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Welcome to IMSA.com! IMSA.com includes this web site (including its sub-domains) and associated applications (such as mobile and other device applications) and other associated offerings that are owned, offered or operated by or on behalf of International Motor Sports Association, LLC, (or its parent or affiliate entities). Please read these terms and conditions of use ("Terms of Use") carefully before using IMSA.com. Your access to and use of IMSA.com is subject to the following terms and conditions (including the IMSA.com Privacy Policy, which can be located at imsa.com/privacy-policy and all applicable laws. By accessing and using IMSA.com, you signify your assent to these Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy (collectively, "Agreement"). If you do not agree to these Terms of Use or the Privacy Policy please do not use IMSA.com. These Terms of Use may be amended or modified, or new conditions may be imposed, at any time. Any such changes or additions will be reflected by an update of this posting. Please check these Terms of Use periodically for changes. Your continued use of IMSA.com following the posting of changes to these terms (including the Privacy Policy) will mean you accept those changes.
1. Definitions. IMSA.com is operated by International Motor Sports Association, LLC ("Company"). As used in this Terms of Use, (i) "Company Parties" means International Motor Sports Association, LLC and their respective parents and affiliates and the officers, directors, employees, advisors and agents of the foregoing; (ii) "Visitor" means a IMSA.com user that accesses the IMSA.com web pages without registering and/or logging-in, (iii) "Member" means a IMSA.com user that is registered with and has an account (an "Account") with IMSA.com , and (iv) "User" and/or "you(r)" means and includes Members and Visitors.
2. General. These Terms of Use set forth the terms and conditions that apply to your use of IMSA.com. By using IMSA.com (other than to read these Terms of Use for the first time), you agree to comply with all of the terms and conditions hereof. In addition, you agree that any information collected in connection with your use of IMSA.com is subject to the IMSA.com Privacy Policy. The right to use IMSA.com is personal to you and is not transferable to any other person or entity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if IMSA.com offers you applications (e.g., mobile device application) or other features to download, you may only use the application or feature on a device that you own or control and such right to use the application or other feature shall be limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicenseable and non-transferable. You are responsible for all use of your Account (under any screen name or password) and for ensuring that all use of your Account complies fully with the provisions of this Agreement. You shall be responsible for protecting the confidentiality of your password(s), if any. You agree not to use the account, username, or password of another User at any time. You agree to notify Company immediately if you suspect any unauthorized use of your Account or access to your password. You are solely responsible for any and all use of your Account and/or password.
3. Changes in Terms. Company shall have the right at any time to change or discontinue any aspect or feature of IMSA.com, including, but not limited to, content, hours of availability, and equipment needed for access or use. Company shall have the right at any time to change or modify the terms and conditions applicable to your use of IMSA.com, or any part thereof, or to impose new conditions, including, but not limited to, adding fees and charges for use. Such changes, modifications, additions or deletions shall be effective immediately upon notice thereof, which may be given by means determined by Company, including, but not limited to, posting on and/or through IMSA.com, or by electronic or conventional mail, or by any other means by which you obtain notice. Any use of IMSA.com by you after such notice shall be deemed to constitute your acceptance of such changes, modifications or additions.
4. Equipment. You shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all telecommunication devices, computer hardware and other services and equipment needed for access to and use of IMSA.com and all charges related thereto. In addition, certain features that make up IMSA.com (e.g., IMSA.com device applications) may operate on or in connection with various products and services provided by various third parties, such as third party handsets, tablet devices, televisions, set top devices and other devices, and third party-provided Internet access services. Without limiting the generality of the disclaimers and limitations of liability stated elsewhere in this document, you acknowledge that Company does not control such third parties or their products or services and that Company shall not be responsible for such third parties or their products or services.
5. Intellectual Property Rights of Company. IMSA.com contains copyrighted material, trademarks and other proprietary information, including, but not limited to, text, software, photos, video, graphics, music and sound. The entire contents of IMSA.com are copyrighted as a collective work under the United States copyright laws. Company (and/or its parents, affiliates or content suppliers) own copyrights in the selection, coordination, arrangement and enhancement of such content, as well as in the content original to it. You may not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works of, or in any way similarly exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part. To the extent expressly permitted at certain parts of IMSA.com (if any), you may download copyrighted material for your personal use only. Except as otherwise expressly permitted under copyright law, no copying, redistribution, retransmission, publication or commercial exploitation of downloaded material will be permitted without the express permission of Company and/or the copyright owner. In the event of any permitted copying, redistribution or publication of copyrighted material, no changes in or deletion of author attribution, trademark legend or copyright notice shall be made. You acknowledge that you do not acquire any ownership rights by viewing or downloading copyrighted material. Company and its parents, affiliates and content suppliers expressly reserve all ownership and other rights (including, but not limited to, intellectual property rights) in their respective materials and no such rights are transferred to you. Company and IMSA.com, and each of their logos, are trademarks of Company. All rights reserved. All other trademarks appearing on IMSA.com are the property of their respective owners.
6. Interactive Areas. IMSA.com may contain comments sections, discussion forums, bulletin boards, fantasy games or other interactive features ("Interactive Areas") in which you may post or upload comments or user-generated content such as video, photos, messages, other content, materials or items (collectively, "User Content"). You are solely responsible for your use of any Interactive Areas and you use them at your own risk. By submitting User Content to an Interactive Area, you represent that you are 13 years of age or older and, if you are under the age of 18, you either are an emancipated minor or have obtained the legal consent of your parent or legal guardian to enter into this Agreement, submit content, participate on IMSA.com, and fulfill the obligations set forth in these Terms of Use, which form a binding contract between you and Company.
7. Submissions. By submitting Materials (defined below) to and/or via IMSA.com, and in exchange for good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which you hereby acknowledge, you hereby grant to Company a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty-free, fully-paid, worldwide license to edit, telecast, rerun, reproduce, use, create derivative works of, modify, syndicate, license, print, sublicense, distribute and otherwise exhibit the Materials you submit, or any portion thereof, in any manner and in any medium or forum, whether now known or hereafter devised. For the purposes of these Terms of Use, "Materials" means and includes all data, information, images, video, audio, pictures, sounds, files and/or any other content, materials and/or intellectual property.
Please choose carefully the Materials you post or otherwise submit to IMSA.com and/or that you provide to other Users. Except with respect to personal information (e.g., DOB, address) that you submit as part of registering for an account on IMSA.com (which shall be maintained in accordance with the IMSA.com Privacy Policy, available at imsa.com/privacy-policy your submissions are non-confidential and Company has no obligation to maintain the confidentiality of any Materials you submit. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Materials you choose to post and/or upload to IMSA.com will be viewed by other Users, so please do not post information, content or other Materials to which you do not wish other Users to have access.
You represent and warrant to Company that: (i) you have the full legal right, power and authority to grant to Company the license provided for in these Terms of Use; (ii) you own or control, or the owner(s) of such Materials (and of all rights therein) has/have expressly granted you the right to submit and use, the Materials you submit; (iii) neither the Materials you submit nor the exercise of the rights granted herein shall infringe upon or violate any rights of any third party, including, but not limited to, any intellectual property rights and/or any rights of privacy or publicity and that you have the consent of each and every identifiable natural person in any submission to use such person's name and/or likeness in the manner contemplated by IMSA.com; (iv) any person who appears in your submission who is a current member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the American Federation of Television and Radio Actors (AFTRA) or any other similar rights society or organization is not entitled to compensation by IMSA.com; and (v) neither the Materials you submit nor the exercise of the rights granted herein shall defame any other person or entity. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree to pay all royalties, fees, and any other monies owing any person or entity by reason of any Materials posted by you, to or through IMSA.com.
