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With respect to Tucson/SoAZ atheism discussion, I did open this discussion here:
"Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and other houses of worship - valuing real estate and community meeting places
"Posted by jlaz on July 2, 2014
It arose partly out of driving around Oro Valley and a few other places and seeing over the years the apparent ups and downs of church construction in the area. One among many ... I think there was one at Oracle (near where it turns into another road? Main?) just north of Speedway, I think where the building was tasked over to something else from a religious use? On the one hand I can kind of see it as a good thing if folks decide that Christianity or the like isn't for them any more and the real estate ends up being re-tasked. On the other hand, it gives me a bit of pause when I see something sort of "going out of business" in the area.
I am finding that I am reading a lot more now that I have a smart phone with a big enough screen, and doing some travel. I spent a couple of decades not reading that much. However, even though I am reading more, I've never read much in the area of atheism. I think my upbringing had nothing to do with Christianity and so maybe part of my lack of interest in reading is that the topic of Christianity and breaking away from it and arguing with it just never held any interest for me.
I do wish I lived a bit closer to Tucson and might then sometimes get more to meetings, whether for the Tucson Electric Vehicle association, or the Atheist meetup, or what-have-you. I live in Santa Cruz County.
One atheist issue of long-term interest to me, both locally and I guess broadly, is anyone has thoughts on child-rearing, and whether there are good options in an atheist path in a formal way. I.e.: if one chooses not to send kids for Hebrew School, but they seem to need something more than doing conventional schoolwork and various kids' activities, has anyone observed what might be pathways for outside-of-the-school system disciplined education? I think anyway, education is going to be a very personal thing, but just wondering, an ongoing question of some interest for me.
Cool, I'll put that on my reading list :) I can't wait for it to get a little cooler. One of these days I'm going to make it to one of the atheist group meetings. I did listen to Seth Andrews when he came out and spoke at UMC :)
Hi Titus, I agree, there is very little activity in the group. I just finished Parallel Worlds by Michio Kaku, it's a very good book if you're into Science. I am currently reading The Christian Delusion by John Loftus, also a really good book.
Hi. Just noticed there wasn't much activity with this group so thought I would just post that I finished two great books; Doubt: A History by Jennifer Michael Hecht and A Wicked Company by Philipp Blom. Both are really good. Does anyone have a good book suggestion?
I am confused by the setup of the discussion boards and walls and groups on atheist nexus. Does anyone else run into these sorts of things?
The most recent wall comment I see here is from January 2013, but it indicates above that there has been activity in August 2013. Further, if I poke around a bit, I can see some evidence of responses, but they are hard to find, buried in someone's profile for example, and not located on the wall near where a comment was made. Further, I'll see some interesting comment in an email notification, and then go to the group and not be able to find it.
Hi Marty, no problem, just curious.
Hi Tina: I think they do a few other things aside from the drinking and the 12-steps. I've only been to about 1 event in the last 5 years, but others I would look for are:
I think to change it up sometimes the drinking thing might meet at a cafe?
There is more of a regular meetup once per month I think (Denny's somewhere?.... used to be at bookman's on Grant).
I think once in awhile they have a party at someone's house (went to one once).
Movie nights every once in awhile?
There are two or three other semi-similar groups. Aside from the 12-step group I think there's the Center for Inquiry and the Skeptics.
All that said, I don't think I'm a massive fan of the whole thing, but every 2nd or third time I"d go I think I came away having had a decent conversation here or there with someone, and while this is not life-shattering, it's something.... some moderate sense of community/fellowship outside of the whole nonsense of God/superstition/barbaric-middle-ages-nonsense.
One pet peeve... they can't seem to figure out that it might be good to have meetings here or there on Saturdays or Sundays or Friday nights:
Not one single meeting (of any sort) at those times. What's the rationale? I can't and won't complain as I don't and wouldn't go that often anyway, but honestly if their rationale is that people need that time for more important weekend rest time, then I think their rationale is not very bright. Observant Jews reserve Saturdays and Christians reserve Sundays to reflect and commune and I don't see what would be wrong with Atheists allowing for weekend meetings. Anyway, my guess is atheists in other cities allow for some weekend time without serious damage to their lives.
Anyway, some ideas. The only thing I've done myself over the last three or four years is that for the heck of it my SO and I did go to a Drinking Godlessly, which was decent enough, and then we also for the Jewish Holidays decided to go to the Unitarian Church for last year's Tucson Secular Humanist Jewish Congregation, where they brought a Secular Humanist (Atheist) Rabbi down from Northern Arizona and had services. Kind of on a lark, I guess we wanted to see how it went. I thought it was ok. The Rabbi led a couple of discussions where we analyzed a few Torah stories from a more secular point of view than one might encounter in some other synagogue.
Well, those are my thoughts for now, jl
Hello jlaz,
I have tried meet-ups before and I agree it often depends what you make of them. However, the atheist one didn't seems to appealing to me as the only activities were drinking godlessly, and a 12 step for atheist program... this was a couple years ago I will take another look now...who knows. Thanks for the link.
Sorry jlaz, my background is not Jewish, I was raised catholic but preferred to call myself an agnostic catholic. My wife was christian so again I became an agnostic christian. Now I'm an Atheist with no religious ties. I love the outdoors, I hike, backpack, camp and also love to offroad with my Jeep.
Hi Marty and Tina C. -
Good to meet you both.
Going back some years I tried to network a bit to meet other atheists and generally other people in Southern Arizona. I did like (ok) the few meetings of the atheist meetup in Tucson that I was willing to attend.
