almost 18 years. What's it like to work in your own congregation?
"Very dicey. It's a tricky position to be in. I can't always state my personal feelings, because I'm a staff member even though I'm a congregant." In other words, she doesn't know whether congregants will interpret what she says as reflecting the church administration or her personal opinion. "It's a tight rope, a fine line."
She's never experienced difficulties stemming from this dual role in the church because "I'm cautious. I do not like confrontation. So I'm not going to voice my opinion in any kind of situation where I'm going to have to become combative. So I make sure I'm not in those positions."
"When the presidential election was going on, this past one, the one before — oh the one before was horrible — because we have a staff member who is very Republican, very conservative, and no one else on the staff is."
The situation (which hilariously in retrospect included a bumper sticker war) escalated to the point where "we actually said in staff meeting, you know we really have to kind of leave our politics outside of this building because we have congregants that go both ways and you don't want to set a precedent that you can't work with somebody that has a differing opinion."
"And that's specific to the history in our church and some other things that have happened that divided us where they could not have differing opinions and work together. It's taken almost 10 years to heal something else that happened. It was a horrendous time where some staff members could not even grocery shop in town. If they saw somebody who was on the opposing side, they would be screamed at."
This decade-old divisive event was due to an event within the church rather than external politics, but "it set up this feeling in our church that you can't have any kind of differing opinion, because obviously we can't play together in the sand box if we don't agree on everything."
Of course nobody agrees on everything, and so the church has been on tenderhooks since. But hope is on the horizon. "A minister left, we've gone through a couple years of interims, and now we just now this month got our permanent head of staff who has a degree in counseling. So there's going to be a difference now I believe, and he's going to force us over time to say ok, we can have differing views, and we can still work together for a common good".
"I know other churches go through these kinds of things, and this is just where our church is right now."
Has the congregation had to deal with any major problems during these past 10 difficult years, or has it been pretty quiet?
"Things have been pretty quiet because everbody's scared. In the mainline churches you're losing members, so its pretty quiet. The one issue particular to our town is undocumented workers. That is a huge problem here. Where do you stand as a church on that? Do you feed and clothe them even though they're undocumented, even though the Mayor is kicking them off the street? Then do you go against the Mayor? People whose cause this is have moved to the side and quietly done all the work they want to do on it, and the rest of the congregation doesn't pay attention because they don't care."
So the rest of the congregation isn't obstructing that work?
"They're not obstructing them, although I know some of the older people in the church hate that. They want all the undocumented workers kicked out. But they don't say anything, they just say OK that's your thing I'm turning my head because there's the sense of we need members, can't upset anybody."
Over the past 10-15 years, membership in the church has gone way down. "Whatever the national average is, we're probably right there with them. It's down substantially. …People are just too busy – they don't come to church. I don't know whether they don't believe, it's the only day of the week I can sleep in blah blah blah, all the excuses you've heard over the years.
National polling shows the United States to be very religious, but apparently that doesn't translate into as great a need to attend weekly church services as in the past.
Does the denomination interfere in issues of the local congregation or are you free to work out your own problems?
"In the Presbyterian Church you're in your own church, then you're part of a presbytery, which is a regional grouping. And then the national office in Louisville, KY is in charge of everybody. So from what I can tell, it comes down to how active, how good the head Presbyter is in terms of what they let you do, not do, get away with."
"Part of what's going on in the Presbyterian Church is we have huge congregations in the South who, as you can guess, are a lot more conservative. That's also true of some of the California churches – the big money California churches are more conservative than people would think. And these huge churches are deciding they're going to leave the Presbyterian faith because they don't like the direction the Presbytery is going in."
And what direction is that? "Being more inclusive, being gay friendly. But those aren't the only issues. There are all kinds of management and administrative issues of which I'm not part of because as a staff member I can't be in the ruling body of a congregation."
Why are you a gay ally?
