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[The Louima case is] a silhouette of the contingency-fee problem. So ingrained and unexamined is the notion of the one-third contingency fee that it has taken on the character of a natural law. Hence, it is doubtful that any lawyer, reading of the barbaric attack on Louima, considered whether a contingency fee in the millions could be lawful when the city's liability and Louima's recovery of a substantial sum were certain. On the other hand, even a reflective frankfurter vendor standing outside a courthouse under a Sabrett umbrella might reason that, if liability and recovery were certain, then there is no contingency that Louima's lawyer is risking since his receiving a fee is certain from the beginning, and if that is so, then the Appellate Division's rule would have done nothing except guarantee to that lawyer a freight train of money that should have been paid to Abner Louima.
Attorney Harold J. Reynolds, predicting Abner Louima's money woes, September 1998
The battle for Abner Louima's millions rages .
In the wake of last week's historic settlement, Louima's original attorneysCarl W. Thomas, Brian Figeroux, and Casilda Roper-Simpsonare eager to speak out. But they can't. Acting on a complaint from Johnnie Cochran and his "Dream Team," that Thomas and company were bad-mouthing them, federal Magistrate Cheryl Pollak has muzzled Louima's former advocates.
In rebuffing Voice requests for comment, the usually talkative lawyers repeatedly referred to Pollak's warning they would be penalized for violating her order not to discuss their row with Cochran, Barry Scheck, and Peter Neufeld in the media.
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But in previously published interviews with the Voice, Thomas, then lead attorney, portrayed Cochran, Scheck, and Neufeld as carpetbaggers who snatched the Louima case away from them. In one unpublished interview conducted two months after Louima was attacked in 1997, Thomas and Figeroux recalled how their relationship with Cochran and his sidekicks went from bad to worse. They said that after Cochran became involved with Louima, the Haitian immigrant insisted that they cooperate with the celebrity attorney. For a while, they grudgingly did as Louima asked. Thomas said that one day as they sat around a table, Scheck and Neufeld expressed frustration at not being able to get Cochran admitted to practice in the federal court system in New York. "I told Cochran, 'I would get you admitted tomorrow,' " Thomas said.
Figeroux said that he even tried to win Cochran over to their side by appealing to his blackness. "Our offer to him was, 'Drop these shmucks and work with black attorneys.' " Several days later, Thomas petitioned his contacts on the bench, who wasted no time approving Cochran's application. He said during another meeting when the thorny issue of who was to be lead counsel came up (Louima had insisted that Cochran take over the legal team), he "humbled" himself, and asked Cochran to meet with him in private. "We are black men," Thomas recalled telling Cochran. "I am not fighting with you in front of the white man. Let's talk." Thomas proposed that he remain as lead counsel, since he knew more about the case than Cochran, but that Cochran would take over in the event of a civil trial because he had more experience in that arena. Cochran, he said, promised to help "build us up" and agreed with Thomas's plan.
But their fragile truce fell apart. Thomas recalled that during one meeting with Scheck and Neufeld in the Brooklyn office of attorney Sanford Rubenstein he showed up in battle fatigues, indicating he was prepared to fight the Johnnie-come-latelies to the end. "I told them, 'I have more respect for a homeless crack addict with AIDS than I have for you,' " Thomas said.
"Why would you say something like that?" he quoted Scheck as saying.
"Y'all ain't shit!" Thomas responded, adding that he was born in Trinidad, a place where blacks don't kowtow to whites.
When Scheck opened a laptop, placed it on the table, and began to take notes, Figeroux interpreted that as an attempt to intimidate them. "Close that fucking laptop!" Figeroux shouted. "What are you trying to do, impress me with your fucking technology?"
Thomas recalled reaching over the table to restrain Figeroux. "I told Brian, 'Sit down! Sit the fuck down, Brian!' " He said Scheck appeared to be frightened and "began to turn red." Figeroux accused his white counterparts of trying to take money away from black lawyers. "Take your share and go the fuck home," Figeroux offered. "Y'all are not doing anything for black people. We've been here from day one in this community."
Thomas then berated Scheck and Neufeld for defending O.J. Simpson. "O.J. Simpson should be in jail for killing these people," Thomas said. Their opponents, according to Thomas, "sat dumbfounded." Scheck said Cochran's presence in the case would attract the kind of people who could pressure the Giuliani administration to settle. But Thomas said he denounced them as "Upper Westsider" white boys. Later, Cochran allegedly told Thomas: "By the time this case is over, you'll fall in love with these two guys."
Johnnie Cochran was wrong. They're still fighting like cats and dogs. Last week, after the Giuliani administration and the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association agreed to pay Louima nearly $9 million to settle his police brutality lawsuit, Louima said he did not feel like a rich man. That's because Louima cannot touch one dime until he settles a bitter quarrel with Thomas, Figeroux, and Roper-Simpson.
Citing the gag order imposed on her by the magistrate, Roper-Simpson refused to discuss her long-running dispute with Louima, Cochran, Scheck, and Neufeld. Her attorney, K.C. Okoli, declined persistent requests for an interview. Neither Cochran, Neufeld, nor Scheck, who share an office in Greenwich Village, returned a Voice call for comment. But the Voice has learned that seven months ago Roper-Simpson notified Louima and his legal team that she had filed a lien against "any money" Louima intended to collect as compensation for being severely beaten and sexually assaulted by police.
Roper-Simpson is suing for "professional services rendered" to Louima in the aftermath of the attack. She and Figeroux were part of an original three-member legal team, led by Thomas, to whom Louima first told his horror story. It is the second such lien to tie up Louima's millions. On March 3, 1998, a month after they resigned from Louima's legal team, Thomas and Figeroux laid claim to money from any impending settlement or jury award. Their one-page document did not reveal details about their action, but at the time Thomas told the Voice that a conflict arose because he and his colleagues felt that Cochran, Scheck, and Neufeld had improperly entered the explosive case. Thomas described Cochran as a racial ambulance chaser who may have "broken ethical canons." He said that Cochran was not entitled to a cut of any award or settlement.
"In my judgment, we did everything right," Thomas asserted in an interview prior to the judge's gag order. "We made Abner Louima a household name, and that's how Johnnie Cochran knew about him. The sympathy Abner received was based on the campaign [we waged] for Abner Louima."
The city agreed to pay $7.125 million, while the PBA will pay $1.625 million. Louima's lawyers will claim about $2.9 million of the $8.75 million total. The remaining $5.8 million will be paid out to Louima and his children over the next 25 years. He originally sued for $155 million.
Reverend Al Sharpton, who helped drum up outrage over the torture, "has reservations" about the settlement. Sharpton, who is serving a 90-day sentence for his role in a protest against naval bombing exercises in Vieques, told the Voice that shortly before the case was settled, Louima visited him at the federal jail in Brooklyn and "asked for my blessing prior to agreeing to take the money." According to Sharpton, Louima was skimpy on details about eleventh-hour negotiations, citing the judge's gag order. He said he remembered Louima saying the settlement would be the largest ever paid out by the city in a police brutality case and that the PBA might crack under pressure from his attorneys and disavow the blue wall of silence.
