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As Hurricane Sandy prepares to wreak more havoc on the East Coast, potentially making it difficult to post goofy Olivia Newton-John memes to Facebook, lots and lots of entertainers have joined Louis C.K. in canceling or postponing or making drastic changes to avoid competing with nature's freak show. Here's a list of the things we know to have been affected so far:
- CBS and The CW have made the unusual move of suspending all original episodes from tonight's lineup, pushing How I Met Your Mother, 2 Broke Girls, Hawaii Five-0, Partners, Mike & Molly, Gossip Girl, and 90210 back by one week. On the bright side, those who are riding out the hurricane can always fall back on acting out Mike & Molly episodes to keep spirits up.
- The Daily Show and The Colbert Report have called off their scheduled new episodes for tonight, with the status of tomorrow and the rest of the week still to be determined.
- Despite vowing just yesterday that he weren't a-scared of no Frankenstorm, Jimmy Kimmel has canceled the first of his scheduled tapings at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, with the show saying it hopes to begin its "Brooklyn Week" tomorrow night. (Weather and the continued existence of Brooklyn permitting.)
- Both David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon taped their shows without studio audiences today, with every punchline answered by the eerie stillness and far-off howling of a merciless wind, we guess.
- The New York premiere of Anna Karenina has been canceled, but—despite earlier reports—Harvey Weinstein will still premiere Seal Team 6: The Raid On Osama Bin Laden in Washington D.C., because no storm is gonna tell Harvey Weinstein what to do.
- All other New York-shot TV shows have stopped production, of course—everything from The Good Wife to 30 Rock to Smash. However, this is not expected to affect NYPD Blue, as this show ended seven years ago.
- Boardwalk Empire is now slightly sadder, following the destruction of the famed Atlantic City boardwalk.
- Darren Aronofky's Noah is now slightly ironic, as its massive Ark set is in danger of being damaged by the storm.
- Pitchfork has a huge round-up of New York-, Philadelphia-, and D.C.-area shows that already have been or are now canceled, including performances by The xx, Cat Power, Grimes, Ghostface Killah, Yasiin Bey, Devendra Banhart and the Swans, Ted Leo and Aimee Mann, Grouplove, Rusko, Bear In Heaven, and The Heartless Bastards, and New York's Freedom To Love Now Benefit, which was to have featured The National, They Might Be Giants, Rufus Wainwright, and more. It also adds that most, if not all, NYC-area venues have joined Broadway in closing up.
We'll update as needed. Please stay safe out there.

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When It Comes to Kids, Is Climate a Four-Letter Word?
My daughters, Saoirse and Ula, are no strangers to four-letter words. They're growing up with farmers, for crying out loud! And no self-respecting farmer around Schoharie County is going to doll up the natural functions of nature with cutesy euphemisms or scientific jargon. When Saoirse was learning to talk, we tried cleaning up our language a bit—but her grandmother swears like a trucker, and her great-grandfather was adamant that such language is best learned at home. So we gave up. We just tell the girls "those are grown-up words. When you're old enough to know how to use them properly, you can use 'em, too."
Thus, it's rather amusing when people come to the farm and say things like "I've got s-h-i-t on my shoes" (I do believe most 8-year-olds, and even a lot of 4-year-olds, can decipher s-h-i-t). If they have linguistic slips around my children, most people are quickly apologetic, and often turn crimson with embarrassment.
Yet very few people think twice about walking into the kitchen, pulling up a chair, and saying things like "this world is going to h-e-double-hockey-sticks. If the earth's temperature rises just a few more degrees, that'll be the end of the human race!"
Okay, call me weird. I really don't care if you say "hell" in front of my children. But it seriously irks me that grown-ups don't consider the trauma they're inflicting on worried young minds by telling them that their lives—and all the beautiful nature that feeds their souls—are in inevitable peril.
This is not to say that I am in denial about climate change. Bob and I think about this constantly. But I do not believe it is helpful to burden children with frightening facts about the state of the planet when they are powerless, at their young age, to act upon it. I can't think of a more effective way to make them disengage from the world around them—to cut themselves off from nature, to choose apathy as an act of self-defense—for fear of becoming too attached to something that will be ripped away.
I want my children to connect to their natural world, to have a childhood that fills them up with earthly joys. I can think of no better way to fuel a fire in adulthood to heal our planet. But I don't think little kids should have to hear about these serious and frightening issues, especially depicted with the dramatic flair that grown-ups find necessary for climate change discussions.
I still believe children should be raised with an awareness of their impact on the earth. But rather than frightening them, I prefer to empower my daughters. We teach them to pick up litter, use up leftovers, to compost. We walk in our fields with our livestock and talk about the importance of the spongy soil beneath our feet and the power of the blades of grass between our toes. We limit the number of trips in our car, we sew buttons back on their dresses, we repeat the words of Thoreau ("my greatest skill is to want but little)," and we perpetually strive to cultivate that as our ultimate achievement.
On Facing Judgment
Live radically, and you'll inevitably face the judgment of others. For Shannon Hayes, loving unconditionally is the antidote.
I cannot cover their ears whenever a well-meaning (and justifiably angry) adult rages about the consequences of our unsatisfactory response to climate crisis. I wince and endure it. When the girls ask questions later on, Bob and I don't deny the problem. But we do try to direct their attention instead to what we are doing about it: "That's why we grow food for our community. That's why we don't buy all those plastic toys. That's why we try not to drive so much. That's why Mommy and Daddy are writing, speaking, and protesting." We emphasize that there is a better world that can come of all this, that we can adapt. If we want to see change, then we can't frighten and discourage the young minds who will be responsible for seeing it through.
Love is a far more powerful motivator than fear. While we cannot bleep out my friends' and neighbors' fear-inducing remarks about the climate, Bob and I can encourage Saoirse and Ula to love their planet, let them know that they have the power to change it, and most importantly, be part of the change ourselves….even if that means putting up with a little extra s-h-i-t.
- of Shannon's blog on life as a radical homemaker.
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It's the women, stupid! Barack Obama cannot win re-election without piling up a sizable majority among female voters. Sorry, fellas, but the ladies will pick the next president.
In 2008, 8 million more women voted than men, and women accounted for 53 percent of the electorate. Obama barely edged John McCain among male voters but trounced him by 13 points among females. Recent polls reflect a similar trend this year.