Any opinions, views, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by you or any third parties (e.g., other Users, professional information providers, etc.) are those of the respective author(s) or submitter(s) and not of the Company Parties. THE Company PARTIES DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR USEFULNESS OF ANY CONTENT, NOR ITS MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Users are solely responsible for anything contained in their submissions, message board and/or chat sessions. The Company Parties do not verify, endorse or otherwise vouch for the contents of any submission, message board or chat room. Users may be held legally liable for the contents of their submissions, message board and chat sessions, and may be held legally liable if their submissions or chat sessions include, for example, material protected by copyright, trademark, patent or trade secret law or other proprietary right without permission of the author or owner, or defamatory comments. Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject, to refuse to post and/or to remove any posting (including private messages) by you, for any or no reason, with or without prior notice, and without liability on the part of Company.
Company does not accept or consider business and/or programming proposals and/or similar suggestions and/or materials ("Proposals") other than those they have specifically requested. This is to avoid the possibility of future misunderstandings when projects independently developed by Company might seem to others to be similar to their own proposals or suggestions. If you do send or post any Proposals, including related ideas, notes, drawings, concepts or other information, or if you transmit them through IMSA.com by electronic mail or otherwise, the Proposals shall be deemed, and shall remain, the property of Company. None of the Proposals shall be subject to any obligation on the part of Company to use the Proposals or keep them confidential and none of the Company Parties shall be liable for any use or disclosure of any Proposals. Company shall exclusively own any now known or hereafter existing rights to the Proposals of every kind and nature throughout the universe and shall be entitled to unrestricted use of the Proposals for any purpose whatsoever, commercial or otherwise, without compensation to the provider of the Proposals.
8. Publicly Available Participation.
A. By participating in an Interactive Area, you acknowledge that the fact and elements of your participation will be publicly available on IMSA.com to other IMSA.com Users. For example, if you comment on a story, enter a public chat or interact with IMSA.com in any other way, unless otherwise noted, your interactions may be published live on the IMSA.com newsfeed and maintained in your public profile. If you do not want your participation listed on the news feed, do not interact with IMSA.com.
B. In addition, and without limiting 8.A above, upon checking in to any experience on or related to IMSA.com, such as, but not limited to social media, your "Check In" may appear in the newsfeed on IMSA.com. If you do not want the record of your "Check In" to be publicly available, do not "Check In" and instead view the content without checking in.
9. Classified Advertisements. IMSA.com may contain a forum (such as classified advertisements) in which sellers and buyers may be connected. By engaging in transactions with buyers or sellers that you meet via IMSA.com, you proceed solely at your own risk and you agree that Company is not responsible for any losses that you might sustain as a result of your transactions with such buyers and sellers. You should not engage in any transaction with a person with whom you are not comfortable or whom you suspect might be engaged in improper or questionable conduct. Please be aware that Company, through IMSA.com, merely provides a forum in which buyers and sellers can connect. Neither Company nor IMSA.com posting classified advertisements facilitate any transaction, insure any transaction, or act as an intermediary, broker, or escrow agent in connection with such buyer-seller transactions.
10. User Conduct. By viewing IMSA.com or participating in the Interactive Areas, you agree to the following:
A. Lawful Use. You shall use IMSA.com for lawful purposes only. You shall not post or transmit through IMSA.com any material that violates or infringes in any way the rights of others, that is unlawful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, vulgar, obscene, profane or otherwise objectionable, that encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any law, or that, without Company's express prior approval, contains advertising or any solicitation with respect to products or services. Any conduct by a User that, as determined by Company in Company's discretion, restricts or inhibits any other User from using or enjoying IMSA.com will not be permitted. User shall not use IMSA.com to advertise or perform any commercial solicitation, including, but not limited to, the solicitation of users to become subscribers of other on-line information services competitive with IMSA.com.
B. Naming Policy. When selecting a display name for use on IMSA.com, you must abide by the following Naming Policy set forth below (and if IMSA.com changes it, you will abide by all changes after it is posted here.)
C. User Content. You shall not upload, post or otherwise make available on IMSA.com any material protected by copyright, trademark or other proprietary right without the express permission of the owner of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary right and the burden of determining that any material is not protected by copyright rests with you. You shall be solely liable for any damage resulting from any infringement of copyrights, intellectual property or proprietary rights, or any other harm resulting from such a submission.
D. User Rules of Conduct. Without limiting any other term herein, if you submit any User Content (including, but not limited to, any screen name) or participate in an Interactive Area within or in connection with IMSA.com, you agree to abide by the following Rules of Conduct:
Any conduct that Company determines, in Company's sole discretion, restricts or inhibits anyone else from using or enjoying IMSA.com will not be permitted. Company reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove or edit User Content by you and to terminate your Account for any reason. Company is not responsible for User Content submitted to IMSA.com or posted in comments sections, chat rooms, on bulletin boards or on other Interactive Areas by users of IMSA.com.
E. Monitoring. Company reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor the User Content and/or any other Materials posted in the Interactive Areas or any other areas of IMSA.com, including chat rooms, comments, newsfeeds and forums. Company shall have the right in its sole discretion to remove or edit any User Content that violates or is alleged to violate any applicable law or the spirit of these Terms of Use. Notwithstanding this right of Company, YOU REMAIN SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USER CONTENT AND OTHER MATERIALS YOU POST IN THE INTERACTIVE AREAS AND/OR OTHER AREAS OF IMSA.com AND/OR IN YOUR PRIVATE MESSAGES. In no event shall any Company Parties assume or have any liability or responsibility for any User Content or other User-submitted Materials or for any claims, damages or losses resulting from destruction, display, misuse or other use of such User Content or Materials.
F. Moral Rights. If it is determined that you retain moral rights (including rights of attribution or integrity) in the User Content, you hereby declare that: (a) you do not require that any personally identifying information be used in connection with the User Content, or any derivative works of or upgrades or updates thereto; (b) you have no objection to the publication, use, modification, deletion and exploitation of the User Content by Company, or its licensees, successors and assigns; (c) you forever waive and agree not to claim or assert any entitlement to any and all moral rights of an author in any of the User Content; and (d) you forever release the Company Parties and their respective licensees, successors and assigns, from any claims that you could otherwise assert against any of them by virtue of any such moral rights. You also permit any other user to access, view, store or reproduce the User Content for that user's personal use.
G. Spamming is not allowed. Company reserves the right to restrict the number of emails and/or other messages that a Member may send to other Members in any twenty-four hour period via IMSA.com features. If you breach these Terms of Use by sending unsolicited bulk email, comments, instant messages or other unsolicited communications of any kind through IMSA.com, you acknowledge that you will have caused substantial harm to Company, but that the amount of such harm would be extremely difficult to ascertain. As a reasonable estimation of such harm, and without limiting any other rights or remedies available to Company (whether at law, in equity or otherwise) you agree to pay Company fifty dollars ($50) for each such unsolicited email or other unsolicited communication you send through IMSA.com features.
11. Disclaimer of Warranty; Limitation of Liability.
A. YOUR USE OF IMSA.com IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. COMPANY PARTIES NOR ITS RESPECTIVE THIRD-PARTY CONTENT PROVIDERS OR LICENSORS WARRANT THAT IMSA.com WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM USE OF IMSA.com, OR AS TO THE ACCURACY, RELIABILITY OR CONTENT OF ANY INFORMATION, SERVICE, OR MERCHANDISE PROVIDED BY OR THROUGH IMSA.com.
B. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, IMSA.com IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS-IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF TITLE AND IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
D. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL ANY COMPANY PARTY OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY INVOLVED IN CREATING, PRODUCING OR DISTRIBUTING IMSA.com BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE IMSA.com. USER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION APPLY TO ALL CONTENT AND FEATURES COMPRISING IMSA.com.
E. UNLESS AND EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY STATED WITHIN IMSA.com, AWARDS, SUCH AS BADGES, AND SIMILAR ITEMS PROVIDED BY IMSA.com, ARE PROVIDED FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY AND DO NOT HAVE MONETARY OR SIMILAR VALUE.
12. Indemnification. You shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Company Parties from and against all claims, damages, losses and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of the use of IMSA.com by You, and/or arising out of use of Your Account (whether or not by You), and/or arising out of Your other acts or omissions.
13. Termination. Company may change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of IMSA.com at any time, including the availability of any IMSA.com feature, database, or content. Company may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict your access to parts or all of IMSA.com without notice or liability at any time in Company's sole discretion, without prejudice to any legal or equitable remedies available to Company, for any reason or purpose, including, but not limited to, conduct that Company believes violates these Terms of Use or other policies or guidelines posted on IMSA.com or conduct that Company believes is harmful to other customers, to Company's business, or to other information providers. Upon any termination of these Terms of Use, you shall immediately discontinue your use and access of IMSA.com and destroy all materials obtained from it.
14. Miscellaneous. These Terms of Use, including the Privacy Policy, and any operating rules for IMSA.com established by Company, constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous written or oral agreements between the parties with respect to such subject matter. These Terms of Use shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict of laws rules and the courts in the State of Florida shall be the exclusive forum for any disputes. No waiver by either party of any breach or default hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of any preceding or subsequent breach or default. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not be given any legal import.
15. Notice of Infringement of Copyright.
Company respects the rights of all copyright holders and in this regard, Company has adopted and implemented a policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances of Users and account holders who infringe the rights of copyright holders. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Company's Copyright Agent the following information required by the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. Section 512:
A. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
B. Identification of the copyright work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site;
C. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
D. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the complaining party;
E. A statement that the complaining party has a good-faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
F. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
For copyright inquiries under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act please contact:
Copyright Agent
International Motor Sports Association, LLC
One Daytona Blvd, Daytona Beach, FL 32114
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
For web posting, reprint, transcript or licensing requests for Company material, and for any other inquiries please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Effective October 19, 2013.
© 2016 International Motor Sports Association, LLC


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FRAMINGHAM – Seventy years ago today, 19-year-old Arthur Cotton aimed his M-1 rifle at a German plane strafing Utah Beach and fired his first and last shots of the war.
"Didn't get anywhere close," the 89-year-old said Monday from his Framingham living room. "But at least I got to shoot my gun off."
Cotton, a Navy Seabee, still has the Navy tattoo he got "for about a dollar" in 1943 scrawled on his left arm. The ink has faded, but the memories have not.
"It doesn't seem like it was 70 years ago," said Cotton. "It feels like 15 years ago."
Today, Cotton will be one of 11 veterans to receive the highest honor from the French government, the Legion of Honor, at a ceremony at the Museum of World War II in Natick.
"I'm very excited for him," said his wife, Rosalie. She said her husband has always been modest about his service.
"I'm the CEO," she said. "He's the quiet one."
Flipping through pages of photographs from the war given to him by his company's photographer, Cotton spoke about June 6, 1944 as if it were yesterday.
As a member of the 81st Naval Construction Battalion – nicknamed "Seabee" from the initials CB – Cotton's job was to get equipment from LSTs and other seafaring crafts to the beach.
The Landing Ship, Tank ("we called them Large Slow Targets") carried tanks and other vehicles that needed to get to shore. It was the Seabees' job to bring the vehicles from the ships to the beach on large pontoons called Rhino ferries.
"My job up front was to drop the ramp down," Cotton said, and hope the German guns didn't get him in the process.
Cotton said he wasn't really scared during the invasion.
"To me, it felt like acting in a movie," he said - something much larger than himself. Though he prefers to remember the good and not the bad, he said he did see some tough things when he first got ashore.
"There was somebody's nose lying on the beach," he remembered, and bodies were being stacked up against a wall.
Cotton's ferry was one of just a handful to arrive on Utah Beach on D-Day. Several of the ferries were shot at from the shore or bombed from overhead. On one barge, one Seabee was killed and 11 wounded by a German bomb.
"We just ducked down out of the way," Cotton said as he remembered the German plane that fired on the beach upon his arrival.
Cotton stayed on the beach all day, intervening at one point when a large hole bored in the ocean floor by a shell began to trip up soldiers who fell into it carrying their large packs.
Cotton said he and a few others went about chest high in the water around the hole and helped the soldiers navigate around it.
"We grabbed a couple of them and pulled them out," Cotton said, before standing in front of the hole and directing men elsewhere until the tide receded.
Cotton received a Bronze Star for his Normandy service, as well as a second Bronze Star at Okinawa. But he won't call himself a hero.
"I didn't get wounded," he said. "I didn't save anybody's life."
After the Japanese surrendered, Cotton served occupation duty near Nagasaki, one of two cities decimated by atomic bombs.
"We took a trip there in the truck with our chaplain," he remembered. "It was pretty well destroyed. There wasn't much of it left at all."
Cotton said his most vivid memories from the war aren't those of death and destruction, but of mirth and camaraderie. For instance, he's still eternally grateful to his commander for allowing him and a few others to hop the "Red Ball Express" to Paris a few days after it was liberated even though they had no reason to go there.
When spotted in their Navy blues by Army brass, Cotton and his buddies were taken to the stockade, where they were only released after promising they'd return to their units.
"We went back to our hotel and changed into army uniforms," he said, grinning. "We went back out around the city for four days. Nobody bothered us."
Cotton's son is flying in from Guam to attend today's ceremony, while his daughter Maureen Gallen, who helped get him the award, is flying in from California.
"It's really nice," he said of the honor, before his wife reminded him he had to get going. The active octogenarian still cuts grass at the Pine Brook Country Club in Weston four days a week, and on this Monday, had a 3 p.m. tee time with friends.
"You won't meet many 90-year-old veterans like him," said Rosalie. "He doesn't stop a minute."
Other World War II veterans receiving the Legion today include Harry Baker, an Army investigation officer from Weston, and James Zographos, a Westborough Army man who has received six Bronze stars and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Brad Petrishen can be reached at 508-490-7463 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @BPetrishen_MWDN.
Framingham man, 10 others to receive France's Legion of Honor
FRAMINGHAM – Seventy years ago today, 19-year-old Arthur Cotton aimed his M-1 rifle at a German plane strafing Utah Beach and fired his first and last shots of the war.

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I'm driving home from work and I see a sign for "Little Lambs Sunday School" in front of a nice big baptist church.
They refer to themselves as sheep! I mean, come on! Sheep? Really? And none of them clue in on the fact that sheep are a source of income and sustenance for the shepherd? Who willingly identifies with a weak, skittish animal? Isn't the best thing about a sheep the fact that it can be used without being slaughtered? Sheep are also slaughtered, of course.
Maybe I only react this way because I am outside looking in (having never been in) and flock sounds nicer than herd or something. I doubt it.
And they have the nerve to guffaw at the idea of our shared ancestry with apes.
I just had to get this off my chest. I'm sure there are others with equally strong feelings about other christian qualities; let's hear them! Sound off you non-believers about the ONE thing that tops them all.
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Do I have to choose just one thing??
Just to name a few.
Definitely the use of biblical glasses for looking at the world. If it doesn't fit with the bible, or any other religion, then it isn't true.
