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Why is CFI challenging the Indiana statute which specifies who can solemnize marriages? The most important reason for bringing this case is that it has wider implications. It, in the big picture, is standing up for equal rights for nonbelievers. It is not just about who can solemnize a marriage.
I just went to a notary and got mine solemnized. My brother(friend, etc.) just went online and got ordained as a minister and he/she solemnized ours. Glad that is not a problem in my state. What is wrong with Indiana? Why can't people just have a civil official do it? Atheists don't want a religious wedding anyway so the civil official is OK. Who wants to get married anyway? Marriage is a legal contract why can't a lawyer just do it? The Humanist Society has a program to certify Humanist Celebrants and they can solemnize marriages in any state so why did CFI create their own program to certify Secular Celebrants? Humanists did that years ago. There is no need for the CFI program. Atheists/Secular Humanists, etc.don't want ritual and ceremony. Shouldn't that whole solemnization step just be done away with? Why can't the license which is the legal contract be enough? Why require the second step? That should be left up to the couple if they want a ceremonial ritual of some kind but should not be a requirement for the marriage to be legal.
I have heard all of these arguments and more from people in the Atheist/Secular Humanist/ Freethought world. Federal Judge Sarah Evans Barker said in her decision to dismiss our case:
In fact, there are several readily available avenues by which a Secular Celebrant may facilitate a marriage ceremony in Indiana: she may (1) preside at a wedding and then instruct the couple to go before one of the individuals listed in the Solemnization Statute to have the marriage solemnized; (2) become a member of the "clergy" by seeking immediate Internet ordination from the Universal Life Church; or (3) seek certification to solemnize marriages from the Humanist Society. –page 9
Presently, our Secular Celebrants use the first avenue. This is legal and if the couple does not mind taking the two step process, that can be done. However, why should they have to do this when a religious person can go to their clergy and take care of it all in one process. Granted, some couples are satisfied with using the civil route only and that is fine if that is their preference. However, for a couple who wants a more personalized wedding in front of their friends and family that is not satisfactory to them. We refuse to use avenues two and three because it is our stance that we should not have to work under a religious designation.
We consider The Humanist Society to be a very fine organization with Humanist Celebrants certified to perform the type of ceremony that the couple desires. Being pragmatic, I solemnized over fifty weddings in Indiana when I was certified by The Humanist Society. I saw this as a way I could provide this service to couples not wanting religious weddings but wanting more than just a civil ceremony. However, it is my opinion and the opinion of CFI, that we are Secular Humanists and we should not have to declare ourselves a religious organization in order to have the same right to solemnize marriages as do religious clergy. So, in 2009 we launched a program to train and certify Secular Celebrants.
I have tried to discuss and explain the arguments put forth in the first paragraph of this blog many times to many people in person, comments on blog posts, etc. It seems to be more complicated for people to understand than I ever imagined.
I won't try to address all of these issues in this blog, but will tackle a few of them. Indiana is not the only state where this is a problem. Our Secular Celebrants cannot solemnize a marriage just under our certification in any state in the union while religious clergy can in all states. Some states have easy ways for our Secular Celebrants to do it under a civil designation and other variations. Most do not. Because we are trying to make a case against religious privilege, we do not allow our Secular Celebrants to solemnize a marriage under any religious designation.
True, athiests/Secular Humanists, etc. generally see less need for ritual than religious people. However, we feel that we should be able to offer it to those who do. Personally, I would agree that the solemnization step should not be a part of making a marriage legal. The license should be enough. Then if the couple wants it solemnized by their personal religious clergy or by a secular person, that is fine. That would be their personal option. However, that is not the case today in any state. Sometimes change has to come in baby steps.If religious people can have their clergy make their marriage legal then secular people should be able to have a representative of their secular community do so.
The most important reason for bringing this case is that it has wider implications. It, in the big picture, is standing up for equal rights for nonbelievers. It is not just about who can solemnize a marriage. The notice of appeal was filed today to the United States Court of appeals for the Seventh Circuit by our lead attorney, Kenneth J. Falk, ACLU of Indiana. It will probably be more than a year before the final outcome in known.