Last March, black activists, including several leaders in Brooklyn's Haitian community, criticized Louima for agreeing to an earlier settlement close to $9 million without insisting on reforms within the police system. Louima backed away from the deal. In his original lawsuit seeking the reforms, Louima charged that police officers "conspired to create a blue wall of silence and lied to obstruct justice" and that the PBA "condoned an environment in which police officers believed they would be insulated from prosecution."
The blue wall of silence refers to police officers who protect each other by not cooperating with investigators. Louima also complained of the "48-hour rule," which allows officers under investigation not to speak to anyone except their attorneys for two days. The rule is part of the NYPD contract with the PBA. Opponents of the 48-hour rule have said the period gives officers time to get their stories straight and confer with counsel while the investigation cools.
Before Louima left the jailhouse, Sharpton told him that "the goals of the lawsuit seem OK to me." Sharpton said that he gave his approval, "anticipating a favorable outcome." Now Sharpton thinks that "Abner should have stood his ground, because it appears that the PBA has conceded nothing" in response to his demand for changes in the way cops handle black and Latino suspects.
Louima's lawyers claimed victory, taking credit for extracting reforms from the city and the union to eliminate what Louima's suit called an "environment in which the most violent police officers believed they would be insulated" from prosecution. Sounding almost like a lawyer, Louima himself told reporters that his case prompted the city to pull the '48-hour rule off the table in pending contract talks with the PBA. (The NYPD has ended the 48-hour rule for sergeants, lieutenants, and captains, and has said it is attempting to take it out of the contract under negotiation for police officers.) He also said his case pushed the PBA to hire outside experts for formal training of its union officials and adopt a system for protecting the anonymity of whistle-blowers. Attorneys for the city and the PBA argued the reforms would have been implemented anyway. But it was not clear exactly what would change concerning officers accused of abuse as a result of the settlement.
Despite efforts to downplay the fact, it is the first time a police union has been forced to compensate a victim of police brutality, Cochran, Neufeld, and Scheck continued to hail the case as "mechanism for social and legal reform" that could be used in other cities where brutality is an issue. "This case is a watershed for police brutality and how to remedy it," Neufeld said at a news conference. "You use the case as a bully pulpit."
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Throughout an offensive slump that dulled the early glow of the Washington Nationals' season of lofty expectations, players pleaded for patience. Sleepy bats betrayed solid pitching and magnified mistakes. Manager Davey Johnson, though frustrated by the meager production, made only minor changes to the lineup. One or two sparks from any player, he reasoned, could light a fire under the entire team.
Against the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday at Nationals Park, Washington received quite a few offensive outbursts in an 8-1 win. Bryce Harper, the consistent shining star of the offense, smashed his Nationals-record eighth home run in April. On his 26th birthday, Danny Espinosa, the struggling second baseman, delivered a three-RBI game that included a two-run home run and an RBI double. On the mound, Gio Gonzalez fired his most dominant performance of the season, reminiscent of his stellar 2012 campaign, allowing only one hit and one run over eight innings.
The Nationals ended their four-game skid and returned to .500. They could rejoice in their fourth win in 13 games and their largest offensive output since a 10-3 victory over the Miami Marlins on April 15. The offense smacked 12 hits and, in the second inning, staked Gonzalez to the team's first lead in 38 innings. Every facet of the team performed. In one game, order seemed restored. Joy returned. Music played in the clubhouse. Players shook hands on the field for the first time since Saturday.
"We needed a game like this, to come out and click on all cylinders," catcher Kurt Suzuki said. "Everybody was having fun, laughing in the dugout again. It was like back to normal."
"This is how this club should play," Espinosa said. "This is definitely what I expected."
Through his first four starts of the season, Gonzalez struggled with command, a wavering arm slot and rushed delivery. On Thursday, he pounded the strike zone. He worked quickly and efficiently, tossing 112 pitches, 78 for strikes. He walked only two batters and allowed only one hit, a solo home run to Joey Votto in the fourth inning. It was only the second time in Nationals history that an opponent was held to one hit, the last time on April 2, 2008.
Gonzalez overpowered hitters primarily with 92-to-94 mph fastballs, mixing in his wicked curveball on occasion. When he struggled in previous performances, he nibbled on the corners of the strike zone and threw too many pitches. Against the Reds, he attacked, his stuff good enough to survive on its own. The Gonzalez of last season, a 21-game winner and National League Cy Young Award finalist, had returned. "I didn't want to let the team down again," he said.
"Today he was just get the ball and go," Suzuki said. "He was rock-and-fire."
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And being me, I had to do it in color. Over the years I have collected a huge amount of colored pencils, and so I arranged them by color and scribbled a swatch of each in graduated hues. Thinking ahead, I gessoed the paper on both sides to give it extra tooth and to later be able to apply it directly to canvas.
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Inspection Checklists - Sample Checklist for Manufacturing Facilities
What is an example of an inspection checklist for a manufacturing facility?
The examples outlined below do not list all the possible items for manufacturing facilities. The best checklist for your workplace is one that has been developed for your specific needs. Whatever the format of the checklist, provide space for the inspectors' signatures and the date.