Oh, and also, the constant use of end world arguments. Telling people the world is going to end soon because god is coming down ( from where?) is so overflowing with stupid that it is as worse as.....
Nope can't think of any worse.
ONE thing? Impossible, like Steph said, there are too many.
Your sheep school reminds me of a church near my house with a big sign that says "Babies In Need"
We always laugh that if we ever need a needy baby we know where to get one.1 of many pet peeves = "he died for our sins." It's like the mafia. Bizarre.
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Expected performance and known limitations of real-time searches and reports
Real-time search matches events that have arrived at the port but have not been persisted to disk. The rate of arrival of events and number of matches can determine how much memory is consumed and the impact on the indexing rate.
Indexing throughput
Splunk software performance is expected to be acceptable as long as the indexers are not currently heavily loaded and do not have more than a few concurrent real-time searches.
Real-time searches will have a significant impact on performance in high volume environments and network load when you have many concurrent real-time searches.
When planning your real-time searches, you should consider how it will affect the performance of both:
- The search peer that must stream the live events.
- The search head that must process the aggregated stream of live events.
The more work that is done on the search peer, the less that is required on the search head, and vice versa. The search peer is important to the overall system function, so you do not want to burden it with too much filtering of live events. However, if the search peer does not filter at all, the processing power and bandwidth required to send all the live events to the search head may prove costly, especially when you have multiple real-time searches running concurrently.
In cases where the search head cannot keep up with the search peer, the queue on the index processor will cease to flag events for the search. However, the events will have a sequence number that you can use to tell when and how many events were omitted from search consideration.
Concurrent real-time and historical searches
You can run real-time and historical searches concurrently, within the limits of your hardware. There are no restrictions on separate searches for the same or different users.
Concurrent real-time searches
Running multiple real-time searches will negatively impact indexing capacity. The real-time search feature is optimized for real-time alerting on sparse, or rare-term, searches and sacrifices indexing capacity for improved latency and reliability.
Indexed real-time searches
The number of concurrent real-time searches can greatly affect indexing performance. To lessen the impact on the indexer, you can enable indexed real-time search. This will basically run the search like a historical search, but will also continually update it with new events as they appear on disk.
Read more about how to enable indexed real-time search in About real-time searches and reports.
Real-time search windows
Windowed real-time searches are more expensive than non-windowed. The operations required to manage and preview the window contents can result in a windowed real time search not keeping up with a high rate of indexing. If your windowed search does not display the expected number of events, try a non-windowed search. If you are interested only in event counts, try using "timechart count" in your search.
See Specify time ranges for real-time searches.
See also
Real-time searches and reports in the CLI
How to restrict usage of real-time search
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Thank you for the followup question. None of the queues mentioned in the wiki pages that you posted in your comment are related to the realtime queue mentioned in the documentation. I sent you an email with the details.
Lstewart splunk, Splunker
Thank you very much for your document update.
I have one more question, please.
Could you teach me what is actually "the queue on the index processor"?
For example, what stage/queue on <http://wiki.splunk.com/Community:HowIndexingWorks> and <https://wiki.splunk.com/Community:HowDistSearchWorks>?
Tkomatsubara and Parkyonsu
The choice of wording is unfortunate. By "drop events" we do not mean the events are removed. What we mean is that some events will not be considered for the search. I have corrected the wording above to this:
In cases where the search head can't keep up with the search peer, the queue on the index processor will cease to flag events for the search. However, the events will have a sequence number that you can use to tell when and how many events were omitted from search consideration.
Could you answer or update documents to the below questions from "Tkomatsubara splunk, Splunker"?
>In cases where the search head can't keep up with the search peer, the queue on the index processor will drop events.
Drop events? What does this mean? Which stage/queue are those events dropped?
Can you make it clear since this is very important.
>Indexed real-time searches
If this "Indexed real-time searches" used, can we avoid this data "drop" issue?


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Iraq is being rocked by its deadliest and most sustained wave of bloodshed in half a decade. More than 2,600 people have been killed since the start of April, raising fears that the country is once again edging toward the brink of civil war a decade after Saddam Hussein was toppled in the U.S.-led invasion.
Another suicide bomber and a shooting elsewhere in the country killed five members of the security forces, bringing Friday's toll to 43.
The late-night blast ripped through the Classico Cafe in Kirkuk, 290 kilometres (180 miles) north of Baghdad, as patrons were enjoying tea and water pipes hours after the sunset meal that breaks the daylong Ramadan fast, police officials said.
The city is a flashpoint for ethnic tensions, with its mix of Arabs, Kurds and Turkomen holding competing claims to claims for control of the oil-rich area. The Kurds want to incorporate it into their self-ruled region in Iraq's north, but Arabs and Turkomen are opposed.
There has been no claim of responsibility for the Kirkuk blast or other attacks in recent days. But Sunni extremists, including al-Qaida's Iraq branch, frequently targets Shiites, security forces and civil servants in an effort to undermine the Shiite-led government in Baghdad. They also are believed to be behind frequent attacks in a band of disputed territories around Kirkuk aimed at heightening ethnic tensions in the area.
The café attack wounded 26, police and hospital officials said. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to talk to journalists.
Hours before the Kirkuk attack, Sunni cleric Salah al-Nuaimi urged calm among Iraqis during a joint Sunni-Shiite sermon Friday in Baghdad aimed at easing sectarian tensions.
"Enough is enough," al-Nuaimi told worshippers at a Baghdad mosque. "We all love Iraq, we are all Iraqis and we want to be united. We want to stop the bloodletting, and develop and build Iraq."
Earlier in the day, a suicide car bomber struck a police patrol outside the northern city of Mosul, killing four policemen, a police officer and a medical official said. Mosul is 360 kilometres (225 miles) northwest of the Iraqi capital.
And outside the northern city of Tikrit, 130 kilometres (80 miles) north of Baghdad, drive-by shooters armed with pistols fitted with silencers killed a senior police officer. The attack took place in the town Shirqat, a police officer said.
Officials also provided details of new attacks on Iraqi Shiites late the previous night.
In one of the attacks on Shiites, a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden motorcycle into a funeral tent for a Shiite family in the town of in Muqdadiyah, about 90 kilometres (60 miles) north of Baghdad, officials said. The late Thursday evening explosion killed 13 people and wounded 24, the officials said.
In the northern town of Dujail, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) from Baghdad, a parked car bomb went off outside a Shiite mosque late on Thursday. As people gathered around the blast site, another bomb went off. That twin bombing killed at least 11 people and wounded 25, mayor Nayif al-Khazrachi said. Two medical officials, who weren't authorised to speak publicly, confirmed the casualty figures.
The two attacks raised the overall death toll Thursday from a series of attacks, which included assaults on police stations in the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah west of Baghdad, to 40.
On Wednesday, gunmen launched an assault on an army checkpoint and special oil industry police assigned to protect a nearby pipeline in the western Iraqi desert, killing at least 14 troops there.
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McCann sustains mild concussion on foul ball
NEW YORK -- Yankees catcher Brian McCann was removed from Friday night's 10-6 win over the Indians with what the team said was diagnosed to be a mild concussion.
McCann was struck in the face mask by a foul ball off the bat of Mike Aviles in the third inning. He was examined on the field by manager Joe Girardi and head athletic trainer Steve Donohue and stayed in the game.
"He said it was his jaw," Girardi said. "He felt like his jaw got jammed. And then in talking to him later when he came in, in the sixth, he said he felt a little foggy. He was having a hard time putting words to it, so I helped him. I said, 'You're out.' He didn't want to come out, but I said, 'You're out.'"