In the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, Obama trailed Mitt Romney, the likely Republican nominee, by 6 points among men but beat him by 18 points among women. Peter Hart, a Democratic pollster who helped conduct the survey, summarized: "Up until six weeks ago, Democrats suffered from an intensity gap, but this has closed as women -- particularly suburban women -- have turned against the GOP."
Team Obama is keenly aware of this shift, and the president now makes a direct appeal to women in almost every public appearance. At his latest press conference, he said women vote on a "whole range" of issues and added: "I believe that Democrats have a better story to tell to women about how we're going to solidify the middle class and grow this economy."
The president is only the point man for a much larger campaign. Recent online ads for his re-election effort feature his wife, Michelle, and his two daughters. Mailings went out this week to a million women emphasizing the benefits they'll receive from the president's health-care bill, including low-cost mammograms and extended coverage for grown children in their 20s. On International Women's Day, the State Department publicized an initiative that's given grants to female entrepreneurs in 41 countries.
Of course, women, like men, are deeply influenced by the economy. Mitt Romney's wife, Ann, was right in saying, "Do you know what women care about? Women care about jobs." They also care about family budgets and the recent spike in gas prices that some polls show is depressing Obama's favorable rating with both genders, particularly in low-income households.
Since 1980, however, a structural gender gap has favored Democrats, and it's worth dissecting why. Start with the role many women play in their own families. They tend to be the nurturers, the caretakers, worrying about their children and their parents, and that makes them more supportive of social welfare programs, from food stamps and Medicare to the new health-care measure.
"Women 30 to 55 are always the most important target in health care," says Bill McInturff, a Republican who helps conduct the Wall Street Journal/NBC survey. They "are more engaged and active in the health-care system, more than any other age and gender. It's not surprising they'd be a target of the Obama administration and campaign on this issue."
This caretaker role is not just personal. It's often professional as well. Look at the jobs dominated by women -- teachers, nurses, social workers. And many of them work for government agencies or get paid by government programs. No wonder working women gave Obama a 21-point edge over McCain, while non-workers split almost evenly.
The other key variable is economic vulnerability. Obama won married women with children -- a more secure group -- by only 4 points; his margin was 18 points among all other women.
Recent flare-ups over social issues such as contraception and abortion have to be understood in this context. By framing these controversies as a "war against women," Democrats are trying to exploit an advantage that's been there for many years. And some Republicans are afraid they're succeeding.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska says she "let down" her constituents by supporting an amendment that would have allowed employers to withhold insurance coverage of contraception on religious grounds. "The wind had shifted," she told the Anchorage Daily News, "and Republicans didn't have enough sense to get off of it."
Not only do many women disagree with the hard-line Republican view on these issues, but also they feel they're an unwanted distraction at a time of economic stress. Democratic pollster Celinda Lake told The Washington Post: "Particularly among blue-collar women, what we hear is, 'How can you be arguing over this when Rome is still burning for me and my family?'"
In the latest Pew survey, Obama outpolls Romney by 31 points among women under age 50. That margin will kill the Republicans unless they listen to Romney's wife and start talking about jobs and gas prices. The Romneys might also consider trading in a few of their five sons for those delightful daughters of Jon Huntsman. Just for the campaign, of course.


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5 Resume Errors That Will Land You in the Trash
By Bob McIntosh, Career Trainer
Here's a fact: Very few people like reading résumés, especially those who read hundreds of them a week. Ask any recruiter or employer. I critique and write résumés as part of my job. I've read hundreds of them and have conducted numerous critique sessions, but I've got nothing over recruiters and employers.
The only bright spot in this whole process is reading a résumé that doesn't give me a sharp pain between my eyes, one that is relatively sound. A résumé that is outstanding–now, that's a WOW moment.
Once you understand that recruiters and employers are not dying to read your résumé, you can focus your attention on writing one that pleasantly surprises them, one the prompts them to recommend you for an interview. To make them want to read your résumé, you must, at the very least, avoid making the following mistakes:
1. An apathetic approach to writing your résumé. Don't let your apathy show in the quality of your product. It shouts, "I'm not into writing a résumé. It means I have to think about what I did." I come across people who feel this way. They resent having to write a résumé and would like others to do it for them. Do not rely on others to write your résumé; it's your responsibility.
2. It lacks accomplishments. I know, you've heard this a thousand times. But it's worth repeating because you want to stand out from the rest. Many people think accomplishments should only be highlighted in the Employment History section or under Career Highlights.
Some of your accomplishments should be stated in the Professional Profile. Develop processes that improve operations and result in decreased costs, exceeding dollar amounts in the tens of thousands. This assertion must then be backed up in the Employment History with explicit examples and dollar amounts.
3. Failing to show recruiters and employers what you'll do for them. Recruiters and employers don't want to know what you did; they want to know what you can do. You're probably thinking, "If my work history is in the past. That's what I did. How do I show employers what I can do?" It's what we in the field call prioritizing your statements, or targeting your résumé to each company to which you apply. In other words, illustrate how your qualifications and accomplishments match the employers' requirements in order of importance.
4. You don't know what recruiters and employers want. Many people don't take the time to dissect the job ad to discover the most important skills and experience the employer wants to see on your résumé. If the ad is skimpy, go to the company's career section on its website.
Better yet, if you know someone at the company or know someone who knows someone at the company, call him/her and ask more about the position. LinkedIn is a great tool for finding influential people at companies. The bottom line is that you can't write a targeted résumé if you don't understand the requirements of the job.
5. You lack keywords and phrases. Keywords are the skills applicant tracking systems search for to determine if your résumé will be the first of many to be read by employers. Your branding title, much like the title on your LinkedIn profile, is the first place on your résumé where you'll utilize keywords. Then you will make sure they're peppered throughout the rest of your résumé.
These are but five faux pas you must avoid if you want to write a powerful résumé that gets you a spot in the hot seat. Once you're at the interview, you're one step closer to a job offer.
About the Author
Bob McIntosh, CPRW, is a career trainer at the Career Center of Lowell, where he leads more than 20 workshops on the career search. Bob is often the person jobseekers and staff go to for advice on the job search. As well, he critiques resumes and conducts mock interviews. One of his greatest accomplishments is starting a LinkedIn group, which is one of the largest of its kind in the state, and developing three in-high-demand workshops on LinkedIn. Bob's greatest pleasure is helping people find rewarding careers in a competitive job market. Please visit Bob's blog at www.thingscareerrelated.wordpress.com.
