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It is very important that before I begin this post, the REAL facts about my husband, Chester Michael Eliasz-Solomon's input to my blog posts are detailed FYI for miscreants especially: my husband not only fully 100% approves and agrees with EVERYTHING I write – he helps edit and design each and every post … as the political candidates say, he REALLY approves this blog. First I write the entire piece and list links I would like included – then my very erudite husband and partner in ALL things – reviews my words and links – often suggesting an addition or two, then my husband attaches links and bolds/highlights/colors as appropriate plus attaches any images I have chosen – every word and every image is approved by my husband – as well as, at times attorneys, publicist and book publisher.Unlike many marriages, ours is a FULL and equal and very REAL partnership – so for anyone [yes miscreants] who might think my husband is not in full agreement with my thoughts – you are wrong. Same as when those receiving my husband's emails, wrongly assumed they were from me … grant it – neither my husband nor I ever send anything without checking with the other first. Likewise Facebook and Twitter – we are privy to each others there as well. Our REALLY wonderful marriage is fully transparent – nothing hidden – not ever. It is truly and REALLY as if my wonderful husband and I are one person – we agree on ALL things and as such are convinced G-d created us to be together. As I have written before – my husband is REALLY my Web MASTER!!!
Now back to the subject at hand, I am getting exhausted teaching these idiots REAL facts but oh well – so be it – here goes. On the topic of REAL legal disownment and 100% full legal disinheritance – DNA does NOT matter [no "dispute" here ignorant Michigan godmother – who by the way my husband assures me NEVER had contact with the dead girl while she was living – go figure – postmortem relationship I guess – may I remind you NO ONE DIED ON MY HUSBAND'S WATCH – yes when he had custody no one died but when your good friend, that wonderful mother of your late goddaughter was in charge a child died and many believe that mother is at least partly to blame as I, my husband and our REAL friends/family have all agreed that none of us would have allowed a daughter to drive that distance in such a apparently unsafe vehicle … in fact I have bought cars for friends and family, loaned them my own and rented for others just so these people would be safe when going on such a long distance trip – why did this mother not do the same for her now dead child? – State Trooper explained to me that poor girl was attempting to restart that vehicle when killed – that guilt must be a terrible thing for your friend to live with but then again she never seems remorseful about anything]. Now I must return to DNA/disowning/disinheriting instruction – you see one can or not be found percentage wise to have been related to someone through DNA and still have no legal familial obligations under the law. As my husband decided to do – at great expense and effort with the three children of his ex-wife, there has been a REAL 100% legal full permanent specific and detailed disinheritance/disownment – not just leaving them out of his will but going to full extent by naming them individually as fully disinherited, which as my law school estate professor and our major law firm attorney as well explained REALLY means REAL disinheriting – with zero room for a challenge. No need to reiterate the whys as so many of my previous blog posts delineated their crimes, threats, as well as my husband's REAL suspicions as to his paternity. One other issue, possibly missed in my previous posts, that needed to be mentioned are ex-wife's daughter stated her now/2nd husband as FATHER on college application [which I personally subpoenaed & chatted to Drexel officials about – by the way, husband & I were surprised to see the daughter had drinking issue/sanction at college, etc.] – that fact about Joseph Flynn being listed as her father, very much pleased my husband – he was greatly relieved as it is one more separating factor between him and this Drexel University student. It must be repeated that unlike the mother of these three [1 died we found out on Facebook supposedly while driving what we have been lead to believe was or might have been the dilapidated van her mother sold or gave her & 2 living] children, my husband NEVER abandoned them as she did for a weeks at a time when they were small and then gave my husband custody with only condition that she, their Mother, pay no child support and then rarely showed up for visitation weekend pick ups. My husband always paid the support that Court decided on – in fact until each had four years of college. True except for dead child, who he was forced to pay only two years college for because Mother lied about her really being in college – poor thing NEVER REALLY attended [I did subpoenas to her Community College myself & even chatted to her professors] – for the most part only registered and that fact, like so much else in her miserable life, the mother lied to Court in order to keep getting money from my husband [we have ALL Court transcripts]. I know – more WOWS. So you see we must explain to miscreants, evil doers, ignorant types – why indeed they can never ever legally say my husband is the father of "cult" gal ex-wife's children. The REAL fact is that my husband officially – in Court – legally – 100%/FULLY disowned and disinherited all three children [going so far as to posthumously disinherit the deceased daughter] of his ex-wife AND my husband for other reasons but also to further distance himself from those three children, legally – in Court [January 2012] took my last name of Solomon … which by the way changes his birth certificate and as such the name on his ex-wife's children [dead & alive] birth certificates under father is NOT my husband's REAL LEGAL name any longer. As far as the disownment issue – that too was done in Court – multiple times and in many other venues … even the mother of the three children and her attorney acknowledged both the legal disinheritance and disownment in Court – on the record. It is 100% official – my husband is NOT the legal father of Deborah Perice Flynn's three children. To this point – as my own lawyer explained – no matter what those idiots in Michigan say, Chester Michael Eliasz-SOLOMON is NOT the legal father of Michael Zachary [Zack] Eliasz, Genevieve Rose Eliasz nor the deceased Valerie Judith Eliasz … when/if anyone states otherwise they are defacto telling a lie and as such can be sued for "shedding a false light" on my husband – especially when they have been notified/warned about this. In other words, if one [my husband in this case] has legally disowned/disinherited someone, no one else may with that fore knowledge continue – especially in writing – to state otherwise. If idiot miscreants want to continue this lie on social media sites or elsewhere,my husband and I have no choice but to sue them in yet another Court action … they can think any stupid thing they like but they can NOT state it as a true fact any longer concerning who is or is not the children of my husband. Additionally – and this is ONLY applicable from us toward miscreants as they began back and forth [we & advisers saved ALL timelines plus we are extremely diligent as to what we write] – there are multiple ways we can and are planning to sue these horrible individuals [even possibly some of their children & that trashy talking mother-in-law] for shedding a false light on us – that is a very practical and specific and REAL litigation option that our very REAL attorneys are REALLY pursuing … one example is suggesting my pregnancies were fake – oh yes, they really did that but do not fret dear readers as we were sure to REALLY document everything – in fact had doctors do detailed official outline of our fertility treatments, conceptions [failed & successful], etc. – had notarized witness statements as well – nothing left to chance in my life, besides I love paperwork. Just in case miscreants reading this – one more very important point you need to know: you can NOT counter sue us because we ONLY reference that which you write, state or say and only REAL facts and minimally our "opinion" … where as you insist and post as if your words about us are true and factual despite our own words to the contrary and your sources being FULLY unsubstantiated and even illegal – as fake lie filled link short Michigan guy had on his Facebook page until recently … dam I am glad about going back to law school – thinking everyone should because there are miscreant bottom dwellers everywhere to be dealt with these days [FYI: More than one of my blog post were legal tutorials and shout outs to our enemies – law says no excuse as these were fair warnings and I know for a fact you miscreants read those very instructive words I shared AND anyway, ignorance is no defense in legal matters].