Francisco Cervelli pinch-hit for McCann in the sixth inning and remained in the game as the Yanks' catcher.
McCann finished 1-for-2 with a walk on Friday and is batting .238 with 13 home runs and 49 RBIs in 103 games this season, his first in New York. Girardi said McCann will be evaluated again on Saturday.
Last month, the Yankees placed outfielder/designated hitter Carlos Beltran on the seven-day disabled list after Beltran sustained a concussion and fractured his nose in a batting practice mishap. Beltran returned after the seven days and has not felt any symptoms since.
Even though Beltran said he was fine after the incident, the Yankees wanted to handle him with caution. Girardi said he plans to do the same with McCann.
"I'm not sure what it means right now," Girardi said. "We've got to go talk about it obviously. We'll probably have to make a decision about something."


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Sophomore • 2013
Rowed third, fifth, and seventh seat for the second varsity, including an undefeated season ... Rowed the third seat for the lightweight four second-place finish at the IRA National Championship.
• 2012
Rowed for the varsity eight all season … Helped the varsity eight take bronze at the IRA National Championships, the first medal the Radcliffe lightweight crew has captured since 2006 … Contributed to third-place finish at the EAWRC Sprint, the lightweight varsity's third straight bronze … Rowed in win over Princeton to reclaim the Class of 1999 Cup for the first time since 2009 … Topped MIT by over 30 seconds in a lightweight crew sweep to take the Muri Cup … Finished third against No. 2 Wisconsin and No. 1 Stanford in the grand final of a six-team regatta on the Charles River … Contributed to win over Georgetown.
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Participated in crew and field hockey for the Groton School … Head of the community service board … Spent a year volunteering at several philanthropic organizations in Boston, Houston, South Africa and Italy.
Parents, John '81 and Sarah '83, graduated from Harvard. John captained the men's heavyweight crew.


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IEMA offers tips for protecting homes, businesses from natural
Preparedness campaign highlights hazard mitigation in January
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[January 08, 2013]
SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois is
susceptible to several types of natural hazards, including floods,
tornadoes, snow and ice storms, droughts, even earthquakes. While
it's impossible to avoid such events, there are several steps
communities and people can take to prevent injuries or deaths and
reduce property losses.
"Try as we might, we'll never be able to
avoid the wrath of Mother Nature," said IEMA Director Jonathon
Monken. "But there are many ways we can limit the impact of these
weather events, ranging from inexpensive, do-it-yourself home
projects to communitywide efforts."
Knowing the natural hazards in your area is the first step toward
reducing your risk. One hazard affecting much of Illinois,
particularly the southern half of the state, is earthquakes. While
many people think the U.S. earthquake risk is primarily on the West
Coast, a catastrophic earthquake is possible in the central U.S.
In fact, during the winter of 1811-1812, a series of earthquakes
centered near New Madrid, Mo., rocked the central U.S. and was felt
as far away as the East Coast. The New Madrid Seismic Zone stretches
from along the Mississippi River valley from southern Illinois to
Mississippi. The Wabash Valley Seismic Zone, located in southeastern
Illinois, also poses an earthquake risk for the state.
IEMA is encouraging people to register for the third annual Great
Central U.S. ShakeOut, a multistate earthquake drill that will take
place at 10:15 a.m. on Feb. 7. The date for this year's ShakeOut
drill coincides with the 201st anniversary of the Feb. 7, 1812,
earthquake near New Madrid, Mo., the last of that series of major
To date, more than 130,000 Illinois participants are registered
for the drill. Last year, more than 2.4 million people in nine
states participated in the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut, including
nearly 500,000 in Illinois.
While the "Drop, Cover and Hold On" drill takes only a few
minutes, Monken said participants can also learn about ways to
reduce the earthquake hazards in their homes and workplaces.
To register for the drill, visit
Tips for making your home more earthquake-resistant:
Hot water heaters -- Install a strap or bracing kit to your hot
water heater, securing it to the wall studs. A secure hot water
heater can prevent fires and water damage during an earthquake. Have
a licensed plumber install flexible gas and water line connector
pipes to your water heater. These are safer than rigid pipes during
an earthquake.
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TVs, computers and other home electronics -- Secure these items
with special strapping designed to be earthquake-resistant or by
using heavy-duty "hook and loop" tape. This will help protect
valuable equipment as well as make your home safer by preventing
injury or death from falling items during an earthquake.
Furniture and appliances -- Bookcases, armoires, shelving units
and refrigerators should be anchored to wall studs to prevent
tipping that could cause injury. Tall, top-heaving furniture and
appliances should be secured with nylon straps or L-brackets
attached to the wall studs.
Cabinets -- Kitchen and bathroom cabinets should have
child-safety latches installed to prevent items such as dishware and
cleaning supplies from spilling out during an earthquake.
IEMA developed an interactive "Home Hazard Hunt" that allows
people to locate earthquake hazards in a home and learn more about
how to reduce the risks. More information
about hazard mitigation is available on the Ready Illinois website,
In addition, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is offering
two free webinars on earthquake mitigation. A webinar on Jan. 30 at
1 p.m. will offer suggestions for reducing the risks of
nonstructural earthquake damage. This webinar is aimed at property
owners, facility managers, local officials, engineers, architects
and small-business owners. The second webinar, on Jan. 31 at 1 p.m., will focus on
earthquake safety and mitigation for schools.
For more information, visit the Ready Illinois website,
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The big local government news in California this week? The decision by the small city of Maywood, in Los Angeles County, to fire nearly all its workers and contract out for services with its neighbors. In most quarters, Maywood's decision was seen as more bad news -- an example of the fiscal pressures that California cities are under in these times.
Here's another perspective: the effective shutdown of Maywood's city government is good news -- and should be a model for strapped local governments around the state. California simply has too many local governments -- there are literally thousands -- that serve no useful purpose. It's not just all the cities and towns, but the variety of special districts, water districts and other entities that duplicate efforts and make it difficult for citizens to know who's in charge, and hold those in charge accountable.
Maywood is one of 88 cities in Los Angeles alone -- a municipal diversity that has long served little purpose other than to let irresponsible businesses play off cities against each other (and to let criminal enterprises jump back and forth across jurisdictions, a favorite tactic of the infamous LA gangster Mickey Cohen).
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California's local governments do need, as has been argued here, more control over taxation and spending. But the state also could use many fewer local governments. There has been a fair amount of conversation in California over the last century of consolidating local governments, but politically, it has proven just too difficult. Perhaps one benefit of the Great Recession -- and the California budget crisis -- may be a real effort at consolidation. Let's hope Maywood is only the first to go.


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Following negative reporting recently about Freemasonry in the Guardian newspaper and also seen in other media outlets, the CEO of United Grand Lodge of England, Dr David Staples has responded by taking out a full-page advertisement in leading national newspapers to publish a letter, refuting the inaccurate and misleading claims that have been made.
Explaining the reason for this unprecedented action, Dr Staples said: "This is a first for us, but necessary under the circumstances. For too long we have been unjustly singled out. We are an organisation whose whole tenet is about helping individuals become better people, with values of honesty, integrity and service to others. Membership of Freemasonry is not only positive for them as individuals, but also for society at large."
He further commented: "Sadly, too many Freemasons have to exercise caution in response to prejudice and discrimination they fear they will face. We want the day when every Freemason can proudly declare themselves a member of our great and historical organisation without fear of retribution, suspicion or damage. We're open and happy to talk about anything and today we are announcing a series of sessions up and down the country too and to answer any questions people may have. I am also welcoming any queries from individuals myself."
