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Introduced in 2001, the first generation Volvo S60 was offered in three trim levels and thought to be the replacement model for the S70. The base model boasted a 2.4-liter engine that offered 168 horsepower, while the middle trim package reached numbers up to 197 horsepower. The top trim level for the 2001 Volvo S60 was known as the T5 and allowed drivers to reach 247 horsepower through its 2.3-liter, five-cylinder engine.
The 2002 models were improved and made way for a brand new 2.4T AWD edition. As the Volvo S60 continued its upward climb into the marketplace, enhanced engines were added to the AWD in 2003 and a power-packed R trim package that reached 300 horsepower followed the next model year. In 2005, the body and interior were revitalized and styling changes continued through to the last generation model released in 2009.
For the first generation Volvo S60, drivers enjoyed the speed found in some of the high trim packages, but competition was steep, with others in the class providing additional luxury and performance features lacking on the S60. The second generation S60—released in 2011—narrowed the gap with the competition with a refreshed sporty body style and interior along with high-grade features under the hood.
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by Tom Utescher
The 2010 remake of the film "True Grit" was released on DVD on Tuesday, June 7, and the following weekend, the Mount St. Joseph Academy varsity eight came out with its own version.
After winning the Philadelphia City Championships on May 8, the Mount V-8 had to settle for a silver medal at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, and at the end of last month the Magic came away with no medals at all in a disappointing fourth-place showing at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America championships.
Going up against a much tougher field than in any of the May regattas, it would've been easy for the Mounties to produce a desultory effort at the U.S. Rowing Youth National Championships, held June 10-12 in Oak Ridge, TN. With four former lightweight rowers in the boat putting them at a distinct disadvantage in terms of size and pure power, the Magic could've phoned it in at the big race, and had a legitimate excuse.
Instead the Magic battled through to the finals and came away with a fifth-place finish, matching the best result ever for a Mount St. Joe varsity boat at the regatta. The lightweight eight, also fourth at the SRAA's, stepped up to take fourth place at the much more challenging Youth Nationals.
Excellent technique made the 2011 varsity eight fast for their size.
"They were very consistent technically," confirmed Mount varsity coach Mike McKenna. "Their biggest issue this year was having confidence in what they could do."
The Magic graduated five rowers and the coxswain from their 2010 V-8, which won gold medals at the Stotesbury Cup and the SRAA's. The 2011 ensemble fell short of those goals in both events, and it was much the same for the lightweights, who had dominated the high school competition in 2010 and won a bronze medal at USR's.
After this year's scholastic nationals, McKenna recounted, "The major challenge was to get them refocused and believing in themselves again. It wasn't hard with the lightweights, because they always knew they had much better in them than they showed at SRAA's."
A touch of internal discord which had troubled the lights was largely resolved when one rower left the crew after the high school championships. The vacancy was filled by Chestnut Hill native Maureen Flynn, a junior who suddenly found herself seated in the bow of one of the Magic's top boats for the most competitive regatta of the year.
"It was definitely a little intimidating, but I had practiced with them some during the year," she said. "The actual rowing part is easy to adjust to when you're with such technically-sound athletes."
Arranged in order behind Flynn were junior Molly Tenzinger, seniors Katie McCormick and Meg Bresnahan, junior Leah McGlynn, sophomores Kate Mirabella and Kait Loftus, senior Paige Flynn (Maureen's cousin and a graduate of Chestnut Hill's Norwood Fontbonne Academy), and junior coxswain Erin McElroy.
In the two weeks of practice leading up to the Youth Nationals, McKenna related, "They could see tangibly, by every possible metric, they were getting better."
Maureen Flynn agreed, "Each time we went out on the water we got a little faster, so that made everyone feel good."
Although most of their regular-season races were on 1500-meter courses, the Magic had the opportunity to compete at 2000 meters on several occasions, and McKenna thought that this year's varsity, in particular, might be better suited to the 2K.
"I felt that their efficiency would pay more benefits over the longer distance than in the shorter races," he said.
Varsity bow seat rower Katie Casebeer, a senior and a Chestnut Hill resident, revealed, "We went into it (USR's) feeling we had nothing to lose. The Mount wasn't the defending champion they way we'd been at Stotesbury and the SRAA's. Having some of that pressure taken off probably helped us settle down and prepare mentally."
Nevertheless, senior coxswain Maggie Rush pointed out "You're doing that extra distance, so it's important that everyone stays physically and mentally invested. I think not doing as well as we could've done at SRAA's helped us with that."
Rush is a Norwood Fontbonne alum, as is senior seven-seat Meredith Bracken. The rest of the line-up consisted of juniors: Dana Lerro (stroke), Katie O'Connell (six), Darian DiCianno (five), Julie McGlynn (four), Rose Ehrlich (three), and Emily Carbone (two).
That line-up reflected a seating and boat-rigging change made by McKenna after the SRAA's. Ehrlich swapped positions with McGLynn, who was now right in front of another starboard-side rower, DiCianno. To complete the new alignment Casebeer, who had been in the two seat, switched spots with Carbone, the former bow rower.
This is known as bucket rigging (or "German" rigging from its origins in Ratzeburg in the 1950's), and it's supposed to distribute the force of the strokes more evenly from side-to-side, since in single-oar "sweep" rowing, each thrust of an oar not only propels a boat forward, but sideways.
McKenna, a structural engineer by profession, noted, "It tends to allow the boat to go straighter, all else being equal, and we'd been having a little problem with that."
Starting from the stern of the boat, the new arrangement of port (P) and starboard (S) rowers was P-S-P-S-S-P-S-P instead of the more common unbroken alternating pattern.
"It was easy to adjust to," Rush said. "I think it made us faster and also gave us a little mental edge, just making a change and working on something new. We sort of felt like we had a secret weapon."
In addition to the two eights, a third Mount boat made the trip to Tennessee. The Magic's lightweight four (Annie Tenzinger (cox), Geneva Russell (stroke), Rachel Heller, Hannah Keller, Bobbie Sutton) finished fourth in their initial heat race, then were filtered into the repechage, a feed-in round that gave them a second chance to reach the semifinals.
