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Maher announced during a Yahoo-webcast special, "CrazyStupidPolitics," that he was giving $1 million to Priorities USA Action, a super political action committee backing the president. Even as he made his sizeable pledge, Maher mocked the committee's "tongue-twister name," joking that it was dreamed up by Borat, the English-addled Eastern European comic creation of Sacha Baron Cohen.
A cynic on politics who often takes liberal stands on issues on his HBO talk show "Real Time," Maher joins Dreamworks Animation executive Jeffrey Katzenberg and the Service Employees International Union as the committee's top funders. Katzenberg gave the group $2 million, and the union donated $1 million.
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Colbert created and funded his super PAC -- Making a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow -- to satirize the unfettered flow of corporate and union funds into political campaigns.
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In presenting on my ideas on atheism in other forums, I've been told that I'm ignoring the distinction between Weak and Strong atheism. This is a distinction which I had not previously encountered in my studies. I would like to examine this distinction more for a presentation I'm giving supporting strong atheism, but I am unaware of many sources that discuss it directly. I am looking into Anthony Flew and his work, but apart from that I am lost.
As such, I am seeking help from the community. Do you know of any academic or critical sources examining the distinction between Weak and Strong Atheism?
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I could be criticized for this, but here's the wikipedia take:
Positive atheism (also called strong atheism and hard atheism) is the form of atheism that asserts that no deities exist.[1] Negative atheism (also called weak atheism and soft atheism) is any other type of atheism, wherein a person does not believe in the existence of any deities, but does not explicitly assert there to be none
From this, it sounds like weak atheist is similar to agnosticism, and strong atheist is what most consider atheism.
That wikipedia article does reference Flew.
I guess context is important. To discuss weak/strong atheism, first we need to know what someone means when they say it. To a layperson these would just mean militant vs. mild mannered, which isn't how the article defines it.
I'm no philosopher so I will stop there.
I don't think this is what you'd call an academic source, but see:-
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum_of_theistic_probability#Dawki...
Dawkins posits that "the existence of God is a scientific hypothesis like any other." He goes on to propose a continuous "spectrum of probabilities" between two extremes of opposite certainty, which can be represented by seven "milestones". Dawkins suggests definitive statements to summarize one's place along the spectrum of theistic probability. These "milestones" are:
Dawkins argues that while there appear to be plenty of individuals that would place themselves as "1" due to the strictness of religious doctrine against doubt, most atheists do not consider themselves "7" because atheism arises from a lack of evidence and evidence can always change a thinking person's mind. In print, Dawkins self-identified as a '6', though when interviewed by Bill Maher and later by Anthony Kennedy he suggested '6.9' to be more accurate.
{Dawkins scale of belief is from his book "The God Delusion"; see: http://www.amazon.com/God-Delusion-Richard-Dawkins/dp/0618918248}
Me too. Although maybe 7. Just as i know the sun will rise in the morning and set in the evening. A lifetime of evidence builds up. 7 might be hubris, but I'm close
This is, more or less, how the issue was originally presented to me. I really appreciate the reference.
It seems to me that Dr. Dawkins has confused the epistemic claim and the metaphysical claim. There is the binary claim of atheism (it's either believed as true or false) and then the justification of the claim of atheism. In other words, the ranking is only tangentially related to the belief in atheism itself. I have to do some more research into how to treat beliefs, but I think Dawkins is merely giving a number to how internally justified he is in so believing.
It seems the only difference between milestones six and seven is that milestone six retains the notion of keeping an open mind, as any good scientist or skeptic should do. However, as Sentient points out, "Just as i know the sun will rise in the morning and set in the evening. A lifetime of evidence builds up." I agree. And so it is with the existence of god. For hundreds of years modern science has explained away any probable existence of the supernatural to the point where, I believe, no more evidence (or lack of evidence) is necessary to finally put the god-claim to rest. I really think there's nothing more waiting in the wings on this topic that requires a still-open mind. This case is closed. I confidently place myself in milestone seven.
My definition of strong atheism is: a greater than 50% likelihood that god does not exist.
My heart supports strong atheism, but my head says: OK, prove it. Prove, based on evidence/logic of the cosmos, or evidence/logic of scripture, that god is less than 50% likely to exist.
Now I've heard a lot of good arguments against the existence of a god, but I've never seen anyone put a numerical probability on it (Dawkins' scale is emotional, not rational). And frankly, my head hurts even thinking about it.
The bottom line is: in the realm of imaginary/possible gods, the only limit is our imagination. So how can we possibly disprove ideas of our imagination (except perhaps things that are logically impossible).
So, my guess is we can't prove strong atheism.
For that reason, I cannot say that god is more or less likely to exist, even if my heart says "of course he doesn't exist".
Hence I'm an weak atheist or agnostic.
weak agno
strong.. no time to bs w/talk of ghosts..
and furthermore..
the 'vs. thing is (sorry my gay friends) gay! ; )
peace! to hell with the religions just don't let em' drag u down to their level
Weak vs Strong atheism might also depend on the God. Ask a Christian if he believes in the Monkey God Hanuman, most probably that Christian will be a strong atheist in regards to Hanuman. But ask that same Christian if he believes in Allah, that Christian may not be such a strong atheist towards Allah.
For me I'm an atheist by default. I don't have the ability to believe like theists do nor do I have the ability to proactively not believe. The question of God and who made us and the universe is not a part of my mind set.
The weak vs strong atheism debate could also be a loaded question, if somebody such as myself decides to enter into the debate, we may be classified as either a strong or weak atheist, even though we entered into to the debate just for a bit of philosophical fun.
Anyway, thanks for the interesting question.
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I have decided that it is a huge waste of time to sit for an hour and pin things and then never use them. So to justify my Pinterest habit, I've been making an effort to go back through the pins I've hoarded and try the ideas. One of which is Ree's iced coffee. Holy smokes. I'm on my second glassful. You should see how fast I'm typing. My thoughts are so FOCUSED. My hair is actually standing on end. Not really. But I am wired. This stuff is so good, man. I am usually a hot coffee type of person, especially in the morning. But this. This transcends temperature. I highly recommend it.