Summary of Decision by Judge Sarah Evans Barker, United States Distric Court, Southern District of Indiana
[The complete document is 30 pages long. I have picked out statements that I think are the major statements against our case.]
In fact, there are several readily available avenues by which a Secular Celebrant may facilitate a marriage ceremony in Indiana: she may (1) preside at a wedding and then instruct the couple to go before one of the individuals listed in the Solemnization Statute to have the marriage solemnized; (2) become a member of the "clergy" by seeking immediate Internet ordination from the Universal Life Church; or (3) seek certification to solemnize marriages from the Humanist Society. – page 9
the remedy CFI seeks . . . implies a claim to vindicate positive rights rather than to restrain government action," and, consequently, is not a true Establishment Clause claim.-page 11
At least two of the plaintiffs (Ms. Landrum and Mr. Kiel) also believe that the statute forecloses their ability to wed in a single ceremony. (expressing the couple's desire not "to have to go before a clerk to make [the] marriage legal . . . and then have to go to [Ms. Wooden]" for another ceremony). Further, Plaintiffs contend, Indiana's Solemnization Statute denies non-religious couples the ability to marry without "limitations on time and place ceremonies may occur" or "the governmental overtone that the [secular solemnizing] official's presence carries.
These allegations are, if not slightly disingenuous, unsupported by the evidence of record. -page 17
But we must gently remind Plaintiffs that the Free Exercise Clause is not a guarantee against inconvenience. Similarly, the Constitution does not obligate the State of Indiana to perform heroics to fashion Plaintiffs' ideal remedy. Pages 17-18
"[T]he Free Exercise Clause is written in terms of what the government cannot do to the individual, not in terms of what the individual can extract from the government." – page 18
"[L]ong before marriage was a civil institution regulated
by any of the . . . States, it was a religious contract . . . . [B]ecause marriage as an institution owes its origins to religious roots, it is both natural and logical that when state government regulates entry into marriage, it accommodates those deep religious traditions." -page 19
government may accommodate religious groups' free exercise of various
traditions and practices. "[V]oluntary governmental accommodation of religion is not only permissible, but desirable.") -page 20
We fail to see how the Solemnization Statute poses a hint of a threat, let alone a real one. In our view, the State of Indiana is entitled to uphold the idea that marriage is not final upon issuance of a license. By permitting diverse religious groups to place their "stamp of approval" on marriages,
this statute preserves "the ability of religious organizations to define and carry out their religious missions." -page 21
Nothing about Indiana's statutory scheme would prompt a reasonable observer to interpret the Solemnization Statute as state-sanctioned endorsement of religious (over secular) marriage traditions. -page 21
We conclude that the Solemnization Statute is rationally related to the legitimate purpose of alleviating significant governmental interference with pre-existing religious beliefs about marriage. Additionally, the statute bears a rational relation to the equally reasonable purpose of allowing the government to assume responsibility for the marriage regulation function without ostracizing its religious constituents. -page 24
To rule otherwise "would be to find in the Constitution a requirement that the government show a callous indifference to religious groups . . .preferring those who believe in no religion over those who do believe." -page 24
This group has no "immutable characteristic determined solely by the accident of birth," ;moreover, it is not "saddled with such disabilities, or subjected to such a history of purposeful unequal treatment, or relegated to such a position of political powerlessness as to command extraordinary protection."-page 26
We have already determined that the Solemnization Statute does not arbitrarily discriminate on the basis of religion. -page 26
Laws aimed at accommodating religious practices need not "come[] packaged with benefits to secular entities." -page 28


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Estne meum? velne Marcus stultissimus puer? Puer non cogitat prius facit. Hic ne affectio e auditorium quibus Liber scribitum est?
