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By Michael Parker
Another entry in our Write Across Sussex competition.
Jack Edwards, code name 'Ice Man', knew this mission would be vital: destruction of the dam would shorten the war considerably. He felt confident about himself this time as the Pegasus engine of the Harrier Jump Jet wound up into a crescendo of sound. He could feel it vibrating through the control column. He completed his checks and held up the mandatory four fingers to the ground crew to declare that the ejector seat and canopy were armed. He acknowledged them as he began to taxi out on to the short runway.
If he felt nervous this time, Jack didn't want to show it. After all, he was the Ice Man. He dabbed the brake pedal to check the brakes were functioning, and then made another quick scan of the cockpit instruments. He knew his fuel load, his target co-ordinates and his time over target, scribbled on his knee pad. The air traffic controller gave him clearance for take-off as he came to a halt on the very short strip of tarmac road. It was a public highway, closed now, that served as a runway at the forward position established by the Allied forces. Jack brought the power up to maximum, set the nozzles at 50% and turned the water injection on. He could feel the jet straining on the leash as he held the brakes for a moment longer before lifting his foot. The Harrier leapt forward sending up clouds of dust in a vortex of wind and noise and scattering the birds from the trees.
Within seconds he was airborne: the jet's nose dropped almost level to the ground as he raced towards the end of the short stretch of road. He touched the brake pedal to stop the wheels spinning and selected undercarriage up. He moved his eyes quickly and checked the four greens had changed to four blacks: 'undercarriage stowed'. The trees below him almost bowed their heads in homage as the Harrier hurtled over their tops. Jack pulled back on the stick, edging it to the left and turned away from the forward airstrip. He turned up into the low cloud that hung sombrely over the dark countryside.
He checked his heading. On his knee was the notepad with the estimated time over the target clearly written. It wasn't far and he knew he would probably not experience any enemy activity on the relatively short run into their territory, which meant a clear run. He did wonder on just what his chances would be of returning safely once the dam had been breached. The target was the important thing though: the dam had to be breached. His life was no longer important, but the dam was. He had about eight minutes of relative calm and safety, and then he would fly into the mouth of Hades where one false move would pile him into mother earth.
The cloud cover above felt like a blanket as he streaked over the ground, no higher than one hundred feet, his ground warning radar switched off to avoid unexpected detection. Ice-cold concentration was needed now from the Ice Man. In the distance he could see the vague shapes of the mountains: black silhouettes against a brightening, dawn sky. Jack had played the scenario over and over again in his mind. He knew exactly where the valley began. It was not clearly visible yet, lying almost unseen beneath a ridge spanning two peaks. Once there he would be in enemy territory.
Suddenly he was hot! He heard the 'ping' as the enemy radar found him, but it was only a brief contact as he hurtled into the shadow of the mountains and into the valley. The Harrier fled like a bullet, wings tipping as Jack turned to follow the winding river course that had scoured the valley for millions of years. On each side the ground rose up like castle walls, hemming the sleek aircraft in, threatening to pull Jack into the forests that clung to the sides. The wind funnelled through the canyon, buffeting the Harrier. Jack fought it, letting the stick tremble gently in his hand as he steered the jet with consummate skill.
Then the dam came into view: a small, almost insignificant wall that held back millions of tonnes of water. Jack selected the bombs, armed them, and levelled out as bursts of flak began to explode dangerously close. But Jack ignored the ground fire; his attention focussed on the dam wall. He dropped the Harrier to within fifty feet of the river, concentration forcing beads of sweat to burst out on his forehead. His breathing was harsh, but his determination never wavered.
He flipped the trigger cover and pressed. Bombs gone! Stick back. Jack heaved, lifting the Harrier up, fleeing like a guilty child after throwing rocks at someone's home. Over the dam and turning, stick hard over to the right. Jack watched the gravity meter, the 'g' force, climbing. He knew he had to turn sharply into the only valley he could use to get away. 5g! His weight was now almost 350 kilograms. His G-suit was inflating to protect him from blacking out and he could see the gauge reading going up. The pressure on his ribs would be enormous. He wanted to ease off to reduce the g-force, but the valley wall was turning sharply and Jack needed to pull the stick further back and let the gauge climb to 7g. How much more could the plane take? There was a danger he would grey out. A few more seconds and blackout would occur. He had to get the jet back on level flight before the whole thing fell apart.
He heard the explosion as his bombs hit home and the missile 'locked' warning almost at the same time. Jack had expected this. He focused on the valley wall, sliding past him swiftly now and hit the chaff and flare buttons. The silver foil burst from the Harrier together with the flares, absorbing the transmissions from the oncoming missile. The burning flares decoyed its seeker head.
Suddenly Jack straightened and pulled the stick back, simultaneously rotating his jet nozzles. The missile streaked by and exploded against the valley wall. The valley turned left and Jack followed. Soon, very soon, he would be clear of the valley and into open country. He knew what awaited him there.
As if by appointment two MIG 27s hove into view. The sky had brightened considerably. Jack was flying with the rising sun behind him. The MIGs would not see him clearly, but their radar would be their eyes. He dropped the nose as the MIGs picked him up. They swung round in a symmetrical pattern to follow Jack down towards the ground, nap of the earth flying, reheat blowing from their tails like glowing torches. Jack's Harrier was no match for them in pure speed, but Jack had more weapons in his armoury. More guile.
He dived down to a long run of trees, hoping to confuse the radar of the MIGs, but the launch of two missiles told Jack they had him locked into their radar. He made a tight turn, dropping more chaff. He couldn't hope to outrun the missiles, but he could hope to spook the MIG pilots. He turned tighter until he was flying straight at the two jets and skipped over the tree line. The missiles made the same turn but lost time in the turn. Jack was now heading directly towards the two fighters at a closing speed of well over a thousand miles per hour. Before the two jets could pull up, Jack tugged the stick back hard, bringing the nose up almost vertical, dropping chaff and flares at the same time. One of the missiles, confused by the different heat signals in close proximity, took out one of the MIGs, blowing it from the sky. Jack cheered noisily as the second missile whistled between him and the remaining MIG.
He turned again, knowing he had a chance to make it to friendly territory, but he had to shake off the remaining jet. He knew the pilot would need just a moment to recover from seeing his wingman being shot down by his own missile, but not too long. It was enough for Jack.
He went in hard and fast over the trees. This, then, was to be the killing ground. This was to be the place where he would be able to test his skill against that of the remaining MIG pilot. One on one! Mano a mano!