I didn't want to buy a whole pound of espresso for the first attempt, so I went for the 10 oz package of Cafe Bustelo. Instead of 2 gallons of water, I used 1.25 gallons of water with it and steeped it overnight. Be prepared to wait for the filtering process. I used paper towels in my strainer because I didn't have cheesecloth and a coffee filter was way WAY too slow. With paper towels you can at least change them out after a couple of times so the speed picks back up again. You end up with a pitcherful of black gold.
She says (insert chuckling) that you can use skim milk instead of half and half to mix in. Hoo boy. That's a good one, Ree. As if. And of course I went for her Vietnamese version that has sweetened condensed milk instead of sugar. It's totally worth the splurge. Especially when your first sip through the straw is a glob of pure condensed milk. Bonus. Instead of about halfway up, I filled up most of the glass with coffee, then about 3 TBS sweetened condensed milk and then a splash of half and half.
What else? We've been getting back into our usual school groove after Michael's hospital stay. Not a huge amount of making going on at the moment. I'm trying to force myself to finish up some WIPs. It's not going so well. I have also been trying to organize things in my craft room so it looks less like a paper and felt explosion and more like a place to get something done. I love my felt organizer (otherwise known as a shoe rack from Target). Scraps go in the old Coke crate above it.
I did forget to mention that I was invited for an interview recently with talented Abby Glassenberg over at While She Naps. Abby has been doing a great series of posts on how to monetize your softie making habit. I took some time out to discuss cottage industry as it relates to my own pattern business. Go on over and check it out.
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I am trying that coffee this afternoon! Love the way you have your felt good idea.ReplyDelete
What you need is a Filtron cold brew coffee system! I got mine a couple months ago, and I LOVE it!! Email me if you have questions.ReplyDelete
Hey my sister reccommended your blog totally hooked already thanks for the hard work xReplyDelete
Why didn't you just use one of Michael's nice white tees sans cheesecloth? Seem to recall it worked with raspberry puree...ReplyDelete
Grandma G, I'm intrigued. Is it just for iced coffee? If so, I don't have the room on the counter for another gadget and will have to settle for the Tupperware method.ReplyDelete
Rustic Kitsch, welcome!
Robyn, wouldn't that result in eau de Tide flavor in the coffee? Hmmm, it seems like a good solution if I had some clean ones on hand that didn't have scented detergent/fabric softener in them. Maybe I'll steal one and launder it without all that for next time.
I was kidding. Although I'm sure it'd work well. Surely you remember us stealing one of his tees to make raspberry puree for my cheesecake back in ol' Marietta? Good times...ReplyDelete
Oh, yeah...that's ringing some really vague bells. LOL. What girls do for cheesecake. Good times...ReplyDelete
I have tried that Iced Coffee, but not with the condensed milk, and I LOVE that stuff! I may have commented before, not sure, but I had kidney stones several times. It was worse than childbirth, and yes, I went natural. However, my chiropractor told me to try taking magnesium everyday. It has been several years and I haven't had a stone since. It is definitely worth a try. I hope you all are back to normal soon.ReplyDelete
"This transcends temperature." LOL!ReplyDelete
I wish I liked coffee sometimes. :-)ReplyDelete
Your felt collection is pure awesomeness.
HA! I can hear the caffeine in your post. :D We'll have to try that.ReplyDelete
I, too, need to put some action behind some of my pins!
Lol! Thanks for the heads-up and warnings. This was also on my list of things to try though I'm still using old-fashioned bookmarks instead of pinterest. :-)ReplyDelete
I, too, am hooked on Ree's Iced Coffee! Found it on Pinterest, made half a recipe, and am looking forward to summer when it will always be in my fridge! I'm using 2% milk and caramel flavored syrup. The half and half and sweetened condensed milk is definitely an awesome splurge!ReplyDelete
Haha, from one Pinterest addict to another...it's a good thought to put some action behind all that pinning. This Rees thing could be dangerous! :PReplyDelete
And hey! Am I going to see you in Atlanta?
I tried that (from pinterest) last summer! AMAZING! I need to do it again. I actually used a scrap of muslin to strain mine - since I had no cheesecloth. It worked pretty well.ReplyDelete
Emedoodle, well, duh. I had boatloads of muslin upstairs. But you see, I had not had coffee yet, so I was not thinking outside the box. LOL. I'll try to remember that for next time. But paper towels are so close at hand.ReplyDelete
Rae, um YEAH, love to meet you! Is there some crafty Atlanta happening I'm unaware of?
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Go waterskiing, jetskilling, canoeing, boating, swimming or fishing at High Rock Lake or Badin Lake
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Take a leaf ride to enjoy our great fall foliage
Spend time hiking in the Uwharrie National Forest - www.uwharries.com
Cool off in the summer with a dip at one of the two City pools – www.asheboronc.gov
Take a picnic to one of the City's park and playgrounds – www.asheboronc.gov
Take in some outdoor sports by going hunting or fishing
Play tennis at the tennis center in Memorial Park – www.asheboronc.gov
Participate in the Asheboro Downtown Walk Program – look for sidewalk markers in the downtown area to guide your path. www.asheboronc.gov
Go to a Copperhead's game to enjoy wooden-bat baseball – www.teamcopperhead.com
- Play disc golf at North Asheboro Park – www.asheboronc.gov
Go to Sunset Theatre for a movie, concert or play (www.sunsettheatre.org) – or call the RSVP group to learn how you can get involved in their next production (336-629-0399)
Catch a movie at Cinemark VII in Randolph Mall – www.cinemark.com
See the Downtown Sculpture – get a map from the Arts Guild and take a walk to see great outdoor sculpture. The show changes every few years, so come back to see what's new! Be sure to check out the great murals while you're viewing the downtown art.
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Go to Seagrove Orchids - seagroveorchids.com
Spend some time strolling the antique shops and art galleries in downtown Asheboro
Enjoy farm-fresh products – local fruits, vegetables, meats, wine and dairy products are abundant! The Asheboro Downtown Farmers' Market is open May-October. www.asheboronc.gov
Eat some barbeque. North Carolina has two distinct types – Lexington style and Eastern-style. Lexington barbeque has a tomato based sauce, while Eastern-style is more vinegar based. Asheboro's only 30 miles from Lexington.