(excuse the bad composition please correct my grammer I want to say "Is it just me? or is Mark a very stupid boy? The boy does not think before he acts . Is this a condition of the audience for which the book was written)

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Laurenza (Laura) Fiorito
May 13, 1918 - February 11, 2013
Laura passed away Feb. 11, 2013 in Stockton at the age of 94. She was born on May 13, 1918 to her
parents Giuseppina and Giuseppe Moresino. Laura was the youngest of two children. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert and sister Mary Lehr.
In her younger years Laura loved to go fishing and travel with her husband. She loved to watch football, go to Stockton Ports games and spend time with her family. She had a gift to gab and would strike up a conversation with anyone. Laura was known to her family as "Noni".
She leaves behind a daughter, JoAnn Cuneo (Angelo), grandchildren, Michael Cuneo (Cheryl), Jeanette Leal (Rudy), Carolyn
Lopez (Rudy), six great grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren. She also leaves behind her precious dog Charlie and cats Peety and Puffy. Noni will be
missed and the void in our hearts will be forever.
The Fiorito family would like to thank Ruth Creekmore for the exceptional care she gave to Laura over the last year and for the added support and comfort this brought to the family.
There will be visitation for family and friends at DeYoung Memorial Chapel, 601 N. California St., on Thurs., Feb. 21, 2013 from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. A Mass of
Christian Burial will be held at St. Edward's Catholic Church, 731 S. Cardinal Ave., on Fri., Feb. 22, 2013 at 11:30 a.m., followed by the committal at San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery, 719 E. Harding Way.
Because of Laura's love for animals, donations can be made in Laurenza's name to Pets and Pals, 12488 S. Harlan Rd., Lathrop, CA 95330. Online guest book at deyoungchapels.com


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Having spent the last month living and working in Vietnam's capital city, I've learned some interesting things about Vietnamese culture that are worth sharing.
1. Traffic is chaotic, yet road rage doesn't seem to exist: By far the most obvious difference. While a driver's license is technically required in Vietnam, the traffic code is rarely enforced and driving is basically a free-for-all. Motorbikes are the predominant mode of transportation due to their low cost and maneuverability, and moto drivers will squeeze into every...Continue Reading >>
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Some things never change
Security and data center ownership were big issues 15 years ago when the federal government attempted to move agencies to consolidate data centers and share information technology services.
Guess what? These are still concerns today, as the Office of Management and Budget attempts once again to achieve IT operation efficiencies and cost-savings through data center consolidation.
But this time around there is a difference, said Mark Hamilton, program manager of infrastructure technology services within the Justice Departments' Justice Management Division.
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Systems were separate entities and didn't interact with each other 15 years ago. Since then The National Institute of Standards and Technology guidelines have provided a consistent sense of security requirements that can be applied across an agency, he noted. He spoke Sept. 16 during a panel at a Data Center Optimization conference in Washington, D.C. sponsored by AFFIRM and the Government Information Technology Executive Council.
Data ownership is a big issue, especially because of the move toward service-oriented architecture, which decouples large applications and breaks business functions and processes into discrete services. The business owners are open to having a dialogue about how the amalgamation of information systems can save money, Hamilton said. But they still have concerns of ownership rights as data is segmented within virtual systems, he said.
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Data ownership is a small and obvious issue. Those that create the information (science/engineering… data, legal/learning… content) are always the literal (legal/virtual) owners. Information Management (IM) with any other owner is .Com/.Gov/.Mil hierarchy-agenda folly.
SOA is not intended for decoupling information ownership. SOA "Services" are not the large applications. "Services" are apt and agile information sharing-value that transit SOA for shared business functions and processes. SOA is about discrete services (not architecture).
SOA is about delivering authenticated, assured, and accurate discrete information products upon request as a service. SOA and Structured Information (XML, GEIA…) standards allow businesses to have "Open" dialogue for planning, organizing, and operating with identical aggregated information sets/assets.
The aggregation of structured information under data/content/… appropriate standards using cloud/mobile-computing and virtualization will provide affordable, apt, and agile information collaboration.
The amalgamation of information systems under one or few colossal OpSys, applications, architectures (IMO) is another stove-pipe silo or money-pit for .Gov/.Mil/,Com. IM, IT, IS….
