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By Chris Saxton
"Liminal," is an adjective used by anthropologists to describe rights of passage, the dictionary says: "Of or pertaining to the threshold or initial stage of a process." Both liminal and liminality are derived from the Latin "limen," which means "threshold"—that is, the bottom part of a doorway that must be crossed when entering a building. Liminal is the middle stage of a right of passage. The initiate is first stripped of the social status that he or she possessed before the ritual, inducted into the liminal period of transition, and finally given his or her new status and re-assimilated into society. It is a place of ambiguity. In my case, I have left one settled place by offering myself for ordination, left one era and mode of being, and I haven't yet reached a new position.
These people who had been with their leader for three years, wandering with him, talking to him, listening to his words and stories, seeing his healing, seeing his miracles, eating with him, and weeping with him, have seen their world destroyed. These men and women have witnessed their beloved suffer and die on the cross. They have shed tears and mourned. They have had their hearts broken and laid in a tomb with Jesus' body. They have discovered the empty tomb and now they are gathered to hear the story of two of their number who, in the wilderness on the road between Jerusalem and Emmaus, encountered another traveler.
This stranger had asked Cleopas and his friend what was going on, why were they so distressed, and they tell him of Jesus whom they loved and followed, how he had been seized and crucified and how their world had ended. Then, when invited to eat with the disciples this stranger takes bread, blesses it, breaks it and gives it to them revealing himself to be Jesus. They rush back to tell of their experience with their resurrected Lord. And confusion and uncertainty reigns. They are in a liminal place.
Theologians argue where Christianity begins. For some it begins with the birth of Jesus. For others it is the resurrection, the empty tomb that is the starting gate for our faith. For yet others, it is Pentecost when the Holy Spirit descends on the Apostles like a mighty wind. For me, it is in this room where Christianity begins, in this liminal place. Jesus appears to them and surprises his disciples
in that upstairs room.
After all, he's supposed to be dead!
But he comes among them alive again,
more alive than he was before.
How does he explain himself to these people
who cannot believe that he is back,
whose hearts are racing?
Not by the look in his eye.
Not by the sounds of his voice.
What Jesus does to explain himself
is show them his wounds.
He puts forth his hands,
and they see
the immense scars that occupy his palms.
He points to his one side,
where yet another scar runs down his body.
These wounds identify him
as the Jesus they knew before,
now back alive among them.
He is not
some insubstantial spirit or spectre,
some hallucination or memory.
He is a real person, of flesh and blood and bone,
aware of himself and his surroundings,
eating fish with them, able to touch others and be touched by them.
He is the crucified messiah
come back to life.
It is in embracing that ambiguity, that mystery that transformation happens. When, as in the Gospel of John's telling of this appearance, Thomas utters the words "My Lord and my God!"
There is no going back. The world can never be the same. This is the beginning of Christianity.
Today, I think as a church we are in that locked room, betwixt and between where confusion and uncertainty reign… In a liminal place, asking the question: Is this the end or a beginning? Where is God in this moment?
Church historian Diana Butler Bass documents this turmoil in interviews with Christians, quoting an Anglican who states, "I'm continually being disappointed by… the institutional church. Institutional self-preservation seems more important than those on the front line who still minister to the physically, emotionally, and spiritual needy." Another bluntly states, "Christianity has become a culture unto itself and has merely skimmed over what Jesus has said and is saying."
Are these observations signs that we are witnesses to Jesus dying again? Where our faith will take us from here future generations will have to answer. But surely, my faith tells me, we are not at the end, rather at a new beginning.
Jesus comes to us as he came to the disciples, incarnate. He is real and fleshy and wounded. The embodiment of Christ provides a model and metaphor for how the disciples, and we, are called to interact with the world. Jesus' parables point to his inclusive love for the poor and the broken. Humanity is broken and we are called to heal as Jesus did. His table fellowship with sinners and outcasts also suggests that our Lord was concerned with the physical needs of people and we are called to answer that concern with action. In embracing this call and in embracing the ambiguity in Jesus' appearance we fall into transformation and cross the threshold.
In my own life, I know I have left a settled place and I cannot go back. I think as church, in this post Christendom, world we have left our settled place and cannot go back. I believe that this is a beginning for us and that God is here present as we step over the threshold. In so doing we have accepted the ambiguity of liminality and we are transformed, as were the disciples in that upper room. There is no easy route from here but only the uncertainty of being in a liminal place. Following the disciples' example, I invite you to walk this path in confidence that the love Jesus embodied and incarnate walks with you.
Chris Saxton is in his final year as an year MDiv student at Trinity College, Canada's oldest centre for theological study in the Anglican Church of Canada. Like the college he is liberal and catholic in his views, and also rather old coming to Divinity after a long career as a sommelier, and a wine educator. You can follow him on Twitter at @ckwsaxton


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It is a bug in libc handling for setlocale(), see http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/ticket/185
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Story Mode (ストーリーモード Sutōrī Mōdo) allows to play through each character's stories to gain an understanding of the BlazBlue universe. Each character has multiple endings and the choices made in each story will determine how the story goes and ends. In BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, if the player completes the character's story with a "Bad Ending", a "Help Me, Professor Kokonoe!" segment will appear, where Kokonoe gives advice on how to get each characters "Good Ending". Upon the full completion of each character's story, the "True Ending" will be unlocked.
Also next to the story mode is the "Teach Me, Miss Litchi!" section, which further explains some of the story and subjects in BlazBlue universe.
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
- Hello World! – Watch the opening.
- Duh Dun DUNNN! – See the True Ending.
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
- Level One…! – Watch "Previously on…" and "Opening".
- That's the End of That Chapter – View any character's canon ending.
- Is… Is That All? – Unlock the True Ending.
- All Good Things – Finish the True Ending.
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend
- Oh… NOW I Get It…! – Finish the Calamity Trigger scenario.
- Breaking in the New Guys – Finish Makoto's, Valkenhayn's, Platinum's and Relius' scenarios.
- To Be Continued…! – Win the True Ending.
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- To Be Continued… – Watch episode 1.
- And the Story Goes On… – Watched all episodes.
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- Look Forward To It – Completed the main story.
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- Gag Order – Completed the additional gag reels.
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- The Beginning of the end – Completed episode 1.
