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Last week's WIP was the lovely cowl from Frayed Knot. It was beautiful. I have to make some adaptations for my next one because I don't like a lot around my neck, and I live in Louisiana, so a light weight yarn is better, but I had to try with this awesome blue yarn I snagged on clearance. (Deborah Norville "Lagoon".) You can get the pattern for the cowl in her Shop.
And it's finished!!
I'm a sucker for shell stitches and flowers...I love it. I'm thinking it'd make a great blanket pattern too!!


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Borussia Dortmund beats Chemnitzer FC 2-0 in German Cup
BERLIN (AP) Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored one and set up another as Borussia Dortmund beat third-division side Chemnitzer FC 2-0 in the opening round of the German Cup on Sunday.
The Armenia midfielder crossed for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to score with a fine header in the 25th minute, and Aubameyang returned the favor for Mkhitaryan to seal the win with a curling shot inside the far post in the 83rd.
Nils Petersen scored four goals as Freiburg routed fifth-tier Barmbek-Uhlenhorst 5-0, while another second-division team, Bochum, routed fifth-tier Salmrohr by the same score.
Michael Gregoritsch scored in the fourth minute of injury time for Hamburger SV to take its game at fourth-tier Carl Zeiss Jena to extra time.
Bayern Munich was playing fifth-tier Noettingen later Sunday.

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This hearty recipe has stood the test of time: I got it from my aunt, who is 90 years old. She was making it for herself one afternoon, and it smelled so good I begged for a taste. After I tasted it, I had to have the recipe, and now I'm passing it on to the Living magazine readers.
This is a good meal for a busy day. It's got meat and vegetables all in one pan. It is easy to prepare and uses basic ingredients, so you don't have to spend time hunting down hard-to-find items. The meal can be prepared with one bowl, one measuring cup, a paring knife and a spoon, so clean up is easy. Once the meal is in the oven it doesn't need any more attention.
And this is a meal you can customize for your family. I left the potatoes unpeeled this time and liked the results. If you don't like celery, leave it out. I use plain tomato sauce — which was all that was available for many years — but a seasoned tomato sauce would kick things up a notch. Ground turkey could be substituted for ground beef. I used 93 percent lean ground beef and fat-free gravy for my latest batch and the sauce was still rich and satisfying. Put this in the oven, walk away and enjoy a homemade meal two hours later.
Meatball supper
1-1/2 pounds lean ground beef
2 tablespoons dry spaghetti sauce seasoning
1/3 cup cracker crumbs
1/3 cup milk
Salt, pepper, garlic powder
1 diced onion
3 or four large carrots, peeled ad cut into large chunks
Two or three ribs of celery
4 medium-sized potatoes, peeled or not, cut into large chunks
For the sauce
2 tablespoons dry spaghetti sauce seasonings
1 12-ounce jar beef gravy
1 8-ounce can tomato sauce
1 8-ounce can mushrooms, drained
Half a can of water
- Mix the meat, cracker crumbs, milk, spaghetti sauce seasoning and onion; season to taste with salt, pepper and garlic powder.
- Form into 12 meatballs and place in a roaster or other large baking dish.
- Top with vegetables.
- Mix sauce ingredients well and pour over the top.
- Cover the roaster and cook at 350 F. for two hours.


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When you're one of the world's top Formula 1 drivers, what can you drive in your daily life that could even come close to that kind of rush? Well, Lewis Hamilton has himself a Pagani Zonda, specially ordered to his specifications and redubbed the 760 LH (replacing the 760 RS badges) in his honor. The car was recently spotted in Monaco, and we're lucky enough that it was spotted by Melanie Meder, a professional photographer well versed in supercars.


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Examining the changes in timberland ownership and what those changes might mean.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
RMK Gets the Adirondack Finch Pruyn Timberland
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- AnonymousMarch 28, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Where is this 90,593 acres that was soldReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 6, 2009 at 11:47 AM
You can view and download a map from The Nature Conservancy website: http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newyork/press/press3958.htmlReplyDelete
Map LinkReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 8, 2009 at 1:11 PM
What do you mean it reflects the easement? Meaning that it is cheap because it can not be build on? So there is no HBU optionality? Will the fiber supply agreement still be intact? I heard that the state is going to pay ~500/acre for the remainding piece of the land TNC purchased.
Yes, the Fiber Supply Agreemnent remains intact. I doubt that it impacted the price significantly if at all. The conservation easement is a different matter. First, the development rights (building)on current HBU land are a part of the value of the easement. Second, as land evolves over time into sites suitable for future development, the conservation easement prohibits that too (essentially the easement "sells" future HBU lands also). A similar sale of an easement (TNC to NYS) on the Domtar lands in the Adirondacks was for something over $180/acre. So that gives you an idea of how much the sale value cab be reduced by an easement. In addition, a conservation easement can also reduce the value of timberland if management/ silvicultural options are reduced. I'm not familiar with the terms of the easement in this case but it has been described as "strict".ReplyDelete
On the final point, there is some type of understanding that NYS will acquire the remaining 60,000 acres but I don't beleive there is actually an agreement in place.
Let me also speculate that, in the end, virtually all of the 160,000 acres will become a part of the Forest Preserve. --Brian
- AnonymousApril 16, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Brian, are you aware of any sales of large restricted tracts in PA or Maryland? 2,000 to 8,000 acres? Timberland selling subject to restriction.ReplyDelete
I am not aware of any timberland transactions of that size and location subject to easements but I would expect the NY transactions to be a good proxy. The residual timberland value will be pretty well nailed down by the discounted cash flows of forest management - no HBU, no disaggregation of values. If the conservation easement opens the land to public hunting, there will be no DCF value there either. All tracts will be different depending on the terms of the easement. The point is that disaggregation of values has happenned and future transaction values will be much lower for those tracts. --BrianReplyDelete


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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
A response to a response
you then proceed to introduce your topic by making an introspective and obviously passive-aggressive commentary regarding the history and motivation of religion, without citing any kind of empirical evidence for your various claims-.
First and foremost please keep in mind that the original rules for my opening were to keep it under 1500 words. I would have loved to go into more detail. With that being said you claim that I did not provide any empirical evidence for any of my claims regarding history and the motivation of religion. I think that it is obvious that you did not click on the links that I provided in the document itself.
The first link under "horrible actions" list the many victims of the Christian faith. It covers the persecution of pagans including the destruction of pagan temples and the death of anyone worshipping any other god's than the Christian one. It moves on to the Crusades to which the timeline and death toll are horrifying. Then it moves on to the murders of "heretics" and "witches." Then it starts into the long history of religious wars and Christianities involvement in the persecution of the Jewish people as well as native peoples. Then there are some stories regarding the Nazi extermination camps specifically for children that were run by Catholic priest. There is even a video that was posted on YouTube.com and on Frank Walton's page that asked atheist why Christians should even let atheist live. The Christian Bible certainly supports this kind of behavior.
Your little dissertation sounds rather like a conspiracy theory, starting with an obvious falsehood ("the arguments for God are typically from emotion and introspection"), moving directly into implicit and unjustified premises (that arguments for God should be empirical in nature; and that empirical arguments are sound), and then proceeding on to provide a speculative, unsubstantiated, and frankly bizarre explanation of the topic at hand.
You chastise me here for saying that evidence for god should be empirical and that empirical evidence is sound. You say that this premise is unjustified. In the previous quote you chastise me for not citing any empirical evidence. You do realize that you can't have it both ways. If you are going to say that empirical arguments are not sound then you cannot attack me for not having one.
You don't lend yourself any credibility by being a hypocrite.
You seem to have a working knowledge of logical fallacies. The particular one you have used here is called Poisoning the well
Firstly, it amazes me that you would enter into a debate on the existence of God, but start it by assuming your own conclusion. The very question at hand is as to whether there is any proof for the existence of God! Are you not concerned that, by taking such a simplistic and childish approach to the topic, you will be exposed as a fool when your opponent offers some proofs for God's existence?