Also, SOA, cloud/mobile-computing applications, and virtualized infrastructure does not segment/fragment information. IM governance requires information ownership be specified, authenticated, and associated with the information creator/developer…author.
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The T56 ships with 512MB of 533MHz DDR 2 SDRAM, while the T72 and T74 comes with 1GB of memory. All three 335s incorporate Intel's GMA 950 integrated graphics engine, 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, a dual-layer DVD writer, Gigabit Ethernet, a four-in-one memory card reader, and a Firewire port.
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(CNN) -- A plane full of illegal migrants were flown from Israel back to Africa on Sunday night, the first of what potentially could be thousands of such deportations of people who have illicitly entered the Middle Eastern country in recent years.
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"Today, the government will begin the operation to repatriate illegal work infiltrators to their countries of origin," Netanyahu said, according to a cabinet communique released by Israel's foreign ministry. "We will do this is an orderly and dignified manner.
The issue of illegal African migrants has been of growing concern in the country in recent months. According to government records, more than 59,000 illegal African immigrants have entered the country in recent years through its southern border with Egypt.
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Most of the migrants come from Eritrea, Sudan and South Sudan. Some of them have refugee status and hold temporary permits to remain in the country, but Israel does not recognize the status of most of them and says it is looking for ways to send them back to their home countries.
More than 2,000 new migrants have been reported over the past month.
Some residents of southern Tel Aviv neighborhoods, where there is a large concentration of Africans, have blamed their new neighbors for increasing crime and suffocating the infrastructure and public services. Some also complain the illegal immigration is changing the fabric of Israel.
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Earlier this month, an Israeli court approved a government plan to deport 1,500 migrants from Africa. Many Israeli refugee agencies and officials pushed against those plans and called on the government to allow the migrants to stay.
And Israeli authorities announced last Tuesday that they'd detained 240 illegal migrants -- all of them Sudanese -- as part of the controversial plan, with another 300 people volunteering to return to their country of origin.
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The prime minister vowed to block such illegal migrants' entry into Israel and, if they do get in, to "hasten their deportation." He also pointed to a law, recently passed by the Knesset, the boosts fines on those who employ illegal migrants.
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"We have a Jewish tradition of treating strangers humanely," he said, "And even when we need to deport them from our midst due to the state's desire to control its borders, we must do so humanely and in a manner that finds expression in a restrained and humane manner."
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A slow-moving landslide in the Wyoming resort town of Jackson sped up significantly Friday, splitting a house in two, causing a huge uplift in a road and a Walgreens parking lot, and threatening to destroy several other unoccupied homes and businesses.
The 100-foot-high hillside is unlikely to liquefy and collapse suddenly like the March 22 landslide in Oso, Wash., that killed 39 people, a geologist said at a town meeting Friday. But large blocks of earth could tumble down one piece at a time, presenting a drawn-out threat to four homes on the hill and to two apartment buildings and four businesses below, said George Machan, a landslide specialist consulting for the town.
"Is it weeks, is it longer? I really don't know," Machan said. "I think it's really unpredictable how long it might take. I don't expect it to end in a day."
Geologists were still trying to fully understand the mechanics of the slide, he said.
On Friday morning, a crack that ran beneath one house vacant for the past year shifted downward several feet and split the structure in two, the Jackson Hole News & Guide reported. Inside the home, floor planks have been coming apart and cabinets have been falling off the walls for the past two weeks. Three nearby homes also are in the high-risk zone.
A sewer line ruptured and electric power had to be rerouted because the slide is moving a utility pole, officials said. The slide breached a retaining wall, and gravel was spilling into a parking lot.
Town officials first noticed significant hill movement April 4. They evacuated 42 homes and apartment units April 9, when the slide was moving at about an inch a day.
By Friday, the rate had surged to a foot a day. Overnight, the shifting earth had bulged a road and a parking lot at the foot of the hill by as much as 10 feet. The groundswell pushed a small town water pump building 15 feet toward West Broadway, the town's main drag.