Both my husband and I have REAL wills that completely specifically and fully [by name and category] disinherit his ex-wife, her three children, my husband's entire biologically family and some of my own – yes BOTH of us … in other words each has crossed disinherited the others just in case some fool thinks that if one of us is deceased and our REAL children [born to our marriage] do not survive us, than they might inherited from us. As I detailed in my blog post You Know Your An Heiress If… [10 August 2012] and others, even my husband's dear 80+ year old father was legally disinherited in our wills for reason of the chance that we and our children would perish and he, senior father would then inherit something from us, pass away and his heirs [G-d forbid] would get our money and REAL property. To say the least my husband and I were thorough in an effort to have only those REALLY worthy as our heirs. There will NEVER be a way for our enemies to have further financial gain from us – trust me – we made sure of that. My husband went so far as to include in an attached testament the issue of our demise through anything other than natural causes being need for suspect and investigation on account of criminal vandalism by ex-wife's three children to our home and other nefarious actions and troublesome behaviors/lifestyle choices and associations. My husband and not myself has insisted on extra security in our homes and soon [after my 2013 memoir Heiress Mommy … a Modern Super woman Life! published] personal body guards – presently a friend who is, shall we say, very capable, accompanies me/us most places (at my very protective husband's insistence). All our REAL friends, family and colleagues have a notarized document stating our concern for our safety and names of those who would be suspect should we [even our pets/dog] ever be harmed. My husband's REAL concern for our safety is reason until situation solved – lawsuits and any criminal charges complete – he and our advisers have decided no photos of our REAL children nor dates, times of their birth and certainly NEVER our exact REAL homes addresses – yes my dear supportive readers it is that serious an issue in my wise husband's and others opinions. The REAL truth is we NEVER even gave most of these miscreants a second thought – it was they, not us who inserted themselves in our life … spewing lies, misinformation, slander, defamation and harassing us frequently [reason for soon to be filed lawsuits]. There have been phone [voice mail saved] threats and more – now we are told a disowned in-law idiot woman is stating she/they can "explore anything" about us … no, not true as explained in my last blog post stupid fat Michigan lady and especially not true if your husband or his buddy are looking stuff up at computer/IT companies [places they work that my brilliant husband – NOT me – researched and shared with lawyers & law enforcement] or you on medical websites at hospital where you work or your surgical assistant community college graduate gal pal works at and the same goes for what we have been told is your daughter's real estate employer. My husband who is famous Computer Data Architect and owned his own IT company at one time and my advisers tell me if any of those actions occurred at place of employment than computer jobs over forever and maybe nursing work as well – we shall see. I thought I was very salient in my previous law school 101 blog posts as to when, why and what one is allowed to look up and repeat about others without being either sued or possibly charged with criminal acts. The other issue is how creepy – you and your cohorts looking up stuff about us appear and then getting it 100% wrong and again posting lies and slander on Facebook – thinking others would be very interested in your actions because as a friend of mine who is a very successful Wall Street investor once said about another creep like you – to paraphrase: if they are looking you up, they are looking me up too and that makes them dangerous people for anyone to associate with … you see our old property and everything else about us has nothing to so with any of you and as such, as law enforcement and attorneys who were told what you did/claimed, explained that could be considered a threatening action by you and your self titled fellow evil doers against us. My husband and I will NEVER let you get away with hurting us n any fashion – you all need to stop but then again there is already enough for very serious REAL legal action against each of you miscreants. Oy veh – when will these folks learn to stay in their little middle of middle life and leave those of us more worthy of G-d's REAL life grandeur alone?
On the issue of Ancestry.com and my certified genealogy husband having deleted/erasing permanently the ex-wife, her three children and most of his biologically family – what an idiot disowned/disinherited chubby sister-in-law is – you see stupid Michigan fat lady – one decides who and who is not on their family tree and as such Ancestry.com and other similar sites are perfectly fine and legit and DEFINITELY "valid"- not as your simple minded Facebook posting suggests not very good on account of that option. You should be made aware of the fact that my REALLY brilliant [unlike your] husband is an Ancestry.com expert [he translates 6 languages in fact and speaks at their conferences, etc. – see, I told you my husband got all the brains in his parents offspring group] – said he will be sure to let them know – by name – your insult about their website. Must also mention – we were told you are REALLY into Disney as your Facebook profile photo choices … will tell my dear publicist and close friend as he knows Disney family personally – surely they will be flattered that a 50+ nurse is REALLY loving them, lol – of course we were also told you REALLY love something called SongPop – see that is why hubby and I have time for so much REAL work … blogs, books, etc. – no Facebook quizzes for us – we are more chess and classical music and REAL book reading types. Ok enough fun for now – no more making the obvious apparent on idiot evil doer former relatives – back to more serious parts of my tutorial for miscreants.
It is a REAL and true fact that as I have explained in other blog posts disinheritance goes back to biblical times – so be it that only children of the covenant – those REALLY legitimate shall inherit from the father and thus ONLY the Jewish children born of our marriage shall inherit from my husband and myself – obvious that even the Bible [which for myself as a Jew is singular what the rest call Old Testament agrees with our decision on account of those children I had with my husband being the ONLY legitimate heirs]. For the Michigan scum that dare to to reference my faith – YES, YES, YES my religious "leaders" AND YES, YES, YES my parents [in heaven] and ALL my REAL family are EXTREMELY proud of my knowledge of such things and equally of my/my wonderful husband's REAL faith based lifestyles [yes darling followers another hint to anti-Semitics who dare to reference my faith and my beloved parents in their Facebook rants – my family, Jewish and non and my rabbi and my husband's priest/a monseigneur who is my dear friend – all think these miscreants quite loathsome and unworthy of G-d's blessings … yes we have discussed these miscreants with just about everybody]. Let it be known in Michigan, Chicago and Pennsylvania that we Jews stick together and therefore when all these evil doers hateful anti Jewish remarks are known – in my book, interviews, Court depositions, etc. – none of them will ever be able to work for or with Jews again – we Jews protect one another at all costs. Equally non Jews we have shared miscreant's own statements with tell husband and I that no matter what we have or have not done, these loathsome creatures are not folks they would ever want to know or work with. What baffles us is why they would ever involve – oh lets say their Chicago concierge small start up firm son-in-law and his wife/their school teacher [as I understand heavy beer drinking] daughter in this back and forth … after all, I know many wealthy Chicago Jews and they, to say the least, were not amused. Adage true – you DEFINITELY reap what you sow … neither I nor my husband dammed these idiots but they themselves as the Talmud explains by their own words and actions shall be defeated. I MUST include ALL in my 2013 memoir – that is how REAL book contracts work … so be it my REAL story will have to include [only a chapter or 2 as these miscreants quite unimportant in comparison to my REAL life] the REAL statements and actions by and from the miscreants. Oh my, sad isn't it – that people we never cared about and never had any dealings with might very well have caused their entire family to be lessened just in attempting to hurt me – a real tragic scenario for them I fear. Once again, let it be known that neither I nor my husband EVER approached or mentioned or referred to these miscreants on social media sites – only emails to the now disowned family members in response to their betrayals and such were initiated by us and even those were usually in response to something they did or said first … as far as others – they and only they began this situation [we have saved proof] by posting threats and lies [even a illegal faux website on Michigan miscreant guy Facebook page from Arizona source that posed as REAL article about myself – Federal agents involved in that serious matter as it is possibly interstate internet law breaking] on social media pages – we were shocked to say the least and as the law states we are entitled to respond and thus it is us who is being harassed and NOT visa verse. We NEVER looked these idiots up – we were informed by colleagues, associates and REAL friends/family about their outrageous Facebook postings and only then did husband and I ever see their obsessive references about us – in other words, they are the ONLY guilty parties in this scenario … between my own law school classes and many lawyers involved in our life, my husband and I are ALWAYS careful and do ALL strictly within legal guidelines – which is NOT the same for miscreants. The Courts and law enforcement will be final judge in legal venues but G-d surely has found these evil types already guilty. Let me reference the so called New Testament – after all, it was written by we Jews for the most part … as the Michigan miscreants [not Chicago son of devil daughter who says no religion for his status, as does his sister and their mother belongs to a "cult" like faux spiritual "church"] who claim to be Christian – in their Bible it is written that the offending eye MUST be plucked out and so what my husband did by disowning and disinheriting and disassociating from their kind is just that.
|Matthew 5:29
And if your right eye offend you, pluck it out, and cast it from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell.
To conclude – why is the genealogy of our AKC registered pure breed Labrador, Princess Java Argus shown here? You see – as with her, a DNA lineage while possible does not REALLY denote familial relationship. What I mean is should you get to meet our sweet doggie's Sire [father/sperm donor] he surely would not claim Java as his child … my husband is her REAL Daddy because he says so and as I explained in previous blog posts – our Lab is REALLY in our wills [provisions for her care in case we are gone, as will for any other dogs we add to our growing little dynastic realm in the future]. Oh yes, we do need to change her legal last name to our unique Eliasz-Solomon asap!!!