Missing a spot in the semi's by one place with a third-place effort in the "reps," the Mount four was assigned to the "C" Final (places 13-18), and were the runner-up in that race.
Their svelte sisters in the MSJ lightweight eight advanced directly into the semifinal round by winning their opening heat on Friday.
"We felt good about our row," said Flynn, "and about going straight into the semifinals without having to be in the reps on Saturday morning."
The Mounties went on to claim a place in the finals, coming in third in their semi-final on Saturday afternoon and posting the fourth-fastest time overall. A Boston-based club, Community Rowing, Inc. (CRI) had been the fastest boat at every stage of the regatta and they won the finals on Sunday in a time of seven minutes, 1.84 seconds. The Oakland (Calif.) Stroke were second in 7:07.41, and in the battle for the bronze medal the Magic (7:11.94) led going into the final 500 meters but fell victim to a late sprint by New Trier High School (7:10.06) from suburban Chicago. California's Long Beach Junior Rowing and Connecticut's Saugatuck Rowing Club placed fifth and sixth.
Capturing a medal would've been nice, but at least the Magic had been in a pitched battle for one, among a group of outstanding lightweight crews.
"Everyone was happy to end the year on that note," Flynn said.
The varsity eight appeared to face long odds in attempting to match the Mount's trip to the finals in 2010, and McKenna observed, "I would suggest that there was a much stronger field this year, too."
Third in their heat on Friday, the Magic went into the repechage stage; the boats that had come in ahead of them were formidable crews from Connecticut Boat Club (CBC) and Marin (Calif.) Rowing Association. Needing to finish in the top three in their "rep" race to reach the semifinals, Mount St. Joe placed second behind James Madison High School (Vienna, Va.), which put up the second best time overall in this round of the regatta.
To reach the finals on Sunday, the Magic would have to place at least third in a killer semifinal. The competition included not only club studs CBC and Marin, but also New Trier and Saratoga, which won the gold and bronze medals, respectively, at SRAA's, where the Mount was fourth.
"When they posted the seedings for our semifinal we saw right away how difficult it was," Casebeer recalled. "But we knew we could be faster than we were at SRAA's, and we went into it with a really good attitude."
Rush related, "Early in the race Saratoga had a couple seats on us, and New Trier was pretty much side-by-side with us. With about 750 or maybe 600 meters to go we took a move and I kept seeing the others fall back."
Up front, Connecticut won comfortably and Marin was second, but Mount St. Joe locked up the third spot for the finals, clocking in at 7:17.43 while New Trier was fourth in 7:22.36 and Saratoga was fifth in 7:26.55.
"The kids were almost in tears when they saw the semifinal results posted," McKenna said. "I had to settle them down a bit and get them refocused for the finals."
Rush, the coxswain, had lost her voice in the Friday heat racing (the same thing would happen to McKenna and MSJ head coach Megan Kennedy). The senior went hoarse again in the repechage, but her uncustomary speechlessness was cured by taking an elixir containing honey and a well known Tennessee beverage.
"It was hot down there, but it could get pretty hot in Cincinnati, too," pointed out McKenna, referring to the former site of the Youth Nationals. "Everything about the venue was terrific. The only thing was, you could ride your bike along so close to the course that you could yell at the crews, so Meg and I both lost our voices."
Crews usually prefer to race in an interior lane, which provides a good view of the other five competitors, but McKenna wasn't bothered by the fact that the Magic were slotted in lane one, on the outside, for the final. "I knew that James Madison was going to be in the medals, and we were next to them," he said. "They were a really good crew and they were coming on strong, so we had a fast boat right there to battle with."
Most pundits favored CBC in the finals, along with the New England scholastic champions, Phillips Exeter Academy. James Madison actually fell off the back of the pack at the start, but soon roared back. Meanwhile Marin, in lane two fairly close to the shore, took an early lead and never gave it up, winning in 6:48.17 while hard-charging James Madison snapped up the silver medal in 6:50.85.
CBC collected the bronze in 6:51.05 and Exeter was fourth in 6:56.15, while the Mount (6:57.78) came in fifth, ahead of CRI (6:59.91).
"What you saw with Marin was something that actually happens a lot at the top level," McKenna remarked. "There's a crew out there that thinks they're going all-out until they get to the championship race, and they find out that they've got a lot more. They really were that good."
Summing up the spring campaign for his own rowers, McKenna said, "It was a season when the kids exceeded expectations, both mine and, more importantly, their own. That opens up a lot of possibilities for the strong group we have coming back next year."


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Academics, who work for long periods in a self-directed fashion, may be especially prone to putting things off: surveys suggest that the vast majority of college students procrastinate, and articles in the literature of procrastination often allude to the author's own problems with finishing the piece. (This article will be no exception.) But the academic buzz around the subject isn't just a case of eggheads rationalizing their slothfulness. As various scholars argue in "The Thief of Time," edited by Chrisoula Andreou and Mark D. White (Oxford; $65)—a collection of essays on procrastination, ranging from the resolutely theoretical to the surprisingly practical—the tendency raises fundamental philosophical and psychological issues. You may have thought, the last time you blew off work on a presentation to watch "How I Met Your Mother," that you were just slacking. But from another angle you were actually engaging in a practice that illuminates the fluidity of human identity and the complicated relationship human beings have to time. Indeed, one essay, by the economist George Ainslie, a central figure in the study of procrastination, argues that dragging our heels is "as fundamental as the shape of time and could well be called the basic impulse."
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Getting round to it
5 comments:
- materfamilias said...
Fascinating, indeed. I've had your post bookmarked trying to find time to get back to read and comment. Still putting off reading The New Yorker article (thus refusing to procrastinate, actually, since reading it would be a diversion from work on my desk).