He felt a sudden thrill surge through his veins. The kill! He saw the MIG clearly. And the missile!
He spun round in his chair. His wife was standing at the door, one hand on her hip, the other thrust against the door jamb.
"If I've called you once, I've called you a dozen times. Your dinner is ready. Now switch that silly game off and come and get your dinner."
Jack sagged visibly. He looked back at the computer screen as it blossomed into an orange flame and a message flashed up.
"Sorry, Jack, you lost. Better luck next time!"
He switched the game off and closed his computer down. Then he picked up his walking stick and levered himself out of the chair.
"Ah well," he muttered to himself. "Not bad for an eighty-year-old. I'll get them next time."
His wife had already gone and Jack knew he had met his match in more ways than one.
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I've been thinking about evolution, and it has occurred to me that there are 3 problems with it. 1.) evolution by definition is a reactionary process, so how can it look forward - eg how can we as end results of the process ask "what if?" 2.) humanity has the potential to self destruct - Ayn Rand in Atlas Shrugged recognised that we were the only species that could do that - how can an evolved / reactive process develop a self-destruct mechanism? 3.) At what point along the evolutionary process did it decide to split out into separate genders, and where can we point to to demonstrate this? Any thoughts?
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Telling other people how they're going to think and react is always an effective communication method :) Its like a more verbose form of the mind reading cognitive distortion.
I must protest this; it's not a dichotomy between "religious" and "understanding of evolution"; it's quite possible to be both, and it's certainly possible to be neither. I've run into many an atheist (but not here!) whose understanding of evolution lacked any real depth; and many who are unbelievers who, rather than looking into it, find their interests lie elsewhere than the sciences and simply defer to the experts.
It's certainly true that Eric James has shown his ignorance of evolution here, and he happens to be religious, but you cannot simply generalize to say "Only a religious person could have such a grotesque mis-understanding of evolution..."
I hate to call out a fellow atheist for bigotry, but... you are being a bigot here.
I wouldn't lump you in with the DP boycotters :) I had you pegged (like ~60% of Americans) as a Dr. Pepper fan, myself.
to create - the basis of art - to contemplate, to ask "what if" - aspects that are part of every day existence - how did they come to be? Even the ability to consider divinity, even if you choose to reject it, doesn't appear to me to be the natural outcome of a non-forward looking reactive process.
The ability to think abstractly, artistically, logically, etc. are all known to come from various areas of the brain, to be lost when those parts are damaged, or to be missing or enhanced depending on biological factors which sometimes come into play as early as birth.
We know that the brain is the source of these traits (i.e. for the reasons stated above) and that it operates entirely on cells and chemical signals and interaction. All of our biological matter (i.e. said cells and chemical emitters) is patterned and produced from the blueprints of our DNA, interaction from also evolving ribosomes, etc., and that blueprint changes with each generation.
In other words, given infinite time, these traits (abstract thought, artisticness, logic, etc.) are guaranteed to rise in the gene pool, but it just so happens that they rose in billions of years instead, alongside billions of other traits and combinations of traits. How complex brain cell activity can result in abstract thought or conscience is nowhere near a hard science as of yet, but the above facts supersede any explanation involving supernatural, planned or reactive process as causing the traits.
There are no "jumps" in evolution, that is the fundamental problem with your understanding.
Humans aren't the only species that can self-destruct. Any species can do that by becoming too prolific and exhausting its food source while at the same time poisoning itself with its waste products.
Several posters have recommended reference books to aid you in gaining a better understanding of the process of evolutionary development. I applaud your willingness to read Dawkins, Harris and others. It could provide you with the insight needed to correctly question your current modes of thinking. The difficult part of your journey will be whether you can accept the realization that evolution exists and even galaxies are born, live, and die without supernatural influence.
I agree with your last statement 100%.
How can we ask 'What if'? I think it has to do with the evolution of the ability to visualize multiple scenarios or choices in the mind. Consciousness may be a byproduct of this. http://www.klab.caltech.edu/~koch/crick-koch-cc-97.html This is an old paper....
#3 Why do males have nipples? (the link doesn't deal with this question.. I just thought it was a good question to ask considering we are thinking along those lines.) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120171328.htm
@Eric, we gave you those book titles because no one here has the time, and likely not the inclination to spend hours educating you on how evolution works. I had assumed you would go read, at least the one book, then return to the board with your new found knowledge. You've indicated you won't have time to read those until near Christmas, so again, I assumed - this time that you would postpone further discussion until then.
Whether or not you actually intend reading the books, I can't say, but it would seem obvious - this time without the use of assumptions - that you intend continuing the discussion with your limited grasp of the evolutionary process. I, for one have no intention of continuing any further discussion until your return with a greater depth of information - if others choose to waste their time, that, of course, is their option.
See you upon your post-holiday return.
1.) evolution by definition is a reactionary process, so how can it look forward - eg how can we as end results of the process ask "what if?"
No, it's not "reactive." There is nothing reacting to anything. It's a process that favors the leftovers of the struggle to survive. It's progressive, not reactive.
Your definition appears to be wrong.
A result is not necessarily a reaction.
And I think a lot of us are wondering why you are so obsessed with "what if." What if there's no what if? What then?

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EVERETT — A 59-year-old Everett man was shocked twice with an electronic stun gun Friday night just minutes before he died at the Snohomish County Jail.
Bill C. Williams, who had long struggled with mental illness, reportedly got into a confrontation with jail staff. He'd been booked for investigation of theft that night by Everett police.
A Snohomish County sheriff's corrections officer remains on paid administrative leave in connection with the case, officials said Wednesday.
Williams' death is being investigated by the Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team, a cadre of homicide detectives from around the county who probe cases involving police and the use of force.
Williams was arrested about 9:30 p.m. Friday after allegedly shoplifting from a Broadway gas station.
He was booked into jail at 10:17 p.m.
"Once inside, he became combative and corrections staff used two separate Taser applications with little result either time," Everett police officer Aaron Snell said.
Afterward, Williams was placed into an isolation cell. At 10:34 p.m., Williams was found in medical distress, Snell said. Jail staff summoned medics and began resuscitation efforts.
The Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office completed an autopsy Monday. Williams' cause of death is pending further study.
Laboratory test results could take weeks.
Williams spent much of his life in Skagit County but moved to Everett in recent years, where he was receiving services, according to his family. He had suffered from bipolar disorder and schizophrenic episodes since his 20s.
