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The story of two gay men in Texas who became fathers of twin boys via a surrogate appeared in my Facebook feed a couple of weeks ago, posted by a woman voicing her support for the men and her anger over their legal predicament.
Each man is the biological father of one twin, and each wants to legally adopt the biological son of the other. Because Texas does not recognize same-sex "marriage", the law will not allow the adoption or for the birth certificates to reflect the two fathers as parents of both boys.
So began the cry of discrimination toward these men, and the injustice of the law.
I decided to jump in with quite the opposite perspective. I wasn't expecting my comments to be well-received, but even so, I was stunned at how the thread developed.
What was truly maddening, I said, was that two babies had been manufactured and sold, and now were being denied their mother. It is wrong, I argued, to create by design a home for those babies that intentionally deprives them of their mother. They have a right to know and be cared for by their mother.
I went even further and said that what the two men had done was not love. The adults have gotten what they wanted, but the babies have not been given what they need nor what they deserve and are truly entitled to, which is their mother. Whatever emotions or longings motivated the decision to conceive the babies, it was not love.
For that, I got the usual: Hateful, judgmental, critical, heartless bigot. No surprise. I was also informed that what I really meant was that homosexuals are not even capable of love.
The only moral outrage to be found was that two gay men were being prevented from legally adopting the other's child. Not one other person in the thread was the least bit concerned about two babies being purposely denied their mother. The boys will have two dads, and that's good enough.
I don't think it is. Not at all. Not even close.
I couldn't believe I was actually having to argue for the necessity of a mother in a child's life! How is it that we've convinced ourselves that mothers are not really needed beyond giving birth? How can we seriously believe that children do not require a mother? Yet that was the argument. The boys have two dads, so they'll be just fine. They are lucky to be so wanted, so loved. Lucky?!?
To be so loved…Except that love doesn't do that. Love doesn't amputate the mother from the baby's life immediately after birth in order to accommodate the sexual preferences of the adult. Love doesn't require the child to sacrifice for the lifestyle of the adult. Love does not tell the child, "You don't really need a mother. You don't get to have your mother." Love does not presume that the child won't feel the loss, and won't suffer because of it.
"Love wills the good of the other," I said. (Actually, St. Thomas Aquinas said.) "Love puts the other first. None of the adults involved in creating these babies put them first."
Sound harsh? It should. I think it's pretty harsh that kids are being made to order, to satisfy the wants of specialty couples who think it's their prerogative to deprive a child of either mother or father, depending on their own sexual inclination. It's extremely harsh that children are being required to forfeit their natural, healthy, undeniable need for both parents, mother AND father.
Frankly, it isn't good enough that children are "wanted." That's the lingo and the philosophy of our contraception and abortion culture. 'Every child a wanted child,' and all that bull. That just means that children are things we acquire when we want to, and dispose of when we don't want them. It's centered only on the desires of the adults, without regard for the inherent worth of the child or his inviolable rights.
That's not love. That's not how children are to be treated. Wanting a child isn't the standard. Clearly, these two men wanted a baby. They went to the trouble and expense to find a surrogate, and manufacture some embryos, and they were blessed with two healthy boys. They got what they wanted.
The real mother in Solomon's court proved her love and her authenticity by choosing to suffer the pain of losing her baby, rather than let any harm come to him. She sought his good over her own, fully expecting terrible heartache for herself. That's how love wills the good of the other.
Anyone truly devoted to the good of a child will not create by design a motherless or fatherless home for that child. Doing so causes great harm. And we're not talking about harm brought about by unavoidable, unforeseen tragedy.This is planned and inflicted on purpose.
What about their mother? She's not a victim here. In fact, she may not even be only one person! She's what is now being called a "gestational carrier" and she may be carrying an embryo(s) created with a donor egg(s). Ugh — can we possibly find a more degrading way to treat a woman? The battle for equality for women has led us to this? Women being used for their wombs and their biological functions?
That's the best case we can make for motherhood anymore? It's just the physical process of gestation and childbirth? But beyond that, well, moms aren't really necessary? How horrifying! And how ironic — decades ago the fight was to be valued for more than only mothering; now the battle has to be for the irreplaceable, pricelessness of a mother!
Assuming the mother is even mentioned on the child's birth certificate, how will she be named? "Donor egg, incubated and grown by gestational carrier"? She's nameless, faceless, and entirely missing.
And of course, the one who suffers the most is the child. Always the child. The child is ordered up, the product of a contract, bought and sold, and delivered like a piece of property. But it's all dressed up in the language of wants and wishes and emotions, with a lovely baby shower and breathless oohs and ahhs, so surely it's all wonderful.
No one is entitled to a child. Even married couples are not entitled to children. They have no right to expect that they will be given the gift of a child. They pray for children, and remain open to them in their marriage, but there's no entitlement. You don't walk up to the Giver of Life and insist He give you what you want. You don't demand a gift. It's a gift.
Children are the fruit of marriage for a reason. It's God's wise and perfect design that the love of husband and wife is ordered toward the creation of new life. He certainly could have designed it differently, but He obviously felt that both mother and father are necessary, and that children require the presence of both their parents.
The increasing frequency of babies being manufactured through surrogacy and then delivered to same-sex couples is alarming and heartbreaking. I can think of nothing more selfish than for adults to deliberately deprive a child they claim to love of her fundamental need and genuine right to be raised by her own mother and father because their sexual preference precludes it. It is a perversion of the family unit. It's an injustice to the child.
Take a look at this photo.
It shows a gay couple in Toronto as the son they'd had conceived through surrogacy was born. This beautiful little boy will also be denied his mother. The photographer captured the moment the two men held the baby to their bare chests.
Yes, I can clearly see the raw emotion, the tears, the joy of the father holding the baby. I do not doubt that he was overwhelmed with love in that precious moment. It is plainly obvious.
Now look at this photo. (Image removed 24 Feb 2016 by request.)