Go shopping at the Sr. Adult's Association shop – the Salt Box
Check out the shopping at the Randolph Mall - www.shoprandolphmall.com
Go to Tom's Creek Farm & Nursery - www.tomscreeknursery.com
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- Pigs and Pedals - Pigs and Pedals is a partnership between the City of Asheboro, the Asheboro-Randolph Chamber of Commerce, and the Heart of North Carolina Visitor's Bureau. For additional information, please contact Pam Morgan at (336) 626-1277 or email@example.com.
- Go to Christmas on Sunset, the annual holiday event in downtown Asheboro where you can enjoy carolers, free hot chocolate, a model train display, costumed characters, carriage rides and more!
Go to the Liberty Antique Festival (35 minute drive/20 miles away)
Go to the annual Thresher's Reunion in Denton the week of July 4th to see antique farm equipment, a tractor pull, musical groups and more. Celebrate the region's agricultural heritage.
Participate in the Randolph County Senior Games/Silver Arts – or just go to watch some great senior athlete and performers
Enjoy a night "Out & About" – go downtown on the third Friday evening of the month, when shops try to present special events and activities.
Attend the Summer Concert Series – each year there are at least half a dozen concerts in Bicentennial Park during the Summer Months
Visit the Fall Festival. This annual event is held in early October and features hundreds of food and craft vendors.
Go to a play produced by the Randolph Youth Theater Company or one of the local high schools.
Go to Forsyth County's Tanglewood Park in December for their annual Festival of Lights
Get your spice on at the annual Chili Cookoff in downtown Asheboro.
Ooo and ahh over the Independence Day fireworks at McCrary Ballpark
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Local culture
Try some persimmon pudding. Apparently this dish is big in Indiana, so we're not sure how it came to be a favorite in Randolph County. It appears in the fall, so you're sure to find some at the Fall Festival. It's hard to describe, but some say it tastes like pumpkin pie.
Go to Sir Pizza – this pizza chain came to NC in the 1960s, and it's become an Asheboro favorite. You can't be a local until you've at least tried a Sir Pizza pizza.
Take your picture with the elephants that stand at the entrance to the NC Zoo. Send the photo to your friends and family telling them you've gone wild in Asheboro!
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Attend Dancing with the Randolph Stars – community leaders strap on their dancing shoes for entertaining performances to raise money for Randolph Community College.
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See a parade – Christmas Parade, Tractor Parade, Fall Festival Parade, Veterans Parade.
Check out the Randolph Community College catalog and find a fun course to take. Randolph Community College is known for its photography program – why not sign up for some classes? www.randolph.edu
Take flying lessons at the Asheboro Airport. www.asheboronc.gov
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Official sport schedule posters, produced by LSU Athletics Publications Office are available to all Tigers fans. It is our goal to provide high quality sport posters to as many LSU fans as possible.
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Prestigious Restaurants
Restaurant Week comes to Seville from today and until next Sunday October 20.27 prestigious restaurants from today for 25 euros an initiative to enjoy haute cuisine at an affordable price, for only 25 euros. This gastronomic activity was born more than 20 years ago in New York, extending from Miami, Rio de Janeiro, Amsterdam, London, Lisbon, Madrid and Barcelona and now comes backed by the consortium of tourism and the Asociacion Empresarial de HOSTELERiA of Seville and Seville from the hand of the seal of quality flavour of the year. What is offered to the guests for 25 euros is a menu closed with the best of each restaurant. Along with this, the attendees will help with 1 euro of each menu, which will go to three instituciones solidarias: Fundacion ONCE dog guide, the Spanish Heart Foundation and the brotherhood of Santa Marta, founded by the innkeepers of the city.


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Kobe Bryant can stand on his toes, which isn't quite the same as dunking a basketball but does mean the surgically repaired Achilles tendon in his left foot is improving.
The Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard has been working one-on-one with team physical therapist Judy Seto and told Lakers.com that the progress has been good.
"It's feeling really strong; I can walk without a limp," Bryant said. "I can go up the stairs and just stand on my toe, which shows a lot of strength in the tendon."
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The Lakers' roster is still taking form, with Dwight Howard's free agency overshadowing Bryant's recovery lately as the top story out of Los Angeles. But Bryant was the team's best player last season, when he averaged 27.3 points, 6.0 assists, 5.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals a game as a 34-year-old.
He's battled through a littany of injuries in his NBA career and says he'll continue to rely on his skills to overcome diminished athleticism as he heals and ages.
"You just adjust," Bryant said. "I don't think it's reinventing the wheel or anything like that. If you have to play a slower game, you play a slower game. If you have to post up more, you post up more. If the explosiveness and speed is there, then it's there and you use it in moderation."
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He still expects to be back in the lineup by early December, at the latest. And when he's back, there won't be any hesitation or coddling requried.
"That's one thing that you can really count on as long as I'm here," Bryant said. "I'll be out there ready to go, playing at a high level."
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Crafting lessons about the 9/11 attacks has evolved over the years from the days of dealing with shock and horror to understanding the day as a historic turning point.
The class is solemn as the recording plays: Brian Sweeney, a passenger on United Flight 175, leaves a voicemail message for his wife minutes before the plane crashes into the World Trade Center's south tower.
"Jules, this is Brian. Listen, I'm on an airplane that's been hijacked," Sweeney said. "If things don't go well, it's not looking good, I just want you to know I absolutely love you."
Many of the students, juniors at Bristol Central High School, don't remember ever hearing the recording. A decade ago, they were only 6, and their memories of the Sept. 11 attacks — if they have any at all — are muddled.
For some, this recording and others, which they listened to Friday in their U.S. history class, made the attacks more vivid than ever before.
"Actually hearing people's voices," said Alex Mandela, a 16-year-old junior, "I was left speechless."
For students like Alex, the Sept. 11 attacks are a murky blend of personal recollection and history lesson; for younger students who were toddlers at the time or not yet born, they are simply history.
