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Reasons to Believe, Scurvy, and a (Guinea) Pig in a Poke
After the recent exchanges between Fazale Rana of Reasons to Believe (RTB) and myself, I had intended to move on to other important issues. However, Rana's final response to my critique is so inaccurate - and so badly misleads his audience - that to not reply would be irresponsible. There is no room for a "pig-in-a-poke" in science or the church.
If you have been following this series, you will know that one of the strongest pieces of evidence in favor of common ancestry between humans and chimpanzees (and other organisms) is a large number of "broken" genes, otherwise known as pseudogenes. When they are damaged in exactly the same way and exactly the same spot in closely related organisms, by far the simplest explanation is that they are copies of a single gene that was damaged in a common ancestor.
One way of illustrating this is to think of a 25 page manuscript: pretend that there is a mistake of one letter out of the 75,000 letters. Let's say that a "g" had been inadvertently removed from the word "missing", so that it now reads "missin." Now let's say that you collect 10 copies of this manuscript from various people and five of them have exactly the same mistake—the word "missing" on page 22, line 15, word 7, is spelled "missin" instead of missing. Every one of the other 74,999 letters in the 25 pages is perfect. Would you not conclude that the five identically mistaken manuscripts are derived from a single source? Would you not have to strain very hard to come up with an alternative explanation?
Rana is similarly desperate. The RTB model—based as it is on their specific interpretation of scripture— requires that they find an alternative to the common descent model overwhelmingly accepted by biologists. Rana feels a need to respond to pseudogene evidence since it so powerfully supports the creation of humans through an evolutionary process. The fact that different mammalian species, including humans, have many pseudogenes with multiple identical abnormalities (mutations) shared between them is a problem for any sort of non-evolutionary, special independent creation model. The fact that shared mutations are present in patterns that match other independent lines of evidence such as sequence identity (see here and here) and shared synteny (see here) only makes matters worse. The data from these different areas are congruent and I am not aware of any paper in the peer-reviewed scientific literature that attempts to argue for a non-evolutionary interpretation of these data.*
The topic of Rana's rebuttal is a single portion (termed the tenth exon) of a single pseudogene, the GLO pseudogene, which, when not broken, makes an enzyme required for vitamin C biosynthesis. In "dry-nosed" primates (a group which includes humans,) this gene is "broken." It is because of this that we get scurvy if we do not ingest enough vitamin C in our diet. Many of the mutations in the GLO pseudogene are shared between humans and other primates, indicating that these mutations have been inherited from a common ancestor. The only other possible explanation is that a large number of identical mutations occurred independently in many species – something so improbable as to be not worth considering. Yet this is exactly the strained interpretation that Rana chooses to argue for:
Comparison of the rat's exon X (10th exon) DNA sequence with those in humans, chimpanzees, and orangutans reveals a number of the same mutations in the same locations for the primate sequences. Of particular significance is position 97 in which it appears as if a deletion took place in the primate sequences. Evolutionary biologists argue that this deletion and the other shared mutations are clear evidence for common ancestry, with these changes having occurred before apes diverged from Old World monkeys.
The RTB genomics model offers a different explanation for the similarities in the primate DNA sequences. The shared features are interpreted as the outworking of nonrandom, reproducible changes that happened independently in humans, chimpanzees, and orangutans.
Rana then goes on to claim that there is empirical evidence for the RTB view. The GLO gene is also a pseudogene in guinea pigs, but this species lost GLO function independently of the primate common ancestor. Not surprisingly, the mutations in the guinea pig pseudogene are different from those in the primate pseudogene, but Rana claims that there are a few shared mutations between primates and guinea pigs in exon X:
Support for this interpretation comes from comparisons of the primate exon X sequences with the corresponding region of the guinea pig GLO pseudogene. The structure of the guinea pig GLO pseudogene is dramatically different than that of the human pseudogene. Presumably, guinea pigs and primates lost this gene independently. If mutations were random, then few if any of the changes in the primate and guinea pig exon X sequences would be the same. Yet, as biologist Peter Borger points out, fifty percent of the mutations in the primate and guinea pig exon X sequence are identical. In addition, the guinea pig exon X region shows a mutation at position 97, the location in the primate genomes where a deletion took place. These shared features could not have resulted because guinea pigs and primates shared a common ancestor. Instead, they must reflect nonrandom, reproducible changes.