I recognize something crucial in this picture, something else that is plainly obvious. That baby was searching for his mother. A newborn baby has only one real need, and that is to be put to mother's breast and smell and feel her skin and suckle. That's it. Sorry, guys, but that's reality. Babies are born with a built-in homing device that drives them toward Mom.
I saw the baby's face, and my heart ached and broke for him. He wanted his mother. No baby would gladly do without his mother.
Fathers are not mothers, and mothers are not fathers. They are not interchangeable. They are both essential for the well-being of a child, far beyond pregnancy and birth. That's not just idealistic or old-fashioned dreaming. It's common-sense reality; it's moral truth; it's natural law; it's justice.
But it requires thinking, not merely acting on feelings. It requires considering the needs of another ahead of your own sometimes. It requires sacrificing what you may want in order to give the other what is truly right and just.
Our culture is so obsessed with making the case for same-sex "marriage" that now, astonishingly, sane people have to actually make the case for mothers and fathers. We've elevated sexual activity and preferences high above the needs of our children. Whatever else you may call it, it's not love.
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Yesterday we told you about the Postmaster General's claim that the USPS has never talked about post office "closures" when a simple Google search proves otherwise. But the PMG also seems to have a unique understanding of the words "competition" and "largest".
"Competition" comes up in this clip when Donahoe explains how the USPS can cut 10% off of its health insurance costs by taking postal workers out of the Federal Employees Health Benefit plan. How? By creating competition! This probably comes as a surprise to postal workers, who currently get to choose their health plan from dozens of companies that compete for their business. Under Donahoe's plan, the USPS would contract with a single insurer, and that would be the company that would cover postal employees and retirees. So, according to the PMG, competition is when you don't get to choose from among dozens of competitors?
Donahoe also explains in the clip that one reason the USPS will be able to get such a good deal is that it will be the "largest" insurance plan in the United States, with one million enrollees. Sounds impressive! Until you stop and think- after all, postal workers are currently part of the Federal Employee Health Benefit Plan, which also includes the rest of the federal government. Isn't FEHBP already "larger" than any USPS plan could possibly be? Of course, the answer is yes- and not just yes, but a really, really BIG yes- FEHBP currently insures nine million Americans. So even if the USPS pulls out, FEHBP would still be eight times the size of any USPS health plan.
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What's up guys and gals I was just wondering if there is any cost effective way to set up my twisters with an anti rocker set up as well as adding a soul plate to the skates. If it doesn't make sense financially or if anybody has any input on some decent aggressive skates that would be great. I've been skating again for about a month and I have progressed to the point where I'm ready to start at the park. Ramps and jumps are fun but I really want to start grinding. Thanks in advance for any input!
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I would call RB on that and see if the soulplates from the Solos will work--I know they will with the fusion boot, but I'm not sure about the twister.
Beyond that... I can't really give you much advice on what to do without a lot more information, for instance... do you like the twisters? What do you like and not like about them? What do you primarily want to grind? Short rails? Concrete ledges? What is your budget for this setup? Would you like to keep the speed and maneuverability of your skates, or do you want something that'll be ideal for grinding, and won't mind going slower & losing maneuverability?
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Heck you can get a cheap pair of Razor Gen's for about a 150 bucks if you look for deals at Rollerwarehouse or Inlinewarehouse (dot coms)
On a budget there is the Blade Trade Outpost on Facebook. You can get some cheap used skates on there.
Also, Blade Tech on facebook can help you further. Someone there put UFS souls and frames on a pair of Aeons!
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Sorry for posting to such an old thread but this info might be helpful in the future.
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In the Civil War the average size army in battle was 54,000 men. There were 3 cannon per 1,000 combatants. There were 18 battles in which the opposing armies together numbered over 100,000. The Civil War averaged one battle per month though out the war.
The logical attempt to define strategy in the American Civil War comes to us from many resources. There are many defining examples of teachings of the art of war. In this compilation I have chosen to take a look at the American war in the 1860's from a European perspective of the very early days of war.
The Roman armies were a carefully selected militia whose soldiers came from rural areas. The Roman armies were of moderate size, and foot soldiers were their backbone; the value of the cavalry in a battle was very limited, although they were useful in reconnoitering and in preventing supplies reaching the enemy. The American armies were of large size, and foot soldiers formed the backbone of the armies. In the early days of war a 20,000 man army was the rule, and very seldom were battles fought with numbers much larger than this. In the Thirty-Year War there was one battle fought with armies numbering over 100,000 men.
Roman Warfare with small armies with very limited artillery. When looking at Machiavelli the student of history must realize that his ideas of war were based on his thoughts of
Machiavelli stated that "Artillery is of greater use to the attacker than to the defender, particularly in the siege of a town, and since the great strength of the Roman army was its capacity for attack, artillery might be used to reinforce the Roman methods of warfare. It does not invalidate them." With this in mind, and looking at various Civil War actions the student will remember such actions as McClellan's march up the Virginia Peninsula--gaining ground to support artillery for the all-out assault on Richmond. In this, McClellan's hopes were dashed, primarily because General Lee did not wait for the all-out destruction of not only his base of operations but also his army.
In the War with Mexico offensive minded artillery was a very real strategy that presented many valuable trophies. Lee's bombardment of Cemetery Ridge prior to the Pickett-Pettigrew charge on the Third Day of Gettysburg showed that offensive artillery was not all that it could be. Zachary Taylor showed that it was just what was needed in the Battles of Reseca de la Palma, and Palo Alto, both offensive actions, both results favorable due to the flying artillery employed with infantry. Both actions were very different in that Taylor employed his artillery in the very face of his adversary. Lee's artillery was emplaced a great distance away from both the offensive waves of infantry and the defensive position of the enemy. Could Lee have brought his artillery forward as Taylor did? Probably not--in Mexico the bulky artillery found in the Mexican army was no match for the flying artillery employed by the U.S. army. In the Civil War, artillery moving forward with infantry would have no doubt been destroyed. It did become a dilemma for offensive minded strategy. The tank was born from this dilemma and a new wave of flying artillery was achieved.