A large crack continued to widen near the four homes at highest risk partway up East Gros Ventre Butte, a small mountain on the west side of town. Meanwhile, a steady stream of rock and dirt tumbled off the hill gouged with fresh gullies.
Efforts to slow the slide — such as pouring rock and dirt fill behind large, L-shaped concrete barriers arranged in a line at the base of the slide — were on hold to keep workers out of the danger zone.
"It's really not safe to put people out there. You try to do what you can, but at some point you're really restricted from entering the area," Machan said.
On a town webcam, pedestrians could be seen pausing in the rain now and then to gawk at the slide zone that's as big as three or four football fields. Cars and trucks on West Broadway also slowed occasionally, the cause of at least one fender-bender Friday and a police warning for lollygaggers.
"Everybody's looking over there instead of looking where they're driving," Lt. Cole Nethercott said.
On Monday, town officials lifted the evacuation for residents of about 30 homes outside the high-risk zone but said they couldn't drive on the neighborhood street. They have had to walk to and from home by cutting across private property.
On Friday, not even work crews could drive on Budge Drive, which was buckled several feet.
Town officials said they didn't know what was causing the slide, but they have noted the area has seen considerable road-grading over the past few decades. The latest work was last year's construction of the Walgreens drug store, which opened in January.


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Farmingdale 3 (30, 30, 30)
Staten Island (14, 18, 13)
Farmingdale State improved to 6-10 with a win over the College of Staten Island by a score of 3-0 (30-14, 30-18, 30-13). Junior Gina Moscato (Hicksville, NY/Hicksville) and freshman Lauren Fisher (Seaford, NY/Seaford) both finished with a game-high 9 kills. Fisher led the defense with a team-high 7 digs.
The Rams will back at home on Tuesday night with conference match aganist Mt. St. Vincent at 7pm.


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Happy Hangul Day! October 9th is a South Korean national holiday held in honor of the invention of the Korean writing system, which experts have called the most "scientific" (also "ingenious," "rational," "subtle," "simple," "efficient," "remarkable") writing system ever devised.
It's a bit outside of OSNews' regular stuff (although not unheard of), but as a language specialist myself, Korean, and Hangul in particular, has fascinated me for quite a while now. In contrast to other writing systems, which have developed over centuries - or millennia - without clear guidance, Hangul was more or less designed and set in stone 600 years ago, specifically for the Korean language. It is an absolutely beautiful alphabet, with a clear structure, and a unique way of organising letters - they are grouped in square morpho-syllabic blocks. To the untrained eye, Hangul may resemble e.g. Chinese characters - however, each 'character' actually consists of several letters.
Even though I'm not a programmer myself, Im pretty sure those of you who are will find Hangul fascinating. Due to its structured nature, it's incredibly easy to learn - I taught myself to read and write Hangul in a matter of days - and once you do take a few hours to grasp the basics, you'll surely come to appreciate its innate beauty and structure.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. — Less than an hour before the Phillies' final Florida exhibition, Ruben Amaro Jr. found Delmon Young eating lunch in the clubhouse. He shook the outfielder's hand, wished him luck, and patted him on the back.
While everyone else packed, Young faced the likelihood of another month here to recover from ankle surgery. It does not bother him.
"They can have April," Young said. "I want October."
The Phillies have not assigned a hard timetable to Young's return and Young said he does not have a date in mind. It could be May before he wears a Phillies uniform in a meaningful game.
Until then, Young will bide his time in Florida. He played in his fourth minor-league game Thursday. He still hobbles in the clubhouse and is not yet ready to play in the field.
"I feel alright," Young said. "I'm still not game-ready to go out and play every day. I'm getting there."
For now, there is no reason to rush Young. The day he is activated and added to the 25-man roster, he receives a $225,000 bonus. That is motivation for the team to wait until he is fully recovered and capable in right field.
That patience could waver, of course, if the platoon of Laynce Nix and John Mayberry Jr. fails.
Young will use extended spring training as the vehicle to relearn that position, which he has not manned since 2007.