I don't think it was the be-all end-all, but was something I attended a few times once in a great while (taking into account the time issue in driving to Tucson for me). I think meetups are generally what you make of them. Many of the Tucson atheists I met seemed like pretty reasonable and-or thoughtful people. At the same time, when Atheism is the social tie-in, I'm not sure it's always the most satisfying connection point in the world. So, arguably, I had as much or more fun with things like the very large Tucson hiking meetup, and so-on. (I realize that there are many people who like to hike alone or with a smaller number of people, but at the time that was not me).
I also had some other touch-points (for example, alt energy) where once in a great while I was able to connect with folks.
Marty, is your background Jewish? I am culturally Jewish... let me quickly add .... I definitely do not believe in God, nor in following the words or Torah as anything other than an old primitive out-dated and in some ways really bad (and at times ultra-boring) moral code and mythology .... but culturally/heritage/etc., yeah.
There are some cultural/heritage Jews in history who were/are leading atheists and I guess after a time I stopped fighting to define "Atheist Jew" for folks who don't think there can be such a thing. Once in a blue moon I'll go to Synagogue, but it's usually when I'm just looking for some sense of community. The Rabbi knows me and that I'm a non-believer, and I like seeing him and hearing what he has to say on this and that.
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In section 7 of Barry Mazur's 1993 article titled On the Passage From Local to Global in Number Theory, Mazur describes his attempt to prove that (#) for abelian varieties over Q implies (#) for all projective varieties over Q, and a partial result that he, Yevsey Nisnevich and Ofer Gabber achieved in this direction. Has there been further progress in this direction since 1993?
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Swansea manager Brian Laudrup was in no doubt the serious ankle injury to midfielder Nathan Dyer unsettled his side as they laboured to a 1-1 draw at Norwich.
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Gary Hooper cracked in a superb 25-yard effort to equalise during first-half stoppage-time, chesting the ball down and firing it back over the goalkeeper, and but for a fine late save from Michael Vorm would have won the match for the Canaries.
Laudrup felt the loss of the energetic midfielder had a major impact on his team, which had been through a gruelling schedule following their midweek Europa League tie in Switzerland.
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"We are all human, the team had 10 minutes where they suffered a bit and tactically we also lost our main threat with the runs from the second line, like when he had scored the goal.
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"We have reached 20 points now and are among the last 32 in Europe for the first time ever and will see on Monday what the draw will bring us."
Swansea confirmed on their Twitter feed Dyer had been taken to hospital with "a suspected fractured ankle".
Laudrup hopes the long-term prognosis will offer some positive news.
"You just go from playing one second to being out for you don't know how long," the Swansea boss added.
"We will wait to see the X-ray and then in a couple of days have an MRI scan to know if it is bad or really bad.
"Let's wait and see, hoping that if it is bad, it is not too bad."
Norwich, meanwhile, will probably have felt they did enough to go on and take all three points to build on their win at West Brom last weekend.
A header from defender Michael Turner hit the crossbar and then was somehow deflected over off Jordi Amat before Vorm pulled off a fine reaction save to turn away Hooper's goalbound effort.
Canaries boss Chris Hughton believes there is more to come from the former Celtic forward, signed in a £5million summer transfer.
He said: "It was a fantastic and very special goal.
"Gary is a finisher, technically a good striker of the ball so always gives himself a chance.
"It was set-up very nicely for him by Johan Elmander, but you still have to produce that.
"We conceded a poor goal and needed to get back into the game, we needed someone to produce something and thankfully Gary did."
Hughton was pleased to have seen his side move further away from trouble following a difficult opening to the campaign.
"At the moment I am disappointed we did not get the win, because we know what it would have meant to the league table," he said.
"But it is so tight and there are a very large group of teams outside of that top seven or eight can beat each other, and I don't see that changing.
"We are just pleased that at this moment we are on a decent run and have been able to pick up a few points, but we have to keep that going."
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DescriptionLord of Darkness, known in Japan as Bushō Fūun Roku, is the fourth game in the Nobunaga series (but only the third one to have been localized in English). The story of Nobunaga takes place during the Japanese civil war of the 16th century. In a wartime strategy game, 15 different warlords are represented across several territories.
One to eight human players can play, controlling different leaders and factions. Gameplay is done in one of two scenarios; the beginning of the civil war in 1555 or Nobunaga surrounded by his enemies in 1571. Management of population, supplies and military are the gameplay and successful manipulation of these numbers in the right combination to attack and defend against hostile intentions is what will bring your forces to victory.
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- "信長の野望 武将風雲録" -- Japanese spelling
- "スーパー信長の野望 武将風雲録" -- Japanese SNES spelling
- "Super Nobunaga no Yabō: Bushō Fūun Roku" -- Japanese SNES title
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- KOEI Historical Simulation series
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- Setting: Japanese Sengoku Period
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雷堂嬢太朗 -raido.jotaro- (60731) added Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord of Darkness (Genesis) on Jul 28, 2009
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When new users install aptosid, they tend to just boot the cd, choose their keyboard layout in System settings, try some things and install... and reboot. But the passwords they entered don't match at login because the keyboard layout differs. I've recommended aptosid many times but a lot of people who tried had that same problem. very frustrating for users who just installed their first linux and can't wait. Plus usually you got just one computer and can't check the manual. And you wouldn't know where to look (Password not working??).
So I thought keyboard layout for login could be automatically taken from the one chosen in X (system settings).
Or there could be a tab to choose layouts, including the one chosen in X.
But that's up to the kde folks, looks like.
So for aptosid, it could just be a warning, like "Check your keyboard layout at boot!" when a wrong password is entered at login.