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Training | |||
Is training provided for each person newly assigned to a job? | |||
Does initial training include a thorough review of hazards and accidents associated with the job? | |||
Is adequate instruction in the use of personal protective equipment provided? | |||
Is training for the use of emergency equipment provided? | |||
Are workers knowledgeable in the "Right to Refuse" procedures? | |||
Environment | |||
Are resources available to deal with very hot or very cold conditions (drinking water, lined gloves, insulated boots)? | |||
Is the rain/cold weather gear that is provided comfortable, and light enough so as not to constitute a hazard? | |||
Are work surfaces and grip surfaces safe when wet? | |||
Do workers know the symptoms of heat cramps/heatstroke, or frost bite/hypothermia? | |||
Work Process | |||
Are repetitive motion tasks properly paced and kept to a minimum? | |||
Are the material safety data sheets placed in locations accessible to all employees? | |||
Are hazards signalled by signs and tags? | |||
Have all trucks, forklifts and other equipment been inspected and maintained? | |||
Are lockout or tagout procedures in place and followed? | |||
Is ventilation equipment working effectively? | |||
Is the fume and dust collection hood working effectively? | |||
Are the safety showers and eye wash stations in the proper locations and in good working condition? | |||
Fire Emergency Procedures | |||
Is there a clear fire response plan posted for each work area? | |||
Do all workers know the plan? | |||
Are drills held regularly? | |||
Are fire extinguishers chosen for the type of fire most likely in that area? | |||
Are there enough extinguishers present to do the job? | |||
Are extinguisher locations conspicuously marked? | |||
Are extinguishers properly mounted and easily accessible? | |||
Are all extinguishers fully charged and operable? | |||
Are special purpose extinguishers clearly marked? | |||
Means of Exit | |||
Are there enough exits to allow prompt escape? | |||
Do employees have easy access to exits? | |||
Are exits unlocked to allow egress? | |||
Are exits clearly marked? | |||
Are exits and exit routes equipped with emergency lighting? | |||
Warehouse and Shipping | |||
Are dock platforms, bumpers, stairs and steps in good condition? | |||
Are light fixtures in good condition? | |||
Are all work areas clean and free of debris? | |||
Are stored materials properly stacked and spaced? | |||
Are tools kept in their proper place? | |||
Are there metal containers for oily rags and for rubbish? | |||
Are floors free of oil spillage or leakage? | |||
Is absorbent available for immediate clean-up of spills and leaks? | |||
Are all flammable and combustible products stored appropriately? For example: Are Class I (one) flammable products (as per NFPA or your local fire code) stored in Class I approved buildings or outside the warehouse? | |||
Loading/Unloading Racks | |||
Are steps, railings and retractable ramps on raised platforms in good repair? | |||
Is piping and in-line equipment in good condition and free of leaks? | |||
Are loading arms operating satisfactorily? | |||
Do submerged filling two-stage valves operate properly? | |||
Are bonding and grounding cables free of breaks or damage? | |||
Are connections tight and sound? | |||
Is the general condition of wiring and junction boxes, etc. in good condition (visual inspection)? | |||
Lighting | |||
Is the level of light adequate for safe and comfortable performance of work? | |||
Does lighting produce glare on work surfaces, monitors, screens and keyboards? | |||
Is emergency lighting adequate and regularly tested? | |||
Machine Guards | |||
Are all dangerous machine parts adequately guarded? | |||
Do machine guards meet standards? | |||
Are lockout procedures followed when performing maintenance with guards removed? | |||
Electrical | |||
Is the Canadian Electrical Code adhered to in operation, use, repair and maintenance? | |||
Are all machines properly grounded? | |||
Are portable hand tools grounded or double insulated? | |||
Are junction boxes closed? | |||
Are extension cords out of the aisles where they can be abused by heavy traffic? | |||
Is permanent wiring used instead of extension cords? | |||
Tools and Machinery | |||
Are manufacturers' manuals kept for all tools and machinery? | |||
Do power tools conform to standards? | |||
Are tools properly designed for use by employees? | |||
Are defective tools tagged and removed from service as part of a regular maintenance program? | |||
Are tools and machinery used so as to avoid electrical hazards? | |||
Is proper training given in the safe use of tools and machinery? | |||
Confined Spaces | |||
Are the confined space procedures and training available and followed by all involved? | |||
Are entry and exit procedures adequate? | |||
Are emergency and rescue procedures in place (e.g. trained safety watchers)? | |||
Housekeeping | |||
Is the work area clean and orderly? | |||
Are floors free from protruding nails, splinters, holes and loose boards? | |||
Are aisles and passageways kept clear of obstructions? | |||
Are permanent aisles and passageways clearly marked? | |||
Are covers or guardrails in place around open pits, tanks and ditches? | |||
Floor and Wall Openings | |||
Are ladder-ways and door openings guarded by a railing? | |||
Do temporary floor openings have standard railings or someone constantly on guard? | |||
Stairs, Ladders and Platforms | |||
Are stairs and handrails in good condition? | |||
Are ladders free of defects? | |||
Are ladders set up properly before use? | |||
Are the elevated platforms properly secured and do they have handrails? | |||
Elevating Devices | |||
Are elevating devices used only within capacity? | |||
Are capacities posted on equipment? | |||
Are they regularly inspected, tested and maintained? | |||
Are controls of the "dead man" type? | |||
Are operators trained? | |||
Sound Level/Noise | |||
Are regular noise surveys conducted? | |||
Is hearing protection available and used properly? | |||
Temporary Work Structures | |||
Are temporary work structures used only when it is not reasonably practicable to use permanent ones? | |||
Are excavations properly shored, free of large objects (rocks, etc.) at the edges? | |||
Employee Facilities | |||
Are facilities kept clean and sanitary? | |||
Are facilities in good repair? | |||
Are cafeteria facilities provided away from toxic chemicals? | |||
Are hand washing facilities available? | |||
Medical and First Aid | |||
Do all employees know how to get first aid assistance when needed? | |||
Do the first-aiders know when and to which hospital or clinic an injured person should be taken? | |||
Are there employees trained as first-aid practitioners on each shift worked? | |||
Are first-aid kits provided as per jurisdiction's first-aid regulations? | |||
Are first-aid supplies replenished as they are used? | |||
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) | |||
Is required equipment provided, maintained and used? | |||
Does equipment meet requirements? | |||
Is it reliable? | |||
Is personal protection utilized only when it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate or control the hazardous substance or process? | |||
Are the areas requiring PPE usage properly identified by warning signs? | |||
Materials Handling and Storage | |||
Is there safe clearance for all equipment through aisles and doors? | |||
Is stored material stable and secure? | |||
Are storage areas free from tipping hazards? | |||
Are only trained operators allowed to operate forklifts? | |||
Is charging of electric batteries performed only in designated areas? | |||
Are dock boards (bridge plates) used when loading or unloading from dock to truck or dock to rail car? | |||
Are necessary warning devices and signs in use for railway sidings? | |||
Are specifications posted for maximum loads which are approved for shelving, floors and roofs? | |||
Are racks and platforms loaded only within the limits of their capacity? | |||
Are chain hoists, ropes and slings adequate for the loads and marked accordingly? | |||
Are slings inspected daily before use? | |||
Are all new, repaired, or reconditioned alloy steel chain slings proof-tested before use? | |||
Are pallets and skids the correct type and inspected? | |||
Do personnel use proper lifting techniques? | |||
Is the size and condition of containers hazardous to workers? | |||
Are elevators, hoists, conveyors, balers, etc., properly used with appropriate signals and directional warning signs? |
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Mullooly, Richard (2003) An Electromagnetic Articulography study of resyllabification of rhotic consonants in English. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Barcelona. pp. 2265-2268.
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Recent instrumental work has focused on finding phonetic correlates of intervocalic consonants' syllabic affiliation. The importance of lexical stress as a determining factor word internally has either been acknowledged [1], or suggested [2]. There is much work in word internal contexts, but limited work across word boundaries. I examined word final intervocalic [] in non-rhotic English speech, with Electro-magnetic Articulography (EMA) using car out and peer out for stimuli, varying the emphatic stress environment. For two speakers, the lingual articulators moved more rapidly in the transition from word final [] to the following vowel when the word following <r> was stressed. A Scottish rhotic speaker showed the same effect. The higher velocity suggests the consonant is more likely to be parsed as a syllable onset. I argue emphatic stress increases tension which accounts for the low velocity observed in tokens where the first word was stressed and that the stiffness parameter (k) of Articulatory Phonology is related to bio-mechanical stiffness.
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Balaji Rangachari, a 3rd year student at IIT-Madras has created a new programming language that might revolutionize the software industry as we know it. The programming language named 'C-Shastri' by the young IITian, uses popular cricket commentator Ravi Shastri's cliches as syntax for complex programming constructs.
