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One of my all-time favorite cartoons comes from Peanuts.
1. How might we judge whether a theology is sound — or not?
2. How can you prove from the Scriptures that every believer is to be a theologian?
In response to question 2..The book of Deuteronomy is filled with exhortations to teach the statutes of God to your children and your children's children. The Psalms are filled with examples of the practical application of God's word in the lives of individuals in the context of daily living. Jesus quotes Deuteronomy 8 when He say's that "man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God". Jesus said the Holy Spirit, who indwells individuals will guide them into all truth. The book of Acts is filled with examples of believers searching things out for themselves. Paul tells Timothy to be diligent to show himself approved…rightly dividing the Word of Truth. He also says to entrust those things to faithful men who will be able to teach others. Paul says that from childhood Timothy has known the sacred Scripture which are able to make one wise unto salvation through faith in Christ. Peter tells believers, as new born babes…desire the pure milk of the word. Just a few thoughts off the top of my head. ..I think, in a way, it's a natural by-product of salvation to want to know more and more about our Lord and Savior through studying the Word of God.


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Making candy again. One small batch at a time. I call it 'micro dying'. I use a little one-quart old blue enamel pot, and I start with some homespun alpaca and cook the sugar just right, mixing hues with abandon.
Navy, royal blue, and a t'wee bit of peacock over-dye natural medium grey alpaca until it becomes unmistakably vivid and bold.
Yummy blue alpaca candy !
Spruce and emerald over-dye grey into a mouth-watering green alpaca candy !
A real taste sensation when mixed together !
I suprised myself with the color intensity, unusual for me, and I'll admit, its only the second time I've dyed alpaca, and I really love how the fiber responds.

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Hi everybody –
I made a few tweaks to the Pet Power Calculator today. As always, if you encounter any problems or oddities, please let me know!
- Fixed the Trained meditation skill value for regular dragons (thanks to Ezekiel Zane on the UO Stratics Tamer forum for the heads-up).
- Tweaked the max fresh-tamed eval and anatomy values on bane dragons, thanks to data from adamx on UOForums.
- Tweaked the data input interface. Stats, Resists, and Skills are now consolidated into columns. Using the tab key on your keyboard will still tab you through the list in the same order as before. Just looks a little cleaner on-screen and prevents the endless downward scrolling.
- Fixed the Print feature for the pet's stat sheet so it only prints your power score and related data, instead of printing the entire web page. (Thanks again to Ezekiel for the heads-up on this one).