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Dedolight introduces a new kind of LED panel lights that is covered with an array of micro-lenses to improve light direction and focus as well as providing a higher light output. Dedolight is a company that is focused on creating high quality lights for professional cinematographers. They are known for their versatile and compact tungsten and HMI lights and their continuos efforts to invent new lighting solutions. In recent years Dedo has been working on making LED lighting available for professional applications. We saw their newest concept at Photokina this year, the LedRama Studio Light. The whole panel is covered by an array of micro-lenses that help focus the light correctly and offer an impressive light output over a large distance. Furthermore the light is very power efficient and according to Dedolight offers a very high color accuracy. The LedRama light is for now only intended for studio applications as it weighs a shameless 40 pounds (19kg). We are looking forward to see this technology adapted for portable applications. Pricing will start at $4000 when the LedRama becomes available next year.
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As we get down to just a few weeks until the college football season begins, there are some highly contested position battles that need to be cleared up before the games start.
Naturally, most fans focus on the quarterback battles (and it's hard to not consider a few) but there is more than that.
Here are the 10 most interesting position battles as we enter the final weeks of the preseason.
Oklahoma quarterbacks
It's looking more and more like the bruising Blake Bell will replace Landry Jones, especially since Kendal Thompson fractured his foot on the first day of camp.
Once Thompson returns he may get a shot, but he may be too far behind. There is also Trevor Knight, how has looked solid in camp.
Bob Stoops always seems to find the right guy to take the snaps, so there seems to be no reason to think he won't again in 2013.
Oregon State quarterbacks
Oregon State could make a run at a Pac-12 crown, but to be a serious contender the Beavers may have to settle on a starting quarterback. There's still a chance that Mike Riley will choose to platoon Sean Mannion and Cody Vaz, but that's likely not the best option.
If you go strictly on how the season ended then it would appear that Vaz is the go-to guy. Mannion returned from an injury and proceeded to have a three-interception performance against Washington.
Vaz replaced him and almost led the Beavers on a come-from-behind win. Vaz is talented, but there's a reason Mannion started the season as the main guy.
Arizona quarterbacks
Playing quarterback in Rich Rodriguez' system takes more than just athletic ability … it also takes brains.
B.J. Denker, a lefty who went 12-for-14 against Colorado last season appears to be the favorite, but don't count out Jesse Scroggins and freshman Anu Solomon.
Rodriguez will probably stay away from the freshman, but if the battle gets close he just might turn to his future now.
Baylor wide receivers
With the loss of Terrance Williams, Baylor is retooling at receiver a bit.
Leading the charge at inside receiver is Tevin Reese and Levi Norwood, while Carl Spangler and Corey Coleman are also in the race for playing time.
With Baylor's wide-open offense, it's not surprising that there is plenty of talent for outside receivers.
Battling it out are Antwan Goodley, Clay Fuller, Jay Lee and Kaleb Moore. There also a chance that true freshman Robbie Rhodes could see the field as well.
Georgia defensive end
Garrison Smith is a lock at one spot, but the end position is still a battle between Ray Drew, Sterling Bailey, Jonathan Taylor and Toby Johnson.
There is some talent with this group, so it wouldn't be a surprise to see one these guys moved somewhere else along the front.
Johnson is raw, but has unbelievable upside. He could be Georgia's next big thing on defense.
West Virginia running backs
While WVU fans are wondering who will start at quarterback (put your money on Florida State transfer Clint Trickett), there's a serious backlog of talent at running back.
Houston transfer Charles Sims is speedy and has the experience to be a difference maker for the Mountaineers this fall, but Dana Holgorsen's team returns Andrew Buie and Dustin Garrison.
WVU also has freshman Wendell Smallwood and JUCO transfer Dreamius Smith.
Buie was the top back last year with 850 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on 181 carries. Sims rushed for 846 and 11 touchdowns in just nine games for Houston.
Indiana quarterbacks
After missing almost all of 2012, former starter Tre Roberson is back and hopes to return to the top spot.
Of course, he'll need to beat out Cameron Coffman and Nate Sudfield. Right now, all three are considered co-No. 1s.
Coach Kevin Wilson would rather not start the season with three guys penciled in at No. 1, but platooning two quarterbacks isn't a crazy notion.
At this point, IU football will do about anything to have a winning season. So if it takes two starting quarterbacks then that's what he'll do.
Maryland running backs
With Wes Brown still suspended for the season, Randy Edsall is looking for a potential starter.
Right now the battle is between Brandon Ross and Albert Reid — both of which topped 100 yards rushing in the Maryland spring game.
They are both listed is co-starters and both will probably get plenty of playing time, but one will end up getting more carries.
Reid has been considered a short-down back, but he might have shown enough this spring to convince the coaches he something more.
Stanford running backs
Cardinal fans were concerned last year about finding a replacement for Andrew Luck at quarterback, but that went relatively smooth.
Now everyone is wondering how Stanford will replace Stepfan Taylor, but once again the Cardinal may have the answer.
Taylor's back-up Anthony Wilkerson would seem like the obvious choice, but he's in a battle with Tyler Gaffney and Barry Sanders — the son of the former Oklahoma State Heisman winner with the same name.
USC quarterbacks
There for a while it just seemed like USC plucked another quarterback on the roster and he became an All-American or Heisman candidate.
You remember them all — Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart, John David Booty, Mark Sanchez and Matt Barkley.
Now Lane Kiffin hopes he can find another big-name QB to add to the list.
He's looking at Max Wittek, Cody Kessler and Max Browne. Wittek got a few starts after Barkley was injured, but he won't be handed the job.


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Mercury lands squarely on the family car game board with the 2005 Montego, the first competitive sedan for the company to sell since the original Sable debuted nearly two decades ago. When the 2005 Mercury Montego goes on sale later this year, it joins its corporate twin, the 2005 Ford Five Hundred, in the battle for import sedan buyers.
Several compelling reasons exist to consider the new Mercury Montego over established models like the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry when the time comes for a new family sedan.
The 2005 Mercury Montego is larger inside than its competitors, yet trim and tidy on the outside. Rear seat occupants will be especially happy, since the Montego boasts class-leading headroom and legroom. Plus, the Montego is blessed with high H-points, which refers to the pivot point of the human hip. A high H-point makes it easy to get into and out of a vehicle. The trunk measures 21 cubic feet of cargo space, enough to carry three more golf bags than passengers. To enhance utility, the rear seat is a split folding design, and the front passenger's seat also folds down to accommodate long items.