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I wrote "A New House for a New MoMA" on assignment
for my school paper. In my first visit to MoMA, I was accompanied
by my older brother, Jon. Jon is an aspiring (and super-talented)
artist and he shared with me his vast knowledge of art history
and his personal opinions on various pieces as we wandered through
MoMA together. The writing of the article took several drafts
and many more visits to the museum.
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Alex vividly describes the interconnections between art and architecture
in the newly renovated Museum of Modern Art. He offers the reader
a deeply considered review of the new space and the work that
it houses.
By Alex Connolly
age: 16
This November, the newly revamped MoMA reopened its Manhattan
headquarters, reaffirming its Midtown location as the most prominent
center for modern art in the world. On Saturdays unveiling,
coinciding with the museums 75th anniversary, New
Yorkers were privileged to MoMAs unknowns and very-well-knowns
alike, and as Michael Kimmelman of the New York Times writes,
you would have to be either comatose or completely immune to
the pleasures of modernism not to be moved by its fifth floor,
a ravishing collection of Vincent van Gogh, Max Beckman, Paul
Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí and Pablo Picasso.
The new space, designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, is a sleek combination
of stainless steel and glass, with vast white walls and hardwood
floors. Far more spacious than before, with galleries situated
to prevent congestion, the design is everything it is meant to
be: practical, unobtrusive, and elegant, a modern house for New
Yorks modern art.
But Taniguchi also brings a new sense of meditation to the space.
The galleries are vast and open, with lightly tinted windows illuminating
the off-white walls. There is something soft about the designs
sharp-edged modernism.
Along with the MoMAs architectural redesign, curators have overseen
a complex re-hang. The prodigious collection of paintings, drawings,
sculpture and photography are tactically displayed about the six
high-ceilinged floors, plotted with the same precision as Taniguchis
architectural plan. Placement of the work is a sensitive art
in itself a tricky balance of chronology, crowds and character.
Past the ticket counter and information desk, guests wander up
Taniguchis stone staircase, passing under MoMAs iconic hanging
Bell 47D-1 helicopter and into the museums main atrium. With
a curatorial spark, the cosmically mind-boggling Broken Obelisk
sits central, Barnett Newmans pyramid of Cor-Ten steel adjoined
to an inverted balancing obelisk. Across from the spiritual,
geometric sculpture is a work of contrasting technique but comparable
vibe. The juxtaposition sets the mood for the whole museum: Monets
Reflections of Clouds on the Water-lily Pond, a beautiful,
wall size blend of color that renders the natural scene with emanating
Plotted around the atrium, the galleries are organized by form
and period. The drawing collection is impressive and there is
particular joy in the 2nd floors print exhibition.
But the most powerful impressions are left by the painting and
sculpture collections. Starting on the 4th floor with
works from 1940-1970, the space is divided into sub-movements:
abstract expressionism, minimalism, post-minimalism, pop art,
with sculpture by Giacometti sprinkled throughout. One room is
entirely devoted to Jackson Pollack, where his first three drip
paintings, which were realized in quick succession, hang prominently.
The largest, One: Number 31, 1950, is captivating. In
person, the chaotic spontaneity of the Pollacks action painting
is deeply affecting. Beyond, there is delight in Jasper Johns
target painting, and his iconic Flag. Hidden in the corner
of the After Abstract Expressionism room, there is Painting
by Francis Bacon, a haunting depiction of a man shadowed by an
umbrella, standing against a stretched body whose chest is torn
open and enshrouded in darkness. Colors are intense, with pastel
pink and purple in the background, and the brushstroke is crude
and expressive. Across the floor, in sharp contrast, Andy Warhols
Campbell Soup Cans is definitive of the light-spirited
pop art collection. The 4th floor offers a varied
collection of pieces, from different artistic movements, which
fully convey the pleasures and profundities of abstraction.
Adorning the staircase up from 4 is Matisses Dance (first
version), an oddly placed segue from the late modernist period
to its hailed glory days, the painting and sculpture of 1880-1940.
Here is a collection of the vibrantly expressive, the disturbingly
perverse and the startlingly beautiful: the modernism tour de
force of the 5th floor. This is where they have the
heavy-hitters, my brother noted as we climbed the stairs, reaching
the museums chronologically plotted crescendo. Picassos Les
Demoiselles dAvignon, followed by Cezannes The Bather,
and Matisses Red Studio just after, with van Goghs Starry
Night paces away-- the collection is historically stacked
and deeply moving. Starry Night is unspeakably beautiful,
especially in person. But Olive Trees, its lesser-known
daytime companion, hangs next to it and is just as fascinating.
Together their effect far outreaches historical preconceptions.
Picassos Les Demoiselles dAvignon is a thrill, but so
much more so when viewed in the context of his The Women at
the Spring. You simply have to see it.
On the top floor there is a monstrous gallery devoted primarily
to temporary exhibits, large enough to house a Richard Serra Torqued
Spiral. The open space is decked with a double-high ceiling and
vastly expands on the museums temporary exhibition space. Its
massive scale is perhaps extenuated though by its near emptiness;
most of the space is yet unused. However Sculpture for a Large
Wall, Ellsworth Kelleys wrought of aluminum tiles and solid
colors, is a spectacle to be sure.
Wandering through the museum, one cant help but think of how
much has changed since it was founded in 1929 by Alfred H. Barr
Jr. For one thing, at that time, modern art was actually modern.
With MoMAs latest renovation/reinvention, now finding itself
with soaring new gallery space and a soaring new admission charge,
questions of identity arise.
The weakest portion of the museum is by far the contemporary
gallery of the 2nd floor. Devoted to works since 1970,
the exhibition seems scattered and unimpressive. It is certainly
no criticism that the collection lacks unity as the character
of the contemporary period is still to be seen. But beyond unity,
the collection lacks harmony. It seems thrown together without
much care or attention. Contemporary art, it seems, is neither
MoMAs strength nor its focus.
MoMA is clearly no longer the edgy and progressive institution
that it once was. When it was originally founded, Alfred Barr
planned to sell its collection as it matured, keeping MoMA at
the helm of the contemporary movement. But today the museum has
become historical, especially considering the surprisingly high
admission charge of $20, suggesting a readjusted focus on members
and tourists. And with its newly finished meditative design,
there is little edgy about it.