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Tom Carper
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Tom Carper
|United States Senator
from Delaware
|Assumed office
January 3, 2001
Serving with Chris Coons
|Preceded by
|William Roth
|Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
|Assumed office
February 3, 2021
|Preceded by
|John Barrasso
|Ranking Member of the Senate Environment Committee
|In office
January 3, 2017 – February 3, 2021
|Preceded by
|Barbara Boxer
|Succeeded by
|Shelley Moore Capito
|Chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
|In office
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015
|Preceded by
|Joe Lieberman
|Succeeded by
|Ron Johnson
|Chair of the National Governors Association
|In office
August 4, 1998 – August 10, 1999
|Preceded by
|George Voinovich
|Succeeded by
|Mike Leavitt
|71st Governor of Delaware
|In office
January 19, 1993 – January 3, 2001
|Ruth Ann Minner
|Preceded by
|Dale E. Wolf
|Succeeded by
|Ruth Ann Minner
|Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Delaware's at-large district
|In office
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993
|Preceded by
|Tom Evans
|Succeeded by
|Mike Castle
|Treasurer of Delaware
|In office
January 18, 1977 – January 3, 1983
|Pete du Pont
|Preceded by
|Mary Jornlin
|Succeeded by
|Janet Rzewnicki
|Personal details
Thomas Richard Carper
January 23, 1947
Beckley, West Virginia, U.S.
|Political party
Diane Isaacs
(m. 1978; div. 1983)
Martha Stacy
(m. 1985)
|Ohio State University (BA)
University of Delaware (MBA)
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U.S. Senator from Delaware
Thomas Richard Carper (born January 23, 1947) is an American politician and former military officer serving as the senior United States senator from Delaware, having held the seat since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, Carper served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1993 and was the 71st governor of Delaware from 1993 to 2001.
A native of Beckley, West Virginia, Carper graduated from Ohio State University. Serving as a naval flight officer in the U.S. Navy from 1968 until 1973, he flew the P-3 Orion as a tactical coordinator and mission commander[1] and saw active duty in the Vietnam War. After leaving the active duty Navy, he remained in the U.S. Naval Reserve for another 18 years and eventually retired with the rank of Captain (O-6). Upon receiving his MBA from the University of Delaware in 1975, Carper went to work for the state of Delaware in its economic development office. He was elected state treasurer, serving from 1977 to 1983 and leading the development of Delaware's first cash management system.
Encouraged by local politicians, Carper successfully ran for Delaware's only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982. He served five terms in the House, where he chaired the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization. In 1992 he arranged a swap with term-limited Republican Governor Mike Castle, and the two were easily elected to each other's seats. Carper governed for two terms as a moderate, business-oriented New Democrat, following the lead of the two previous Republican governors.
Carper was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000, defeating Republican incumbent William Roth. He was reelected by landslides in 2006, 2012, and 2018. He serves as one of four deputy Democratic whips, the chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Finance Committee. Carper is the senior senator in Delaware's congressional delegation and the dean of the delegation. He is the last Vietnam War veteran to serve in the Senate.
Early life and education[edit]
Carper was born in Beckley, West Virginia, the son of Mary Jean (née Patton) and Wallace Richard Carper. He grew up in Danville, Virginia, and graduated from Whetstone High School in Columbus, Ohio. He then graduated from the Ohio State University in 1968, where he was a midshipman in the Naval ROTC and earned a degree in economics. At Ohio State, Carper became a member of the Beta Phi Chapter of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity. Carper earned an MBA from the University of Delaware in 1975.
Early career[edit]
Serving as a Naval Flight Officer in the U.S. Navy from 1968 until 1973, he served three tours of duty in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. He remained in the U.S. Naval Reserve as a P-3 aircraft mission commander for another 18 years and retired with the rank of Captain (O-6).[2]
While in college at the Ohio State University, Carper worked on the presidential campaign of U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy. In Delaware, he worked as the campaign treasurer for University of Delaware professor James R. Soles in his unsuccessful 1974 bid for the U.S. House of Representatives.
After receiving his MBA degree in 1975, Carper went to work for the State of Delaware's economic development office. In 1976, after developing good relationships with members of the state party leadership, he took out a $5,000 personal loan to fund his campaign for the Treasurer of Delaware. After convincing the party leaders, and later the voters, that he was the right person to be Delaware State Treasurer, he defeated the favored Republican Party candidate, Theodore Jones. He served three terms, from January 18, 1977, through January 3, 1983, during which time he oversaw the development of Delaware's first cash management system.
U.S. House of Representatives[edit]
It took a considerable amount of persuasion on the part of U.S. Senator Joe Biden and others to convince Carper to leave his obscure, but safe, position as Treasurer and compete for Delaware's only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982. Thomas B. Evans Jr., the incumbent Republican, was running again, and although he had been caught in a compromising "association" on a golfing trip with the young lobbyist Paula Parkinson, he was still a formidable and well-connected politician.[3]
The campaign was going well for Carper until three weeks before Election Day, when the New York Post published an article claiming that the "dirtiest campaign in the country is being waged in tiny Delaware." Retelling the well-known story of Evans' golfing trip, it went on to accuse Carper of abusing his wife and stepchildren. But the story actually ended up working to Carper's political advantage when suspicions spread that the allegations had been planted by an Evans supporter and when public opinion seemed to conclude that the allegations were inappropriately exploiting a private issue.[4][5] Carper and his wife, Diane, both denied the allegations in 1982, but he later admitted to having slapped her. On Election Day, Carper defeated Evans and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.[6]
Carper went on to serve five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. He won his second term in 1984, by defeating Elise R. W. du Pont, the wife of retiring Governor Pete du Pont. He then enjoyed easy victories over Republicans Thomas S. Neuberger in 1986, James P. Krapf in 1988 and Ralph O. Williams in 1990. A U.S. Representative, he was a member of the U.S. House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs and the U.S House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. He chaired the House Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization. In these positions he worked to allow banks into the securities business and to discourage the dumping of sludge into the ocean.
During his years in the U.S. House of Representatives Carper sought to gain better control of the Democratic Party organization in Delaware in hopes of someday becoming governor. Heavily Democratic and with over half of the population of the state, New Castle County was the key. Its Democratic organization was controlled by Eugene T. Reed, a former ironworker, and an old-time political party boss who was then among several politicians in both parties implicated in illegal money raising practices. To address this corruption and rescue the reputation of the Democratic Party, Carper recruited Joseph E. Reardon, a DuPont Company chemist, as a candidate for New Castle County Democratic Party chairman. By early 1989, he had succeeded in getting Reardon elected, and Reardon replaced Reed at the head of a newly reformed party organization. In 1990 Carper faced a primary challenge from a Reed ally, Daniel D. Rappa, after winning, he went on to win election to his fifth term as U.S. Representative.
Governor of Delaware[edit]
In the small and intimate political community of Delaware, important decisions are often made by a consensus of leaders from both parties. So it was in 1992, when popular incumbent (Republican) Governor Michael Castle was forced to retire owing to term limits. The result was what became known as "the Swap." Castle ran for Carper's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and Carper ran for Governor. Neither faced any significant opposition and Delaware retained the services of two very popular office holders representing both major parties.
Thus, in 1992, Carper was elected Governor of Delaware, defeating the Republican candidate, B. Gary Scott. He ended up serving two terms. As a moderate, business-oriented Democrat who followed two very competent and popular Republican administrations, those of Pete du Pont and Castle, Carper chose to govern in much the same way they had over their combined 16 years in office, adding to the mix his special interest in and talent for economic development and business recruitment. Two particular successes were his prevention of the closure of the General Motors automobile operation near Newport, Delaware, and the state's victory in the competition with Pennsylvania for the location of the headquarters of the pharmaceutical giant, AstraZeneca.
Continuing du Pont's tax cutting policies, Carper led an ongoing effort to reduce income tax rates, eliminate the marriage penalty and estate tax, cut the public utility tax, and eliminate the gross receipts tax for many small businesses. By doing so, his administration improved the state's credit rating from among the worst in the nation to an excellent "AAA". He also retained Castle's standards-based education programs, raising standards, testing students, and pushing through a teacher accountability bill. Other programs included a fully funded Head Start program and the creation of a prescription-drug benefit for seniors.
Carper's independent, New Democrat approach made him popular among voters, but caused grumbling among old line Democrats, particularly union leaders, who complained that not enough of them were being awarded patronage jobs after the many years of Republican control.[4] In an era of increasingly bitter, partisan politics, Carper's actions and policies placed him at the political center, in keeping with Delaware's consensus style of governing. One atypical example of Carper's bipartisan cooperation occurred in 1995, when Carper's former House colleague Bob Dornan was running as a candidate in the 1996 Republican primary for the Presidential nomination. At a stop in Wilmington, Delaware, for a train on which Dornan was traveling, Carper was waiting on the platform, dressed as a pregnant woman, carrying a sign that said "Dornan Is the One". Dornan recognized Carper, and went along with the joke, which Carper had coordinated with the Republican State Committee of Delaware.[7]
The most poignant event during this period was the murder of Carper's personal scheduler, Anne Marie Fahey, and the eventual conviction of Thomas J. Capano for the crime. Capano was a wealthy, well-connected lawyer, known to nearly everyone in Delaware's political community. Fahey, a 30-year-old member of another well-known family, was attempting to end a romantic relationship with the married Capano, when he murdered her and dumped her body in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Attorney Colm F. Connolly built the case against Capano, who was tried and convicted, then sentenced by Delaware Superior Court Judge William Swain Lee.
As a tribute to Fahey, who had been a youth mentor, then-Governor Carper also became a mentor, and began actively promoting mentoring programs throughout Delaware's business community. As a result, by the end of his last term, Delaware held the highest per-capita ratio of youth mentors in the country. Carper also established the Delaware Mentoring Council to help sustain this important legacy.
|Delaware General Assembly
(sessions while Governor)
|Senate Majority
pro tempore
|House Majority
|Richard S. Cordrey
|Terry R. Spence
|Richard S. Cordrey
|Terry R. Spence
|Thomas B. Sharp
|Terry R. Spence
|Thomas B. Sharp
|Terry R. Spence
United States Senate[edit]
The elections of 2000 promised to bring a change in Delaware's political lineup. For 16 years, the same four people had held the four major statewide positions — Governor Carper and fellow Democratic Senator Joe Biden, and Republicans U.S. Representative Michael Castle and Senator William Roth. Because of gubernatorial term limits, Carper had to retire from the post. He wanted to run for the Senate against the incumbent Roth. Roth would not retire voluntarily and fellow Republican Castle would not force him into a primary. Carper declared his candidacy in September 1999.[8] In a contest between two popular and respected politicians, the issue seemed to be Roth's age: Roth was 79, versus Carper's relative youth. Although Roth started the campaign with a 2-to-1 spending advantage, Carper went into the final month with more than $1 million on hand.[9] Carper defeated Roth by twelve points, 56% to 44%. Roth received more votes than Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush, suggesting that the strength of the Democratic turnout for the presidential election was a key factor in Carper's victory.[citation needed] Some commentators attributed Roth's defeat to his age and health, as he collapsed twice during the campaign, once in the middle of a television interview and once during a campaign event.[9][10][11]
Carper sought re-election to a second term in 2006. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary and faced off against Republican candidate Jan C. Ting. Ting was a professor of law who had narrowly beaten airline pilot Michael D. Protack in the Republican primary. Carper was easily re-elected in a landslide win, beating Ting 67% to 27%.
As the 2012 election cycle began, a Super PAC was created to oppose Carper's re-election campaign. The Hill quoted Patrick Davis, the custodian of records and agent for Renew Delaware as saying: "Tom Carper has served in the United States Senate for a long time and has been part of the downturn in our economy." Delaware Politics noted that the election would be costly for the Republican candidate and that the popular Carper was heavily favored to win a third term in office.[12] A Carper spokesperson, Emily Spain, was quoted in The Hill saying that Carper was successful in his previous campaigns "because he works hard, takes nothing for granted, and puts the needs and interests of Delaware first."[13] Carper won the Democratic primary with 88% of the vote and faced off against the only Republican candidate who filed for the race, businessman Kevin Wade. Carper was re-elected in another landslide, beating Wade 66% to 29%.
In August 2018, Carper was seeking his fourth six-year term in the United States Senate.[14][15] His campaign contributors included DuPont, with DuPont being his third largest contributor since 2013. Between 2013 and 2018, he received $2.1 million from political action committees.[16] Carper was challenged from the left by Kerri Evelyn Harris, a US Air Force Veteran. She contrasts with Carper in that she advocates a single payer healthcare system,[17] and Carper wants to keep working on the Affordable Health Care Act.[18] Carper defeated Harris in the primary election with roughly 65% of the vote.[19] It was Carper's most competitive primary in his recent political history. In the general election, Carper defeated Republican opponent Rob Arlett by a landslide margin of 22.2 points, 60.0% to 37.8%.[20]
He served with the Democratic minority in the 108th and 109th Congresses, and was part of the Democratic majority in the 110th Congress. At the beginning of the 107th Congress, the Democratic Party was in the minority, but later held the majority. Carper is a member of the moderate Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), of which he currently serves as Vice-Chairman. In December 2004, Carper became a part of the Senate Democratic Leadership. As a member of a four-person "Executive Committee", he is one of four deputy whips. David Broder of The Washington Post has called Carper "a notably effective and non-partisan leader, admired and trusted on both sides of the aisle."[21]
During the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol, Carper said he did not support invoking the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution nor impeachment of Trump.[22] But hours later, he called on Trump to resign. He also called the attackers "domestic terrorists." That evening, he voted in support of certifying the 2021 United States Electoral College vote count.[23]
Committee assignments[edit]
- Committee on Environment and Public Works (Chairman)[24]
- Committee on Finance
- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Caucus membership[edit]
Political positions[edit]
Vox has called Carper a moderate Democrat.[25] He has a 13% conservative rating from the American Conservative Union.[26][27] Carper voted for the Budget Control Act, against cut, cap and balance, for debt increase, for debt ceiling increase, for debt limit increase, for the stimulus, for TARP, for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, for SCHIP, for DREAM, and for the Immigration Reform Act of 2006.[28]
Carper has a mixed record on abortion issues. In 2003, he was one of 17 Democrats who broke with the majority of their party by voting to ban partial-birth abortion.[29] He also voted against banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, but voted to ban the use of federal funds for abortion.[30] In 2018, he opposed President Trump's proposal to defund Planned Parenthood.[31] Carper was given a 50% rating by NARAL Pro-Choice America, indicating a mixed record on abortion, according to their scoring, and a 25% rating from the anti-abortion National Right to Life Committee.[32] After Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, he said the decision was "unconscionably cruel and wrong" and that it was a "dark day for our country and our Constitution."[33]
Foreign policy[edit]
In April 2019, Carper was one of thirty-four senators to sign a letter to President Trump encouraging him "to listen to members of your own Administration and reverse a decision that will damage our national security and aggravate conditions inside Central America", asserting that Trump had "consistently expressed a flawed understanding of U.S. foreign assistance" since becoming president and that he was "personally undermining efforts to promote U.S. national security and economic prosperity" through preventing the use of Fiscal Year 2018 national security funding. The senators argued that foreign assistance to Central American countries created less migration to the U.S., citing the funding's helping to improve conditions in those countries.[34]
Gun law[edit]
Carper joined 23 other Senate Democrats in signing a letter supporting Obama taking executive action to reduce gun violence.[35] In 2013, he voted to ban high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets.[36] In 2016, Carper participated in the Chris Murphy gun control filibuster.[37] In response to the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, Carper called for more gun laws, specifically background checks and mental health screenings.[38]
In January 2019, Carper was one of forty senators to introduce the Background Check Expansion Act, a bill that would require background checks for either the sale or transfer of all firearms including all unlicensed sellers. Exceptions to the bill's background check requirement included transfers between members of law enforcement, loaning firearms for either hunting or sporting events on a temporary basis, providing firearms as gifts to members of one's immediate family, firearms being transferred as part of an inheritance, or giving a firearm to another person temporarily for immediate self-defense.[39]
Finance and economy[edit]
He joined in the unsuccessful attempt to tie the Bush administration tax cuts to deficit reduction and has supported additional funding for school choice programs and charter schools. He has also sought additional funding for railroad projects and for rail security. He strongly supported legislation to limit class action lawsuits and to restrict personal bankruptcy. In addition, he is a strong proponent of free trade. In 2012, Carper sponsored a bill, eventually passed and signed into law, that required government agencies to identify $125 billion in expected waste and fraud.[40]
Carper and George Voinovich of Ohio proposed a 25-cent raise in the federal gasoline tax; 10 cents would go to pay down the debt and the rest toward improving the nation's infrastructure. The measure was proposed in November 2010.[41] The measure did not pass.
On May 14, 2011, The Wall Street Journal criticized a postal-bailout bill co-sponsored by Carper and Susan Collins (R-Maine). The bill would give $50–$75 billion to USPS, and would underwrite pension obligations for retired postal workers. The bailout would cost three times the savings of the 2011 federal budget.[42]
On August 1, 2019, the Senate passed a bipartisan budget deal that raised spending over current levels by 320 billion and lifted the debt ceiling for the following two years in addition to forming a course for funding the government without the perceived fiscal brinkmanship of recent years. Carper joined Joe Manchin and Republicans Mitt Romney and Rick Scott in issuing a statement asserting that "as former Governors, we were responsible for setting a budget each year that was fiscally responsible to fund our priorities. That's why today, we, as U.S. Senators, cannot bring ourselves to vote for this budget deal that does not put our country on a fiscally sustainable path."[43]
Carper proposed the creation of a National Park in Delaware, the Coastal Heritage Park, in four locations along the Delaware River and Delaware Bay. In January 2009, Carper briefly chaired a Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing on the Tennessee Valley Authority's coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee. However, he did vote for Keystone XL Pipeline, but has since expressed disappointment in that vote.[44]
Carper supports the EPA and Clean Air Act and blames states to the west of Delaware for its air pollution, calling them "America's tailpipe".[45]
In April 2019, Carper was one of forty-one senators to sign a bipartisan letter to the housing subcommittee praising the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Section 4 Capacity Building program as authorizing "HUD to partner with national nonprofit community development organizations to provide education, training, and financial support to local community development corporations (CDCs) across the country" and expressing disappointment that President Trump's budget "has slated this program for elimination after decades of successful economic and community development." The senators wrote of their hope that the subcommittee would support continued funding for Section 4 in Fiscal Year 2020.[46]
Carper co-wrote the "Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010"[47] introduced on June 19, 2010, by Senator Joe Lieberman (Senator Susan Collins is the third co-author of this bill). If signed into law, this controversial bill, which the American media dubbed the "Kill switch bill", would grant the President emergency powers over the Internet. All three co-authors of the bill, however, issued a statement claiming that instead, the bill "[narrowed] existing broad Presidential authority to take over telecommunications networks".[48] Carper was quoted as saying that the bill "would create a National Center for Cybersecurity and Communications in the Department of Homeland Security, with a Senate-confirmed director to oversee security of the federal government's computer networks. The center would also identify vulnerabilities and help secure key private networks – like utilities and communications systems – that, if attacked or commandeered by a foreign power or cyberterrorists, could result in the crippling of our economy."[49]
Consumer regulations[edit]
In May 2010, Carper introduced an amendment to limit state regulators from enforcing consumer regulations on national banks and their subsidiaries. It would also remove a Senate legislative measure requiring the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to find a "substantive standard" on regulation, before the office could move to preempt. The White House opposed Carper's amendment. The amendment passed by a vote of 80–18.[50]
Jobs bill[edit]
On September 21, 2011, The Wall Street Journal noted that President Obama's job-creation plans were drawing resistance from Senate Democrats. The article quoted Carper as saying, "I think the best jobs bill that can be passed is a comprehensive long-term deficit-reduction plan. That's better than everything else the president is talking about combined."[51]
Minimum wage[edit]
In April 2014, the United States Senate debated the Minimum Wage Fairness Act (S. 1737; 113th Congress). The bill would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to $10.10 per hour over the course of a two-year period.[52] The bill was strongly supported by President Barack Obama and many of the Democratic Senators, but strongly opposed by Republicans in the Senate and House.[53][54][55] Carper said that he preferred legislation that would have a greater chance of becoming law, such as an increase to only $9 an hour.[54]
On March 5, 2021, Carper voted against Bernie Sanders's amendment to include a $15/hour minimum wage in the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.[56]
LGBT rights[edit]
Carper signed a law as Governor defining "marriage as between a man and a woman," but he also voted as a Senator against the Federal Marriage Amendment, a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.[57] He also voted against banning gay marriage again in 2006.[58] In 2013, Carper announced that he now supports same-sex marriage.[59]
Iraq War[edit]
Carper voted yes on the 2002 Iraq War Resolution.[60]
Personal life[edit]
Carper married Martha Ann Stacy in 1985. They have two children. The family are members of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Wilmington, Delaware.
Unlike most senators, who maintain residences in both Washington, D.C., and in their home state, Carper commutes more than 100 miles by Amtrak train from his home in Wilmington to the United States Capitol. Carper says this arrangement has helped his family live a normal life despite his demanding, high-profile job.[61] On May 12, 2015, he narrowly escaped injury when the train he took home derailed and crashed in Philadelphia shortly after he deboarded.[62]
Carper has been married twice, first in 1978, to Diane Beverly Isaacs, a former Miss Delaware, who had two children by a previous marriage. They divorced in 1983. In a 1998 interview, Carper admitted, "I slapped my then-wife, Diane, during a heated argument," describing it as a mistake.[63][5] A New York Post article in 1982 stated that Carper hit Isaacs "so hard he gave her a black eye" and that his wife's two children from a previous relationship "were slapped around and bruised by Carper for doing such things as leaving the family dog on the bed." Carper denied these claims.[5]
As of 2018, according to OpenSecrets.org, Carper's net worth was more than $5.7 million.[64]
Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. The Governor and State Treasurer take office the third Tuesday of January. The Governor has a four-year term and the State Treasurer had a two-year term at this time. U.S. Representatives take office January 3 and have a two-year term. U.S. Senators also take office January 3, but have a six-year term.
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|January 18, 1977
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|State Treasurer
|January 16, 1979
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|State Treasurer
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|U.S. Representative
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|U.S. Representative
|January 3, 1985
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|U.S. Representative
|January 3, 1987
|January 3, 1989
|U.S. Representative
|January 3, 1989
|January 3, 1991
|U.S. Representative
|January 3, 1991
|January 3, 1993
|January 19, 1993
|January 21, 1997
|January 21, 1997
|January 3, 2001
|U.S. Senator
|January 3, 2001
|January 3, 2007
|U.S. Senator
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|January 3, 2013
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|T. Theodore Jones
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|Tom Carper
|Rita Justice
|State Treasurer
|Tom Carper
|Lynn Jankus
|U.S. Representative
|Tom Carper
|Thomas B. Evans Jr.
|U.S. Representative
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|Elise R. W. du Pont
|U.S. Representative
|Tom Carper
|Thomas S. Neuberger
|U.S. Representative
|Tom Carper
|James P. Krapf
|U.S. Representative
|Tom Carper
|Daniel D. Rappa
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|Ralph O. Williams
|Tom Carper
|Daniel D. Rappa
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|B. Gary Scott
|Tom Carper
|Janet C. Rzewnicki
|U.S. Senator
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|William Roth
|U.S. Senator
|Tom Carper
|Jan C. Ting
|U.S. Senator
|Tom Carper
|Kevin Wade
|U.S. Senator
|Tom Carper
|Rob Arlett
- ^ "Navy Submarine to Bear Delaware's Name," Wilmington (Delaware) News Journal, 19 Nov 2012
- ^ "About Tom Carper". carper.senate.gov. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ Baker, Donald P.; story, Washington Post staff writer; Washington Post staff writer Eugene L. Meyer also contributed to this (March 7, 1981). "Congressmen Shared House With Female Lobbyist". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
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Monday, 5 December 2011
The brain basis of "unrealistic optimism"
Now Tali Sharot (author of the forthcoming book The Optimism Bias) and her colleagues have investigated the brain mechanisms underlying this rosy outlook. Sharot had participants estimate their likelihood of experiencing 80 adverse life events from developing Alzheimer's to being robbed. After they gave each estimate, the participants were given the correct average probability for a person in their socio-economic circumstances. In a subsequent testing session, participants had a second chance to forecast their risk of experiencing the same 80 misfortunes. Throughout this process, Sharot scanned the activity of the participants' brains.
One key finding is that the participants showed a bias in the way that they updated their estimates, being much more likely to revise an original estimate that was overly pessimistic than to revise an original estimate that was unduly optimistic (79 per cent of participants showed this pattern). The researchers checked and this difference wasn't to do with the positive feedback being remembered better, but purely to do with it being taken account of more than negative feedback.
There were some intriguing neural insights. Discovering that an initial estimate was unduly pessimistic was associated with increased activity across the frontal lobes, in left inferior frontal gyrus, left and right medial frontal cortex/superior frontal gyrus, and also in the right cerebellum - and this increased activity correlated with the participants' subsequent updating of their estimate in the second round of predictions. By contrast, discovering that they'd been overly optimistic was associated with reduced activity in the inferior frontal gyrus extending into precentral gyrus and insula, and again this activity change was related to the likelihood that the participants would revise their estimate in the second round of predictions.
The researchers also compared the brain activity between the most and least optimistic participants. High scorers in trait optimism showed less of the activity drop in inferior frontal gyrus when they discovered they'd been overly optimistic. That is, their brains seemed to ignore information educating them about the depressing reality of their chances of experiencing adversity later in life. In contrast, the brains of the high and low optimists responded to desirable feedback (in which they learned they'd been unduly pessimistic) in exactly the same way.
"Our findings offer a mechanistic account of how unrealistic optimism persists in the face of challenging information," said Sharot and her team. "We found that optimism was related to diminished coding of undesirable information about the future in a region of the frontal cortex (right inferior frontal gyrus) that has been identified as being sensitive to negative estimation errors."
The researchers also reflected on the wider implications of their research. They said that unrealistic optimism likely evolved to enhance exploratory behaviour and has the benefit of reducing stress and anxiety. However, they said that this rosy view comes at a cost. "For example," they said, "unrealistic assessment of financial risk is widely seen as a contributing factor in the 2008 global economic collapse."
Sharot, T., Korn, C., and Dolan, R. (2011). How unrealistic optimism is maintained in the face of reality. Nature Neuroscience, 14 (11), 1475-1479 DOI: 10.1038/nn.2949
Post written by Christian Jarrett for the BPS Research Digest.
7 comments:
- Kapitano said...
So...depressed people are those whose brains don't refuse to encode realistic updates?
- 11:47 pm
I've read rubbish before, but rarely of such a useless and ignorant kind. These 'researchers' appear to know nothing. The reality is, as anyone with an ounce of sense can establish, that there are thousands of possible things to focus on in any given moment, and that we can train our brains to focus on the negatives, or on the positives. Our culture is set up in such a way that our brains are trained to focus on the negatives, on what we don't have, on regretting the past or fearing the future. Some wise people have found that it's possible to retrain the brain, and for instance, also turn neutral things--the blue sky, a flower--into positive experiences. It's a matter of calming the mind and training it to be in the here and now, and thereby to notice that conditions for happiness are available to us in almost every moment. I mean, we're all given a certain amount of time... if we focus on the end or on what can go wrong, we'll be depressed. So better, in the words of Thich Nhat Hanh, to train the mind to enjoy the time that we're given as much as possible. It's called sanity.
- 8:46 am
I have to agree with what the anon said above, but I do find the study done by Sharot interesting as it provides some data to support the idea that our culture prefers to focus on the positives. It's not necessarily a bad thing to be overly optimistic as long as you're aware of the fact that life will get tough every now and then.
- 12:29 am
- Unknown said...
Optimism allows life forms to take risks that in the end facilitates survival, versus the inaction that inevitably gets nowhere. Optimism overdone is not realistic, but realism that does not make one optimistic is, in effect, a form of hopelessness.
- 8:50 pm
Absolutely USELESS experiment. Where is the control group? This experiment cannot evenn produce meaningful statistical results, and that means that the experiment was designed poorly. Which idiot PAID for this research? And who found this worthy of publishing? I found a link on my FB wall - otherwise I'd NEVER have read this piece of USELESS journalism and purported science.
- 10:34 pm
There sure are some bitter people here. In reference to some comments; there is a control group, show us your study since you seem to be so knowledgeable on the subject, and check out her TED talk to hear more than what's referred to here. It may make more sense to you after that. If it doesn't, then provide proof as to why it's "rubbish," not just a comment that it is. www.ted.com/talks/tali_sharot_the_optimism_bias.html
- 5:39 pm
I have not read the orginal research.From a practical point of view it is helpful information to to be aware of optimism bias if one has this trait. The neural basis may be genetic or cultural and may be modified by learning. The implications of realisingthis bias, may help one avoid the harsh consequences of being too optimistic interms of relationships( business romantic ) health ( lifestyle preventative health, and financial risk ( scams etc).
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Medicare Gotcha's
- Don't keep COBRA after you turn 65. COBRA is not considered coverage based on current employment. This means if you are on COBRA after 65, there is not a Special Enrollment Period when you leave COBRA or it terminates. This means you can only enroll in Medicare during the General Enrollment Period (you enroll between Jan 1 and Mar 31 and coverage starts July 1) and you most likely will be paying a penalty for late Part B enrollment.
- Part B and Part D premiums for high income earners – If you have a household income that is greater than $85,000 if you file individually or $170,000 if you file jointly your premiums for Medicare Part B and Part D will be increased.