Or insisting on it at boot, or in the manual (but that is unreachable when the problem occurs).
Or some better idea that will show up here...
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The release notes mention that explicitly under the "Localisation" topic.
Given that systemsettings or the graphical locale chooser can only act upon the user session, there is no technical means to apply these settings system wide.
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Not really, it starts with: "A special feature of kde-full releases..."
I always took kde-lite (1 cd). And it doesn't explain how to do in that case.
There is no french (swiss) keyboard layout to choose at boot. Which is my keyboard layout. So the only way to fix it is with "dpkg-reconfigure console-data"...in tty1...given you understand what's wrong and adapt your password.
Or you get it and adapt your password to the us? keyboard at login (which is a real lucky guess).
Anyway 2 things I wouldn't ask newbies to handle.
More than that, some people will never wait and read (at boot or release notes). And they could do fine! Except for this little trap. I've seen this happen several times.
I'm just trying to avoid traps for new users. This is the one in which I saw them fall the most.
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I also would like to choose language AND keyboard - layout at the beginning of the installation like other distro do it (suse - mint...)having the full choice of all keyboard-types..
I also have a swiss french keyboard and I also find it very cumborsome to do everything by hand, nothing for a beginner...
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kwoby wrote:
I also would like to choose language AND keyboard - layout at the beginning of the installation like other distro do it (suse - mint...)having the full choice of all keyboard-types..
You can (and should) do that already, the most common (for a random definition of common) combinations are directly accessible at boot time via [F2] and related menus, but basically all options are available by supplying lang=de_CH or other valid locale definitions as cheatcode at boot time of the live/ installation media; this is the preferred way to select languages, keyboard keymaps and locales.
A reference of available cheatcodes is documented in the
. Given that password entries and similar tasks depend on correct keymaps, it's essential to select the correct combination at boot time of the live/ installation media already.
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Or in other words to the "French Swiss" ... does lang=fr_CH as a cheatcode work for you? If not what is "wrong" with it, and is that something you should tweak for yourself or something you think should be different by default for lang=fr_CH.
I think adding options to the installer is unlikely. Probably more chance of adding a screen to tell you what language, keyboard and timezone your have now and hence will have in your install, and that you should reboot and give the correct cheatcodes for you before installing if the current values are incorrect.
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text: Kosmor :: View topic - NAT between Memorial and Asgard Imprint Search Log in Legal Memberlist Profile NAT between Memorial and Asgard Kosmor Forum Index -> Kosmor RPG View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message AlteronGuest Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 07:18 Post subject: NAT between Memorial and Asgard We are happy to announce a formal Non-Aggression Treaty (NAT) between the honourable houses of Memorial, lead by Bucan, and Asgard, led by Tyr. We hope this treaty will help put an end to the hostilities in the galaxy. A NAT is entered between two houses to formalise and maintain a relationship of neutrality, where neither side will take part in any hostile actions against the other, and territories are respected. We hereby announce a NAT between us. The NAT consists of the following points: 1. This NAT cannot be terminated within the first 90 days, until stardate 210/3502. 2. Should any house wish to exit the treaty, a grace period of no less than 15 is in effect. This means that the other house leader must be told these many days in advance. 3. The duration of this NAT is unlimited. 4. If a single imperator breaks the treaty, it is still valid for both houses, but not for the single imperator, that is to be considered rouge. 5. If the house leader breaks the treaty, the treaty is ultimately severed. The aggressor house is declared as the one that started the war. 6. Planned and announced (to both house leaders) operations do not affect the NAT. On special note: Alteron is free to reclaim planets lost in the Templar Bucan war. These actions will not be a violation of the treaty, pursuant to the treatys point 6. As for any treaty, the house leaders are ultimately responsible for presenting the values by which we live and act. As warriors, we understand the necessity of honour, and what this implies, and we choose to live by it to preserve the ways of our society. Back to top AlteronGuest Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 07:19 Post subject: As formal Minister of Diplomacy of the House Asgard, I endorse this treaty between our houses. Alteron, Minister of Diplomacy, House Asgard. Back to top TyrGuest Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 09:28 Post subject: I confirm that Alteron is a specific element in our treaty, i spoke with bucan about this point and he accepted. It was a symbol, a symbol of 'Bucans will' to have peace with Asgard. Lord Tyr, The House of Asgard Back to top BucanGuest Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 13:17 Post subject: Accepted Dear Lords, me, myself and I are accepting this NAT and endorsing it. Kind regards Bucan Back to top PaulAtreidesGuest Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 14:10 Post subject: Because of this NAT with our attacker the great house of the Templars rejects Asgard's request for a treaty. Those that aid our attackers are our enemies. Back to top michimikeGuest Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 00:52 Post subject: Interesting, but I want to point out that Bucan may be your enemy, but he is not the attacker, if you define this with the one, "who started war". As leader of the new Templar Order you should know, that you attacked Bucan and you found it so important to iron this little imperator until you noticed he resists better than you liked. I remember that originally the war was only fought out in his terretory until he decided to defend himself with a counterstrike. Back to top TyrGuest Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 08:36 Post subject: Paul is an agressive leader who search for new targets/victims Normally he was "never" a real Templar, because he followed his own rules. I don't wonder about his political tactics. But Asgard could cause a new war, if paul think he can make a war against us. I trust in a few Members in the Templar_Order/"Order_of_Templar" and everybody can see that we are a peacefully house, and we take away ourselves the possibility to fight against "enemies". Well, i think that the most leaders and imperators will understand that paul try to make propaganda against us in the future (or you can call it "Marketing" That's my opinion. ps: I hope the text is good enough to understand. Back to top TyrGuest Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 08:57 Post subject: Because