He concluded by saying: "Such is the frustration amongst our members about the level of prejudice, that I have also written to the Equality and Human Rights Commission to make a case with regards to these issues."
The full letter, which has been published in The Times, Guardian and The Telegraph is reproduced in full below.
At the United Grand Lodge of England, we value honesty, integrity and service to the community above all else. Last year we raised over £33 million for good causes. As an organisation we welcome individuals from all walks of life, of any race, faith, age, class or political persuasion. Throughout our 300-year history, when people have suffered discrimination Freemasonry has embraced them into our lodges as equals.
The United Grand Lodge of England believes that the ongoing gross misrepresentation of its 200,000 plus members is discrimination. Pure and simple. Our members shouldn't have to feel undeservedly stigmatised. No other organisation would stand for this and nor shall we. I have written to the Equality and Human Rights Commission to make this case.
I appreciate that you may have questions about who we are and what we do, so why not ask those who know? Over the next six months our members will be running a series of open evenings and Q & A events up and down the country. These will be promoted in the local media and on our website.
I am also happy to answer any queries directly. Please feel free to write to me here at Freemasons' Hall, 60 Great Queen Street, London WC2B 5AZ and I will come back to you.
"We're open and happy to talk about anything and today we are announcing a series of sessions up and down the country too and to answer any questions people may have. I am also welcoming any queries from individuals myself."
Dr David Staples
Chief Executive
The United Grand Lodge of England


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I'm excited to be attending three BarCampBanks over the next three weekends. I thought it was going to be just two, until BarCampBank founder Frederic Baud discovered that Jonah Keegan is putting together BarCampMoneyNYC on April 12. Jonah embarked on this endeavor without knowing about the BarCampBanks on the docket. And he's glad that his event is now part of this movement. Dan Reynolds and I are getting on a plane bright and early tomorrow morning for San Fran. For those who want to follow along, here are the info/networking pages for each event. CrowdVine is designed for attendees to connect with each other before, during and after the event, but if you want to virtually follow, feel free to join in there.
BarCampBank SF – March 29
Wiki: http://barcamp.org/BarCampBankSF
CrowdVine: http://bcbsf.crowdvine.com
Facebook: event page
BarCampBank NewEngland – April 5
Wiki: http://barcamp.org/BarCampBankNewEngland
CrowdVine: http://bcbne.crowdvine.com
Facebook: event page
BarCampMoney NYC – April 12
Wiki: http://barcamp.org/BarCampMoneyNYC
CrowdVine: http://bcmnyc.crowdvine.com
Facebook: event page
The quality of people, ideas, topics, and sessions on the agenda is amazing. Check out the links above if you don't believe me. I am preparing to be floored at these events, and will try to blog, tweet, and photograph as much as I can. If anyone has any questions for any of the attendees at these events, please feel free to share them with me and I'll relay to the best of my ability.
Special thanks to EverythingCU.com designer, Nate Duval, for the spectacular logos for BarCampBank SF and BarCampBank NewEngland.


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Get highlights: Whether you're using waterproof makeup or sunless tanner, "playing with shadows and highlights will give you definition where you have none," says Jamie Kern Lima, former Baywatch babe and founder of It Cosmetics. The tricky part is making it look natural — which is why she prefers easily fixable makeup over self-tanner. Lima recommends applying a matte bronzer powder two to three shades darker than your skin tone on spots lacking muscle definition, using a flat-topped brush for precision. "Hide your least favorite areas, like the folds above your armpits, with bronzer, then use a highlighter to draw attention to the areas you like — clavicles, shoulders, the firm topsides of arms," says Lima.
For maximum visual slimming, "a customized salon spray tan will give you the best results," says Melanie Mills, head makeup artist for Dancing with the Stars. Those adept at self-tanning can apply lotions with sponges to strategically create contours. Mills suggests starting with a freshly self-tanned base, then going over areas, like the triceps' line from elbow to shoulder, with a second coat to fake muscle tone. "If you're too heavy-handed, you can always use a dry puff to buff away streaks after the tan has dried and you've showered with a light body wash," she explains.
Tighten up: Make your tummy two-piece-ready by applying makeup or self-tanner to the vertical contours on either side of your belly button. "You want to enhance the muscles you do have, not look like you drew on muscles you don't have," says Mills. Lima suggests dusting the sides of your waist with matte bronzer to narrow your midriff. "A waterproof powder should last at least six hours," she adds.
Skin-firming treatments offer an extra line of defense against love handles and flab. "Regular massages or body wraps will have the best results in reducing the look of cellulite and bloating by helping to stimulate circulation and lymphatic drainage," says Edouard Mauvais-Jarvis, scientific director for Christian Dior skincare, who recommends a monthlong series of thrice-weekly appointments before bikini season. Can't commit? At-home tightening creams containing ingredients like peptides and epsilon-viniferin (a grapevine extract) can temporarily flatten bumpy areas on the stomach and inner thighs. But heed caution before you rub down. "Lotions can cause makeup and sunless tanner to streak," says Mills, "so self-tan the night before you hit the beach or pool."
Perfect legs: For a more sculpted look below the belt, layer a few swipes of matte bronzer or self-tanner under your calf muscles, along your quadriceps' indentations, and along the crescent below each butt cheek to mimic hard-earned tone. Steer clear of shimmer on less-than-perfect zones. "Shimmer lotions are beautiful on 90 percent of your body — just don't use them anywhere you have cellulite unless you want to draw attention to it," says Lima. Even deep skin tones can benefit from bronzing: "I recently started using sunless tanner on very dark skin — it helps correct uneven pigmentation," says Mills.
Regardless of how you whittle down your frame, select your sunblock wisely. For bottle-bronzed skin, "try natural sunscreens, since some chemical ones can break down the compounds in sunless tanner," says Lima. And if you want to appear as lean as possible, "use powder and spray sunscreens that don't have the shiny, cellulite-emphasizing finish of lotions," she adds. Now, if only it were that easy to actually drop those last 5 pounds.


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After 33 years of debate, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has voted to change its constitution and allow openly gay people in same-sex relationships to be ordained as ministers, elders and deacons.
The outcome is a reversal from only two years ago, when a majority of the church's regions, known as presbyteries, voted against ordaining openly gay candidates.
This time, 19 of the church's 173 presbyteries switched their votes from no to yes in recent months. The Twin Cities presbytery, which covers Minneapolis and St. Paul, cast the deciding vote at its meeting on Tuesday. The vote was 205 to 56, with 3 abstentions.
Cynthia Bolbach, moderator of the church's General Assembly, its highest legislative body, said in a phone interview from Minneapolis after the vote: "Everyone was civil. There was no applause, no cheering. It was just reflective of the fact that we are moving forward one other step."
Although by the time the vote was taken in Minneapolis the outcome was expected, Presbyterian church officials said that even a few months ago they would not have predicted that the church was ready to change its policy.
"All of us are surprised," said the Rev. Gradye Parsons, the church's stated clerk, its highest elected official. He attributed the turnabout in the votes to both the growing acceptance of homosexuality in the larger culture, and to church members simply wearying of the conflict.
"We've been having this conversation for 33 years, and some people are ready to get to the other side of this decision," he said. "Some people are going to celebrate this day because they've worked for it for a long time, and some people will mourn this day because they think it's a totally different understanding of Scripture than they have."
"I hope that going forward we can stay together and be faithful witnesses to the gospel of Jesus Christ," he said.
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) now joins a growing bloc of historic, mainline Protestant churches that have voted to accept gay clergy members and church leaders — a bloc that includes the United Church of Christ, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Episcopal Church. (The largest mainline Protestant denomination, the United Methodist Church, is still fighting over the issue).