In other Civil War offensive actions, offensive mounted infantry and artillery assaults were very seldom used to any great affect. The typical softening up technique of a pre-assault bombardment very seldom if ever results in the desired demoralizing, or destructive affect. Naval and Air bombardments of Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Normandy, as well as other World War II engagements did little damage to the morale or destruction of enemy assets. In very few cases in the Civil War did an artillery bombardment greatly affect the out-come of a general infantry attack. An exception to this was the eventual bombardment of the Hornet's Nest at Shiloh. Seemingly without this bombardment the eventual success of Confederate infantry on this portion of the field seems to be in doubt. Great attacks such as Seven Days, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Franklin, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor were broken up not so much because of artillery, although artillery was certainly used to great affect, but more so because of the nature of the ground that was defended. Only in siege operations has artillery been used to a great affect in reducing offensive casualties, while reducing enemy strength and will to fight.
Machiavelli states that the aim of war "....must be to face and enemy in the field and defeat him there; this is the only way to bring a war to a happy conclusion." This seemingly obvious statement bears up throughout history as the safe doctrine of warfare. He went on to say: "Human qualities needed for war: courage, obedience, enthusiasm, and ferocity." Machiavelli makes compromise with convention. In the preface of the book he wrote that the rulers of ancient times took care to inspire all their subjects, and particularly their soldiers, with fidelity, love of peace, and fear of God. "Who ought to be fonder of peace than soldiers whose life is placed in jeopardy by war?"
"The continued existence of struggles and uncertainties patterns the character and the methods of war: there is no safe course. Risks must be taken in these surroundings of uncertainties and dangers, wars ought to be ended as quickly as possible with the attainment of a definite result: the complete defeat of the enemy. Wars ought to be short and sharp. A quick decision, however, can be reached only in a battle. Because everything depends on the outcome of the battle, you ought to do every thing to make sure of victory; you should use your full forces even if the enemy seems of inferior strength. Decision by battle is the aim of every military campaign, which must be a planned and coordinated operation. Command, therefore, must be in the hands of one man. If the state is a monarchy, the ruler himself ought to be the commanding general. But republics too should entrust their army in wartime to one commander who should have unlimited authority; that is what the Romans had done who had left the details of a campaign to the discretion and authority of the consul."
The Confederacy would no doubt abhor the thought that they could be compared to a Republic, however the results remain the same. The only way from the very outset of war the South had a chance of winning was that it should have placed command of its army in the hands of one man. The Federal Army did this, and eventually found the man to make this notion work. The Confederacy had more stars to pick from and never did allow this most basic of military thought to develop.
Military success depends on order and discipline. Natural courage is not enough. Hold military exercise in high repute and have many regulations for maintaining them. Training is never finished or completed. A wise leader should keep the necessity of training always in mind and insist on it in peacetime as well as in wartime. But even the bonds that training and discipline create cannot guarantee obedience. They must be reinforced by fear of harsh punishment. Severity and harshness are incurring the charge of cruelty for the purpose of keeping his subjects united and faithful; it is much safer to be feared than loved. Hannibal's inhuman cruelty was necessary to keep his forces, composed of men of all nations and fighting in foreign countries united; writers who admire Hannibal as a mighty hero and blame him for his cruelty are thoughtless; his cruelty was a principal cause of his success. Can such a thought be used today in successful management of War?
Sherman's march across the Deep South in 1864-65 was considered cruel by the standards set by Civil War chivalry. It did not come close to the mark of inhuman cruelty that was set by Hannibal's policies.
Machiavelli's most fundamental thesis, emphasized in all his writings, is that the military forces of a ruler or a republic must be composed by the inhabitants of the state that the army is expected to defend.
The necessary prerequisite of success in war--confidence and discipline--can exist only where the troops are natives of the same country and have lived together for some time. The Civil War regiments were made up of troops who lived together in civilian life.
Machiavelli was convinced, however, that citizens will be willing to fight and die for their ruler or government only when they are content with the society in which they live. There is a great difference between an army that is well content and fights for its own reputation and one that is ill disposed and has to fight only for the interests of others. The Vietnam War is a good example of Machiavellian thought. Whose interests did American service personnel fight and die for?
No works had greater influence or enjoyed greater prestige than those of Sebastien Le Prestre de Vauban who lived during the reign of Louis XIV. His authority in the eighteenth century was immense. Vauban's teachings were primarily involved with fortification. He said that the purposes of a fortified frontier: "it should close to the enemy all the points of entry into the kingdom and at the same time facilitate an attack upon enemy territory." Vauban never thought that fortresses were important solely for defense; he was careful to stress their importance as bases for offensive operations against the enemy. "The fortified places should be situated so as to command the means of communication within one's own territory and to provide access to enemy soil by controlling important roads or bridgeheads. They should be large enough to hold not only the supplies necessary for their defense, but the stores required to support and sustain an offensive based upon them."
"The best kind of fortresses are those that forbid access to one's country while at the same time giving an opportunity to attack the enemy in his own territory." Characteristics should be: control of key routes, mountain passes, gorge--control of bridge heads on great rivers."
"Fortresses depend in large part upon the nature of its local situation. Certain fortresses are advantageously situated because the defenders have the communications leading to them well under their control. Whereas the enemy in consequence, will have difficulty in bringing up the supplies necessary for a sustained siege." Later in his career Vauban submitted that there should be a creation of camps retrenches', fortified encampments to supplement the fortresses and to strengthen the waterline. The purpose of these encampments was either to guard the waterline in the interval between the fortresses or to strengthen the forts themselves by producing a veritable external defense. With a small army-smaller than the ordinary field army-camped beyond the outworks of a fortress and protected by elaborate earthworks it was possible either to interfere with any besieging forces unwise enough to tackle the fortress directly or to impose upon them a wider perimeter to be invested.