of my point Asgrad could cause a new war. The agressor would be PaulAtreides. Back to top AlteronGuest Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:12 Post subject: I have been a Templar for a long time, and deep down I still am. I still live by the principles of honour and righteousness of the Order of Templars as was originally displayed by Antient Grand Master Walker. Therefore, Emperor Paul Atreides' hastly reply, is sadening, but not depressing as I am sure they were not ment as hard as they seemed at first. I request of the Emperor to read the treaty again. It is a NAT - which is a formalisation of a state of neutrality - meaning that we will not attack Memorial. What is then important for the Emperor to understand is that a state of neutrality is not a direct aid of his opponent. As an old Templar, I also know that the final decition, and the declaration of war came from the Order of Templars. I am also one of those that suffered extencively from the war, and I hope that this treaty (where both sides may cut losses) will shed light on a path to a more peaceful future. Alteron, Minister of Diplomacy Back to top ManannGuest Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:39 Post subject: Dear Lords, If Asgard will be attacked, the forces of the Underverse will assist Asgard. In this case Underverse would leave the alliance which was once made with the Templars and with Agnari....with the full consequences...for both sides. I don't see that Asgard is an agressor and I know that Tyr only wants on thing: peace. So Underverse will stay with the innocents. No alliance is worth to assist the evil...but i don't think that the honorable Templars are evil and so i don't think that there will be any war against Asgard...but this will be your decision... Sometimes I am wrong. I will not hope that i am wrong what I thought about the templars. A war against Asgard would be a sign that I am wrong....I hope not....I really hope not.. Regards Manann 1st member of the Underverse Back to top TyrGuest Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 13:23 Post subject: I thank for these two statements and i hope Paul will accept that i am on another way, although not on the false way. Back to top PaulAtreidesGuest Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 13:48 Post subject: I had nothing to do with the initiation of the conflict between Posbis and The New Order and have never been an agressor or started any war. That is not the path the Templars prefer. It seems that Manann and Tyr may have misconstrued my decision. I have no intention of conquering Asgard. I only rejected their request for a NAT, which is a very different thing from a declaration of war. Let me clarify: Because Asgard has decided to pursue treaties with every house they can think of, indiscriminately, not differentiating between noble houses and violent ones, I have declined to sign a treaty with them. If they want to sign a treaty with the crumbling remnants of Memorial, then that is their buisness and although it seems cowardly to me for them to join themselves with someone who has done them so much harm (ask Alteron), I will certainly not declare war just because they refuse to fight the enemies of my house. The Templar Order declines to sign the treaty Asgard proposed to us at this time. We have no intention of provoking a war with Asgard. Declining to sign a treaty is a very different think from an attack. I expect all reasonable imperators to agree with that. Michimike of AustrianAlliance is the only serious foe of them Templars, now that Bucan and Abdul are reduced to mere shadows of their former menace. Michimike attacked my house unprokoved and continues to attack my subordinates and steal our planet daily. These three rulers are the only ones guilty of crimes so great that self-preservation leaves us no option but to destroy them. Asgard, while it has done nothing to merit our good favor, has also done nothing to provoke conflict. Underverse has been more friendly to us throughout the course of Galactic History and has domonstrated that loyalty in such a way as to merit an Alliance with our house. It is my hope that this clarifies the diplomatic stance of the Templar Order. Back to top ManannGuest Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 14:08 Post subject: Dear Lord PaulAtreides, I am more than happy to hear this. That will be the proove, that I was never wrong about the Templars and that i was only wrong in the meaning of your public message. My officer of communication told me that in the same context of the NAT-declining was mentioned something like "... are our enemies" and due of this Underverse wasn't the only house who interpreted this as a forstep of a war. But as I said above. The Underverse is more than glad that this all was only a misunderstanding. Best regards Manann 1st member of Underverse Back to top TyrGuest Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 08:21 Post subject: Day: 181 Empire Builder PaulAtreides (house Order_of_Templar) conquered a solar system from Commander Eomer (house Asgard) (destroyed combat power: 12). Day 195 * Empire Builder PaulAtreides (house Order_of_Templar) conquered a solar system from Commander Eomer (house Asgard) (destroyed combat power: 12). Day 196: Commander Walters1 (house Order_of_Templar) conquered a solar system from Commander Eomer (house Asgard) (destroyed combat power: 12). Day 198: Empire Builder PaulAtreides (house Order_of_Templar) conquered a solar system from Commander Eomer (house Asgard) (destroyed combat power: 12). These are a few conquests through Pauls orders,i think i am one the right side, paul one the evils side. Well it's a little bit extreme, but if you read the last posts here, it seems that Paul decide to attack us... earlier or later Maybe in the next days i have the responsibility to my members to do some doings In addition i add that many people saw Paul's Ships are on many wp's and these ships are the only ones, so that paul conquer every planet [Edit] It is bad that i speak a "light english" otherwise i would write things more exactly furthermore, he attacks gondor a new imperator in this galaxy, if he conquers more of his planets, this imperator and his loyal population will left this universe without a chance to know the wonderful things in this universe So i suggest Paul to call us his reasons and his terms of a peace, i don't think that every Templar believes in his possible statements. Not every imperator accept these actions for a long time.. but it seems that asgard have to do something and asgardis peacfully. I had great contact to Sandal, i had great contact to walker and i had a very great contact to Kodro, the fourth leader is an inacceptable person for the house of Asgard... I don't waste more words about this, that what count are his present actions against asgard and his words before (in the posts above this one) Lord Tyr, Asgard ps: I also gave Templars 10 Mio. of Population (9 Planets) to an imperator and i accept the view inside my territory these are things that not everybody would accept.Last edited by Tyr on Mon Aug 21, 2006 14:44; edited 1 time in total Back to top TyrGuest Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 14:02 Post subject: [Mod]Try to write by the rules. 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Representatives from the United States and the Taliban will engage in Afghanistan peace talks Thursday in an office that has opened in Qatar, senior U.S. administration officials say.