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nless you enter into a relationship with the Lord God you will always be looking for signs and wonders. Believing to some extent from the top of your head never with your heart. Simply an observer, spectator never a participant in communion.
What greater sign can there be then Jesus dying on the cross for us? Then His rising from the dead so that we might have new life? What greater sign of His love can there be? Then His presence in the Holy Eucharist for which we are received and receive Him wholly body, blood, soul and divinity?
Let us seek Him always with open hearts, contrite and yearning for Him to dwell in us. Then we will be filled completely and want of nothing else. Amen
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Romans 1:1-7
From Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus who has been called to be an apostle, and specially chosen to preach the Good News that God promised long ago through his prophets in the scriptures.
This news is about the Son of God who, according to the human nature he took was a descendant of David: it is about Jesus Christ our Lord who, in the order of the spirit, the spirit of holiness that was in him, was proclaimed Son of God in all his power through his resurrection from the dead. Through him we received grace and our apostolic mission to preach the obedience of faith to all pagan nations in honour of his name. You are one of these nations, and by his call belong to Jesus Christ. To you all, then, who are God's beloved in Rome, called to be saints, may God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ send grace and peace.
Luke 11:29-32
The crowds got even bigger, and Jesus addressed them:
'This is a wicked generation; it is asking for a sign. The only sign it will be given is the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. On Judgement day the Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and there is something greater than Solomon here. On Judgement day the men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation and condemn it, because when Jonah preached they repented; and there is something greater than Jonah here.'