The Ainslie comment re procrastinating being a basic impulse tempts me to link it with that other basic or primary impulse -- the one Freud identified as thanatos. Or I am being too fanciful there? At any rate, I'm going to try to read that article and would actually love to read the Oxford essay collection.
- 21 October, 2010 18:42
- Dick said...
The thief of time, indeed. What an interesting read. I certainly find that now that I'm retired and can see the edges of pretty much all that I'm involved in, I have much more control over planning and implementation. In fact, the sense of actually achieving a set of objectives without first having to contemplate the towering peaks that have yet to be negotiated is intoxicating!
- 23 October, 2010 11:34
- Lucy said...
'actually engaging in a practice that illuminates the fluidity of human identity and the complicated relationship human beings have to time.'
That makes me feel better! It's a fine line between procrastinating and prioritising, I think. The internet does provide ample opportunity for it, it's true, but then sometimes I read something that inspires me and spurs me to action too.
Also, though putting things off is sometimes bad, hastiness and impatient action can be mistaken too, and sometimes letting things mull a bit doesn't hurt. I'm aware that could be dishonest rationalisation, but being married to someone who's inclined to rush at things and want things done yesterday I am aware that a bit of thought and delay sometimes wouldn't hurt.
Now the question is, do I put off the washing up and go and read that article, or do I tell myself that I'll read it later because there's other things I must do, and never get around to it? Which is procrastination?
- 24 October, 2010 13:57
Er, think I will have to read this several times ... will leave another comment ... soon!
- 24 October, 2010 20:26
- Lesley said...
@Materfamilias : I'd love to read the collection too. I'm not so sure about procrastination being driven by thanatos - surely it's the urge to experience more interesting /less predictable things that drives us to procrstinate, not the desire for death?
@Dick : Yes, retirement must provide a life that can be lived in more manageable chunks. I'm currently working on a book project with a publication date of 2014. I sometimes find that's an edge blurry enough and far enough away for me to ignore it!
@Lucy : Absolutely - the line between prioritising is a fine one, although I know that playing scrabble online instead of getting down to something meatier is definitely not wise prioritising!
@Deborah : Stop procrastinating and get back here with a proper comment!
- 25 October, 2010 13:26


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No one wants to lose their hair, but for a woman it is particularly distressing. While men can look perfectly presentable — even sexy — with their exposed scalp, no such options exist for the 30 million American women who grapple with thinning tresses. Dr. Maria Colavincenzo, a dermatologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, has a practice that specializes in preserving those precious strands — especially in cases of androgenetic alopecia, a hereditary condition that causes hair loss, mainly on the top and crown of the scalp. Without an appointment, she answered some of our questions:
Q. Why does it seem like we're seeing more of this problem? Is it because of all the aging boomers and menopause? Stress?
A. Hormonal shifts can make thinning more prominent — but for some with a more significant problem, it started way before that. And while stress can play a role, I just think there's a lot more awareness today … and more people are seeking help.
Q. There are tons of "volumizing" products out there, but from a science standpoint it seems like very few stimulate new growth. What ingredient should a consumer look for if she wanted to make sure she wasn't throwing out money?
A. I can't say that there's a strong body of medical literature that supports any product. When patients ask, "What shampoo should I use?" I don't have a great answer.
Q. Minoxidil (Rogaine) is the only topical product that has been effective, but lots of women who try it see no results. What is the success rate?
A. I'd say 25 percent get very good results. For another group, it just means that the situation is not getting worse, which no one ever considers a success. If you are thinking about it, you should start early. Minoxidil is not for everyone. … It can take at least six months to work — which doesn't fit most patients' time frames. It can stimulate facial hair or cause a rash on the scalp. It's not a miracle, but it's the only FDA-approved medication we have and it's been that way for 30 years. These are things we struggle with.
Q. What do you think of hormone replacement therapy? Iron supplements?
A. I would never recommend HRT for hair loss. If you're shedding, it might warrant investigation to check a patient's iron stores. If your iron is low, some kind of supplement can be helpful. But I'd need to know where you are and what you need.
Q. How about other interventions, such as steroid injections or laser combs?
A. Steroids are not for female pattern hair loss but are sometimes used for alopecia areata (spotty hair loss that is different than hair loss due to genetics and aging). Laser combs? There are some reports that low-level light therapy could stimulate hair growth in some people. It's something to try when people feel like they have no other good options. At $350, it's expensive and I'm not sure it's worth the money, but it is safe.
Q. What about Latisse, the prescription drug for growing eyelashes? Why can't we just put it on the scalp and grow hair?
A. It's very interesting. … It started as a drug for glaucoma and then people who used it found that their lashes were thicker … a happy accident. As for hair loss, it's still an unknown that's being studied.
Q. Medical reasons aside — hypothyroidism, for example — if your shedding is genetic, what are the options? Like men, are women relegated to camouflage with hair pieces and wigs?
A. I think it's a personal preference, but why is a cosmetic solution such a big deal? To use sprays, powders and hair extensions? It doesn't address the problem, but it can do wonders for your self-esteem. I see patients who are extremely depressed, and this is ruining their life. We always have hope for that miracle solution, but it's very hard to do research studies. … As much as this affects people's mentality, there's not a lot of (National Institutes of Health) funding because hair loss isn't killing anyone.
Q. What do you think about hair transplants?
A. It certainly is an option for women, although it's very expensive and not covered by insurance. I'd make sure the surgeon does women patients, because … their thinning pattern is a little different so a different strategy is needed and familiarity with how women thin is important. Again, if you're going to pursue this, don't wait until you're hair loss is really bad.
Q. What would you do?
A. I'm in my mid-30s — but if I was definitely done with having children, I'd start with the Rogaine.… Then I'd look into the anti-androgen meds — finasteride or spironolactone — which is not FDA-approved for women but sometimes helpful. Then, I'd get myself a good hairpiece. … You've got to do the best with what you have.


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Emily showed improvement from her freshman to sophomore season...brings a winning attitude to the track...competed in soccer and track during her high school career...also an accomplished student in the classroom.