Williams had good years in his life but also could lose touch with reality and become violent, his family said.
Initial reports from police misstated Williams' age and current city of residence.
His family has set up an account for community donations to help with funeral expenses. People can give to the "Bill Williams Memorial Fund" at any KeyBank branch.
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But what I didn't fully expect was an absolute outpouring of beautiful comments from friends around the world, each of whom has received the set and is seemingly enjoying the hell out of it. That has made the whole experience so, so worthwhile. Thanks to all who have written in and especially those who have shared pictures of their sets. Here's a few of my favorites!
German drummer Bernard Flegar befriended Barrett Deems and is right up there with yours truly when it comes to loving the All Stars. I was thrilled when Bernard sent me this one:
Others have not only sent their congratulations, but they've also sent in their set numbers, which I've seen as low as #48 and as high as #967! Remember, this is a limited edition of only 5,000 and to see Mosaic pushing the 1,000 mark not only three weeks in must be a good sign. Reviews have also been trickling in, all of a positive nature. Last time, I shared Tom Nolan's rave in the Wall Street Journal; he's since been joined by Eric Alterman in The Nation and George W. Harris of Jazzweekly, while John McDonough told me he has a review slated to be published in the next issue of Downbeat.
And in other exciting news, as of yesterday, the Mosaic set is now for sale at the Louis Armstrong House Museum gift shop in Corona, Queens! Mosaic is famous for being mail-order-only but they're allowing the Armstrong House to sell it in-house only, which we're grateful for. Thus, if you're in the NY area, want to see Pops's House and pick up the set, come on out to 34-56 107th Street. Here's a picture of it standing proudly in the shop:
But by far--there'll never be a second place--the highlight of this whole experience came on June 4 when David Ostwald and I visited the legendary George Avakian. I've written time and again on this blog about the importance of George in my life and Scott Wenzel and I specifically dedicated this set to him. When David and I got there, the box had just arrived earlier that day and George hadn't really looked at it. We spent two hours with the 95-year-old legend and he was so impressed with the set and touched by the whole thing. Here's a few pictures we snapped of an evening I'll never forget:
I'll never fully be able to convey what that means to me, especially since it's been almost 19 years since an Avakian-produced compilation changed my life in 1995. If that's the only feedback I ever receive on this set, I'll die happy....but I'm so happy that so many others feel similar about this set, so what can I say: keep those cards and letters (and pictures) coming and I'll continue to update everyone on the reception of the set in the coming months. Thanks, everybody!


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When I set up this blog, I was drawn to the MistyLook template by Sadish [NOTE: I have since changed to Tarski 1.1.3 by Benedict Eastaugh and Chris Sternal-Johnson]. One of the things I liked was how easy it is to change the graphic at the top. I'll likely change it from time to time. The photo that is currently at the top is Camp Chase Cemetery on Sullivant Avenue in Columbus. This particular photo is a crop of a photo I took there in October 2004.
Camp Chase was a Civil War recruitment and training camp and a prison for Confederates. According to OhioHistoryCentral, in 1863 more than 8,000 men were imprisoned there. Records for Camp Chase can be found at the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus.
The cemetery has approximately 2,260 burials. You can find pictures of individual tombstones at Leona Gustafson's site.
It is hard to get the scale of the cemetery without going there in person.
Parking can be found on side streets off of Sullivant Avenue.


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Foods That Send Metabolism Soaring
We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Prevention here on FitSugar!
Power up your fat-burning engine with every bite!
Excerpted from The Active Calorie Diet book by Leslie Bonci, R.D.
A calorie is a calorie, and cutting them is the best way to lose weight, right? Not so fast. New research shows that eating certain types of foods can rev your metabolism, curb your appetite, and help you drop more pounds than others. The Active Calorie Diet, an eating plan based on this research, explains how some foods take more work to eat so you burn more calories during digestion. In fact, just the act of chewing foods like fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean cuts of meat can increase your calorie burn by up to 30 percent!
In this diet plan, foods are broken down into four types of "active calories" — chewy foods, hearty foods, energizing foods, and warming foods. Here's how each one encourages your body to burn more calories.
Chewy Foods (lean meats, nuts, whole fruits and vegetables)
These calories make your body work right off the fork. To maximize the chew factor, choose food in its most "whole" state — apples instead of applesauce, for instance. High-protein foods really are your best ally in the Active Calorie Diet because they take more work to chew and longer to leave your stomach so you take more time eating—and have more time to register that you're full.
Hearty Foods (fruits, vegetables, brown rice, whole grains and cereals)
In addition to being chewy, these active calories are packed with fiber, so they take up more room in your belly (compared to other foods with the same number of calories), and leave less room for second helpings. Foods that take more work to chew literally make your mouth work harder (ramping calorie burn by 10 percent!) and increase the thermic effect of food, the calorie-burn bump we get from eating and digesting any given type of food.
Energizing Foods (coffee, black and green tea, dark chocolate)
You can get metabolism-boosting caffeine in coffee and black tea; just be careful not to load them up with milk, cream, or sugar. Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant, so your daily java or black tea can boost your metabolism by 5 to 8 percent — about 80 to 128 calories a day. Green tea doesn't have much caffeine but it does contain catechins, an antioxidant that raises resting metabolism by 4 percent (about 80 calories a day). Dark chocolate contains both catechins and caffeine, but stick to one ounce per day to limit fat and calories.
More foodie tips to rev your metabolism after the break.
Warming Foods (peppers, cinnamon, ginger, garlic, cloves, mustard, vinegar)
To fully activate the calories from every meal, add some heat. Dieters taking capsaicin, the chemical that gives peppers their burn, doubled their energy expenditure for several hours after eating, according to a new study from UCLA. Even mild peppers contain compounds that help erase up to 100 calories a day by binding to nerve receptors and sending fat-burning signals to your brain. Cinnamon, cloves, bay leaves, and garlic help, too.
Fat-Burning Meal Ideas
Following The Active Calorie Diet is easy and doable because you're probably eating many of the foods on a daily basis already. Your meals will consist of mostly Chewy and Hearty foods, plus at least one Energizing or Warming food. You can have a daily snack that contains at least one type of Active Calorie food. Keep your calories to around 1,500 a day and you could lose up to 14 pounds and four inches in just four weeks.


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December 13, 2004
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December 12, 2004
Great line from Iraq the Model's Omar, currently in Washington with his brother Mohammed:
Yesterday I came to your country. Today, I met the President.