P.S. Two more very important facts to include here: First is that my husband opted out of wrongful death suit when his ex-wife's daughter was killed June 2010 even though he was still paying child support for this 20 year old that as I stated above Mother lied about being full time college student & I confirmed via subpoenas & visit to the community college – except for credit amount that Mother claimed [bogus] as still owed on child support my husband received nothing as result of this death. However the Mother & 2 remaining siblings each received nearly $195,000.00 – from what our and other attorneys involved told us, this so called grieved Mother's main concern was getting as much $$$ as possible for herself, her two remaining children/dead girl's siblings and her attorney – amount her child support lawyer reaped was shocking to all involved (including our lawyers & Court where child supporting hearing occurred + ABA we were told). The other fact to know is my husband insisted the deceased girl's 1/2 ashes he was given be returned to her ONLY parent, the Mother – we thought that the REALLY decent thing to do as she is NOT my husband's child in any REAL sense – so the poor sad girl 's ashes were given back to the Mother – a child who from what we learned was quite lost/left Mother's home at 18 & was searching for a REAL life elsewhere. May she rest in peace!!!
Note: Unlike the miscreant women I REALLY know who my children's father is because, as I explained in blog post The Feminist Fertility Toolbox ™ [31 July 2012], we conceived [still have frozen embryos that we are seriously considering using gestational carrier to birth asap] through IVM … in other words my hubby's considerable strong & virile sperm was marked & then used to fertilize my REALLY special eggs – no questions who my babies Daddy is and as my darling hubby often says about having REAL children at last … he was happy to finally have a woman with "REALLY good DNA' to make REAL babies with" – me of course!!!
… just one final thing – reason you see this picture of a smiling/laughing me – someone just shared with us that loser Michigan women keep suggesting I am "jealous" of them – now that is a definite OMG – hilarious as my life is so much fuller and may I suggest better than theirs but unlike them I never assume [even though all my REAL family/friends think it so] that they are jealous of me … but now that I think about it, as my hubby stated so many times – I am quite a bit more attractive, sexier, smarter, brighter, more educated, more REALLY world traveled, have greater friends – many who are famous and very special important people – I am REALLY well loved and one of the happiest women in the world – oh yes, with a REALLY exciting life – so possibly or what the hell – no question these bitches are DEFINITELY jealous of me. But oh well, if that fantasy of someone like myself being jealous of them is all they have to soothe their idiot souls – so be it but trust me, I would NEVER be jealous nor want any part of their small ignorant fake middle of middle Bubble Witch/SongPop playing, beer drinking, Red Robin "Gourmet" burger eating, born, live & die in same place life!!!


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Detroit Tigers 2009 Minor Review
Overall farm talent ranking via Baseball America:
2009 (28) | 2008 (29) | 2007 (14) | 2006 (13) | 2005 (29) | 2004 (22)
Record of Major League Team and Affiliate
Majors: 86 – 77 (AL Central)
AAA: 73 – 70 (International League)
AA: 71 – 70 (Eastern League)
A+: 55 – 75 (Florida League)
A: 81 – 59 (Midwest League)
A(ss): 35 – 39 (New York / Pennsylvania League)
R: 29 – 30 (Gulf League)
The Run Down
As you all know, Detroit epically choked in the final week of the season. Seeing how the Twins were swept out of the playoffs by the Yankees, it's fair to say the Tigers saved face by missing their chance for the same outcome. But what about the pieces to get to the brink of the playoffs? The trade for Jarrod Washburn sent one promising pitcher (Mauricio Robles – #24 ranked prospect) and serviceable arm (Luke French) away; acquiring Aubrey Huff cost them another top ranked pitching prospect (#10 Brett Jacobson), granted he was having a pretty marginal year. These trades didn't cost them their farm, but it didn't help their playoff push or their future.
With an aging roster (29.9 average age), several key free agents (Placido Polanco, Adam Everett, Washburn, Fernando Rodney, and Brandon Lyon), and the psychological trauma caused by their collapse, the Tigers have a lot of work cut out for them. There isn't much internal help at shortstop, and only have low minors pitchers who have done above average. Of their major league ready talent, only Scott Sizemore, second base, has even excelled in the minors this year. They have serviceable call ups, but no immediate impact players like they did this year with Rick Porcello (*tangent – I always want to call him Rick Portabello, but I hate mushrooms.). Porcello had a below average strikeout rate (4.7 K/9), good control (2.7 BB/9), and kept the ball on the ground (1.23 GO/AO) this year. Nothing great, but he will need a good defense behind him to do that well again next year. Seeing as the Tigers called him up this year from Advanced-A, there is a possibility of them calling up Casey Crosby next year, who played at Single-A. Having the front half of your rotation consisting of Justin Verlander, Edwin Jackson (will he/can he pitch like 2009 in '10?) and Rick Porcello is a good thing, but with Magglio Ordonez and Carlos Guillen aging faster than Jose Contreras when he gained a few years with a single sentence, they may have to spend more money in free agency to keep their team above .500 next year because their minors won't.
Players of Interest
*A number prior to a players name indicates Baseball America's prospect ranking.
#7 – Scott Sizemore | 2B | AA/AAA | 24 | totals – .308/.390/.503 | 520 AB | .195 ISO | 21/4 SB/CS | 95:64 K:BB
Hitting well at both Double and Triple-A should have Tigers fans excited (though his BABIP was .347 – above average). He is essentially Placido Polanco with the bat – meaning he doesn't strikeout much or hit many homers, but hits for decent average. He is an average defender and runner. The only other thing to note is he broke his hamate bone (the power sapping wrist injury) in 2008 and only fully recovered this year. If the Tigers don't sign Polanco, look for Polanco Jr., I mean Scott Sizemore, to get a chance to start at second base next spring.
Brennan Boesch | RF | AA | 24 | .275/.318/.510 | 527 AB | .235 ISO | 11/2 SB/CS | 127:33 K:BB | .318 BABIP
Because of an aging outfield and the fact that Boesch finally broke out this year, makes him worthy to note. He has never hit more than 10 homers in a season or had a full season of a OPS over .700, strikes out too much, doesn't walk enough, but his numbers weren't really inflated by BABIP either making this year seem a bit more legit. Look for him to play at Triple-A next year and be a feasible call-up mid-summer if he continues his power hitting ways.
#9 – Dusty Ryan | C | AAA | 24 | .257/.359/.455 | 202 AB | .198 ISO | 64:29 K:BB
#20 – Alex Avila | C | AA | 22 | .264/.365/.450 | 329 AB | .185 ISO | 77:52 K:BB
I want to combined these two catchers because they both got called up this September. Avila went 17 for 61 with 5 homers and Ryan went 4 for 26 with no homers, but went 14 for 44 with two homers last year. Avila is a doubles hitter and a below average defender as he only recently became a catcher (the switch happened in 2008). Ryan is the better defender, but not quite the hitter Avila is. Look for both of them to duke it out for a back-up role in the spring.
#4 – Casey Crosby | SP (LHP) | A | 20 | 10.1 K/9 | 4.1 BB/9 | 104 2/3 IP | 2.41 ERA | 1.13 WHIP | .290 BABIP 50.2 GB% | 36.4 FB% | .203 AVE against
Here is my StU article on him that I wrote at the end of September. I like him a bit more after I noticed that Porcello was only in Advanced-A when he made the majors with worse peripherals. I woudn't be surprised to see him ranked the Tigers number one prospect going into 2010. Plus, he is a power throwing lefty.
Brayan Villareal | RP (RHP) | 22 | A | 10.3 K/9 | 3 BB/9 | 103 1/3 IP | 2.87 ERA | 1.15 WHIP | .324 BABIP | 40.9 GB% | 38.1 FB% | 11 LD% | .230 AVE against
Great strikeout rate, average walk rate, nothing that makes you question his numbers. He'll probably get promoted to Advanced-A and Double-A next year. If he keeps similar numbers to these next year, he'll be on everyone's sleeper list for 2011 and 2010 September call-ups list.
#11 – Casey Fien | RP (RHP) | 25 | AAA | 10.2 K/9 | 2.3 BB/9 | 58 IP | 3.41 ERA | 1.14 WHIP | .310 BABIP | 35.9 GB% | 42.3 FB% | 18.6 LD% | .262 AVE against
Relievers stats are harder to predict year in and year out as they have such a small sample size. He supposedly has a great 91 to 92 MPH sinker, but his ground ball percentage would lead us to think otherwise. He may get a chance to pitch out of the Tigers pen next year with Rodney and/or Lyon leaving/not getting signed. His stuff is nothing to scoff at, but he isn't an extreme ground ball pitcher or a power pitcher. I would expect him to struggle early if he makes the major league roster out of spring training.