"Well I don't know, I just always have been! Why wouldn't I be? Obviously because of you is a good part of it, but part of it is, I was a music major. Basically, I was surrounded by gay guys. If I wasn't friendly, I wouldn't have had any friends. I can't say that I was in high school and before because frankly it wasn't on my radar and I didn't even know what it was even. And if I did I probably snickered like it was something funny. And then I got into college and had this rude awakening like oh! Oh, OK! So I guess that's it. I just never wouldn't have been from the time I got into college.
There's a difference between treating gay people fairly and being an advocate — and advocacy takes all kinds of forms. For example telling people you're gay-friendly and why, I call that advocacy. Do you see advocacy happening in your congregation either formally or informally, for example like with the congregants helping the undocumented immigrants, that it's a calling for them?
"I don't really see it in our congregation, and I think it's because we don't have a leader. There's not someone who says 'My son's gay and he needs equal rights so let's go after them.' I don't see any of the kids saying 'I'm gay, I need support,' because they would have it in the church – our church would support them. If somebody was there and asked, it would happen, I think."
"When I've been around some of the older — like I'd say 80s and up — opinionated people who throughout our congregation's history have always caused trouble, those people will make cracks about 'well you can just go to the Episcopal church down the street and have a gay man, you know, feed you the lord's supper' or something, and they'll make those kinds of comments, and you just look at them and go, you are so old. Because I would say from age 80 down, most of the congregation does not feel that way. They would not make that kind of comment. Because almost all of them know somebody gay or have someone in their family who's gay. And so maybe some of them are advocates and are out doing things, but we don't talk about it."
"We refer to ourselves as 'the frozen chosen', which means that we're pretty stiff, tight-lipped, don't talk about stuff."
When the New Jersey legislature was voting on marriage equality this year and the Catholic church was aggressively lobbying against it, was any of that conversation brought into your church?
"No. Our church, we were looking for our new minister and that's all we focused on. Oh, there's a tsunami in the rest of the world? Oh well. We were focused on oh my goodness, we're losing members, oh my goodness we need a new person to come here, oh my goodness I hope they don't screw up and get an awful person like they did last time. They had such blinders on, and then the only room they have is for their own particular cause."
"We have people who their cause is helping the Katrina places, and twice a year they take a week or 2 weeks of their vacation and go down and build houses and paint houses and do Katrina stuff. We have people that go to the Dominican Republic every year. We have people that do a clothing bank out of the basement of the church every Tuesday for the undocumented workers."
So your church is very mission driven.
"We are extremely mission driven. Remember where we dropped the oranges off that one year? We started that men's mission. Our church does a lot of mission stuff, but they don't talk about it, they don't advertise it. And in fact when new people like new ministers come in they say 'What's wrong with you people? You should be out there telling what you're doing.' But of course we don't because you're not supposed to do that. You're not supposed to wave your flag and say 'look at all the good deeds I do'."
Reading some of the PCUSA literature you'd think this was the place to be for gay Christians because it talks about being joyously inclusive, etc. But reading deeper you see it states that gay relationships are a sin. So there's a jarring disconnect there between treating people with humanity but then telling them their relationships are depraved. In your 18 years at your church, what kinds of things have been said about gay people from the pulpit?
"The minsters have preached on tolerance, that's their big thing. When __ was here, whatever gay issue the General Assembly was debating that particular summer, he gave a very good sermon that mentioned a big church change like allowing women to serve communion. I don't remember exactly but something big like that. He said that took 125 years to get change. He said it seems so simple to us, it seems like a no-brainer, but it took 125 years, or whatever the years were, but it was huge like that. He said we're starting the conversation now about allowing gays to serve communion, or whatever it was that particular summer, but it was something about a gay issue. But he said, for the people who are disappointed in how it turned out I say to you, it took 125 years for women to serve communion. He said, we'll get there in the end, but it's a process, so don't give up."
"I remember that sermon because I though, oh my goodness, he's pro-gay, he just said it from that pulpit in a round-about way, and he actually did a sermon I can tell you about this many years later, that's how much it struck me. But never again. He never said anything about gays again. Then he left."