Identity questions aside, however, Manhattan has sorely missed
MoMA. New Yorkers lined up in impressive numbers opening weekend
to be reunited with that helicopter, to catch a glimpse of Starry
Night. The museum is an essential part of the city, and the
city is a distinctive part of the museum. Large tinted windows
illuminate the galleries, and passing through, museum-goers constantly
stop to gaze out at the city, before turning their attention to
the next painting or sculpture. Those rectangular windows frame
skyscrapers in the distance, works of art in their own right.


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Hearing aids come in many sizes, shapes, and styles. Some fit in the outer ear or ear canal and are for mild to severe hearing loss. Others fit behind the ear and are attached to a plastic ear mold that goes inside the outer ear. These hearing aids are for people with mild to profound hearing loss. Some people with profound hearing loss use a body aid. This is a larger hearing aid that is attached to a belt or put in a pocket and connected by a wire to the ear.
A hearing aid is made up of:
The electronic mechanisms in hearing aids can be analog or digital. More advanced analog aids can be programmed by the wearer to accommodate different sound environments. Digital aids use a computer chip and provide even more flexibility in different environments. However, they are the most expensive type of hearing aid.
It can take time and patience to get used to a hearing aid because things sound different. Some people need to try more than one hearing aid to find one that works well for them.
An assistive listening device (ALD) is any kind of device that can help you in your communication activities. It can be used with or without hearing aids to deal with problems of background noise, distance, or poor room acoustics.
Some examples of ALDs include:
A cochlear implant is a small electronic device that can help provide sound to a child or adult with a severe hearing loss. It is surgically implanted under the skin behind the ear. This device picks up sounds through a microphone, processes them, converts them into electrical impulses, and transmits them past the damaged or nonworking parts of the inner ear to the brain. The microphone and transmitter are worn in a headpiece just behind the ear, and the sound processor is placed in a pocket or on a belt. The receiver and electrode system are implanted.
A cochlear implant does not create or bring back normal hearing. However, it can help many people understand their environment and speech and communicate fully in person and over the telephone. The amount a cochlear can help depends on a number of factors, including:
The decision to have an implant should be made with medical specialists, such as an otolaryngologist, which is a surgeon specializing in ear, nose, and throat conditions. The procedure involves some risk of complications, as does any surgery, and is expensive. It also takes time and patience to learn to understand sounds from the implant.
The Esteem system is used to treat sensorineural hearing loss in adults. It attaches to the middle ear bones. Like the cochlear implant, this is another type of device that is implanted behind the ear. Esteem consists of 3 parts:
Lip reading, also called speech reading, involves paying close attention to how a person's mouth and body are moving when they talk to help you understand what they are saying. Special trainers can assist you in learning how to do this.
American Sign Language (ASL) is the most common form of sign language used in the United States. It uses signs made with the hands, facial expressions, and other body movements. ASL is a separate language from English with different rules for grammar, punctuation, and sentence order. There are other types of sign language that are based on English, such as spelling out English words with hand signs.
American sign language. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) website. Available at: https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/american-sign-language. Updated June 24, 2015. Accessed August 17, 2017.
Cochlear implants. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) website. Available at: https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/cochlear-implants. Updated May 3, 2016. Accessed August 17, 2017.
FDA clears Envoy's Esteem hearing aid. Mass Device website. Available at: https://www.massdevice.com/fda-clears-envoys-esteem-hearing-aid. Accessed August 17, 2017.
Hearing aids. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) website. Available at: https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing-aids. Updated May 11, 2016. Accessed August 17, 2017.
Hearing assistive technology. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association website. Available at: https://www.asha.org/public/hearing/treatment/assist_tech.htm?print=1. Accessed August 17, 2017.
Hearing loss. Healthy Children—American Academy of Pediatrics website. Available at: https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/ear-nose-throat/Pages/Hearing-Loss.aspx. Updated November 21, 2015. Accessed August 17, 2017.
Hearing loss and older adults. National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) website. Available at: https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing-loss-older-adults. Updated June 3, 2016. Accessed August 17, 2017.
What is a cochlear implant? US Food & Drug Administration website. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/ImplantsandProsthetics/CochlearImplants/ucm062823.htm. Updated June 6, 2014. Accessed August 17, 2017.
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I reviewed the post, and I have to agree with that police sergeant. This man has no concept of COMBAT shooting. Tendons, ligaments, muscles, blah blah blah. What matters is what works for you, not what science and theory say SHOULD work. The part about the index finger was slightly relevant, but when you're shooting at someone with the intent to stop them from doing unto you, pinpoint accuracy matters little in the face of the need to hit them RIGHT NOW!Kent
If you cannot shoot fast and accurately in CQB situations using your index finger, I recommend you put the gun down, or find some competent instruction. In CQB shooting, when I've been training for about a week or so, I rarely index the sights. I know instinctively where my barrel is, where the shot hits, and where to move my point of aim too. One of the things I like, which is boring when done for too long, is to shoot at a circle, a square, and a triangle. The shapes are inconsequential, it could be an octagon, a trapezoid, and a pentacle for all I care. But shooting at one, that's painted black, helps me to see the impact of the round on white paper. This is typically done at distances of less than ten meters, sometimes less than five. When I see where the shots impact, instantly, I can correct my point of aim, and after a while, it becomes instinctive where to point the barrel and when to squeeze the trigger. None of this middle finger crap. And again, I've done this in combat, in training, with live rounds and blanks. We do it because....it works. Again, if one of my troops came in and tried to pull the trigger with his middle finger, I'd throw him off the range for a little while. If we were just farting around somewhere, I might let someone try it.Kent


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Dear all,
I have been in a relationship with a man for 13 years. We both work on becoming more and more conscious.
We both have become aware of something new that is really disturbing and limiting in our relationship. Sth which has been there for a long time but we now want to work with. This is the story:
I am a open, friendly person who loves being with others. I talked a lot and I have a lot of fun with people. I feel connexion with them. I love to joke and offer my support. I enjoy being with people, I become really energetic and talk lots. My boyfriend doesn't enjoy that I talk so much. He says that I take all the space. During a meeting with friends of family he never says much, he is mostly in silent, and he gets angry at me when I talk more than I should (in his perspective). He doesnt say that to me at the moment, he keeps silent and keeps distance from me in an emotional way. It feels terrible. It feels like hate but from e someone who seems really calm.. though when I look into his eyes, I see the truth.