I believe that Vauban's thoughts need to be analyzed in greater detail by Civil War historians. The South, being the entity that would no doubt suffer the most from invasion, and who had given some impetus for the use of fortresses in the overall strategy to defend the Mississippi River, needed to ascertain as much information concerning fortress warfare as was possible.
There were many fortresses built in America since before the French and Indian Wars. Many of these old forts were put into service during the Civil War. Working under the premise that the South had to maintain control of the Mississippi in order to win the war--how could the fortress situation along the Mississippi improved?
First premise of Fortress warfare --- it should close to the enemy all the points of entry into the kingdom and at the same time facilitate an attack upon enemy territory. Did Forts Henry and Donelson achieve this affect? Could fortresses have been built in other locations that would have facilitated offensive fortress warfare? I think this is a very key question in the over-all understanding of the very nature of President Davis' strategy concerning the use of fortress warfare. I am quite certain that the very good engineers located in the Confederate armies could have found very capable geographical positions to place fortresses that would have aligned with Vauban's strategy in the art of offensive fortress warfare.
Frederick the Great:
Frederick's battle alignment: On each wing was cavalry, artillery fairly evenly distributed along the rear, infantry battalions drawn up in two parallel solid lines, one a few hundred yards behind the other, and each line, or at least the first, composed of three ranks, each rank firing at a single command while the other two reloaded. Battle order tended to determine marching order: troops should march, according to Frederick, in columns so arranged that by a quick turn the columns presented themselves as firing lines with cavalry on the flanks. Frederick set a great value on cavalry, which constituted about a fourth of his army, but he used it in general only for shock action in solid tactical units. His scouting service was therefore poor.
Unlike Napoleon, Frederick, though a successful battle general, was not fond of full-size battles, that is, showdown clashes between the main forces of the belligerents. To his mind the outcome of battle depended too much upon a chance and chance was the opposite of rational calculation. The supreme planning intelligence, the power of command to elicit obedience, which to Frederick was the first premises of scientific war, could not be relied on in the heat of a major engagement. "It is to be remarked in addition that most generals in love with battle resort to this expedient for want of other resources. Far from being considered a merit in them, this is usually thought a sign of sterility of their talents. Fredericks' premise of scientific war would have proved a great facilitator to the views of many generals of the Civil War. How would Lee's campaigns in Maryland or Pennsylvania changed had he subscribed to Frederick's policies as opposed to his devotion to Napoleon? Both Lee and Napoleon brought about major battles which ultimately destroyed themselves. Frederick maintained a small principality in Europe, surrounded by many much larger enemies, because he very rarely brought about a major engagement. In actuality, Nathan Bedford Forrest achieved more by using Frederick's thoughts of war than many of his contemporaries. To Forrest's credit, he didn't realize that he was following the policies of Frederick--a pure natural in the art of war.
To annihilate the enemy's main combat force was thus not Frederick's usual strategic objective. He indeed realized that, if battle is fought, the winner should attempt a destructive pursuit of the enemy. In effect for Frederick the purpose of battle was to force an enemy to move. He did this primarily with attacks on flanks of his opponents by using the oblique order and attacks in echelon. ("oblique order, the advance of one wing by echelons with refusal of the other.")
Frederick favored offensive strategy in the field, as permitting more freedom on initiative; but would willingly fight on the defensive, as he often had to, which less strong than his enemy or when expecting to gain an advantage by time. It must however be an active and challenging defensive, which, while based on fixed fortifications, freely assaulted enemy positions and detachments. "A commander deceives himself who thinks he is conducting well a defensive war when he takes no initiative, and remains inactive during the whole campaign. Such a defensive would end with the whole army being driven from the country that the general meant to protect." Interesting thoughts when you consider the nature of the geography of the Eastern battlefield. Natural fortifications along many east-west flowing rivers.
During the Overland Campaign of 1864 Lee held true to his defenses. When it was time to take the initiative, North Anna and Cold Harbor, Lee was ill with very weak subordinates at the corps level. Even though he caused great injury to the invading army by holding true to his defenses. It was the lack of offensive initiative in his own homeland that eventually cost him the greatest treasure.
Source: From the papers of the late Dr. Ernest Butner


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It was just one month ago when conservatives were complaining that ABC's George Stephanopoulos was displaying his "bias" while moderating a Republican presidential debate by being "obsessed" with contraception and asking Mitt Romney a "gotcha question" about whether the Constitution has a right to privacy that extends to obtaining contraception.
Last month, Romney handled the question by saying "Contraception—it's working just fine. Just leave it alone."
But now, after conservatives began obsessing over the Obama administration's decision requiring insurance companies to include contraception in the preventative services covered for free under the Affordable Care Act, Romney has become a little obsessed himself, falsely claiming, "President Obama orders religious organizations to violate their conscience."
The obsession has now reached the Speaker of the House, who declared today that if the President doesn't "reverse" this "attack on religious freedom," then "Congress must."
Like most obsessions, this one makes no sense.
How is a rule, based on the law that Congress passed, providing coverage for a service that literally more than 99% of women use, somehow a blunt attack on religion?
How is a rule that is already the law in 28 states—without much of a peep from conservatives including Mitt Romney who was governor of one of those states—suddenly wreaking secular fascism across the nation?
How is a rule that makes eight states expand the exemption for religious institutions, take away freedom from religious institutions?
Most importantly, how is a rule that explicitly exempts "religious employers" a violation of the separation of church and state?
The rule defines "religious employers" as any non-profit that "has the inculcation of religious values as its purpose," "primarily employs persons who share its religious tenets," and "primarily serves persons who share its religious tenets."
This is the real issue that certain nonprofits and businesses are upset about. Some conservatives and Catholic leaders want the "religious employers" definition to be a giant loophole.