"The next minister was definitely pro-gay and talked about his uncle being gay and how hard it was to watch people not accept him, but didn't really say — all his sermons were about himself, so he didn't tell us to do anything."
"And then any of the interims we've had, who I can tell you whole-heartedly would be all pro-gay — because interims are far better than regular ministers as far as I can tell — and they're more able to let people know how they feel because they're going to be there 1 or 2 years. So they are much easier about telling people how they feel, but again never calling people to arms or go fight for gay marriage. I never heard that from the pulpit, I just heard 'we're all God's children' kind of thing."
"And then our most recent interim, after Tyler Clementi died by suicide …she did a sermon that was just, 'what is wrong with us that we would be in this society that we would allow this, that a child would not feel safe to go talk to somebody'. She said all the kids' names — But again, her message was we need to love one another. Period."
Not 'we need to make sure that gay people in our congregation know we're there to support them'?
"Right. No, it was, we're here, we need to love and accept each other, and that's our mandate from God. Period. Be loving."
So that was your most recent interim. You have a permanent pastor now?
"Yeah he just got here this month so I have no idea. So we'll see with him. He seems to be tolerant on the 'we need to love each other' kind of thing, but we'll see how that translates, you know."
It sounds like in your church none of the ministers would be opposed to someone in the congregation starting a gay advocacy project, but the clergy isn't going to initiate that.
"Exactly. I would agree with that. And they are walking a fine line, because they've got that 80 year old congregant who is in the last parts of their life who, and I hate to be this way but, who's basically funding the church. Because of course the people with money are the older people. People who are younger, with families, they're not giving as much money to the church. And I don't want to say you rule the church by money, but it is an important thing that somebody that's giving a lot of money, is paying your salary. So you have to at least acknowledge that they feel a certain way."
A religion-positive pollster recently showed that 2/3 of Americans "see connections between messages coming from America's places of worship and higher rates of suicide among gay and lesbian youth." At the same time, people tended to think their own church handled gay issues well.
So the perception that churches are a detriment to gay people, that's a widespread impression.
"Well and I think its those conservatives that do that. I mean I would say that I think those conservative churches are brutal."
I see two levels of problem. There are those conservative churches that preach anti-gay stuff from the pulpit. But then there's a category of churches which I would put yours in — tell me if I'm being unfair — and that is just standing quietly by and maybe making occasional token efforts.
It was good that gays were mentioned positively in those sermons at your church, but scared gay people can tell a meek token effort from something more substantial. When the only religious voices out in the wider world are the homophobic ones and they don't get countered out there by the loving ones, I think that's noticed. It's not that the neutral churches like yours are doing anything wrong, but they're not doing anything to counteract the nasty stuff that's going on in the public square. It makes them look like accomplices even though they're not.
"Yeah. I can see the undocumented workers probably feel the same way, the tea party that did something on the town green probably feels the same way. It's a difficult place to be in a mainline church, and I think until someone comes to be the captain, or to say 'this is important to me'.
That would seem to make sense for a church like yours where people are already very busy doing good things. Your church does sound amazingly active in the issues it's engaged in.
"Pretty much the people who are still members are the people that do stuff. And it might not be very much because they're busy, but they try and do something. But they're not the people who are going to start anything. The people who start ministries — like one women found a connection in Newark so that for the holidays if you get a free ham, you take it to her, and she started with filling the trunk of her car and now she rents a truck 3 or 4 times a year to take all this stuff to these families in Newark — we're doing a whole block now, helping this block out — but that was her, she happened to meet someone and talked to her and started a new mission. And it's those kinds of things where it's one person."
"But of course here's the bottom line: she was retired. All these things that start like this are retired people. They've got the time, they've found meaning in something to do that inspires them."
"The people in my generation who I would say, as it comes down in age where I would say I'm certainly gay friendly and an ally, but you go down to my son's generation, they don't even think about it. It's not even in their vocabulary to be gay-friendly because they just are. They don't think about it. So as it goes down in generations, the group coming up I think there'll be changes.