Loosely based upon the Volvo S80 luxury sedan, the 2005 Mercury Montego employs many Volvo design and engineering principles to keep occupants safe. The front architecture manages crash energy by deflecting it away from the passenger compartment, and the Montego's side structure is modeled after the Volvo Side Impact Protection System (SIPS).
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Standard on the 2005 Mercury Montego AWD is a continuously variable transmission (CVT). Models without four driven wheels are equipped with a six-speed automatic transmission. A Duratec 30 V6 engine, an updated and refined version of the Duratec 3.0-liter V6 from the Sable sedan, generates 200 horsepower and 200 lb.-ft. of torque. Though Mercury claims that the Montego will be capable of acceleration near the top of its class, we doubt it. This just isn't enough go-power for a sedan that can weigh almost two tons in top trim. Montego needs more muscle, Mercury.
Two trim levels
Mercury offers the 2005 Montego in Luxury and Premier trim levels. Both include two-tone interior décor with fake wood trim, a power driver's seat, a tilt steering wheel, heated power side mirrors, remote keyless entry, dual-zone automatic climate control, premium sound with a CD player and power windows with driver's side one-touch up and down.
The Mercury Montego Premier adds leather upholstery with a mini-perforated finish; heated front seats; 18-inch alloy wheels wearing P225/55R18 Pirelli tires; a two-user memory function for seats, mirrors and pedals; an Audiophile sound system with in-dash CD changer; Homelink universal transmitter; and a power passenger's seat. A power moonroof is available on both Luxury and Premier models.
True enough, the 2005 Mercury Montego is a badge-engineered version of the Ford Five Hundred and selecting it over the car wearing the blue oval literally comes down to a matter of subjective taste. But the bottom line is that either serves as a benchmark in the family sedan class. If the Mercury Montego proves durable over time and passes crash testing with flying colors, it could be the most formidable competitor for the Honda Accord and Toyota Camry to emerge from a domestic automaker in a very long time.
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Edinburgh Woollen Mill to open at least 100 new stores in next two years
Edinburgh Woollen Mill will open at least 100 new stores over the course of the next two years, after profits came in at £71.3 million, up by more than a quarter for the year.
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Edinburgh Woollen Mill is planning to expand its store portfolio after profits trebled following the purchase of Peacocks from administration.
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Creditors still owed over £1 billion by collapsed retailers
It is reported that creditors have lost over £1 billion as a result of the 20 most significant financial collapses of retailers since the beginning of 2012. The debt illustrates the extent of the UK's current economic crisis and the effect that the collapse of multiple major retail businesses is having on the British economy.
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Peacocks pension deficit now estimated at £26.3 million
Over a year after clothing retailer Peacocks fell into administration in January 2012, it has been revealed that the company's pension deficit is much greater than previously thought. Peacocks' fall into administration resulted in the 9,600 jobs being put at risk. Although around 6000 of the retailer's former employees employees were given jobs by Edinburgh Woollen Mill, who bought large parts of the business following their collapse, around 3000 were not so lucky and were made redundant.
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Edinburgh Woollen Mill, who bought Peacocks out of administration last month for £23 million have said they will invest £120 million into the retailer over the next two years, as they look to restore confidence in the value apparel brand. Philip Day, chief executive and owner of Edinburgh Woollen Mill, told the BBC that they will be investing heavily into the supply chain, IT, infrastructure and stock, as well as re-opening 40 of the 234 stores that were forced to close as part of the administration process.
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Peacocks sold to Edinburgh Woollen Mill
Peacocks has been sold to Edinburgh Woollen Mill, saving 6,000 jobs, but around 3,100 staff will be made redundant.
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In an unexpected move, Edinburgh Woollen Mill has re-entered talks to snap up Peacocks.
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One bidder remains in race for Peacocks
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Hot Job Work by estimator Bill Fisher helped EllisDon Corp. win the contract to build a new hospital in Oakville, Ont. In his job, Mr. Fisher estimates the cost of constructing a building in order for the company to win the bid and keep costs low. He is in high demand. In this picture, Sammy Ayoub, a senior project director with EllisDon Corp., stands at the site before construction began.
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The Employer EllisDon chief executive officer Geoff Smith says few people are aware that construction estimating is a hot job with long-term career prospects. But it's not got as high a profile as some other jobs in the field. Mr. Smith says when there's a job available, it's often the candidate interviewing EllisDon and the company waiting anxiously to hear if it was successful.
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The Estimator Bill Fisher, an estimator for EllisDon, keeps close to the Oakville, Ont. site of its new hospital, a contract he helped his company win. Mr. Fisher earned a construction management degree at Fanshawe College in London, Ont. and then learned on the job with a mentor. It's a complex role with a steeper and longer learning curve, he says, but it's a really rewarding job.
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Exactly, in a worst case scenario, we would be totally self sufficient down here. We can grow out own food, raise our own meat, actually build things with our own hands. So what if we couldn't sell it through Chicago, we could just keep it down here and sell it at the Farmer's Markets. Apparently Eyelids has never heard of the concept of the farmers market or the weekly livestock sales down here. Trust me, if everyone is left to their own devices, we would easily outlast the ghetto dwellers in his part of the country.
I feel that once a black fella has referred to white foks as "honky paleface devil white-trash cracker redneck Caspers," he's abdicated the right to get upset about the "N" word. But that's just me. -- Jim Goad
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Without electricity your CBOT is NOTHING. Meanwhile we have the food right here locally. If you want it, you have to come and get it and PAY for it.
In the event of NO major disaster, you STILL depend on rural America. Without the actual commodity to be traded, there really isn't any sense for the CBOT to even exist.I long for the days when our President actually liked our country.
I'm sure there's an analogy to be drawn from the following words of our 2nd President, John Adams.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce, and agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain. --John Adams
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Optimal Timing of Environmental Policy. Interaction between Environmental Taxes and Innovation Externalities
This paper addresses the impact of endogenous technology through research and development (R&D) and learning by doing (LbD) on the timing of environmental policy. We develop two models, the first with technological change through R&D and the second with LbD. We study the interaction between environmental taxes and innovation externalities in a dynamic economy and prove policy equivalence between the second-best R&D and the LbD model. Our analysis shows that the difference found in the literature between optimal environmental policy in R&D and LbD models can partly be traced back to the set of policy instruments available, rather than being directly linked to the source of technological innovation. Arguments for early action in LbD models carry over to a second-best R&D setting. We show that environmental taxes should be high compared to the Pigouvian levels when an abatement industry is developing. We illustrate our analysis through numerical simulations on climate change policy.