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has about two million members. The Presbyterian Church in America, a much smaller and more conservative denomination, prohibits the ordination of women and openly gay candidates.
Longtime advocates of gay equality in the Presbyterian Church savored the day. The Rev. Heidi Vardeman, senior minister of Macalaster Plymouth United Church in St. Paul and a spokeswoman for a pro-gay church group called More Light Presbyterians, said in an interview, "Finally, the denomination has seen the error of its ways and it will repent, which means, literally, to turn around.
"I've had young people who have been exemplary, obviously good candidates for the ministry," she said, "but then you have to have this weird conversation in which you say that, umm, because they might be gay or lesbian, it's not going to work. But now we're free! We can endorse and propose and assist and elect those whom God has called."
In the next few months, the denomination will gauge the reaction from its more theologically conservative members, who believe that ordaining sexually active gay people is inconsistent with the Bible. Some have already departed. The Presbyterian News Service estimates that approximately 100 congregations have left the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in the last five years. Several were large congregations, which could help explain why the vote in some presbyteries switched from 2009.
Paul Detterman, executive director of Presbyterians for Renewal, an alliance of conservative Presbyterians, said: "We see this as a bit of a crisis of conscience for us. The book that we hold up as holy is saying one thing, and now the church is behaving differently."
However, he said groups like his were not planning to separate from the denomination, but to push to create some kind of a formal entity within the Presbyterian Church for conservatives. It could be a nongeographical presbytery or a fellowship, he said. "We need to have some kind of an identity," he said.
He said he did not think the homosexuality issue was resolved because gay advocates are likely to try to pass an amendment at the church's next General Assembly in 2012 calling for the church to bless same-sex marriages and unions.
The change approved on Tuesday does not mean that presbyteries must ordain gay candidates — only that they may. The wording leaves the decision open to local presbyteries, according to church officials. It says that governing bodies that consider candidates "shall be guided by Scripture and the confessions in applying standards to individual candidates."
The measure changes the church's constitution by removing a 1997 amendment that said that those ordained were required to live in "either in fidelity within the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman" or in "chastity in singleness."


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I met her at 2 a.m. on a cold and windy morning in Washington, when she ran over to the outreach van to get a warm cup of coffee. Volunteers were offering condoms and health information to sex workers. She took only two condoms, and I urged her to take more. She told me that although she was worried about H.I.V., she was more afraid of the police. A month earlier, she had been harassed by officers for carrying several condoms. They told her to throw them out. She thought if they picked her up with more than a couple of condoms again, she might be taken to jail on prostitution charges.
Her story is not unique. Over the last eight months, Human Rights Watch has interviewed more than 200 current and former sex workers in New York, Los Angeles, Washington and San Francisco. The interviews were part of an investigation into barriers to H.I.V. prevention for sex workers, who, worldwide, are more than 10 times as likely to be infected as the general population. What we found was shocking: While public health departments spend millions of dollars promoting and distributing condoms, police departments are harassing sex workers for carrying them and using them as evidence to support arrests.
Many of the women we interviewed asked, "How many condoms is it legal to carry?" One wondered, "Why is the city giving me condoms when I can't carry them without going to jail?" Some women said they continued to carry condoms despite the consequences. For others, fear of arrest trumped fears of sexually transmitted diseases and pregnancy. Most of those we interviewed told us they were afraid to carry the number of condoms they needed, and some — about 5 percent — told us they had unprotected sex with clients as a result.
Police officers confiscate condoms and prosecutors try to enter them as evidence not because it is official policy to do so, but simply because they have not been trained to do otherwise. An act of the legislature (like one bill pending in the New York State Assembly), or even a directive from a police chief or district attorney, could end the practice immediately. Categories of evidence — like testimony regarding the sexual history of rape victims — are excluded as a matter of public policy in many legal systems. In this case, the value of condoms for H.I.V. and disease prevention far outweighs any utility they might have in the enforcement of anti-prostitution laws. Law enforcement efforts should not interfere with the right of anyone, including sex workers, to protect his or her own health.
Later this month, the 19th International AIDS Conference will be held in Washington. The United States' response to the epidemic will be in the spotlight; it is an opportunity for our government to announce new policies that protect those at risk of H.I.V. infection and to eliminate those that undermine prevention. Police and public health officials both seek to protect individuals and make our communities safer. They can — and should — work together to keep condoms in the hands of those who need them the most.
Megan McLemore is a senior health researcher for Human Rights Watch.


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Accordance 9: Limiting the Number of Zones
In my previous two posts I've discussed the new zones feature of Accordance 9. Zones lets you open different kinds of Accordance resources in different areas of your workspace. But what if you find the proliferation of zones to be a little too much? On a 27-inch iMac screen, you can view a half-dozen or more zones quite comfortably. But on a thirteen-inch MacBook screen, too many zones can quickly become unwieldy. That's why we let you limit the number of zones which Accordance can open.
If you go to Preferences, the first item in the General settings lets you set the Default maximum number of zones. If you're on a MacBook, try setting this maximum to 2 zones. If you begin with your Bible text in a single zone and open a tool, that tool will be opened in a second zone. If you then open other kinds of resources, they will only appear as tabs within one of your two existing zones. They will never automatically open a third zone in your workspace.
That doesn't mean you can't create a third zone yourself. Simply drag one of the tabs in either zone to a different area of the window and you can create a third zone. Do it again and you can add as many zones as you want. The preference setting merely restricts the number of zones Accordance can create automatically.
If for some reason you open a resource which cannot be opened in any of your existing zones, Accordance will simply open a new Workspace window. For example, Search details are a special category of resource which cannot appear in a zone with other kinds of resources. So if you set your default maximum number of zones to 2 and you already have a zone for texts and a zone for tools, when you choose to display Details those will be opened in a new Workspace window rather than one of the zones of your first Workspace.
If for some reason you want Accordance 9 to function just like Accordance 8, you can simply set your Default Maximum number of zones to 1. New resources will then always open as tabs within that single zone. Even so, you can still create additional zones when you want them.
By setting the maximum number of zones Accordance can open for you, you can ensure that zones are always a help and never a hindrance. On that 27-inch iMac, you may allow for an unlimited number of zones to be opened, while on your MacBook you may restrict it to just two or three. This simple preference setting puts you in control of how zones function for you.
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Daniel Zylstra
This is a great tip, and while my eyes are pretty good and I've crammed in 5 zones on my MacBook screen, and feel I can see them well, I get the point that limiting the zones would be useful.
I'm wondering though, what you think would be the best solution for a situation where the majority of my time I've got a dual-monitor setup (when I'm at work plugged into my external monitor too), but sometimes I'm just at my MacBook. Is there a way to set up one style of "window" for when I have the two monitors, and another setup for when I'm stuck with just my MacBook screen?


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John Eliot Gardiner has withdrawn from conducting all May 2014 performances of Le nozze di Figaro due to scheduling difficulties. David Syrus, Head of Music for The Royal Opera, will now conduct all performances.
David Syrus conducted David McVicar's production of Le nozze di Figaro for The Royal Opera in 2010, 2008 and 2006. He has also conducted Don Giovanni, Così fan tutte, Die Zauberflöte, La clemenza di Tito, Der fliegende Holländer, Salome, Elektra, Ariadne auf Naxos, La traviata, Falstaff, Bartered Bride, Jenůfa, Kát'a Kabanová, The Turn of the Screw, Midsummer Marriage, Carmen, Don Pasquale and Fidelio for the Company. Elsewhere he has conducted Die Walküre, Pêcheurs de perles, Eine florentinische Tragödie at Spoleto Festival and the British premiere of Henze's Pollicino. Recent engagements away from The Royal Opera include Billy Budd in Santiago, La clemenza di Tito and Albert Herring in Toulouse, Owen Wingrave at Opéra national du Rhin, Carmen and La Cenerentola in Tokyo and Die Zauberflöte, Le nozze di Figaro, La bohème and Carmen at Crested Butte Music Festival, Colorado.