I usually ignore this, it feels like sth who tries to stop me from being who I am, from having fun. He always say that I take all the space, but again, he says this afterwards when we go home and he has been in silence for hours. This hurt me so much. I would really appreciate it if he would speak to me at the moment and say sth like: will you talk a little bit less? or take it easy, you are talking too much... But he says nth, then we go home and we have a fight, I feel he has betrayed me... he has a face of "nothing is wrong"and friends and family believe this...He doenst show to them what he carries inside. I am the only person who knoww this. I am angry at this fact.
I personally dont think I take all the space, people have conversations with me and if they would ask me to talk less because they really want to say sth and I am not aware of this (this has never happened) I would totally say sorry to them and give much more space to everybody. I just dont think this is the situation. I have also talked to friends about this and they said and they didnt have the experience that I took their space.
So... my boyfriend says he feels awful and he doesnt like himself at the moment when this thing happen. He doenst accept what he feels and he becomes as he becomes: cold and distance. I describe it as passive agressive: he doesnt say he hates me but I feel it. He has a lot of difficulty confronting people with their behaviour, he avoids them mostly. He still have a lot of issues with his mum, quite a dominant person who also talks lot.
So, what should I do? what should he do? I feel sad and trapped... I dont want someone to stop my inner joy that I want to express to others.
All advice is welcome.
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The announcement of a fighting game sequel always comes with two varieties of nervous tension. First comes the worry of "Who's gonna be in it?", where one wonders if their favourite fighters will be showing up in a new instalment of Series X. Then comes the panic that developers might have nerfed or ruined your beloved character. It's all very agitating.
But if you've worried that brawling velociraptor Alex, military robot Prototype Jack or funk soul kicker Tiger Jackson wouldn't be in Tekken Tag Tournament 2, you can rest easy. The video above indicates that those characters, along with Forest Law, will all be returning for the partner-centric fighting game sequel. As to whether they've been messed with, we'll all have to wait on that front.
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The cn=schema entry has a multivalued attribute, objectClasses, that contains definitions of each object class in the directory schema. You can add to those definitions by using the ldapmodify(1) command.
New object class definitions, and changes that you make to user-defined object classes, are saved in the file 99user.ldif.
If you are creating several object classes that inherit from other object classes, you must create the parent object classes first. If your new object class uses custom attributes, you must also define those first.
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Object Class OID. Corresponds to the object identifier for your object class. An OID is a string, usually of dotted decimal numbers, that uniquely identifies the schema object.
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Object class name. Corresponds to a unique name for the object class.
Parent object class. Is an existing object class from which this object class inherits attributes.
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Required attributes. Lists and defines attributes that must be present for this object class.
Allowed attributes. Lists and defines additional attributes that can be present for this object class.
You can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help.
Prepare your object class definition according to the syntax specified in RFC 4517.
Use the ldapmodify(1) command to add your object class definition.
Notice that Directory Server adds X-ORIGIN 'user defined' to the definition that you provide.
The following example adds a new object class using the ldapmodify command:
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IMFC wrote:Gaucho wrote:It wasn't vicious or anything, but it was a check from behind.
They both go to hit each other shoulder to shoulder, but Baily leans forward a little so gets hit SLIGHTLY on the back side of his shoulder. Very similar to defenders that go chip the puck and twist their back to a forechecker. It happens so fast there is really no way for Kunitz to react - he clearly is bracing himself for the oncoming hit. Baily can't just wussy out there or he gets hurt, which he did.
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PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Bringing a hooker to church after hours, stealing from its petty funds to pay her and then claiming he'd been attacked and robbed, was the "worst decision of his life" said a Peterborough man, sentenced Friday.
James Chatten blamed a sex addiction for his actions last July 22.
He was ordered to 100 hours of community service to avoid a criminal record.
Chatten, 46, said he was struggling with a sex addiction when he hired an escort and brought her to the Christian Horizons church for a tryst.
He took $116.06 from church coffers to settle up.
He knew he wouldn't be able to replace it before anyone noticed, so he called police, to tell them he was taking out the garbage when an assailant attacked him from behind, forced him into the building and made him open the church safe.
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Aviary, the web-based image editing solution, is now available via its image editing API to Mailchimp users. Mailchimp wanted to streamline the email design process. Previously, users would typically exit the mailchimp website to edit images in software applications such as iPhoto or Photoshop. Besides being time-consuming, this fragments the user experience and breaks the workflow.
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Elmwood Park – Kids Martial Arts
Children who study martial arts are better students who are able to achieve success way beyond martial arts and there is no better place than the Elmwood Park location of Tiger Schulmann's Martial Arts.
It has been proven that martial arts training improves focus, discipline, fitness, and builds confidence. At the Elmwood Park location of Tiger Schulmann's Mixed Martial Arts, that proof is called Kidfidence. And it isn't just about your child having the confidence, focus, and strength to tackle any of life's challenges. It is about helping your child find his or her place in a 30 year legacy of former and present students who are Ivy Leaguers, successful doctors, lawyers, teachers, scientists, and everything in between.
Unlike other kids martial arts programs, our's has withstood the test of time. Tiger Schulmann's Mixed Martial Arts has been an institution of excellence for more than 30 years thanks to Master Daniel "Tiger" Schulmann, his team of expert instructors, and their continual refinements and innovations to our kids martial arts curriculum. The curriculum, which is a blend of the most effective martial arts styles, techniques, and values, and in-depth knowledge of child psychology, is sure to make parents happy and our fun twist on these time-honored traditions keeps our students coming back for more. And it's easy to see why.
Our instructors understand exactly what challenges your child is going through. Because the Elmwood Park school is owned and run by dedicated Tiger Schulmann's instructors, who have all been Tiger Schulmann's students themselves. Quite literally. Each of our instructors trains weekly with Master Schulmann and his brother Ron, an 8th degree black belt, at our headquarters in Elmwood Park, New Jersey. To ensure the highest level of care and education for your child, our instructors are trained in child psychology and have a minimum of 10 years of high-level martial arts training.