#8 – Cody Satterwhite | RP (RHP) | 22 | AA | 9.5 K/9 | 4.9 BB/9 | 49 1/3 IP | 3.47 ERA | 1.48 WHIP | .318 BABIP | 46.8 GB% | 35.3 FB% | 16.5 LD% | .250 AVE against
Another reliever, but he has a power fastball that ranges between 94 and 97 mph with late movement. He also has a slider and a change up but cannot control either of them very well. Speaking of control, he doesn't have much of that working for him. He should be promoted to Triple-A next year with serious consideration for the major league roster only if there are injuries or in September.

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You all remember Carpenter, right? He used to turn out misinformed pieces on Taiwan's "failure" to take care of its own defense. Since time has revealed that much of the problem of Taiwan's "failure" to purchase weapons lay in Washington's refusal to sell it what it needs, Carpenter has gone strangely silent on that issue.
These commentaries arguing that the US should sell out Taiwan, cropping up lately like brightly-colored fungus on the rotting log of failure and shortsightedness, all present the same slanted and highly decontextualized picture of Taiwan. Carpenter's is a by-the-numbers example of this genre. It is entirely predictable in the fraudulent logic of its discourse: democratic leaders are "provocative", the problem is Taiwan -- not China, no China, never China -- and Japan, India, and other cases of current Chinese expansionism, which might shed light on the issue, are ignored. Like Bruce Gilley's inane piece on Finlandizing Taiwan that appeared to spawn this latest wave of Taiwan Sell Out Zombies, it succeeds only because it refers the reader to a world that doesn't exist.
As I am fond of pointing out, the "Taiwan issue" isn't a Taiwan issue at all; it's a China issue. The issue with Taiwan, as it is with India's Arunachal Pradesh, Tibet, Xinjiang, the South China Sea, the Senkakus and several other places, is Chinese territorial expansionism, all of it postwar. If annexing Taiwan to China would solve that problem, then it might be a permissable solution. But of course, selling out Taiwan to China doesn't address the issue of Chinese territorial expansion.
Recall that Taiwan is linked in Chinese minds to two at least other claims, to the Japanese Senkaku Islands, and beyond that, to the island of Okinawa. President Ma of Taiwan, an ardent Chinese nationalist ideologue, more or less said that several times in his AP interview last year and he is hardly the only one. Indeed, anyone who has discussed this topic with a Chinese right-winger has heard the lecture on how China owns Okinawa. From time to time it crops out in the Chinese media. But sooner or later as China feels its power growing, it will begin to be an issue between Japan and China. Can't wait until the first visa for Okinawa residents to China is denied, on the grounds that Okinawa is part of China and its citizens don't need visas. You laugh? China is already doing that with Arunachal Pradesh of India....
Thus, selling out Taiwan to China will not even address, let alone solve, the problem. Instead, it will merely move the problem forward to the next rung on the ladder, the territorial claims on Japanese (and other) territory. Right now the Okinawan problem is dormant: how long, with Taiwan annexed, before Beijing breathes new life into it?
Which brings us to a second major missing component of Carpenter's presentation: Japan. Anyone who wants to argue that Taiwan should be sold out must remove Japan from their discussion (note that it is not present in Carpenter's) precisely because Taiwan is bound up with territorial claims and Japanese security issues.
First, even if we won't intervene in an invasion, offensive operations against Taiwan are very likely to take place in Japanese air and sea space, meaning that Japan will be dragged in. Recall that Japan has a defense treaty with the US. Further, the longer resistance goes on, the more likely it is that violations of other US allied nation air and sea space will take place (how far is the Philippines?). The fact that the US does not immediately intervene does not mean that at some point it won't have to.
Of course, even if China annexes Taiwan without bringing in Japan, it is obvious that the next step is the Senkakus, which are covered under the US-Japan security treaty. The two nations have even conducted military exercises in the islands for just that purpose. Beyond that is Okinawa, and the gods alone know what other claims China might invent once Chinese officials stand in Hualien and look out to sea.
In other words, the proper context -- entirely missing in Carpenter's short piece -- is the entanglement of Taiwan and Japan with overlapping Chinese territorial claims. Once that context is restored, it is easy to see that selling out Taiwan won't solve the problem of US involvement in East Asian security issues. Indeed, it will merely increase our headaches, leading to intensified pressure on Japan and to even greater claims on the South China Sea, with the bonus of ceding to Beijing control of the airfield and other facilities on Dongsha Island in the Spratlys. I'm sure Malaysia and the Philippines will be delighted by that.
Carpenter follows that standard Beltway line that Ma has "reduced tensions" with Beijing. Naturally, Ma's party is allied to Beijing and he himself is ardently pro-China. But as I have noted before, because his party is quietly selling out the island to China, Beijing is now free to ramp up tensions elsewhere along its border. Less "tension" over Taiwan -- and remember that increasing "tension" is a policy choice of Beijing designed to gain it leverage over the minds of observers like Carpenter -- means that tensions have merely been redistributed to other areas of the Chinese borders, not lessened. In other words: Ma's policies are actually enabling Chinese territorial expansion.
This points to a hidden psychological strategic value of Taiwan: it rivets Chinese strategic attention (consider the vast expenditure of resources required merely to maintain the threat level against an island Beijing does not need and did not begin to consider part of China until WWII was underway). An adroit foreign policy would make use of that. A maladroit one would, well, hand that advantage back to China. D'oh.
Another issue in any piece on selling out is the possible consequences for the peace. Would Beijing refrain from further territorial expansion if it annexed Taiwan?
Consider Tibet. In the 1950s China annexed Tibet. Using Sellout Logic, this should have resulted in a quiet Himalayan frontier with no further territorial expansion by China. But of course the exact opposite has happened: the world has acquiesced in the annexation of Tibet, yet China has moved on to claim the entire Indian State of Arunachal Pradesh, on the grounds that it contains lots of ethnic Tibetans who are now "Chinese" (consider how it might view islands containing Taiwan-descended indigenes once Taiwanese aborigines become "Chinese"). It is using the same battery of techniques against Arunachal Pradesh that it has used against Taiwan, redefining visas and attempting to suppress international attention to the state -- it tried to kill an Asian Development Bank loan to the state, for example. Beijing has also ramped up its military presence in the Himal. Those of us who are wont to see Taiwan as an East Asian Czechoslovakia are one nation behind -- we are the East Asian version of Poland in that progression.
There's not much more to say. Suffice to say that with The Blight now resident in Beijing, war looks to be inevitable. What pieces like Carpenter's really teach is that our choice is increasingly looking like not war or no war, but instead: what war shall we have?
Sorry, wanted to end on a snarky note, but couldn't think of anything to say. Have a good weekend. The Bike Gods are sending rain tomorrow, says the CWB. Maybe I could sacrifice Taiwan to them instead. I'm sure that will be just as effective as sacrificing the island to Beijing.....
Daily Links:
- Hsichih trio found guilty again. As a friend pointed out, apparently these men will be on trial for the rest of their lives, since the system will not admit it made a mistake.
- Pics like this are why I love the Taiwan bird photos of John and Fish so much.
- Frozen Garlic on KMT primary telephone rules
- The Kuokuang Petrochemical Plant -- stupid, expensive, unnecessary, unpopular -- but it ain't dead dead dead yet. Even though President Ma said it won't be built in Changhua, it could well be built somewhere else. What a patronage network plum that will be! And in an election year too!
[Taiwan] Don't miss the comments below! And check out my blog and its sidebars for events, links to previous posts and picture posts, and scores of links to other Taiwan blogs and forums! Delenda est, baby.


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AMERICUS, Ga. – The Augusta University baseball team played a Peach Belt Conference doubleheader at Georgia Southwestern on Saturday afternoon and won 8-4 and 11-9 in extra innings at Hurricane Stadium. The Jaguars (5-9, 4-5 PBC) won game one on Friday night by a score of 7-1 and took the doubleheader to sweep the league series.
AU begins a nine game home stretch on Tuesday, Feb. 27 with a non-conference game against North Greenville at 4:00 p.m. in Lake Olmstead Stadium.
Augusta outhit the Canes 13-8 and won 8-4 despite recording four errors in the field. Junior Harrison Moore went 4-for-4 with four RBI and a scored run. Junior Bakari Gayle was 2-for-4 with a pair of runs and an RBI, while junior Zack Goble and freshman Mason Robertson also each had two hits for Augusta.