The officials say detainee exchanges will likely be among the topics discussed in the Doha office, which opened Tuesday after months of delays. Afghan President Hamid Karzai's High Peace Council is expected to follow up with its own talks a few days later.
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The Taliban's spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press that the group opposes the use of Afghan soil to threaten other countries and supports the negotiating process.
Zabiullah said that the Taliban are willing to use all legal means to end what they called the occupation of Afghanistan.
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Zabiullah thanked the leader of Qatar for allowing them to open the office, which was assisted by months of secret Taliban negotiations in Norway, according to Reuters.
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Despite Karzai's stated hopes that the process will move almost immediately to Afghanistan, however, U.S. officials do not expect that to be possible in the near future.
"We are hopeful that after starting negotiations in Qatar, immediately the negotiations and all the peace process should move into Afghanistan. Afghanistan shouldn't be center of the discussions outside of the country," Karzai said.
The Taliban have for years refused to speak to the government or the Peace Council, set up by Karzai three years ago, because they considered them to be American "puppets." Taliban representatives have instead talked to American and other Western officials in Doha and other places, mostly in Europe.
"We don't have any immediate preconditions for talks between the Afghan peace council and the Taliban, but we have principles laid down," Karzai said, adding that they include bringing an end to violence and the movement of talks to Afghanistan so they are not exploited by other countries.
The announcements came on the day that Afghan forces took the lead from the U.S.-led NATO coalition for security nationwide, marking a turning point for American and NATO military forces, which will now move entirely into a supporting role. It also opens the way for the full withdrawal of most foreign troops in 18 months
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, said the only way to end the war was through a political solution.
"My perspective has always been that this war is going to have to end with political reconciliation and so I frankly would be supportive of any positive movement in terms of reconciliation particularly an Afghan led and an Afghan owned process that would bring reconciliation between the afghan people and the Taliban in the context of the Afghan constitution," he said as reports were breaking that the Taliban were about to open an office.
For U.S. and other foreign combat troops on the ground, the transition means they will not be directly carrying the fight to the insurgency, but will advise and back up as needed with air support and medical evacuations.
"This is a historic moment for our country and from tomorrow all of the security operations will be in the hands of the Afghan security forces," Karzai said at the ceremony, held at the new National Defense University built to train Afghanistan's future military officers.
The transition also comes at a time when violence is at levels matching the worst in 12 years, fueling some Afghans' concerns that their forces aren't ready.
Karzai said that in the coming months, coalition forces will gradually withdraw from Afghanistan's provinces as the country's security forces replace them.
In announcing the fifth and final phase of a process that began at a November 2010 NATO summit in Lisbon, Portugal, Karzai said "transition will be completed and Afghan security forces will lead and conduct all operations."
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the coalition will help militarily if and when needed but will no longer plan, execute or lead operations.
Alliance training since 2009 dramatically increased the size of the Afghan National Security Forces, bringing them up from 40,000 men and women six years ago to about 352,000 today. After transition, coalition troops will move entirely into a supporting role -- training and mentoring, and in emergency situations providing the Afghans backup in combat, mainly in the form of airstrikes and medical evacuation.
Afghans will now have the lead for security in all 403 districts of Afghanistan's 34 provinces. Until now, they were responsible for 312 districts nationwide, where 80 percent of Afghanistan's population of nearly 30 million lives. Afghan security forces were until now carrying out 90 percent of military operations around the country.
The handover paves the way for coalition forces -- currently numbering about 100,000 troops from 48 countries, including 66,000 Americans -- to leave. By the end of the year, the NATO force will be halved. At the end of 2014, all combat troops will have left and will replaced, if approved by the Afghan government, by a much smaller force that will only train and advise.
President Obama has not yet said how many soldiers he will leave in Afghanistan along with NATO forces, but it is thought that it would be about 9,000 U.S. troops and about 6,000 from its allies.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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Killzone: Shadow Fall Season Pass Promises Co-Op Action
Though there was already free multiplayer content announced for Killzone: Shadow Fall, Sony and Guerrilla Games revealed a new season pass for the upcoming PlayStation 4 exclusive.
Over on the PlayStation Blog, Guerrilla producer Poria Torken detailed the Killzone: Shadow Fall season pass. Retailing for $19.99, the pass will get you access to the online co-op expansion, which is a four-player wave-based mode (think Horde). Four maps will be included, but you'll also gain access to six more maps down the line, delivered in three different drops.
Curiously enough, the season pass also includes two more standard multiplayer packs. Guerrilla offered no details on these bits of content, but considering the developer has already promised free maps to those who buy the game normally, we're wondering just what sets these pay-to-play maps apart.
The season pass will be available at launch for Shadow Fall, and if you do decide to pick it up on day one, you'll also get an OWL combat drone skin and a unique Multiplayer Spotlight move thrown in for free.


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StarDate: June 30, 2013
The planet Saturn will snuggle close to a faint star over the next couple of weeks. Trying to find the star will tell you how dark your skies are.
As long as the sky is clear, you shouldn't have any trouble at all finding Saturn. It's about halfway up the southern sky at nightfall, and glows with a slightly golden hue. It outshines all but one other planet and two stars at that hour.