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FAST Awards and Recognition
2013 NSW iAwards - FAST team wins NSW iAward for the 'CloudFor-J' Java development platform
Dies Koper and Rob Urquhart from FAST accept the award from Andrew Stoner, Deputy PM NSW
The iAwards honors companies at the cutting edge of technology innovation and leading professionals across the ICT industry. Most importantly, the iAwards recognizes the achievements of home-grown Australian innovators.
The key goal of the iAwards is to discover, recognize and reward the ICT innovations that have the potential to, or are already having a positive impact on the community – at home, in the office and on a global scale. The iAwards also recognizes the achievements made and value added by ICT professionals, CIOs and innovators.
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CloudFor-J, short for Cloud For Java Accelerated Development, is a development platform developed by FAST that supports end-to-end Software Lifecycle Management supporting distributed work teams (including offshore). It is a cost-effective development platform based on mature open source technologies, providing full software development lifecycle support, allowing development teams to focus on their core competency.
The main aim of the FAST offering is to improve the productivity of development teams by providing a complete set of common development tools that can be provisioned on the cloud within minutes.
Cloud For-J, as winner of its category, is now eligible for judging in the National iAwards in Melbourne in August.
2012 NSW iAwards - TELentice Enterprise product suite winner for New Media and Entertainment
TELentice Enterprise product suite was the 2012 winner of the 2012 NSW iAwards in the New Media and Entertainment category. This award recognises the best ICT for superior outcomes in the media and entertainment industries.
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Congress recently extended the IRA charitable rollover provision retroactively for all of 2012 and through Jan. 31, 2013. The provision allows people 70 Ω and older to donate up to $100,000 a year tax free to qualifying charities.
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How Not To Be Racist on Halloween
It's Halloween, and you're probably hours away from going out and having a blast in a costume of your choice. And we hope you have fun. After all, Halloween is the one time of the year when adults have blanket permission to act out in public — playing pranks, eating candy, wearing costumes and generally letting their inner kid-id run wild — without fear of being treated like they're total idiots.
Unless, of course, they're actually being total idiots. Which is what happens when Pumpkin Day revelers do the dress-up thing terribly, terribly wrong, and turn a ritual that should be about flying your fanboy/fangirl colors at full mast into a horrifying, offensive, racist mess.
So far, this year's perps include dancer/actress Julianne Hough, who chose to dress up as African American inmate Crazy Eyes from the acclaimed Netflix prison drama "Orange Is the New Black." Unfortunately, Hough, who is white, decided her costume would be more believable if she went the New Black herself, plastering her face with a thick, brown layer of self-tanner, and drawing a firestorm of justified criticism as a result.
Hough's makeup misstep was apparently rooted in sheer ignorance of blackface's long and ugly history, and she was quickly moved to apologize, tweeting that she's a "huge fan of the show Orange Is the New Black, actress Uzo Aduba, and the character she has created" and that it "certainly was never my intention to be disrespectful or demeaning to anyone in any way." Things will likely blow over for her; lessons have been learned. A rep for Hough didn't respond to a request for comment.
By contrast, you have the guys who decided to dress as the fictional captains of crashed Asiana Airlines Flight 214. They wore ripped, bloody pilot uniforms and badges inscribed "Ho Lee Fuk," "Sum Ting Wong" and "Wi Tu Lo" — fake names reported by credulous anchors at the Bay Area Fox News affiliate KTVU, after a summer intern at the National Transportation Safety Board erroneously confirmed them. Their attitude toward the costumes reflected willful insensitivity without perceived malice; like many others who consciously adopt politically incorrect costumes, they didn't think they were hurting anyone, assumed that even people who are part of the group being lampooned would find it funny and saw what they're doing as harmless, or even positive. (As is anything that helps people "get over" their preoccupation with race, gender, sexual orientation, and other things that only minorities, women and gays care about.)
Actual, full-on Halloween bigotry is thankfully rare, but when it erupts, it's truly shocking. The most flagrant example of this so far are William Filene and Greg Cimeno, a pair of Floridians who had the brilliant idea to dress up as murdered teen Trayvon Martin — Filene, in full-cork blackface and a hoodie with a bloody bullet hole — and self-appointed security guard George Zimmerman — Cimeno, in a t-shirt with the misspelled slogan "NEIGHBORHOO WATCH." After Cimeno's sister Caitlin posted images of herself gleefully posing with the duo, accusations of racism began to pour in, leading Filene and the Cimenos to defiantly defend the costumes as "hilarious" — until the furor hit the mainstream media. Then they quickly slammed shut their Facebook accounts. But not before Greg Cimeno's carpentry business website was defaced by cybervandals and Caitlin Cimeno lost her job at a local ice cream parlor.
Attempts to contact the Cimenos were unsuccessful.
The bottom line is that Costume Racism is a thing, people. A nasty, stupid thing. But not all acts of Costume Racism are the same, and, with a little bit of self-reflection, they're all totally avoidable. That's why Tao Jones offers this handy tool to assess the potential offensiveness of your Hallows Eve ensemble — the Simple Costume Racism Evaluation and Assessment Meter, or SCREAM for short. Follow the flowchart below and see where your chosen attire is on the Costume Racism Threat Level scale, modeled after the Homeland Security Advisory System. If your outfit registers at Yellow or above, you should consider an alternative idea. Given how last-minute this is, you have permission to print out and use this emergency alternative mask instead. Happy Halloween!
Correction: A previous edition of this post incorrectly said that a summer intern at the National Transportation Safety Board was behind a prank press release with fake names. The intern didn't send out a fake press release, the intern erroneously confirmed a set of names that were provided by someone outside the NTSB.
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Canada's Pound assigned Olympic broadcast role
LONDON (AP) After years on the outside looking in, Dick Pound is back with a new role in the International Olympic Committee.
In the latest reshuffle by new IOC President Thomas Bach, the Canadian was handed a key front-line position Friday in Olympic broadcasting.
Pound is the new chairman of the board of Olympic Broadcasting Services, which serves as the host broadcaster for all Olympics. Created by the IOC in 2001, OBS provides a global feed of every sport from every venue.
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Pound, an IOC member since 1978, headed WADA from 1999-2008 and served as an IOC vice president from 1987-1991 and 1996-2000.
There is a twist of irony in the selection of Pound to succeed Verbruggen. As WADA chief, Pound sharply criticized Verbruggen and the UCI for cycling's record on doping, including the treatment of Lance Armstrong. Verbruggen sued Pound for defamation, but the dispute was eventually settled out of court.