Bajali's innovation promises to make coding far more pleasurable while ramping up efficiency of programmers. Addressing a group of programmers and technology evangelists at Microsoft India office in Hyderabad, Balaji demonstrated various keywords and constructs in C-Shastri to a rapt crowd that hung on to his every word. "C-Shastri will make programming a lot more interesting and will bring to your daily job the excitement of a riveting cricket match. Work in a software company will never be the same again," he exclaimed, triggering rapturous applause and wolf-whistles in the room.
Balaji credits Ravi's computer like intellect for his invention. "Ravi's artificial intelligence is awesome. His CPU, I mean brain, maps the play with the appropriate cliché using a matching algorithm and the great man proceeds to verbalize it for the benefit of viewers. That's when I realized why not create a computer language out of it."
Balaji later revealed to The UnReal Times some of the keywords and expressions in C-Shastri for common programming constructs. For instance, the simple print statement in C-Shastri would be represented by "Flash-and-flash-hard()". The main() section that programmers might recognize in a C program would be identified as "News-from-the-center()" in C-Shastri, and the classical Do-While loop would be substituted in C-Shastri by the equally classical "Do{ } Just-what-the-doctor-ordered". A simple Hello World program in C-Shastri would be written as follows,
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C-Shastri has already received a thumbs-up from Infosys founder Narayanmurthy. "To my mind, C-Shastri seems to be the answer to reduce employee attrition and improve productivity. And given that everyone at Infosys anyway browses Cricinfo or watches live streams of matches instead of coding, we might save a ton of money in training these guys in C-Shastri. Will ask my MD to adopt C-Shastri pronto," said the software mogul to The UnReal Times.
For the benefit of our readers from Software Industry, The UnReal Times reproduces, with Balaji's permission, a set of C-Shastri keywords for traditional programming constructs.
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Main () | News-from-the-center() |
Print () | Flash-and-flash-hard() |
If-Then-Elseif-Else | At-this-stage-all-3-results-are-possible |
Do { } while | Do { } Just-what-the-doctor-ordered |
Infinite loop | Give-it-the-kitchen-sink |
Break (or any exit loop) statement | Take-the-aerial-route |
Assigning value of X to Y | X gave Y the-full-monty |
Defining a variable (eg: integer x) | AAAND….x is TAKEN! |
X++ | X is doing-it-in-singles |
X = X + 2 | X is running-hard-for-the-2nd |
X = X + 4 | X is dealing-in-boundaries-here |
End Statement | In-the-end-cricket-is-the-winner |
Balaji plans to further develop the language under the principles of free and open source software collaboration. However, new constructs and modifications will have to be approved by Ravi.


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Martin Markus always had a flair for business. As a 14-year-old in pre-war Transylvania, he began an apprenticeship with a clothing retailer who saw potential.
"Make sure he enjoys what he is doing," Mr. Markus recalls the shop man telling his mother. "Otherwise, there is no point."
He kept with it. Nearly 80 years later, Mr. Markus is closing down N. Markus Fashions, the business he would run with his wife – and, later, their two children – for 55 years. They are hosting a final customer appreciation event through Sunday of this weekend to say their final goodbyes. The event will be a bittersweet one for the family, who have seen the business through a period of great change.
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Mr. Markus immigrated to Canada in 1948. After landing in Halifax, he was meant to continue to Montreal, but wound up boarding a train to Toronto because he liked the city's name. He married his wife, Judith, a fellow immigrant from Transylvania whom he met in Toronto, two years later. Together, they launched the business in 1957 and fostered a loyal clientele.
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[Source: Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal, full page: (LINK). Edited.]
Volume 19, Number 11—November 2013
Mild Illness in Avian Influenza A(H7N9) Virus–Infected Poultry Worker, Huzhou, China, April 2013
Huakun Lv1, Jiankang Han1, Peng Zhang, Ye Lu, Dong Wen, Jian Cai, Shelan Liu, Jimin Sun, Zhao Yu, Heng Zhang, Zhenyu Gong, Enfu Chen, and Zhiping Chen
Author affiliations: Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Hangzhou, China (H. Lv, Y. Lu, J. Cai, S. Liu, J. Sun, Z. Yu, Z. Gong, E. Chen, Z. Chen); Huzhou Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Huzhou, China (J. Han, P. Zhang, D. Wen); the 11th Chinese Field Epidemiology Training Program, Beijing, China (H. Zhang)
During April 2013 in China, mild respiratory symptoms developed in 1/61 workers who had culled influenza A(H7N9) virus–infected poultry. Laboratory testing confirmed A(H7N9) infection in the worker and showed that the virus persisted longer in sputum than pharyngeal swab samples. Pharyngeal swab samples from the other workers were negative for A(H7N9) virus.
During March–May 2013, a respiratory disease caused by avian influenza A(H7N9) virus was identified among humans in China (1–6). Most infected persons were >60 years of age, and most cases were severe and involved serious complications, including death (1). Few children and adults have been reported with mild illness caused by influenza A(H7N9) virus infection (7,8). After an epidemiologic link was reported between exposure to poultry and confirmed influenza A(H7N9) cases (9–11), local governments closed contaminated wholesale wet markets (large markets where live chickens were sold to vendors) and assigned government office workers to assist in a temporary poultry culling campaign.
The largest number of confirmed cases was reported in Zhejiang Province, where 46 cases and 11 deaths occurred (data from the Chinese Disease Surveillance Information Report and Management System; as of July 20, 2013). Of the 46 cases, 12 were reported from Huzhou city, where the environment of a wholesale wet market was contaminated by influenza A(H7N9) virus (9). Approximately 25,000 live chickens were processed daily at this market, and on April 8, 2013, the Huzhou city government launched their campaign to close the market and slaughter the remaining poultry.
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Figure 1. Personal protective equipment worn by government workers assigned to cull poultry at a wet market in Huzhou city, Zhejiang Province, China, April 8, 2013. The protective clothing included ordinary disposable...
Sixty-one government workers participated for 3 hours in the culling campaign. The workers wore individual personal protective equipment, including protective clothing, ordinary disposable masks, and latex gloves; neither goggles nor face shields were worn (Figure 1). During the culling process, workers disarticulated chickens' necks and placed the dead birds in individual sacks.
Avian influenza A(H7N9) infection was subsequently confirmed in 1 of the 61 workers. We conducted an epidemiologic investigation and clinical review of the confirmed case. In addition, we administered questionnaires to the 60 co-workers and obtained pharyngeal swab samples from them to test for influenza A(H7N9) virus.
Case Report
The male patient was a 41-year-old administrative manager in a sub-district government office in Huzhou city. The patient had been a chronic smoker, but discontinued smoking 4 years earlier because of chronic pharyngolaryngitis. He did not report any other underlying medical conditions, including hypertension and diabetes.