The star Kappa Virginis stands just above Saturn. Unlike Saturn, though, it's so faint that you need a dark sky to see it.
Astronomers measure the brightness of planets and stars with the magnitude scale, in which brighter objects have smaller numbers. Right now, Saturn shines at a magnitude of 0.5. Kappa Virginis, on the other hand, is at about 4.2 — just three percent as bright as Saturn.
If you live in the center of a brightly lit city, there's almost no chance that you'll see Kappa Virginis. The glow from city lights overpowers all but a handful of stars and planets. You might be able to see the star from a relatively dark suburb, but you'll need to find a spot with no streetlights or porchlights and give your eyes some time to adjust to the darkness.
The best view comes from a dark country location with no artificial light sources at all. Under these conditions, a person with especially good eyesight can see stars down to sixth or seventh magnitude — just a fraction of a percent as bright as Saturn — a planet that's a brilliant target under any skies.
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Grand European Tour on Viking Bragi
Budapest to Amsterdam
Imagine 15 magical days along the Rhine, Main and Danube Rivers. From Holland's windmill-studded tulip fields to Germany's fairytale castles, from the Main-Danube Canal to the vineyards of Austria's Wachau Valley, this epic voyage offers a wealth of wonderful experiences. Guests who choose this voyage soon see why it is our most popular itinerary.
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Throughout our decades of sailing the world's great rivers, Viking has repeatedly reinvented the European river cruise vessel. By continuously building upon our tradition of innovation we have set industry standards and delighted our guests. And with the introduction of the Viking Longships, we have done it all over again. These revolutionary sister ships are part of our award-winning European fleet, and deliver a consistent onboard experience no matter which great European rivers they sail.
Two Explorer Suites feature spectacular 270° views with a private wraparound veranda. Veranda Suites feature two full rooms with a veranda off the living room and a French balcony in the bedroom. Enjoy the indoor-outdoor Aquavit Terrace at the bow of the ship, or relax on the Sun Deck. These "green" ships, featuring energy-efficient hybrid engines, solar panels and an organic herb garden, were named to honor prominent members of the Norse pantheon. Each ship carries 190 guests in comfortable, understated elegance, with hotel-style beds and amenities like 26-inch flat-panel TVs and in-room refrigerators.
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Request - The Low-Residency MFA Program for Creative Writers.
Here's the second question that came by request mail recently...
Why did you decide to get an MFA, what do you think the pros/cons of your MFA experience were, and how did you like the low-residency option? Also, what factors influenced you to choose a low-res program vs. a traditional, on-site program?
This is a long story, but I'll try to make it concise as possible (and probably will not succeed).
Here's my MFA story--
I applied to the MFA program at the UW when I was 28 or 29 and was rejected.
I was truly disappointed. I hadn't applied to any other programs as I don't think I had even considered moving or going somewhere else and 2), I kind of thought I'd get in.
I had moved out of the city to live a "writer's life" and was, but I really wanted to return to school to continue my learning and studying of other writers.
I also wanted to have a child.
At age 30, I became pregnant with my daughter.
For me, there was no way I could have been a full-time grad student. I was completely overwhelmed as a new mother and the UW was a 2 hour commute (one way) from my home. I knew I still wanted to go back to school, but this was not the time for me to start graduate school, at least, not one where I needed to be on campus every day.
When my daughter was 2 or 3, I started looking into over options to get my MFA. There weren't as many low-residency programs as there are today, but there were some good ones.
Here were my top picks-- Bennington, Warren Wilson, Vermont, and Goddard. (I still sometimes get that giddy feeling when I see the word Bennington, as for some reason, I was really connected with that school.) T
Problem was, all of these schools were on the East Coast and I was on the West Coast. 9-11 was still in a knot in my stomach and the idea of leaving on a plane to leave my 2-3 year old for 2 weeks a year seemed awful.
I told my husband -- what I wanted was a low-residency MFA program that I could drive through, with a strong faculty, that was connected with a well-known and well-respected college.
Within a year or so of saying that, a brand-spankin' new low-res program was created at Pacific Lutheran University that was only about 90 minutes away from my house. The program lasted 3 years and I would only have to go to the residency once a year for 10 days. And the faculty? Awesome! Marvin Bell, Sharon Bryan, Albert Goldbarth, Peggy Shumaker, David Huddle, Guest poets Linda Bierds, Natasha Trethewey...
It was perfect for my situation.
Enter the Rainier Writers Workshop.
I applied, was accepted (my writing had definitely become stronger at 33 than at 28) and I began my first residency, August 2004. (I cannot believe that was 6 years ago.) I graduated in 2007.
For me, a low-residency MFA worked because I did not want to be on campus every day and have a 4 hour commute time. To me, a new mom at the time, it was just too much time away from my daughter and I wasn't going to miss out on her early years to get this degree.
So I found something that worked for my life.
Honestly, it was probably one of the best things I have ever done. It ranks up there with getting married, traveling to Europe, adopting a greyhound, kayaking with Orcas, and having a child (not in this order, mind you.)
One of the things I liked about the low-res option was that I thought it would teach me how to write when I wasn't in class all day or a "full-time student."
I had to find time to do all my work, reading, etc. in the middle of regular life--one that included a daughter just starting preschool, P/T time, a working husband, a home/mortgage, bills, etc--there was no dorm or "taking time off to go back to school." My life was moving forward and if I wanted to return to school, I had do it as my life was going on with or without me. I needed to add school to my life, not take myself out of my life to go back to school.
So I found a low-res program that worked for me and began...