Pound's elevation to the OBS job is the latest move by Bach to put his own stamp on the IOC. On Tuesday, the German made appointments to the marketing, finance, anti-doping and other IOC commissions.
Separately Friday, Bach announced appointments to the foundation board of the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. The members are IOC Vice President Yu Zaiqing of China, executive board member Ugur Erdener of Turkey and honorary member Kipchoge Keino of Kenya.


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Establishment of Religion
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion....Amendment I
In recent years the Supreme Court has placed the Establishment and the Free Exercise of Religion Clauses in mutual tension, but it was not so for the Framers. None of the Framers believed that a governmental connection to religion was an evil in itself. Rather, many (though not all) opposed an established church because they believed that it was a threat to the free exercise of religion. Their primary goal was to protect free exercise. That was the main thrust of James Madison's famous Memorial and Remonstrance (1785), in which he argued that the state of Virginia ought not to pay the salaries of the Anglican clergy because that practice was an impediment to a person's free connection to whatever religion his conscience directed him.
Nor did most of the Founding generation believe that government ought to be "untainted" by religion, or ought not to take an interest in furthering the people's connection to religion. The Northwest Ordinance (1787), which the First Congress reenacted, stated: "Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged." As President, George Washington's practice concretized the understanding of most of his contemporaries. In his first inaugural address, Washington declared as his "first official act" his "fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe" that He might bless the new government. Directing his words to his compatriots, Washington said:
In tendering this homage to the Great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own; nor those of my fellow citizens at large less than either. No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States.
Washington bracketed his years as President with similar sentiments in his Farewell Address (1796):
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism, who should labour to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of Men and citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and to cherish them.
And he added: "And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion."
There is nothing in the drafting history of the First Amendment that contradicts Washington's understanding of the appropriate relation between government and religion. In the First Congress, the committee proposal in the House read, "no religion shall be established by law, nor shall the equal rights of conscience be infringed." But some evinced concern that the phrase might put in doubt the legitimacy of some of the states' own religious establishments. Six of the original thirteen states had established churches. James Madison believed modifying the phrasing to prohibit a "national religion" would be sufficient to allay that concern and would make clear that the new government was not to impinge on the rights of conscience by establishing a governmental connection to a church. Representative Samuel Livermore of New Hampshire suggested that "Congress shall make no laws touching religion or the rights of conscience." The House finally settled on this language: "Congress shall make no law establishing religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, nor shall the rights of Conscience be infringed." The Senate preferred the formula "Congress shall make no law establishing articles of faith, or a mode of worship, or prohibiting the free exercise of religion," which likely would have permitted direct financial support to a sect. In the end, the conference between the House and the Senate agreed on the current version: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." The addition of the word "respecting" is significant. It prohibits Congress from legislating either to establish a national religion or to disestablish a state religion. As Laurence Tribe has written, "[a] growing body of evidence suggests that the Framers principally intended the Establishment of Religion Clause to perform two functions: to protect state religious establishments from national displacement, and to prevent the national government from aiding some, but not all, religions."
Leaving the question of establishment to the states does not entail the absence of religious liberty. Even before the incorporation of the religion clauses and without intervention by the federal courts, religious freedom and tolerance had spread throughout the United States. To be sure, religious conflicts occurred at the local level where discrimination, particularly against Catholics and Jews existed. The framework established by the Constitution, however, made it possible for religious minorities to gain protection through political representation.
Contemporaneous history strongly indicates that most Framers supported religion because it increased virtue among the people, a necessary element for the maintenance of a free republic. Nonetheless, when it came time to speak upon the matter, the Supreme Court preferred to base its conception of the original understanding of the clause on its interpretation of a phrase from a letter by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist Association of Connecticut (1802). Although he had been in France during the Constitutional Convention, Jefferson's metaphor of a "wall of separation" was interpreted by the Court as the authoritative statement of a "high and impregnable" barrier between church and state, even though this was itself an expansion beyond Jefferson's own meaning and practice. Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing (1947); see also Reynolds v. United States (1879).
The modern view of the Establishment of Religion Clause began with Everson v. Board of Education of Ewing in 1947, where the Court initiated the current separationist approach to the Establishment of Religion Clause. On the way to reaching its decision, the Supreme Court held that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment applied the First Amendment's proscriptions against establishment to the states. Although there is vigorous debate as to whether the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment "incorporate," or replicate, the guarantees of the Bill of Rights and fastens them on the states, most commentators opine that the Establishment of Religion Clause is the least likely candidate for incorporation. The Establishment of Religion Clause was designed as a protection of the states against the federal government. It seems anomalous to many scholars, even to some who support incorporation generally, that the Establishment of Religion Clause could be called an individual right for purposes of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Notwithstanding the historians' doubts, the Supreme Court has firmly adhered to the incorporation of the Establishment of Religion Clause against the states. As a result of the incorporation of the Religion Clause into the Fourteenth Amendment, almost all of the federal cases compelling "separation of church and state" have been applied against state laws.
The contradictory decisions of the Supreme Court on the Establishment of Religion Clause render the area inchoate if not incoherent. A "moment of silence for meditation and prayer" in school is contrary to the Constitution (only if the motive is religious), Wallace v. Jaffree (1985), but a paid chaplain in Congress or state legislatures is not, Marsh v. Chambers (1983). Religious schools may not receive funds for maintenance expenses, Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. Nyquist (1973), but places of worship can enjoy a tax exemption, Walz v. Tax Commision of City of New York (1970). Prayers at high school football games are invalid, Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe (2000), but the bailiff's call, "God Save this Honorable Court," may be heard within the chambers of the Supreme Court.
Since Everson, the Supreme Court has developed three different and conflicting views regarding the Establishment of Religion Clause: (1) separationism, (2) coercion, and (3) endorsement.
The separationist view of Everson led to the banning of prayer and Bible reading from public schools. Engel v. Vitale (1962); School District of Abington Township v. Schempp (1963). To enforce separationism, the Court settled on a three-part test in Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971). The Lemon test requires courts to consider whether the law in question has (1) a secular purpose, (2) a primary effect that neither advances nor inhibits religion, and (3) does not create excessive entanglement with religion. Subsequently, the entanglement element was subsumed into the primary effect inquiry. Agostini v. Felton (1997). The strict separationists on the Court did allow for a few exceptions to the Lemon test under the rubric of "ceremonial deism," whereby particular customary practices may be protected from Establishment Clause scrutiny if "they have lost through rote repetition any significant religious content." Lynch v. Donnelly (1984).