Crafting lessons about the attacks has evolved over the years from the days of dealing with shock and horror to understanding Sept. 11 as a historic turning point. And in teaching about 9/11, teachers also have had to navigate highly charged topics, including religion, politics and patriotism.
Like many students his age, Alex's memory of the date is more about the change in his normal routine than about the attacks. His mother picked him up from school, which puzzled him, he recalls, because he usually went to day care.
He knew something was up, but he didn't know what. As he got older, he began to piece it together.
"You know those old stories, about how grandparents talk about, 'When I was a kid' — that's kind of how it feels," Alex said. "More like a history story than an actual, personal experience."
Memorializing, Analyzing
In the first few years following 2001, schools addressed the events largely by memorializing them, said UConn Professor Alan Marcus, who studies how to teach controversial issues.
At Glastonbury High School, history teacher Steve Marino recalls that in the school's current events class, "We were doing therapy with the kids. We were doing therapy with ourselves, like after any traumatic experience. ... They were scared and curious."
But since then, Marino said, the curriculum has evolved to include not only what happened, but why, and the ensuing repercussions, including the Patriot Act, heightened airline security and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
UConn's Marcus said the "biggest dilemma" for many teachers is determining how much to "memorialize" and how much to study and analyze.
"That's what teachers get hung up on the most," Marcus said.
"It's still a very emotionally powerful time," he said. "You want to respect that, but at the same time, if all you do is remember, if all you do is have a moment of silence or a ceremony honoring those who have died, you've really missed an opportunity."
Larry Covino, social studies coordinator for Bristol Central, said he uses primary sources in his class — like the recording of Brian Sweeney on board Flight 175 — to help students understand how profoundly historic events can affect the individuals involved.
Because the events of Sept. 11 are still comparatively recent, today's teachers are able to infuse their lessons with their own recollections, but their emotions are often still raw. One of Covino's colleagues was talking about the attacks with him and started crying.
Students get a better idea of the attacks' devastation, Covino said, "when they see a teacher getting teary-eyed and crying."
Getting The Facts Straight
Lea McCabe, a social studies teacher at Bristol Central High School, said some students who don't remember Sept. 11 but do remember the country going to war in Iraq "have everything mixed up and everything confused. There's a lot of walking them through."
Only a few years ago, McCabe said, students understood exactly why their school might have a moment of silence on the anniversary of the attacks.
"Now it's almost like we have to pre-teach," McCabe said. "This is what we're going to do, and here's why."
In East Hartford, teachers are trying to make sure every high school and middle school student learns about Sept. 11 in their history and social studies classes during this anniversary, said Edward Quick, head of the high school's social studies department.
For example, last week in Sara Slogesky's ninth-grade world history class, students discussed newspaper headlines on the attacks: "Outrage" in the Atlanta Constitution; "Bastards" in the San Francisco Examiner; "Act of War" in The Courant.
The ninth-graders, who were only 4 in 2001, said the headlines helped them understand how traumatic the attacks had been.
Deneiliah Edwards, 14, said she remembers watching the news on television with her mother and sensing that something sad had happened. While she understands a lot more now, and she knows the names Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, she said she's still not clear on the role each played.
"I don't really know the difference," Deneiliah said, but she's expecting to learn more Monday.
And, like several others in the class, Deneiliah does have a personal connection to the aftermath of Sept. 11: Her cousin is in the Army in Iraq.
What The Future Holds
In Joseph Bernabucci's civics class at East Hartford High School, he focuses less on the details of the September attacks and more on the issues that the attacks raised.
Students "really need to know what the core issues are that will determine which way we'll go with this war on terror," Bernabucci said.
He talks to his class about the terrorists and what their motivations might have been — U.S. wealth, religious differences, oil.
After class, Bernabucci said that patriotic fervor in the years following the attacks made it almost taboo to try to understand the terrorists.
Even now, he said, teaching about Sept. 11 is "kind of nerve-wracking" because "you're never quite sure if what you're saying is being interpreted the right way with the kids, especially with the religious issues."
Closer To Ground Zero
Connecticut has no statewide guidelines or requirements when it comes to teaching about Sept. 11; it's left to each district to decide what to do.
Mark Linabury, spokesman for the state Department of Education, said this flexibility is appropriate partly because in southwestern Connecticut more families were directly affected by the attacks.
Tom Broderick first started teaching at Scotts Ridge Middle School in Ridgefield three years ago.
He had prepared a lesson for his students for Sept. 11 but just before class started, a colleague told him that one of his students had lost a parent in the attacks.
"It kind of gave me pause, and I questioned what to do," Broderick said, but he did go ahead with the lesson, which went without a problem.
Since then, though, he has shied away from teaching much about Sept. 11 and instead encourages his students to talk about it at home.
"I like to have parents discuss it with their kids because I don't know where they are coming from," Broderick said. "I don't know if they lost someone, where their emotions are."
And with Sept. 11 coming only a week or two into the school year, Broderick said, teachers typically don't really know their students.
"They don't have the emotional connection yet," Broderick said, so it's hard to judge what to say.
At Greenwich High School, Principal Christopher Winters said the topic comes up in the contemporary American history class.
"All of our teachers treat the topic with sensitivity, knowing that it may have affected some of these students' parents or relatives," Winters said.
The high school also is planning a schoolwide meeting Monday with bagpipes, taps and a moment of silence.
"I think we are all emotionally scarred by it, and we are all looking for ways to heal," Winters said, "and to help our youth of today understand something that is becoming a little bit more of a history lesson for them than an actual lived experience."


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Humboldt County residents who pay the controversial $150 state fire fee may still receive a refund. A judge has allowed a class action lawsuit seeking to repeal the State Responsibility Area fire fee to move forward, officials confirmed this week.
The lawsuit, filed in 2012 by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer"s Association against the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or CalFire, and the state Board of Equalization in Sacramento County Superior Court, is expected to be heard early next year.