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Archive for February 13th, 2008
History as Science
Should the study of history be scientific? The debate between historians, philosophers, and sociologist around whether history should be based on science has been a topic in my historiography class (see courses here). The biggest brouhaha took place in the late 1800's when the world was still feeling the effects of the Industrial Revolution and scientific method was becoming all the rage.
Ernst Breisach (left), who author's our primary text for the class [Historiography: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern], provides a survey of this quest to find a reason for history and its place alongside other areas of study. He provides a look at the players in those countries most engaged in the debate: France, England, Germany, and America.
Auguste Comte, who I mentioned in my post here, was a player. He believed that man was of one collective mind and thus progressed intellectually as one. He proposed a model called "The Three Stages of History" which posited that all thought, emotive forces, and sciences progress through three eras: (1) theological, (2) metaphysical, and (3) positive. Events in the theological era were explained by "God's will." In the metaphysical era, they were explained by natural laws. Eventually, he predicted, man would enter an endless "positive" era where events could be explained by positive philosophy and laws. Society, politics, and culture would radically change in this state and man's collective mind would reach a pinnacle needing no further development. The sciences would organize human life according to laws governing phenomena. These laws would be based on sensory experience; things which could be observed. Comte felt that mankind was on the cusp of moving into that final stage which he predicted began with the French Revolution and would go on forever.
Comte's ideas fell flat among many. Contrarians argued that once this utopia in human development was reached, there would be little left to do. Not only that but the very foundations of idealist philosophy would be destabilized. God, ideas, uniqueness, and intuition would be considered irrelevant.
But the idea that science could lead to a higher stage of intellectual development governed by overarching laws stuck and a new school of thought was born that became known as "positivist." Positivism grew in popularity and historians who embraced it began looking for overarching laws that governed, for example, the nature and destiny of nations. If the principles applied to the natural sciences could be applied to history, surely these laws would exist!
British historian Henry Thomas Buckle (right) jumped on the positivist band wagon and called on other British historians to fall in step with more scientific approaches or be ignored. His direction was to abandon the historiography of description in favor of an approach in line with natural sciences. The British didn't buy it. With few exceptions, they remained attached to the notion that history required careful interpretation and narration by historians. Moral lessons could be found in history that were necessary for the education of the young. Viewing history as science was nothing less than dangerous.
Americans, on the other hand, took to historical science with enthusiasm. History associations and history journals were formed. University history departments in the model of other scientifically-based disciplines were created. The notion of professional and academic historians emerged and it wasn't long before amateur historians were pushed aside. Breisach called it "The Great Divorce." (p. 287) More on that in a later post. Americans never demanded nor sought great laws governing human affairs but embraced the benefits and ambiguities of "scientific history," incorporated what were arguably the best of the interpretations from around the world, and put an American stamp on it.
What else changed? Plenty. Documentation of sources became more important. Historical writing became more formal and less accessible or interesting to the reading public. If the style of writing didn't change, it was criticized. So "literary" and "romantic" history became passe. Thus the work of such notable historians as George Bancroft became discredited. Historians began to specialize. The use of quantitative methods as a basis for drawing historical conclusions grew. [Needless to say, a paradigm-shift in quantitative methods occurred as a result of computer technology in the 20th century.] Economic history surged as a field of study in the early 20th century and continues strong today.
Not everyone has approved over the years. Breisach provides a wonderful quote by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. who said that the really important questions of historical inquiry are important because they can't be quantified. Teddy Roosevelt, Jr. protested accusing professional historians of becoming so enamored with detailed research that they "did much real harm in preventing the development of students who might have a large grasp of what history should be." (p. 288)
Certainly both the quantitative and the qualitative have a place in the study of history. There is no doubt that methods used in other fields like economics, data analysis and statistics can provide great insight into the study of history (See Cliometrics). This is the stuff that counter-factual analysis was built on. But finding the right balance remains a challenge.
Of interest, positivism had a rebirth in the 1920s but, interestingly, proponents of the narrative form of history surged back in the 1960s as humanists challenged pure scientific historiography. For me, there will always be a place for outstanding narrative in the telling of history. Like the British at the turn of the century, I believe in well told history that occasionally has a brilliant moral in the telling.
Ernst Breisach, Historiography: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, (The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, 2007). Chapter referenced: "History and the Quest for a Uniform Science."
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Image of depiction of the data items found in the perspectives of the Zachman Framework by Stan Locke, January 2008, Wikipedia.
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Diagram of Comte's Three Stages of History, self-made, Rene Tyree, Feb. 13, 2008.
Written by Rene Tyree
February 13, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Posted in Aguste Comte, Ernst Breisach, Henry Thomas Buckle, Historiography, Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Tagged with American Civil War, Arth Schlesinger, August Comte, British Historiography, cliometrics, Comte's Three Stages of History, counter-factual analysis, Economic history, Ernst Breisach, french revolution, George Bancroft, God's Will, Henry Thomas Buckle, Historiography, history, History as Science, humanists, Industrial revolution, literary history, Luther, metaphysical era, narrative history, natural laws, positive era, Positivism, Positivist, Romantic History, scientific historiography, Teddy Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevilt, theological era


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I was feeling sad
Can't help looking back
Highways flew by
Run, run away
No sense of time
Like you to stay
Want to keep you inside
Run-run-run away, lost-lost-lost my mind
Like you to stay, want you to be my prize
Run-run-run away, lost-lost-lost my mind
Like you to stay, want you to be my prize
[Verse 1: Laws]
And now you standing there, holding out our promise ring
You're crying but you feeling not a thing
'Cause it dawned on you like a new day that your man's not a king
He a parasite and your life's really got up in
And all you got is him but he got everybody
You a working woman and he a busy body
You had big dreams but he had a little hobby
And you had the feeling you could change him, it was silly probably
And now here we are, dinner table flipped
Cell phone open, text message six, on the floor like the Tell-Tale Heart
She ask do I wanna be this? I'm like oh hell start
'Cause I'm at the point of giving in so we can begin again
Fresher than the prince in them Bel-Air parks
But I can tell by the look that I get from her eyes
I took everything she had and now she empty inside
I try to reverse roles, if it was me in her place
I'd be putting someone in hearse mode and I don't feel like a stranger
She looking at me like I raped her, all of the sudden
The memory of what I used to be drifting through the air like a vapor
And it breaks her, she don't got nowhere to go
We don't even know the neighbors so I tell her…
[Verse 2: Laws]
Now I was never one to fight but we would argue
How I would never be the type of guy that her mother likes
What do I do? Go and prove her mother right?
I'm too embarrassed, I don't even want the rights
Show up at her door with flowers like poor me
What I do? And then I'm blocked at the doorway
I could see her in the kitchen with her head down
Wishing she could put it all behind her and call me
We was too close and it's been too long
And the memory of what we had is too strong
She had some genuine feelings but they was used wrong
And now the only decent thing to do is move on, as she watched me
It took her every ounce of willpower not to stop me
And accept my apology, all of a sudden, heard some footsteps from behind me
Think she wanted to hold me but she only told me…
Run away, run away, run away
Run away, run away, run away
Run away, run away, run away
Run away, run away, run away
Relationships with bad endings, strong feelings nonetheless run through this track from Laws' 4:57 mixtape.


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