Some schools, hospital, charities and other businesses that are run by Catholics, if they provide health insurance (they still have the "freedom" not to, though starting in 2014, employers with 50 or more employees will pay a fee if they don't), will now be providing health insurance that covers contraception.
Catholics running such businesses will still have their religious freedom to live their lives as they see fit.
What they will lose is the ability to impose their religious beliefs on their employees, and deny them the equal access to contraception—which, again, nearly everybody uses.
And what might happen if those employees lose their freedom to access contraception?
More unwanted pregnancies. More abortions. More infant mortality. More health problems for expectant mothers.
As anyone who uses contraception knows—which, again, is nearly everybody—contraception is expensive. If your freedom-loving employer doesn't pay you very much, you won't have the freedom to buy contraception consistently, and that pretty much defeats the purpose.
The Obama administration rule respects the constitutional separation of church and state, ensuring that our government does not give dictates to any church. And it also respects the constitutional right to privacy, ensuring that our secular employers cannot impose their personal religious beliefs on their employees.
What conservatives cannot stand is seeing the Constitution in action, stifling their obsession with imposing their beliefs on the rest of us and making us less healthy.
The reality is: contraception is working just fine. And so is the Constitution.


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One fourth1 of the day being now passed, we came to Vesta's temple; and, as good luck would have it, he was obliged to appear to his recognizance; which unless he did, he must have lost his cause. "If you love me," said he, "step in here a little." "May I die! if I be either able to stand it out,2 or have any knowledge of the civil laws: and besides, I am in a hurry, you know whither." "I am in doubt what I shall do," said he; "whether desert you or my cause." "Me, I beg of you." "I will not do it," said he; and began to take the lead of me. I (as it is difficult to contend with one's master) follow him. "How stands it with Maecenas and you?" Thus he begins his prate again. "He is one of few intimates,3 and of a very wise way of thinking. No man ever made use of opportunity with more cleverness. You should have a powerful assistant,4 who could play an underpart, if you were disposed to recommend this man; may I perish, if you should not supplant all the rest!" "We do not live there in the manner you imagine; there is not a house that is freer or more remote from evils of this nature. It is never of any disservice to me, that any particular person is wealthier or a better scholar than I am: every individual has his proper place." "You tell me a marvelous thing, scarcely credible." "But it is even so." "You the more inflame my desires to be near his person." "You need only be inclined to it: such is your merit, you will accomplish it: and he is capable of being won;5 and on that account the first access to him he makes difficult." "I will not be wanting to myself; I will corrupt his servants with presents; if I am excluded to-day, I will not desist; I will seek opportunities; I will meet him in the public streets; I will wait upon him home. Life allows nothing to mortals without great labor." While he was running on at this rate, lo! Fuscus Aristius comes up, a dear friend of mine, and one who knows the fellow well. We make a stop. "Whence come you? whither are you going?" he asks and answers. I began to twitch him [by the elbow], and to take hold of his arms [that were affectedly] passive, nodding and distorting my eyes, that he might rescue me. Cruelly arch he laughs, and pretends not to take the hint: anger galled my liver. "Certainly," [said I, "Fuscus,] you said that you wanted to communicate something to me in private." "I remember it very well; but will tell it you at a better opportunity: to-day is the thirtieth sabbath.6 Would you affront the circumcised Jews?" I reply, "I have no scruple [on that account]." "But I have: I am something weaker, one of the multitude. You must forgive me: I will speak with you on another occasion." And has this sun arisen so disastrous upon me! The wicked rogue runs away, and leaves me under the knife. But by luck his adversary met him: and, "Whither are you going, you infamous fellow?" roars he with a loud voice: and, "Do you witness the arrest?"7 I assent.8 He hurries him into court: there is a great clamor on both sides, a mob from all parts. Thus Apollo preserved me.9
1 The first hour of the day among the Romans answered to our sixth. Martial says the courts were open at nine o'clock, ""exercet raucos tertia causidicos;"" it was, therefore, more than an hour after their opening, that Horace passed by the temple of Vesta.
2 "Aut valeo stare." Horace uses the law terms, respondere, adesse, stare, rem relinquere. The first signifies to appear before a judge upon a summons; the second was properly to attend on the person who appeared, and to support his cause; the third marks the posture in which he stood, and relinquere causam to suffer himself to be non-suited for not appearing.
3 "Paucorum hominum." "A man of discernment, who does not converse with the multitude," as in Terence, ""hic homo est perpaucorum hominum."" Scipio having engaged three or four friends to sup with him, and intending to make some others, who came to see him, stay with him, Pontius whispered him, "Consider, Scipio, what you are doing; this is a delicate fish, paucorum hominum, and does not love a great deal of company."
4 Adiutor was a person who assisted a player either with his voice or action, but in what manner is to us inconceivable, as we have nothing like it in our stage. "Ferre secundas" may be somewhat better explained by a passage in Cicero: "He will not exert his utmost eloquence, but consult your honor and reputation, by lowering his own abilities and raising yours. Thus we see among the Grecian actors, that he who plays the second or third part, conceals his own power, that the principal player may appear to the best advantage."Our impertinent therefore promises Horace, that far from any design of supplanting him in the favor of Maecenas, he will be contented to play the second part, and use his utmost abilities to raise our poet's character, as a principal actor. The reader may turn to the note on the twelfth line in the eighteenth epistle.
5 The poet says Maecenas was naturally easy to be gained, but that a sense of his own weakness obligred him to guard himself against the first addresses of a stranger. Eo for ideo difficiles aditus primos habet, quia est qui vinci possit as in Terence, "eo tibi videtur foedus, quia vestem illam non habet."
6 The Jews began their year the first of September, and celebrated their paschal festival the fifteenth of April, in the thirtieth week, from whence Horace calls it "tricesima sabbata." It continued eight days, of which the two first and two last were observed with so much solemnity, that it was not permitted even to talk of business. Augustus, in imitation of Julius Caesar, allowed the Jews uncommon privileges.