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Tax issues for nonprofits discussed
Laguna Beach nonprofits are invited to a free seminar on pitfalls regarding sales tax, raffles, lotteries and unrelated business income sponsored by the Laguna Beach Seniors and Laguna Beach Community Foundation from 3:30 to 5 p.m. July 18 at the Susi Q Senior Center, 380 Third St.
Accountant Robert Gamez will moderate, and two representatives of the California State Board of Equalization will discuss the issues and the need for sales tax reporting by nonprofits. The panel will also review 990 rules and bookkeeping.
For more information, visit http://www.lagunabechcommunityfoundation.org.
Vets, 'Mr. Laguna,' tribute dinner set
A tribute dinner for veterans and a special tribute to Harry Lawrence, known as "Mr. Laguna" for his many contributions to Laguna Beach, will take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. July 21 at the Laguna Beach Woman's Club, 286 St. Ann's Drive.
Service people who have returned from deployment or who are heading to service will be admitted free. The event is being organized by Lawrence's wife, Zahide Lawrence.
Community members are invited to donate a minimum of $20 toward a memorialization on the Remembrance Wall at the VFW Post 5868. To donate and make a reservation, call Arnie Silverman, senior vice commander, at (949) 643-5534, or Bill Kremer at (949) 494-8616.
Katsuya opens at former Hush site
Katsuya, a new restaurant in Laguna Beach, will hold its grand opening Friday at 858 S. Coast Hwy. The restaurant is in the former location of Hush, and will offer sushi and other Japanese fare.
The restaurant is the sixth collaboration between Sam Nazarian, French designer Philippe Starck and master sushi chef Katsuya Uechi, according to a press release. Local architect Morris Skenderian & Associates helped develop the site.
The restaurant will open for lunch July 25. For more information, visit sbe.com.
Faith communities invited to view film
St. Mary's Episcopal Church is screening the documentary film "Out of Cordoba" from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the church, 428 Park Ave. The film is about the Spanish city of Cordoba and details the life stories of a Muslim and a Jew, Averroes and Moses Maimodindes, respectively, who were religious leaders in their time. Director Jacob Bender will lead a discussion after the movie. Admission is free. For information, call Rev. Elizabeth Rechter at (949) 494-3542.
'The Deck' opens at Pacific Edge
Pacific Edge Hotel has opened a new, 160-seat beachside restaurant, The Deck, at 647 S. Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach. The location provides patrons views of beach activities and steaks, seafood, burgers, drinks and other menu items. Cabanas are available, as are massages, spray tanning sessions and personal photographers.
The Deck is open from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily, with a Sunday brunch from 9 a.m. For information, call (949) 494-6700 or visit deckonlaguna.com.
Rach chairs cancer ball
Micki Rach of Laguna Beach is organizing the American Cancer Society's OC Baron's Ball, "USO Tour of Hope," 7 p.m. Aug. 13 at the Santa Ana Country Club in Newport Beach.
Tickets are $200 and the event features live entertainment in the style of the Andrews Sisters, silent and live auctions, and food reminiscent of what was served in the 1940s. Guests are invited to dress in 1940s style.
Proceeds will fund patient services and education programs for Orange County residents, according to the American Cancer Society.
For tickets or more information, call (949) 261-9446, option 3, or visit cancer.org.
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U.S. nuclear subs surfaced in a big way in the April durable-goods report. A record Navy construction contract powered a 0.8% gain in durable-goods orders last month when Wall Street was actually expecting a 0.8% drop.
In April, the Navy inked a $17.6 billion contract for 10 nuclear-powered attack submarines. Contractors General Dynamics Electric Boat /quotes/zigman/227407/delayed /quotes/nls/gd GD and Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding hii /quotes/zigman/4475302/delayed /quotes/nls/hii HII will handle construction. The deal could reach as high as $17.8 billion under certain conditions.
The huge contract led to a 39% increase in defense orders in April, using seasonally adjusted numbers. Orders for defense capital goods rose to $12.89 billion from $9.3 billion in March and $7.8 billion in February.
Of course, the subs won't all be built right away, so the benefits to the economy will be spread out over the next five years.
The boom in demand for military equipment spruced up an otherwise drab durable-goods report. Booking for big-ticket U.S. goods actually fell in April if defense is excluded. Orders often fall in the first month of a new quarter.
Yet orders were revised sharply higher in March and the annualized pace of business investment over the past three months accelerated to the highest rate since last June, perhaps a sign that businesses might be ready to spend more after years of caution.
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Once more it is time for the September Song. Where has the summer gone? For me, it has flown, wasted by being sick, doctoring, etc. My favorite time of the year and, now that I seem to be somewhat better, where have all the flowers gone?
With any kind of luck, we may still have a month or two of lovely fall weather. September brings the turning of the aspen leaves from green to gold. By the end of the month Golden, Colo., is at its best.
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The families of three deceased coal miners may pursue lawsuits that allege the Jackson Kelly law firm wrongly concealed evidence that those miners had black lung disease, a Raleigh County judge has ruled.
Circuit Judge Harry L. Kirkpatrick III rejected an effort by Jackson Kelly to have dismissed a lawsuit brought by the families of former coal miners Clarence Carroll, Normal Dale Eller, and Gary Fox.
The ruling is the latest in a more than three-year legal battle over the behavior of Jackson Kelly lawyers representing coal companies that opposed the awarding of government black lung benefits to West Virginia coal miners.
One Jackson Kelly black lung attorney has already lost his law license for a year, and the suits by Carroll, Eller and Fox seek damages against the firm for allegedly covering up evidence that the miners had the deadly disease. Jackson Kelly has denied any wrongdoing.