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It's great to tout open source's successes, and they are many. Linux.com, however, has an insightful article on Xara, a proprietary software company that open sourced its vector graphics engine. Well, most of it, anyway. That "most of it" turns out to be the reason why "all of it" failed.
The market is littered with examples of failed open-source projects, many launched by proprietary companies hoping for 15 more minutes of relevance. But open source doesn't work this way, and communities don't join up to prolong the existence of failed companies or products.
As Linux.com points out, this was Xara's central failing: an inept understanding of how to engage the development community on the community's terms, rather than Xara's:
Xara was wrong about the surface issue -- the importance of keeping CDraw [the core of its project] closed. So what if it didn't release all of the code, it asked in effect. It released 90% of the code; at worst it ought to get 90% of the payoff that it would have from releasing the entire kit and caboodle.
But source code isn't hay, to be bought and sold by volume. Ninety percent is no better than nothing if the 10% withheld is what keeps the rest of it together -- which is exactly how the developer community saw CDraw. It was not some add-on feature, it was central to the app. And it was not the licensed property of some third party that Xara could not release; the company chose to keep it closed in order to own it and control it.
No one wants to be a lackey to a commercial open-source project, contributing her time to further some corporation's interests. People contribute if they feel that the core project fulfills their interests. In Xara's case, it didn't. By withholding the core components needed to derive value from Xara, Xara effectively told its potential community, "You can contribute to this project, and we'd love you to do that. But we're going to ensure you hobble away from it with a leg iron."
Does this mean that commercial companies need to open source all of their code to get contributions? No, though I wish they would, as doing so provides other benefits (including allowing prospective customers to evaluate the entire project, and not just 90% of it, which brings down sales and marketing costs further). Rather, companies must release enough of their code to enable the resulting open-source project to stand or fall on its own, without the need for the proprietary code.
The proprietary code can be a useful extension to the code, but it shouldn't be its central raison d'etre.
As Linux.com points out, the crippled code is just one of Xara's problems. The other, and perhaps more fundamental, problem was its refusal to heed its community. Xara wanted to be in control of its community, but one of the central tenets of open source is the right to fork which, at its most benign, means that one's community may want to take a project in a different direction from the project lead's preferred path. Good open-source projects embrace this. Bad open-source projects resist it.
And then they die. Like Xara.