7 When a man had given bail in a court of justice, if he neglected the time of appearance, he might be taken by force before the praetor. But the person who would arrest him was obliged, before he used him with violence, to have a witness of his capture, antestari. This, however, could not be done without the consent of the witnesses; he, therefore, willingly offered the captor his ear to touch, who was liable, if these forms were not observed, to an action, iniuriarum actionem. But thieves and people of infamous characters were not treated with so much formality. When a fellow in Plautus cries out, "Will you not call a witness before you seize me?" "nonne antestaris?" (Persa 747-748) he is answered, "What, shall I touch an honest man's ear for such a scoundrel as you are?" Pliny tells us, the lowest part of the ear is the seat of memory, from whence came this form of their laws.
8 "Oppono auriculam." Such was the law term, which our poet very willingly pronounced, to signify the consent of the witness.
9 Horace ascribes his rescue from the intruder to Apollo, as the patron of poets. Perhaps he alludes to the statue of that god, which was in the forum, where the courts were held, and as it was a law proceeding that saved him from the garrulus, he ascribes his preservation to the god, that from his vicinity to the courts, was called "iuris peritus." Juven. i. 113. Orellius considers reference to be made to Apollo, ἀλεξικάκος or ἀποτροπαῖος, and that the passage is founded on Il. 20. 443 "τὸν δ᾽ ἐξήρπαξεν Ἀπόλλω"
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Is Microsoft Feeding the Android Machine?
Jun 26, 2012 5:00 AM PT
The month of June has not been kind to Microsoft hardware partners.
Last week, Redmond revealed that it's getting into the Windows tablet game with the introduction of the Surface, meaning it will compete for sales with its own allies.
It followed that up with news about Windows Phone 8. The upcoming mobile OS will not run on current Windows Phone devices, news that could cause consumers to immediately perceive those handsets as obsolete while they're still sitting on store shelves.
Is Microsoft playing a bizarre game of tag with its hardware vendor partners? Is it trying to motivate tablet makers by example? Is it giving phone makers a vital upgrade, even if the immediate effects are painful?
Or in the face of the iPad's overwhelming dominance of the tablet market, did Microsoft conclude that it needs to take the reins of its tablet efforts fully into its own hands instead of delegating the hardware manufacture to partners?
Whatever the cause of Microsoft's actions might be, the effect could be a boon for Android, as unhappy hardware partners look to Google's OS as an alternative.
Further, Google's Android market has more apps and developers at this moment than Microsoft's app market does. That raises the question of whether Microsoft's move might see software devs flocking to Android more strongly.
"I imagine many hardware vendors are having meetings now with Microsoft to get more details from them as to what their intentions are and what to do about those," Richard Shim, a senior analyst at NPD DisplaySearch, told LinuxInsider.
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Some hardware makers, though, have already tried making Android tablets, and standout success stories are few and far between. Few Android tablets have made a noticeable impact on the market, and none have come close to matching sales of the market-dominating Apple iPad.
Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet had a burst of glory during the holiday sales period last November and December. It drove the company to second place behind Apple's iPad in the global tablet market. However, demand faded in early 2012. Samsung's Android tablets then climbed to second place, demoting the Kindle to third, ABI Research reported.
The problem may be partly due to Android's very openness. Each hardware manufacturer offering an Android device has put its own user interface (UI) on it to spiff things up, meaning that users don't have a uniform experience across all Android devices.
Google sees Android devices as a way for it to sell ads, Tom Mainelli, a research manager at IDC, told LinuxInsider. The Kindle's success caused Google more grief than joy, he said. By putting its own UI on the Kindle, Amazon took the device out of the Google ecosystem, thus removing its ability to serve up Google ads.
Between Scylla and Charybdis
With the Surface, it appears Microsoft may be be looking to follow Apple's model of maintaining tight control over the hardware, the software and the apps. Google itself, in fact, has taken somewhat of an active role on the hardware side of the business too. Even though Nexus devices are made by established hardware partners like Samsung, the Nexus phone line carries heavier Google branding than standard Android phones.
It's a strategy Google's reportedly getting ready to extend to tablets by way of the Nexus 7, a slate manufactured by Asus expected to be officially revealed this week.
"It seems Google's trying to do what Microsoft did last week, which is basically tell their partners they no longer trust them to do things right," Mainelli remarked.
It remains to be seen whether Microsoft's behavior in tablets and phones will compel hardware makers to direct more resources to Android products.
"It depends on what the partner's looking for," NPD DisplaySearch's Shim said. "At this point, the Microsoft tablet looks like a higher-end device likely more oriented towards productivity. Android tablets appear to be going after higher shipment volumes at lower price points and to be more oriented towards media consumption."
Currently, most tablets are media consumption-oriented, but "as tablets become more performance-oriented, they will likely shift towards productivity," Shim remarked.
Microsoft's venture into tablet hardware "does add competitive pressure [to Google] to get things on track sooner rather than later," Shim suggested.


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Monday, June 8, 2009
Summary of this Weekends Geocaching
We found 28 out of 30 in all, not bad for a lazy summer-like day. The key though was once again our intent was to really go for the numbers and once again it ended up us taking leisurely walks down shaded green ways and trails. I absolutely love being able to talk with Daughter Geoness who is pushing thirteen in the next couple of weeks. We make each other laugh and love sharing the moments of fun while geocaching, a blooming flower that caught our eyes or the inevitable fast chirping squirrel.
One of our highlights was Daughter Geoness finding a geocache we were unable to find in past tries known as a Did Not Find. I remember spending almost an hour with nothing to show for but some scraped up shins. This time she walked right up to it and happily exclaimed "Found It". I didn't have time to find ground zero and she was already signing the log. Heavy Sigh...