AT TECH (In 2011-12): Emily ran in five meets during the fall cross country season and showed significant improvement from the beginning of the season to the end...posted a season-best 5K time of 20:36 at Jacksonville State.
(In 2010-11): The fall cross country season brought Emily's debut in cross country, as she did not compete as a cross county runner in her high school career...brought a solid effort during the season, starting with a fifth-place finish on the team in the Sewanee Invitational...built up to a third-place finish on the team at Western Kentucky with a time of 21:08.88...achieved her best career-time of 20:32.88 at Evansville...competed in the 800 meter, 1500 meter, mile and 3000 meter in track and field...posted a season-best time of 2:30 in the 800 at the OVC Indoor Championships and recorded a season-best of 5:12 in the 1500 at Vanderbilt.
HIGH SCHOOL: Emily competed in her prep career at Jefferson County High School for track coach Bill Delozier...achieved Girls Best Distance in the mile run during her sophomore season...named the MVP for the girl's squad in her junior year...also competed in soccer...as a student, achieved high marks for her academic efforts...named to the National Honors Society and graduated third in her class.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Carl and Suzanne Williams...full name is Emily Caroline Wiliams...born June 30, 1992...majoring in engineering.


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The continuing saga of the Apple vs Samsung patent war is far from over. In the aftermath of the California trial which ended with a verdict awarding $1.05 billion to Apple, there have been various filings and motions from each of the combatants. It seems neither side was entirely satisfied with the jury's verdict.
Apple wants more money
Apple filed a motion late on Friday, as reported by Reuters, asking for an additional $707 million on top of the $1.05 billion already awarded. It wants $400 million in damages for design infringement, $135 million for willful infringement of its utility patents, $121 million in supplemental damages, and $50 million of prejudgment interest on damages to see it through until December (we're not sure where the extra $1 million comes in).
…and a sales ban
The Cupertino company is also seeking a court order for a permanent U.S. sales ban on all of Samsung's infringing products. It wants the injunction to cover "any of the infringing products or any other product with a feature or features not more than colorably different from any of the infringing feature or features in any of the Infringing Products."
Most likely it is hoping to extend the ban to cover Samsung's Android flagship, the Galaxy S3.
But the judge may not grant any additional damage. Stanley M. Gibson, an experienced technology and IP trial lawyer at Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Mitchell, told us: "In terms of the Apple motions, the judge will have to look at those on a product by product basis and given the large verdict already it may be difficult to convince her to award enhanced damages… the more interesting and impactful part of the case will be whether she uses a permanent injunction and how the language of such an injunction is framed if one issues."
Samsung wants a new trial
Samsung's lawyers have also been hard at work filing for a mistrial due to juror misconduct. The allegations of juror misconduct focus on the jury foreman Velvin Hogan and his prior knowledge of patent law as a video recording patent holder. In an interview with CNET after the trial juror Manuel Ilagan said of Hogan, "He had experience. He owned patents himself…so he took us through his experience. After that it was easier."
Hogan also appeared on Bloomberg TV and said of the jury, "Some were not sure of how prior art could either render a patent acceptable or whether it could invalidate it. What we did is we started talking about one… (I) laid it out for them."
The jury should rely solely on evidence presented during the trial so Samsung will argue that Hogan could have affected the verdict because of his prior knowledge.
In addition to the juror misconduct claim Samsung is not happy about the time constraints applied by Judge Koh. It said, "The Court's constraints on trial time, witnesses and exhibits were unprecedented for a patent case of this complexity and magnitude, and prevented Samsung from presenting a full and fair case in response to Apple's many claims."
Chances of success with this approach are not good for Samsung. According to Stanley M. Gibson, "An argument regarding juror misconduct will be hard to win. It also is not likely that the judge will reconsider her prior limitations on time and judges have wide discretion on these issues."
The fight goes on
The two companies will meet again in the U.S. in a December hearing where Apple's motion to get Samsung devices banned will be heard.
They are also engaged in various court battles around the world. Apple lost a case against Samsung and Motorola in Germany earlier this week that focused on its multi-touch patents. There was also a win for Samsung in Tokyo at the end of last month.
Anyone who thought the California verdict was decisive can think again because this one looks set to run on and on.
Meanwhile, the battle for your cash continues as the Samsung Galaxy S3 looks to build on the 20 million sales in its first 100 days after release and Apple announces a record-breaking 5 million iPhone 5 units sold in just three days.
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Professor Rosenfeld has been an affiliated member of the graduate faculty of the New School University. He is a founding member and president of the United States Association of Constitutional Law, the founding editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Constitutional Law (I•CON) from 2001 to 2014, and was president of the International Association of Constitutional Law (1999-2004). He was an editor of the University of California Press' Series on Philosophy, Social Theory and the Rule of Law (1991-2002), and since 2003 an editor of the Series on Discourses of Law published by Routledge. Professor Rosenfeld has lectured widely throughout the world, and has been a recurring visiting professor at The University of Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne), The University of Paris X (Nanterre), The University of Aix-en Provence in France, The University of Carlos III in Madrid, Spain, The University of Bologna, in Italy, and the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. In 2007-2008, Professor Rosenfeld was awarded an International Blaise Pascal Research Chair at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris. He was a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto in 2007. He held the Fresco Chair in Jurisprudence at the University of Genoa in 2007, was a Senior Fernand Braudel Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, in 2009, the Chaim Perelman Chair in Legal Philosophy at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium, in 2011, The Fulbright –Tocqueville Distinguished Chair at the University of Paris I (Pantheon-Sorbonne) in 2013, and the Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the University of London Birkbeck College of Law in 2014, and was Distinguished Visiting Professor, Kings College London School of Law, in the Fall of 2015. Among his many honors, in 2004 he received the French government's highest and most prestigious award, the Legion of Honor.
Constitutional Secularism in an Age of Religious Revival (Oxford: Oxford University Press) (co-editor with Susanna Mancini) (due out December 2013).