Jeff Jarvis, a tireless and incredibly generous promoter of Middle Eastern bloggers, has more on the Bush/blogger summit:
Mohammed said the President understood what blogs are and their importance and they found the staff in the White House views reading blogs as part of their jobs now. The brothers said they were in the White House not just as Iraqi citizens but as representatives of the blogosphere.
There's yet more here; please read. Meanwhile, Omar and Mohammed's Washington visit hasn't received much mainstream coverage (aside from a radio appearance arranged by the resourceful Jarvis), despite screamingly obvious human interest angles. Perhaps the weeklies will run something. Of course, Australian readers got to know our Iraqi friends months ago ...
A thriving coalition of election denialists has emerged in the wake of George W. Bush's victory.
Compare the paranoid howlings from these people to the calm reason of Michael Moore. If only all anti-Bush activists were as rational.
(Via Rob at SemiSkimmed)
Remember how Australia's international reputation was completely destroyed in 2001 by our no-messing-around response to illegal immigration? Here's a collection of typical views:
Our reputation abroad has changed dramatically for the worst.
Australia's track record in relation to asylum-seekers has now become an international scandal and a disgrace to our reputation as a country strongly respectful of human rights and dignity.
Our reputation as a people who believe in a "fair go" for all has been severely, perhaps, irreparably, damaged. Many of us, for the first time in our lives, are now ashamed of being Australian.
It is Australia's reputation that's going in the trash bin here, not just the rights of the asylum seekers. The rest of the world will see this as Australia acting outside international law and dropping Australia's great reputation for humanitarianism.
Our system of mandatory detention is cruel and a blot on our reputation for humanity.
Prime Minister John Howard didn't quite see things that way, telling an interviewer in 2002: "I reject this claim that our reputation's been damaged. I think people understand that we have taken action in a difficult situation that is wholly consistent with the right of this country to protect its borders."
And it seems he was right. Just ask Ellen and Peter Bles, who are among many Dutch leaving their country for Australia and other reputable nations:
An exodus of native-born Dutch in search of a new life abroad has reversed immigration flows for the first time since the post-war era.
Last year more people left the Netherlands than arrived as migrants or asylum seekers, even though unemployment remains low at 4.7 percent and per capita income is higher than any major country in Europe.
Lawyers, accountants, computer specialist, nurses, and businessmen are lining up for visas to the English-speaking world, looking to Australia, New Zealand and Canada as orderly societies where people have the space to breathe.
The new wave of "middle-class flight" has quickened this year following rising ethnic violence and crime committed by and against immigrants, and in response to fears that social order is breaking down. In the first six months there was a net outflow of 13,313 people.
Requests for visa information have exploded since the murder of Theo van Gogh, a Dutch film-maker and acerbic critic of Muslim views on women.
It's likely that Australia's reputation was enhanced by coverage of the illegals/refugees/asylum seekers issue. If this story gets wider coverage locally, expect the left to respond with something along the lines of: We're attracting white racists! Shame, Howard, shame!
The Guantanamo Bay nightmare gets worse and worse. Here's The Guardian's latest shocking report:
Fresh allegations about a regime of torture and humiliation inflicted on detainees by their American captors atGuantánamoBayhave been made by a Briton still held there, according to Foreign Office documents seen by the Guardian.
The claims by Martin Mubanga, fromLondon, are the latest to surface from the prison where theUSholds 550 Muslim men it claims are terrorists in conditions that have sparked worldwide condemnation.
Mr Mubanga, 31, alleges that only months ago he was kept shackled for so long that he wet himself, and then was forced to clean up his own urine. He claims to have been threatened, that an interrogator stood on his hair, and that he was subjected to extremes of temperature rising to 36C (97F). He was kept chained to the floor by his feet for an hour during a welfare visit from a British government official.
Imagine, if you can, a prison so brutal that inmates dont have their own personal urine-mopping maids. The Daily Mirror's Stephen Moyes could've used one himself in 2002.
(Via contributor J.F. Beck)
December 11, 2004
You bastards:
Herbert M. Hazelkorn, of Glencoe, Illinois, left us on December 7, 2004, of a broken heart at the recent passing of his wife of 35 years, Bobby, exacerbated by a broken spirit arising from the results of the Presidential election.
Want to send a Christmas card to Michael Moore? Of course you do!
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been cleared of corruption. I guess this qualifies him as an official James Wolcott Hero for our Time following Wolcott's celebration of George Galloway's legal win. About which lawyer Damian Penny writes: "Wolcott, by the way, says the Telegraph's incriminating documents 'were either forged or doctored' - even though the court made no such ruling, and Galloway did not even challenge their authenticity."
Naturally, Wolcott -- how apt that he writes for Vanity Fair -- is a Chomsky fan.
Margo Kingston calls for nominations in the prestigiuo ... pretstigi ... important 2004 Webdiary Awards:
1. The most courageous Australian in 2004
2. The most cowardly Australian of 2004
3. The biggest Australian risk taker in 2004
4. The Australian who was most effective in promoting good governance in 2004
"Most cowardly Australian"? That's an uncharacteristic idea from Margo, who's previously complained that "we're all running about tearing other to bits. It's not healthy, it's not sensible, it's not sustainable, and it's not even terribly fair. Perhaps shaming an Australian as our greatest coward is Margo's way of searching for some consensus.
Actually, make that two Australians. Under Webdiary rules you're requested to offer two nominations for each category, "one on the basis that only politicians are eligible, and the other on the basis that the field is open to all Australians." Let's see how nominations are progressing ...
Most courageous: Mike Scrafton, Bob Brown ("standing up to the awesome power of conservative evil"), Antony Loewenstein ("a lot of courage"), Terry Hicks ("for standing up for his son David"), Pauline Hanson ("for going on Dancing with the Stars"), and John Howard ("for doing what he thinks is right on the war on terror and refugees").
Most cowardly: John Howard ("for the continued incarceration of refugee children, his continued defence of the illegal invasion and massacres in Iraq and his gutless attacks on anyone who dares to dissent"), John Howard ("head of the most incidious government this country has had at any level in our history"), John Howard ("rattus howardii"), John Howard, John Howard, Peter Costello ("his strong convictions on social justice are no where evident in Government policies"), John Laws, David Marr ("because of two spineless omissions, both involving the Sydney Morning Herald: 1. When Margo claimed that the media were controlled by Zionists, he declined to mention it. 2. When the Herald ran that crazy story about Allawi shooting prisoners in a Baghdad jail, Marr turned the other blind eye"), Carmen Lawrence ("for always taking the easy way out"), and "all those males who have beaten or raped women in the past 12 months."