The geocache that impressed me today was a very well camouflaged rubber ducky. This was attached to a medium sized Lock and Lock boxed which was completely covered by a Camouflage Military Cloth. The cloth worked very well for hiding such a large geocache. I am going to look into this stuff for future use of one of my geocaches. ***Note I did some research and you can purchase camouflage cloth in just about any army surplus or hunting supply place.
One bitter sweet series of three geocaches included a very scenic joy to walk but the geocaches themselves were in terrible shape. We walked three miles total for three very soggy geocaches. The owner used very poor quality plastic containers that all were full with moldy water and everything inside was completely ruined. Wish they would have watched one of my GeoSnippits videos showing what NOT to use for a geocache.
When we realized that the day was coming to a close we packed up and headed for home. Knowing that we did a job well done. Can't wait for the next time we go out with GPS in hand. Always a good time will be had by all.
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- P.J. said...
Sounds like a fun weekend. As much as I like number days, I've found that I'm having more fun thinking of good placements, working on some Earthcaches and plotting relaxing days of caching. Less stress, which is what this game should be all about!
- June 9, 2009 at 12:30 AM
- D. Gudger said...
My dad and I traipsed through the woods of PA almost every weekend. We'd try to get lost. We spied on cows and other critters. I'm sure we'd have geocached if it was around back then. As an adult I value those times with my dad. He's still my hero!
The investment you're making in Miss Geonesse's life will pay off forever. I like seeing great father/daughter relationships in the spotlight.
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After pinning several images on Pinterest (like here, here and here) and asking you all what you thought about getting on the white wall bandwagon. I was living with crazy swatches of paint all over the wall for what felt like an eternity. Staring at those swatches all day was starting to make me go cross-eyed. Eventually my eyes uncrossed and the fear of picking the wrong color succumbed to my annoyance with the swatches and I just picked one I felt good about.
What I really love about painting is that it forces you to take everything off of the walls and out of the room and really helps with looking at the space in a whole new light.
Sometimes though it also uncovers things like an ugly wall air conditioning and an off centered window that you've been camouflaging for three years. Who ever thought cheap oakley that building house without central air and completely off centering a window was a good idea? Thank heavens for the lake breeze around here.
For anyone that's curious here's what the living room looked like before we rearranged the furniture and painted. I loved the pale blue walls for a while but as our tastes keep changing I really wanted a fresh start.
The color is Vapor by Benjamin Moore and it was the warmest and creamiest of the whites that we sampled and also the one that went really well with the sectional we have. It took 3 nights after work and 2 full coats to cover all the old paint but I'm really happy I did it. Bryan was a little worried about the trim not contrasting enough with the walls so I gave it a fresh coat of a brighter white and in person it's just enough that the trim work doesn't blend right into the wall.
Adding some black accents has been on the top of my priority list for a while too now and on this weekends trip to IKEA we picked up 6 of the large square Ribba frames in black. Hung in a grid I like the graphic statement they make on the wall. I'm still thinking about what to put in them but we'll keep you posted.
The room feels really fresh and new to me now and I just want to decorate it, get some new pillows and add a little color and texture back into the space. But right now painting the kitchen is next on the agenda. Both rooms are open to each other so I think that will help with the whole space to feel larger and more cohesive.
Soon (hopefully) we want to open that cutout completely and make a doorway so you enter the room in the center instead of the awkward side entrance we have going on now. All in all I'm really loving the change and I so don't regret following my instincts and painting out this room.
Well that's all for now, but before I go for the day please make a girl feel better and tell me I'm not the only one thinks who leaves paint swatches on the wall for far too long?
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GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Instead of working out with his teammates on the first day of Reds Spring Training, starting pitcher Mat Latos underwent left knee surgery on Friday to repair torn meniscus cartilage.
Latos was injured a couple of days ago when he slipped while long tossing. He will not be able to resume his throwing program for at least 10 days.
"He felt something, and they looked at it," Reds general manager Walt Jocketty said. "He came in the next day and saw there was probably an issue."
An MRI exam confirmed the meniscus tear. The surgery was held up until team medical director Dr. Tim Kremchek could get to town and perform the operation. A small flap of the cartilage was removed during the arthroscopic procedure.
"[Kremchek] said everything went well," Jocketty said. "It was an easy repair, a quick repair. It was a very minor surgery."
Over 32 starts in 2013, Latos was 14-7 with a 3.16 ERA. In 210 2/3 innings, he allowed 197 hits and struck out 187 batters with 58 walks. He became the team's de facto ace while Johnny Cueto was on the disabled list. After the season, Latos needed surgery to remove bone chips from his right elbow, and his rehab and throwing program had been going smoothly.
What isn't known yet is whether Latos will be ready by Opening Day, on March 31.
"We'll just see how he progresses," Jocketty said. "Right now, I can't say whether it would or not. We don't think so, but we'll see."
The Reds, who added depth behind their five-man rotation during the offseason, could have an opening for free-agent signings like Chien-Ming Wang or Jeff Francis. Both were signed to Minor League deals and are non-roster invites. Rookie David Holmberg was acquired in a trade from the D-backs in December.
Reds broadcaster Chris Welsh, who pitched in the big leagues from 1981-86, noted during Jocketty's session with reporters that he once had his meniscus repaired.
"I think I pitched on it the 22nd day, in a game," Welsh said.
"And that was 50 years ago. Technology has advanced," Jocketty joked.
Jocketty downplayed worries over Latos' status. The Reds will certainly need his contribution to contend in the National League Central again.
"Is it unfortunate? Yeah, but it's not something that we are overly concerned about," Jocketty said. "I didn't want to start the camp off with an injury before we got started. Sometimes, it happens."


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I was watching "The Colbert Report" last night and I heard about a program called "Jesus Ween", in Texas. To celebrate, Christians staying at home must dress in white and pass out bibles to trick-or-treaters instead of candy.
Earler this week, I was paid a visit by a mother-daughter Jehovah's Witness team, at least I think they were Jehovah's Witnesses. They left a pamphlet in my door that promoted Christianity and "The End of all False Religions".