There is nothing in any statements that I have made that assume that god does not exist. If nothing else I think I have been pretty clear about my position. My position is that no one can know. There are more than two answers to "does god exist." Mine is that there is no way to know and that I have not yet seen evidence to suggest that he does. I am not worried about being exposed as a fool either. This would be the best thing that could happen. If I were to assume that god wasn't real and the an opponent were to offer me proof of his existence then I would accept god and his teachings, thus being "saved" and I would go to heaven. If god is real then I hope someone can prove me to be a fool. Your third sentence contains a fallacy called the personal attack
Secondly, what relationship does the alleged lack of proofs for God's existence have with the possibility of proofs for his non-existence? To offer an empirical analogy, there is no proof that light has mass; yet there is plenty of proof that it does not.
Yes, that was the point of my whole article. No proof either way. I never claimed that there were proofs for the non-existence of god either. I claimed that there was no method of knowing for sure on either side.
Accepting this for now (though it is not a law of logic, but rather a convention of debate), how do you know that it is the Christian who is making the fantastic or outrageous claim, and not yourself? It is my contention that atheism is a claim so fantastic and outrageous that the Christian need not offer any proof for his position; but rather, he need simply destroy the atheistic worldview and leave the biblical one standing in its place, to be assumed by merit of its obvious truth.
Here you are committing the false dilemma fallacy. You are saying that for your viewpoint to be true all you have to do is destroy the atheistic worldview. I did say that the Christian claim is fantastic and outrageous but I never claimed that the atheistic view was not. To put those words in my mouth makes you guilty of the strawman fallacy. This is where you ignore my position and substitute a misrepresented position for me. It is usually a very effective fallacy because people tend to take you at your word and not actually research the source materials for themselves.
If you wish to assert that your claim, that God does not exist, is reasonable, and that the Christian's claim is unreasonable, then you must actually demonstrate this instead of just assuming it without proof. Since you have already accepted a formal debate on the topic, you have implicitly acknowledged in so doing that both positions require equal scrutiny.
Again, I never asserted that god does not exist. In formal debate the burden of proof is often placed on one side or the other. In this case we are saying that it relies on the side of the ones making the outrageous claims. Some outrageous claims that Christians make are as follows
1. God will heal the sick
2. God can cure cancer
3. God will take care of you in your time of need
4. God answers prayer
5. God can raise people from the dead
Yet despite these claims we have absolutely no evidence that god has accomplished any of these objectives. With the introduction of the scientific method it appears that these miraculous occurrences have somewhat become a thing of the past. If I am wrong, then I am excited to hear you empirical evidence where any of the above 5 assertions have been witnessed in a scientifically verifiable environment.
The various assertions you've made so far seem basically to undermine the entire formal debate process. This leads me to the suspicion that you are simply unequipped from an intellectual and/or argumentative point of view to actually engage anyone in such a debate.
Two whole sentences of the personal attack fallacy
What is circular about citing historical records in support of a premise? Is it circular reasoning to cite Plato's Apology in support of the existence of Socrates? Certainly, our single extant copy of that work, separated in origin from the events it describes by over half a century, is far less reliable than the hundreds of accurate biblical records we have, which are further corroborated by secular records and archeology. You are assuming the consequent again; your reasoning essentially is: God does not exist; the Bible attests to God's existence; therefore the Bible is not an accurate record.
Strawman again? I never asserted that god does not exist. I do not state that the Bible is not a valid historical record because I assume that god doesn't exist. I state that it is not a valid historical record because of the overwhelming amount of evidence against it. Here are a few examples for you.
1. We have an extensive knowledge of Egyptian history yet there is no archeological or documented evidence of Jewish slaves, the seven plagues, an entire Egyptian army that was swallowed up by the Red Sea or thousands of slaves wandering in the dessert for 40 years. You would think that we would be able to find something to support the claims made in the book of Exodus. Cite
2. The stories of the life of Jesus were passed on for a long time through an oral tradition. There was not a huge desire to write them down since they believed that the end of the world was coming soon. There were many different accounts of the life of Jesus and a massive game of "telephone" began. While the original authors of the gospels cannot be verified what can be verified is that they were written between 30-200 years after the death of Jesus. Some of the gospels disagree with each other on various events and offer us many contradictions to attempt to resolve. The books that would eventually become the New Testament were decided by a popular vote of bishops at the Synod of Hippo in 393 A.D. In this vote many books were left out that the church felt would be confusing including a testament supposedly written by the prostitute Mary Magdalene and a testament of Peter that claimed that non-believers that died and went to hell would have a second chance to repent and reap the rewards of heaven.
Typically when the creation of a document is flawed and the data in the document contradicts itself we tend to think that the document does not have any value.
But again, this is the very question at hand, and if the Bible is an accurate record, then it does constitute empirical evidence for God's existence.
So then you agree that if the Bible is a contradictory and flawed document then it does not constitute empirical evidence for god's existence right?
The precise nature of that evidence should probably be debated, but to simply dismiss it reveals a strong prejudicial assumption which is completely contrary to the intent of the debate. If you are going to refuse the Bible as an empirical proof, then you must explain why. Since its accuracy can be established extremely strongly, I would suggest that you will have to appeal to historical skepticism, which makes any historical proof impossible—but that could have unfortunate consequences for your position as well, as I will mention below.
Well I have not dismissed it. Here is an entire list of Biblical contradictions for you to browse through.
Firstly, let us be done with the "what Christians are trying to present to us" line, and stick carefully to what the Bible presents about God.
But wait, aren't you a Christian trying to present to me what the Bible says about god? Click the above link and explain the countless inconsistencies then.
Many people claim to be Christians but have utterly no idea who God is. So, secondly, can you please explain the inconsistency you perceive between God's actions toward man, recorded in Scripture, and God's character, also recorded in Scripture? God is certainly loving and forgiving, but he is also holy and righteous, just and jealous, and wrathful toward sin. Your argument appears to hinge upon a misrepresentation (or at least a misunderstanding) of God's character. A correct understanding of both theology proper, and anthropology, will reveal no inconsistency whatsoever.
This is a claim without proof. You are assuming it to be true. This is commonly referred to as the composition fallacy.
Rather than engage in an extensive detour so as to educate you to the point where you are competent to engage in a debate which you have already accepted, I would direct you toward a series I have written titled 'On Strawmen', which should adequately correct your misconceptions about biblical teaching.
Questioning my competence in place of attacking my arguments is again, the personal attack fallacy.
This is a large area of study, and one in which you are apparently ignorant if you are seeking to use it in defense of the secular position
Personal attack again.
The existence of flood myths in various cultures constitutes a compelling proof for the actual occurrence of the flood described in Genesis. You are presupposing that all these myths are simply invented, which is clearly a far more extraordinary claim than to suppose they all have a common basis in fact.
There are floods all over the world and for people that are not aware of the size of the world; it is understandable how they would think that if their little portion of the globe flooded then it must be the entire world flooding. The idea of a global flood is not only unachievable through any sort of natural method but also is archeologically falsifiable.
"Mount Everest is the highest mountain "under the whole heaven." It reaches an altitude of 29,028 feet, which would be a height of 348,336 inches. For enough rain to fall in a period of 40 days to reach the peak of this mountain, the cloud formations would have to drop 8,708 inches of rain per day uniformly over all the earth. This would amount to 363 inches per hour or six inches per minute. Can any reasonable person believe that it once rained continuously for 40 days and nights at an average rate of six inches per minute? A rainfall of six inches in one day is a veritable downpour. What would six inches per minute sustained for 57,600 continuous minutes be like?" Cite
If you want to keep going with this we can discuss the improbability of the ark being able to house two of every animal and the possibility to Noah being able to redistribute all of the animals to their appropriate regions after the flood.
You seem to think that Christians are always of subpar intelligence. Yet, I have shown so far that your opening statement is replete with logical fallacies, errors, and unjustified assertions, and virtually devoid of any genuine logical reasoning whatsoever.
Strawman again! I never said that Christians were of subpar intelligence. I said that religion gives people with subpar intelligence the motivation to keep living, working and producing for their societies. How did you interpret this to mean that Christians all have subpar intelligence? Are all religious people Christians? I would ask that you read through my document again without bias so that you can truly understand what is being said. You yourself have already made the distinction in your response here of the difference between god's word and those that represent him. This is a similar differentiation.