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In the '60s and '70s you couldn't get funnier than The Dean Martin Show. The program combined some of the funniest entertainers in the business doing some hilarious ad lib skits. The musical guests on the show were like a who's who list of the most talented performers in the industry. Often Martin would sing with them or be a part of the act in some way and it was always hilarious. We think of Martin as a smooth crooner and he was, but he also had a flair for comedy and a sense of timing that was simply perfect.
When Italian songstress, Caterina Valente, came on the show in 1966 (one of many appearances), the magic between the two of them was quite obvious. They do a rendition of the bossa nova song "One Note Samba" while sitting very close together on a hammock and flirting.
Valente, though today not as well known as some of her peers, performed with many of the greatest jazz artists of the 20th century, including not only Dean Martin, but also Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Tommy Dorsey.
Valente was truly a global star with hits on nearly every continent. She also spoke 6 languages and sung in several more. Given her knack for languages, it's easy to see how she takes all of Martin's teasing and prodding with ease.Via/ YouTube
In this particular clip, Valente takes the lead. In fact, old Deano has a hard time even getting a single word in edgewise once the song gets going. See this hilarious duo (and their unforgettable chemistry) in the video below. It might just be the best clip from the entire show.SKM: below-content placeholder


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Hi Barkingdog and thanks for your input.
My vet does suspect Belle has some Border Collie and it is possible that when she does go after the cat, which doesn't happen too often anymore, it's a herding reflex because it only happens if the cat makes a sudden swift move (which also doesn't happen that often, he's old). However, Belle just goes ballistic if she sees a cat outdoors, or a squirrel. She also has a tendency to walk with her nose to the ground (hunting?) which I have to be constantly correcting.
My vet wasn't able to recommend anyone. I've been given 2 names of trainers by people who've not had any personal experience with them. And the university veterinary hospital where I've been going for the past year has also not "personally recommended" any trainers.
I know swimming would be great. I've heard there's a dog pool in the city somewhere, which I'm looking for now. I've also been told that mental exercises can really tire a dog out, and Belle has shown a little bit of potential in obstacle course at the dog park so that's an eventual possibility, I just need to get basic commands down really solid first. She doesn't recall because she's too distracted by critters.
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The urge to diet is so strong. I can always be a little thinner, a little more healthy, a little this and that. A little more comfortable with myself maybe? It is a work in progress. And I haven't sunk back into the whole "I'll just diet for 5 more pounds" mentality yet. Because really, it's stupid. Tempting, but stupid.
But in trying to eat intuitively, I've kind of lost my way with the reintroduction of the husband into my life. We've both been aware that we are doing stupid shit to our diets the past few weeks. Like eating way too much crap and over filling our gullets. I guess we just feed off of eachother, in a bad way. But we see it, and we are trying to change. I know he is tired of adding to the scale, as he did amazing and lost a lot of weight while we lived separate. I didn't, and yet I can still gain at lightning speed. Go go broken metabolism. Either way, the scale is up because I'm shoving food in my mouth (that half the time I don't need or want) and it will stop.
So while I have stopped being a food pusher for him, I've kind of stopped eating certain foods that I really like but don't please the husband. Like beans. So good for you, but I rarely put them on the menu now even if we eat in. I need to get back to making more beans, and more legume options. I kind of got off the bean wagon with my failed slow carb diet. It didn't do much of anything for my waistline. As in, I had a 0% loss for the whole month I was strict on the diet vegetarian style. However, even if the diet didn't work out, beans are still good! So starting this week I want to try to mindfully incorporate more legumes into my life.
Sure, the best part of eating intuitively is eating what you want, but sometimes I don't know what it is I want. If beans are around, I will probably want them. So time to bust out my pressure cooker and recipes and get cookin!


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This is one of those 'girl travels back in time to meet her ideal man' romances that makes a popular novel but it appears in comic form for the first time. It is definitely aimed at the female young adult reader as it is super cute and full of high school angst.
It could be Twilight but set against the American Revolutionary war of 1776. You get a quick primer about this period in history and although the detail feels authentic it never gets in the way of the drama, and you may actually learn something.
The art is good. Very modern and lusciously digital. It felt like Wynona Earp and Innes credits Beau Smith for his support in the forward. The style is very confident and the characters definitely feel alive and expressive.
It ends on a cliff-hanger so make sure you seek out volume two.
A superb Thumbs Up!