Charlie Manuel said he envisions playing Domonic Brown in both corner spots for the first month of the season while Young recovers. Eventually, the team wants Young in right and Brown in left.
"When I see [Brown] sometimes, he's improving in both places," Manuel said. "I like him in left."
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History and Causality
Date published:February 2014
This volume investigates the different attitudes of historians and other social scientists to questions of causality. It argues that historical theorists after the linguistic turn have paid surprisingly little attention to causes in spite of the centrality of causation in many contemporary works of history. Such neglect or criticism of causality in history on a theoretical level contrasts with persisting interest in causal analysis in sociology, political science, international relations and economics; historians have criticised these disciplines for searching in vain for quantitative proofs, probabilities and covering laws.


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Judge Will Let Kleiner Perkins Ask Again for Arbitration in Gender Discrimination Case
As promised, a judge today ruled against venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in its efforts to compel its partner Ellen Pao to arbitrate her gender discrimination and retaliation suit.
But the judge told Kleiner it could bring its motion back on more specific grounds, and set another hearing for July 20.
So the decision was actually a win for Kleiner, which might have now tried to settle the hot-button case if it looked like it would be fought out in court.
Kleiner lawyer Lynne Hermle argued that because Pao signed an arbitration agreement with multiple Kleiner Perkins funds — which are set up as independent managing LLCs, separate from the firm — and the firm also signed two of those agreements, they apply to the dispute.
Pao never signed an arbitration agreement with the firm, only the funds, so linking the two together was crucial.
Judge Harold Kahn ultimately told the firm it could file another motion to arbitrate based on "equitable estoppel and third-party beneficiary," because the entities are so intertwined.
Initially Kahn disagreed strongly with Hermle, saying that Pao was suing her employer, not the funds — so fund contracts were irrelevant.
That was in keeping with what Kahn said in a tentative ruling yesterday. He also, as promised, granted two motions to keep sensitive documents such as Kleiner partner agreements sealed.
But Hermle, a partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, successfully argued that the managing LLCs are important parties in the case as well.
That's because the funds where the cash prize lies in venture capital, in shares of profits referred to as "carried interest."
Pao is seeking damages that include carried interest and promotions that would have given her additional carried interest. And those are forms of compensation and reward that are associated with the funds, not the firm. So including them is clearly in her interest as well.
Outside of court, Hermle described the judge's decision as "fair," while Pao lawyer Alan Exelrod declined to comment.
Kleiner later followed up with this statement:
KPCB is encouraged by Judge Kahn's willingness to hear our arguments on third party beneficiary and equitable estoppel claims. The firm will file its motions by July 13th to be heard in a supplementary hearing on July 20th. KPCB continues to believe it has strong arguments and precedent to move the matter to arbitration. Ms. Pao, like other partners, signed a variety of standard agreements requiring, among other things, that all disputes be resolved through arbitration. We expect arbitration to be a more efficient and speedier dispute resolution process than trying a matter before a jury years down the line in the San Francisco Superior Court.


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Sybout, Obbes (d. 1536)
Obbes Sybout (Sybrant), an Anabaptist martyr, beheaded on 21 October 1536, at Leeuwarden in Friesland, Netherlands. He was baptized in the winter of 1534. When seized because of heresy he recanted, but soon he "again adhered to the sect of the Anabaptists." Caught again he was sentenced to death.
Reitsma, J. Honderd jaren uit de Geschiedenis der Hervorming . . . in Friesland. Leeuwarden, 1876: 63.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Sybout, Obbes (d. 1536)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 20 Oct 2018. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Sybout,_Obbes_(d._1536)&oldid=68646.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Sybout, Obbes (d. 1536). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 20 October 2018, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Sybout,_Obbes_(d._1536)&oldid=68646.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 677. All rights reserved.
©1996-2018 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.


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LIMA, Peru (AP) — Enrique Zileri, who as longtime director of Peru's leading newsmagazine defied despotism and battled corruption with stubborn independence, died Monday at age 83.