So, at best, you would appear to be on the same level as you allege for these Christians. That said, this is an obvious example of argumentum ad hominem, and, even if true, proves nothing whatsoever about the truth of Christianity. Certainly there are some stupid Christians (at least by your measure of stupidity); yet equally you will be forced to acknowledge that there are many stupid atheists (yourself included, as I have shown).
OK here is an example of Ad Hominem.
Person A makes claim X.
Person B makes an attack on person A.
Therefore A's claim is false.
Where did I attack you then say that you claim was false?
Oh, and yes there are many stupid atheist and many intelligent Christians. As a matter of fact one of the most intelligent people I have ever known is a Christian. Please point out where I said that all Christians were stupid.
By the way, your last sentence is a great example of Ad Hominem.
However, given the abundance of believers in the high ranks of academia, past and present, it is simply absurd to claim that Christianity is applicable to only those of subpar intelligence. I would offer that John Calvin, Jonathan Edwards, Gordon Clark, or Vincent Cheung are not the sorts of people anyone could call stupid without being mocked.
Wow I wouldn't be using people like John Calvin to further your arguments for good upstanding Christians. I admit in advance that this is Ad Hominem but it is worth noting.
"Calvin believed that execution of dissenters was important not simply because it rid the world of heretics but also the public staging of it will send fear into the hearts of would-be apostates. Thus when a prominent citizen of Geneva, Jacques Gruet, complained about Calvin's increasing control over the affairs of the city, Calvin had Gruet executed by being burned alive. Sometimes he would give dissenters a choice between death or repudiating their works by making these heretics personally burn their books themselves." Cite
Further, how do you know that Christianity has some "vague moral values", and that "the idea that God is necessary for moral behavior is not necessarily true"?
Because people that have never heard of God have similar moral codes.
What moral standard are you using to make such an allegation? What proof do you have that moral behavior was "developed through a meme as a means of survival"? You are again begging the question, thus basing your argument upon the very conclusion you are trying to prove. This would appear to be a very embarrassing thing for you to be doing, considering the way in which you lambast Josh McDowell for that exact fallacy (worse, in fact, since it is far from clear that McDowell actually commits that fallacy in the way you claim!)
The meme theory is just a theory. I never claimed it to be true, just one possible explanation. I do not think that you are in any position to attack me for using logical fallacies though. As a matter of fact the only concrete claim that I am making is that we do not know anything for certain. If you are right submit your proof.
Firstly, in order to draw the conclusion that this shows that moral behavior evolved, one would first have to assume evolutionary theory—at which point, you're effectively begging the question. It could, of course, equally be the case that the causality goes the other way: that is, that killing, raping, stealing and so on are evil because God has given human life a certain value, and these things are destructive to life.
First I am not begging the question because I have made no conclusions. Second you are begging the question by assuming that god has given human life a certain value. Let me show you.
1. God has given human life value
2 Because human life has value killing, raping and stealing are destructive to life.
X Assumption that god exist Cite
Secondly, neither your own view of morality, nor the biblical one (and they are quite different) comports with evolutionary theory in any case. For example, in your case, from an evolutionary point of view survival of the group is the ultimate good, and there is no means which is not acceptable to this end.
Not True. You are assuming that there is an ultimate good. Evolution does not assume an ultimate good. Evolution has no course and no purpose. Life adapts to an ever changing environment. I actually never understood why Christians didn't embrace this. If god was going to create an ever changing world, then why wouldn't he create creatures that adapted continuously to an ever changing environment?
Therefore, there is no reason for individuals to not suffer, or for other groups to not be entirely destroyed, if it furthers this end. At the risk of invoking Godwin's Law, an evolutionist can certainly not criticize Stalin or Hitler (or war in general), since they were simply working to achieve the end of the survival of their groups, at the expense of others. Evolutionary theory, in fact, makes the concept of morality quite unintelligible, and one of the approaches I would take in refuting your worldview would be in showing this at more length.
Strawman, I never stated that my position was survival of groups "AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHERS." Again you have misrepresented my position. I also never claimed to agree with evolutionary theory 100%. I didn't even address it. I just offered one tidbit as a plausible explanation. One thing that you seem to be confused about is that evolutionary theory does not deal with morality. It is simply a theory on the progression of life.
The biblical view of morality also does not comport with evolutionary theory; or, more precisely, it comports far better with a state of affairs where God actually exists. Consider, for example, the first three of the Ten Commandments: to have no other God, to make no idols, and to not take the name of God in vain. These are the first of the commandments—what survival advantage do they convey? The only possible answer I can see is if you suppose that it is to encourage the cohesion of the group under a single religion. But if this is the case, then you have no basis to criticize this system of morality (yet atheists frequently do).
The first three commandments have nothing to do with the cohesion of a group. You are assuming in your argument that god is real and you haven't even taken steps to offer proof. Let's pretend that the preceding were performed by a group of people though. Of course they don't have a survival advantage. This would actually be evidence that they were unnecessary. This is unless of course the people that committed these actions were suddenly struck down by god. Then, following these rules would have a distinct survival advantage. If uttering the word "god dammit" were going to get you struck down by god then it would be rare that you would hear someone say it. Have ever heard anyone say that word?
If it is an evolutionary system, then an evolutionist ought to approve the actions of the Israelites in destroying other cultures, and killing those of their own people who disobeyed the commandments. Strangely, few evolutionists take this position. This highlights an inconsistency that belies the real state of affairs, and puts you in a catch-22: either you should accept biblical morality, or you should come up with another theory about how morality works. Secular humanism asserts the equal rights and inherent value of all human beings—which is a decidedly un-evolutionary sort of moral assertion. It also relies on some kind of concept of "rights" and "value" which simply doesn't exist in a materialist, evolutionary worldview.
I think I need to use your own words to respond to this.
"to provide a speculative, unsubstantiated, and frankly bizarre explanation of the topic at hand."
Please tell me what the Israelites killing other cultures and killing their own people has to do with anything that we have discussed here. If actually does then tell how you reconcile using this example given the inconstancies in the story itself?
But what does this prove? Your statement seems to suppose an implicit moral judgment, which is that science is superior to Christianity by reason of its ability to admit when it is wrong. But consider:Firstly, you are supposing that Christianity is wrong, and that it refuses to admit it. Again, this is really the very question at hand, so you are again question-begging.
Secondly, you are supposing that science's "flexibility" makes it a superior method of discovering truth. But the very basis for this supposed flexibility is the fact that, so far, it has always been wrong, and has had to revise its theories for this reason. In other words, you are claiming that a method which openly results in error, and which can never prove that it is right even if it is, is a superior knowledge-acquisition process to that of divine revelation, which is never wrong and never needs revision!
You have to be kidding me. There are so many errors in the Bible. I have listed several. Then you are going to say that the flexibility of science is a flaw. If I am wrong about something and I admit it, correct it and present the new right answer to the world, then you would take issue with me? Science is a way of knowing things by testing and re-testing. Do you understand the many things that you would be without in this day and age without the trial and error process? Electricity, telephone, the computer that you are typing this on. Seriously, do you think that god created all of those things?
What does the behavior of Jesus' followers have to do with the truth of his claims? I have personally met a lot of Christians, and most have been moderate, intelligent people with an enthusiasm for knowledge and reason—an enthusiasm informed by a proper understanding (albeit often an implicit one) of the underlying issues of epistemology, which are critical to any pursuit of these things. They are certainly not hateful (unless you mean they hate sin), un-accepting (except, again, of sin), and neither name-call nor engage in bigotry. They do not insist on everyone becoming a Christian.
This is an appeal to popularity. Although I will admit that my assertion was based on experience, I don't believe that I ever stated that this was reminiscent of "all Christians." Did you click on any of the links for examples though? You are quick to cast off those that claim Christianity but "embarrass" the faith, while claiming all of those close to you who you feel "embrace" it. Do you know the name of this fallacy?
Perhaps you are thinking of extreme Muslims. A Christian preaches the good news because he is commanded to in Scripture, and desires to see souls saved rather than damned in hell. But he does not insist on people becoming Christians, and indeed he knows that they cannot apart from God's sovereign work in their hearts.
So, not only have you misrepresented Christians, but you've engaged in another ad hominem attack. If this is the most powerful argument you can muster by way of closing, I don't hold out much hope for your further statements in this debate. That said, I understand that Frank is not planning to respond, since you have not chosen to pursue the debate on the terms he originally requested (ie, a formal and moderated forum).