In other words, the RTB genomics model can reasonably account for the shared features of the GLO pseudogene in primates without resorting to common ancestry as the explanation.
There are several problems with this argument, but none would be apparent to a non-specialist. On the face of it, it seems like a strong case. If indeed there are shared mutations in two independent gene-to-pseudogene conversion events, it would lend (some) credence to Rana's assertion that all shared mutations are the result of non-random events. The GLO pseudogene sequences in question are as follows. At six sites (in yellow) the human and guinea pig sequences match each other but differ from the rat (purple). The anti-evolutionary source Rana cites (PDF) claims that these sites are the result of independent mutation to the same nucleotide. (Position 97, which has a single-nucleotide deletion in humans and other primates, is shown in blue.)
Despite Rana's insistence that there is only one possible explanation for this pattern, there are two possibilities. The possibility that Rana does not discuss is this: the human and guinea pig sequences match because they are not mutations, but rather the original ancestral sequence of the functional GLO gene that was present in the last human – guinea pig common ancestor. This would make the rat sequence at these six positions the mutations, not the human / guinea pig sequences. There is a simple way to test this hypothesis, of course: examine the GLO sequence of other mammalian species in this region. If many other species match the human and guinea pig sequences, then we know this sequence is the ancestral sequence. If many other species match the rat sequence, the rat sequence is ancestral and the evidence supports multiple independent mutations in the primate and guinea pig lineages. Unfortunately for RTB, even a cursory examination of other species in this region demonstrates that the human / guinea pig sequence is ancestral. At each of the six positions, the consensus sequence matches the human / guinea pig sequence. The so-called "shared mutations" are not mutations at all:
The RTB model thus has no support for the proposal that shared mutations observed between species are the result of non-random, parallel mutation events. As such, Rana's assertion that the RTB model adequately accounts for shared mutations in pseudogenes is incorrect. Unitary pseudogenes with shared mutations remain an insurmountable problem for RTB.
Beyond the scientific flaws in this argument, what I found troubling about Rana's response is that this analysis I have presented here is nothing new – it has been known for years (see for example here and here). Rana should have known about this. But even if he didn't the fact remains that it would have been easy for Rana to test the claims himself. For example, I assembled the alignments in this post using public databases and search tools freely available on the web. (It would have been possible simply to use figures presented elsewhere, but I wanted to (a) confirm the data myself, and (b) ensure that the relevant sequences have not been updated with corrections in the last few years). If I can do this, Rana should be able to do so as well, especially before presenting flawed arguments to non-specialists (such as RTB supporters or public in general) who will take him at his word.
As the young earth creationist, Todd Wood, pointed out in the conclusion to his recent series on RTB, the reasons behind this unfortunate pattern in RTB scholarship are somewhat irrelevant. What matters is that believers know that until RTB makes amends, their model is untrustworthy. Indeed, if RTB had developed a scientifically credible model to explain shared pseudogenes from an anti-common descent perspective, Todd Wood would be very interested (since he, being a young earth creationist, does not believe in common descent). Todd's view of the RTB model, however, agrees with mine - and he too has called on RTB to correct their errors:
Venema and I have documented a sad but consistent and ongoing pattern of erroneous summaries of published works on the part of RTB (Rana and Ross, but mostly Rana).There's really no way to deny these mistakes have been made or to explain them away, so what are you going to do about them? I recommend apologizing for the mistakes, correcting them if you can, and instituting some kind of serious fact-checking filter on everything you publish…
As far as I'm concerned, RTB's credibility is completely shot. I would recommend that no one accept any of RTB's arguments without fact-checking their claims first. I do not know whether these problems are due to lazy scholarship, ignorance, intentional deception, or ideological blinders. What I do know is that you cannot trust Reasons to Believe.
Hopefully in the coming days RTB will follow Todd's advice. Please, Dr. Rana, for the sake of RTB's followers (and the church as a whole), let your audience know that you have made a mistake. Let them know that the RTB model is flawed. Admit that it misrepresents well-established science. Then start the work of making it right. This, after all is how real science works. We admit when old ideas don't work anymore and we move on.
I would also suggest that you surround yourself with people who have expertise in this area of biology. Please have your ideas thoroughly vetted by those who know the field. As your brother in Christ, I would be happy to work with you in arranging that. While I cannot speak for Todd personally, I have every confidence that he too would be willing to help with an honest overhaul of the RTB model. Without that (significant) overhaul, however, the RTB model is a (guinea) pig in a poke. Caveat emptor.