The patient's only contact with poultry during the 10 days before symptom onset occurred on April 8, when he participated in the campaign to cull poultry. Five days later, on April 13, the patient's eyes were swollen, but there was no tearing or discharge. Midday on April 14, the patient experienced low-grade fever (self-reported axillary temperature 37.8°C), dry throat, cough with a small amount of white sputum, weakness, and muscle soreness. Later that afternoon, he visited the outpatient clinic of Huzhou First People's Hospital. Clinical records were not available, however, at that visit, the patient was told his temperature was normal and that he probably had a cold, and he was sent home without medications.
The next morning, April 15, the patient returned to the clinic for medical evaluation and was found to have an oral temperature of 37.5°C, normal auscultation of the heart and lungs, leukocyte count of 5.3 × 109 cells/L (reference value 4.0–10.0 × 109 cells/L), neutrophil count of 3.25 × 109 cells/L (reference value 2.0–7.0 × 109 cells/L), and C-reactive protein level of 2.29 mg/L (reference value 0–4.0 mg/L). The patient was sent home without treatment, but later that afternoon, he returned to the clinic. At that third visit, a pharyngeal swab sample was collected and submitted to the Huzhou Municipal Center for Disease Prevention and Control for testing by real-time reverse transcription PCR (rRT-PCR) (12); the sample was found to be positive for influenza A(H7N9) virus. That same evening, leftover sample was confirmed positive for influenza A(H7N9) virus by a provincial reference laboratory.
During the early morning hours of April 16, immediately after laboratory confirmation of influenza A(H7N9) infection, the patient was transferred to a hospital designated for the care of persons infected with the virus. The patient's oral temperature was recorded twice a day: his temperature was 37.6°C on the first morning of hospitalization and <37.5°C thereafter. Routine blood tests showed that the patient's maximum C-reactive protein level (4.19 mg/L on day 4 of hospitalization) was slightly elevated, his leukocyte and lymphocyte counts were normal, his lactate dehydrogenase level was normal, and his neutrophil count ranged from normal to slightly below normal (Table 1). A cardiac ultrasound examination revealed no abnormalities in the heart, and results of an abdominal ultrasound of the liver, kidneys, and spleen was also unremarkable. Computer tomographic scans of the chests on April 16 and 18, showed an old lesion in the lung that seemed unrelated to the acute infection.
The patient was administered oseltamivir (75 mg twice/day) on hospitalization days 1–6; noninvasive ventilation and symptomatic and supportive treatment were also administered daily. Each day while the patient was hospitalized, pharyngeal swab samples and sputum samples were collected and tested for the presence of influenza A(H7N9) virus by rRT-PCR. All pharyngeal swab samples, except the 1 obtained the day before hospitalization, were negative for the virus. Sputum samples were influenza A(H7N9) virus–positive on hospitalization days 1–3 and converted to virus-negative on hospitalization day 4.
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Figure 2. Timeline from exposure to avian influenza A(H7N9) virus to symptom onset, medical examination, hospitalization, laboratory confirmation of infection, and hospital discharge for a patient whose only contact with poultry occurred...
As of April 22, 2013, the patient had made a good recovery and was discharged from the hospital. Figure 2 shows the timeline of events, from exposure to hospital discharge, for the patient.
On April 16, 2013, we administered a questionnaire to, recorded oral temperatures for, and obtained pharyngeal swab samples from the patient's 60 co-workers (Table 2). None of the workers had fever or other signs or symptoms of infection at the time of screening, but 13 of the 60 reported transient symptoms during April 9–16. All pharyngeal swab samples from these workers were negative for influenza A(H7N9) virus by rRT-PCR.
Our epidemiologic investigation and clinical review showed that mild upper respiratory symptoms developed in a man 6 days after he had contact with influenza A(H7N9) virus–infected poultry. We found that sputum samples from this patient remained positive for A(H7N9) virus longer than pharyngeal swab samples. This finding is in agreement with those of Chen et al. (10) and Lo et al. (13). Thus, it is a limitation of our screening of the patient's 60 coworkers that we did not collect sputum specimens. Because of this, we may have missed identifying other mild infections among the workers who culled poultry.
The patient in this report is 1 of only a few adults with mild respiratory symptoms who have been confirmed to be infected with avian influenza A(H7N9) virus (8). Our investigation strongly suggests that he became infected with the virus after working for 3 hours as poultry culler in a contaminated wet market. Future investigations of persons exposed to influenza A(H7N9)–infected poultry may consider testing for the virus in sputum samples rather than throat swab samples.
Mr. Lv is a chief physician at the Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Hangzhou, China. His research interests focus on epidemiology and acute communicable disease prevention and control.
This work was supported by a grant from Zhejiang Provincial Public Technology Applied Research Projects (No. 2012C33063).
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Sunday, June 08, 2008
Time Lapse Santa Fe
A few weeks ago Kris, Matt, and I went camping in the Santa Fe National Forest. Here is a short time lapse video of us cleaning up our campsite.
First mountain bike ride of the season
Finally made it out on the dirt and did my first ride with Jeff and Melanie on Vail Mountain. All the single track is still covered with snow at that altitude, but we had a good ride anyway.
Hulsey and I near the terrain park:
Gore Range from Mid-Vail:
Eagle's Nest:
A few more photos...
Hulsey and I near the terrain park:
Gore Range from Mid-Vail:
Eagle's Nest:
A few more photos...
2008 Vail Teva Games
This weekend I went up to Vail for the Teva Mountain Games. Stacia and Stacy came along and after a good morning of mountain biking on Vail Mountain with Jeff and Melanie, I joined Stacia and Stacy in town to watch some of the action... more photos here.
Koura and Tasha getting a little workout:
World Bouldering Championships:
The Kayak Rodeo:
Koura and Tasha getting a little workout:
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Friday, June 06, 2008
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Final report: No cause but three possibilities
While federal investigators never determined the cause of the 1974 Apple Yard explosion, a 1975 report from the National Transportation Safety Board notes three possibilities:
- A railcar coupler separation process that penetrated the tank holding monomethylamine nitrate.
- Cavities created in the metal skin of the tank, followed by recompression within the monomethylamine nitrate.
- Compression of an air bubble encapsulated in the monomethylamine nitrate or trapped in the air space at the top of the tank.
Monomethylamine nitrate is…


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Make sure to head over to Battlegrip.com to check out Phil Reed's awesome illustration of this beast!
Phil has been running an entire week dedicated to Glyos on his site, featuring loads of reviews, articles and just general Mr. Reed excellence! He has even created coloring and activity book pages!
Thanks for everything you do, Phil! You're the real beast!
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Well, there goes my Phase Defender! Can't wait to get home and upgrade my Hades Mimic Armorvor. It's been looking a little underpowered against the battalion of Hi-Phaseons.
On the Battlegrip side of things, I can't help but feel hugely disappointed! I'm okay with missing out on a Creamsicle Sarvos, since there will always be more Sarvos in the future, but with confirmation of that dreaded Syclowave, I have to give up my pretty grey Glyans, too! Can't even get one regular one. (>_<)
Oh well. Shockwave IS my favourite Transformer of all-time.....