"The court said we can still move forward with the lawsuit, but in order to get money back, you have to fill out a petition for redetermination," Howard Jarvis legislative director David Wolfe said. "What we"re recommending when individuals get the second round of bills, which are going out right now, is that they pay within 30 days and then also within 30 days fill out a petition for redetermination, even if they"ve done it before."
The necessary paperwork can be found online at www.firetaxprotest.org.
"There"s nothing that has occurred that has changed the law to where we would alter our course at this point," CalFire spokesman Dennis Mathisen said. "There"s been no legal action."
In a statement to the Times-Standard, California Board of Equalization First District member Betty Yee wrote that she regrets the increased burden on fee payers from the fire fee.
"However, until a court of law orders otherwise, the Board of Equalization is bound by law to implement the fire fee," she said.
The SRA fire prevention fee affects more than 15,000 Humboldt County property owners living in state responsibility areas, which are primarily rural but include some suburban areas. The fee, made payable to CalFire, is based on how many "habitable structures" are on a property, at a rate of $150 per structure. Residents who already pay a tax to a local fire department receive a $35 discount.
Furthermore, according to state Assemblyman Wesley Chesbro, many residents also already have approved assessments on their property to pay for fire protection services from a local fire district.
In a statement to the Times-Standard, Chesbro said he strongly supports the lawsuit to overturn the SRA fee because "the fee is unfair and duplicative."
"The way the Board of Forestry has chosen to assess the same flat fee of $150 to all Californians, regardless of whether they live in a mobile home or cabin on the foggy, rainy North Coast, or own a multi-million dollar estate in the tinder dry hills of Southern California, makes no sense and is unreasonable," he said.
The lawsuit was filed on the grounds that there is no benefit to rural homeowners, Wolfe said.
"All they did was take money out of CalFire, put it in the general fund and then use rural homeowners to patch up the deficit," he said. "They"re not receiving a direct benefit. … A direct benefit would be like CalFire comes out and clears brush away from your home every four months. That would be a specific direct benefit to that owner"s property in exchange for the fee, but that"s not happening."
The Humboldt County Fire Chiefs Association continues to oppose the tax, president Lon Winburn said.
"I can assure you that all local fire entities are hoping that the Howard Jarvis lawsuit goes through because our biggest issue is it effects our funding, because people are being forced to pay that fee so in turn it will hamper their ability to fund their local fire departments," said Winburn, who is the Fortuna Volunteer Fire Department chief.
"It"s tough enough for a lot of these smaller departments to survive because they survive based on community support, and if the community has to pay that prevention fee that"s going to mean less of the pie for local governments," he added.
Cliff Chapman, executive director of the Humboldt County Taxpayer"s Association, said the fee is a tax that wasn"t approved by two-thirds of the Legislature or voters.
"It"s just one more example of the Legislature going off and implementing taxes and calling them fees," Chapman said. "It"s just not fair. It"s just a tax disguised as a fee. It"s going to take a while, but we think that we"ll prevail on it," he said.
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|System: X360, PS3
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Cauldron
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Activision
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Nov. 19, 2007
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1
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|ESRB Rating: Mature
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
Weapons are powerful and plentiful. The game features just about any kind of gun you can imagine with the exception of a water pistol. Shotguns, assault rifles, machine guns, and grenade launchers come standard in this game. Ammo isn't unlimited, and when it's not easy to find, it's impossible. That means you'll come across some really interesting weapons only to find that you can't use them to your heart's content simply because you'll have nothing to shoot out of them. Not to worry.
You won't find yourself without some kind of weapon since you can always scavenge them from the fallen A.I. All of the weapons that I tried were responsive and accurate. Position the reticle, and fire away.
Online multiplayer mode accommodates up to 12 players, though you can play it with as few as two people. It features the run-of-the-mill fare such as Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Capture the Flag. We've all been there and done that. These online modes are typical and don't even incorporate the single-player's mode most prominent feature. There is a total lack of gore, the one outstanding characteristic of the single-player mode. Further to my picky, precious tirade, I did experience some latency. It didn't make the modes unplayable, but it was annoying nonetheless.
Stock animation generates the same A.I. moves over and over again. This redundant theme is further exacerbated by the gameplay which, despite changing environments, doesn't differ from mission to mission. It's a matter of taking out the bad guys and moving on. The entire game can be played in a day. I don't recommend this game for the multiplayer component, but simply for the fun of the tasteless violence. To that end, I can only recommend Payback as a rental.
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Freshleaf Media needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 79 designs submitted by 31 freelance designers.
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It must inspire confidence and reflect our professional nature. We are an established agency going through a name change and we work with big names to develop highly professional corporate websites and applications.
You can choose the colours and fonts although I expect a freshleaf green will probably be part of the colour scheme!
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Mase Speaks On Why He Went Back To Rap! "God Has Done Me Better Than Puff Daddy" + How He Met His Wife, Embarrassed By His Car When He Seen JD, & More [1-8-09][40 Minutes]
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Reports of the death of the music video, much like that of print media, are greatly exaggerated. Lady Gaga proved as much earlier this month at the MTV Video Music Awards, where she nabbed eight "moonmen" (MTV's equivalent to the Oscar statuette) in recognition of her revitalization of the genre.
Classical-music marketers never met a pop trend they didn't like, so Deutsche Grammophon gives us "El Vito," a music video of mezzo-soprano Elina Garanča singing Obradors' song in support of her latest album, Habanera.
The video seems singularly designed to convince us that Garanča is a sexy minx in her role as a hard, bewitching, capricious Gypsy — but is that enough of a concept to sustain its three-and-a-half minutes? Music videos were created to visualize pop music, and over the past thirty years, the style of their presentation has evolved in tandem with the style of that particular genre. Does Garanča's video embrace the idea of a cinematography of classical music? No. Could one be created? Maybe.


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Windows initialization is the startup routine by which bootup information on the drive is accessed by invoking processes and calling services in order for the computer to be properly configured for an operational state.
The following is a list of all aspects that are part of this managed entity:
Windows shutdown is the process whereby the operating system, in response to a user action or scripted command, terminates applications, processes, and services in the proper order to switch off the computer.