Was there anything else that came to mind that you wanted to mention?
"It's really interesting in talking, I'm thinking well how would our church even have a discussion? And I thought OK, we do an adult morning seminar at 9:15 and they have different speakers, all kind of speakers: we have interfaith marriage speakers coming in because we have a lot of Presbyterian-Jewish families in our congregation; the migrant worker speakers come in, the undocumented workers speakers come in. And I thought, you know, we could have somebody come in and talk about the gay issues and the problem that somebody sees around the church and I thought that would be one way. And I'm thinking, how could I get them in the church?
That could be a very calm, non-confrontational way to broach the subject.
"I work with the woman who runs the committee who gets all those people in. That would be an interesting way to see who showed up to listen to it."
And also to test the waters to see whether that very gentle approach would ruffle any feathers, although I would presume that anyone whose feathers would ruffle just wouldn't come to it.
"I would believe that. I do believe we have people in their 60s and 70s in our congregation who do have gay children. So it would be interesting to see who would come and who wouldn't. Would the regulars all come or not? I'll suggest that to the coordinator, and she'll take it to the committee…because you know we've got to do everything through a committee. The committee is made up of people my age, so they'll probably think it's a good idea. I think they did their layout through May already, but certainly for the fall. They're always looking for ideas.
How shall I refer to you in my post, how specific or not specific shall I be?
"You can say I'm from northern New Jersey. I thought about, can she use my name? You know I'll go out there and trumpet gay rights and I have no problem saying to anyone that I'm pro-gay, and I would say that the the parents of the children that I work with, but there's something about putting my name, and I work with children. Because people can be so fricken bizarre about children. And I have to tell you, in our church we had a convicted pedophile. And nobody was happy with it but they dealt with it, but that's who they know as being gay. Not good! We need some other gay people in our church!
Yes you definitely need some regular out gay people in your church!
"And we probably do have some but I wouldn't know them because I can't hang out with the congregants of the church because I'm working. There could be a whole sub-culture, I don't know.
You know, you just momentarily became an honorary gay person by having to think in those 'will they assume I'm a pedophile' terms. I've always been extremely self-conscious around kids because I know the assumptions about gay people, and they're not true – there's a difference between pedophiles and gay people.
"Exactly! And I do make a big point about that when I talk to people. And I have a little more leeway because I'm a woman. If I was a man, wow, they have a horrible time of it. I can be pro-gay and say things and because I'm a woman I think people would not respond as negatively as if I were a man."
Conversation with a straight Presbyterian ally
Over the holidays I had the opportunity to speak with an old friend who is on staff in a Presbyterian church (PCUSA) in northern New Jersey. She's been a straight ally for over 30 years, so I was curious to know how her allyship might play out in her church and if it doesn't, what are the roadblocks. She teaches in the church's pre-school and directs the children's choirs, so her job description doesn't necessarily put her in a natural advocacy role that, say, a pastor's or youth leader's might.
I invite you to eavesdrop on our conversation with an eye towards respectful understanding that every congregations is different, and that there are complexities involved in being an LGBT advocate in a denomination that like President Obama "isn't quite there yet". My take away from our conversation is that for my friend's congregation, internal politics and lack of leadership are barriers to developing a new mission of active LGBT inclusion and advocacy.
This is not to say that I am looking to make excuses for the silence of some of our allies, but that the potential for progress always looks clearest to those farthest away from the action. If you have straight allies who are people of faith but have faced roadblocks to living their allyship as people of faith, how have you helped them strategize ways around those roadblocks? Please share your experiences in the comments. (more…)


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Historic tour to run Thursday and Saturday
Under the cover of darkness, Kinston residents are invited to hear about the city�s legends, lore and stories of apparitions during the Ghost Walk of Kinston.
The walk will be held Thursday and Saturday, with tours beginning every 15 minutes starting at 7 p.m.