Moore and Bilardello got it going in the top of the first, when Moore scored Bilardello on a sacrifice fly for a 1-0 lead. GSW tied it in the third with an RBI single, but Gayle and Moore each recorded two RBI in the top of the fifth. GSW made it a one-run game at the end of the sixth, but Augusta carded two in the eighth and won 8-4 down the stretch.
Rookie Jay Pendley (2-1) made his third start on the mound for Augusta and pitched five innings. He struck out six and allowed six hits for four runs (one earned) to get the win. Brennen Berger and Ben Parr pitched in relief for the Jags to help the team to a win.
GSW scored two in the first inning, but AU rallied and plated three in the third and two in the fourth to steal a 5-2 lead. Augusta's eventual 7-2 lead didn't last when the Canes carded three in the seventh and pair in the eighth to tie the game.
Each team scored one in the ninth to force extra innings and AU put up three in the top of the 10th and won 11-9. Patrick Watson and Goble scored on an error and senior Ty Hobbs delivered an RBI single to left field as the Jags led 11-8 and won 11-9.
Junior lefty Sam Goberdhan logged his fourth start of the year for the Jaguars and struck out nine batters in six innings pitched. Three runs scored during his time on the mound, but only one was earned. Chase Slone and Casey Lenoch pitched in relief and each surrendered two runs, before Goble, Cody Pugh and Berger came in late – with Berger picking up the save.
Goble (2-0) got the win on mound and went 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI. Gayle, Moore, and Hobbs each had two hits as well for Augusta. Each team matched 13 hits in the game.
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International Project Space, Birmingham
7 November - 15 December 2012
By Beth Bramich
The artist Andrea Büttner considers shame to be a useful emotion, as it can drive an individual to greater productivity and reflection. This heuristic understanding of shame may seem anachronistic, a contemporary life involves a constant performance of the self where mistakes and transgressions must be concealed, and in fact is just one of the untimely concerns that drive Büttner's practice which include religion, humanism, existentialism and questions of morality. (1)
International Project Space is a gallery at the heart of an art school, which in turn is located within Bournville, a model village founded by Quaker, George Cadbury in 1893. A pleasant and tidy suburb kept artificially distinct from the city of Birmingham through the upholding of the principles of the Cadbury family by the Bournville Village Trust. This religious and educational context is referred to in Büttner's installation, which sees the gallery remodeled through minimal interventions into a place for quiet contemplation, drawing parallels between spaces of religion, education and exhibition.
The gallery has a high ceiling with a pitched roof and skylights allowing daylight into a room large enough for a mid-sized gathering. Simple benches composed of planks of wood supported by grey crates line the walls in continuous stretches. This seating arrangement allows for solitary use and for small groups to form, emulating Quaker meetings where congregations typically sit in a non-hierarchical configuration, silent unless inspired to speak. Running along the walls above the benches are a series of padded backrests in various woven designs made by members of a German home for the disabled and a convent of nuns who produce fabric used in religious garments. One particularly striking conjunction sees a stretch of bright colours meet a solid block of navy blue with 'JA' stitched in red thread. This 'yes' is an unqualified affirmation, a certainty, simple and solid but context-less, unsupported by the secular function of the gallery.
A series of glass paintings displayed in one corner of the room feature small printed reproductions of 14th Century reliefs found on the tombstones of academics and professors in Bologna, Italy. These sculptures depict scenes of teacher-student relationships: groups engaged in reading, listening and discussion. The sheets of glass have been painted with subdued earthy tones surrounding details of the reliefs. This iconography of education portraying mastery and benevolent transferal of knowledge to novices is out of step in this contemporary pedagogical situation, particularly in as relatively radical a context as that of arts education.
Audio work 'Quaker Meeting, Houston, Texas' (2011), allows the visitor to experience the small everyday noises of many people engrossed in mute reflection. Listening to the 'silence' encroached upon by small shifts in the Quakers' positions and the world of activity outside, their meditation is conveyed but no insight into their spiritual experience is provided. As an outsider, I must assume that it is the crucial element of faith that would exclude me from sharing in the togetherness of the congregation's communal purpose even if I were physically present.
The passive nature of the exhibition, a solo-show of relatively no bombast, reflects the subdued radicality of Büttner's practice as a whole: playful, understated, contrary. The close viewing of the work produced by the artist's hand, confined to unobtrusive corners, seems optional rather than compulsory. The works in this exhibition document sanctuaries, which the audience can in different senses observe without gaining access to. Sitting on humble benches, the focus of the exhibition, it becomes clear, is the act of inhabiting this space with its ecclesiastic overtones, made most engaging as an experience when occupied by many people isolated by their own contemplation.
1. As listed by Lars Bang Larsen during a joint talk with the artist as part of a series, Radical Rupture organized by www.publik.dk


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Work will be on public display from July 29-August 14, 2016 at the Shenzhen Design Center in Shenzhen, China.
The exhibition will largely focus on how massive-scale migration and urbanization over the past 30 years have impacted quality of life in China's villages and towns that once served as the foundation of Chinese culture and now struggle for economic survival.
During the past 30 years, hundreds of millions of people have moved from China's rural areas to its cities. While much research has been done on the impact of the migration on the nation's metropolitan areas, little has focused on the villages and towns. This exhibition will examine some of the research now being done on rural and urban China, and explore some of the design ideas being proposed to develop a healthier relationship between booming cities and the declining countryside.
The Syracuse Architecture exhibit, "From Guest to Host: Hakka Villages and the Pingdi Low Carbon City," focuses on ways in which current efforts to transform Pingdi—a sub-district in northeastern Shenzhen—into a "Low Carbon City" pilot zone builds on the knowledge and daily practices of traditional Hakka families. Under the leadership of Professor Fei Wang—assistant professor and coordinator of the Syracuse Architecture M.S. Architecture program—the research bring into question the relationship between sustainable development brought on by "official" modern interventions and the unique architectural typology and social structure of the past put in place by the Hakka people.
Says Wang, "Our research and exhibit aims to combine new green technology with traditional low carbon approaches for a future, better quality of urban life."
Participation in this event is an extension of Syracuse Architecture involvement with green technology discussion and development within the Low Carbon City. In June, architecture students' low carbon designs were on display at the International Low Carbon City Forum, also held in Shenzhen. Fei Wang's students have previously attended that conference and Wang, himself, has been a presenter of ideas. In 2015, in Syracuse, Wang's studio students tackled a competition challenge put forth by Shenzhen Institute of Building Research (IBR) to design the city's Future Low-Carbon Building and Community Innovation Experimental Center (Future Center) in the Pingdi district. Three of Wang's post-graduate students won second-place—plans moved forward for construction using their design, WESPACE.
The City of Shenzhen was established in 1979 by China's central government and the Guangdong provincial government as a new economic zone that would extend two hours beyond Hong Kong, along the opposite shore of the Pearl River. Since that time the City has grown from being a fishing village with a population of 20 thousand to being a global hub for design and technology, with a population of 18 million. In 2012 the Shenzhen International Low Carbon City was created in the Pingdi sub-district—the most underdeveloped area of Shenzhen and typical of many cities undergoing industrialization—as a flagship project of the EU-China Urbanization Partnership, with the intent of exploring explore sustainable improvements.
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- Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Saint-Etienne
- Harvard University Graduate School of Design
- Peking University
- Rice University
- Syracuse University School of Architecture
- University of California Berkeley CED
- University of Hong Kong
- University of Southern California School of Architecture
- University of Southern California SOL Price School of Public Policy
- University of St. Joseph Macau
- Stefan Al: Mall City: "Hong Kong's Dreamworlds of Consumption;" Stefan Al
- BASE Beijing: Robert Mangurian / Mary-Ann Ray
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(Harrisburg Railers #5)
by R.J. Scott, V.L. Locey
Release Date: May 16, 2018
Genre: M/M Sport Romance
Two men afraid to feel, have to make choices that could end up breaking down their defenses and leading them back to love.