Anyway, great work on this drop, but again, PLEASE try to keep surprises to a minimum, if you must have them at all? For those of us without credit cards, PayPal needs a week in advance of an order. So a carefully-planned budget can easily be a curse. (x-x) Anyway, I hope grey Glyans get revisited sometime down the road! Maybe even with purple as an accent!Replies"Well, there goes my Phase Defender!"
Oh the humanity! How many Phase Defenders must die to feed the power-mad Armorvors?Heh! Well, now I have an Axorvor and a Bulker Suit, so I'm happy.
Also, Matt, Phil, & Co., I'm sorry for being testy earlier. I can get upset over things easily, especially from surprises. It's true that I love Shockwave, do I'm okay with the change in plans. I do hope grey Glyans make a return sometime own the way!
I have exactly zero dollars I can spend on this release. And there is a new Exellis of course. I will be wheelin and dealin once these are shipped haha.
Everything looks great. All this talk of adventure people has me wanting to go to my grandmas house and dig my orange astronaut guy out of the closet haha.RepliesI couldn't recall anything about the Adventure People line so I did a Google search and recognized a photo of the yellow submarine that I remember playing with in the tub when I was about 3. It's kind of a crazy feeling to recognize something after so long and having completely forgotten about it. Appreciating the color-schema-background-story very much now. :)
ok... I'm going to need to study this to copy it... I just wish I had more doubles of armorvors... I could do this with the gold ones, but there aren't axis sets to match it...
possibly the GITD one...
I can't deny how much I dig it in this colorway though... I'm going to see what I can do
can't wait... also, saw the cyclowave... dammit... more vinyl... that's expensive


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Forums >General Running>Plan to hit 2:35 in 2013. Any ideas?
Anyone been there?
That's my PR. Pretty big jump from 2:49 to 2:35 -- that's the main idea I have.
The Logic of Long Distance
Needs more cowbell!
• Chemo
• Chemo-Radiation
• Surgery
• Return to kicking my own ass by 2018
Ha ha, LittonDDS. Nice call, zooms.
This is how I'm good at Trivial Pursuit. I retain random stuff too well.
For those who haven't read. Great New Yorker article on the good dentist.
I remember following LetsRun when the discussion was at its peak. I hadn't read the New Yorker piece. Wowsers.
Wow. Reading that was like watching the world's slowest car wreck, and it never quite ends.
Whatever you do, don't read this sentence.
"Retired From Running"
I have a printed copy of that in my office at work, brought to me by a co-worker runner when it came out. Made for an entertaining, if disturbing read for that afternoon.
Jeff, love your blog, by the way. I've found a few good points in it to take with me, even though I haven't read all of it yet.
Options,Account, Forums
You just need a faster car.
It's a 5k. It hurt like hell...then I tried to pick it up. The end.
Nope. When I cheat I usually knock it out in less than 90 minutes.
X blowing under 3 with over an hour to spare. Congrats man.
I like how x rolls.
No idea. You need to ask Paul Ryan how he got his sub 3
Houston Marathon 1-13-13
Rock n Roll St. Pete Half 2-10-13
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Armadillo 10K 3-9-13
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Break on through
Yeah... going from a 6:27 pace to 5:55 pace in a year - that would be difficult, I would think! I have spent a few years unsuccessfully trying to get from 2:51 to 2:50!
"Not to touch the Earth, not to see the Sun, nothing left to do but run, run, run..."


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September 17, 2013: Ebony Bones guest DJ set
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Listener comments! | |
Tue. 9/17/13 6:02am
fred von helsing:
a hoppin' start | |
Tue. 9/17/13 6:15am
excellent start. evening Marty, FVH. i haven't explored Lichens. they're prolific, huh? | |
Tue. 9/17/13 6:19am
sinister dexter:
woohoo! | |
Tue. 9/17/13 6:22am
Marty McSorley:
Yeah they are great solo voice and synth project of Robert A.A. Lowe who is also in Om and was in Singer | |
Tue. 9/17/13 6:37am
i'm thinking this mellow tone is not going to be sustained for the whole three hours... | |
Tue. 9/17/13 6:41am
Marty McSorley:
you know me better than that | |
Tue. 9/17/13 6:50am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
Good MartyMorning !! ...Was horizontal w/ TSF Jazz Paris - Django-style guitar & such - but okay: time for the great Funky~Heavy~Funny McSorley Society Wake Up Call beetches!... | |
Tue. 9/17/13 6:53am
main songwriter for Heavenly killed himself, sadly, back in the 90s | |
Tue. 9/17/13 6:53am
Hi Marty: How you doin' | |
Tue. 9/17/13 7:08am
Hiya, Marty. Good morning and thanks for a dose of Clear Spot. | |
Tue. 9/17/13 7:11am
Whoa. Those hits are being really dished out. | |
Tue. 9/17/13 7:27am
sinister dexter:
woohoo! | |
Tue. 9/17/13 7:29am
fred von helsing:
spinning | |
Tue. 9/17/13 7:42am
sinister dexter:
turn the Ladys mic up | |
Tue. 9/17/13 7:48am
Marty McSorley:
its pumped all the way up (she didn't wanna use headphones cause her hair) | |
Tue. 9/17/13 7:57am
that could be a mcsorley exclusive, since i'm not sure that australian festival's been announced yet, at least not to my knowledge | |
Tue. 9/17/13 8:33am
being in the hair buisness, m, you should invent a pair of headphones which don't mess with the style. there's a market for that... | |
Tue. 9/17/13 8:38am
fred von helsing:
hah haven't heard this in a million years | |
Tue. 9/17/13 8:39am
Marty McSorley:
they got these ones kinda for that that are like a wand that just have one can on it but then you have to hold it and its harder pin between your shoulder and ear making hit hard to cue shit with both hands so idk where else to go w/ them | |
Tue. 9/17/13 8:44am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
...it'd have to go either down back yer neck or under yer chin ...I *don't believe* there's buds that can be like over-ear cans - but I don't know much...maybe over-ear cup that can clip to ear - which would weigh a lot on 'em - light ones...(??)... | |
Tue. 9/17/13 8:45am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
...or stickin' up offa collar kinda thing!... | |
Tue. 9/17/13 8:48am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
...just don't turn yer head... | |
Tue. 9/17/13 8:54am
ah, crunchy metal in the morn! | |
Tue. 9/17/13 8:55am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
...stays crisp in milk - & thru technical difficulties... | |
Tue. 9/17/13 8:56am
indeed! her voice sounded cool coming through the metal! | |
Tue. 9/17/13 8:57am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
- I don't like phones much myself. It's like someone's there - but - *not*. | |
Tue. 9/17/13 8:58am
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:
Thx MM! | |
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Most fish are "cold-blooded", or ectothermic, allowing their body temperatures to vary as ambient temperatures change. Fish are abundant in most bodies of water. They can be found in nearly all aquatic environments, from high mountain streams (e.g., char and gudgeon) to the abyssal and even hadal depths of the deepest oceans (e.g., gulpers and anglerfish). At 32,000 species, fish exhibit greater species diversity than any other class of vertebrates.[1]
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text: It's funny how one stock has come to dominate the stock market the way AAPL has in the last 3 months. This has a lot of characteristics of a climax top, but with one characteristic missing: this did not have a lot of gap ups approaching the top, and volume did not rise dramatically, so there is a possibility this has not hit the ultimate top. It formed the dreaded black candle today, but also did in January when it started it's take off. The volume pattern for the last couple of weeks is terrible, and today, on earnings, it actually got less volume than it did yesterday. It is pretty clear the big money boys are getting out. While I am n ot very confident in trying to forecast where this is going to go, I don't really like gong long here at all.