The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2012) (co-editor with Andras Sajo) (Paperback, fall 2013).
Recasting Secularism as One Conception of the Good among Many in a Post-Secular Constitutional Polity in Constitutional Secularism in an Age of Religious Revival (Oxford: Oxford University Press) (Susanna Mancini and Michel Rosenfeld, eds.) (Due out December 2013).
The Dilemmas of Identity in a Jewish and Democratic State: A Comparative Constitutionalist Perspective on Bakshi and Sapir, Gans and Stopler in Gideon Sapir, Daphne Barak-Erez and Aharon Barak, eds., Israeli Constitutional Law in the Making, Ch. 34 (Oxford: Hart Publishing 2013) (co-authored with Susanna Mancini).
"Unveiling the Limits of Tolerance: Comparing the Treatment of Majority and Minority Religious Symbols in the Public Sphere" in Law, State and Religion in the New Europe: Debates and Dilemmas (Lorenzo Zucca and Camil Ungureanu, eds) (Cambridge Univ. Press 2012) pp.160-191 (co-authored with Susanna Mancini).
Reprinted in Religion in the Public Space, vol. III (Silvio Ferrari and Rinaldo Cristofori,eds.) ( Ashgate 2013).
An Italian translation : Sotto il Velo della Tolleranza: Un Confronto tra il Tratamento dei Simboli Religiosi di Maggioranza e di Minoranza nella Sfera Pubblica, 39 Ragion Practica 421-452 (2012).
Introduction: Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Equal Citizenship, 10 International Journal of Constitutional Law (I.CON) 340-354 (2012) (Symposium on Gender, Sexuality and Democratic Citizenship).
10 X 10 in honor of Norman Dorsen, , 10 International Journal of Constitutional Law (I.CON) 799-808 (2012).
"Introduction" in Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law (2012), pp.1-21 (co-authored with Andras Sajo).
"Comparative Constitutional Analysis in United States Adjudication and Scholarship" in Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law (2012), pp. 38-53.
"Constitutional Identity" in Oxford Handbook of Comparative Constitutional Law (2012), pp. 756-776.
"Philosophy in Law? A Legal-philosophical Inquiry" in Thomas Berns and Julie Allard, eds., Pensées du droit, lois de la philosophie 63-81 ( Editions de l'université de Bruxelles 2012). A revised and expanded version will be published in Ratio Juris (2014).
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- Sep 7, 2018 Professor Rosenfeld Keynote Speaker at International Symposium of the Constitutional Research Institute
- Aug 3, 2018 Professor Rosenfeld in This Century's Review: Can Democracy Survive a Fractured Freedom of Speech?
- Jul 19, 2018 Professor Rosenfeld To Be Distinguished Provocateur-Discussant at 2018 Younger Scholars Forum in Comparative Law
- Jun 28, 2018 Professor Rosenfeld Interviewed on Belgian National Radio on Trump Administration Policy
- Jun 28, 2018 Professor Rosenfeld Chairs World Congress of the International Association of Constitutional Law
- May 31, 2018 Professor Michel Rosenfeld's Recent Publications, Conferences and Talks
- Apr 26, 2018 Professor Rosenfeld Participates in Panel on "Regulating Hate Speech on Facebook"
- Feb 5, 2018 Professor Rosenfeld Interviewed on Belgian National Radio About Nunez Memo
- Dec 7, 2017 Cardozo Law and Columbia Law to Host Colloquium on Religious Conflict
- Nov 22, 2017 Professor Rosenfeld Authors Chapter in Two New Books
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- Oct 30, 2014 A Summary of Faculty Scholarly Work, 2013-14
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East Lyme - As state legislators prepared on Wednesday to vote on a bill for tougher gun control and new mental health and school security initiatives, Superintendent James Lombardo said the East Lyme school district is moving forward with implementing its recently revised school-safety plan.
Faculty soon will begin reviewing the provisions, which include additional training for school personnel and infrastructure upgrades, following a recent districtwide security audit.
The state's security recommendations are in line with the district's plans, said Lombardo, who added that it would be great if the state proposals compel other districts to adopt security initiatives.
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PLAINVIEW – Stan DeMerritt, who has served as Registrar for Wayland Baptist University since since 2000, has been promoted to Assistant Executive Vice President.
DeMerritt, a 1987 graduate of Artesia (N.M.) High School, holds an associate degree from New Mexico State University, as well as bachelor degrees in business and religion, and a master of education degree in business administration from Wayland. DeMerritt completed his master's degree in 1998 and is currently working toward a doctorate in higher education at Texas Tech University.
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1 Nephi
An account of Lehi and his wife Sariah, and his four sons, being called, (beginning at the eldest) Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi. The Lord warns Lehi to depart out of the land of Jerusalem, because he prophesieth unto the people concerning their iniquity and they seek to destroy his life. He taketh three days' journey into the wilderness with his family. Nephi taketh his brethren and returneth to the land of Jerusalem after the record of the Jews. The account of their sufferings. They take the daughters of Ishmael to wife. They take their families and depart into the wilderness. Their sufferings and afflictions in the wilderness. The course of their travels. They come to the large waters. Nephi's brethren rebel against him. He confoundeth them, and buildeth a ship. They call the name of the place Bountiful. They cross the large waters into the promised land, and so forth. This is according to the account of Nephi; or in other words, I, Nephi, wrote this record.
- Chapter 1
Nephi begins the record of his people—Lehi sees in vision a pillar of fire and reads from a book of prophecy—He praises God, foretells the coming of the Messiah, and prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem—He is persecuted by the Jews. About 600 B.C.
- Chapter 2
Lehi takes his family into the wilderness by the Red Sea—They leave their property—Lehi offers a sacrifice to the Lord and teaches his sons to keep the commandments—Laman and Lemuel murmur against their father—Nephi is obedient and prays in faith; the Lord speaks to him, and he is chosen to rule over his brethren. About 600 B.C.