Biggest risk-taker: Mark Latham, Peter Garrett ("you could have been a leader of a powerful new political force of integrity and honour - the Greens"), Bob Brown, house-dads, South Australian Opera CEO Stephen Phillips ("for producing first Australian production of Wagner's Ring, in a country where the arts don't appear anywhere on the political radar"), and "those brave souls acting as human shields in defiance of the murderous governments of our country, Britain & the USA".
Most effective in promoting good governance: Bob Brown ("there has not been anyone else at all ... the greatest Australian political leader"), Kevin Rudd ("one day the pendulum will swing back to a time where courage, vision and wisdom is rewarded"), Tanya Pliberseck ("stood tall"), Kerry O'Brien ("for honesty and integrity"), Peter Costello ("for the cool manner in which he has managed the country's economic resources"), and Margo Kingston ("a GREAT voice in a sea of propaganda and mindless banality - thank U Margo, you've kept the dream alive for many of us").
UPDATE. Nominations keep rolling in:
Most courageous: Dr. Catherine Hamlin, Margo Kingston ("for continuing to host Webdiary after exposing the Zionist media control in Australia"), Alicia Sorohan ("grandmother who wrestled a croc to save her grandson's life"), Andrew Bolt ("a true iconoclast"), Keith Windschuttle ("standing up for truth"), Dr Mal Washer ("had the guts to stand up to Abbott"), Noel Pearson ("put pride and people before political baggage"), Brian Harradine, Clover Moore, Imre Salusinszky ("exposed the postings overboard affair in which Margo Kingston tried to secretly wipe her own anti-Semitic comments from the Webdiary archive"), and Paul McGeough ("the only reporter who was really reporting on the war, not just propagandising. Whatever happened to his stories about those horrendous new and unidentified weapons the USA used on busloads of civilians, and the one about Allawi shooting prisoners?").
Most cowardly: John Howard (five times), Rupert Murdoch, Max Moore-Wilton, Peter Garrett ("for conveniently deciding that US Forces in Australia are a wonderful thing"), Anthony Loewenstein, General Peter Cosgrove, the Canberra press gallery ("displayed exceptional group think"), Barry Cohen ("for waiting till the day after the elections before revealing the depths of anti-semitism and Judenhass within the ALP"), the anonymous individuals who recently painted "six million more please, plus fries" outside a synagogue, David Marr ("for taking pot shots at personal foes whilst hiding behind a structure that is fundamentally anti-democratic"), Margo Kingston, those who live in democratic, affluent and tolerant Australia and yet are apologists for terror or terrorists, those pro-illegals whiners who haven't the guts to nominate just how many illegals they would allow into the country before shutting the gate, and Phillip Ruddock ("for his attacks on little children").
Biggest risk taker: Dr Tim Flannery, John Howard ("for supporting George Bush in the attempt to bring democracy to the middle east"), Phillip Adams, Tony Abbott, Peter King, Chris Masters, and Stephen Kenny.
Most effective in promoting good governance: Julia Gillard, the editors of crikey.com.au, Tim Blair (!!), John Howard, the Australian public ("for re-electing Howard, and allowing him to misrepresent us to the world. We now look like a country of morons. Second only to the US"), Bob Carr ("such an apalling example of what Not To Do"), The Hon. Jerrold Cripps QC, the Australian voter ("for sending a foolish and irresponsible ALP into the wilderness"), the High Court, Simon Longstaff, and Michael Long.
Jim Treacher, whose nation still believes in the outmoded and barbaric concept of "not allowing oneself to be killed by burglars", offers some useful advice to the besieged British:
Hit the intruder's fists, knees, elbows, and feet with your face, ribcage, and genitals. This will subtly wear him down and require him to stop for a glass of water.
On a related note, robbery is thirsty work, and a parched burglar is an angry burglar. If all you've got is tap water, you're just asking for trouble. Try to keep a wide selection of beverages on hand at all times, just in case. This will subtly lull your new friend into a false sense of comfort and good cheer, giving you the chance to crawl out of the room for a change of underwear before the smell requires him to punish you further.
Refer to the home-invader as "massuh." This will impose a subtle feeling of guilt on the misguided victim of society, causing him to pause briefly for self-reflection in the course of upending your laundry room for hidden jewelry or drugs. In another 30-60 years, he will die of natural causes and cease all criminal activity.
Many wealth-redistributors are atheist or agnostic, as is their right. Try to avoid offending your guest with thoughtless phrases such as "Please, God, help me," "Oh Christ, I can't feel my legs," or "Jesus, Jesus, there's so much blood."
If at all possible, prevent the problem entirely by not living indoors. No home = No possibility of home invasion! Divest yourself of all personal possessions and take up a crimefree outdoor urban lifestyle.
Please vote for Jim in the soon-to-conclude Weblog Awards. Vote or die, as Sean Combs or a home invader with an overdeveloped sense of civic participation might say.
Phillip Adams thinks he's being clever:
There has to be a day of reckoning on this wretched war. And in that reckoning we need more information than a rollcall of dead Americans. After all the disinformation on Iraq, the surviving defence for the invasion has been on moral grounds. The Coalition of the Willing was saving Iraq from despotism. If thats the case, how many dead and devastated Iraqis are too many?
If we are to cling to the belief - I think the illusion - that this was a just war, then give us a number.
Okay, Phil, I'll play. My number is 252, 943. Happy? Now, how about you give us the number of Iraqis who would have had to be tortured and murdered before you'd think an invasion was justified. Or the number of times the US should have been attacked by terrorists before it reacted.
For that matter, I'd be interested to learn how many claimed asylum seekers you believe should be permitted to enter Australia without documentation before you'd consider restrictions. Come on, Phil; give us some numbers.
(Of course, Phillip has borrowed his demand-for-numbers tactic from fellow ABC identity Kerry O'Brien. How many elderly commie ABC presenters are too many?)
Accused South Australian Taliban fighter David Hicks, currently in US custody, claims he was beaten, injected with drugs, and invited to have sex with prostitutes. Congratulations, Guantanamo Bay officials, for making our boy feel right at home.


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Clad in multihued gowns that lighted up Valencia High School's auditorium stage, nine young women competing for the titles of Miss Placentia and Miss Yorba Linda stood anxiously Saturday night, waiting for the evening's winners to be named.