Every time Max Van Hellren steps on the ice he knows it could be his last time. At thirty-two he's past his prime but he's also hiding a life-threatening injury that private doctors warn could kill him. This is his last season, and there's a chance he could lift the Stanley Cup after fourteen years in the NHL. He just needs to stay safe and healthy; difficult when he's known for his heavy hitting and with a propensity for dropping the gloves and putting his body in the way of pucks to keep his team safe. A one-night stand with a sexy man was just what he needed, dangerous and hot, but what if it turned into more? Would he have to share the secrets he so desperately tries to hide?
Ben Worthington had it all. A fulfilling job running the CrossRoads Shelter, his loving aunts, and a husband that understood his devotion to animals. Then, the love of his life left him, succumbing so quickly to an unexpected sickness that Ben never had time to say goodbye. The violent loss scarred him. Unable to move past his fears, he moves from lonely encounter to lonely encounter, slaking a desperate need that is eating away at him, but never making a connection that could lead him back into love. One night with Max makes him want more, but will giving into the temptation open the door to feelings he can't contain?
Can these two broken man ever find a way to be together?
Max and Ben are two characters, which are unfamiliar to me, so I guess anyone can just pick up this book and enjoy it as a standalone. Max is a new D-man to the team, but playing his last season as a veteran. He hopes to end his career with a bang. Max seems to be a loner despite the great team camaraderie, his relationship with his family is pretty cold and he is dealing with a life-threatening health condition alone. I wonder why the Railer's medical team isn't informed on this.
Ben is a widower who runs an animal shelter. He came in touch with the Railer's for some charity event and is where he met Max. Their relationship started off with some casual hook up, but slowly developed into something more. Their loneliness is very palpable and they crave the connection they shared. Max longed for human connection and intimacy, something he didn't get from his teammates or his family. There is a dash of minor suspense in regards to some violence aimed at the shelter and Ben, which is connected to Ben's husband Liam. Max was at the forefront of these dramas and acted as any protective boyfriend would. When I found the cause of Ben's husband's death, I knew Max's health condition is going to be an issue to their relationship. As expected there is some heartache when the truth was revealed, however, it seems easily resolved.
For those readers who have been following this series since the beginning can I just said 'Well damn, finally!' It took 5 books, but we did it!
"Nice dog." I paused just this side of the players' entrance at the deep voice coming from behind me. There was something about that man's voice…the timbre of the bass or the way he spoke. Not sure what it was, but the last time he'd spoken to me my body had had the same kind of reaction. A spear of latent heat low in my belly followed by a shiv of icy dread.
"Thanks." I wanted to stare at the door. Or run. I couldn't do either of those, though, so I turned to face the bearded man. Christ, but he was fierce-looking. Like a Viking, with piercing eyes and an aura that screamed berserker. He was bigger than me. Taller by at least four inches and probably sixty pounds. He was wearing a suit, as Stan and Erik had been, but his looked incredibly fine on his burly frame. Dark blue with a silver tie and a white shirt. His biceps strained the material trying to contain them.
"His name is Bucky." There now, I had spoken to the man who made my heart leap around inside my chest like a frog on a highway.
"Like Captain America's sidekick?" He looked down at my worn T-shirt with Cap's shield on it.
"Exactly like that."
He took another step, which put him into my little personal space bubble, his gaze and mine locked. I wet my lips and jerked my chin up a bit. I wasn't going to let some hockey player intimidate me.
"Cute dog. Hot owner." He gave me a long, slow look, petted Bucky, and stepped around the dull-witted man trying to digest the fact Mr. Fear had said he was hot. "Are you coming in, or are you teaching your dog to open doors mentally?"
"I'm here to see Layton Foxx."
"Yeah? Well, I'm here to participate in morning skate."
"I know who you are. Max van Hellren. You played for Washington four years ago."
He tugged the door open and settled a kind of bored look on me. "Yeah, that was me. You like Washington?"
"Hometown team." Bucky barked to back me up. Max smiled. All the ferocity that oozed out of him dissipated when he smiled. The man was seriously fine.
"Maybe I can change your mind about which team to cheer for, Mr. Washington Fan."
"Ben. My name is Ben."
He nodded just once, his hand still keeping the door open. "Ben. I like that. Suits you. So, are we coming in or are we going to flirt here in front of Pete?"
A security guard peeked around the door and winked at me. I wanted to die. Right there.
"I don't flirt," I snapped. I stalked around Max and Pete and went off to find Layton Foxx. Determination hot in my breast kept me from looking back to see if Max was checking out my ass. I hoped he was and I prayed he wasn't.
RJ's goal is to write stories with a heart of romance, a troubled road to reach happiness, and most importantly, that hint of a happily ever after.
RJ Scott is the bestselling author of over one hundred romance books. She writes emotional stories of complicated characters, cowboys, millionaire, princes, and the men who get mixed up in their lives. RJ is known for writing books that always end with a happy ever after. She lives just outside London and spends every waking minute she isn't with family either reading or writing.
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Although the festive season is still a month away, many are feeling the financial pressures already.
According to a study by Commonwealth Bank, in 2012 Aussies were predicted to spend over $16.2 billion on Christmas and it looks like 2013 will have similar results.
So, with many Aussies already stretched to the limit with financial commitments, you should work out how you can get through the holiday season without buckling under the pressure.
Keep spending in check
Although it is hard to resist all the sales, if you know that due to extra expenses that your cash flow will be tight over the festive season, you will need to come up with a plan to ensure that there is enough to go around. This doesn't mean that your Christmas has to be less fun or memorable; you just need to be a smart spender.
Speak with family and friends who you are spending Christmas with about sharing food expenses or having a secret Santa instead of buying individual gifts. It may also help to create a list of expenses and start buying small amounts of food, decorations and presents each week instead of waiting until Christmas Eve where you could possibly end up making unnecessary impulse buys when you are caught up in the moment.
Avoid the temptation to put it all on credit and worry about how to repay it later. This is not a solution and could leave you paying off your Xmas splurge well into the New Year.As there is still a month to go, now is the time to create a budget and work out your spending. Take a look at the range of online calculators available on the State Custodians website and there is also a Christmas Budget app where you can budget for Christmas gifts and holiday spending.
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Your home loan is a long term investment worth keeping and it's important not to lose sight of this, especially when you are planning to spend extra money.
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Remember, miss a repayment and you will incur fees and if it is not made up quickly it may appear as a default on your credit report. If things are tight, ensuring that you home loan repayment is made in full and on time is of prime importance.
Keep in contact with your finance team
If you experience financial trouble over the holiday period, don't just keep it to yourself. Contact your lender to let them know the issues. They will be looking for you to come up with a solution so think of how you are going to be able to turn things around before you call. Not only will this show that you are taking steps to try and prevent any defaults, but they may be able to negotiate an alternative option to help you.
Although you want to enjoy Christmas with your friends and family, remember not to go overboard. Nobody wants to start the year off with a financial hangover lingering over their head.


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The International Festival (I-Fest) and Parade of Nations are events where Frostwood celebrates the wonderful diversity in our school and our community, and encourages kids to be aware of the larger world around us all, through sampling a wide variety of foods, crafts, and activities, and seeing a range of entertainments representing a number of cultures and countries.
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Today I am going to share with you my Oven-Dried Tomatoes which I promise you are going to like. Not only are they delicious, they are also really easy to rustle up. Most of us have lots of tomatoes in the garden which all ripen at the same time, and then we are not sure what to do with them. I love pasta and this is a great way to use Oven-Dried Tomatoes. All you need to do is to heat the olive oil, add the chopped garlic, one or two tablespoons of Oven-Dried Tomatoes, fry the sauce and then add the cooked pasta. How easy is that?
I love the time of the year when all my crops are ready at the same time. When I look at my greenhouse, all I can see are the beautiful red colours from my tomatoes, chillies, and peppers. I always make the most of my crops. You can't really freeze everything, unless you save them for a stew. I prefer Oven-Dried Tomatoes, this way it will pay off to see my summer crops in the winter just like mama used to do.
As I grow a lot of my own tomatoes, I always end up with too many in my kitchen and you can only eat so many a day, in a dish or in a salad. I always grow more than I need – also when my next door neighbour went away, as we are all a good neighbours, I looked after his tomatoes too, so you will guess what happened – even more tomatoes!
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We are all in the same bucket
One of the first things that my therapist did with me and the most successful for gaining my trust was to explain that everybody has at some level the same anxieties that I have. She used herself and her experiences as an example and it was extremely powerful.