- Chapter 3
Lehi's sons return to Jerusalem to obtain the plates of brass—Laban refuses to give the plates up—Nephi exhorts and encourages his brethren—Laban steals their property and attempts to slay them—Laman and Lemuel smite Nephi and Sam and are reproved by an angel. About 600–592 B.C.
- Chapter 4
Nephi slays Laban at the Lord's command and then secures the plates of brass by stratagem—Zoram chooses to join Lehi's family in the wilderness. About 600–592 B.C.
- Chapter 5
Sariah complains against Lehi—Both rejoice over the return of their sons—They offer sacrifices—The plates of brass contain writings of Moses and the prophets—The plates identify Lehi as a descendant of Joseph—Lehi prophesies concerning his seed and the preservation of the plates. About 600–592 B.C.
- Chapter 6
Nephi writes of the things of God—Nephi's purpose is to persuade men to come unto the God of Abraham and be saved. About 600–592 B.C.
- Chapter 7
Lehi's sons return to Jerusalem and invite Ishmael and his household to join them in their journey—Laman and others rebel—Nephi exhorts his brethren to have faith in the Lord—They bind him with cords and plan his destruction—He is freed by the power of faith—His brethren ask forgiveness—Lehi and his company offer sacrifice and burnt offerings. About 600–592 B.C.
- Chapter 8
Lehi sees a vision of the tree of life—He partakes of its fruit and desires his family to do likewise—He sees a rod of iron, a strait and narrow path, and the mists of darkness that enshroud men—Sariah, Nephi, and Sam partake of the fruit, but Laman and Lemuel refuse. About 600–592 B.C.
- Chapter 9
Nephi makes two sets of records—Each is called the plates of Nephi—The larger plates contain a secular history; the smaller ones deal primarily with sacred things. About 600–592 B.C.
- Chapter 10
Lehi predicts that the Jews will be taken captive by the Babylonians—He tells of the coming among the Jews of a Messiah, a Savior, a Redeemer—Lehi tells also of the coming of the one who should baptize the Lamb of God—Lehi tells of the death and resurrection of the Messiah—He compares the scattering and gathering of Israel to an olive tree—Nephi speaks of the Son of God, of the gift of the Holy Ghost, and of the need for righteousness. About 600–592 B.C.
- Chapter 11
Nephi sees the Spirit of the Lord and is shown in vision the tree of life—He sees the mother of the Son of God and learns of the condescension of God—He sees the baptism, ministry, and crucifixion of the Lamb of God—He sees also the call and ministry of the Twelve Apostles of the Lamb. About 600–592 B.C.
- Chapter 12
Nephi sees in vision the land of promise; the righteousness, iniquity, and downfall of its inhabitants; the coming of the Lamb of God among them; how the Twelve Disciples and the Twelve Apostles will judge Israel; and the loathsome and filthy state of those who dwindle in unbelief. About 600–592 B.C.
- Chapter 13
Nephi sees in vision the church of the devil set up among the Gentiles, the discovery and colonizing of America, the loss of many plain and precious parts of the Bible, the resultant state of gentile apostasy, the restoration of the gospel, the coming forth of latter-day scripture, and the building up of Zion. About 600–592 B.C.
- Chapter 14
An angel tells Nephi of the blessings and cursings to fall upon the Gentiles—There are only two churches: the Church of the Lamb of God and the church of the devil—The Saints of God in all nations are persecuted by the great and abominable church—The Apostle John will write concerning the end of the world. About 600–592 B.C.
- Chapter 15
Lehi's seed are to receive the gospel from the Gentiles in the latter days—The gathering of Israel is likened unto an olive tree whose natural branches will be grafted in again—Nephi interprets the vision of the tree of life and speaks of the justice of God in dividing the wicked from the righteous. About 600–592 B.C.
- Chapter 16
The wicked take the truth to be hard—Lehi's sons marry the daughters of Ishmael—The Liahona guides their course in the wilderness—Messages from the Lord are written on the Liahona from time to time—Ishmael dies; his family murmurs because of afflictions. About 600–592 B.C.
- Chapter 17
Nephi is commanded to build a ship—His brethren oppose him—He exhorts them by recounting the history of God's dealings with Israel—Nephi is filled with the power of God—His brethren are forbidden to touch him, lest they wither as a dried reed. About 592–591 B.C.
- Chapter 18
The ship is finished—The births of Jacob and Joseph are mentioned—The company embarks for the promised land—The sons of Ishmael and their wives join in revelry and rebellion—Nephi is bound, and the ship is driven back by a terrible tempest—Nephi is freed, and by his prayer the storm ceases—The people arrive in the promised land. About 591–589 B.C.
- Chapter 19
Nephi makes plates of ore and records the history of his people—The God of Israel will come six hundred years from the time Lehi left Jerusalem—Nephi tells of His sufferings and crucifixion—The Jews will be despised and scattered until the latter days, when they will return unto the Lord. About 588–570 B.C.
- Chapter 20
The Lord reveals His purposes to Israel—Israel has been chosen in the furnace of affliction and is to go forth from Babylon—Compare Isaiah 48. About 588–570 B.C.
- Chapter 21
The Messiah will be a light to the Gentiles and will free the prisoners—Israel will be gathered with power in the last days—Kings will be their nursing fathers—Compare Isaiah 49. About 588–570 B.C.
- Chapter 22
Israel will be scattered upon all the face of the earth—The Gentiles will nurse and nourish Israel with the gospel in the last days—Israel will be gathered and saved, and the wicked will burn as stubble—The kingdom of the devil will be destroyed, and Satan will be bound. About 588–570 B.C.


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If you've ever used a shell (UNIX or MS-DOS) before, you're probably already familiar with command-line options – they're the little arguments you pass to a program you're executing on the command line in order to modify its behaviour. For example, if you're deleting a directory, you could add a parameter to the command line to tell the system to delete all sub-directories under it as well or, if you're retrieving a directory listing with the "ls" command, you could add the "-l" command-line option to obtain a detailed listing instead of the abbreviated version.