* - "I previously stated in this post that I was convinced that no geneticist at a secular, research university would see this data differently. I have now received what I consider reliable information that this is not the case, but rather that there are at least a few biologists at secular institutions who privately hold to a young earth creationist view. As such, they do see the data differently, though for religious reasons. I should have been more clear: I am convinced that there is no biologist at a secular institution who objects to a common ancestry interpretation of these data for scientific reasons. Certainly, if there is such an individual, they have not made their case in the scientific literature, the proper place for contesting current scientific consensus."


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I'm not much for holidays. I'm not even the biggest fan of doing a whole lot for my birthday. Best birthdays I've had were spent doing nothing but a little relaxing. Best I've had in 10 years was getting stuck in a house on the Jersey Shore for a long, rainy weekend. Got to sit around and read every day. It was terrific.
But back to holidays. I mention this because this weekend is Father's Day. It's pretty easy to be skeptical about Father's Day. Even though I'm a dad, I have a hard time shaking the fact that it's really another one of those holidays cooked up by Hallmark to sell more cards. And honestly, men don't really like cards. We don't ever think about buying cards and we never consider giving them either.
But there's no opting out of Father's Day. To do so is to admit a level of deep antisocial behavior that will definitely put you out with the family. No. It's time to suck it up and get a card.
So instead of a cranky dissertation on the absurdity and shallowness of our consumer culture, I should consider the benefit of holidays. Father's Day isn't about getting another tie for dad (does anyone wear ties anymore?) but perhaps about taking a little time to just consider the fact that you have a dad and what that means. As we forge ahead into the 21st century, we seem to still harbor a lot of 20th-century ideas about dad.
Aisles in card stores will be filled with the usual dad stuff – jokes about dad playing golf and mowing the lawn, fixing the family car and so forth. Being a dad has a whole mythology that comes with it: Dad as a stoic, mister fix it with a habit of spending his free time either watching sports or on the links with a set of his own clubs. So fetch my pipe and slippers; the ball game's about to start.
None of these cards ever really did any good for my dad. When he wasn't working as an electrician, he was working to fix something in or around the house. He generally believed that playing sports as an adult was a colossal waste of time. If he ever played a round of golf, I've never once heard about it.
These days, those old tropes about dads are even further off the mark. Sure, dads still like their leisure time, but they do a lot more than golf. Dads also spend a lot more time with their kids. These days, it's not unusual to see dads pushing toddlers around in expensive strollers. Some dads are staying home with the kids while Mom goes to work. At my daughters bus stop, two thirds of the parents are dads.
So what does it all mean? Well, dads are just as important now as they were then. In a lot of ways they are more important. I'm not saying they are better in any way, but they are certainly diversifying their responsibilities. And it's about time, too.
Still, as much as things change, dads are still important. When they do what they're supposed to do, they do their best to provide guidance and support. My dad was always a great dad, no matter how busy. If his kids needed him he was there. No question about it. What more can you ask for?
So yeah, no matter how much we (or maybe I'm alone, here) grumble about the pointlessness of holidays, dad deserves at least one day of recognition a year (in all honesty, I'm of the opinion that moms deserve at least one day a month, but that's a different column). And he deserves more than a card. Perhaps that tie with the light-up Miller High Life sign will work just fine. Dad's do like ties after all.
Happy Father's Day.
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The "neon violin" sequence in Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933, dir. Mervyn LeRoy) Choreography by Busby Berkeley (via)
Scene here.
in The Thin Man (1934, dir. Woody Van Dyke) (via)
She grinned at me. "You got types?"
"Only you, darling – lanky brunettes with wicked jaws."
-Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man (1929)
A select moment or two of "Tabu" is wonderful to look at, and represented Murnau in his prime (ironic, since this was his final film before dying far too soon, and far too deep into his prime as a filmmaker, in an auto accident).
In Tahitian, a tabu is a designation of sacredness. Anything—object, place, or person—can be declared tabu, and it's a serious matter. Break a tabu and things will go badly for you. Try to escape the consequences, and they will follow you. So take a hint and stay within your bounds.
This is such a gorgeous movie that I almost didn't notice how little I cared about the plot watching it for the first time.