She made sure I understood that I am not crazy and that my thoughts are reasonable and my anxieties not so unusual.
It is tough and very lonely to have social anxiety without knowing what's going on. You feel really really lonely and you think you are some kind of monster that nobody wants to be with. Once you find out that it's not that uncommon, this knowledge comes with a bit of relief that there are other people having the same thing and that there is hope, but on the other side, you have a mental health issue/disease which officially puts you in a I'm at least a bit crazy category. Deciding to do therapy or taking medication is again a step forward, but it comes with the issue of having to admit it to others.
This is why establishing that you are not crazy is a great first step in therapy. Brilliant!
Once we know that we have social anxiety, we tend to identify all our traits that prove that we have social anxiety. Sometimes what is a simple difference between people's behavior becomes in our mind unbreakable proof of our being abnormal. And I think we feel attracted to people that are different and that we desire to be like and don't realize that there are enough people out there just like us.
Just recently I noticed this with me. I considered as a typical social anxiety trait the fact that I only dated two men in my life. I found out that my latest hero, John Halamka, married his first and only date. I don't know that he has social anxiety or not, I suspect not too much, but maybe some people are just more efficient this way. Friends that I stayed with, I liked from the very beginning, so is that so bad? Just like people that start drinking in college because they think that everybody else does. Some people just don't drink and some people don't need to date a lot! Does that make us unusual? Probably, but crazy... no!
So, take heart! You're probably not as weird as you think, and almost everybody has anxieties in one way or another.


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Every piece of equipment has a *-pcs mailing list ... but you are correct that
not everyone is subscribed to or receives the traffic on that list.
pcs stands for Problems/Comments/Shutdowns and is the mailing list which is
used to notify the maintenance staff and engineers on each piece of equipment
that there is a problem or shutdown condition. When they clear or resolve a
problem or shutdown, their response also goes to the appropriate *-pcs list.
Because the content of these lists is viewable ... either on the snf equipment
"Mailing list archive" page or in the Coral maintenance client itself (under
the tab labelled "Maintenance") if people wish to view it, we concluded that
we didn't need to send the e-mail traffic of the *-pcs lists to all qualified
users of each piece of equipment. (I'm actually subscribed to all of the
lists ... and I can tell you that it is a lot of messages and most of them
aren't terribly informative other than they let me know that something is
broken or that something is fixes).
So, that's the story on the *-email@example.com mailing lists ...


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In 2005 I published a piece in Christian Research Journal, "None Dare Call It Bigotry: Understanding the Post-Election Rants against Social Conservatives." Given the recent comments by Heather McDonald, Kathleen Parker, and their critics, I thought I would pull it out of mothballs and republish it here. So, here it is.
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None Dare Call It Bigotry:
Understanding the Post-Election Rants against Social Conservatives
Francis J. Beckwith
The re-election of President George W. Bush, according to many pundits, was the result of a larger than normal turnout by socially conservative voters, most of whom are Christians. In the 11 states in which there were marriage protection referenda on the ballots, social conserva tives were provided with an extra incentive to go to the polls. Christianity Today reports that "exit polls show that 22 percent of voters cited 'moral values' as the one issue that mattered most when considering how to vote for President. In what will surely come as a shock to mainstream media, more voters cited moral values than either the economy/jobs (20 percent), terrorism (19 percent), or Iraq (17 percent)." [1]
The Pundits. In the November 4,2004, New York Times, historian Gary Wills asked the rhetorical question, "Can a people that believes more fervently in the Virgin Birth than in evolution still be called an Enlightened nation?" After using the term "fundamentalist" to refer to his fellow Americans who disagree with his politics, Wills asserts, "Where else do we find fundamentalist zeal, a rage at secularity, religious intolerance, fear of and hatred for modernity? Not in France or Britain or Germany or Italy or Spain. We find it in the Muslim world, in Al Qaeda, in Saddam Hussein's Sunni loyalists. Americans wonder that the rest of the world thinks us so dangerous, so single-minded, so impervious to international appeals. They fear jihad, no matter whose zeal is being expressed."
Europeans, of course, do not have the best track record in being able to detect and eliminate despots, dictators, and ethnic cleansers. In fact, when given the opportunity—especially in the cases of Germany and Russia in the past century—many Europeans were downright giddy in helping to usher in and defend secular regimes that were hostile to people of faith and committed to philosophical materialism and mass murder. Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler would have passed Wills's litmus test for Enlightenment—they disbelieved in the virgin birth and embraced naturalistic evolution. In the cases of Lenin and Stalin, they had their share of American intellectuals fawning over them, holding them up as models for democratic governance and economic fairness. Fifty million murders later we are now being lectured by Wills and others, the progeny of these American intellectuals, who now cite the "wisdom" of Europeans and ridicule us because we believe in the virgin birth rather than the philosophical foundation of the "promiscuous death."
After all, would you rather have your children, or your neighbor's children, tutored on the racial views of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., a believer in the virgin birth, or of Charles Darwin, who passes Wills's Enlightenment litmus test with flying colors? Compare King's "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal"[2] with Darwin's:At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace the savage races throughout the world. At the same time the anthropomorphous apes... will no doubt be exterminated. The break between man and his nearest Allies will then be wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilized state, as we may hope, even than the Caucasian, and some ape as low as the baboon, instead of as now between the Negro or Australian and the gorilla.[3]Maureen Dowd, Carl Bernstein, and Sidney Blumenthal were among the many liberal commentators who, with Wills, bemoaned the election results and the growing influence of social conservatives in American politics, issuing harsh judgments against them. Without argu ment, these commentators ridiculed the beliefs of their fellow citizens, comparing them to the worst the human race has to offer: Al Qaeda, Jihadists, the Taliban, and so on. If issuing the most outrageous post-election religious slur were a reality-show competition, however, the prize would go to Jane Smiley:Here is how ignorance works: First, they put the fear of God into you—if you don't believe in the literal word of the Bible, you will burn in hell. Of course, the literal word of the Bible is tremendously contradictory, and so you must abdicate all critical thinking, and accept a simple but logical system of belief that is dangerous to question. A corollary to this point is that they make sure you understand that Satan resides in the toils and snares of complex thought and so it is best not try it. [4]
The Crime. What is the crime for which social conservatives deserve these harsh judgments? They advocate protection of the unborn from unjust killing, the preservation of traditional marriage in order to advance the public good and permission to expose public school children to the weaknesses of philosophical materialism, which has become the unquestioned orthodoxy of an intellectual elite whose intolerance to heresy is so strong that to publicly entertain doubts about the dogma will result in being labeled a "creationist" even if you are not a creationist. Social conservatives have the temerity to apply the 1960s slogan "question authority" to those who invented the slogan and who are now in authority; therefore, they are marginalized as ideological heretics, described as irrational, simple-minded, unthinking, Bible-thumpers, no different in kind from the murderous religious fanatics of Islam who forbid women to read and write, execute and torture heretics, and support the 9/11 terrorists attacks.
The Ignorance. These unrestrained admissions, these rare utterances of unvarnished candor, are a gift, for they reveal much about the cast of mind and quality of soul of those who issue such judgments. They show that these commentators are woefully ignorant of the literature published by social conservative intellectuals (most of whom are Christians) who have offered nontheological arguments for the array of positions that inspired the rank-and-file to vote in droves in 2004. Consider the three most divisive issues in the U.S. today: same-sex marriage, abortion, and stem cell research.
Concerning the latter two, social conservative thinkers have offered highly sophisticated, secular arguments for why the unborn from the moment of conception are full-fledged members of the human community and ought to be protected by our laws. Works by Robert P. George, J. P. Moreland, Scott B. Rae, Stephen Schwarz, and Patrick Lee come to mind. In fact, George, a member of the President's Council on Bioethics (PCB), authored, as part of the PCB's report, one of the finest defenses of the embryo's personhood,[5] relying exclusively on philosophical arguments that are nontheological. I recently published articles in two peer-reviewed academic journals, Christian Bioethics[6] and American Journal of Jurisprudence[7] in which I make cases consistent with pro-life understandings of personhood and law and proffer reasons and arguments for my cases that do not appeal to Scripture or the deliverances of biblical theology. I offer what some may call "secular" arguments.