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Get the Sims 2 Nightlife v220.127.116.115 patch off Worthplaying (17mb)
Complete list of changes:
Includes The Sims 2 University bug fixes.
Fixed an issue with cell phones being removed from Sims' inventories after installing Nightlife.
Purchasing specific dining tables introduced in Nightlife would not satisfying the "Buy a Table" want.
Fixed an obscure issue that occurred when attempting to place the same tombstone multiple times.
Fixed an issue where a Sim being embarrassed could force the Sim out of poker interactions.
Fixed a Nightlife installation issue that left the user in pause mode whenever they visited a community lot via a taxi.
Wants for specific electronic devices no longer roll in after a Sim owns that electronic device.
Diplomas that were in the career reward panel for University now properly appear in the inventory after installing Nightlife.
Sims that are seated in a car will no longer stand up inside the car to change clothes and remain standing for the drive to work.
Capped the amount of half walls allowed on a single lot in order to prevent graphical corruption that would occur when this limit was broken
The lot view options are now saved properly after exiting and restarting the game.
Pre-placed tombstones will now appear in build mode when transported to community lots.
Fixed an issue that, in certain regional versions of the game, caused the voice audio for the karaoke machine to be intermittent or non-existent.
Prevented diplomas from switching ownership if this update is installed after Nightlife but prior to loading University created lots containing diplomas.
The "maxmotives" cheat will no longer interfere with the availability of sleep related interactions involving beds, coffins, and sofas.
Fixed an improper "$jobTitle" string was being displayed when Sims were asked about their jobs in some regional versions of the game.
Fixed a rare bug that could cause a Sim drinking a potion to vanish from the game.
Fixed an issue where NPC Mrs. Crumplebottom was causing objects.package to be corrupt.
Fixed an issue where Custom Terrain paint was being uploaded with packaged lots and spread to other users' machine unintentionally.
Addressed an issue where cell phones could not be placed in a Sims inventory before making a phone call on it first.
Electro Dance Spheres can now be used at all skill levels properly.
Fixed a rare issue where when a Sim was juggling would cause random objects to be deleted.
Dorm Cooks will no longer duplicate on previously played lots after installing Nightlife.
Cowplants will no longer have their faces squished after eating Nightlife's NPC's.
Sims will no longer get a memory of making out with themselves in the hot tub under certain conditions.
The Mad Scientist career track will no longer have a conflicting message about missing a day of work and having the day off.
Moving lots with University Graduates into the Sim Bin and back into the neighborhood will no longer cause all of the diplomas to belong to one Sim, instead the will belong to their original owners.
Sims will now be able to use Cell Phones and MP3 players if placed on tables.
Young Adult Male Sims can no longer get pregnant and give birth by using the Electro Dance Sphere.
Vampire NPC's can now be influenced to drink Vamprocillin-D properly.
Pollination Technician 9 family tree is now showing all correct branches.
Sims can now work out if there is a rug in front of the TV.
Many multi-tile objects can now be placed against walls after being placed into a Sims inventory and then the Sim changes lots.
Fixed an issue where Sims were randomly getting stuck playing poker indefinitely.
Addressed an issue where using the eyedropper tool allowed players to place objects on a lot beyond the amount of money they currently have.
Computers are no longer able to be placed in a Sims inventory if the computers are turned on.
Sims playing the hand held games will no longer get a memory about meeting themselves.
The NPC Gypsy Matchmaker will only come by to initially greet new Sims in a neighborhood once per neighborhood instead of every new lot created.
Fixed an issue where University Sims were randomly getting taken back to their original neighborhood during their Freshman year.
Fixed a rare occurring of an issue where Sims could not move off of a University lot after graduating.
Flaming Bags of Poo should not be delivered indefinitely after a bad date.
Teen Sims age transitioning directly to an Adult Sim that has chosen not to go to college will no longer receive a memory that they have completed their Freshman year.
Having a Family Reunion will no longer overrun the memories panel of a Sim with a memory for every interaction during the Family Reunion party.
Fixed an issue so that dorm rooms will be hidden again when Nightlife is installed.
The want "Stay Home From Class" can now be fulfilled by Pleasure Aspiration Sims that Skip class.
Downtown NPC Sims now have ReNuYu Porta-Chug in their inventories so now they can all change their Turn On's and Turn Off's when they become controllable Sims.
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ZoologyA single-celled aquatic animal which has a spherical amoeba-like body with a spiny skeleton of silica. Their skeletons can accumulate as a slimy deposit on the seabed.
- 'It is also noteworthy that these radiolarians generally have quite fine frameworks and thin shell walls, resulting in semitransparent specimens.'
- 'Like other radiolarians, Acantharea have an elaborate mineralized skeleton.'
- 'Therefore, in terms of geological age determined by radiolarians and the ammonoid, this brachiopod fauna should be assigned to the latest Changhsingian.'
- 'Won regarded the hollow canal structure as one of the indicators of the close relationship of radiolarians and the Porifera.'
- 'However, because of the morphological differences between modern radiolarians and ancient ones, it is difficult to reconstruct precisely the ecology of ancient radiolarians.'
ZoologyRelating to or formed from radiolarians.
'radiolarian ooze'- 'Twenty-two samples for radiolarian research were collected from the grayish black, thin-bedded limestone and siliceous limestone of the Baoqing Member and the Mcishan Member.'
- 'Well-preserved Late Cambrian radiolarian faunas were recovered from carbonate rocks of the Cow Head Group of the Great Northern Peninsula of the island of Newfoundland, Canada.'
- 'This contradiction cannot be resolved at present due to a lack of Cambrian radiolarian studies, which are needed to provide chronostratigraphic corroboration.'
- 'Calcareous oozes are common in the low and mid-latitudes while in other places, particularly the high latitudes, radiolarian oozes tend to dominate.'
- 'This indicates that there existed a short period of radiolarian development before the great extinction at the Permian-Triassic transition.'
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A Snowball Fight With Randy Johnson Is Not A Good Idea
Picture Of The Day: Does This Cubs Shirt Get These Kids Laid?