When the big moment arrived, Carly Valdes was crowned Miss Placentia 2013; Kaitlin Urell was named Miss Yorba Linda 2013.
Nearly 350 people – including Placentia Mayor Scott Nelson and Yorba Linda Mayor Tom Lindsey – watched the contestants (ages 17 to 21) vie for the titles, more than $16,000 in scholarship funds and the opportunity to compete in the 2013 Miss California Pageant, the official preliminary to the Miss America contest.
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Urell, 21, a junior at Cal State Fullerton, also chose to serenade the audience with a Broadway show tune. She performed "For Good" from "Wicked." Urell said she put her all into her evening's performance.
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Lance Goode, who has a lengthy criminal history and is suing the New London police, was arraigned Thursday in connection with the Aug. 29, 2013, shooting death of Jesus "Gee" Pinero.
Goode, 45, of 98 Williams St. is charged with first-degree hindering prosecution and tampering with a witness, crimes that could land him in prison for up to 15 years if he is convicted. New London police said they arrested him following a motor vehicle stop on Garfield Avenue.
Goode has a pending civil rights lawsuit against city police claiming a former city police officer planted drugs on him during one arrest and that he was brutalized and bitten by a police dog during another. His wife, Lillian, whose minivan was seized during the homicide investigation, was in court Thursday and said her husband would be fighting the new charges.
At the arraignment, Goode stood before Judge Kevin P. McMahon, who has told Goode more than once that it might be a good idea if he moves out of the area. McMahon set Goode's bond at $50,000 cash and transferred the case to the Part A court where major crimes are tried. Goode's next court date is May 20. His wife said he would be unable to post bond.
Pinero, 29, died of multiple gunshot wounds after being shot near Connecticut Avenue and Prest Street. Earlier this week, city police retrieved his alleged killer, 28-year-old Keith Ramel Delvalle, from the Rikers Island jail complex in New York City and brought him back to Connecticut to face charges of murder, criminal possession of a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit, unlawful discharge of a firearm, criminal use of a firearm and commission of a Class A felony with a firearm.
Arrest warrant affidavits containing details of the case have been sealed by the court. Goode told The Day in September 2013 that he had been questioned by the police in connection with the case and that detectives seized his wife's Town & Country minivan after telling him a "person of interest" had been in the car. He said a man he knows was one of many people wanted for questioning by the police. Goode said he has nothing to do with the shooting.
Goode has prior convictions for possession of narcotics, sale of narcotics, assault and failure to appear in court, according to Bail Commissioner Timothy Gilman. He has a pending reckless driving case stemming from September 2013, when police said he fled from detectives when they tried to stop him on Ocean Avenue to question him about the Pinero homicide.
Delvalle, the accused shooter who was arraigned earlier this week, was presented in the major crimes court Thursday for the first time. Judge Hillary B. Strackbein raised his bond from $49,900 cash to $175,000 cash, appointed attorney John E. Franckling to represent him and continued the case to May 15. State's Attorney Michael L. Regan is prosecuting.
Another man arrested in connection with the Pinero homicide, Lance J. Brown of Uncasville, posted $200,000 bond on April 26 after being held since December. Police said they identified him through DNA on a Glock pistol, one of two guns that were found at the scene. They allege Brown was returning fire at Delvalle. He is charged with criminal possession of a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit, first-degree reckless endangerment and illegal discharge of a firearm. Brown is due back in court May 15.
There was no DNA evidence linking the other gun — a .25-caliber pistol found on the ground nearby — to Delvalle, according to court testimony.
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House Appropriations Chairman Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, is laying out the final budget bill in the House chamber, appealing for a bipartisan vote.
The budget cuts more than $15 billion from the state budget.
"It's the second budget in a row we have cut state spending by more than $1 billion. That has never happened in this state's history," Pitts told his colleagues.
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No Democrats voted for the House budget plan earlier this session. The final product represents a compromise with the Senate.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College women's cross country team put three on the All-Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Academic Team as announced by the conference Friday.
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Junior Victoria Dobson (New Hamburg, Ontario) owns the team's best GPA with a 3.64 in English. Dani Destiche (Snellville, Ga.) is the only senior on the squad for Georgia College with a 3.63 GPA in outdoor education and junior Sarah Balkcom (Fayetteville, Ga.) concludes the list for the Bobcats achieving a 3.37 GPA in health education.
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I guess you've done a bit of family tree research. That is an American family story from pioneers to professionals. Thanks for that.
William Vernon Scott was adopted by Georgie Scott Forbes and Robert H Forbes. I have no idea why he chose to live with them rather than his father, Georgie's brother, William Pennington Scott and his wife Maud Liggett.They seem to have had several other children. Anyway, Wm V changed his name to Pats Henry Forbes, traveled with the Forbeses to India and other places, and later joined the army. Somewhere along the way, he met my grandmother, Hazel Sloop, married and they had 3 children, Robert H Forbes, Ernest Lee Forbes and Susan Patricia Forbes (now Gardenhour). IN 1935, at the height of the depression, Pats could not see how to support his family and took his own life. Hazel had no way to support her children, and sent the boys to live at Oxford Orphanage, a Masonic-supported children's home. She and Patsy moved in with her mother. Because of their orphanage raising, or in spite of it, both boys joined the service after they graduated high school, and served in the Korean war. I don't know as much about Ernest's service record, but my father, Robert made 57 jumps into enemy territory with the 11th Airborne. Boy, do I have some stories to tell! Both men used the GI Bill benefits to go to college and have made very nice lives for themselves. Robert attended Belmont Abbey College, where he met my mother, and then went on to Wake Forest for Law School. He joined the FBI after graduation, was appointed Gastonia, NC's, City Solicitor for a couple of years,then began a general practice law firm. He closed his doors in 2007, and at age 80, has gone full circle and is now a Gaston County Assistant District Attorney. Ernest went to North Carolina State and became a veterinarian, at one time, the ONLY vet in Anson County, NC. He died of bone cancer several years ago. Patsy married a college sweetheart from Lenoir-Rhyne, and is living in Maryland. My cousins are of some particular notariety, one being Scott Gardenhour, producer. He's an interesting individual, too. I hope this helps with the Forbes, Arizona saga. Thanks so much for your diligence and for asking!
I guess you've done a bit of family tree research. That is an American family story from pioneers to professionals. Thanks for that.