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There aren't too many activities out there as versatile as stand-up paddleboarding, the sport can range from an easy session on flat water to a challenging outing surfing big waves—there's even a major yoga component for some paddlers. All that diversity may help explain why it's the fastest growing water sport around.
We've highlighted 10 locations around the world so you can try it for yourself. These spots offer incredible conditions, wildlife and scenery, in addition to offering rentals and instruction. From Italy to South Africa, take a look at these stellar stand-up paddling trips.
The birthplace of modern stand-up paddling, Hawaii is a must-visit spot for avid paddlers. Among the extensive coastline and waters that surround the eight major Hawaiian Islands, Oahu is the best when it comes to SUP. The island offers every iteration of the sport from stand-up surfing to SUP yoga, in addition to the many places to paddle and shops that rent out gear. Beginners will find plenty of flat water in protected coves like Waimea Bay, while expert paddlers can get their share of thrills on the north shore.
Best known for ancient canals, old fashioned gondolas and hundreds of bridges, Venice may seem like an unorthodox SUP location at first, but the beauty and novelty make it one of the most spectacular places to paddle. Routinely described as the highlight of the trip, travelers rave about seeing the city from their boards, calling out to passing gondoliers and learning about the history and culture of Italy from qualified guides.
Stand-up paddling has become incredibly popular along much of the California coast and San Diego is a perfect example of prime paddling. Suitable for everyone from novice paddlers to seasoned experts, San Diego offers calm waters in its namesake bay, an outlet to the ocean at beautiful La Jolla Cove and a chance to check out the goings on by paddling along the tourism hot spot Coronado.
Set in the southern Caribbean, Grenada is a tropical paradise, principally known for amazing snorkeling and diving opportunities. Though underwater action is the main attraction, SUP is slowly gaining popularity and it's not hard to see why—paddle out in water that's 80 degrees year round and take in views of marine life just beneath the surface.
Likely best known for the natural anomaly, Table Mountain, there's much more to Cape Town than the one rock formation. This coastal city offers great SUP opportunities, both out in the ocean and in some of the canals. Rent equipment, hire a guide or venture out on your own for a picturesque paddling experience.
Warm water lapping at your feet, sun shining on your shoulders and eagle rays gliding by beneath your board—if that sounds like an ideal paddling experience, head to Bora Bora. This incredible island offers paddling for all levels, beginners can easily find calm waters and advanced paddlers can take advantage of downwind experiences.
When it comes to SUP, or almost any other water sport for that matter, Australia is a no-brainer, but choosing where exactly you should go can be tough. For a good mix of beginner spots with challenges for the more extreme paddler head to the Gold Coast. Tallebudgera Creek offers mostly calm, scenic waters for the less advanced and those looking for a challenge can take to the waves off the coast.
This SUP destination is for the most extreme paddlers and it's not hard to understand why when you're cruising past gigantic glaciers and some of the most stunningly beautiful landscapes on the planet. Home to some of the best races in the sport, Patagonia is proof that SUP is not just a tropical sport. For rentals, tips and guided tours check out Patagonia SUP.
This pristine crater of outdoor paradise straddling the California/ Nevada border is predictably the perfect place to learn to SUP, but that doesn't mean there's nothing for the advanced paddler. The calm lake makes a great classroom for first-time paddlers, but the 70+ miles of coastline leave plenty to be explored. Rental shops are located on all sides of the lake and many offer great instruction and if you're looking to try something new, some of the outfitters in the area offer SUP yoga classes.
Turquoise ocean waters give way to tree-lined mangroves in Turks and Caicos, where marine life is plentiful. Stand-up paddling is gaining popularity as a way to see the islands and the animals that surround them, catch a glimpse of tropical fish and stingrays as you dip your paddle. There are outfitters with qualified instructors are available in the area, including one run by pro wind surfer Dave Kalama on the island of Providenciales.


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Booze competition likely to intensify
Sun., Dec. 23, 2012
Fans and critics of the 2012 law that allowed private firms to take over liquor sales can agree on one thing: Like it or not, Washington's retail spirits industry is heading in the direction of the hard-fought, highly competitive liquor landscape consumers have in California.
Six months after Initiative 1183 went into effect, many in Washington's liquor industry say consumers will continue seeing competitive pricing, more marketing from out-of-state large chains entering the picture, and increased focus by small retailers on customer service and convenience.
If Washington does follow in the retail liquor footsteps of California, residents here will see a steady shift in sales away from smaller retailers, as large liquor chain stores and the bigger grocery chains like Safeway and Fred Meyer look for ways to attract consumers.
Washington residents also will see intense liquor marketing from mass-merchandise retailers Costco and Wal-Mart, according to distributors tracking the shift to private sales.
California serves as Washington's model in liquor sales because regional and national beverage producers and retailers have focused on that state, realizing that the dollars spent there per capita are far above the national average.
The nation's largest beverage retailer, Maryland-based Total Wine, entered the California market in 2007. Since then it's gone toe-to-toe with other large chain retailers and has continued to build new stores there and gain new customers.
Total Wine, has opened three stores since June 1 in Washington, including a location in north Spokane.
During a visit to the new store in Spokane, Total Wine President David Trone said, "We're Costco's worst nightmare." Total Wine's huge national footprint, selling in 14 states, and its relationships with distillers give it the clout to outdo Costco, Wal-Mart and regional grocery chains, Trone said.
Trone said Washington's market for spirits and wine has a Wild West feeling, resembling California with thousands of retailers trying to find a competitive edge and with plenty of profits to be made.
Liquor sales nationwide are extremely important for many retailers because profit margins on spirits and wine typically far exceed those of food items.
Another multistate retailer, California-based BevMo, is also planting its flag in Washington. The company opened five stores on the West Side and is looking to add locations in other areas of the state.
Despite the large push by liquor chains in California, the one sector of liquor retailers there making the biggest gains over the past year has been larger grocery chains, said Daniel Grunbeck, a vice president with Young's Market, a Los Angeles-based distributor.
Young's Market is the second-largest California liquor distributor and is nearly the largest in Washington, contending for the top spot with Southern Wine and Spirits.
The grocery-store group of liquor sellers has seen an 11 percent gain in its share of Young's' chain store sales in California, Grunbeck said. That group excludes the smaller neighborhood liquor retailers and specialty shops. Big grocery chains including Albertsons, Ralphs, Stater Brothers, Trader Joe's and Safeway now account for more than half of all the chain-store liquor sales that Young's has in California, Grunbeck said.
Each of those chains is working on ways to win new customers, Grunbeck said. The Kroger-owned Ralphs chain in California has introduced 30 percent discounts on purchases of six bottles of wine.
Fred Meyer, the Oregon-based Kroger brand, offers a 10 percent cut on orders of six or more bottles.
Grunbeck said he expects Washington grocery chains to follow the pattern in California of expanding shelf space for liquor and wine and telling customers it is more convenient to buy alcohol along with groceries than shopping for booze elsewhere.
Young's CEO Christopher Underwood said he expects Washington consumers will see price cutting and discounts for the next few years, especially from larger grocers like Fred Meyer, chains such as Total Wine and big-box retailers like Wal-Mart.
Those large, multistate retailers can reduce their shelf prices because they can buy directly from producers in large volume. Even though Washington's liquor prices are inflated by an added distributor tax, that doesn't change the result because the largest retailers can keep their prices lower than most smaller sellers, Underwood said.
Washington's new law makes it even easier for large retailers to gain advantages over smaller sellers, Underwood added. Washington law allows retailers like Costco or Wal-Mart to save expenses by buying directly from a producer without having to go through distributors. The ability to buy direct leads to deals such as BevMo's offer of a second bottle of liquor for a nickel after buying one bottle at regular price, Grunbeck said.
California's pattern doesn't suggest the big retailers will run the smaller, specialty shops out of business, Grunbeck said.
As big retailers use wine and spirits to attract consumers to their stores, the wine-only and spirits-only stores run by local owners will have to respond with more customer service, careful selection and a positive shopping experience, Grunbeck said.
Ted Eaton, who manages four new Good Spirits liquor stores in Eastern Washington, including two in Spokane, agreed that attracting and retaining customers is the main focus of the company. Good Spirits took over the former state-run store at Third Avenue and Cedar Street in downtown Spokane and opened a new store in a Five Mile shopping center.
Both stores are slowly gaining customers in large part because Good Spirits hired former state liquor employees to run the locations. The Cedar store in particular was hit hard by the law because large restaurants and hotels now can buy directly from distributors. The change means the Davenport Hotel no longer buys booze from the Cedar store, Eaton said. The store is operating at roughly a third of the sales it had in 2011, he added.
Vino, one of Spokane's long-lasting wine specialty stores, is also bracing for the large-retailer onslaught, co-owner John Allen said.
Allen said Vino can't always compete on price with Total Wine and Costco, but the store counters by having a smarter selection of wines and offering strong customer support.
The Vino goal is to help experienced and novice consumers feel good about shopping at the store, Allen said.
"We want to offer a unique, personal experience. For a lot of people, the other customers they meet are like friends. We want to make wine tasting and buying a social experience," Allen said.
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We must have banked some good karma because today could not have possibly been a better travel day. We woke up in Te Anau to the sound of rain and immediately feared the worst for our tour of Milford Sound. However, the day ended up being a lot more beautiful than we thought.
Our guide service, Trips and Tramps, was absolutely fantastic. Our guide was really nice and really knowledgable on the area. He has led tours in Fiordland National Park as well as Milford and Doubtful Sounds for years. Best of all, their tours are small group tours of no more than 14 people. We had three people on our tour, including my wife and myself.
It was raining as we started our tour and continued to rain well into Fiordland National Park. The good part of it raining was that all of the waterfalls were very much alive. Apparently, they hadn't seen any sun in Fiordland National Park in over a week.
In Fiordland we made a hike to a cascading waterfall, stopped to see some mirrored lakes, and checked out the Chasm, which is one of Fiordland's most popular features. As we were visiting the Chasm, it suddenly stopped raining and we started to notice blue skies.
This luck continued as we got to Milford Sound. The clouds lifted and the blue skies moved in. We were now getting the best of both world's.
Not only did we have clear, blue skies when we toured Milford Sound, but we also got to see very lively waterfalls (and lots of them) because it had rained so much there for the last week.
The cruise on Milford Sound was out of this world beautiful. We saw towering mountains along the sound that were so big it made us do a double-take when we saw them. Not to forget the numerous giant waterfalls that are 2-3 times taller than Niagara Falls.
The one thing that we were hoping to see, but didn't get to see a lot of was wildlife. We saw some sea lions and raptors, but that was about it.
Dolphins, orcas, humpback whales, penguins, and even great white and mako sharks have all been spotted in the sound before. Our guide informed us that you are more likely to see wildlife in Doubtful Sound because it is more remote.
That is it for today's update. Tomorrow we head to Wanaka to do some sky diving, hiking, and some more exploration of this beautiful country. Until then!
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Interesting Sites for Next Generation Energy Technology
I read a lot of sites related to energy technology. A few of them really standout, so I wanted to share them with you.
The site for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO. NREL is where huge amounts of our tax dollars get spent looking at wacky new solar technologies or the latest and greatest fuel cell design. The site is very deep, with lots of hidden gems, but not well organized.
SolarBuzz.com is a solar information website run by a small solar consulting group, and it's one of the few places around that actuall tracks the prices of solar cells across the industry.
The Cleantech Venture Network is the premier membership organization for venture capitalists and investors interested in Clean Technology. The management are friends of mine, and have done more in the last few years for getting new technologies funded and pulling together investor interest in the sector than just about anyone.
This is a site from the UK with a global focus. Of all the fuel cell sites out there it has the best news, a massive directory of people, and great links resources. It's the only fuel cell site I read.