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Looking at picking up a Ipad 2 with 3G here in the states for a family member that lives in Brazil. Will either the AT&T or Verzion 3G model work with a service provider in Brazil? Thanks
Thanks to the previous poster. Verizon uses a 'protocol' (the way the phone communicates with the base station or cell tower) known as CDMA (fall asleep unless you're a geek - Code Division Multiple Access) whereas AT&T uses GSM (engage geek mode - well, there's a long history here because the original meaning of GSM was French (Groupe Spécial Mobile) but now it's been transformed to 'Global System for Mobile communication'). Only the US uses CDMA so, if you want to use your iPad outside the US you need GSM - even Canada uses GSM. Much of the US (AT&T) is GSM too, so you won't have any problem if you're in the US with a GSM 'phone or iPad. So, for Brazil, you absolutely need the AT&T version - I've just had a post from a Forum member who is in exactly the same position and who bought a Verizon 'phone and is now trying to sell it... Tim Scotland
That's not entirely accurate! Many mobile carriers in other countries also use CDMA. GSM is the most popular and somewhat of the standard for international use. Thailand for example have operators in both CDMA and GSM. China Telecom in China does CDMA too as well as Mexico and Canada. list of countries with CDMA here As for Brazil, Vivo (one of the mobile network operators in Brazil) as of right now do support CDMA however they have recently announced that they are migrating to GSM and will stop supporting CDMA in September 2011. So going with GSM (AT&T's) is the correct choice and the recommended choice for any international travelers. cheers.


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Seldom has such dazzling headgear gathered in one place. A meeting of Catholic bishops from the Middle East has just ended in Rome. For two weeks, some 180 patriarchs, metropolitans, archbishops and bishops of six different churches – Chaldean, Coptic, Syrian, Greek-Melkite, Maronite and Armenian – discussed the challenges facing Christianity with their Latin-rite brothers, with Pope Benedict listening in.
An expanding Israel and the rise of political Islam figured heavily. So too did the emigration of Christians in the region, which has accelerated in the last 15 years to the point where there is a real prospect of Christians disappearing from some parts of the cradle of Christianity. The area known as Dora in Baghdad used to be nicknamed "the Vatican of Iraq". But the seven churches, seminary and bible college have all closed since 2003. In Iraq, almost every Catholic family knows someone who has been kidnapped or killed. Churches have been car-bombed. No wonder close to half of the 800,000 Iraqi Christians before the US occupation have fled abroad.
But Iraq is exceptional. So, too, is the West Bank, where land belonging to Christian Arabs – like other Palestinians – is seized by Israel in the name of security, then handed over to settlers; or Jerusalem, where Palestinians are being forced from their homes. Mostly, in places such as Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, or Jordan, Christians live peacefully with Muslims. Yet they keep their heads down, aware that, even though their forebears were citizens of the region long before the Muslims, the latter increasingly – at least in some parts – equate rights with religious allegiance.
That's why the Synod's call for Catholics and other Christians to be advocates in the region of a "positive secularism" – the term the bishops used was "positive laïcité", after a 2007 speech by Nicholas Sarkozy – is, at least, bold. It may also surprise Catholics in Europe and the US who criticise the secularist drive to separate faith and politics to find the church in the Middle East at the forefront of arguing that faith and politics should be, ahem, separate.
Sceptics will be quick to point out one of the basic rules of religious co-existence throughout history: secularism always looks better to religious minorities who have the most to lose from theocracies. And there's truth in that in the Middle East. Caught between Israeli expansionism and Islamic radicalism, the future of the tiny Christian minority depends, in large part, on basic rights of freedom of religion and freedom of conscience – on building, as the Synod put it, "an all-inclusive, shared civic order", in the words of its working document, that protects "human rights, human dignity and religious freedom".
But this isn't only about survival. Christianity is the religion that gave rise to secularism. Laïcité is a Christian by-product; secularism a Christian heresy. The church has always promoted a distinction between the two spheres – temporal and spiritual, civic and religious – without ever, of course, agreeing where the border between them lies. When Pope Benedict bowed to his audience of politicians at the conclusion of his Westminster Hall speech, he was deferring to the legitimate sovereignty and proper autonomy of the political sphere – while at the same time asserting the church's right to hold that sphere to a transcendent ethical horizon.
Separation, in other words, but not divorce. The principle has been clear ever since St Thomas Aquinas said that sins and crimes are different things; and at least since the second Vatican council, the Catholic church has argued that religions should not be privileged by the state, that the state cannot coerce in matters of faith, and that citizenship is not contingent on beliefs or membership of institutions. All residents of a country, whatever their faith or lack of it, are social actors with a stake in society and the legitimate right to seek to shape it.
Yet separation does not imply exclusion; it does not mean making of the state and the public square a faith-free zone, as secularists and humanists seek to. The so-called "neutral" state is, in reality, the attempt to impose an ideology – an individualist, humanist form of thinking. A secular theocracy is just as much a theocracy as an Islamic one. "Positive" secularism – as opposed to the "aggressive secularism" deplored by Pope Benedict in the UK in September – means a separation of religion from the state, but at the same time allowing faith the freedom to run schools, offer services, and build the common good, according to the principles and values that nourish it. Such a "positive secularity" allows for faiths (alongside non-religious beliefs) to seek to shape society on equal terms, benefitting from the freedom accorded to them by the state, but not depending on state sponsorship or legal privilege.
Arguing for a "positive secularity" is not easy in the Middle East, where regimes are pressurised by millenarian and fundamentalist movements – whether Zionism or radical Islam – which seek to link rights to religious allegiance. Yet the three religions of the Middle East have a long history of peaceful, respectful coexistence – the many exceptions to this story do not negate the truth of it – and a theology to underpin it. Universal human rights are not concessions of the state but intrinsic to every human being, whose dignity lies in his creation by God. That is the root of our citizenship – not our nation, tribe or religion.
They be few – and shrinking. But Christians in the Middle East, the region's "indigenous citizens", are well-placed to invite Judaism and Islam to embrace a healthy secularism.


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Using iAtkos S3 V2, the USB installer doesn't detect my internal HDD, including Disk Utility.
My HDD is a Seagate ST3500418AS, 500 GB, SATA.