Back in March, I was coming out of a movie theater when a man (with his son present) practically forced a fake million-dollar bill with a Christian message on the back. And last year when I was house-sitting for my father, a father-son Jehovah's Witness team came to the door to talk about Jesus Christ. Despite the fact (or maybe even because of it) that my car which has two Atheist bumper stickers on it was in the driveway.
My point is that many Christians seem to make a habit of pushing their beliefs onto people of other faiths in an attempt to convert them, as if the very existence of followers of other faiths is lethal to them. Why? And how can they get away with it?
My understanding of the Freedom of Religion that all Americans are guaranteed of by the first amendment of the constitution means that while everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, it is illegal for anyone, whether they're an elected official or the common man, to try to convert others to their beliefs. (Again, this is just my understanding of it and I may be mistaken).
If that's true, then what the people I've mentioned above are doing is completely illegal. How can they get away with it? If it isn't true, if what these people are doing is legal, then why are we not seeing any telecasts from the Jewish Broadcasting Network? Or getting visits from Buddha's Witnesses?
My intention in starting this discussion isn't to try and force my thinking onto you, but rather, it is seeking your help in understanding this situation and deciding what we can do about it. For while everyone may be entitled to my opinion, I'd much rather they get their own.
UPDATE: OK you all make very good points. They are protected under the Freedom of Speech. However, just because they can do something doesn't mean they should. But why do many Christians feel the need to convert every non-Christians they come across? That's what I want to know. America was originally meant to be a safe haven where members of non-Christian faiths come be free to practice tehir religions without fear of Christian persecution. What happened was that Christians merely continued that practice here as they did in Europe. Why?
And could we use a Jehovah's Witness door-to-door style to promote the theory of evolution? If they're protected under the Freedom of Speech, then we should be too. But should we decide to do such a thing, I feel we should relegate the door-to-door travels to areas where the teaching of evolution is under attack, such as the states of Kentucky, Louisiana, and Texas.
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They don't seem to like it either, I wonder why?
My understanding of the Freedom of Religion that all Americans are guaranteed of by the first amendment of the constitution means that while everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, it is illegal for anyone, whether they're an elected official or the common man, to try to convert others to their beliefs. (Again, this is just my understanding of it and I may be mistaken).
You are mistaken. The First Amendment guarantees the freedom to practice a religion and disllows Congress from making any law respecting the establishment of any religion.
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Originally founded by members of anarchist punk band Flux Of Pink Indians), One Little Indian was inspired by the DIY principles and anarchistic ideals of independent labels such as that created by anarcho-punk band Crass.
Since its inception in 1985 the label has prided itself on giving complete control to artists it feels deserve a shot at a wider audience.
Instead of rooting itself in the punk niche , in its first few years the budding label built up an eclectic roster of artists including Iceland's finest avant-popsters/ pranksters The Sugarcubes (whose '88 debut Life's Too Good became the label's first international release and million seller) shoegaze pioneers A.R. Kane, political tub-thumpers Chumbawumba, and rave-culture trailblazers The Shamen.
The early '90s were pivotal years for One Little Indian. In 1992 The Shamen recorded what would become a massive (and massively controversial) Number One hit in Ebenezer Goode pushing its parent album Boss Drum into the Top3. Björk's Debut followed in '93; swathed in forward-thinking beats, shimmering strings and spare brass, it became a worldwide hit and an introduction to one of the most innovative, vital and iconic stars we have. Almost 20 years later Bjork remains the cornerstone of the roster, releasing her hugely innovative and universally acclaimed seventh studio album/ educational project combined, Biophillia through the label in 2011 - its formatting as an app another industry first (the label also issued the first DVD single All Is Full Of Love back in 1999).
By the mid/ late 90s successes were coming thick and fast from rockers Skunk Anansie, country acid house collective Alabama 3 (who would later gain international renown for supplying The Sopranos with the soundtrack to its iconic opening credits sequence), clubby ensemble Sneaker Pimps and 50s flecked rockabilly heroes Rocket From The Crypt.
In the 'noughties' One Little Indian's continuing eclecticism turned it toward folk and Americana, by now it's heavyweight independent status making it an attractive home for Paul McCartney to place his Fireman project with in 2008.
Fast-forward to 2013 and you'll find the label continuing to host artists as diverse as Sinead O'Connor, Dan Sartain and HK119. Sinead's current album 'How About I Be Me and You Be You' has been widely hailed as a serious return to form, and similarly we witnessed Cody ChesnuTT's stunning comeback a decade on from 'The Headphone Masterpiece' with 'Landing On A Hundred', a collection of heartfelt, grandstanding soul anthems. Kathryn Williams is currently putting the finishing touches to her 10th as yet untitled studio album while Icelandic songstress Ólöf Arnalds has just released her 3rd album 'Sudden Elevation' – her first sung entirely in English - to no small acclaim. Keeping up the rock'n'roll end of things are The Computers who will be coming to a town near you in the run up to the release of their new album 'Love Triangles Hate Squares'. Listen out for the label's latest signing, Stubborn Heart's brilliantly modern take on electronic soul that has seen the duo pick up Album Of The Month notices at Rough Trade, Mixmag and an Album Of The Year gong at the Gilles Peterson Awards.
In the last year the label has also created a new re-issues imprint, the Totem Series which has so far released carefully curated reissues & re-masters from luminaries Disco Inferno and A.R. Kane with upcoming releases planned from The Woodentops, A.C. Acoustics and A Flux Of Pink Indians.
So then as now, there has never been a particular One Little Indian sound, but little has changed in terms of label philosophy "In the future we are just going to carry on in the same way" says label head Derek Birkett "We just want to carry on putting out records and some of them will sell better than others." If that sounds prosaic, infact it belies a love of music, equanimity, and fierce loyalty to the artists that has now seen the label through 28 years - no mean achievement.
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