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In a meeting with Toronto FC season-ticket holders ahead of the team's Saturday home opener, MLSE boss Tim Leiweke became the city's first high-profile businessman to pick a public fight with Mayor Rob Ford.
The man in control of the Leafs, Raptors and TFC came to town from Los Angeles nearly a year ago with a reputation for two things — conciliation and getting things built. One of his favourite personal rules is that he leave no enemy behind him.
It's a measure of his frustration with Ford's attempt to make the expansion of BMO Field a political issue that Leiweke chose this venue to air his grievances.
Leiweke first talked about the surprisingly decent weather, before segueing to more prosaic matters.
"The other good news I had today is that the mayor's going to vote against our (stadium expansion) plan, which probably means we win 42-2."
This presumes the dissenting votes in council will be Rob and Doug Ford. It played for big laughs in the room.
This is presumably in reaction to an article published in Saturday's Toronto Sun, in which Rob Ford rubbished the city executive committee's approval of a plan to lend $10 million toward the $120 million expansion of BMO Field.
The committee voted 11-1 in favour. Ford was the sole 'Nay'.
"It was 11-1, and the two amendments they added on were approved 12-0. And then 11-1 on the big vote," Leiweke said, shaking his head in wonderment. "I'm still trying to figure that one out. Guess who the one vote was who said 'No', who voted 'Yes' twice for the amendments?"
MLSE is also seeking $10 million each from the province and the federal government. That money would be funneled through the city.
Ford told the Sun that he will not agree to funnel any money to the city-owned stadium.
"Of course, I love (Toronto FC)," Ford told the Sun's Joe Warmington. "But it's the principle.
"It should be paid for by the private sector," the mayor continued. "It would be nice if he wanted to expand (Ford-owned) Deco Labels and have the taxpayers help us out, but it doesn't work like that."
In recent weeks, Ford has appeared to be of two minds about the plan, alternately calling expansion of the city-owned facility a "great" idea as a new home for his sports crush, the Argos, and also saying that it can't include public funds.
Leiweke portrayed a very different sort of calculation.
"This is the guy (Ford) I went in and met with. He was mad at us that we didn't go through him at first. He wanted this to be his plan. We took him through it and he said, 'I'm for this. I want this. I'll support you.' (small pause) I'm extremely happy he's not supporting us."
Reached by phone, Councillor Doug Ford would only say that he supports his brother's position.
"Not everyone is a sports fan, and they shouldn't have to pay for this."
Leiweke and the Fords have a sizable difference of opinion on what MLSE is asking the city for.
For Ford, a private company is asking for a $10 million handout.
MLSE has already announced that it plans to repay the entire amount over 20 years, including interest.
"They actually do better with this investment than they do with their pension fund," Leiweke said.
According to Leiweke, if the renovation doesn't happen, the arena is still facing a $30 million bill for basic repairs in the near future. By contract, that amount would be split between MLSE and the city.
So it's either a $10 million loan to make something better, or a $15 million bill to keep something standing.
"The thing that riles me the most is when someone accuses us of a gravy train. It's exactly the opposite," Leiweke said, his consonants sharpening. "This is simple, smart math. And great leadership on behalf of the city manager to find a solution where the private sector steps up and takes all the risk. I'm not embarrassed by this deal. I will not let it get in the middle of a political race."
Too late. He's there now.


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South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data Bryozoan Subset
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Availability: Unrestricted
The data are freely available to anybody and may be used for any purpose. Usage acknowledgement may be required
This is the Bryozoan Subset of the Full OBIS Provider for NIWA. more
This is the Bryozoan Subset of the Full OBIS Provider for NIWA. For the Full dataset please refer to obismaster provider. NIWA's (National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research - New Zealand) MBIS (Marine Biodata Information System) database is a data warehouse of marine data that is used, among other things, to serve South West Pacific (including New Zealand) regional marine data to OBIS, and to serve the South West Pacific Regional OBIS Node data. The MBIS dataset is, and will continue to be a work in progress because new data are continually being added as they are discovered, provided, integrated or created. MBIS currently contains data that are primarily the results of a series of research trawl surveys carried out as part of New Zealand's Mfish (Ministry of Fisheries) data collection to support fisheries management within the NZ EEZ (New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone), plus data from several decades of marine invertebrate research sampling in the NZ EEZ. MBIS also contains presence data for coralline algae around the New Zealand coast. The South Western Pacific data accessible to OBIS via this RON will eventually cover an area from Antarctica to Fiji, and from the mid Tasman Sea to the mid-Pacific Ocean. Whether these are all served by MBIS or by other providers has yet to be determined.
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It's about that time of the year guys and girls! We are a presenting sponsor of the 2015 Daytona Beach Freeride. We will be setting up Friday and Saturday on the pool deck. We can't wait to meet our fans and the riders. With that said, we do have a few specials that we wanted to share.
1. Sheet goods will be available for $20 a sheet (with PSA). This is a great deal, we've never sold them this low! These can be purchased at the event or if you would like to pre-order and pick them up, please give myself or Stephanie a call, 866-957-9277. Limit 2 per person please
2. We will have a special t-shirt to giveaway with a purchase at our booth. Liquid Militia designed the shirts and they look awesome!
3. We will also be selling Liquid Militia t-shirts (since they weren't able to make it this year ). The shirts will be on special for $15 each. We will also have some giveaways with a purchase of a Liquid Militia t-shirts (koozies, stickers, etc).
4. We are working on a few BlackTip Jetsports Elite kits to possibly sell or giveaway! If you haven't checked them out, please head over to our website, you will be blown away!
5. As always, SBT will provide lunch.
6. We will have gear to sell at great prices.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Can't wait to see you there!


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The Fold
The Fold is a collection of wearable pieces of papers with drawings, scribbles and words on them. The pieces seemingly look like A4 papers (or smaller pieces of papers) but are in fact made out of silicone. The necklaces have a cut going across them, so that you simply pull them over your head to wear them. The brooches are made to look like ripped pieces of papers with a the spiral back clinging to them, the spiral in fact being the pin in which to wear the pieces.
Other brooches are inspired from the post-it note, with colorful scribbles and surfaces that stick to you by a magnetic backing.
These Jewelry pieces are a mindplay for the wearer, challenging you to look at objects in new ways, as well as highligting ordinary objects that we surrounds ourselves with (the paper is rarely expected to be worn as a jewelry piece).
The other part behind the making of these paper jewelry is the story of twinship. I filled the papers with bits and pieces of myself, my thoughts and feelings as they came out as words and scribbles, and created a narrative for my precious objects.
These were in fact the communication I had with my twin sister; secretive, private and filled with dribbles of phone conversations and late night chats (we lived at the time in two different countries).
I finalized the project with a film, going back to my sister and recorded a "silent" talk we had between us, where the papers were physically pulled out of our mouths one by one and layed down to be displayed in a very close up view, like a dreamy landscape of our conversation.