Under Zileri, Caretas magazine was highly critical of the dictatorships that have afflicted modern Peru, Nobel literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa said in a statement, calling him an "indefatigable defender of freedom and democracy" whose weekly "could never be bribed or intimidated."
Zileri succumbed to complications from throat cancer, his daughter, Drusila, said. Her brother Marco took over as Caretas' editor in 2007, while she works principally for the weekly magazine's society-focused sister publication, "Ellos y Ellas."
Younger Peruvians remember Zileri for fashioning Caretas as a standard-bearer of press freedom in the 1990s as then-President Alberto Fujimori, now imprisoned, put fierce pressure on media independence.
Maintaining that line, said Drusila Zileri, could be "solitary and quixotic."
Her father's most epic battles were against military dictator Gen. Juan Velasco, whose government deported him twice — in 1969 to Portugal and in 1975 to Argentina.
The government shut down Caretas six times from 1968-1977, once for nearly two years, said the magazine's marketing director Katia Ysla Delgado. Enrique Zileri received a three-year prison sentence in absentia and was amnestied when Velasco fell, she added. In 1979, the ruling military junta closed the magazine again, this time for five months.
Caretas was founded by Zileri's mother, Doris Gibson, in the 1950s. He later took over.
A member of the Inter American Press Association, Zileri was president of the International Press Institute from 1988 to 1990.
He was a 1975 recipient of the Maria Moors Cabot Award from Columbia University, for excellence in coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean, and later served as a judge on the committee that determines its annual winners.


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No one should be surprised by the polls showing that close to 90 percent of Americans are satisfied with the performance of their selected President, or that close to 80 percent of the citizenry applaud his Administration's seat-of-the-pants management of an undeclared war. After all, most Americans get their information from media that have pledged to give the American people only the President's side of the story. CNN chief Walter Isaacson distributed a memo effectively instructing the network's domestic newscasts to be sugarcoated in order to maintain popular support for the President and his war. Fox News anchors got into a surreal competition to see who could wear the largest American flag lapel pin. Dan Rather, the man who occupies the seat Walter Cronkite once used to tell Lyndon Johnson the Vietnam War was unwinnable, now says, "George Bush is the President…. he wants me to line up, just tell me where."
No, we should not be surprised that a "just tell me where" press has managed to undermine debate at precisely the time America needs it most–but we should be angry. The role that US newsmedia have played in narrowing and warping the public discourse since September 11 provides dramatic evidence of the severe limitations of contemporary American journalism, and this nation's media system, when it comes to nurturing a viable democratic and humane society. It is now time to act upon that anger to forge a broader, bolder and more politically engaged movement to reform American media.
The base from which such a movement could spring has already been built. Indeed, the current crisis comes at a critical moment for media reform politics. Since the middle 1980s, when inept and disingenuous reporting on US interventions in Central America provoked tens of thousands of Americans to question the role media were playing in manufacturing consent, media activism has had a small but respectable place on the progressive agenda. The critique has gone well beyond complaints about shoddy journalism to broad expressions of concern about hypercommercial, corporate-directed culture and the corruption of communications policy-making by special-interest lobbies and pliable legislators.
Crucial organizations such as Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), the Institute for Public Accuracy, the MediaChannel, Media Alliance and the Media Education Foundation have emerged over the past two decades. Acting as mainstream media watchdogs while pointing engaged Americans toward valuable alternative fare, these groups have raised awareness that any democratic reform in the United States must include media reform. Although it is hardly universal even among progressives, there is increasing recognition that media reform can no longer be dismissed as a "dependent variable" that will fall into place once the more important struggles have been won. People are beginning to understand that unless we make headway with the media, the more important struggles will never be won.
On the advocacy front, Citizens for Independent Public Broadcasting and People for Better TV are pushing to improve public broadcasting and to tighten regulation of commercial broadcasting. Commercial Alert organizes campaigns against the commercialization of culture, from sports and museums to literature and media. The Center for Digital Democracy and the Media Access Project both work the corridors of power in Washington to win recognition of public-interest values under extremely difficult circumstances. These groups have won some important battles, particularly on Internet privacy issues.