Jan Parson, director of special projects and events at the Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce and Visit Kinston, said tours will embark from the Chamber building and traverse streets in the city�s historic district.
She said before guests depart for their tour, they will be able to view photographs from paranormal investigations conducted in the Kinston area.
Parson said there will be stories along way, but there will also be stops at locations including Queen Street Deli. She said there will be a new stop this year at the CSS Neuse Civil War Interpretative Center.
�They will have a lantern-guided tour through the interpretive center with sailors that were on the ship assisting with telling the story of the battle,� Parson said.
Parson said guides will be playing a variety of historical figures from Kinston�s past. Among those who will be in character are Wilbur and Carolyn King who will portray Wilbur�s ancestors, Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. King, prominent Kinston business man and Lenoir County Sheriff during reconstruction.
Most of the guides have been doing these tours for 5-6 years now,� She said. �They enjoy �becoming� characters from Kinston�s past and they really bring the stories to life.�
Parson said the tour is not recommended for children under age 8 because of the graphic nature of some scenes.
�Some of the scenes are about murders and stabbings,� Parson said. �Also depicted are Civil War soldiers during battles and other realistic scenes.�
The cost of tickets is $15 for adults and $6 for children ages 8-12.
For more information and to make a reservation, call 252-527-1131.
Noah Clark can be reached at 252-5591-073 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @nclark763.
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Flickr user rtype17 passes along a House of Hades tile he found in LA's Pershing Square
Our post on the history of the Toynbee Tiles and their various homages (House of Hades, that little mummy guy you see in crosswalks everywhere) still gets a good amount of traffic and comment activity so I thought I'd follow up with a few more notes on the subject:
+ Netflix is streaming Resurrect Dead, the excellent documentary on the search for who is behind the Toynbee Tiles. (Filmmaker's page)
+ There's a Google Map showing the location of Toynbee Tiles around Philadelphia, ground zero for the Toynbee Phenomenon
+ The perennially badass Becky Stern over at Makesine brings an excellent how-to video on making your own Toynbee-style linoleum tiles. From back in 2009 (yeah, I totally slept on that one)
+ Oh and in your wanderings, ignore links to toynbee.net. It's dead an gone, now linking to a site that has something to do with toys, not tiles.


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4 Killed, One Wounded in Shooting at Tulsa, Oklahoma
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Four people were killed and one person was wounded in a shooting at a reputed drug house in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where methamphetamine has been dealt and used, police said on Sunday.
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Police responded at 7:15 pm on Saturday to a call reporting a multiple shooting at a house in the city's north side where they found two people shot to death and three wounded, said Tulsa Police Department captain Dave Roberts in a video posted on the Tulsaworld.com website.
Tulsa Police sergeant Dave Walker indicated in a statement on Sunday that two of the wounded had died. He said those killed were three women, 35, 46 and 54 years old and a 34-year-old man.
Walker did not release the wounded person's gender, age or condition, Reuters reported.
Investigators believe methamphetamine was recently used and sold at the house, he said.
"We do not believe that this murder was a random act," Walker said in the statement, adding that robbery was not the motive.
A single shooter was responsible for the shootings that happened in a single room of the house, Roberts said in the video.
Police said on Sunday they had not identified any suspects.


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Argument preview: Excludable confessions and effective counsel
The Sixth Amendment secures a criminal defendant's right to effective assistance of counsel. Under Strickland v. Washington (1984), that right is violated when a lawyer's performance falls below an objective standard of reasonableness, resulting in prejudice to the defendant. Counsel's representation is prejudicial when there is a reasonable probability that, but for the lawyer's deficiencies, the proceeding would have ended differently. Some defendants accept a plea bargain and then argue that their counsel was ineffective; in those cases, Hill v. Lockhart (1985) instructs a court to ask whether there is a reasonable probability that the defendant would have gone to trial had his counsel been constitutionally adequate. When the Court hears argument tomorrow in Premo v. Moore (09-658), it will attempt to clarify how Strickland and Hill apply to plea deals that are made after counsel fails to suppress an unconstitutionally obtained confession.