Jackson Kelly is the state's largest and oldest law firm, and the coal industry has long been among its major clients. The firm has said that its black lung practice - focused on opposing benefit claims by miners - is "among the nation's largest," with industry clients around the country.
Black lung, or coal workers' pneumoconiosis, is a debilitating and often fatal lung disease caused by breathing coal dust.
In 1969, Congress placed strict limits on airborne dust and ordered coal operators to take periodic tests inside the mines. The law has reduced black lung among the nation's miners. But, at least partly because of industry cheating on dust samples, the law has fallen short of its goal of eliminating the disease.
Under the 1969 law, coal miners are also eligible for monthly payments if they have black lung that would prevent them from working. Coal operators can challenge applications for such benefits and the resulting cases often depend on the results of X-rays and CT scans.
In the three lawsuits against Jackson Kelly, Morgantown lawyer Al Karlin alleges that the firm's lawyers gave judges or the law firm's own experts only portions of key medical test results, withholding other evidence that proved miners had black lung. In some instances, Karlin alleges, Jackson Kelly withheld proof of black lung from miners who did not have attorneys helping with their benefits applications. Once those miners obtained lawyers, the firm tried to settle the cases and avoid revealing the fraudulent actions.
Jackson Kelly sought to have Kirkpatrick throw out the lawsuits, arguing among other things that any such civil lawsuits were pre-empted by the federal Black Lung Benefits Act.
But Kirkpatrick noted that the state Supreme Court had already ruled to suspend for one year the law license of Jackson Kelly attorney Douglas A. Smoot, concluding that Smoot had withheld evidence from retired miner Elmer Daugherty in a black lung benefits case.
Kirkpatrick wrote that "it is likely that the man on the street would be appalled at the ethical behavior exhibited by Mr. Smoot," but that Smoot apparently violated no rules of the federal black lung system.
"Nonetheless, in [the] Smoot [case], our Supreme Court of Appeals showed no compunction in promptly disciplining a lawyer for 'conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation' exhibited in the representation of an employer in a federal black lung case," Kirkpatrick wrote.
"Surely, if it is acceptable that the state has the absolute right to discipline a lawyer for fraudulent conduct undertaken in the federal black lung arena, the premise that a victim of such fraud should be enabled to pursue civil redress in state court is only a short step away," Kirkpatrick said. "In fact, it is clear to this court that the state's right to sanction an attorney whose fraudulent conduct harms a black lung claimant, and the state's authority to provide a remedy for that claimant who was harmed by such conduct, should generally be on the same legal footing."
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Madonna on 'Born This Way': 'I'm Glad That I Helped Gaga Write It'
Madonna won't let it go when it comes to Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way.' Months after referring to Ma Monster's anthem about being and loving yourself as "reductive" and similar to her own 'Express Yourself,' Madge engaged in a live mashup, pairing the two songs side-by-side during her MDNA tour. The gloves remain off, as she recently told a Brazilian TV show, "I'm glad I helped Gaga write it."
According to NME.com, Madge said, "I'm a really big fan of ['Born This Way']. I'm glad that I helped Gaga write it."
It's such a b—-slap and quite catty, especially since Madge won't let it go. Even if her interviewers are the ones stoking the fires and asking the questions, she could choose not to answer. To go as far as to snidely or even jokingly suggest that she's a co-writer, since she feels the song borrows so heavily from her own, likely won't sit with Gaga's camp, which did say that it makes royalties every time Madge sings the song.
For her part, Gaga has taken the high road and refused to address the Material Girl's continued disses, which reportedly infuriate Madge's daughter Lourdes, who is a Gaga fan. It's Madonna who is continually taking verbal pot shots. Madge did once refer to Gaga as talented, but it was hard to discern whether or not she was being sarcastic.
Can't the pop stars all just get along?
Video of the interview is here, but it's not in English.
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Staples co-founder Thomas Stemberg condemns Harvard's handling of cheating scandal
Harvard alumnus Thomas G. Stemberg, co-founder of Staples, Inc., has written a strongly worded letter to University President Drew G. Faust, condemning university officials for their handling of last semester's cheating scandal and calling their approach "Orwellian."
Harvard College officials recently announced that they have issued verdicts to the approximately 125 students who were accused of cheating on their "Intro to Congress" final this past spring, and will announce the results of the investigation at the beginning of the upcoming semester.
In the letter, which was first leaked by The Harvard Crimson and later obtained by the Globe, Stemberg said that as an alumnus of more than 40 years as well as a Harvard parent, he had never felt the need to write a letter of complaint.
Stemberg said that he personally knows a number of the undergraduates who are being punished, but that he decided to write a letter after speaking with two former deans at Harvard.
"I write this only after discussing the matter with two former Deans of Harvard College, who not only confirmed my dissatisfaction, but amplified it," he said.
He wrote that some students in the Congress class "clearly went too far" by cutting and pasting answers, and it was appropriate to reprimand those students.
But he added, "others did no more than write answers from notes that were derived in the collaborative atmosphere the class encouraged," and that punishing this group was wrong.
Stemberg goes on to write that the university has damaged the reputations of innocent students.
He ended the letter with, "as an alumnus, how can one come to any conclusion other than the University has a bloated bureaucracy so intent on being politically correct, that its students and its mission are forgotten?"
Harvard University officials declined to comment.
In a statement released when the cheating scandal became public, Harvard president Drew Faust said that the allegations, "if proven, represent totally unacceptable behavior that betrays the trust upon which intellectual inquiry at Harvard depends. . . . There is work to be done to ensure that every student at Harvard understands and embraces the values that are fundamental to its community of scholars."
The Globe and other news organizations have reported that Harvard athletes were among those implicated.
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