As far as Frank is concerned, he only needed to ask for more time. I was not willing to be dragged along indefinitely by him especially after fielding well over 80 inflammatory comments. At first glance it appeared that your response was intelligent, collective and civil. I have witnessed nothing but name calling, empty assertions and strawman attacks. I am happy to continue this debate, but I suggest that you continue in a civil tone. If you feel that I have not been civil please point it out and I will do my best to accommodate in future conversations.
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- tina said...
I'd say,"well said", but I don't know much about a debate or whatever you guys are having. You sounded extremely intelligent and clear to me. Good job!:)
- July 24, 2007 at 11:54 AM
- breakerslion said...
Thank you for fighting the good fight. You are a better man than I. This was a long post and it made me a little bleary-eyed because of your background (Rabbititis!)
I find myself no longer able to hold civilized discourse with the delusional. The last straw came when one tried to convince me that there was nothing wrong with using circular logic. All I could see in my mind's eye was a four year old kid, brandishing a cat turd, and gleefully telling his mom that he'd found a tootsie roll! After that, something just snapped. Now I just politely state my considered opinion that all Fundies are full of Happy Horseshit.
As for the god problem, it has never been about proving a negative. The burden of proof lies with those making the absurd, but positive assertions. For me, it's a matter of overwhelming probability:
With all the believers in all the gods that have ever been, or ever will be (made up), they can't all be right, but they can all be wrong.
- July 24, 2007 at 6:49 PM
- breakerslion said...
Oh yeah, one more thing. Where I grew up, a debate meant that one took a position and defended it. There was a like statement of a contrary position, and then rebuttals.
"Firstly, it amazes me that you would enter into a debate on the existence of God, but start it by assuming your own conclusion"
Is this guy serious?
- July 24, 2007 at 6:54 PM
- Bnonn said...
Hi Angels, I have now posted my second statement. I look forward to your reply.
- July 25, 2007 at 2:05 AM
- Bnonn said...
I meant to add: if I may suggest, to keep the debate a reasonable length, might I suggest we have one or two more statements, followed by a 1500 word conclusion?
- July 25, 2007 at 2:58 AM
- Larro said...
@ breakerslion: I LOVE THE TOOTSIE ROLL ANALOGY!!! Awesome.
@ angelsdepart: Again I will say that it is pointless to debate the existence of god. Because, for one, we all know it cannot be empirically proven...this argument. Secondly, I wish more atheists would concern themselves more with the secularist cause (or the erosion thereof), rather than the theological. It merits much more worthwhile attention; as this in itself affects us the most as a global society.
- July 25, 2007 at 4:24 PM
- angelsdepart said...
I understand larro, but these types of discourses are useful as a sort of eye opening, knowledge gaining experience of what we are up against as we try to move society forward.
Religion will be around as long as mankind is. When Christianity's steam runs out, a new thought ideology will pop up to take its place and assume control of the population.
Besides, the power went off at work and we all got sent home, so I had some spare time on my hands.
Anyways I am tired of always having to be the one to save the world.
Tag.... your it!
- July 25, 2007 at 4:44 PM
- Larro said...
Who's eyes do you seek to open? Those whom purposefully shut them?
I know. It's hard. I've given up on that. The only route left to me is bitching and complaining on how religion intrudes into our lives politically and socially. I leave the theological arguments to the shysters. And when needed I will try to point out those flawed intentions via social/political implications and not the theological.
Those with faith can only learn life through life lessons. Hopefully they will come to understand that we are all on the earth as one. And that we are all valuable in the long run.
- July 25, 2007 at 5:24 PM
- angelsdepart said...
Thank you for your post
You said
"it made me a little bleary-eyed because of your background"
What do you mean by that?
- July 25, 2007 at 11:39 PM
- Larro said...
As far as Frank goes I'll be more than willing to be uncivil on your behalf. What an condescending, pretentious ass!
- July 26, 2007 at 3:40 AM
- angelsdepart said...
Even when being civil, it is hard not to mention how big of an idiot he is.
They say if you don't have something nice to say........................................................................................................................................................
- July 26, 2007 at 7:12 AM
- tina said...
Aw oh, the wrath of Frank will be upon you Larro!
- July 26, 2007 at 9:37 AM


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On 1 July 2009 the Italian Government enacted a Law Decree (hereinafter referred to as "Decree") which embedded several dispositions, some of which have a tax nature and will likely have a significant impact on the operations of multinational companies.
On 1 July 2009 the Italian Government enacted a Law Decree (hereinafter referred to as "Decree") which embedded several dispositions, some of which have a tax nature and will likely have a significant impact on the operations of multinational companies.
The following note aims at providing a first brief explanation of the most important tax measures.
It should be preliminarily noted that as a Law Decree enacted by the Government, it is immediately effective. However, it must be subsequently approved by the Parliament and converted into ordinary Law within 60 days, and in this process of approval the Decree can undergo further changes.
The tax measures commented here below are the following:
- Tax breaks granted to new investments (so-called "Tremonti-ter" rules)
- Review and extension of the CFC ("Controlled Foreign Corporations") rules
Tax Breaks Granted to New Investments (so-called "Tremonti-ter" Rules, Article 5 of the Decree)
As from 1 July 2009, up to 30 June 2010, 50 per cent of the amount invested in certain categories of machinery and equipments will be excluded from the taxable base for corporate income tax purposes.
The benefit consists of a flat deduction of 50 per cent of the amount of the investment, to be added to the ordinary deduction for the depreciation of the asset. In case there is no sufficient taxable income to offset such additional deduction, this results in a tax loss that can be carried forward according to the ordinary rules.
Taxpayers will be allowed to take advantage of such benefit for fiscal year 2010 although no guideline has yet been issued to clarify when taxpayers whose fiscal year does not coincide with the calendar year can benefit from this tax break. Another disposition provides for the recapture of the tax benefit in case the machinery or equipment that caused entitlement to the tax break is given away to a third party or is used for purposes other than those of the business activity, before the second fiscal year subsequent to the purchase.
Essentially, the disposition traces back to two precedents (dated 1994 and 2001 and know as "Tremonti" and "Tremonti-bis") but with the following modifications:
- Not all investments in fixed assets entitle the taxpayer to take benefit from the tax break, but only certain listed categories of machinery and equipment. For instance, real estate property and intangible assets are excluded from the tax break
- There is no legal definition of "investment" but it is likely that some restrictions or conditions similar to those provided for under the previous tax breaks will be introduced (for example, restrictions concerning "new" assets)
- While in the earlier precedent measures only the portion of new investments exceeding a certain threshold (i.e. the average amount of similar investments made in the previous five years) could benefit from the tax break, the "Tremonti-ter" rules stipulate that all investments made in the relevant period can now benefit from the tax break irrespective of how much has been invested in the past.
Review and Extension of the CFC ("Controlled Foreign Corporations") Rules
These provisions aim at tackling international tax arbitrage opportunities and, as can be clearly inferred from the wording of the law, were enacted in order to bring Italian legislation in line with that of other EU Member States.
The new rules have a twofold aim as follows:
- To review the current applicable rules regarding the safe harbour for the exclusion from the CFC regime of companies located in black-listed countries that carry on an effective trade or business activity
- To extend the applicability of CFC rules also to companies that are not located in black-listed countries (subject to certain conditions)
These two different set of rules are separately analysed here below.
CFC Rules Change – the Exclusion from the CFC Regime of Companies that carry on an Effective Trade or Business Activity
Under Article 167, paragraph 5.a, of the Italian Income Tax Code, the Italian company controlling a CFC can be excluded from the CFC regime if it can demonstrate that the controlled company carries on an effective trade or business activity, as its main activity, in the jurisdiction where such company is established.
The Decree introduces a re-wording of said paragraph 5.a, which provides that, for the purposes of applying the safe harbour rule, the trade or business activity must be carried on as the main activity within the market where the company is established. Therefore, it is required that the activity has, as its main target, the local market (i.e. the market of the country where the company is located). Consequently, it is not enough, for purposes of exclusion from the CFC regime, to demonstrate the existence of significant structures and activities within the local territory if the bulk of the economic results derives from transactions entered into with parties located outside of the relevant market. This principle is further explained in the rules concerning banking, financial as insurance activities, for which it is provided that such an exclusion can be claimed as long as the major part of sources, investments and proceeds are originated in the state or jurisdiction of establishment.