Now, I'm not going to wax eloquent on the wonders of command-line options – the concept is a trivial one, and not so hard to understand that it needs more than a couple of lines of explanation. Rather, I'm going to get into something infinitely more interesting – showing you, the developer, how to add support for command-line options to your Perl program.
It's not as difficult as it might seem at first glance – and no, you don't need to stay up all night to get it done. All you really need is a copy of the Getopt::Long.pm Perl module, and a little imagination. Come on in, and be prepared to be amazed…this is potent stuff!
The Long And Short Of It
First, we need to get the definitions down. In case you're wondering what a module is, don't; for the purpose of this article, just assume that it's a thingamajig that allows you to add new capabilities to your Perl program, or a series of pre-rolled functions which can be plugged in to your Perl program.
There are a number of such modules out there. CPAN, the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, has a complete list. Most are available free of charge, and are simple to import into your Perl program. If you're running a fairly recent version of Perl, you probably already have Getopt::Long.pm installed as part of your distribution; if not, drop by CPAN and get yourself a copy.
You're probably wondering just what Getopt::Long.pm brings to the Perl party. Let me enlighten you.
The Getopt::Long.pm module provides a way for developers to read options passed to their program on the command line and act on them. Typically, such options provide a way for users to control the behavior of the program on an as-needed basis, by passing optional arguments to it; these options are usually preceded by a dash, as in the following example:
$ ls -l
In this case, "-l" is an optional argument passed to the "ls" program on
the command line.
{mospagebreak title=The POSIX Standard}
Under the POSIX standard, it's also possible to use longer, more readable command-line options, preceded with a double dash, as in the
following example:
$ ls –color
The Getopt::Long.pm module provides an API for Perl developers to capture these long command-line options, and act on them within the business logic of the Perl script. This API is pretty advanced: it ignores case differences in option names, can resolve abbreviated option names to their longer counterparts (so long as they are unique), and recognizes both single- and double-dashes as option prefixes. For purists and those who are tasked with porting legacy applications, the module also supports the older, single-character form of command-line options (but only if they belong to the alphabetic set).
There is one primary function in the Getopt::Long.pm module-GetOptions(), and it serves as the main control point for you to access the options passed to the program. You can use this to
- read command-line options into Perl scalars, arrays or hashes,
- create user-defined subroutines to handle specific options,
- separate option "bundles" into individual units,
- and configure the behaviour of the module.
More on some of these as we proceed through this tutorial.
Getopt::Long.pm is written in the best traditions of object-oriented programming, fondly known as OOP. If you're a fan of OOP, you can create a Getopt::Long object, which has its own methods and properties, and use standard OO syntax to access its functions, extend it, sub-class it, derive new hybrids from it–all kinds of good stuff, basically. In case you don't know what OOP is, you're probably not impressed. Good for you!
{mospagebreak title=Down To Work}
Now, with the hard sell out of the way, let's get down to the nitty-gritty of how Getopt::Long.pm works. Consider the following simple example:
# import module
use Getopt::Long;
# set default value for option
$debug = 0;
# get value of debug flag
$result = GetOptions ("debug" => $debug);
# print value
print "Debug flag is $debug";
Now, try running this code as is:
$ ./script.pl
Debug flag is 0
And then try running it after adding a "–debug" command-line option:
$ ./script.pl –debug
Debug flag is 1
As you can see, the Perl code now recognizes the "–debug" flag on the command line, and sets a Boolean variable to true within the script.
{mospagebreak title=GetOptions() Function}
Most of the magic here lies in the call to the GetOptions() function. This function accepts a series of option-variable pairs, demarcated using standard hash notation and separated with commas. When GetOptions() is called, it reads the program command line, looks for matching arguments, and if found, sets the corresponding option variable to true. Thus when you call the Perl script above with the "–debug" option, GetOptions() recognizes it and automatically sets the $debug variable to true.
You can set more than one option variable at a time as well. Consider the following example and its output, which demonstrates:
# import module
use Getopt::Long;
# read options
$result = GetOptions ( "red" => $red,
"blue" => $blue,
"green" => $green );
# print options
$red ? print "Red is presentn" : print "Red is absentn"; $blue ? print
"Blue is presentn" : print "Blue is absentn"; $green ? print "Green is
presentn" : print "Green is absentn";
Here's an example of the output:
$ ./colors.pl –red –blue
Red is present
Blue is present
Green is absent
{mospagebreak title=Half-Life}
In addition to setting Booleans, Getopt::Long.pm also supports processing string and numeric command-line arguments entered by the user. To illustrate how this works, consider the following simple example:
# import module
use Getopt::Long;
# read options
$result = GetOptions ("age=i" => $age);
# print value
if ($age) { print "Input age is $age years"; }
Here's the output:
$ ./script.pl –age=89
Input age is 89 years
Here, the "i" data type specifier tells Getopy::Long.pm to expect an integer value after the option name. You can also use "s" for strings, as in the following example:
# import module
use Getopt::Long;
# read options
$result = GetOptions ("name=s" => $name);
# print value
print "Input name is $name";
Here's the output:
$ ./script.pl –name=John
Input name is John
{mospagebreak title=Getopt::Long.pm}
It is interesting to note that the equality symbol (=) sign between the option name and the data type specifier tells Getopt::Long.pm that an option value *must* be provided for the option. Look what happens if, for example, you specify the "–age" option without a corresponding integer value:
$ ./script.pl –age
Option age requires an argument
In order to make an option value optional (try saying that fast!), use a colon (:) instead of an equality symbol (=), as below:
# import module
use Getopt::Long;
# read options
$result = GetOptions ("age:i" => $age);
# print value
print "Input age is $age years";
Here, in the absence of a value for the option, Getopt::Long.pm will automatically assign 0 (for integer values) or an empty string (for string values) to the corresponding option variable. Take a look at the output of the script above to verify this:
$ ./script.pl –age
Input age is 0 years
{mospagebreak title=Opting In}
Getopt::Long.pm can also process command-line arguments containing multiple values, simply by storing all the values in a Perl array. Consider, for example, the following script, which is designed to add email addresses to a subscription list (maybe for an email newsletter?). Here, the user can send as many email addresses as (s)he likes to the script, simply by repeating the "–add" option with different values.