Windows startup availability checks whether the system is able access the boot sector on the system disk. This boot sector, which can be managed either by the basic input/output system (BIOS) or Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI), then loads the rest of the boot blocks. The boot sector loads the Windows Boot Manager, which accesses the Boot Configuration Data store and uses the information to run all of the processes and services required to start the operating system after the computer is switched on.


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DAVIS, Calif. (AP) J.T. Adenrele had 20 points and eight rebounds to lead five UC Davis players scoring in double figures in a 79-72 victory against UC Riverside on Saturday night.
Ryan Sypkens added 17 points, Josh Ritchart 13, Tyler Les 12 and Paolo Mancasola 10 for the Aggies (8-11, 4-4 Big West), who won for the third time in four games.
Josh Fox had 22 points and nine rebounds and Chris Harriel added 18 points for the Highlanders (5-15, 2-6).
UC Davis shot 56.8 percent (25 of 44) from the floor and made 10 three-pointers, its third straight game with at least that many. Sypkens made four from behind the arc and Les three.
The Aggies took the lead for good on Adenrele's three-point play with 6:45 left in the first half. That was part of a 27-13 run that gave UC Davis a 41-30 halftime lead, and it maintained a double-digit lead for most of the second half.
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stuffed artichokes with lemon, garlic, shallots & spicy bread crumbs
I know ... I know ... I say this all the time, but this right here is truly one of my favorite foods. I do not know what my life would be like without stuffed artichokes.
Every time I am eating artichokes with my mom she has to tell the story of how the first recipe I called her and asked her for in college was stuffed artichokes.
Why is it that even with the exact same recipe, we can never make it as good or as comforting as when our moms make it. I'll never figure that out.
I try though. I really do. And, hopefully someday I'll have a kid who will call me up from college looking to recreate the stuffed artichoke the same way I made it for them growing up.
In case you haven't guessed it from the mounds of big, healthy looking artichokes in the grocery stores, this is the beginning of artichoke season. I just cannot get enough.
Although they can be a bit time consuming to prepare, you can make them ahead of time and enjoy them all week long. For lunch, for dinner, for breakfast, for a mid-day snack. I like to get my artichoke fix on so that I'm set until next season.
I still love my mom's the best (who doesn't), and the thing I love most about her artichokes is that the recipe has not changed one bit since she started making them for me.
My recipe, which is derrived from hers, has evolved ever so slightly. While I used to only boil them and keep the core in tact, I now remove the center core so that I'm able to stuff and season the best part of the artichoke, the heart - of course, and finish them in the oven.
stuffed artichokes
3 artichokes
3 globe artichokes, with stems attached
3 tablespoons of olive oil
3 cloves of garlic, minced
1 large shallot, finely chopped
for the stuffing:
1 cup of whole wheat bread crumbs
1/2 teaspoon of red pepper flakes
1/4 teaspoon of garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon of onion powder
1/4 teaspoon of salt
fresh ground black pepper
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 lemon, zest and juice
Start by cleaning, trimming, and preparing your artichokes:
- To prepare the artichokes, remove the long stems and reserve (for the stuffing), and then remove about an inch off the top and discard.
- Then, using scissors, go around the artichoke cut off the prickly tops of the leaves.
- Rinse the artichokes thoroughly.
Then steam the artichoke:
- In a heavy soup pot, fill the pot with about 1-2 inches of water being careful now to drown your artichoke in too much water.
- Add in 2 tablespoons of olive oil to the water.
- Then place the artichokes in the pot and drizzle a little more olive oil over the tops.
- Bring the water to a boil over medium-high heat, cover, and let the artichokes steam for approximately 40 minutes (could be a little more or a little less depending on the size of the artichokes). Make sure you check in on them every 10 minutes or so to see if more water needs to be added to the pot.
- You will know when they are done when the leaves pull off easily.
While your artichokes are steaming, sauté the stems and prepare the stuffing:
- Peel the outermost layer of the stems, and then chop them into a small dice.
- In a cast iron pan over medium heat, add a little oil and add in the shallots and garlic and cook them for about two minutes. Then add in the diced stem.
- Sauté the stems, shallots, and garlic for about 10-15 minutes, until the stems are nice and tender.
- While they are cooking, prepare the breadcrumb mixture. In a large bowl, mix together all of the ingredients for the stuffing.
- When the stems are done cooking, add them to the breadcrumb mixture. Stir until everything is well combined.
Remove the core, and stuff and bake the artichokes:
- Pre-heat the oven to 350º
- When the artichokes are done steaming, carefully remove them from the pot and place them onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Allow them to cool for about 5-10 minutes.
- Once they are cool enough to handle, remove the core. To do so, start by pulling out the center leaves (the ones that are yellow and prickly). Once you've removed all of the yellow leaves, take a spoon and scoop out the "hairy" center, revealing the heart of the artichoke. Once all of the hairs are completely removed and the heart of the artichoke is exposed, you are ready to stuff the artichoke.
- Take the stem and breadcrumb stuffing and stuff the large center cavity. Then, continue to spoon and sprinkle the mixture into the outer leaves, making sure you get some of the stuffing into each layer.
- Once your artichokes have been stuffed, drizzle a little more olive oil over the tops and place them in the oven. Cook for about 10 minutes (until the tops have browned).
- Remove and allow to cool slightly. Serve warm, or keep them in the fridge for up to a week and reheat when you're ready to eat them.


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Green Bay Packers inside linebacker D.J. Smith is out for the season, coach Mike McCarthy announced at his Monday news conference.
Smith suffered a knee injury during Sunday's 42-24 victory over the Houston Texans.
The second-year pro became a starter in Green Bay after Desmond Bishop was lost for the season with a torn hamstring during the preseason. Veterans Robert Francois and Brad Jones should have the first opportunity to replace Smith. Francois started two games on the inside in 2011 while A.J. Hawk dealt with a calf injury.
The Packers' defense played admirably against the previously undefeated Texans. Cornerback Sam Shields (shin) and outside linebacker Nick Perry (knee) also were injured during the game. Nose tackle B.J. Raji sat out with a sprained ankle he suffered the previous week against the Indianapolis Colts. McCarthy says he'll know more about Shields and Perry later in the week, the Green Bay Press-Gazette reported.