After confessing his role in a kidnapping that ended in the shooting death of the victim, respondent Randy Moore pleaded no contest to felony murder. Although he confessed only after the police promised him leniency and denied him counsel during an interrogation that was arguably custodial, Moore's lawyer did not move to suppress the videotaped statement. Moore then sought to have the judgment vacated. During the post-trial proceedings, Moore's trial lawyer explained in an affidavit that he had not attempted to suppress the confession because he believed that it was given lawfully; moreover, he contended, a motion to suppress would have been pointless in light of Moore's additional confessions to his girlfriend and half-brother.
After his efforts to obtain state post-conviction relief were unsuccessful, Moore filed a federal habeas corpus petition. The district court concluded that his confession was unconstitutionally obtained but denied habeas relief on the ground that Moore's trial counsel had not necessarily been unreasonable in failing to suppress it. Because the state did not contest the district court's conclusion that Moore's confession was obtained unconstitutionally, the only question on appeal was whether his counsel's performance had been unreasonable and prejudicial. A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit reversed, holding that because Moore's confession was at least as prejudicial as the one at issue in Arizona v. Fulminante (1991) "" where the Court held that the existence of a second confession did not mean that counsel's failure to suppress the first was harmless error "" the state court's contrary finding was an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law. The Ninth Circuit denied rehearing en banc over five dissenting votes, and the Supreme Court granted certiorari.
The state's arguments
The state argues that Moore's counsel was not unconstitutionally ineffective because he could reasonably have decided that a motion to suppress one of Moore's three confessions would be pointless. The state attacks the Ninth Circuit's reliance on Fulminante, from which that court deduced the principle that "the admission of an additional confession ordinarily reinforces and corroborates the others and is therefore prejudicial." Fulminante concerned direct review, the state counters, and does not apply to collateral attacks in which no trial has occurred. On direct review, the state has the burden of proving the harmlessness of an evidentiary error; by contrast, on collateral review, the petitioner must prove that his attorney's conduct was prejudicial. Moreover, Fulminante's harmless-error inquiry requires the assessment of a confession in the context of the other evidence presented at trial; when it is a plea bargain being challenged, no such context exists.
And even if Fulminante does establish the proper standard for evaluating Moore's habeas petition, the state continues, that standard would be novel as applied to collateral attacks on plea bargains. Thus, contrary to the requirements of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, it would not have been clearly established federal law when the Oregon courts evaluated Moore's post-trial claims, and the Ninth Circuit therefore erred when it granted Moore habeas relief.
Finally, the state argues that its courts reasonably relied on the trial attorney's affidavit in finding that a motion to suppress Moore's confession to the police would have served no practical purpose, and that nothing in the record required a state court to find a reasonable probability that Moore would have gone to trial but for his counsel's conduct. Here too, the state contends, the Ninth Circuit's decision contravened AEDPA because the panel failed to show the necessary deference to the state courts' factual findings.
Moore's arguments
Moore argues that, although Strickland, Hill, and a third case "" Kimmelman v. Morrison (1986), which requires a reviewing court to assess the likelihood that a motion to suppress would have succeeded had it been made "" provide the clearly established federal law governing his habeas petition, the Ninth Circuit nonetheless correctly held that such law had been misapplied by the Oregon courts. The Ninth Circuit properly looked to Fulminante in evaluating both the reasonableness of his lawyer's performance and the prejudice that arose from any failing, Moore argues, because that case describes the harm that flows from the failure to suppress one confession when others exist.
Moore next defends the Ninth Circuit's de novo review of the facts. Because the state court erroneously believed that a motion to suppress would have been meritless, Moore asserts, it never considered whether counsel's failure to file such a motion prejudiced him. In the absence of any state court holding on the point, there was nothing to which a federal court could defer. Moreover, the standard for habeas review is whether the state court determination was unreasonable, rather than (as the state suggests) whether a contrary determination was required. Finally, Moore argues that the Ninth Circuit was correct to find that he was prejudiced by his counsel's conduct, and that so holding would neither require states to generate a voluminous record when accepting pleas nor open a floodgate to new challenges.