This change was introduced in order to turn into law the position that the Italian tax authorities ("Agenzia delle Entrate") had already expressed in recent administrative rulings (e.g. resolution n. 165 of 22 June 2009). The aforementioned position had been strongly criticized by tax practitioners as it implied a requirement (i.e. that the main activity takes place in the local market) which was not actually contemplated by the pre-existing wording of the law.
As a further change, the Decree has also introduced paragraph 5-bis of Article 167 in order to hinder the applicability of the exclusion from the CFC regime in situations where more than 50 per cent of the proceeds realised by the controlled company are made of passive income, i.e. are derived in connection with one of the following sources:
- The management and holding of or investment in bonds, shareholding participations, credit instruments, or other financial activities
- The transfer or licensing of intellectual property rights of industrial, literary or artistic nature
- Rendering of services to related entities
In situations where these conditions are met, the exclusion from the CFC regime can only be achieved under the other safe harbour rule set forth by paragraph 5.b, according to which the Italian controlling company must demonstrate that holding the CFC does not cause a leakage of income to the (black-listed) state or territory of residence of the CFC.
The Extension of the Scope of CFC Rules also to Companies that are Not Located in Black-listed Countries
This is probably the change which will have the greatest impact. This will affect not only Italian-based multinationals, but also foreign-based groups having an Italian subsidiary at an intermediate level of the control chain.
A new paragraph 8-bis was introduced under Article 167 of the Italian Tax Code and it provides for an extension of the scope of the CFC rules to controlled companies that are not located in black-listed countries in situations where the two following conditions are met:
The controlled foreign company is subject to an effective taxation lower than half of the tax that it would pay, had the company been resident of Italy, and
The company derives over 50 per cent of its proceeds from the same passive income sources mentioned above, i.e.:
- The management and holding of or investment in bonds, shareholding participations, credit instruments, or other financial activities
- The transfer or licensing of intellectual property rights of industrial, literary or artistic nature
- Rendering of services to related entities.
If both the abovementioned conditions are met, the exclusion from the CFC regime can still be claimed insofar as the Italian controlling company files for a ruling request and demonstrates that the controlled foreign company was not established as part of an artificial structure aiming at obtaining tax advantages.
Additional Comment
- The extension also applies to companies located within the European Union
- The effective tax burden test is extremely generic and its enforcement can come across several obstacles of a practical nature. It should be borne in mind that in evaluating the tax burden, mere timing differences between two different regimes should be taken into account and, accordingly, neutralised, thus making such analysis rather cumbersome
- It looks like the only possible way to avoid the triggering of the CFC regime would be to demonstrate the non artificial nature of the relevant structure. This a principle developed by the European Court of Justice in the Cadbury Schweppes case (C-196/04, of 12 September 2006). However, it also must be taken into account that in the Cadbury Schweppes case the existence of a wholly artificial structure was to be ruled out to the extent that the taxpayer could demonstrate the existence of an effective economic activity in the state of establishment (by evaluating criteria such as physical presence of personnel, premises and equipment). It still has to be seen whether the position of the Italian tax authorities on this rule will come to the same conclusion set out above, requiring not just the existence of significant structures and activities within the local territory but also that the business activity must be carried on as the main activity within the market where the company is established. Certainly such latter requirement cannot be derived from the Cadbury Schweppes case.
- For the purpose of calculating the taxable income of the CFC in the hands of the Italian controlling company the same rules valid for the ordinary CFC regime are applicable. This includes flow-through approach, income reassessment according to domestic criteria, separate taxation, tax credit for taxes paid abroad. Dividends paid by CFC companies still benefit (subject to ordinary requirements) from the 95 per cent exemption.
Enter into Force
Article 26 of the Decree provides, consistently with the general rule, that the Decree enters into force on the same day of its publication on the Official Gazette (i.e. 1 July 2009), and does not provide for any particular provision regarding the effectiveness of the new CFC provisions. Therefore, it can be argued that the provisions will be effective as from the first fiscal year starting after the date in which the Decree has come into force, according to the general principle established by Article 3 of the Taxpayers Statute.
Hardening of Penalties for Non-Disclosure of Foreign Assets (Article 12 of the Decree)
The declared purpose of this rule is to enforce the understandings recently achieved among OECD Member States on contrasting tax havens.
Under Italian legislation the states and jurisdictions considered as tax havens are listed under the Ministerial Decree of 4 May 1999 (black-list for the purposes of individuals' presumption of residence under Article 2, paragraph 2-bis of the Italian Income Tax Code) and under the Ministerial Decree of 21 November 2004 (black-list for CFC purposes).
The change introduced by the Decree of 1 July 2009 provides that investments and activities held in the abovementioned states or jurisdictions in breach of the disclosure obligations are deemed to be income deriving from tax evasion (unless the taxpayers proves the contrary). In this case the ordinary applicable penalties for omitted or unfaithful tax return are doubled (e.g. in case of unfaithful tax return the applicable penalty would range from 200 to 400 percent of the evaded tax).
Also this provision should be effective as from fiscal year 2010.
It is also provided that the Italian tax authorities will set up a special audit unit targeted with tackling international tax evasion and avoidance by means of an improvement in the exchange of information and mutual cooperation.
No disposition concerning the repatriation of capital held abroad ("tax shelter") has been enacted. It has been broadly speculated, though, that such disposition is to be included upon the conversion of the Decree into ordinary Law to be approved by the Parliament.


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In the datacenter, our processing needs are growing all the time and as a result, sysadmins are looking for hardware that can pack a whollop while occupying little space in their rack and suckling as little electricity as possible. Think about how far the 1U server has come; it wasn't long ago that the 1U server was relegated to a handful of roles due to an inherent lack of horsepower. Web server, front-end application server, file/print server. Anything that really required serious beef ultimately came in a larger form factor. Fortunately with technological innovation, these stigmas are starting to fall away for the 1U server. They can pack a whollop and store a ton of data at the same time.
The SuperServer 5015M-UR is an interesting new beast from Supermicro because the motherboard (PDSMU) is a proprietary form factor and the entire concept is based on Supermicro's new "Universal I/O" system. Essentially, Supermicro is letting the customer select what UIO solution they want with their 1U server. You can go with one of five solutions:
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This flexibility will make the 5015M-UR an attractive solution to a wide range of customers. For those looking for something affordable to do low-level file & print, a 5015-UR with a cost-effective SAS controller and SATA drives would be an excellent solution. On the other side of the coin, if someone was looking for a server to handle something more I/O intensive, a 5015-UR could still be a viable option when paired with a higher-end SAS controller and drives.
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Fergus Connolly, 40, also told an officer he would "put him in a wheelchair," according to the police report.
Connolly has not been formally charged in the incident. Police say they are waiting for laboratory results, which could take several weeks.
An Ann Arbor police report obtained through the Freedom of Information Act details the allegations against Connolly: that he crashed an SUV – one that may have been a university vehicle – while drunk driving, was combative, shouted profanities, refused a preliminary breath test and denied he was drunk.
Connolly's Ann Arbor-based attorney, Joseph Simon, in an email on Wednesday, March 14, declined to comment on the police report before formal charges are filed.
Connolly joined Michigan's athletic department in 2016 and has spent the last two seasons as the football team's director of performance. He added director of Michigan's football operations to his job responsibilities prior to the 2017 season.
There had been no change to Connolly's job status with the university as of Tuesday evening, Michigan football spokesman Dave Ablauf said. Ablauf has not seen the police report and would not comment on the allegations to The Ann Arbor News.
Connolly was found shoeless – his feet bloody – and incoherent at Second and Madison streets shortly after a reported hit-and-run crash at First and Mosley streets on the city's West Side about 11:50 a.m. March 5, according to the police report.
A witness to the crash – which forced a parked Ford vehicle into a driveway – said the driver of the Chevrolet Tahoe involved "looked so angry" before driving away, according to the police report.
Shortly after, police found Connolly standing barefoot in a snow bank, according to the report. He was not dressed appropriately for the cold day and was leaning against a tree speaking on his cellphone, the report said.