Good old Wrigley Field. The place where Chicago's oddities seem to gather every afternoon to take in a ball game, and amaze us in the process.
Whether it is a couple of shirtless teens showing off their matching tattoos (as moronic as they are), or a fan who has yet to figure out the proper use of a baseball cap, each glimpse into the bleachers at the home of the Cubs always seems to leave us laughing. As for these two kids, it appears as though their parents have them starting early. Perhaps a little too early? Stay classy Cubs fans!


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An Unfair Advantage
I recently listened to an interview on This American Life that stuck with me. The show was entitled "It's Not The Product, It's The Person" and went through a series of examples uncovering the reality that great business (or great work) is more a product of the who than the what. Who people are, how much grit, tenacity, raw or natural talent, passion, or skill really matters when doing whatever it is that that they do. Far more perhaps than what they actually create, sell or even perform. And although this isn't the point I mean to make (you'll see) it's worth noting that the show opens with details of a young entrepreneur, like really young (age 11 years) and demonstrates how her talents, bravado, and finesse allow her to sell things and attract attention that others can't. The show rounds out as the narrator showcases the varying pitfalls in his own quest for success as an ex-NPR radio producer turned start-up entrepreneur. The story was somewhat lighthearted, of course, but one point stuck. As he was gleaning information from an established, successful venture capital investor he was asked a potent question. The investor was interrogating how this fledgling entrepreneur could get funding; assisting him in creating his "pitch" for the money people. He asked, "What's your unfair advantage?"
Think about it, what's your unfair advantage?
It stuck with me because it was so relevant for success in an often random, senseless world of building ideas and companies but also in parenting "like a pro." An unfair advantage sometimes facilitates success and I would suggest nearly all of us have something in our pocket that we know makes it work. You can think of this unfair advantage in terms of celebrity or early success for some (Kate Hudson's mom is Goldie Hawn after all, and it certainly seems easier to get a bedroom in The White House if your last name is Bush or Kennedy or Clinton for that matter). Yet we all also know that success isn't only built of "unfair advantages," that it does take advantage wed to sheer passion, purpose or intent. But clearly those unfair advantages help people get their ideas and skills discovered.
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This is superb!
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Armenia's rank has improved by 3 points in this year's Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders, but we're still ranked in the "noticeable problems" category. Continue reading "Armenia's Press Freedom Score Highest in The Past Decade"
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Media Watchdog says authorities routinely harass journalists in Armenia
"New broadcast law gives regulators broad powers to revoke TV licenses. Gala TV, a rare critical broadcaster, faces array of government pressures," international media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists says in its global survey of attacks on Press Freedom published on Tuesday. Below are extracts from the report's section covering Armenia. Continue reading "Media Watchdog says authorities routinely harass journalists in Armenia"
Serious setback of press freedom registered in South Caucasus
Reporters Without Borders international organization has just released its annual press freedom index, compiled annually, which has revealed a serious setback in press freedom in the South Caucasus region.
The index. which is compiled by filling in a questionnaire with 49 criteria that assess the state of press freedom in each country, coveres 173 countries overall. This year's index has revealed, that the most serious degradation of press freedom in the world has taken place in our region: in Georgia and Armenia.
Armenia, which was on 77-th position on the index last year has slipped down to 102-nd position, most probably due to the introduction of emergency rule on March 1-20, illegal pre-emptive censorship applied in the same period in Yerevan's publishing houses as well as numerous attacks against journalists and the continous state control of the broadcast sphere. Interestingly, Turkey shares the 102-nd position with us.
A more dramatic fall has been registered in Georgia's rating: the country was on the rather advanced, 66th position in 2007, but has fallen to 120th position.
Azerbaijan continues to steadily fall in the index: a fall by 11 points was registered this year. From 137th position of last year Azerbaijan is now on the 150th. Iran is again on position 166, thus concluding the picture of restrictive and undemocratic South Caucasian region.
The situation has very slightly improved in Russia with the coming of president Dmitri Medvedev, although, recalling their media coverage of the war in Georgia, I find this rather surprising. An improvement by 3 points was registered here, the country has moved from 144th to 141st slot in the RSF index.
The first slots in the rating are again occupied by Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway. The index is tailed by Myanmar (Burma), Turkmenistan, North Korea, Eritrea.


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Self Help Graphics and Art was founded in 1970 in Boyle Heights by Sister Karen Boccalero, Carlos Bueno, Antonio Ibañez and Frank Hernandez with a vision to begin an artistic revolution. Today, it is the leading non-profit visual arts center serving the predominantly Latino community of Los Angeles. Its mission is to drive the creation of new work by Chicano and Latino artists through fine art printmaking and multiple art forms. This collection includes a set of atelier prints, administrative papers, exhibition materials, photographs, slides, audio visual materials, and ephemera. It spans the time period between 1973 and 2007 with the bulk of the materials ranging from 1982 to 2007.
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Self Help Graphics & Art was founded in 1970 in Boyle Heights by Sister Karen Boccalero, Carlos Bueno, Antonio Ibanez, and Frank Hernandez. Today it remains a leading nonprofit visual arts center serving the predominantly Latino community of Los Angeles. Its mission is to drive the creation of new work by Chicano and Latino artists through multiple art forms, including fine art printmaking.
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R is the 18th letter of the English alphabet. It first sponsored Sesame Street in Episode 0011, after sponsoring some of the test episodes.
Sketches about R
- The R Machine (Ernie and Bert)
- The Typewriter: R - Rope
- Harvey Kneeslapper tells the mailman that he has a letter for his mother... the letter R!
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- In a running gag carried on through episode 115 of The Muppet Show, Fozzie claims to have a letter for Kermit the Frog. That letter turns out to be the letter R. Kermit tries to play the same joke on Scooter, who isn't so easily duped.
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Black and White Classic Stripe Cool Racerback. I believe this tank is in North America now. I'll have to see this in person. It could have a referee vibe about it.
Light Flare/Inkwell Back on Track Tank. Not really loving a lot of this stuff so far.