Take a look:
# import module
use Getopt::Long;
# read options
$result = GetOptions ("add=s" => @list);
# once all the values are in the array
# do something with them
# open file for writing
open(FILE, ">>subscribers.dat");
# iterate over array
foreach $l (@list)
# write array elements to file
print FILE "$ln";
print "Added $ln";
# close file when done
close (FILE);
Here's what the output might look like:
$ ./editlist.pl –email@example.com –email@example.com –firstname.lastname@example.com
Added email@example.com Added firstname.lastname@example.com Added firstname.lastname@example.com
What's In A Name?
Getopt::Long.pm also supports aliases for options, allowing you to provide users with an alternative, sometimes shorter way of accessing the same option. This is accomplished by placing alternative option names after the first one and separating the various alternatives with pipes (|). Consider the following example, which shows you how:
# import module
use Getopt::Long;
# read options
$result = GetOptions ("color|colour|c" => $color);
# print value
$color ? print "Colors are on" : print "Colors are off";
Here, you can attach any of the options "–color", "–colour", "–c" or
"-c" to the command line – Getopt::Long.pm will treat them all as one
and the same.
$ ./script.pl –color
Colors are on
$ ./script.pl –c
Colors are on
$ ./script.pl -c
Colors are on
$ ./script.pl –colour
Colors are on
{mospagebreak title=Negative Reinforcement}
An interesting feature in Getopt::Long.pm is its ability to also support option negation – that is, disable an option by prefixing it with "no". For example, this means that while you could explicitly activate the "trace" option by sending the program "–trace" on the command line, you could also explicitly disable it by sending "–no-trace". However, it's only possible to do this with Boolean options, which can be set to either true or false; you can't do it with options that require numeric or string values.
In order to do this, simply add an exclamation (!) as negation symbol after the option name in the call to GetOptions() – as in the following example:
# import module
use Getopt::Long;
# read options
$result = GetOptions ( "eyes!" => $sight,
"nose!" => $smell,
"ears!" => $hearing );
# print values
$sight ? print "Can see!n" : print "Cannot see!n";
$smell ? print "Can smell!n" : print "Cannot smell!n"; $hearing ?
print "Can hear!n" : print "Cannot hear!n";
A user could now do something like this:
$ ./script.pl –no-eyes –no-ears –no-nose
Cannot see!
Cannot smell!
Cannot hear!
Note that there's an important difference between explicitly disabling an option in this manner, and not passing the option to the program at all. In the former case, Getopt::Long.pm sets the corresponding option variable to false or 0; in the latter, the option variable is null (or whatever default value it was assigned initially). Consider the following example, which illustrates this difference:
# import module
use Getopt::Long;
# default value for counter
$counter = -1;
# read options
$result = GetOptions ("counter!" => $counter);
# print values
print "Counter is $counter";
Here's the output:
$ ./script.pl –counter
Counter is 1
$ ./script.pl –no-counter
Counter is 0
$ ./script.pl
Counter is -1
{mospagebreak title=Hashing It Up}
If you'd prefer, you can also store all command-line options directly in a hash, instead of creating separate scalars for each. The procedure is fairly simple; all you need to do is pass a reference to the hash variable as the first argument to GetOptions(), followed by the names of the options to be stored in it. Consider the following example:
# import module
use Getopt::Long;
# read options into hash
$result = GetOptions (%options, "base=i", "height=i");
# print hash values
print "Base = " . $options{'base'} . "n";
print "Height = " . $options{'height'} . "n";
print "Area = " . 0.5 * $options{'base'} * $options{'height'} . "n";
Here's the output:
$ ./triangle.pl –base=10 –height=20
Base = 10
Height = 20
Area = 100
In this case, the values passed to the program on the command line are stored in a Perl hash called %options, from whence they can be retrieved using standard hash notation.
Over And Out
And that's about all we have time for. Over the course of the last few pages, I introduced you to one of the more interesting modules in the Perl pantheon, the Getopt::Long.pm module. This module provides a simple API to parse options passed to your Perl scripts at the command line and convert them into Perl scalars or arrays.
With some simple examples, I showed you how to use this API to detect Boolean options, as well as options taking string or numeric values. I also showed you how to create option aliases, and explicitly allow disabling of options with the negation symbol. Finally, I wrapped things up with a demonstration of how you could convert all the options passed on the command-line into a Perl hash, and also showed you how to customize the module to work as per your specific requirements.
If you'd like to read more about this module, consider visiting the following links:
CPAN, at http://www.cpan.org/
Getopt::Long pages on CPAN, at
http://search.cpan.org /search?module=Getopt::Long
Till next time…stay healthy!
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The Holy Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus
January 13
Saints Hermylus and Stratonicus contested for piety's sake during the reign of Licinius, in the year 314. Saint Hermylus was a deacon, and Stratonicus was his friend. For his confession of Christ, Hermylus was beaten so fiercely that his whole body was covered with wounds. Stratonicus, seeing him endure this and other torments that left him half dead, wept with grief for his friend. From this he was discovered to be a Christian, and when he had openly professed his Faith and had been beaten, he and Hermylus were cast into the Danube River, receiving the crown of martyrdom.
Apolytikion of The Holy Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus
Fourth Tone
Thy Martyrs, O Lord, in their courageous contest for Thee received as the prize the crowns of incorruption and life from Thee, our immortal God. For since they possessed Thy strength, they cast down the tyrants and wholly destroyed the demons' strengthless presumption. O Christ God, by their prayers, save our souls, since Thou art merciful.
Kontakion of The Holy Martyrs Hermylus and Stratonicus
Second Tone
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