Recommended Citation: James Bickford, Argument preview: Excludable confessions and effective counsel, SCOTUSblog (Oct. 11, 2010, 9:40 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2010/10/argument-preview-excludable-confessions-and-effective-counsel/


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Filmmakers Susanne Bier, Andreas Dresen and Shirin Neshat have been named as members of the Berlinale's seven-person International Jury headed by Chinese director Wong Kar Wai.
Speaking at the festival's official press conference on Monday morning, director Dieter Kosslick also revealed that he has invited US director-cinematographer Ellen Kuras, Greek director-producer Athina Rachel Tsangari, and US actor-director Tim Robbins to pronounce judgement on the 19 films in the Competition.
Meanwhile, alongside the Homage and Golden Honorary Bear for the veteran director Claude Lanzmann – the first time a documentary film-maker has received this distinction from the Berlinale - the festival will bestow two Berlinale Cameras on the actress-director Isabella Rossellini and Germany's "national treasure" Rosa von Praunheim.
The Berlinale Cameras have been presented by the festival since 1986 to film personalities or institutions "that have made a unique contribution to film and to whom the festival feels especially close." Past recipients include Claude Chabrol, Clint Eastwood and Otto Sander.
Digital revolution
Speaking to Screen Daily, Kosslick said that the Berlinale is experiencing the digital shift at first hand: "This year, we have less than 10% on 35mm out of the 400 films in the programme.
"That's a real revolution: in just a year, there are practically no more 35mm films.
"The rapid changes in the technology has meant us having to invest millions in making the cinemas equipped for digital projection, we had a company in South Germany build a machine specially for us to convert the films to the digital format. That was an enormous investment for us."
Talent line-up
He added that the Competition and Berlinale Special sections were set to welcome directors as diverse as Bille August, Denis Coté, Michael Winterbottom, Malgoska Szumowska, Tom Hooper and Steven Soderbergh to Berlin next month.
Glitz and glamour would be provided by the likes of Anne Hathaway, Julie Delpy, Emma Stone, Juliette Binoche, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Til Schweiger and more.
In reply to the question whether George Clooney would be attending the festival, Kosslick countered that the US actor-director doesn't have to come to Berlin because he is already there preparing for his next directorial effort The Monuments Men, which will be shot in Germany later this year.
Berlinale Cinema Day
Berlinale sidebar Perspektive Deutsches Kino will follows its tradition of showing the winner of this year's Max Ophüls Prize by screening Rainer Frimmel and Tizza Covi's The Shine Of Day (Der Glanz des Tages) on the last day of the festival, the so-called Berlinale Cinema Day (Feb 17)
Frimmel and Covi's second fiction feature film after their 2010 production La Pivellina premiered in Locarno last year where it won a Best Actor Leopard for Walter Saabel as well as the Don Quixote Prize and a special mention from the Ecumenical Jury.
In Saarbrücken, The Shine Of Day was the second Austrian film in a row to take the festival's top award after Markus Schleinzer's Michael went home with the Max Ophüls Film Prize last year.
And Austria scored another success with Katharina Mückstein receiving the Saarland Prime-Minister's Film Prize for her debut Talea.
Interfilm and Youth Jury prizes
Meanwhile, Stefan Schaller's Fünf Jahre Leben, which had its world premiere at the Max Ophüls festival before its first international screening in Rotterdam this week, was awarded the prizes from the Interfilm and Youth Juries.
The drama, which is inspired by the true story of the German Turk Murat Kurnaz who was detained at Guantanamo Bay, is being handled internationally by Global Screen and released by Zorro Film in Germany on May 23.