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Tekijä(t): | Kanbur, Ravi; Tuomala, Matti |
Nimeke: | RELATIVITY, INEQUALITY AND OPTIMAL NONLINEAR INCOME TAXATION |
Vuosi: | 2010 |
Julkaisija: | Tampereen yliopisto |
Sivumäärä: | 32 |
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Tieteenala: | Kansantaloustiede |
Julkaisun tyyppi: | Erillisteos |
Kieli: | en |
URN: | urn:isbn:978-951-44-8042-3 |
Tiivistelmä: | How does concern for consumption relative to others ("relativity") affect the progressivity of the optimal income tax structure? In this paper we revisit this literature and present a more detailed analysis of the solution to the non-linear income tax problem with consumption interdependence than is currently available, generalizing some results and developing other results for cases with special objective functions and special distributions, as well as numerical simulations. Of particular interest for us is the interplay between inequality and relativity in determining the optimal tax schedule. We find support for greater progressivity in the tax structure as relative concern increases. But our numerical calculations show that this incremental impact is less at higher levels of inequality. We also explore what happens when the government does not accept the relative concerns of individuals and maximizes a non-welfarist objective function. |


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The 2010 track season wrapped up for Owen County Saturday when two Rebels competed at the Class A State Track Meet in Louisville.
Bobby Mingie took part in the 300-meter hurdles and Dillon Mears participated in the discus.
Mingie finished 22nd and Mears 19th in their respective events.
For the season, the Rebels set six team records.
Darian Polley took over the top spot in school history with a time of 19.32 in the 110-meter hurdles at the NCTKC Meet.
The NASCAR Nationwide Series is back in Sparta.
The stars will be out Saturday night as the Meier 300 will be run at the Kentucky Speedway. The green flag is schedule to drop at 8:10 p.m. with all the action to be seen on ESPN.
Joey Logano will be looking for his third-straight win at the track. He will have plenty of competition from current points leader Brad Keselowski and Carl Edwards.
Owen County Judo team took third in the O.J. Helvey Kentucky State Judo Championship held May 22 at Trimble County Middle School.
Two Owen County players received outstanding awards.
Robert Beverly received the Erroyl Cheatham Presidential Award for competing at junior nationals in two divisions and fighting in the Junior U.S. Open – an international tournament.
Noah Malcomb received the most outstanding junior judo competitor award.
Teammates James Thompson and Brandon Tyler battled it out for first and second place.
When the pairings came out for the 8th Region Softball Tournament, Owen County Head Softball Coach David Wainscott had to like his chances of advancing out of the first round.
Owen County's first round opponent on Memorial Day was Walton-Verona. The Lady Rebels knew what it was like to defeat the 32nd district champs when they beat them 11-1 at home in April.
The two teams also played a close game two days prior to that in the All "A" Classic Championship Game. The Lady Bearcats won that day 10-9.
The Owen County Rebels entered the 31st District Tournament May 24 with nothing to lose. The Rebels were hoping to carry the momentum gained from the win over Grant County into the contest with Carroll County.
The Panthers had defeated Owen County twice during the season and were looking to advance to the championship game. The Rebels' plans also included taking a trip to the title game and capping off a disappointing season with a trip to the 8th Region Tournament.
Before taking the field May 24, the Owen County Lady Rebels were sure of one thing. If they were going to win the 31st District Tournament, they would have to go through a pair of nemeses.
The first was Gallatin County. The two teams split four games during the regular season. No team won any of the four by more than three runs, and Gallatin County won its two games in the final at-bat. As a result, it was assumed that the first round district match-up would be similar. It was.
On May 22, the Owen County Judo Team competed in Portland, Ind., at the Indiana State Judo Invitational and placed seventh out of 29 teams.
The Owen County Judo Team returned with four first-place medals, three second-place medals, three third-place medals and one fourth-place. award
Team players placed as follows: Chelsae Smith, second; Jamie Sourders, third; Robert Beverly, first; Zac Widener, second; Noah Malcomb, first; Laura Lubbe, third; Madison Lubbe, third; John Thompson, second; James Thompson, first; Douglas Tyler, first; and Brandon Tyler, fourth.
When the class A state track meet begins Saturday, a pair of Owen County Rebels will be there. Dillon Mears and Bobby Mingie qualified for the meet that will be held at the University of Louisville.
In order to qualify, a participant must finish first or second in the regional meet or have one of the remaining 10 best performances throughout each of the regions.
The pair qualified for the state meet based on their performances at last weekend's region 5A meet held at Tates Creek High School.
t has not been the sort of season a senior would want to go out on. For example, Owen County travelled to Franklin County May 19 to endure a 1-11 defeat.
But the Rebels' three seniors – Kyle Kelly, Brody Layton and Byron Robertson – decided recently they were going to finish strong.
The trio helped lead their team to a 3-2 extra inning win May 20 over Grant County in the final regular season home game.
Things could not have gone much better for the Owen County softball team lately. The team played four games. They "mercy-ruled" three opponents, defeated a district foe and won a tournament for the second time in four years.
In capturing four wins, the Lady Rebels outscored their opponents 43-4 and out-hit them 40-8.
With the 31st district tournament this week in Owenton, it appears the team is peaking at the right time.


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Doc Love: She Wants An Open Relationship
love is blind, deaf and dumb
Of course you don't have any interest in this woman's proposed arrangement because your Interest Level is well into the 80s if not higher. And she's got you twisting in the wind because you don't know where she's really coming from. Like my cousin Fast Eddie Love from East L.A. says, "You're looking for loyalty and trust, and this babe is saying that if some guy whistles at her she's going to go and have a drink with him." You're not thinking about any other girls because you're in love with Reegan. But the most important point to consider here — in fact, the only important point — is whether Reegan's in love with you. Maybe this girl is being hardheaded on this particular question of the open, long-distance relationship because of what's happened in her past and she really won't flirt with anybody else and she won't be going out with anyone else. That's a possibility.
structure = chaos
However, let's look at the reality. You've already told her that you weren't interested in anybody else, so why doesn't she believe you? Does she have something to hide — like that she wants to date a half-dozen other guys when you're out of sight? Why won't she loosen up on the restrictions if she's not going to go out with anybody else? Is she insisting on her way because she's just hardheaded and it doesn't really mean anything? Whatever — but it shows that she's structured, and that's not good. Like my cousin Rabbi Love says, "If she's like this now, think about what you'll have to live with if you marry her, my son." The solution? There is none. You just have to keep twisting in the wind until Reegan comes back, since that's unfortunately the situation you put yourself in. (Don't be surprised, though, it she comes up with another reason your relationship should remain free and easy!)
it's time you grew a pair
However, I can tell you what you should have done, Jonesy. Once Reegan told you that she wanted an open relationship, your biggest blunder was that you agreed to it. You didn't have the cojones to say, no. You should have told Reegan, "Honey, if you want an open relationship, you can have an open relationship. But I don't want to communicate with you until you get back to town. And if you haven't fallen in love with anybody else by then, when you come back we'll proceed with our relationship — if I'm available." But, sadly, you didn't have the backbone to do that. And now you're faced with hanging around and waiting for this girl while she enjoys your "open" relationship. Nice deal for her, huh?Remember, guys: Sometimes you have to take a stand and not back down.