Officers on scene noted his speech was slurred and he didn't have a wallet or identification, according to the police report. Police had to look him up on the internet to confirm his identity.
Connolly had injuries to an arm, his stomach, and his feet, and Ann Arbor police Officer Garrett Marshall said in his report that Connolly was unaware of where he'd come from.
"He was disorientated and smelled of intoxicants," according to Officer Stephanie Kjos-Warner's report. "His eyes were glassed over, as he stared at (the responding officer) and handed his cell phone to her."
Connolly had been speaking by phone to a University of Michigan police officer named "Goshi," who told Kjos-Warner he'd been encouraging Connolly to turn himself in, police said.
Teresa Oesterle, deputy director for the Michigan Division of Public Safety & Security, said in an email that the department has an Officer Goci – identified as Milot Goci in UM records – but did not immediately have information on an exchange with Connolly.
Connolly's Tahoe was found damaged and missing its front tire near Armen Cleaners on nearby Ashley Street. A witness there told police she and her father-in-law saw a shoeless white man with no coat get out of the driver's seat.
He responded, "I did it, myself!" when asked what happened, the witness said.
A University of Michigan vehicle ownership card was found in the Tahoe, though the license plate on the vehicle did not match that on the card.
Connolly was verbally abusive toward officers and repeatedly told them, "Do not do this to me," and "F**k off", according to the report.
He also resisted police during arrest and at the station, where he repeatedly fell from a bench, police said. He was restrained to a chair after taking "an open hand swing," striking an officer on the arm, Marshall said in his report.
Connolly was later taken to the University of Michigan emergency room for injuries to his feet and his apparent intoxication, according to the report.
There, he assured police he would remain calm before trying to get out of the hospital bed and swinging at Marshall, according to the report.
He was then handcuffed to the bed, but sat up and grabbed a security officer "by the throat," according to the report.
Portions of the altercation with police are redacted from the report, but it states hospital security personnel used four-point restraints to subdue Connolly. While in the restraint, Connolly bit a UM emergency technician on the arm, grazing her skin with his teeth, the report said. The technician said the bite was not hard and didn't break the skin.
Neither the security officer nor the technician reported injuries, and Connolly was eventually sedated.
"Throughout the entire contact with Connolly he refused to give his name, any statement about where he was prior to us finding him and if he had been drinking and driving," Marshall stated in his report.
Connolly was eventually released to the hospital, said Ann Arbor police Lt. Matthew Lige.
Laboratory results could take several weeks, but police intend to seek misdeamenor charges against Connolly, Lige said.
Connolly is the second football staff member under head coach Jim Harbaugh to be arrested on suspected drunken driving after Jim Minick, Michigan's then associate athletic director for football, in 2015.
Before Michigan, Connolly spent two seasons, 2014-16, as director of elite performance for the NFL's San Francisco 49ers, including one season under Harbaugh. He's also done consultant work for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars and Cleveland Browns, the NBA's New York Knicks, the English Premier League and Australian professional rugby teams.
Harbaugh wrote the forward for "Game Changer: The Art of Sports Science," a book Connolly released in 2017 that pitches the idea evidence-based analysis and athlete-focused training are the path to success in sport, not necessarily big budgets or a heavy emphasis on advanced statistics.
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Jennifer DeLeon
Hello, my name is Jennifer and I am the Administrative Assistant at Warbasse Nursery School. I have been with Warbasse since 2011 and I enjoy working here at Warbasse. I love seeing the smiles on the children's faces and watch them grow into their personalities. Here at Warbasse I get a glimpse of the beginning stage into the new generation of our future and I am proud to be a part of it.
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Weekly Recruiting Roundup 4-24-15/
Written By: Nick Holmes (@HoosierHolmes)
The Hoosiers 2016 recruiting class is now off and running with the commitment of Ohio quarterback Peyton Ramsey. His announcement came on Tuesday night via twitter, just moments before I posted my article meant to reassure fans that the slow start in recruiting was no cause for worry. The Hoosiers also appear to be in good shape with Ohio's Chawntez Moss and Missouri's Roderick Campbell Jr. Indiana also extended offers this week to defensive ends Michael Boykin and AJ Epenesa. The Hoosiers hosted two talented running back prospects on Thursday night, 2016's Kiante Enis and 2017's Kurt Taylor. Those corresponding tweets and more are below.
Peyton Ramsey Pos. QB Ht 6'3'' Wt 190 Class: 2016
Cincinnati, Ohio (Elder)
247Sports Composite:
Rankings: National 1254 Position 67 State 56
Offers - Boston College, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Miami (OH), and Wake Forest
Roderick Campbell Jr. Pos. CB Ht 6'0'' Wt 180 Class: 2016
Saint Louis, MO (Chaminade College Prep School)
247Sports Composite:
Rankings: National 546 Position 50 State 5
Offers - Arizona State, Duke, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Notre Dame, Northwestern, and Purdue
Michael Boykin Pos. SDE Ht 6'6'' Wt 255 Class: 2016
Carrollton, GA (Carrollton)
247Sports Composite:
Rankings: National 1266 Position 60 State 95
Offers - Cincinnati, Georgia Southern, Indiana, Kentucky, and Louisville
AJ Epenesa Pos. SDE Ht 6'5'' Wt 230 Class: 2016
Edwardsville, IL (Edwardsville)
247Sports Composite:
Rankings: National 2 Position 1 State 1
Offers - Florida State, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Missouri, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Oregon State, Purdue, Tennessee, UCLA, USC, Utah, Vanderbilt, Washington State, and Wisconsin
Chawntez Moss Pos. RB Ht 5'11'' Wt 200 Class: 2016
Bedford, OH (Bedford)
247Sports Composite:
Rankings: National 1036 Position 76 State 51
Offers - Akron, Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Indiana, Kent State, Miami (OH), Ohio, Toledo, and Western Michigan
Kiante Enis Pos. RB Ht 6'1'' Wt 180 Class: 2016
Winchester, IN (Winchester Community)
247Sports Composite:
Rankings: National 769 Position 61 State 10
Offers - Ball State, Cincinnati, Indiana, Iowa, Miami (OH), Ohio, and Western Michigan
Bryce Brown Pos. C Ht 6'1'' Wt 265 Class: 2016
Evansville, IN (North)
247Sports Composite: NR
Rankings: National NR Position NR State NR
Kurt Taylor Pos. RB Ht 5'9'' Wt 200 Class: 2017
Covington, GA (Newton)
247Sports Composite:
Rankings: National 267 Position 21 State 28
Offers - Cincinnati, Kentucky, Navy, Rutgers, UAB, UNLV, and Vanderbilt
Noah Burks Pos. OLB Ht 6'3'' Wt 221 Class: 2016
Carmel, IN (Carmel)
247Sports Composite:
Rankings: National 550 Position 41 State 5
Offers - Ball State, Boston College, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Miami (OH), Western Michigan, and Wisconsin
Ben Skowronek Pos. WR Ht 6'3'' Wt 195 Class: 2016
Fort Wayne, IN (Homestead)
247Sports Composite:
Rankings: National 982 Position 145 State 14
Offers - Boston College, Bowling Green, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Miami (OH), N.C. State, Northwestern, Ohio, Purdue, Toledo, and Western Michigan
Jován Swann Pos. DT Ht 6'3'' Wt 255 Class: 2016
Greenwood, IN (Center Grove)
247Sports Composite:
Rankings: National 586 Position 38 State 6
Offers - Ball State, Boston College, Cincinnati, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Miami (OH), Michgan State, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Northwestern, Vanderbilt, and Western Michigan
Collin Miller Pos. OLB Ht 6'3'' Wt 225 Class: 2016
Fishers, IN (Hamilton Southeastern)
247Sports Composite:
Rankings: National 1103 Position 73 State 16
Offers - Ball State, Bowling Green, Illinois, Illinois State, Indiana, Miami (OH), Purdue, and Toledo
A'Shon Riggins Pos. CB Ht 6'0'' Wt 160 Class: 2016
Hamilton, OH (Hamilton)
247Sports Composite:
Rankings: National 1077 Position 102 State 52
Offers - ,Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Miami (OH), Nebraska, Ohio, Toledo, and Western Michigan
Terry Wilson Pos. QB Ht 6'3'' Wt 187 Class: 2016
Oklahoma City, OK (Del City)
247Sports Composite:
Rankings: National 1009 Position 25 State 13
Offers - Arkansas State, Colorado, Houston, Indiana, Memphis, Nebraska, New Mexico State, and UNLV
Alex Gellerstedt Pos. OT Ht 6'7'' Wt 270 Class: 2016
Dublin, OH (Dublin Coffman)
247Sports Composite:
Rankings: National 982 Position 145 State 14
Offers - Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Miami (OH), North Carolina, Northwestern, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Vanderbilt, and Wake Forest
Donte Vaughn Pos. CB Ht 6'3'' Wt 195 Class: 2016
Memphis, TN (Whitehaven)
247Sports Composite:
Rankings: National 169 Position 18 State 4
Offers - Arkansas State, Auburn, Indiana, LSU, Memphis, Miami, Middle Tennessee State, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and West Virginia
Amir Watts Pos. DT Ht 6'3'' Wt 270 Class: 2016
Chicago, IL (Phillips Academy)
247Sports Composite:
Rankings: National 1002 Position 58 State 25
Offers - Bowling Green, Buffalo, Central Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Miami (OH), New Mexico, Syracuse, Toledo, and Western Michigan
Abdul Adams Pos. RB Ht 5'11'' Wt 205 Class: 2016
Washington, DC (Wilson W. Shs)
247Sports Composite:
Rankings: National 618 Position 49 State 6
Offers - Boston College, Charlotte, Conneticut, East Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Marshall, Maryland, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Old Dominion, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Temple, Tennessee, Towson, Virginia, and West Virgnia,


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This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
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EMA officials spotlight need to improve clinical development plans in the early stages, with agency exec director Rasi saying many trials are "useless." They shy away from predicting timelines or goals for quicker reviews.