Tidbits from the very good commentary by R.D. Smith and "the" Brad Stevens: Robert Flaherty directed and shot the opening fishing scene, then Murnau removed him from the project, finding his direction of drama unsatisfying. Floyd Crosby (would go on to shoot tons of MST3K fare and X: The Man With X-Ray Eyes), who worked with Flaherty on White Shadows in the South Seas, took over the camera. Story is a retelling of the Garden of Eden myth. Visual motif of descent grows increasingly darker. Contrast between motion and stillness. Islanders paddling furiously towards giant ship, their vibrant humanity vs. the faceless ship (called Moana!) which seems from afar to be guiding itself, on which sits Hitu, surrounded by stillness. The ship brings a spreading plague as surely as the one in Nosferatu. Heterosexual couple threatened by a powerful individual, theme present in most Murnau movies – in this case, central relationship is more sexual + physical than in the others. Tabu is unprecedented in Murnau, having a character attempt to oppose fate – unsuccessfully, "gives the film much of its tragic quality." When they escape to the larger island and meet white-influenced civilization, similar to the pure-country vs. corrupt-city themes in Sunrise and City Girl. Murnau didn't like intertitles, used none in this movie except for diegetic writings, all of which hold negative connotations.


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by Walter Brasch
I am a Jew.
I don't mind receiving Christmas cards or being wished a "Merry Christmas" from friends, clerks, or even in junk mail trying to sell me something no sane person should ever buy. My wife and I even send Christmas cards, with messages of peace and joy, to our friends who are Christians or who we don't know their religion.
I like Christmas music and Christmas carolers, even if some have voices that crack now and then, perhaps from the cold.
At home, from as early as I could remember, my family bought and decorated a Christmas tree, and gave gifts to each other and our friends. Usually we put a Star of David on the tree, undoubtedly an act of heresy for many Jews and Christians. We learned about Christmas--and about Chanukah, the "feast of lights," an eight day celebration of joy and remembrance of the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem at a time when it seemed as if a miracle had saved the Jews from darkness during the Maccabean revolt in the second century BCE.
This year, my wife and I have a two-foot tall cypress tree, decorated with angels and small LED lights, a gift from a devout Christian. We weren't offended by the gift; we accepted it and displayed it on a table in our dining room in the spirit of friendship. In Spring, we'll plant the tree in our backyard and hope it grows strong and tall, giving us shade and oxygen, perhaps serving as a sanctuary for birds, squirrels, and other wildlife.
What I do mind is the pomposity of some of the religious right who deliberately accost me, often with an arrogant sneer on their lips, to order me to accept their "well wishes" of a "Merry Christmas." Their implication is "Merry Christmas--or else!" It's their way of saying their religion is the one correct religion, that all others are wrong.
The problem is that although I am secure in my beliefs and try to understand and tolerate other beliefs, the extreme right is neither secure nor does it tolerate difference or dissent.
Right wing commentators at Fox News are in their final week of what has become a holiday tradition of claiming there is a "War on Christmas." The lies and distortions told by these Shepherds of Deceit, and parroted by their unchallenging flock of followers, proves that at least in this manufactured war, truth is the first victim.
The Far-Right-But-Usually-Wrong claim that godless liberals are out to destroy Christmas, and point to numerous examples, giving some facts but never the truth.
They are furious that many stores wish their customers a "Happy Holiday" and not a "Merry Christmas," unable to understand that sensitivity to all persons' religions isn't some kind of heresy. The ultra-right American Family Association even posts lists of stores that are open on Christmas, have their clerks wish customers a "Happy Holiday," and don't celebrate Christmas the way they believe it should be celebrated. (Of course, the AFA doesn't attack its close ally, the NRA, which on its website wishes everyone "Happy Holidays.")
Because of their own ignorance, they have no concept of why public schools may teach about Christmas or even have students sing carols but can't put manger scenes on the front lawn. Nevertheless, the Extremists of Ignorance and Intolerance parade the Constitution as their own personal shield, without having read the document and its analyses, commentaries, and judicial opinions that define it, and can't understand there is a strict separation of church and state. The Founding Fathers, especially Franklin and Jefferson, were clear about that. They were also clear that this is a nation where a majority of its people professes to be Christians, but it is not a "Christian nation." There is a distinct difference.