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Kovalcik in Berlin (he's behind the middle guy in white).
(Photo: Facebook)
(Photo: Facebook)
Portland resident Zak Kovalcik is raising a lot of eyebrows in the track racing world. The Sizzle Pie Cycling p/b Veloforma team rider is currently in Germany competing in the 102nd annual Berlin Six Day. The event features a form of track racing known as steher, where riders roll behind specially modified motorcycles. The discipline isn't well known in the states and it's rare for an American to take part:
Here's more from CyclingNews.com:
"The all-but-forgotten art of steher racing will have a little yankee flavor added this week when reining US omnium champion Zak Kovalcik competes in the high-speed niche event during the 102nd Berlin Six Day January 24-29.


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The Art of Loving, book PDF, 133 pages
An enquiry into the nature of love, leads the author to resume that Love is like the things what they are, and not what we like the things to be, then, Love is a true based feeling and not an illusion of the ego.
The Art of Loving argues that the active character of true love involves four basic elements: care, responsibility, respect, and knowledge. Each of these is difficult to define and can differ markedly depending on the people involved and their circumstances. Seen in these terms, love is hard work, but it is also the most rewarding kind of work.
In his book, Erich Fromm gives theoretical descriptions and practical applications of love in the widest sense of the word, descriptions and applications that are anything but shallow and trite. He describes the deepest roots of our yearning for love. Understanding these roots makes one's pursuit of love a purposeful effort with a purposeful result, rather than just hoping to win some "love lottery".
Fromm makes a compelling argument that the kind of love that can solve our existential problems can be described both by what it is and what it is not. Describing what love is, he suggests that love is the answer to this problem of human existence, the only answer that is satisfactory and sane. Of course, depending on one's understanding of love, this answer can sound shallow and trite.
In short, Erich Fromm believes that love is not a noun or object, but a verb or practice. How you practice love with those around you depends on your approach and understanding of the existential problems of your life and, at the same time, determines the wholeness you will experience as a human being. In a more practical sense, reading The Art of Loving can give you tools to help you get out of the rut of disappointment and pain that your previous approach to love has kept you in, So, changing paradigm of the love game may be just what you need!
Since it was first published "The Art of Loving" has become a classic, inspiring thousands of people with its clarity and power. Erich Fromm, the renowned psychoanalyst, sees love as the ultimate need and desire of all human beings. In this book, he discusses every aspect of the subject: romantic love, the love of parents for children, brotherly love, erotic love, self-love and the love of God or the divine. He looks at the theory of love as it appears throughout the cultures of the world and at the practice, how we show or fail to show love to one another. Love is an art, which we need to develop and practice in order to find true commitment. We need to find it, individually and as a society as a whole. Erich Fromm is one of the major figures in the field of psychoanalysis. He devoted himself to consultant psychology and theoretical investigation for many years. He was the author of numerous books, including " Fear of Freedom" and "Psychoanalysis and Zen", before his death in 1980.


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Rules & Regulations in Volleyball
The Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) sets the global standards for the sport, establishing basic equipment guidelines, defining court dimensions and governing the rules of play. FIVB establishes more specific standards for sanctioned international competition.
The ball must be spherical, made of a flexible leather or synthetic leather case with a rubber bladder inside. It may be a light color or a combination of colors. According to FIVB rules, it must weigh 260 to 280 grams with a circumference must be 65 to 67 centimeters. Its inside pressure shall be 0.30 to 0.325 kg/cm.
According to FIVB rules, a court is an 18- by 9-meter rectangle, surrounded by a free zone at least 3 meters wide on all sides. Side and end lines mark the boundaries, drawn on the inside of the playing dimensions. The center line extends from side to side under the net, dividing the court into 9-meter halves. The attack line, 3 meters back from the center line on each side, defines the front zone. The service zone is a 9-meter wide area behind each end line, defined by two short lines 15 centimeters long. The free playing space above the playing area must be free from any obstructions for at least 7 meters.
Net, Antennas, Post
On regulation FIVB courts the net extends vertically over the center line, 2.43 meters high for men and 2.24 meters for women at the center of the court. The net is 1 meter wide and 9.50 to 10 meters long. The net is made of 10 centimeter square black mesh. The top horizontal band is 7 centimeters wide, made of two-fold white canvas. At the bottom of the net is another horizontal band, 5 centimeters wide. White bands 5 centimeters wide and 1 meter long are fastened vertically to the net and placed directly above each side line. An antenna is fastened at the outer edge of each side band, on opposite sides of the net. The top 80 centimeters of each antenna extends above the net and is marked with 10-centimeter stripes of contrasting color. The side band and antenna are considered as part of the net. The posts supporting the net are placed 0.50 to 1.00 meters outside the side lines and are 2.55 meters high.
FIVB rules limit rosters to 12 players, wearing the numbers 1 to 20. The defensive specialist, the Libero, wears a different color and cannot be designated as captain. Each team starts six players. The starting lineup for each set dictates the rotational order for the rest of the set. There are three front row players and three back row players. As the ball is hit by the server, each team must be positioned within its own court in the rotational order (except the server). After the serve, players may move around on the court and into the free zone.
The server puts the ball in play from the service area. You must serve in the order established by the starting lineup. If the serving team wins the point, the same player serves again. If the receiving team wins the point, it rotates before its serve. The player moving from the front-right position to the back-right position serves. The server must toss or release the ball and hit it with one hand. Only one toss or release of the ball is allowed. The serve must be hit into the opposing court. As the serve is hit or the take-off for a jump service occurs, the server must not touch the court (the end line included) or the floor outside the service zone. After the hit, the server may step or land outside the service zone, or inside the court.
Volleyball uses the Rally Point System. The team winning a rally scores a point. When the receiving team wins a rally, it gains a point and the right to serve and its players rotate one position clockwise. Teams score points by hitting the ball down onto the opponent's court. They also get points when the opponent commits a fault or receives a penalty.
Hitting the Ball
Players can hit the ball with any part of their body, but they can't catch or throw it. The same player can't hit the ball twice in row. A team has three hits to get the ball back over the net. Two or three players can hit the ball simultaneously, but it counts as two or three hits. The ball is considered out when it hits the court outside of the boundary, an object out of bounds, the ceiling, a person out of play, the antenna, post or ropes outside of the net side band. It is also out if it goes over outside the "crossing space" or goes all the way under the net. Balls can hit the net on the way over and be good hits or serves. Hitters can extend over the net following a hit as long as contact was made on their side of the court. Blockers can extend over the net if they don't interfere with the action of the hitters
Winning the Match
FIVB matches are best-of-five sets. The first team to 25 points wins a set, except in the decisive fifth set. Sets must be won by two points. If the set is tied at 24-24, it continues until one team wins by two points. If the match is tied at two sets each, the fifth set is played to 15 points with a winning margin of at least two points.
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A new week starts with lots of sunshine, and members & guests of Vine Street Baptist gathered to learn and worship together.
The service began with Deacon Donnie Aebersold reading Psalm 8 and saying a prayer. Worship Leaders Jacob and Jaime Hatcher led the congregation in singing familiar hymns:
- Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
- Blessed Assurance
After a time of welcome and fellowship, Associate Pastor Brandon Saunders gave a few announcements:
- Today – Guest preacher Spencer Harmon will preach on Malachi 2:10-16
- Tonight – Souper Sunday, cooked by Michele Cull
- Church Camp (formerly VBS) – volunteers needed.
- Pastoral concerns
After a pastoral prayer, Justin Francis read 1 Corinthians 1:18-25, then everyone continued singing together.
- I Need the Every Hour
- How Great is Our God
Deacon Gary Cook prayed for the offering, and then the Hatchers played the guitar and piano softly while it was collected. Before hearing today's message, Deacon and Pastoral Search Committee Chairperson Chandler Bainter introduced today's preacher, Spencer Harmon. Originally from Middleton, OH and a graduate of Boyce Bible College, Harmon is now on staff at Boyce and is an MDiv-CM student at Southern Seminary. He and his wife, Taylor, have a daughter and another baby on the way. The full text of Bainter's introduction can be read by clicking this link.
Harmons's message is the next in the series on the book of Malachi. The full audio can be heard by clicking on the date link below, or right-click and select "Save As" to save the file to your computer. Click on the scripture reference to follow along with the reading.
|June 5, 2016 AM
|Malachi 2:10-16
|Everything Matters Because God Matters
|Spencer Harmon
After the sermon, the congregation sang part of How Great is Our God during a time of reflection and response. Before the benediction, Bainter returned to the pulpit to announce a church-wide morning business meeting, in accordance with the church's current bylaws, to vote and discuss bringing Harmon on staff. After the announcement, Saunders read a closing scripture reading.