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Dems See Bigger Blowout Than '06 Based on Early Voting Numbers
With early voting wrapping up yesterday, we contacted Kirk McPike, Sheriff Lupe Valdez's campaign manager and number-cruncher for local Democrats, for the latest on what the party is forecasting. He says Democratic-aligned precincts in general are outvoting the trends in terms of percentage of the vote from 2006 when the party swept the Republicans.
"We're very encouraged in what we're seeing in the numbers," McPike told Unfair Park while block-walking this morning.
McPike identifies Democrats as those voting in at least the last two Democratic primaries, and although he says he has no definitive ethnicity data, his feeling is that those numbers will be up as well since there is a correlation between minority and Democratic voters. McPike estimates the final early voting count will be between 505,000 and 510,000 voters, and he expects another 300,000 on Election Day.
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Winter 2012 Distinguished Faculty Lecture
Socioeconomic Status: Mediator, Moderator or Cause?
Shirley A. A. Beresford
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Shirley Beresford has been principal investigator on numerous studies focusing on dietary intake and chronic disease prevention. She is well known for her worksite randomized trials in behavior change, most recently in obesity prevention. She jointly created the course "nutritional epidemiology" in 1989 and has been teaching and directing it ever since. Read a Q&A with Professor Beresford.
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Dr. Sverre Vedal: Air Pollution: Can It Really Be That Bad For Us?
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Dr. Connie L. Celum: "Biomedical HIV Prevention: The Road Long Traveled."
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Doug Conrad: "A 15-Year Research Program in Health Economics: Impacts of Physician Financial Incentives"
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Dr. Lianne Sheppard: "Health Effects of Environmental Exposures: When Do We See Them and Why Do We Miss Them?"
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Lucio Costa, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences: "My (First) 30 Years in Neurotoxicology"
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Grace John-Stewart, Professor of Global Health: "Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1: From Discovery to Delivery"
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Generally, most Christians give little or no thought to Moses. Who Moses was or
what Moses said has no significant place in our thinking. If Christians want to consider
"important spiritual matters," rarely will those matters include Moses. We identify Moses
as "the voice of the old covenant." We are very quick to inform people that we are under
the new covenant. We shift the spotlight dramatically and exclusively to Jesus Christ as
we focus their attention on the new covenant.
Moses was not the Son of God. Moses did not reveal eternal atonement for the
sins of all people. Moses did not inform Israel or anyone else about God's eternal
Because that is true does not mean that Moses is insignificant to Christians or
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attention to the man and the message that God gave him.
Moses can teach us invaluable lessons about loving God and being devoted to
the will of God. Moses will teach us these lessons if we will only listen. Just as Moses
taught Israel essential lessons about being the people of God, Moses has essential
lessons to teach us about being the people of God.
If we had the devotion, the commitment, and the concern for God
that Moses had, what God could do with us and through us! And we have
something Moses never had. We have Jesus Christ.
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Not many acts more colorful than Baby Dee drop by Phoenix.
Dee, sort of a cross between The Dresden Dolls (who she's toured with) and Joanna Newsom (just because of the harp), is a transgendered Clevelander-turned-New-Yorker-turned-Clevelander who really has no interest in talking about her life's story. A protege of Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Dee gets a lot of ink from classy outfits like The Chicago Tribune, who quoted her as saying:
"Lieder is an apt comparison, but this is just how my obsessions from my 20s -- the composer Palestrina, renaissance music -- are coming out in what I wrote much later," she explains. A Book of Songs is largely work composed in 2002-03 for a limited release of 150 copies. "I am not into Schubert -- my influences are much more arcane."
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If you have ever listened to sports talk radio or watched ESPN for more than five minutes, ampoule you have probably heard the reasons that college football can't create a playoff system. It goes something like this: 1) The BCS exists to make the rich football conferences richer. 2) The bowl system can't be changed because there is too much money involved. 3) Extending the season would dramatically affect the ability of student athletes to complete their classes.
I think we can all agree that the last item is ridiculous as most powerhouse schools have miserable graduation rates. But the last time I heard someone mention their deep concern about student athletes, it got me thinking about another college sport that never gets criticized but is ten times as destructive to student athletes and wrapped up in the pursuit of money as college football.
College basketball.
You may be thinking, but Joe, they have that wonderful tournament every year where they let the champions of all the leagues have a chance. It is so democratic and fair. Even bad teams can beat a great team every once and a while. College football has none of that, how is basketball worse?
Well, I am glad you asked, and I will be happy to tell you in the form of a list:
1) Power Conferences
The Big East has 16 teams. Let that sink in, 16 different teams. It is called the Big East, but it really is just a collection of 16 teams trying to make some money. They represent 13 different states. The 16 teams each play about 30 games a year with 18 of those games in the conference (not counting the conference tournament). Of those 18 games, 9 are on the road. To illustrate the point, let's take a look at Notre Dame's conference away games with some other information thrown in:
Opponent |
Day of the Game |
Miles to travel |
DePaul |
Wednesday |
75 |
St. Johns |
Saturday |
650 |
Lousiville |
Monday |
256 |
Syracuse |
Saturday |
588 |
Pittsburgh |
Saturday |
336 |
Cincinnati |
Wednesday |
245 |
West Virginia |
Wednesday |
440 |
Providence |
Saturday |
888 |
Saturday |
720 |
The weekday games require at least one, if not 1 ½ days away from campus and possibly missed classes. Many of those weekend games require at least 1, of not 2 full days away from campus. Throw in the probable 3 days for the UCLA trip and these guys are gone for about 8 days of classes. (and lets not even discuss the travel requirements of the "student athletes†at USF)
2) Conference Tournaments
This year, the Big East tournament is 5 days long. It starts on a Tuesday, so that means that Notre Dame is there by Monday afternoon (unless they secure a double bye) and could easily be expected to be there until at least Thursday night for what will most likely be a televised night game. They most likely don't get back to conference in time for Friday classes, so now the student athletes at Notre Dame (with its great academic reputation) have missed about 13 days of classes.