The ultra-right--some of whom stanchly believe Barack Obama is not only a Muslim but wasn't even born in the U.S--follow the guiding star of Fox to wrongly claim that the President Obama hates Christianity so much that he won't even put up a Christmas tree but calls it a "holiday tree." Perhaps they were too busy imbibing the bigotry in their mugs to know that the President and his family helped light the National Christmas Tree near the White House, wished Americans a "Merry Christmas," and even told a bit about what Christians believe is a divine birth.


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Ansikt wrote:Replace "Basic Hacking" with "me."
The only differences between the different "versions" of Linux are the programs installed by default - some major ones to consider are the Desktop Environment (sometimes referred to as DE) and the Window Manager (WM). There's also external factors to consider, like community support, and how often the release is updated.
Almost 100% correct, but oftentimes, different distros will use different kernels, due to various reasons. Many also use varyious versions of certain programs (Especially graphical daemons) for compatibility mostly. It can get really confusing for the new user when one "Linux" seems to work fine, and the next is giving them a black screen with a scary looking "x" in the middle.


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SPRINGFIELD, Pa. - January 23, 2013 --Police have arrested a man accused of stealing five big-screen televisions from a suburban Philadelphia store in a week.
The Delaware County Times reports police arrested 33-year-old Matthew Colleluori in Prospect Park on Tuesday afternoon. That's after police say he stole his fifth TV in as many days from a Wal-Mart at the Marple Crossroads Center.
Police Chief Tom Murray says Colleluori began the spree on Jan. 17, when he walked into the Wal-Mart, loaded a big-screen television into a cart and ran out of the store. Police say he did it again two days later and again Monday.
Murray says Colleluori returned Tuesday, took another TV and fled after assaulting security. He was arrested after a car chase.
A telephone listing in his name was not in service.
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This morning, following GOP allegations that states would be able to use federal dollars to cover none-Hyde abortions in the temporary high risk insurance pool programs, HHS issued regulations prohibiting states from covering the procedure. "The (high-risk pool) program," the regulation states, "is Federally-created, funded, and administered (whether directly or through contract); it is a temporary Federal insurance program in which the risk is borne by the Federal government up to a fixed appropriation. As such, the services covered by the PCIP program shall not include abortion services except in the case of rape or incest, or where the life of the woman would be endangered."
The controversy that sparked the new rules originated in a press release from the National Right to Life Committee, which claimed that the Obama Administration "has quietly approved a plan submitted by an appointee of Governor Edward Rendell (D) under which the new program will cover any abortion that is legal in Pennsylvania." The charge bounced around conservative circles, despite the administration's swift promise to issue new guidance preventing states from covering abortion services. House Republicans wrote a letter HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking her "to supply them with the applications from all the states administering their own high-risk pools" and yesterday, 13 Republican Senators penned their own missive urging Sebelius to do what the administration had already promised.
Meanwhile, progressive pro-choice advocates felt betrayed. Since there is no over-arching law that prevents states from using federal dollars to fund abortion services, the administration was not required to alter the state's proposals. It had already promised to segregate abortion funds within the exchanges and to prohibit community health centers from using federal funds to provide abortion services, but it had said nothing of shielding funds elsewhere — including high risk pools. Writing at RH Reality Check, CAP's Jessica Arons accused the administration of applying the Stupak amendment to the high risk pools and going beyond the bargain it struck:
It is understandable that the Administration might now feel the need to honor the "spirit" of the compromise that resulted in the Executive Order. But the whole point of the compromise was to preserve the status quo, which included both restricted and unrestricted spheres of abortion funding. Moreover, the terms of the agreement were carefully negotiated. Abortion opponents who participated in the bargaining did not raise concerns about high risk pools or other specific potential sources of federal funding, and they should be able to live with the deal they made.
Indeed, rather than developing a compromise that would have either allowed states to decide whether to cover abortions with federal funding or required them to segregate funding and use private or state money to pay for the abortion services, the administration prohibited abortion coverage almost instantly. White House Office of Health Reform Director Nancy-Ann DeParle insists that "no new ground has been broken" and that "the program's restriction on abortion coverage is not a precedent for other programs or policies" — and hopefully that's true. But it's hard to understand why the administration felt so compelled to make this decision so quickly and reactively. If it was hoping to score points with conservative pro-life voters, then it overestimated the GOP's willingness to recognize its concessions and may be surprised when Republicans continue to send fundraising letters about the abortion issue.