In addition, the newcomer actor awards went to Max Mauff (In der Überzahl) and Jasna Fritzi Bauer (Scherbenpark), while the Documentary Jury's prize went to Dragan von Petrovic and Lena Müller's Dragan Wende West-Berlin and the DEFA Foundation's Support Prize to Andy Wolff for Der Kapitän und sein Pirat.


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Just because your rally car is broken, doesn't mean it can't still be awesome.
This was at LSPR back in 2008. Driver Dave Cizmas was getting a tow from a fellow racer, and when they passed a spectator area, he figured it was a good time for a handbrake turn anyway. Here's his full description.
After breaking an axle due to a bad engine mount. My fellow competitor Spencer was nice enough to tow us out of the stage. This is a particularly slippery corner due to the gravel that gets pulled on to the tarmac. Knowing there would be a lot of spectators on this corner, I decided to have some fun and use the hydraulic handbrake.
FYI handbrake turns with no power are tricky.
Rally drivers. Such show-offs.
(Hat tip to Dave!)


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Great advice from Fortune's Becky Quick: In response to a lawsuit claiming that they were watering down the beer, Anheuser-Busch released this statement: "These claims against Anheuser-Busch are completely false, and these lawsuits are groundless. Our beers are in full compliance with all alcohol labeling laws." A better response might have been: "We never have […]
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Siena is a state of mind
We fell in love with Siena, in Tuscany, the first time we set foot on the Piazza del Campo. It was a hot, sticky June afternoon in 1994.
Four of us, my wife Susan, her brother Dick and his wife Dorothy and I had spent the better part of a morning wading through the heat, grit and hordes of sweating tourists circling the sights of Florence. After a short drive south and parking the car by the Porta Romana we stumbled into the cool, inviting space of "il Campo", one of the world's most fascinating open spaces. We've never looked back.
A few years later, I began this web site in hopes of helping other travelers find the same peace of mind that we did then -- and still do today.
A visit to the inside of the beautiful, Gothic Duomo in Siena is highly recommended - the OPA Si Pass is a great deal because it gets you into the Duomo, the crypt, the baptistery and the Opera del Duomo museum. You can buy your pass to the Siena Duomo through the official website or through the phone (the call center operators speak in many languages and can propose the best tickets for your visit and family) so you don't have to get into line to buy your pass/tickets in Siena. We truly loved and enjoyed the inside of the cathedral and the Piccolomini Library - incredible colors and designs throughout.
Over the years many images that have caught my mind's eye through the camera. I'd like to share a few of them with you, juxtaposed with the sounds of the Venetian Red Prince, packaged compliments of the animation gurus at Animoto - oh, and turn your speakers up:


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Further education lecturers in colleges across Scotland will continue with their programme of strike action today (Tuesday) and will also strike on Thursday this week as their industrial action escalates.
Lecturers have already taken two individual days of action in the current dispute over the past two weeks. The dispute is centred around the refusal of college management to honour a deal on equal pay that was agreed in March 2016 – more than one year ago.
Larry Flanagan, EIS General Secretary, said: "Further Education lecturers are stepping up their programme of industrial action this week over the continuing refusal of colleges to honour the deal they signed more than one year ago. While the EIS continues to offer solutions with a view to resolving this dispute, the intransigence of college management has forced lecturers into this escalation of strike action."
He continued: "The EIS understands that students are being affected by this ongoing dispute, and we would urge college management to stop the negative rhetoric and commit to constructive dialogue with the EIS to agree a resolution. There is a growing risk that students sitting SQA courses, as well as those working on other programmes such as apprenticeships, could have the completion of their assessments negatively impacted by this ongoing dispute. The EIS is eager to avoid this from happening."
Mr Flanagan added: "Lecturers do not want to strike, and are keen to return to working normally so that they can continue to offer as much support as possible to students. All that lecturers are asking for is that management honour the deal that they signed in March 2016. It is long overdue for colleges to meet this obligation and, if they continue to drag their feet, it is also now time for the Scottish Government to intervene to compel colleges to agree a resolution in the interests of students and lecturers in colleges across Scotland."


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