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Hey, Vulture, are you out there? You had asked me for some info on where the family is now. I live in Charlotte, NC, which is a little south of where the Penningtons came from in the 1700s, Salisbury, in Rowan County, NC. That is where Elias' family originally settled after coming"off the boat," so to speak. Interesting that we should wind up back here after the migration westward. I have found some cousins in Texas - the Randolphs - decendants of Larcena's sister Mary. I still need to fin out who the parents of Fisher Scott were. I'm hoping that Pima County keeps death records back to 1915. He died a couple of years after Larcena, who passed in 1913. I also still need to find out what happened with William Pennington Scott, their son, and why Wiliam Vernon (aka Pats Forbes) and his brother, Walter, were sent to live with Robert and Georgie Forbes. It might explain a lot about who Pats was and why he took his own life. If you have any further insights, or contact info for someone else who can help, that would be awesome!
Thanks so much for all your help!
While your Pennington ancestors are very interesting, your Liggett ancestors are equally so. Your grandmother Maud Pauline Liggett was born in Eureka, Nevada while her father William Marion Liggett ran a saloon. Prior to moving to Eureka, William Liggett was a gold miner in the now ghost town of Eldorado, Oregon. He was involved in an "old west" shootout with John McCourt on October 17, 1870 in which McCourt was killed. There was another shooter involved by the name of Beatty "Sixty" Fawcett who shot McCourt from ambush with a sawed off double barreled shotgun. Fawcett and Liggett were found innocent in a subsequent trial. William Marion Liggett came west on the Oregon Trail with his family in the 1850's and served in the Nevada Cavalry during the Civil War fighting the Paiutes. He was wounded in one of those battles. Have a lot more information as a result of research for a book on the town of Eldorado.[
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text: I guess we have gained valuable experience in competing at the 2010 Worlds. We proved that competitve racing can be done in over 30 knots as well as 7-10 knots. My main concern is that we had offshore winds, but plenty of it during the final 2 days of comp but no races were able to be completed. Under the circumstances I agreed with the decision, but this doesn't boad well for the future of kite racing if we can not compete in any offshore winds. FYI the wind was gusting to over 20 knots the first day and to 18 on the second. If the event had been slightly more orgaized with support boats, etc., do you think we could have raced? I'd be interested to hear from Gebi, Chris, and others that were at the event on this. We need to find a way to make th is work as many venues around the world will have offshore winds. Thoughts?


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Tuesday was all about the escape from Indianapolis. After six days at the NFL Scouting Combine, I saw scores of weary assistant coaches, head coaches, and personnel men going through security at the airport in anticipation of seeing their families again.
It was a whirlwind week as always: You can check out our daily ATL recaps right here for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Before we totally move on, I wanted to give some final big-picture thoughts here.
Since our great scouts like Bucky Brooks and Daniel Jeremiah have the college players covered, these takeaways will be more about the game behind the game:
1. I went into the week thinking the San Francisco 49ers would be lucky to get a late-round pick for Alex Smith. I left Indianapolis thinking that Smith was on the cusp of being traded. On Wednesday, it became all but official with Jay Glazer's report. Smith went to the Kansas City Chiefs for a second-round pick in 2013 and a conditional pick in 2014. The weak rookie class helped this deal get done. So did the weak free-agent class. It all came together perfectly for Smith and the 49ers.
2. The three-day negotiating window before free agency starts hasn't slowed down tampering. I spoke to two agents that both said they planned to have deals verbally agreed to before that negotiating period even starts on March 9. Free agency officially starts at March 12. Teams are now allowed to negotiate for three days and trade paperwork before March 12.
There was skepticism that window would matter. Teams will be afraid to put numbers on paper too early for fear that deals will be shopped around as a starting point for other teams' negotiations. The larger gap between the combine and the start of free agency did slow down concrete deals getting done in Indianapolis.
3. There were suggestions that there will be more veteran trades because of the flat salary cap and limited cap room available. That includes veteran-for-veteran trades. I hope that's true, but I've heard it before. And the NFL rarely has many trades.
4. The Miami Dolphins were a hot topic of conversation. Cornerback Sean Smith is fully expected to test the free-agent waters. Defensive tackle Randy Starks sounds likely to get the franchise tag. GM Jeff Ireland is in a contract year and has a lot of cap space available to try to save his job. Expect the Dolphins to be very active. They could go after a big-name wide receiver and possibly one of the good tight ends (Fred Davis? Dustin Keller?) that are on the market.
5. The cornerbacks are probably going to get big money. Smith, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, and Aqib Talib are good enough players that might get paid like great players. I also wouldn't be surprised to see Nnamdi Asomugha get a surprisingly generous short-term deal.
6. The depth of the running back market won't help anyone get paid. There's not a lot separating Steven Jackson, Reggie Bush, Rashard Mendenhall and Ahmad Bradshaw. Other names like Michael Turner, Felix Jones, Danny Woodhead and LaRod Stephens-Howling will all find roles. There's no need to pay good money at the position.
7. Mike Wallace is going to be very, very rich. I don't see why he can't get Vincent Jackson money or better. That will especially be true if Dwayne Bowe and/or Greg Jennings get the franchise tag.
If you're going through Combine withdrawal or were offline during the weekend, some of the interviews I recorded this weekend: Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis, Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett, Jacksonville Jaguars GM David Caldwell, Jaguars coach Gus Bradley, and SI.com's Peter King.
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Full D8 Interview Video: Demand Media's Richard Rosenblatt and ProPublica's Paul Steiger
As promised, All Things Digital is posting the full videos from our eighth D: All Things Digital conference, held earlier this month.
Here's one of the most interesting pairings at D8: Richard Rosenblatt of Demand Media, the search-savvy content engine, and former Wall Street Journal edit chief Paul Steiger of ProPublica, a nonprofit that produces hefty investigative pieces online and off.
The debate over the future of journalism is a key one over the next several years, as new content models emerge and old ones wither.
Here's the full video of the session, in which I interviewed the pair:
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Los Angeles, Calif., Aug 23, 2013 / 02:01 am (CNA).- In light of the modern crisis of misunderstanding the human person, American social activist Dorothy Day is a model for viewing humanity correctly, says Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles.
After her conversion to the Catholic faith, the 20th century advocate for the poor went on "to lead a transfigured life, in the image of Jesus Christ," the archbishop wrote in an Aug. 9 column for "The Tidings."
"She became our country's most radical witness to Christ's love for the poor and his call for us to be instruments of his peace and justice. She criticized, like a prophet, America's failures to live up to its high ideals."