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"Oh ow..." I groaned as I rolled over on the bed. Wait? Bed?! Wasn't I...? I tried to think back to the last thing I could remember. The gate was locked and the sun was beating down on me...yeah I definitely remembered THAT.
The blanket! Someone had covered me with a blanket!
To my relief, my body seemed to have mended itself for the most part in the course of...how long had I been here? And where was here?
"Oh good you're awake." his voice was familiar to me somehow but my mind didn't seem to be working as well as I'd like because I couldn't place it. I turned toward it and my eyes widened in surprise.
My brother's face looked back at me steadily. "Hello little sister." he said with a quirk of a smile.
"Draco...what? How? Huh?" I fumbled over the questions trying to battle their way out.
"Was there a question in there?" he teased me.
"You're a vampire! Since when??"
"About five years. We can talk about all that later though..." he seemed impatient to proceed with something but I cut him off.
"Where am I? Were you the one who rescued me? Why are you a vampire?"
"As to the first, you can see for yourself in a moment. Yes I was the one. Why I'm a vampire is unimportant..."
"Unimportant?! You're a vampire!" I shouted.
"Luna! More important things!" Draco grabbed me by the arms and held me firmly. "Can you sense me...at all?"
"Huh?" I stared at him blankly. Slowly his words sank in and I realized, with fear, that try as I might I couldn't sense any vampires anywhere - not even Tempy, who I always felt connected too. "Tempy!"
Draco nodded as if his suspicions were confirmed. "Come on..." Before I could protest or ask questions, he was steering me through a labyrinth of dark stone passages. Finally he stopped and I whirled around to face him and demand answers but my eyes caught on the window - the only window I'd seen in this place.
"Is that a pyramid?!" I cringed a bit as my voice echoed all around us. "Draco...where are we?"
"The root and cradle of all things - at least as far as I've been told. Egypt." he replied, almost casually.
"But...But I was in France..."
"I know. And I brought you here to heal. Unfortunately it hasn't been enough apparently." he frowned. "Long story short, you nearly died because of the sun and you'd just given birth and the whole fire thing - it's a wonder you're still here at all. I've been in touch with people - while you were recovering.."
"While I was recovering...Draco, how long have I been here?!" I asked reading more into his words than he'd intended.
"S-Six months. It's taken you six months to heal to the point of waking up Luna." he looked at his hands as he said it. "You were very very broken Luna..."
"Six months...Tempy...Annaliese..." my mind was reeling as I tried to take in everything he said and didn't say.
As I stood in front of the great Sphinx I tried to recall all the instructions Draco had given me but my mind just wasn't working as well as it should. "Probably one of those vampire powers I no longer seem to have." I muttered.
I felt awkward and clumsy as I navigated the innards of the beast. Several times I ended up at dead ends and cursed out loud before turning back to reorient myself. "The Sphinx is the equivalent of a "cure all" in the supernatural world" Draco had told me before I set out. He'd followed it up with a list of directions from the entrance to the room I'd be looking for but all of them had fled my mind before I'd even stepped inside.
"I think I was supposed to go left..." I frowned and spun in a circle trying to figure out which way was up.
Just follow me Luna.
"Jared!" I very nearly jumped for joy at his unexpected presence. I hadn't felt him at all since waking up and I was sure he'd finally perished with fire or maybe my attempt at sunbathing. Though I couldn't see him, he guided me directly to the room I was trying to find.
The air was thick was some sort of ethereal fog or steam but through it I could make out the shape of the Sphinx statue and the eternal flame it held. "Well then...what exactly am I supposed to do?" I mused aloud as I circled the statue. It looked like just another statue at it's core but then there was the fog - THAT wasn't normal. "Are you here still Jared?"
"Okay then..." I re-positioned myself in front of the thing and nodded once for my own comfort. "So, Great Sphinx...I need help..." Of course nothing happened. I looked around warily and wondered, again, why Draco wasn't here with me or why he hadn't given me clearer instructions.
With a sigh, I sank to the floor and stared at the statue. Warmth spread over me and through me from that vantage point and I closed my eyes to absorb it.
What do you seek children of the night?
My eyes fluttered open in surprise and I looked around frantically before I realized the voice was in my head, much like Jared's always was.
"I-I was injured and need healing." I fumbled.
I waited anxiously for a response but none was forthcoming until I felt like someone was inside me, poking around my mind. On instinct I tried to fight the presence but it did no good.
Then the green glowing fog was swirling all around me and the ground literally fell out from under me!
Those who are bound by blood will share each other's fate.
The words slammed into my like a ton of bricks - the blood bond! Death. "No! No please! I...we have a daughter, please..." I didn't know what else I could say or if it was even within the Sphinx power to save me from death's door.
The Sphinx cannot harm, only heal and mend. To mend you, young child of the night, let the magic be done.
"Magic? What magic?" I stammered. "Sphinx??" My only answer was a near blinding flash of light and the ground meeting me in a most painful way as I tumbled back down. "What have you done?!"
"Luna?" Jared's voice sounded more real than ever. It comforted me even as I tried to determine if my vampire powers were restored. At least he was still with me.
"I can't feel her...I still can't sense her..." I started to panic as I tried, in vain, to reach out for Tempy or even Draco! "I'm not fixed!" The fog was still thick as I started to stand and move from the spot, desperate to wake up the blasted Sphinx again.
"Luna..." Jared said my name again, closer this time. "I can't see through this fog - where are you?"
See? Huh?
"Jared?" I asked, reaching my arms out into the fog. As I did so, it started to clear up slightly until I could make out the shape of another person. "Is that you..." My voice cracked and I moved closer to him. "It's you...it's really you...in the flesh...how?"
He shook his head, clearly as stumped as I was. "I have no idea."
"I don't care!" I threw my arms around him and all but jumped into his arms to assure myself that he was entirely real.
After several minutes of clinging to him, he started to casually protest until I pulled away slightly. "I can't believe you're here!" I reached out to touch his face in awe and that's when I realized something else. "And..." My face must have fallen because he frowned.
"And what?" he asked, his words full of concern.
"You're human..." I said finally, gently stroking his warm human flesh.
"Luna - so are you." he said carefully taking hold of my arms, as if afraid I might faint at the revolution.
I instantly felt my own face and looked at my hands in shock. They had none of their usual pallor and I knew - whenever I found a mirror - that my eyes would no longer hold their glow. "How?"