Green Bay is 15th in scoring defense in the NFL (22.5 points per game). If guys are going to be banged up, this is a good stretch for it, with the St. Louis Rams, Jacksonville Jaguars and Arizona Cardinals on the schedule the next three weeks.Follow Kareem Copeland on Twitter @kareemcopeland.


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Survey: Most Italian Internet Users Think Ignoring Copyright Harms Publishers, But Not Society As A Whole
from the hearing-from-the-other-side dept
One of the heartening recent developments in the world of digital copyright is that we have moved on from manifestly biased surveys about the evils of piracy and how the solution to everything is harsher punishment for infringement and longer copyright terms, to independent analyses that seek to understand rather than judge and lecture. There's also been a new focus on learning what the public thinks might be an appropriate balance for modern copyright -- something that nobody cared about in the past.
Here's an example of the latter from the Italian lawyer and academic, Simone Aliprandi, building on work done for his PhD thesis. It's a survey of the attitudes of around 1,300 Italian Internet users to copyright, which explores a number of interesting -- and controversial -- areas (original in Italian). For example, it asked whether Italians online think copyright law trumps the rights of users who wish to use existing materials as a jumping off point for further creativity. Here's what Aliprandi found:
The first of the two questions shows a rather unbalanced distribution [of answers] tending towards disagreement, with 41% in complete disagreement and almost 30% in partial disagreement, which means that more than 70% of respondents were not in agreement with the idea that copyright must be respected even at the cost of limiting new ways of making use of content.
Another key question probed what respondents thought about the harm, if any, that using copyright material freely caused:
sections offered various statement about the real harm caused by the widespread practice of using copyright material freely. The first, which can be summarized as "this phenomenon damages mainly the creators", saw a nearly symmetric response, from which it is not possible to deduce the overall view of respondents, who show themselves divided equally between those who agree and those who disagree.
The rest of the research provides other interesting information about the attitudes of Italian Internet users in this area, and it's a pity it's unlikely to reach a wide audience in its original Italian. Nonetheless, it's a welcome addition to the growing library of such reports from around the world that provide insights into what the forgotten stakeholder in the copyright debate -- the public -- really feels, does and wants.
By contrast, the second [statement] shows a net imbalance of replies, with more than 70% of respondents who agreed with the idea that this phenomenon mainly damages the publishers. When instead the statement "this phenomenon damages the socio-economic fabric" was posed, the replies are distributed in a mirror fashion compared to the previous question, with almost 65% disagreeing.
This mirroring is one of the most interesting pieces of information to emerge from the research: basically, respondents are saying on the one hand that they are aware that using copyright material freely harms the publishers more than the creators, while on the other hand they don't agree that this causes damage to the socio-economic fabric (an assumption that forms the leitmotiv of almost all the campaigns against so-called "piracy".)
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Jul 31, 2019
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You can be a missionary in small ways each day.
In the October 2013 general conference, President Thomas S. Monson reminded us how important it is to help others come unto Christ.1 For many of us, sharing the gospel can feel intimidating, though. After all, have you ever felt nervous about talking to others about the gospel or the Church?
Elder M. Russell Ballard of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles taught that there is a way to overcome that fear. He said, "Fear will be replaced with faith and confidence when members and the full-time missionaries kneel in prayer and ask the Lord to bless them with missionary opportunities. Then, we must demonstrate our faith and watch for opportunities to introduce the gospel of Jesus Christ to our Heavenly Father's children, and surely those opportunities will come. These opportunities will never require a forced or a contrived response. They will flow as a natural result of our love for our brothers and sisters. Just be positive, and those whom you speak with will feel your love."2
As you strive to follow that counsel, check out these ideas about how you can share the gospel in your everyday life. Tell how you've used these ideas, or share your own ideas for sharing the gospel by clicking on Share your experience below.
10 Scriptures to Cheer Up Your Friends
Know people who are having a bad day? Sharing a scripture with them might be just the thing to brighten their day. And if they see that you believe in the scriptures, they may ask you more about your beliefs or the Church. Here are 10 scriptures that inspire with hope and provide comfort to the soul.
- Joshua 1:9
- Proverbs 3:5–6
- Isaiah 12:2
- Matthew 11:28–30
- John 16:33
- 2 Nephi 31:20
- Mosiah 4:9
- Alma 36:3
- Helaman 5:12
10 Videos to Share
Sharing videos created by the Church is a great way to lift another's spirits or share gospel truths in a friendly way. Here are 10 videos you might want to consider.
If your friend:
- Wants to know who the Savior is and how He lived, share "Christlike Attributes."
- Suffers from the pain of losing a friend or loved one, share "He Will Give You Help."
- Wonders if you're a Christian, share "For God So Loved the World" (or any video at biblevideos.lds.org).
- Struggles with a health problem and wants to know how to stay happy, share "God Will Lift Us Up."
- Would like to understand what the Book of Mormon is, share "Book of Mormon Introduction."
- Wants to know how the gospel can help, share the story of how a homeless young man changed his life after learning about Jesus Christ in "Hi, I'm Paris. I'm a Mormon."
- Is struggling with whether or not to remain sexually pure or wants to know why you are, share "I Choose to Be Pure."
- Doesn't understand exactly what you mean when you talk about "serving in your quorum" or "priesthood service" or your efforts in a "class presidency," share an example of what it means to look out for each other in "Dayton's Legs."
- Wants to know who we really are, why we're here on earth, and where we're going after this life, share "Our True Identity."
- Has lost hope, share "The Power of Hope."
10 Conversation Starters
Need some suggestions for how to bring up the gospel in everyday conversations? Here are 10 simple ideas.
- Ask your friend what he thinks about God, and really listen. Then share your thoughts.
- Talk about what you did at Mutual this week. (If your friend asks what "Mutual" is, then it's an easy way to say what Church you belong to.)
- Ask around for jobs or ideas to earn money and tell others you're saving to pay for a mission.
- Share a scripture you read in the Book of Mormon that touched you.