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I had originally written this post several weeks ago (early Jan). I suspected Kampman would be made into an OLB (in the mold of Mike Vrabel). Now that we know that this is apparently where he'll play for sure (read here for more), check out some of the following line-up possibilities – I've taken into consideration free agent options here. Who do you think will start for our front 7 this year?
- 3=Peppers, Pickett, Jenkins; 4=Kampman, James Farrior, Barnett, Chillar;
- 3=Jolly, Pickett, Jenkins; 4 = Kampman, Ray Lewis, Barnett, Hawk
- 3=Jolly, Pickett, Jenkins; 4 = Jason Taylor, Barnett, Karlos Dansby, Kampman
- Pickett, BJ Raji (read here from Boston College), Jenkins; 4=Kampman, Barnett, Farrior, Suggs
- 3=Peppers, Pickett, Jenkins; 4 = Kampman, draft pick like Ray Maualuga from USC (Pmenadue's suggestion), Barnett, Chillar
- 3=Jenkins, Pickett, Jolly; 4=Suggs, Dansby, Barnett, Kampman
- 3=Jolly, Pickett, Jenkins; 4=Chillar, Kampman, Barnett, Suggs
- 3=Jolly, Pickett, Jenkins; 4=Kampman, D Bishop, Barnett, Hawk
- 3=Chris Canty, Pickett, Jenkins; 4=Chillar, Dansby, Farrior, Barnett
- 3=Chris Canty, Pickett, Jenkins; 4=Chillar, Barnett, Bishop, Suggs
- 3=Peppers, Pickett, Jenkins; 4=Kampman, Dansby, Barnett, Jason Taylor
- 3=Peppers, Pickett, Jenkins; 4=Kampman, D Bishop, Barnett, Suggs
- 3=Peppers, Pickett, Jenkins; 4=Kampman, Barnett, Hawk, Suggs
- 3=Pickett, new huge fat guy through draft, Jenkins; 4=Kampman, Barnett, Mike Peterson, Suggs
Trade the guys who are left off, or just use them as back-ups. For those questioning the idea of putting Kampman at OLB, consider that Mike Vrabel, OLB for the NE Patriots is also 6'4″ in the 260s – and that Kampman filling gaps as a LB might be really helpful for stopping the run. (Though I'd even consider putting Kampman at ILB between two speedy players like Barnett and Chillar.) Anyway, we need better talent in this front 7 than we have presently, but we don't need 7 new guys. We need 2-3 new guys to step in and I think there will be some decent options in free agency.
Imagine a defense that would have Aaron Kampman lining up as an OLB on the same side as Julius Peppers – only to have Terrell Suggs and Jenkins coming at you from the other side while Barnett and/or James Farrior or Ray Lewis or Bart Scott or Desmond Bishop or Karlos Dansby man the middle. Then, imagine a QB having less than a second to figure out where to throw the ball while Woodson and Collins are just waiting for an interception to run back. Throw in a few nasty hits by Atari Bigby (or a free agent safety like Leonhard, Dawkins or Atogwe) and blanket coverage by Al Harris and suddenly, we're the Green Bay Steelers.
Anyway, I'm getting out of control here but my point is this: there are lots of ways to go as far as staffing this 3-4 and I am excited for it. In fact, I have decided to go on record here guaranteeing that the 2009 defense will be a top 12 defense.
UPDATE: Bad news for me. I just learned that James Farrior, a guy I thought would look great next to Nick Barnett in a 3-4 line-up, apparently signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh in August – a 5 year deal for a 34 year old player. That's how good this guy is. Too bad.


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ST. LOUIS – Ten people were arrested Wednesday at a protest outside of Peabody Energy headquarters in St. Louis, the second time in two weeks that the United Mine Workers of America organized a huge protest to draw attention to the possible loss of pension and health care benefits for about 20,000 retired miners and dependents.
About 1,000 people from several states participated in the latest protest over bankrupt Patriot Coal, the company Peabody spun off in November 2007. Many at the protest believe Patriot was set up to fail so that benefits of workers could be stripped away.
"We will not be silent," UMWA Secretary Treasurer Dan Kane said. "We are going to tell the public exactly what they're doing. We want the entire country to know."