"I really have no idea..." Unburdened by the hows and whys as I was, he pulled me into his arms and I was absolutely positive he would never let go again.
"There's one thing I want to do before we leave Egypt." Jared said once we were back in Draco's labyrinth (I don't think it was really Draco's but Draco didn't say one way or the other and I chose not to ask.)
"What's that?" I asked. We were both eager to get out of here so we might track down Temperance.
"Fulfill a promise." he said cryptically.
The whole wedding was simple - being as it was arranged in just twenty-four hours it ought to have been. "This isn't really necessary" I tried to argue. My last wedding had been a disaster and a tiny, irrational, part of me was afraid this one might follow suit.
"Luna - this is necessary and long overdue." Jared had said, sealing the whole conversation. A couple hours later he'd produced formal clothes and told me everything was arranged.
"I could just as soon get married in my swimsuit." I said as I fluffed the dress again. It wasn't really my style but I didn't tell him as much. "In fact...we're human now...let's go down to the banks of the Nile in swimsuits..."
But this was NOT the Nile and I was not in my swimsuit. For all my mild protests, I didn't really mind Jared's plans. We were together through some crazy magic and that was all that mattered.
"Luna! Before you guys leave! I got word from a friend from Annaliese!" Draco ran up to us and then paused to fish out a piece of paper.
"Hidden Springs?" I read the address on the paper twice, committing it to memory. "That's all...?"
He nodded.
"Thank you Draco...for everything. You saved my life...literally." I said, pulling him into an embrace. Draco had never been much for hugs - he was more the scare the living daylights out of you for kicks type - but he returned the hug.
"Just, be careful. Both of you. You may not be vampires anymore but..." he trailed off, probably thinking of his own dealings within the vampire world.
I nodded. "You too big brother. You sure you won't come with us?"
"Thanks but no...I have things to do here with..." I looked at him expectantly, wondering if he would inadvertently answer one of many nagging questions in my mind. "With friends."
"Right." I hugged him again. "Well thank your friends for all their help as well, I don't think we'd be here without it."
It was a lot easier to get to Hidden Springs as humans than it would have been as vampires. Jared and I spent as much time as possible in the sun and stared out the windows of the plane in mild fascination. "How do you think it happened?"
"Which it? A lot of stuff has happened?" I asked with a chuckle.
"All of it..." he prompted.
"Well, Annaliese said my being pregnant at the time of the bond might have saved me. Maybe Tempy was unknowingly part of the bond as well - she's part of you anyway." We were silent for a time as we both considered the possibilities.
Maybe we'd never have the answers.
"This is it?" Jared looked over the large house in surprise. "I thought she was at a school..."
"You must be Temperance's parents!" a bubbly, green person was on the stoop as we came closer. "She's told us so much about you all and Annaliese called to let us know to expect you...you're a bit more human than I expected..." she blinked several times in confusion.
"Yes well...we're a bit more human than we expected as well." I said with a grin.
"Right..? And you..." she looked hard at Jared and cocked her head to one side. "You're more alive than I expected. I thought you were a ghost by the way Tempy talks about you..."
Jared and I shared a look. Who was this person?!
"Oh! Right! I'm Ash! I bet you were wondering who the crazy green girl was eh? I'm a sort of teacher here...well I'm new to the teaching part, I was a student here though." she babbled on and on about the school.
"Ash - I'm very interested in the school and all but we'd like to see Tempy..." I said slowly, afraid of offending her.
"Oh of course!!" Ash smacked herself in the head as if she'd just had a 'duh!' moment.
She looked around absently for a few moments before her eyes settled back on us. "I'm not sure exactly where she is right now..." I'm sure my eyes were as wide as saucers as I considered the fact that this school may have lost my only child. "No no no! Not like that! I only mean...I don't know what teacher she's with...she's fine, I'm sure she's fine..."
"Do you suppose we might go ask someone else then." Jared prodded carefully.
"Yes! Good idea! Bravo ghost man!" she said and actually skipped a few steps. "Come on, come on!"
Jared squeezed my hand reassuringly as she led us around the house toward the back where a decent sized garden was growing.
"Oi! Oaky!" she called out, leaning over the edge of bridge we were on. She waved her arm frantically at the man tending the plants until he looked up, rolling his eyes at her. "We're looking for Tempy! These are her abnormally living, human parents!" she motioned toward us as if there were other people around.
"Ain't seen her!" he called back before turning back to his plants and ignoring every other attempt by Ash to get his attention.
"He's not always so grumpy..." she paused and was deep in thought for a second before frowning a bit. "Actually he is. Guess it's just him. He's a good guy though, used to give me candy when I was good in class..."
"Ash...isn't there someone else we can ask? A headmaster or principal of some sort?" I prompted.
"Right right! Sorry, I get a little distracted at times but...here! Here is the lady with the answers..." she threw out her arms and pointed behind us. "Our headmistress, Ms. Calico."
"You must be Temperance's parents." Ms. Calico - who reminded me very much of a cat - looked over at Ash sternly and she scampered away. "My name is Ms. Calico. You are Luna and Jared Van Allen yes?"
"Taffity actually." Jared piped up. "Circumstances as they are, we felt it best to cut ties with that side of the family."
"Of course!" she nodded as if she understood everything. How much had Annaliese told her? How much did Annaliese even know? I hadn't spoken to her at all but Draco had gotten word to her somehow. "If you'll come with me, Temperance's class is by the lake right now."
"Oh thank goodness." I breathed a sigh of relief as my earlier fears were finally calmed.
"I should warn you, the oddest thing happened a few days back..." I tried to pay attention to her but Jared's attention waned and he was walking several paces ahead of us, his focus fixed on the figure by the lake.
"The oddest thing?" I said, trying to see beyond Jared.
"Well, she was swimming in the lake with the other children and she was a vampire when she went in...that much was clear..."
"And now she's not?" I said, not terribly surprised. In fact, it reaffirmed the thoughts I'd had about the odd blood bond.
"No! How did you know?" Ms. Calico was studying me carefully.
"Just a theory." I said, turning my attention to Jared now.
"Tempy?" he ventured, after having watched her fish for several moments.
Her eyes went wide and she turned toward his voice. Completely forgetting the fishing pole, it dropped from her hands. "Daddy?" she squeaked. "Daddy!!!"
She bounded towards him and threw her arms around him. Even though she'd never truly met him, she recognized him right off.
After clinging to him for what seemed like hours, she spotted me and the all scene played out again. "Mommy!!!" she screamed as she ran for me. "I knew you would find me! I just knew it!"
"Of course I would Tempy!" I said, enveloping her in a hug.
Ms. Calico seemed to be wiping a tear from her eyes when we finally turned back towards her. "Why don't I bring you all lunch here - you can have a picnic together." She smiled fondly at Tempy. "Wouldn't that be lovely?"
"Yes!" she shouted, bouncing up and down between us.
"Well then, you all stay here and I will see to it." she smiled and disappeared back in the direction of the school. Tempy filled in the span of time with constant chatter about the school, the other children, how she was human now and every other topic she'd encountered in the last six months so we barely had time to think about the food before it was brought to us by Ash.
"How did Daddy become real?" she asked while we were eating.
"Honestly? We're not entirely sure - though I think you were the key all along." I said with a smile.
"Mmhmm, you see you are part of me and part of Daddy and you were there when the bond happened so you kept Daddy tethered to us all along." I said, it was all theory but it was all I had to go on.
"But how did he come back to life?!" she pushed.
"The Sphinx healed me...all of me, including my broken heart, in the only way it could without doing any harm." I said.
"Those who are bound by blood will share each other's fate." Jared said quietly.
End Chapter
A/N: They will never know for sure how it all happened but since Luna was pregnant with Tempy at the time of the bond, she was sealed as part of it as well. She was also a part of both her parents and kept them both "alive" in the strictest of senses - enough to confuse the magic anyway. All the vampire of Jared died due to the transformation but there was still his human spirit. The Sphinx recognized both Luna and Jared as being there and the only way it saw to heal everyone without harm was to restore Jared's human spirit to life and all those in the bond share the fate of each other. It's all magic after all, anything can happen. ;)
I also finally made banners for every generation. You can check out the others on the Taffity Legacy page but here's Luna's :P