I've searched all around, and pretty much every forum post says to set SATA to "AHCI", which seems to fix it - but there is no setting for this in my BIOS
Any ideas?
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I was ever of the opinion that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single and only talked of population. From this motive, I had scare taken [ordination] a year, before I began to think seriously of matrimony, and chose my wife, as she did her wedding-gown, not for a fine glossy surface, but such qualities as would wear well. To do her justice, she was a good-natured, notable woman; and as for breeding, there were few country ladies who could show more. She could read any English book without much spelling; but for pickling, preserving, and cookery, none could excel her. She prided herself also upon being an excellent contriver of housekeeping; though I could never find that we grew richer with all her contrivances.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Qualities As Would Wear Well
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- AnonymousNovember 17, 2011 at 12:06 AM
Thank-you for bringing this book to my attention.I haven't read it.As you've piqued my interest,I'm sure I'll be caught up in its charms soon.
I really enjoy your blog.Thanks for taking the time to write.
Kathy S. I started reading an old paperback copy but had to give up as my eyesight is not what it used to be. :)
Now, I will be looking for it at library sales.
It is a shame they used the title on the BBC comedy (which has nothing to do with the book except the woman is a vicar in a small village).
I am reading a biography of Grace Livingston Hill right now, published the year after my husband was born!
In the preface, the author talks about how the morals of society were already changing back then and what life was like in Pennsylvania when GLH was growing up.Dear Karen,
No wonder we are kindred spirits, this also is a favorite of mine and over the years have read it a few times.
Mine is a copy from England and illustrated by Hugh Thompson. This illustrator was a favorite of Tasha Tudor's and she also recommended the book heartily. Also, in the back is an announcement for "New Cranford Series".
Your friends bookmards are lovely! I collect old keys and what a wonderful idea to tie a pretty ribbon and use as a bookmark.
Lovely talking and visiting with you:-)
Suzanne- KellyinPANovember 17, 2011 at 10:46 AM
This is going on my book list, thank you for the recommendation. I have not read many 18th century authors either. I'm much more familiar with 19th century literature but this looks like a good start to broaden my horizons:)
I love the bookmarks, what a thoughtful and practical handicraft. I think Charlotte would approve;) This sounds like a perfect winter book for the fireside. I am in need to a good book like this. Life has been so full and hectic and I am happy to start hibernating starting this Tuesday. Life should slow down after my craft fair. ( pictures on my latest post)
I love those bookmarks I will for sure try to make some. I love beading.
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-MaryKaren, thanks for the recommendation. I have not read it, but ordered it from our library (and Suzanne, I was glad to see your comment about Hugh Thompson, the copy I requested was illustrated by him). Can't wait for it to come through the system. It will have to wait, though, for the five books I am determined to finish by the end of November. I have a terrible habit of piling up partly read books. This book will be my treat for completing them. The bookmarks are a great gift idea, too, thanks!
ReplyDelete- AnonymousNovember 18, 2011 at 8:47 AM
I have never read this book. I too am much more familiar with literature from the 19th century.
Speaking of book recommendations, I read Village School and Village Affairs. Miss Read is a delight! I just finished The Christmas Mouse, and am now wanting to add it to my own collection. My father is a retired school principal who, I think, will enjoy reading these books as well. So, you see, you've helped with my Christmas shopping this year. Many thanks!
I'm curious about 18th century literature. A search of our shelves has revealed that we are lacking in this area. Our only titles are within the pages of two anthologies. I thought maybe Hawthorne, but he was born early in the 1800's.
You've given me something to think about today.
Susan Karen, thank you for this recommendation! I have had an old copy of this book, that belonged to my grandmother's brother, on my shelf for years but have never picked it up. I have now done so and I'm really enjoying it! My copy is lavishly illustrated by Hugh Thompson - there is a drawing on almost every page.
I love the idea of the bookmark. It would be fun to go the craft store and look at all the little charms and pendants they have for jewelry making. I'll have to do that some time!I recently picked up an antique copy of Lorna Doone, written in 1906. The vocabulary is wonderfully rich and the expressions used throughout, are sheer perfection. The speech in the 18th century was so much more pleasant and elegant than that of today, even in children's literature.
I am enjoying a lovely read here, on your blog, you are a wonderful writer.
I make the bookmarks you mention in an earlier post. I create miniature paper cuttings which I then place between 2 layers of glass.
Thank you for your visit to my little world of Hopalong Hollow. I will return here again!I read this novel many, many years ago (checked it out from the local library), and I can still remember how much I enjoyed reading it. Lately, I have pondered the thought of reading it again because I am a firm believer that some books must be revisited. You've rather confirmed my ponderings. Thank you!
Oh, I love the picture of your little "pumpkin", all cuddly and sweet wearing the sweater you knitted for him.


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Although he is the very first puppet I ever built he has yet to perform for an audience. He always seemed to be "in process". Magpie had the privilege of being my puppet school 101. I have rebuilt him about 5 times. He is how I first came to learn how to build a puppet...even if he was (initially) really ugly and weighed a ridiculous amount due to all the wood and metal in his body!!! I am looking forward to re-building him one... last... time . (yeah I know, thats what YOU think!!!) |
This is his old (current) structure; a plastic pvc skeleton. He was then bulked out with cotton batting and covered in white "Muppet fleece" and yes he is very 'blacklight' friendly!
In the new build I would use L200 foam...making him super light weight ("hollow") and much easier to maneuver. His head, of course, will remain a sock.
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Adam Roberts is the author of a growing number of science fiction novels, short stories, essays and other writings. This site contains not just his blog, but everything you could ever want to know about everything Adam has ever published. And more...
The first comprehensive critical history of 'SF' for thirty years, The History of Science Fiction traces the origin and development of science fiction from Ancient Greece, via its rebirth in the Seventeenth-century, up to the present day, covering covers both literary SF and cinema/TV.
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Posted Mar 13, 2006
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Most IT pros are working in SQL Server 2000 and still supporting SQL Server 7 databases (a few folks are even supporting SQL Server 6.5 databases). With the arrival of SQL Server 2005, we're often asked: Should I upgrade? In this article, we offer the 10 most compelling reasons why you should upgrade to SQL Server 2005.
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Posted Nov 9, 2006
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Just three months after it was acquired by Stellent, leading Enterprise DRM vendor SealedMedia is about to become part of a much larger company: Oracle. The database and enterprise applications giant agreed to acquire Stellent last Thursday, in a deal valued at US $440 Million. SealedMedia has been a stalwart player in DRM for publishing and enterprise applications over many years and has achieved a significant installed base.
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will the earpods work with blackberry
- Asked by Neseli Jasper P from Novaliches Caloocan City
Apple EarPods with Remote and Mic
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Yes, they will work with BB. I have a BB 9900 and have had no problems taking calls or listening to music.
- Answered by W F from Mobile
No! I've got a BB Bold 9780 and they doesn't work. When I put the Earpods in it, there is just the sound from the BBspeakers.
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