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This week in Island history
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago From the Newport Daily News, October 28, 1907
The high wind and heavy sea interfered with the fishing of the numerous parties which came from Newport yesterday for a day's sport at Beavertail and the Dumplings. In consequence the average catch per man was the smallest of the season.
From the Newport Daily News, October 30, 1907
That there is to be a contest for the office of senator from this town at next Tuesday's election is now assured. The sample ballots have been posted and the name of H. A. Clarke appears as Democratic nominee, opposed to W. F. Caswell, the present Republican incumbent. Matters are at present very quiet, but a more lively time is looked for Tuesday night.
From the Newport Daily News, November 1, 1907
A party of boys committed several minor depredations on cabbage and pumpkin patches last evening.
75 years ago From the Newport Daily News, November 1, 1932
A masquerade Halloween ball was held at the Thomas H. Clarke school Monday evening, when ghosts and witches held sway. Black cats and jack o' lanterns were much in evidence, and the costumes of the dancers were in harmony with the occasion. Music was furnished by a local orchestra. There was a good attendance and the proceeds will go towards defraying the expenses for the annual trip taken by the students.
From the Newport Daily News, November 2, 1932
(A letter to the editor from the Jamestown Board of Trade writing against a state bond issue to be voted on for a bridge across the lower reaches of the Providence river). The town of Jamestown with a 1600 permanent population, through the Jamestown & Newport Ferry Company operates the only transportation link across the southern end of Rhode Island for the convenience of its residents and patrons, and because of its geographical situation has the added demands of the summer tourist travelers , and is operated without profit. … The Jamestown & Newport Ferry Company employs permanently approximately 50 persons, most of whom are heads of families, who support, in turn, approximately 250 to 300 people. Its summer pay roll has reached, previous to 1932, including high school girl collectors, 78 employees.
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News, November 2, 1957
Adults will receive their second polio shots Monday at 7 p.m. at the Visiting Nurse Association Headquarters under the auspices of the Arnold Zweir Post 22, American Legion.
From the Newport Daily News, November 5, 1957
Commerce Oil Refining Corp. yesterday lost its motion to dismiss its own conspiracy suit for $2,000,000 damages against 17 Jamestown taxpayers and organizations.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News, November 3, 1982
Rep. Norma B. Willis, a Republican, defeated her Democratic opponent … in the hotly contested race for the General Assembly's Representative District 98, but (her opponent) is going to ask for a recount.
From the Newport Daily News, November 4, 1982
A building permit to construct six town houses on Taylor's Point has been issued to Taylor Point Development Co. of 350 Thames St., Newport. Each unit will be two stories and contain 1,600 square feet. The units will be in one building.. The cost was estimated at $432,000.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press, October 29, 1992
A bald eagle showed up at East Ferry Monday afternoon and was still in the downtown marina area Tuesday morning.
About 350 runners participated in the annual Jack O'Lantern Jog on Sunday. The 3.1 mile jog brought runners around the state and was won by John Petrarca of Providence with a time of 17 minutes, 10 seconds.
10 years ago From the Jamestown Press, October 30, 1997
The Jamestown school will no longer celebrate holidays like Halloween unless they can be taught within the context of a specific curriculum.
The Town Council Monday voted unanimously to encourage the preservation of Conanicut Battery, a Revolutionary Was fortification on town-owned land off Battery Lane.
The Jamestown Recreation Department held its annual Jack O'Lantern Jog Sunday Oct. 26. A total of 208 participants dressed up in costumes of all shapes and sizes and laced up their running shoes for this 5K run or walk, and 206 of them crossed the finish line.


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All the reports so far from camp seem to indicate that the team is pretty inconsistent at this point. Cowher mentions in just about every article about doing drills over and over, repeating them, players dragging, and practices just generally not as crisp as usual.
Now I know that it's only the first week of camp and players are still getting used to the rigors of 2 a days and training camp life so I look forward to better reports as the month moves along.


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My bredrin Tom Asher has begun selling his collection of thousands of reggae records
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