The literature on same-sex marriage is even more impressive given the relatively brief time socially conservative intellectuals have had to wrestle with this issue. The works of Lynn Wardle, David Organ Coolidge, Gerard V. Bradley, Robert P. George, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Richard W. Garnett, J. Budziszewski, William Duncan, Hadley Arkes, and Richard Duncan offer first-rate "secular" defenses of traditional marriage and, in many ways, are more sophisticated and compelling than the works of those who defend same-sex marriage.
The Assumptions. Why haven't Wills, Smiley, et al., dealt with these arguments, or at least informed their readers that such arguments exist and that offering such arguments is consistent with an understanding of the public square that is respectful of those with whom social conservatives disagree? Here's my theory: Wills, Smiley, et al., are not informed on these matters. They are relying on inherited stereotypes and widely held bigotry embraced by most of the people in whose circles they run. It's not that they know the truth and are suppressing it. They just don't know the truth because they don't believe it could in principle exist. They are committed to the proposition that if you don't hold to a liberal, materialist view of the state, then you are ignorant, evil, or incurably religious, or any two or all three. Given that commitment, they can't see the point of looking for something they believe can't be there. Social conservatives offer reasons and arguments, while their opponents, Wills, Smiley, et al., offer name-calling rationalized by entrenched prejudices propped up by false stereotypes, the very technique these "enlightened" citizens typically attribute to social conservatives.
Wills, Smiley, et al., need to get out a little more and exercise the understanding and tolerance they claim that social conservatives lack; for even a cursory reading of the relevant literature will quickly reveal to them that social conservatives are far more conversant with and respectful of the arguments of their opponents than vice versa. In what has to be one of the great ironies of our time, the friends of enlightenment turn out to be the enemies of reason. Their case amounts to a type of political gnosticism to which only a privileged few have access and the benighted many cannot comprehend. If Al Sharpton were writing their talking point, it would read: "It's an Enlightenment-secular-liberal thing, you wouldn't understand." If this isn't bigotry, nothing is.
1. Collin Hansen, "Weblog: 'Moral Values' Carry Bush to Victory," ChristianityToday.com, Novembers, 2004.
2. Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream" (speech, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., August 28,1963), available at http://www.mecca.org/~crights/dream.html
3. Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man, 2nd ed. (New York: A. L Burt, 1874), 178.
4. Jane Smiley, "Why Americans Hate Democrats— A Dialogue: The Unteachable Ignorance of the Red States," Slate, November 4,2004.
5. Robert P. George (with Alofonso Gomez-Lobo), "Statement of Professor George" in appendix of Human Cloning and Human Dignity: An Ethical Inquiry (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002) (http://www.bioethics.gov/reports/cloningreport/appendix.html/george).
6. Francis J. Beckwith, "The Explanatory Power of the Substance View of Persons," Christian Bioethics 10,1 (2004): 33-54.
7. Francis J. Beckwith, "Thomson's 'Egual Reasonableness' Argument for Abortion Rights: A Critique," American Journal of Jurisprudence 49 (2004).


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Capital Improvements
In the nation's capital, local broadcasters are adjusting to a new type of administration: Nielsen Media Research's local-people-meter (LPM) ratings system. Washington converted to the electronic system, which reports daily demographic data, in June, and November marks the first major sweeps month with the LPMs.
The results are being received cautiously. In the past six months, the market "has had to reset itself," says WRC President/General Manager Michael Jack. "We are beginning to see some consistency in the numbers."
As in other LPM markets, local broadcasters have seen ratings drop while cable viewership increases. But one positive is that they no longer have to wait until mid December, when the sweeps diaries come out, to track their November performance.
But the reams of LPM data can be jarring. "People have a tendency to overreact to days' worth of data," says Duffy Dyer, general manager of WTTG and WDCA. "We should look at weekly and monthly trends."
Every rating point matters. Four D.C. stations broadcast local news in 13 time periods, including unusual slots: NBC owned-and-operated WRC has a 10 a.m. newscast, and CBS outlet WUSA has one at 7 p.m. ABC affiliate WJLA also runs a 24/7 cable news network, News Channel 8, available to 1.2 million area homes. "Washington is a town of news junkies," says WJLA President Fred Ryan.
To stand out, local broadcasters have been tweaking their talent lineups. Fox affiliate WTTG recently poached former Good Morning America weathercaster Tony Perkins, and WJLA lured ex-CNN anchor Leon Harris to headline its 5 and 11 p.m. news. It also hired meteorologist Doug Hill and anchor Gordon Peterson away from cross-town rivals. Last fall, WUSA introduced an 11 p.m. anchor duo, Tracey Neale and Todd McDermott. WRC's latest addition is morning anchor Shannon Bream.
With just two nights left in November sweeps, WRC was winning all major newscasts in household ratings. In May, the station won early-morning, 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. news, but, for the first time in 10 years, WJLA grabbed 5 p.m.
Area stations grossed $533 million last year, according to BIA Financial, up from $492.9 million in 2003. WRC led with $129.9 million, followed by WJLA at $111.4 million and WTTG at $109.8 million.
The market is more than just government, say station execs. "We have a separate business community and strong technology center," says WJLA's Ryan. "It creates a multidimensional economy."
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TEMPE, Ariz. --- Six student-athletes from the Moravian College men's and women's tennis teams have been named 2017 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athletes and the women's squad was also received the ITA All-Academic Team award.
Senior Giovanni Lombardi and sophomore Austin Grace from the men's team and senior Brittney Eady, junior Grace Bailly, sophomore Kate Rennar and freshman Emily Snyder from the women's squad were named ITA Scholar-Athletes with Lombardi repeating the honor for a second straight year.
For a student-athlete to ITA Scholar-Athlete honors, they must maintain at least a 3.50 GPA, earn a varsity letter and be enrolled for at least two semesters. Over 3,900 student-athletes across all divisions were honored with ITS Scholar-Athlete status and 720 teams earned the ITA All-Academic Team award for maintaining over at least a 3.20 GPA. All varsity letter winners were factored into the cumulative team GPA for the current academic year (including fall 2016 and spring 2017).
"Moravian College is known for strong academic programs and strong athletic teams," stated second-year Director of Tennis Alan Heverly. "With both pride and pleasure, I can say that these players so honored contributed in a big way to our teams. A Scholar Athlete Award is the pinnacle of achievement for a student-athlete at Moravian and all these players are very deserving of recognition."
Lombardi was selected to the 2017 Landmark Conference Spring All-Sportsmanship Team, and he also made the Landmark Conference Spring Academic Honor Roll for the third straight year while Grace was selected to the Landmark Academic Honor Roll for the first time.
"Gio was my captain and there was no doubt that he was a strong leader and the perfect role model for the men's team," Heverly said. "He played the number one position and that is an extremely difficult undertaking as almost every school has at least one tennis player who is extremely skilled. He maintained an extremely high GPA, worked in an internship, and performed social services with the team and did this all while improving his skills on the court. When I think of character I think of Gio and I know both the team and I will miss him.
"Austin is a great student who works hard both on and off the court," Heverly continued. "Along with his studies he is a very dedicated RA who has his fellow students best interests at heart. Austin is the most improved player on the team in the last year. His hard was very apparent and I am looking forward to coaching him this year."
Eady was the 2017 Landmark Conference Women's Tennis Athlete of the Year after a 15-2 singles mark and a 12-5 doubles slate, and she was selected to the Landmark All-Conference First Team in Singles and Doubles. Eady, who was also on the Landmark Conference Spring All-Sportsmanship Team, finished her career ranked eighth in school history with 52 singles victories and tied for second with 47 doubles wins. Bailly was 8-4 in singles action this past season while Rennar had seven singles wins and Snyder added three victories. Rennar and Snyder combined for a 5-5 doubles mark.
"Brittney was a tremendous leader as the team captain and this award further demonstrates she is a great role model for any player," Heverly noted. "Grace contributed to our team's success with Grace scoring important wins for the women's team in singles competition. Kate and Emily had winning records in doubles and during the season had some big wins that helped put us over the top and into the playoffs. To perform well on the court with that kind of pressure and still excel in the classroom says much about the caliber of players on our women's team."
To view the entire list of 2016-17 ITA All-Academic Teams and ITA Scholar-Athletes, visit http://www.itatennis.com/Awards_4114/Academic-Awards.htm.