A major historical challenge to the separationist position emerged in the dissent written by (then) Justice William H. Rehnquist in Wallace v. Jaffree in 1985. Rehnquist argued that the original meaning of the Establishment of Religion Clause only "forbade establishment of a national religion, and forbade preference among religious sects or denominations." In defending this "no denominational preference" position and criticizing strict separationism, Rehnquist observed that Thomas Jefferson is "a less than ideal source of contemporary history as to the meaning of the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment." Absent from the country when the Bill of Rights was written, Jefferson was not involved in the legislative drafting of the First Amendment. Earlier, Jefferson had figured prominently, along with Madison, in the struggle over religious liberty in Virginia; they shared similar views on these matters and had cooperated during this debate. Nevertheless, in considering Madison's actions in the Congress, as the Rehnquist opinion states, it "is totally incorrect [to] suggest that Madison carried these views onto the floor of the United States House of Representatives when he proposed the language which would ultimately become the Bill of Rights."
Rehnquist offered several other pieces of evidence to contradict the "wall of separation" metaphor, including numerous Thanksgiving proclamations and other actions by Presidents and the Congress, as well as the Northwest Ordinance, which Congress took up on the same day the Bill of Rights was introduced. The Northwest Ordinance is generally known for providing land grants for public schools in the new states and territories, but it also allowed grants for religious schools until Congress limited grants to nonsectarian institutions in 1845.
Although these various pieces of historical evidence support the proposition that the Establishment of Religion Clause merely requires "no preference between denominations," others criticize that view on originalist grounds. For instance, Douglas Laycock has noted that the Congress that drafted the First Amendment rejected several preliminary drafts that would have clearly stated the "no preference" principle—for example, one draft stated that "Congress shall make no law establishing One Religious Sect or Society in preference to others." Instead, the Congress adopted the arguably broader language forbidding any law "respecting an establishment of religion." The "no preference" position, whatever its originalist merits, has not figured in Supreme Court opinions since the 1985 Rehnquist dissent in Wallace v. Jaffree.
As another alternative to separationism, some Justices assert that the Establishment of Religion Clause was originally meant only to prohibit the government from coercing individuals to practice religion or support it. It is often associated with Justices who believe the government has the power to "accommodate" the diverse religious practices of the people. This principle, to which the Court has given attention in decisions such as Lee v. Weisman (1992), would allow government to support religion in ways that do not coerce individuals. For example, states could permit the erection of religious symbols in public places or issue proclamations of thanksgiving to God. This position likewise finds some support in Founding-era statements, such as James Madison's 1789 explanation to the House that the goal was to prevent a sect or combination of sects from "establish[ing] a religion to which they would compel others to conform," or from "enforc[ing] the legal observation of it by law." The "no coercion" principle likewise is consistent with the long line of religious expressions by government, running from the Founding period to the present; government may express religious sentiments as long as it does not force anyone to agree with such expressions or participate in such ceremonies. As applied by the Court, however, particularly in the opinions of Justice Anthony Kennedy, the "no coercion principle" is broad enough to prohibit even student-led nonsectarian prayers at school assemblies such as graduations or sporting events if the state, in some way, is selecting the student for that purpose.
Finally, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has offered an alternative to both the strict separationist view (usually articulated in the Lemon test) and the "no coercion" principle. According to Justice O'Connor, the Establishment of Religion Clause prohibits a state from "endorsing" a religion. She defines the test for "endorsement" as whether an objective, reasonable observer would see the state action as sending "a message to nonadherents that they are not full members of the political community." Lynch v. Donnelly (1984). Justice Antonin Scalia has criticized the test, though some of the strict separationists have adopted Justice O'Connor's wording as supporting their interpretation of the Establishment of Religion Clause. See County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter (1989).
Establishment of Religion Clause jurisprudence remains unsettled as Justices form shifting majorities around one or the other of the three tests. Recently the coercion test has been the basis of invalidating prayers in public school settings, Lee v. Weisman; Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe (2000). Concerning the question whether the phrase "under God" can be part of the Pledge of Allegiance public-school children are allowed (but not required) to recite, the Supreme Court refused to rule in a recent case because the plaintiff lacked standing (and was not directly injured by the practice). Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (2004).
The Lemon test, or a form of it, was invoked to invalidate the teaching of creationism, Edwards v. Aquillard (1987), and state-sponsored posting of the Ten Commandments, Stone v. Graham (1980). (The Supreme Court has recently granted a writ of certiorari in two Ten Commandments cases, Van Orden v. Perry and McCreary County, Kentucky v. ACLU of Kentucky.) The endorsement test has provided the formula that a number of Justices have used to decide the constitutionality of religious displays on public property, such as a Nativity scene, County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union, Greater Pittsburgh Chapter and a cross, Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinette (1995). More frequently, the Court has approved religious practice or symbols on public property as protected by the Freedom of Speech Clause of the First Amendment, Good News Club v. Milford Central School (2001).
After a long series of cases dealing with aid to religious schools, a majority of the Court has embraced the principle that there is no Establishment of Religion Clause violation if the state gives tuition aid (e.g., tuition vouchers) directly to the parents who can decide which schools their children will attend, whether religiously affiliated or not, rather than giving the aid directly to the religious school. Zelman v. Simmons-Harris (2002). Finally, the Court has approved "exceptions" based on tradition, such as tax exemptions, Walz v. Tax Commission of City of New York (1970), and legislative chaplains, Marsh v. Chambers (1983), even though the Framers of the Establishment of Religion Clause did not find a provision of a chaplain to be an "exception" but in harmony with a governmental policy of encouraging religious expression and exercise.
[Editors' Note: In 2005, the Supreme Court continued to maintain doctrinal confusion in two closely divided opinions. The Court, per Justice Stephen G. Breyer, struck down the placement of copies of the Ten Commandments in court houses as violative of the Lemon test, McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky, but, in a plurality opinion by Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, upheld a monument of the Ten Commandments on the Texas State House grounds as a "passive" display recognizing the role of religion in the life of the country, Van Orden v. Perry.]
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