3) NCAA Tournament
Lets say Notre Dame rallies a bit and makes the tournament with the approximately 14 other teams that will probably make it from the Big East. As we know, the tournament starts on a Thursday, so the "student athletes†will have to be at their regional site by Wednesday morning at the latest. Should Notre Dame win just one game, they will miss 3 days of classes. If they win two, it's probably 6 days of classes. So let's assume that Notre Dame wins two games. That makes the total roughly 19 days of classes.
So where does that leave us? Well, a moderately successful team from a power conference has its student athletes miss roughly 19 days of classes. That is nearly four full class weeks missed. If the season only covered one semester at Notre Dame, that would be roughly 28% of the semester. Who is going to look me in the eye and tell me that any student could be successful while missing that much time?
At least power college football conferences play their games mostly on Saturdays. That only has their players away for about 5 or 6 days (since most power conference teams play very few away games). Add the conference championship and college football teams probably miss about 7 days of classes, far less than college basketball.
All this is a roundabout way of saying this simple thing: Concern for student athletes has nothing to do with not having a college football playoff. It's about money. If it wasn't, then all the high and mighty folks should be focusing a lot more attention on basketball.


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PatsFans.com is proud to welcome former New England Patriots quarterback Steve Grogan back for the 12th straight season. Grogan played in 149 games with the Patriots from 1975-1990, and was named to the Patriots Hall of Fame in 1995. Steve will join us each week to provide his insight on the progress of the Patriots during the 2012 football season.
R.R. Marshall: Despite scoring 30 points for the second time in three games, the Patriots dropped a 31-30 decisions to the Ravens to fall to 1-2 and I imagine losing in the final minutes in consecutive weeks has to be frustrating at this point for this team?
Steve Grogan: RRM: They Patriots actually lead this game 30-21 in the fourth quarter but as you mentioned, they couldn't put Baltimore away when they had the chance. Does the share of blame go for the offense or the defense for this do you think?
SG: RRM: You bring up a good point because I thought the big difference in the game was when the game was on the line in the fourth quarter, the Ravens got heavy pressure on Tom Brady and the Patriots weren't able to put any pressure at all on Joe Flacco?
SG: RRM: I was going to say, I could see your point for the first 3 ½ quarters, but with a 9 point at the midway point of the fourth quarter, I thought they could have risked a couple of blitzes because Flacco could have played that game in a tuxedo?
SG: RRM: This appeared to be Tom Brady's best game of the season going 28-of-41 for 335 and a touchdown, but Joe Flacco outdid him going 28-for-39 for 385. How did you view the play of the two quarterbacks?
SG: RRM: Have you changed your mind about Flacco? Are you ready to elevate him to elite quarterback class of NFL quarterbacks?
SG: RRM: Steve a total of 24 penalties were called in the game which pretty much explains the physical nature and 'chippiness' of the type of game it was. Were the replacement officials to blame because they let this game get out of hand too early? Should they have dropped some flags a little earlier, or was this just going to happen because of the nature of these two teams?
SG: RRM: Can you understand the league's stance toward negotiating with the officials? I mean why are they being so hard-lined? When you look at it, it seems like there's very little money involved?
SG: RRM: Despite losing Julian Edelman halfway through this one, the Patriots offense didn't seem to miss a beat with Wes Welker resuming his old role and newcomer Brandon Lloyd displaying his talents. It looked like he and Brady have been working together for years?
SG: RRM: The Patriots are on the road this Sunday, this time for a game against Division rival Buffalo. Although it's only Week 4, I guess we have to say they're facing a crucial game this week?
SG: RRM: History loves to repeat itself and it looked like the Patriots were going to have their hands full with the NFL's league-leading rusher C.J. Spiller, but he went out with a shoulder injury and it looks like their task will be that much easier. But all I can think about is a game, I think it was in your 3rd season, where O.J. Simpson got hurt and it looked like the Patriots would have a walkover in Buffalo and Owen Hooks came out and had a career game. So these things can happen, especially when you have to go out to Buffalo?
SG: RRM: Before I ask for the grades, we'd be remiss without mentioning Kansas State's big upset over Oklahoma on Saturday night. This has to be the biggest win I can think of for that program, and in case people don't realize you're an alumnus of Kansas State, so you must be one proud alumnus?
SG: RRM: It takes a little sting out of the Patriots' loss I guess?
SG: RRM: What are Grogan's Grades for the extremely tough 31-30 loss to the Ravens?
SG: RRM: Are you interested in taking up a collection for the fine Bill Belichick's going to have to pay for grabbing the official's arm at the end of the game?
SG: RRM: As Bill would say, we'll put this one behind us and we move on.
" I thought Brady played really well." - Steve Grogan (FILE:USPresswire)
Offense: B+
Overall: B-
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Wooly Trees
Last week I had lunch with these people. I used to work with them at Purdue University. A couple of weeks ago I had the ladies I worked with over for brunch. One thing about working there, we all cared about each other. We were like family. I don't miss the job so much, because I sat all day, but I do miss the people. It was such a blessing in my life to have a job where I enjoyed the people so much that after 12 years of not working there, we still stay in touch.
After lunch I headed to Groovy Girl yarn. I had a pile of wool that we were going to turn into trees!
The pattern came from the book Fa La La La Felt.
Lots of circles to cut out.
Of course, you can't make wooly trees without yummy drinks!
Taaa daaaahhhh!! Aren't they cute? "K" and I made a couple of itty bitty ones for fun.
And this...is a gift....so I can't show you the whole thing....but I'll show you a little bit of progress along the way. Can you guess what it is going to be?
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Design legend Milton Glaser reflects on his dear friend Massimo Vignelli.
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Richard Kegler explores the history and process of digitizing classic wood type.
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Type Visionary Aaron Burns didn't like the way the typographic world worked. So, he created his own.
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Inside Print's Celebrating Milton Glaser, A Design Legend Collection, you'll find a look at Glaser's personal sources of design inspiration as well as meanderings on other works from Glaser. Editor's Note: The visual representation of a brand is one of the most fundamental projects a designer can work on, but exceptional identity design can be hard...
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