After an hourlong rally, Kane and nine other protesters sat in the street in front of Peabody as about 100 police officers stood by. The protest was peaceful, and so were the arrests. Officers placed nylon restraints on the wrists of those in the street, who were led to a van while the other protesters watched, at times singing and chanting.
On Jan. 29, UMWA president Cecil Roberts and nine others were arrested at the same location. Organizers pledged to keep coming back if that's what it takes to maintain the workers' benefits.
Patriot spokeswoman Janine Orf said the cuts are part of the effort to save the St. Louis-based company.
"It's really about our survival, trying to keep Patriot as a viable employer of 4,000 people," Orf said. "We are sacrificing across all employees and retirees. This is just where we are, and it's working its way through the court."
Peabody spokesman Vic Svec called it "ludicrous" to believe Peabody could have foreseen the combination of events that led to Patriot's financial troubles.
"UMWA was fully aware of the spinoff," Svec said. "They agreed to elements of the benefit structure. Then they came back in 2011 and signed a bargaining agreement with Patriot Coal. Where were they at any of that time voicing a concern about the viability of Patriot?"
The union said that about 10,000 retirees and an equal number of dependents, predominantly from West Virginia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, could lose pensions and health care benefits through Patriot Coal's bankruptcy.
Among them is Larry Knisell, 63, of Morgantown, W.Va., who worked in the mines for 28 years. Today, he has diabetes and a heart condition that required quadruple bypass in 2005. His wife has heart and nerve problems.
"They broke our bodies," he said of his years in the mines. "I feel like they used us up, so now take care of our health. Why throw us away like an old wrench? We're not asking for anything we didn't earn."
Kane was critical that Patriot asked the bankruptcy court Tuesday for permission to give bonuses to some executives, managers and office workers. Patriot's top six executives are not among about 120 people would receive the bonuses.
Orf said the incentives are typical in bankruptcy cases. She said the goal "is to motivate key employees to remain with Patriot and achieve financial and operating performance goals that are essential to the company becoming viable through reorganization."
The union is suing Peabody and Arch Coal in West Virginia, claiming they set Patriot up to fail so it would have to shed the pension and health care benefits. After the spinoff, Patriot acquired mines that Arch Coal spun off into Magnum Coal. Arch Coal is also based in St. Louis.
Patriot now argues the legacy costs it inherited are "unsustainable."
The lawsuit argues Arch and Peabody are still responsible for those benefits under the federal Employee Retirement and Income Securities Act. The UMWA contends the companies knew that the cyclical nature of the industry would inevitably lead to Patriot's inability to pay for those liabilities.
The lawsuit claims that 90 percent of the retirees for whom Patriot is responsible worked for Peabody and Arch, not Patriot.
Svec said Patriot was highly successful when it launched but was hurt by the global financial crisis, drops in prices for metallurgical coal, competition from cheap natural gas and federal environmental regulations.
AP reporter Jim Suhr in St. Louis contributed to this report.


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Can you help me out with this?
Yeah, we are working on few scripts right now
Hello, just wonder where to ask, but are u guys planning some new scripts? Few of my friends moved to windbot because of lack of scripts here on xeno. I was thinking about some scripts like ghastly dragons for rp, or ghastly + undead on castle, inq for ed (300lvl), banuta -3/-4 for ed/ms etc.
Any plans about those?
Im using your souleaters script and just wonder if there is any way that i could change in the code that he will attack those black slimes? Cuz its really annoying that second time by some sort of amazing bad luck i been trapped by them, lost all pots and end up in temple xD
Just to add somewhere that he will always kill them with spells or whatever
Cześć mam pytanko. MÓGŁBYŚ wyliczyć mi cene skryptow dla rp od 70 -140 lvla?
Hey! I bought tour Deeper Lion's Rock script for 80 ED. There are some things I want to know. First I'm wondering why isnt there a gfb buyer and shooter, there are many times when I have 4-6 monsters chasing and I waste a lot of time killing them with just strikes and also there's a bigger chance of me dying since they all hit for a long time, at least that's what happened yesterday. I also want to ask about the exp and looter, the website said 150-220k and i barely reached 145k with magic lvl 64. Also the looter is missing some items like springsprout rod which could nake the difference between waste and profit, I can put the springsprout myself on the looter but I don't know how to make the bot deposit it. And I noticed the looter sometimes not grabbing gems even with cap and space.