- Tell about a skill you learned at a ward activity or family home evening—and talk about what a "ward" or "FHE" is.
- When you're outside, share your thoughts about all the beautiful things Heavenly Father made for us.
- Ask your friends where their names came from. If they're family names, you can bring up family history and share how it connects us to our past and to our future through temples.
- Talk about seminary—about getting up early to go or about something you learned there.
- When talking about what you did over the weekend, tell about an experience at church.
- When anyone talks about media, share what you like and why you have your standards.
Pray for Missionary Opportunities
As you seek to fulfill the Lord's call to invite others to come unto Christ, pray every day for opportunities to share the gospel. Find more ideas on how you can do this. And remember that your success doesn't depend on whether the people you share the gospel with accept your invitation; the Lord will be pleased that you extend an invitation.
- For example, "Now is the time for members and missionaries to come together, to work together, to labor in the Lord's vineyard to bring souls unto Him" (Thomas S. Monson, "Welcome to Conference," Ensign, Nov. 2013, 4).
- M. Russell Ballard, "Put Your Trust in the Lord," Ensign, Nov. 2013, 44.


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The British Govt's attempts to smash the animal rights movement have long been catalogued in SchNEWS over the years, but this week it turned from the pernicious to the ridiculous as Police stretched their already tenuous use of the word 'blackmail' with regards to animal rights protest...
Last Tuesday (14th) some activists did a banner drop protesting against Ciba Vision, a subsidiary of Novartis, from an overpass over the motorway near Ciba Vision's premises at Hedge End, near Southampton. Ciba Vision make contact lenses, and are a client of vivisection lab Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS). The protest was just outside the exclusion zone which limits protests near the premises of a list of companies associated with HLS as named on the injunction against SHAC (See SchNEWS 581). The two were not arrested, and only had their details taken by police for a possible court summons.
But things turned serious last Friday at 10am, when police kicked the door down at the house they were staying. With a search warrant regarding Tuesday's banner-drop, 25 coppers arrived - including Hampshire Police's two 'animal rights specialists', Martin Foster and Andrew Tester - and some plain-clothes CID to do the interviewing. The two banner-droppers were arrested for criminal damage and conspiracy to blackmail -- because, the police said, they had used spraypaint to make the banner, and that spraypaint had been used in other actions against HLS targets previously! Their clothes were confiscated for forensic analysis, to see if they could be linked to a recent 'home visit' on the manager of a HLS client which involved paintstripper on his car and other nasty surprises. As one of them said, "It's as though police think we're the only people in Hampshire with spray cans".
This was the third time this same household had been raided in the past year, and police also took a computer, owned by another resident, who is currently one of the defendants in the upcoming SHAC trials (see below). A total of six computers, three printers and ten mobile phones have been taken from this household during these raids.
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ELK GROVE, Illinois (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney opened a new line of attack on President Barack Obama on Tuesday for waiving parts of a landmark welfare-to-work law, but Obama's team argued Romney had backed a similar move as Massachusetts governor.
Romney targeted Obama's plan to let states seek a waiver from the work requirements of a 1996 welfare law that was a signature bipartisan achievement of former Democratic President Bill Clinton's administration.
Romney's attack, laid out in a new television ad and a topic he addressed at a campaign event in Obama's home state, is aimed at bolstering his charge that Obama's solution to many of America's problems is to rely on government.
At the campaign event in Chicago, Romney vowed to reverse a July directive by the president's Health and Human Services Department that his campaign said was tantamount to gutting the welfare law.
"We will end a culture of dependency and restore a culture of good, hard work," he said.
The White House, which tends to leave it to Obama's campaign team to react to Romney attacks, was quick to leap into the fray, suggesting this is a sensitive issue. White House press secretary Jay Carney called Romney's charges categorically false and "blatantly dishonest."
"This administration's policy will strengthen the program by giving states the opportunity to employ more effective ways to help people get off welfare and into a job," said Carney.
The directive from the Health and Human Services Department allows states to ask for a waiver from the work requirement of the welfare law in order to test alternative strategies that would help needy families find jobs. The aim is to give states some flexibility in how they carry out the welfare law, just as some Republican state governors have advocated, rather than sticking to a rigid formula.
But the health department's decision has generated strong opposition from many Republicans. In the House, 76 Republicans complained in a letter to Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who sought to assure them that states will have to move at least 20 percent more people from welfare to work.
In a bare-knuckled presidential campaign, such nuances are quickly cast aside, and Romney went after Obama on the issue.
"Obama guts welfare reform," says the video script of the Romney ad, while a voice says: "Under Obama's plan, you wouldn't have to work and wouldn't have to train for a job. They just send you your welfare check."
The attack fits in with Romney's strategy to paint Obama as a big-government liberal unable to take the steps he thinks are necessary to tackle the 8.3 percent U.S. jobless rate.
The Obama campaign fought back, arguing Romney had sought even greater flexibility from the welfare law when he was governor of Massachusetts. Obama's campaign circulated a 2005 letter Romney signed along with 28 other Republican governors in support of Senate legislation that would have permitted increased waiver authority.
"The truth is that the President is giving states additional flexibility only if they move more people from welfare to work - not fewer," said Obama campaign spokeswoman Lis Smith.
But Romney's campaign team said the 2005 letter was a comment on a Senate reauthorization of the welfare program that was pending at the time, and would have increased work requirements from 50 percent participation to 70 percent and would have given states increased flexibility in administering the welfare law.
"But it did not provide a waiver of the core work requirement and the governors were not requesting a waiver of that core work requirement and Governor Romney in fact had vetoed legislation that would have weakened Massachusetts' work requirement," said Romney deputy policy director Jonathan Burks.
The Republican is trying to stay on the offensive after the wealthy former private equity executive has labored to defend his decision not to release more of his tax returns.
The welfare attack, to be played out for the rest of the week, came as the campaign toward the November 6 election intensifies. Romney goes on a four-day bus tour on Saturday that will take him through the battleground states of Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and Ohio.
At the end of the trip, Romney may announce his vice presidential running mate.
Writing by Steve Holland; Editing by Jackie Frank


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