Baptized in the Episcopal Church, Day lived her early years as a journalist as she toyed with communist ideas, attempted suicide and had an abortion.
After a profound conversion, she co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement and started soup kitchens, farm communities and a Catholic newspaper. Spending much of her time in New York, she dedicated her life to aiding and advocating for the poor, leading a life characterized by voluntary poverty, works of mercy and Scripture.
At their annual conference in Nov. 2012, the U.S. bishops heartily approved the advancement of her cause for canonization.
In his recent column, Archbishop Gomez said that Day's understanding of the human person was rooted in a realization that each person is created by God.
He quoted her saying that "a most wonderful sense of the glory of being a child of God swept over me. So joyous a sense of my own importance that I have reflected on it since. I would pray that (you) have it, and grow in it. This sense of (our) importance as … sons of God, divinized by his coming."
Archbishop Gomez wrote that "these beautiful words give us a place to begin thinking about the foundations of Christian 'anthropology,' by which I mean of our vision of the human person."
The archbishop's column was based on a talk given at the Napa Institute Conference earlier in the month. He said that the push for same-sex marriage and the acceptance of homosexual acts and transgenderism are based on a "basic confusion."
" We have no idea anymore in our society of what 'human nature' is or what it means to be a human person. And this is rooted in our loss of the sense of God in our society."
He then pointed to Dorothy Day, whose cause for canonization is open. Her understanding of herself as a person created by God in his image, is the understanding that has been lost in Western culture, the loss of which has lead to the 'culture wars' we are now in.
Because Day saw herself as a child created by God, she realized that "the human life has a God-given make-up – we are created as unity of body and soul, and who we are is crucially related to our sexuality, to whether we are made male or female."
Western society has "almost totally rejected" this understanding of the human person, Archbishop Gomez wrote, leading to an "extreme individualism" where "people believe they have the ability to 'create' and 're-create' themselves … especially in the areas of their sexuality."
By not seeing human life as a 'given', created as a "gift from God," post-modern culture has regarded it as "a kind of 'raw material' which they can modify and re-fashion according to their own desires and their own sense of meaning and purposes."
The forgetfulness that humanity is created by God is rooted in a forgetfulness that God even exists, wrote the archbishop. "When we forget our Creator, we forget what creation means."
"We lose the sense of our own meaning as his creatures. That's what's happening in our society. If God is not our Father, then we are not brothers and sisters and we have no responsibility for one another."
Without an acknowledgement of God, Western culture, formerly Christian, has slid toward relativism, which includes a "disintegration" of the idea of the human person.
In the face of this, Archbishop Gomez has begun to see "that the new evangelization must include … a new proclamation of our beautiful Catholic vision for the human person."
"The men and women of our times need to hear … they are the glory of God, created and destined for the vision of God. They need to know that they are God's image and that everyone they meet is God's image, too."
The new evangelization must teach people that persons have reason, and meaning to their lives, and that no one's life is "trivial."
Our task in this moment is to restore this appreciation of the sacred image of the human person," wrote Archbishop Gomez. "We need to bring this truth into our homes and neighborhoods and churches."
Because every human person is created by God as a person, a being with reason and will, they have a nature and a purpose, and that, Archbishop Gomez wrote, must be shared in the new evangelization.
The God-given purpose of human life, he reflected is "holiness," and "to live as God's image in the world."
"So we need to help our neighbors to see that all our lives are not our project but God's project. We are God's works of art. Each one of us."
"I'm convinced that this truth about the sacred image and destiny of the human person is a key to the new evangelization," concluded Archbishop Gomez.
"We need to make this truth the substance of our preaching, our religious education, our work for justice."
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Keep a Cautious Eye on China in the Year of the Snake: Ritzholtz, Prudden [Video]
Yahoo! Breakout interviewed Minyanville's top writers at the recent Festivus holiday party. The first topic of dicussion? China in 2013 -- what else?
Editor's note: This article by Matt Nesto first appeared on Breakout, by Yahoo! Finance
The Chinese won't flip their New Year's calender until early February, but when the fastest growing large economy in the world makes its transition from the Year of the Dragon to Year of the Snake, it's set to usher in a mix of traditional strengths and weaknesses, as well as high hopes that the battered Chinese stock market has turned the corner after a three-year slump.
Ahead of that day, the coldest market in the world has suddenly caught fire, with the Shanghai Composite coming off its best weekly gain in 14 months and heading for another. Even though that 5% pop has caught the attention of investors, it still leaves the Chinese market down more than 6% for the year, while the Shenzhen-A is down by nearly 9%.
This was the first topic of discussion at Minyanville's annual Festivus charity event. Barry Ritholtz, CEO of Fusion IQ, and Peter Prudden, managing member of Prudden & Co., were the first to sit down with Breakout to discuss the year ahead.
"We still have a couple problems with China" says Ritholtz, who's also editor of The Big Picture blog. "It's been in a relentless downtrend for a long time. The bigger reason, however, is the second-class status that we US investors find ourselves in over there," he says highlighting a rule that forbids foreigners from buying A-shares on the mainland. '"You're relegated to second-class shares."
For investor Peter Prudden, the turn in China could be the start of something big. While admittedly unrelated to the benchmark index, Prudden writes in his Minyanville column that the iShares FTSE China 25 (NYSEARCH:FXI) is a good way to play a Shanghai bounce if indeed the recent rally proves sustainable.
"I hope it lasts. With the leadership change, we saw Wall Street get rather bullish," he says, likening the early embrace by investors to "trying to catch a knife."
Prudden prefers ETFs and is currently monitoring the interaction between the Chinese stocks and copper, while Ritholtz thinks the way to play it is through US multinationals like Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Ford (NYSE:F) or Kraft Foods (NASDAQ:KRFT) that sell into China.
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I am looking for a partner to hit with. I have been playing for a while and am pretty good. Looking to find a partner in the middle to advanced bracket of experience to practice with. I have a pretty flexible schedule and love to hit especially on these beautiful spring and summer days.
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hi garrett,
i'm looking to play today around 230pm at LES courts. i'm about a 3.5 and looking to play sets. interested? do you have a permit/pass?
I can play during the week either early in the morning or after work.
I am at 4.0 level.
Usually I go to Boston for the weekend, but this weekend I am in the City and have a few hours right now. I can play at noon or 1pm today if you are available.
Hey Man,
I'm interested to play if you want to. Been playing ever since high school. I'm pretty decent player. I just moved here and I'm trying to find some hitting partners as well. I can only do weekends for this month.
Let me know.
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