I really hope you take the time to answer this since I have enjoyed your scripts so far
Dude tell me a good place for a EK 190 in IRMADA for afk hunting profit/waste and it should be pretty empty
Empty your Imbox
Hello mate! I just started botting and i been trying some scripts in darashia rotworms, but the bot says that the script can't find any waypoints so i ask u if u wanna help me find a script thats working on mage lvl8+. Thanks for you're time.


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FOX Business: Capitalism Lives Here
Wall Street slumped on Thursday as traders eyed disappointing economic data and a rate decision from the European Central Bank.
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Today's Markets
As of 3:20 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 14.9 points, or 0.09%, to 16558, the S&P 500 declined 4.3 points, or 0.22%, to 1886 and the Nasdaq Composite slipped 48.4 points, or 1.1%, to 4228.
The broad S&P 500 logged yet another record high on Wednesday, supported by upbeat data on private-sector employment from payroll processor ADP.
The economic calendar is heavy on Thursday.
The European Central Bank held its main refinancing rate at a historic low of 0.25%, as expected. The move comes as policymakers fret about low levels of inflation. ECB President Mario Draghi is expected to speak later in the day.
"Draghi though will likely be extremely dovish ... and we'll see if he outlines any new steps to help small business lending and we'll also get his thoughts on the possibility of other unconventional options they have if they don't get the increase in consumer prices in coming months that they want," Peter Boockvar, chief market analyst at The Lindsey Group, wrote in an email.
The Commerce Department said the U.S. trade deficit widened in February to $42.3 billion, from $39.28 billion the month prior. Wall Street expected the gap to shrink to $38.5 billion.The data are a lagging indicator, but they'll figure directly into first-quarter gross domestic product estimates.
Meanwhile, the Labor Department reported the number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits rose last week to 326,000 from a downwardly revised 310,000 the week prior. Economists expected claims to rise to 317,000 from an initially reported 311,00.
The Institute for Supply Management's gauge of service-sector activity rose in March to 53.1, from 51.6 the month prior. Wall Street was expecting slightly higher reading of 53.5. Readings above 50 point to expansion while those below indicate contraction.
The all-important monthly jobs report is due out on Friday.
Elsewhere, in corporate news, federal regulators are probing Citigroup (NYSE:C) over the fraud that sparked a loss in its Mexican unit, according to a report from the New York Times.
In commodities, U.S. crude oil futures fell 30 cents, or 0.3%, to $99.32 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline inched lower by 0.04% to $2.866 a gallon. Gold slumped $6.40, or 0.5%, to $1,284 a troy ounce.


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- Home
- coasters...
- corkscrew flowers
- cross stitch stitch
- coffee pot cozy... tulips.
- fan edging...
- herringbone stitch and the one I can't remember
- how to make a really fast star....
- little bows from bits
- paper stars
- the pillow susanne made and I wrote out....
- popcorn flower...
- spring coasters...
- the rose
- the round vintage pillow...
- vintage round pillow
- waffle weave
- wiggle wiggle
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
6 comments:
- MrS wiLD said...
Glad to hear your well & still interneting even though it's not here! Till next time :']
- March 14, 2012 1:17 AM
- NillaK said...
Yes, I've been here and everywhere I could think of, looking for you... Was starting to think I would have to e-mail you to see if you were still alive!;) Glad that you obviously are, have been missing you a lot! :) Take care, and see you around!
- March 14, 2012 3:24 AM
Yes I have been worried about you. Haven't seen you post anything on you blog in awhile. Hope all is well with you. Have missed you.
cathy ed4448
- March 14, 2012 4:33 PM
- T's Daily Treasures said...
I wondered what you were doing over there. I've been so busy this past week that I haven't been able to visit much. Am glad for the weekend again. We've had dusty weather all week and it got worse again today. Good reason to stay home in pj's. :) Take care. Tammy
- March 15, 2012 9:27 AM
- Andi said...
You are never rude. Sometimes we all need to step away for a bit. If your not feeling it, then you not feeling it. And that's ok! :)
- March 15, 2012 9:48 PM
- Valeria said...
hi hi rude nehhh
im still here but a little busy with work ,school ,big home and the kids .... help whanted here in Norway ,but still looking so much forward to my trip back home its getting close to it
have a good weekend my friend
- March 16, 2012 1:48 PM